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BELLWOOD, PA.,
PRSDAY. JANUARY* 6, 1928.
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LOCAL m COLUMN
Short Items That Will Inter-
Wtm* Our Readers
BBffF SUWmilT OF THE WEEK
Oar Sahscribors Esley.
—Announcement is mada ot the
arrival of a batty daughter to
Biohard D. Lawrence aod wite of
Philadelphia, December 12,1927.
Mrs. Lawrence will be remember
sdss Mis* 8arah Moore, of Bellwood before her marriage. The
little ooa bad beeo named Nancy
Steck Lawrence.
. —There is no best breed of
dairy cows. Good sows and poor
©ows may ba found in any breed.
It ia not especially importaot
■ wbieh broad yoa seloct, bet it is
all important tbst yoa select good
individuals of the brood In deciding oo tbe breed, however, it ie
anally best to choose one that is
common ia tbe  neighborhood.
—Fourteen justices of the peace
and five alderman took tbo oatb
of office before Register and Recorder Thomas Peoplts at Holli
daysburg on Monday, imrrrediate-
1y alter tfae inaugural ceremonies
et the oonoty officials. Amoo**
tbe justices ot ths peace who subscribed te the oath was W. F.
Balsbach of this boroogb, who
wiH serve  tor tbo ensuing   six
, ymMh^K*
_3itM* Fleming, oi 8unbory, Pa.,
prkAgm. he-la employed aaa shoor*
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itwbt vy reoHE1 K R.J ""^h***^]
spent a part of tbe Christmas
season at tbe home ot his parents,
0. B. Fleming snd wife oo Sooth
Second street From bis youth
Roy bas been aa ardent sportsmen and aa ba grows ia years
the spirit becomes intensified.
Walla in oar office ba related a
number of his experiences after
tbe wily troat.
—-Tbe grand jury drawn tor
tbe January eoart is now ip session at Hollidaysburg aud likely
will oomplete its labors today.
There were a large nomber ot indictments presented fbr its con-
sideration and many true bills
have beeo found. W. Y. Bland
of this borough wss sppoin'ed
foreman of tbe grand jury by
Jadge Patterson. A. Bleir Fonts
of tba boroagh is also a member
ot tba grand jury.
—•Blair county will celebrate its
next political evert April 24,
wbeo a congressman, tbe county's
tbrse represnetatives ie tiie lower
house of the state legislative, aod
delegate to the national convention ol politioal parties will be
nominated. . At the spring primary, April 24, tbe state wttl nominate a United States senator, wbo
wUl tako office in March, 1929,
wbon tbe term of Senator David
A. Reed expires. A state treasurer, on auditor-general and a
jadga of tbo sapenor court also
will ba oo the list of aaaditdates
to take offioe io 1929.
TOWN COUNCIL REORGANIZED
OM My nslshea I
Isr the Tear
'Wets st
Jferrill R, Bingman and Misa
Bath Schenck were married at
Hagerstown, Md., December 28,
and immediately lett lor Akron,
Ohio, where tbey spent a few
daya aa guests of Mrs. Bingman's
brother-io tew sad sister Mrs.
PaatSosith.
Tie bride was a teacher ia tbo
fifth grade schools of tbo borough
aed Mr. Bingman is an employe
ef As sat****** La mber compaoy.
Tbey will reside st the bome of
tke bride's pareats, Jfr. aad Mia.
Wem Bobeoek, on North Filth
iMb-at.W|ipfMilir
TbO borougb fathers met io
regular sessioo Jfonday evening
with president J. J. Irwin in the
chair and all members present except F. W. Fleisber.
Ohiei Burgess W. F. Balsbach
reported licenses in tbe amount of
$7.60 collected and turned over to
tbe boroogb treasurer.
Tax Collector L 8. Lindemutb
reported amount of |502.42 col-
looted during the month of December. Balance taxes for 1927
uncollected $2862.49.
The treasurer's report showed
balance on hand sufficient to meet
tfae enrrent indebtedness of the
borough.
Tax Collector Lindemutb wae
granted exonerations on borough
1927 uncollected tax in tbe
amoont of $179.96.
(Various standing committees
baring nothing special pertaining
to thair respective departments to
teport tor tbo last month, bills
smoanting to $1200 were ordered
to be paid aud tbo old council
having closed its business for tite
year Just passed adjourned sine
die.
Chief Burgess Balsbach presiding, tbo credentials of incoming members af boroogb council,
George W. Cramer, N. Q. Lauver and William Sitman, Jr.,
were examined and toaad correct,
whereupon organisation of a aew
council Was effected, resulting ia
election ot offloafe aa tallows;
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vice president, WI Y. Bland;
rotary, F. D. Miller; borough
treasurer, James W. Lowther;
water secretary, W. I. Davis; borough solicitor, George M. Meyers;
borougb police office, application
beld ovar antil a future date.
The chief burgess as presiding
oflicer retiring altar completion
of the election, presidentelect
Hirsch presided, all members responding to roll call.
Ths borough solicitor wss authorised to petition the count to
appoint R. H. Colabine as a member of tbo borough auditing
committee, vice president incam-
beut Ray M. Strank removed his
residence from tbe borough to
the township.
Tbe announcement by the chair
of the personnel ot tbo standing
committees for tbe ensuing two
years beiog witheld antil Wed-
nesdsy, Jaaaary 11th, 1928, council adjourned to meat at 8 o'olook
p. m. of tbat date.
JUDSE PfflERSON IN
Asttvtllss sf Fire Osn-paay
Bellwood Fire company answered it's second alarm for 1928
lsst night aboat 10 o'olook, going
to tbe garage at tbs boms oi
H. H. Meyer. A chair too olose
to the stove had caught lire.
Tbe blsxe was extinguished by
T. P. Gbeer, one of tbe veteran
members ot tba oompaoy, 0011
others nearby, before tbe company
arrived.
The company answered 80 calls
in 1927. Two wora fbr oat of
town fires. Twelve flaa fires, six
roofs ooa ware room, two oil
stoves, two ohicken coops, ooo
house, one at tbe Ensign Oil plant
aad oae at tbo foundry.
The annual memorial service
will be beld January 16 lo the
churob of tbo Bretbern, tbe Rev.
Galen R. Blough preaching tbe
sermon to members ot the company eod auxiliary.
Officers have beaa elected for
the Relief association as follows:
President, 0. 0. Keitb; vioa prsei.
dent, E. P. dem secretary, P. B.
Lauver; trustee, 0. A. Hoover;
reliet committee, F. F. Harpster,
_L Porks oed D. 0. Vandevan-
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Witness Iaprssstvs
si Ha OetulT Set-
Monday wss inauguration
at tbe county seat, whea   ail
the officers elected at tbo Nov
bar election, waya  inducted
offioe. Tbo inaugural oeremo
were witnessed by several th
and people, tho court bouse faeii
jsmmed fall aad msny could,
gain admittance. It waa a worn
tal impressive ceremony.
Reoord crowds filled the
and lined tba walls of the   co
mom of the ooooty ooort   ho
as John W. Kephart,   justice
tbe  state  supreme  eoart,
Thomss C. Hare, retiring  pn
ent jadge of  the   Blair   ooa
courts, ascended tbo bench.  J
ice Kephart   presided.  James
Plcmmer, 98, veteran court eri
called tbe eoart to order,
Huge floral tributes beaked t
dais,  aod tbe   V. F. W.   ban
ander tha direction   of Thom
.McFarland, played opening mn
for tbe ceremonies as the asm
milled abont the walls and ruitl
in the corridors.  There is-an
mosphere of solemnity aboot  I
ooort house wbioh preoloded
of tho clamoroos whispering a
noisy  shuffling   wbicb   mark
the ceremonies at oity hall
made   hearing  difficult  as   hi
comers, unable to gat  aear
community room where the t
gu ration was being bold, ci
the corridors.
The grand jury box w
od by relatives aad
ladves oftbe otber officirfis were
seated inside tbe railing, near the
dels.
Justice Kephart began the ceremonies by calling Thomas G.
Peoples forward. Paul L. Hall,
prothonotary, administered the
oatb of register aod recorder to
Mr. Peoples for the third term.
Richard H. Gilbert, district
attorney-elect, wss next called to
bench by Justice Kephart, and
Mr. Peoples administered the oatb
to tbe new pnblio prosecotor
John 0. Gorsuch, John F. Royer and Daniel S. Brumbaugh,
county commissioners; Max Don-
mire, treasurer; Charles 0. Marks
and Clair C. Fleok, directors of
tbo poor, Chester 0. Roth rock,
coroner; and Frank M. Hunter
eounty surveyor, were in turn called to tbe banch and took tho oath
from Mr. Peoples.
"Is tbere aay further business
before tbe court?" were tbe words
ot Justice Kephart, as tho last of
the officials received the oath.'
Jodge Thomas J. Baldridge,
attorney-general ot the state, rose
snd addressed tho supreme ooort
justice. Jadge Baldridge read
Marion D. Patterson's commission as president jndgr-eleot oftbe
twenty-fourth judicial dtatrtot,
signed by Governor Joha 8. Fisher.
Following the readiag of tho
commission, Mr. Patterson arose
aad stepped to tbe bench, escort
ed by two members ot tbe Blair
Coaoty Bsr association, W. L
Woodcook and Robert A. Henderson.
Mr. Woodcook addressed the
supreme eoart justice, sayiog:
"On behalf ot tbe bar association
wo deeire to exteod thanks for tbo
honor conferred oa tba bar to tbs
supreme ooort justice by doiog
that whieh woe never done before
ta tbe 81 years history of Blair
county, by heviog a member ot
ths supreme coort come bars to
administer tbe oath.
M Do yoa move me to have Mr,
Patterson  swore  in?"
qaeatioa from the bench.
ScetelVarksrs
| Pltnis are aodor %»y ifero lor
many local men and women tout
tend the 20th annual sessioo of
the Pennsylvania conference ea
social welfare, which opens at
Scranton Febraary 8.
The conference will ba tn session-four days. In addition to
the asusl program of talks aad
addresses by nationally koowa
leaders, there will be a aortas of
insti tutes snd round tablo sessions
each affording a concise oourse On
some pbass of social work.
Tbe pregtem bas been especially plaoni&hot on ly to interest
tfpntip social workers fant also all
Ijltymen aad women throughout
tbs state who sr>. interested in
" 'tors of social welfare. In
any communities the executives
f Various social agencies plus all
members of tbe Board of Directors, ore planning to attend.
Mary G. Davis of Altoona, is
chairman of tbe publicity and
membership committee for Blair
s JUoessss TT lore la MT Mat
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fk^y^pjbmyath eight hundred
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POHLS HIO MPPT MCITION
The stadents of tho boroagh
schools retaroed to their studies
on Tuesday morning after a vaca-
tion of eleven daya. All teachers
were at thrir pasta of duty with
oaa exception, Miss Ruth Schenck
wbo taught arithmetic aad spelling in the fifth and sixth grsrsjo,.
North Bids building, resigned
daring vacation. Her position
was filled by tbe election of Misa
Lottie Yobo, ot Aotis township.
Considering tbe large number
of Christmas seals that oame into
the borongh this year tbroogh
private letters, tbe sale oi seals ie
tho schools most fas pronounced a
splendid success. Tbe pupils re
sponded nobly in this endeavor,
baying purchased 4720 seals aa
against 4482 last yssr. Two
schools, namely, room 1 and 2,
South Sida boilding, teachers,
Misses Anna8melker aad Hildred
Font- sseh purchased ovar $6.00
worth of seals. Each of these
rooms, therefore, reoeived a Good
Health Bond which will he toped
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PERSONAL
People Who VWt
Those Who Go
MOVEMENTS OF OOR
Mrs. H C. Kepner
the   borougb   lost  w
spending tbe holiday
triends at Mifflin.
K. J. Steefan sht wlJhSI
tisbnrg, were callers Mtm
ot M. L. Moffet on 8o«
strsst last Friday.
Dtok Henderson, of
borg, was a week and_
home of bis friend Cleon
of Sooth First street.
Balph Dysart and wi
part of tba Christmas i
the letter's  mother,  Mis,.
Patriate at Blairsville.
if iss Grace Hooter, a
ed nurse otPhilodeli
guest of ber per
and Wife over the
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s$il£-
ftssTisioiids^w_~_eri4'' daring the other months: January,
6o*; Febraary, 88; April, 80; May,
68-Jaly, 47; Augost, 88; October,
60; November, 70; December,   80.
Tbere wss a falling off in tho
marriage license business In 1927
as compared with 199$, ss io that
yoar tbe nnmber of licenses granted ie tbe coanty totaled 979, or
77 more thao io 1997. Tbe total
number of marriage licenses is
sued in tha county since tha license law weat into effect is, 86,108.
Baptist Oosicrsoos
A speoial mid-year conference
ot the twenty-five churches comprising the Centre Baptists asso-
cistion will be held in tho Logan
Valler Baptist church next Thursday, January 12. There will be
four sessions, 10 a. m., 1.46 p. nt.,
6 o'eloek supper conference and
7.80. The speakers include Dr.
William G. Rassel, of Pbiladel
phis; G. Clifford Cress, of Philadelphia;*^. G. Evans, of Borna;
Mias Gertrude DeClercq and
Mary E. Bloomer.
"We do," answered Mt. Wood*
cock. "There is something personal in this for me. Wheo Mr. Patterson decided to study few, ho
paid ms tbo compliment ot making ma bia tutor. Wa spent three
happy years together. Mr. Henderson, our brother member of
tbe her, and ono ot oor beat and
most highly esteemed members,
wss his competitor, bat ba is
with oa ia preseoting tho winner
for the oatb."
Justise Kephart addressed
Judge-elect Patterson. He arid:
"It gives no great pleasure to
appear in peraon and administer
to yoa the oath of office. Tbe
supreme ooort has given yoar
aerviee olose attention, and will
also give yoor judicial service
olosa attention."
Tba oath of office   ares   nod,
aod ths oew lodge was escorted
to the bench  where he took  his
ijl^aoe beside Just ice Kephart aed
fpdfo Thomaa O.
111011/ ot Pennsylvania; Bather
Rhodes, -Catherine Hunter end
Dorothy Rhodes, Temple noiversify; Marguerite Watters, Drexel
Institute; Adeline Baber, Peabody
Conservatory of Mosic; Raymond
Wallace, Philadelphia College of
Pharmaey; Clair Moog, George
Washington Law School; Iola
Williams and Eleanor Root, Lock
Haven Teachers' Training college.
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Jaonary 8,1928
Dear Mayor:—-The annual evening callers at tba "alderman's"
office wish to thank yoa for tbe
box of cigars; they were fine.
Some fellow said they bad a more-
isb taste. Anyhow wa wish you
a bappy now yoar.
J. M. Louder, ■
"Alderman" 3d Ward.
P. 8. Mitel Bower bad ma
along witb bim to Hollidaysburg
on the 2nd inst. to witness the induction ot the new oonnty offioials. Soma bunch, ell grades
and sizes. Thers ess soma
"8wearing" done. Bome pot up
tbelr right hand in doing it.
After the fury was all apeat and
order was restored tbey all shook
hands and aaid, "Darn glad no
ono was hart." Aod ssy, wbat
that Justice. told tbe new jadge
waa plenty. Marion said he
woald try aad be good for tea
years, and may be he would try it
again.
—A gill baby arrived at the
homo otJ. E. Williamson sad
wife on East Fifth street Christmas morning.
0. V. Davis aed wife, ot Law-
nsdowne, Pa., who had oome to
Bellwood to spend tho Christ.
mas season witb Mrs. Davis' parents, B. W. Cornmesser end wife
oe Booth Cambria street, hsd
their visit oonsideiabiy ashtsiiat
ed, daa to the toot tbat the flat ut
which they Uvs wss visited by
fire sod caused them mnoh damage to bousobold effects. They
were summoned home and have
sinos taken an inventory of thsir
loos, whieh will atesaat hs
ol bandied dollam.
S^Safe***-
in the Norwood publie
spent the holiday vacation!
hor patents, Prof, and Mn.
Hamilton on South First sti
Cleon Moffet Mt  MondaJ
Newark, N. J., and points ia|
New England states, after
iog the holiday season   wittl
parents, Mahlon Moffet saw!!
on Sooth Firat atreet.
Miss Hattie Smelker,  of ;
ins wood, N. J., where sbe ia*
oftbe successful teachers  ia]
pablie schools, spent part ah
Ohristmaa season at ths home]
hsr brother,   James V. Sniaf{
aad wife oo Clark atreet.
Ricbsrd C. Room, son of I
Ream aad wite on Main
has returned to Philadeli
after spending the holiday
with his parents. Hs is head
the science departmeot of Er
boim high achool.
Harold Cornmesser  and
after spending tha holiday
at tha  homo  of Blair W.
maater and wife oo  South
bria street, lett this afternooej
Chicago, where Harold ia eivbg
ad on a rail road.
Bsv. J. F. Anderson  spent
day loot week la Johnstotw""
his brother, Henry  Andersen |
retired merchant, who last Jt*
sustained a broken hip as tbo
suit  of a tall.   His recovery
vary alow.
Mra. Louise Armstrong nnd£
stater, Mra. Howard Walked
Mrs. Walker's  children,
Pearl and Howard- Jr., spaat
week  at  Washington,   D.
wbete they  visited Miss
Armstrong, a stndont nureg^
Freed man's hospital. .
Miss Elisabeth Dysart^'
ter of Bev. aed  Mm.'
Dytart, boa gone to Phil
whore she has entered the
Odist  Episcopal   hospital
studont nnrse.   She in a*l
yoang lady aed a ga
borougb aohool aad jl
will make a