Bellwood Bulletin 1930-06-05

              VOL. XLII.
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R**a*Mrt* of aha AetJvitiaa af tha Va.
ttsaa Cosnmittlas Ar* Hoard
Whea President Richard H. Hirsch
called the June meeting ef the town
council to order in the council chamber lsst Monday   evening   the only
ahaentoe   noted     was   Councilman
Frank Fleisher, who was unavoidably absent. Those   responding to roll
cell were: Hirsch, Lego, Cramer, Sitman, Leaver   and Wertz.   Wtth the
reading of the   minutes of tbe Msy
meeting of council, the body atarted
to transact business.
The report of Burgess G. E. Fuoss
■bowed $12.00 collected in fines ead {
Ucenaea dating the month. Borough'
Treasurer James W. Lowther •report'
ed a balance of $1979.39.  L S. Lindemuth, tax    collector reported re-
csipts from ttw   1928 duplicates of 1
$71.26, *oA from the 1929 duplicate |
of $447.62.    Exonerations totalling j
$298.62 were allowed by council,     j
M. L. Bingman was   present and I
asked permission o fcouncil to construct a   drain at   hto   residence on
Maple avenue. The matter   was re-1
ferred   to   Chairman Logo of   tho
highway committee and the borough
solicitor.
The borough engineer haa established sidewalk grades at the Swires
and Henderson properties on South
First street and ia due time new
sidewalks will be laid as required by
tha ordinance .
Oa motion of Councilman Cramer,
seconded by N." Q. Leaver, the chairman ef ths highway committee was
authorized to purchase tarvia for
use ef • namber of highway* of the
borough.
The chairman of the water department reported that repairs bed been
made to the line in a number of plac-
es la the borough, aad that a three
V inch line had been laid at the new
"ia high school bnilding
WILL 6RA0UATE ON
WIU    B*    Held    to Baptist    Church
Thra* Night* Neat Weak
Oae of   the most   forward
looking and helpful   opportunities to he given by the Belt-
wood Protestant churches  jointly is the Institution of Moral Nature   to he   held   at the
Logan Valley Baptist   church
next    Wednesday,   Thursday
and Friday evenings, June 11,
i 12, aad 13.
' The feature of the   Institute will he a   series of lectures
to be given by Professor A. B.
Van Ormen of Juniata College
Dr. Van Ormer has a winning
personality and is a strong and
forceful speaker. He has been
making a wonderful contribution   to   the   moral uplift of
many    communities    through
his various Institute   lectures
and round table conferences.
There are many alarming
conditions existing today because of moral laxity aad Bell
wood is no exception to the
rule. There is much need for
serious thought oa the part ef
parents particularly and citizens generally in helping to
surround the younger generation with proper moral influences. Dr. Van Ormer is well
equipped to reveal the conditions and indicate the remedy
to be applied.
It is hoped that the   Logan
| Valley ehareh will he filled to
capacity   each of   the   three
I evenings with thoughtful peo-
pie who are eager to see Bellwood   become   a   community
morally safe and clean for its
childhood youth. '-'
' There will be ao   admision
price nor  distribution of . admission   tickets. Everyone    is
welcome to   attend and   free
Affei-tag* *at* be asked to
-EaSI.—_f tha J*.
HONORS IHE DEM
Sergeant MeKinney   ie Honor
Student in Class of ttSO
Firat Sergeant Warren Luther MeKinney, ranking noncommissioned officer of troop
B, 104th Cavalry, graduates
tomorrow with the class of
1930 of the United States
Army College, at Fort Riley
Kansas. He graduates with
honors as a general course eta
dent.
The   local guardsman,   recognized as a skilled aad sci-
enced horseman,   received his
assignment to the college thro
ugh the Secretary of War, on
recommendation of Gov. John
S. Fisher, commander-in-chiet
of the Pennsylvania National
Gaard. He was   matriculated
ia   the six   month   class. His
training has beea both practical and   theoretical,   embracing instruction in   both academy and on the field.
31TH aNNUJU^MMENCEMENT
tiring    Address    Features
CmMtery Service
. Bellwood citizzens and soldiers paid fitting   homage to
their heroic soldier dead in a
combined parade and  service
fa the Logan's Valley cemetery Memorial day. William Ro-
, pert Fuoss, ex-service man of
[^Tyrone, and   member of   the
John   M.   Anderson    Legion
(Post, Bellwood, gave the ad-
Mreas, a forceful and eloquent
i-position. Mr. Fuoss substitut
sd in the eleventh hour for J.
,nks Kurtz. The address was
■
Sergeartt McKirihey  ei
ed to Troop B et the age^
He a«pBe*JW*as^J,aM
_B__JU#t£**
lad judged   one of   the   finest
.ever given in the cemetery.
The memorial was sponsor-
lid and   directed   by John M*
•Anderson Post, named fog the
Jate John M. Anderson, son of
"Bev. Dr. J. F. Anderson, retired Methodist   clergyman and
beloved of not alone the post
but of the town. Dr. Anderson
.occupied aa honor reservation
on the    improvised    platform
from which tite 10:30 o'clock
service was   conducted. Capt.
W. M. Ermine, past command
er of  the post   presided over
the service. Past Commander
William S. Sitman, Jr., aided
■WPost Commander Raymond S.
Strunk ia the direction of the
irade and Legion movement,
e likewise had   direction of
te firing squad  while Scout-
uster Douglass superintend-
i the valued work of the Boy
[huts in decorating the grave
_the fallen heroes.
_%°he   parade   formed   and
red   from South   Cambria
g north as far as Tuckey-
and Fourth streets, thence
itang to the   cemetery by
.street. In line   of march
lembers of   the
■
Thirty Senior* af   B. H. S. Receive Diploma*
Thirty students of Bellwood
High school received their di-
plimas at the annual commencement   exercises    Thursday.
night in tine   Methodist Epis-j
copal   church. The   program'
was given hy members of the
class,   with   tee   supervising
principal, F. A. Hamilton, pre
siding.   The High   school orchestra furnished music.
The program opened   with'
a processional march by   the
orchestra.   The.   Rev. H.   G.
Dooley delivered the  invocation.    Ellwood Harvey,    class
president, welcomed the audi-'
ease in the   "Dux's Speech,"
claiming   for   the   class, the
school and the program a "litt
le something   different," that
would give unusual interest.
Ada MeCloskey    delivered
the salutatory, expressing the
thanks of the class to directors
parents and teachers for their]
part ia   bringing tine   class to.
the goal of years of effort, and'
to   friends for their   interest.
Importance of the event in the j
lives of members of the   class
was stressed. The   Girls Glee
club sang.
The class history   and class
prophecy were   presented   in
installments,    the first   being
"The Great .1930  Golf Tournament," hy Ruth Greenland.
Morva Detwiler read the class
poem, "On to   Battle." "Who!
Wasn't Who In 1930," another
section   of the class   history,
was presented hy Emma Patton,   Gladys  Mulhollem   and
Harold Dunn. "The 1930 Short
Story magazine" was  compil-
»f_fby Virginia Bland. After a
Eaavciaaa
AntJa       Corns
Brias to Fmtm Phae 	
One of the finest commencements,
if, indeed, not the   finest in the his* I
tory   of the   Antis   Township High
school was held Tuesday night la the I
auditorium of th* Methodist ehareh.
The speaking   parts were   well aad
carefully done and    rsflsst genuine
credit to the young men and women
taking part aa alsao th* faculty whe
gave of time and ear* ia shaping the
very    successful commencement   et
1680.
The commencement exercise* began at 8 o'clock, concluding at 9:80.
There waa not a doll moment during
the entire time, and to many adnlta -
who hsve grown accustomed to atten   '
■ ding the more formal graduation the i
one Tuesday night offered something
new and unique.   Musical selections .'
ware offered far   the entertainment
of tha audience prior to the arrival
of the   clss.s Mr.   Kurt*   acting ss
director of the Orchestra.
Following the processonal, Rev.
Hittinger pronounced invocation.
Then came Bernice Park with much
appreciated oration on "Vision th*
Guiding Beacon." Loons Weaver
I gave the class will in very acceptable manner. Eunice Metzger offered
much for thought in her address,
"Habit, the Daily Climb." Eva Taylor recited the class poem, an origio-.
nal bit of poetry that provided staple
reason fsr serious reflection.
The presentations were made   by
Max Bingman, Hazel Cramer, Grace
Oswald, Bernard Park, John Smith, j
Donald    Reigh,    Charlotte    Waits, 1
Wray Beichler, Jobn McGlinsey and j
I Pre Badd.    All   did   splendidly. In
pleasing manner, with much of force
in bss* delivery, Nora. Bass orated on
; "Knowledge is Power." Walter *»—-i
er read agMaay a*\.—--*-——**
n—*—- *«»soant*»7oat tite aame has
ainee been abated. Many alleys in
the borough ware reported to be littered with ashes ia violation ef the
borough ordinance, and unless removed, pereon* responsible for the
nuisance will be prosecuted and the
penalty of the ordinance imp Band
Chief of Police E.   D J.ames was
present and reported to council many
violations of   tho law   ia regard to
reckless driving of automobiles over
the streets   of the   borough. It waa
aaid that tho   reckless operation of
automobiles was largely the result of
young fellows and   council is determined that it shall cease. Hereafter
all reports of cases of reckless driving and other violation* will be foll-
. owed up snd    prosecutions enterad
against the offenders.
Boroagh Engineer D. W. Dillman
waa present and submitted plana for
construction of th* sewer system in
sections of the borough. The matter
*fa* given careful consideration by
council and farther action toward
tin* snd will be taken.
The following bills were presented aad orders granted for the same:
' £)£& D. W. Dillman, Borough engineer
1200.00; P. B.    Lauver .labor 8.10;
Keystone Lumber Co., lumber 18.20;
W. P.    Buah,    draying    88.S1; Mr.
Dillman, 46.64; W. B   D.ysart, material 18.07; Antis Township Supervisors, labor and use ot road machinery 207.60; J. H. Hommer Lumber
Co.,   lumber   1.50; J.   A. Weaver,
labor 48.80; Ed    Otto,  labor 10.40;
James Gilmore, labor 10.40; George
Barrett, labor 21.60; M. L. Hagerty,'
draying    109.65; J. A.    Edmiston,'
labor   16.80;   Joel   Bowers,   labor
80.40;   M.   Ti—Hagerty, labor and '
material SS2.lt; Ed    Barley, labor
22.80.; J. A.   Weaver, labor 60.40;:
Ed. Otto,   labor .SS; P.   F. Briggs, I
liber 41.60; M. L. Hagerty, draying,
2.00;    Russell Shirk,   labor   1140;
Standard Equipment   Co. .materials
2.61; Robert   Miller, aervice at   in- ,
tabs 25.00; Martin Delancey, labor
29.26; R. M. Dysart, labor 18.20; W
I. Davis, TO hours labor aad material
95.29; Standard Supply aad Equipment Co., material 60.99;    Appleby
Bros., materials 18.72; Darling valve
65.60; Ball Telephone    Co., aervice
1141} John Nelson, oils and    gaso-
pfit-   tfas 27.2S-, F S.. Hetrick, inspection
gy<    of watershed    14.00; E. D.   James,
policeman, for Meg 110.00; S. Barn-
hart, janitor   far May   20.00; G. E.
Fuoss, rental 6.00; F. D. Miller, ser*'
m__   triee a* clerk 11.00; Frank Garland,'
police doty 2.60; State   Workmen'*
In-nraac*. prtmiam 86.94; F. 8. Hat
•rjo* .!____ I* Ba Isasijai ilh IMti
SfsW^tiar   various church
will not he held next Wednesday evening so that   everyone
eaa - participate in this   great
opportunity.
Some letters and comments
concerning Dr. Van Omer's
work are as follows:
Some years ago    Dr. Pearson wrote: "My dear Dr. Van
Ormer, I am   sincerely dissa-
pointed that you cannot tome
to us next   summer. We want
all the time that yoa ean give
I should be glad to   have you
give us first chance at all your
summer time for a   period of
years. As Series Lecturer and
Superintendent your work has
beea. ideal. Ihe towns have, in
I practically every case, asked
I to   have   you   returned   and
have been   enthusiastic about
your coming. The) lectures are
aet only interesting but informative and   leave- a   marked
•impression on every communi-
With personal good wishes,
I am Very sincerely, Paul M.
Pearson. President and Director of The Chatauqua Association.
tropnies, amongrtBeW*t_¥
annon trophy awarded by the
62nd cavalry brigade comman
der for mounted saber excellency. He represented his unit
with the escort of honor to the
Pennsylvania Memorial   Commission in   its tour of France
in 1928. Sergeant   MeKinney
holds membership in the commission esscort of   honor; the
Fort Riley   cavalry hunt  and
polo dubs and is president of
vaa non-commissioned officers'
slab of Troop B. He graduates
from the army  college on his
25th    birthday     anniversary,!
June 6th. On his return from
the west he will again resume
'-his connections with the Tyro- .
' ae unit.
His   legion of   friends con-'
gratulate Sergeant   MeKinney,
on his successful   completion
of the difficult   work and advanced instruction- of the his
toric army college from which
maay of    America's    leading
military figures received their
training. Sergeant   MeKinney
is a son of   Captain and Mrs.
Edgar MeKinney, of 706 south
Fifth street, Bellwood.
sscnobl ~**V*—i—iar—■ ■ _
Scouts and civilians. Five vet-:
erans of the Civil war rode in'
motor cars and received seats
motor cars auu »—.-..
on the platform at the cemete
ry.   The   Spring   Mills band1
.**»•*
Mrs. Anna    Elizabeth Wiley.
The last   service   for   Mrs.
Aaaa Elizabeth Wiley, widow
of John R. Wiley, who died a
number of years ago, was held
at  her'  late   home   Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, followed by interment iB the Logan Valley cemetery. She had
been   ailing   for a   longtime!
from a complication of diseases and recently was   taken to
tite AVtoona hospital,    where
she died Friday morning. She
waa   born te   Juniata county
June 21,   1866, and   came to
Blair   county   33   years ago,
finding a   home in   our towa.
Surviving   are two s   ons aad
two daughters: Harry E. Wil-j
ey, U. S. A., Washington,   D.
! C.; Mahlon Wiley, Gary, lad.;
Mrs. Carl F. Beschlor aad Mrs.
Anna Turner ef this borough.
She was a member of the Methodist church. _Wt.
*»*
Mr.   sad   Mrs.   Jobn Bebee,   of
Cleveland, Ohio, were week end visitors at tb* home of Mr. and Mr* Roy
MeCloskey at their home on Boyles
street.
Home Eleatrie L*igbt Co., service for
lMgrMMO,
. -—The many   Bellwood friends of Mrs. Ira Wentzel will
be glad to learn that she is recovering nicely from a serious
illness,   which had kept   her.
confined to   her room at   the I
home   of her   son-in-law and:
daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Miles
Stover ita Pittsburg, where she
had beea visiting   the greater
part of the winter.
—J.    Gemmel   Davis,   for
three decades and more, con-
, nested ia an   official capacity
' with the Central   Trust company, of Altoona   died at   his
home, "The Orchards,"    Ant
Hills, last Saturday afternoon,
from an illness of a year.   He
was a Civil war   veteran and
| was with Sherman oa his f am*
I ous march from Atlanta to the
sea. He was horn te Hunting-
den county.
—-An   appeal to   local    property
owner* aad police authorities to cooperate in a safety movement of utmost importance to motorists is .wad*
by the    Keystone Automobile Club.
Pointing to the ha sard of   road and
street intersections screened by high
hedges and tress, the Club urges up
I en owner* ef property th* necessity
/for triming tiie foliage se as to sffo-
rdaviewofthe   roadway by appro-
I aching ***-*<»es)$'%Wr ,_j    ^^^
ty.        'tne        OJJllII_        an.ee,
headed the parade and render
ed martial numbers at the cemetery. A male chorus Uke
wise* gave appreciated numbers.
Rev. Raymond S. Hittinger,
gave the invocation. Lincoln's
Gettysburg speech was recited
by Bev. H. G.   Dooley. There
were several   band selections
after which Rev. R.   P. Knoebel read Logan's Proclamation
1 Then   came the male   chorus
1 selections and the  address ot
Mr.    Fuoss. The    benediction
was pronounced by Rev, Mon
treville Seely. The customary
salute was fired and taps soun
1 ded the conclusion of the ser-
1 vice.
In the afternoon of Memorial day tite post   and the Boy
Scouts, the former under the
supervision     of    Commander
Strunk and past   Commander
Ermine    aad    Sitman,    the    latter
under direction of Scoutmaster Douglass, visited the cemeteries of Antis, Charlottesville
and Mt. Zion, the latter adjac
eat to Fuoss Milt. Upon arrival   they were   mot by   Chief
Burgess George E. Fuoss, Rev
, Hittinger and Knoebel and W.
I Robert Fuoss,   the   latter delivering ten   minute speeches
J at each of the three respective
services. Revs.   Hittinger and
Knoebel alternated te   prayer
and benediction. Salutes were
aired over   the graves of   the
dead, taps  blown and  Boy  Scouts I
decorated the graves.
Members of the   post, it is
announced, will visit all three
cemeteries oa future Memorial days and will   condaet extended   services in   honor of
the dead.   The peat,   through
Commander Strunk,   likewise:
announces   that tts   member-
ship will give immediate atten'
tion to   proper   care for   the.
graves of the dead at Mt. Zion;
Three   Civil     war   veterans
slumber in   Mt. Zion,   two of
whom, Sanford and    Richard'
Beyer, made the supreme sacra I
flee at the ages of   15 aad 19
respectively. Over   the grave,
af   Sanford   Beyer is   an in-!
. scription that made a profound
, impression   upon     the   post
members. It read _a__,      .. -
Legislative ReforenVw .——___
meat of 1930," by Harold
Barr, chairman, Fred Dysart,!
Almeda Crain, Shields Dun-
mire, Dorothy Hopkins and
Clifton Hollen. The orchestra
played a selection and the
class prophecy was completed
by Dorothy Marsh, Ruby Patton and Thompson Rowan.
Virginia   Leddy was   vale-,
dictorian. She paid high tribu-'
ta to the principal, F. A. Ham'
ilton, tolling of the esteem to'
which he is held by his pupils'
as a   teacher, counsellor   and
friend. The event of  the day,'
she said, "is just a beginning" >
and around this   thought she
wove her address. The   class,
she said, would have the memories of school days, the high
aad noble aims as an inspiration, day by day, so long as life
shall last.
Dr. W. H . Morrow., presi-
dent of the school board, spoke ,
briefly to the class presenting
diplomas to Virginia    Leddy,
Ada MeCloskeyK Morva    Det-
Wiler, Dorothy Marsh,   Ruth
Greenland, Thompson Rowan,
Wilbert Campbell,  Ruby Pat-'
ton,    Harold    Dunn,    Shields j
Dunmire, Gladys   Mulhollem,)
Emma Patton, Clifton Hollen,
Sheldon Hill   .Virginia Bland,
Mildred    Coaoway,    Ellwood
Harvey,     Florinda     Corrado,
Thelma Laird, Walter  Laird,
Fred Dysart Dardanelle Kyper
Almeda Crain, Dorothy  Hopkins, John McElwain,    Glenn
Pelter, Mae Gensamer, Harold
Barr, Madeline Murphy, Sher-
dan Bland.
An orchestra selection closed the program and members
of the class were given numer
oas congratulations by their
friends.
Then' came i-.ujs,  „,_. ___-
by Clarence Daugherty who ibvpms
ed capabilities a* a promising yoan
speaker. He spoke with    great ■—
aad in fine voice. The mantel tl
fsr was   likewise nicely,   given, tt
president of the incoming claaa, Mi
Doyle, making a very Ana impressio*
upon the audience. _0
Tha valedictory by Onda McClc
an showed thought aad research,
was   given in   forceful manner r»
compared   very favorably   with
addresses of    Miss    Ross    and Mi
Daugherty .   Superintendent    Dav"
presented the diplomas. The   ben
diction being   pronounced by    Bs
Dooley. '!3a__i
• m m .%
—Wm. Howard Moore of East Sec-
end street, a machanist in the Altoona shops, who bas been absent
from duties since March, doe to *
severe attack ef rheumatism .expects to leave soon for Hot Springs,
where he will undergo treatment.
His many friends hop* far bia tarty
recovery.
| "For the union he fought for
the union he died; With the
foe of his country behind him,
let the nation remember his
valor with pride, and the Star
Spangled Banner   wave over
htei^
Pentacost  at   Baptist  Chnrch
In keeping with    the world m
celebration ot the nineteen hundral
th anniversary    of    Pentecost wtw
8000 were converted    and roes
into the   church, the   Logan Vi
Baptist church will hold special
vices next Sunday.   At the mom
service new members will be recs
ed; the Lord's Supper   observed si
the pastor   Bav. H.   G. Dooley
deliver a    special message.    At
evening   service   there will   be1
baptism of believers by   imm*
and a   pentecostal message by
pastor.
mom
Scott Mulhollem and little da
ter Lola of Boyles atreet hav* j
to Ft Wayne, lad., far a brief -.1
at the home of Mr. Mulhollem'* ml
•*• ]g
Mr. and Mra. Floyd Heckert
young son Floyd, of Cleveland,
and Miss Gertrade MeCloskey,
Philadelphia, sister of Mrs. Heel
spent tha week end at the horn
Mr. and Mra. Boy McCloske;
Boyles street. ._}
Mrs. O'Brien, of Clarendon,
came to Bellwood to attend tbe
school commencement exercises
remained until after Memorial
aa a guest at the home of her
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ledd
Main street.
—His many Bellwood friends
be delighted to know that   Bb
Beam, popular yonng Bellwood
haa been elected assistant prb
of the West Philadelphia High t
for tho   year 1930-81 'and   is
the promise of consideration S
conclusion ot th* year for th*
cipalship at the school.    Yoa*
Beam    graduated from    QtJag
He   is a   gifted young   ia*aV
. friends   predict   he wttt   *■—*
< mark in the scholastic —'
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