Bellwood Bulletin 1932-03-17

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VOL. XLIII.
BELLWOOD, PA., TWRSDAY, MARCH 17, 1932
NO. 8
LOCAL Iflfl COLUMN
Short Items That Will Inter-
eat Our Readers
BBIEF SIIMMWtr OF THE WEEK
Tars*    Pai-graph. fa*aa**l*g    th*
Being of Oar Boro-gh—Th* Cat.
asna Oar Sabecribare Eajay
—If ths weather waa lion-like the
beginning of March, 1st us hop* that
it will go out like a lamb.
—We are ef the opinion that winter will linger hi th* hap of apring
for a few weeks, at least
—Airplanes may be a late invention, but grandfather caa tell yoa
that there war* plenty of high fliers
*n hi* time.
The younger element ia finding
much pleasure skating sa nearby
btreams, which have become icebound during the recent odd
weather..
—Methodist day, 1982, will be on
July 88, aad Lakemoat park will
tsgain ho th* assembling puce for
dfcciples of John Wesley all over
Central Pennsylvania.
—Mrs.H. W. Schalles of South
First street who has been a patient
In the Memorial hospital in Johnstown, for th* past two wsolrs. undergoing treatment hi doing well aad
will soon return to her homo.
—Rev. S. S. CarneD, prominent
Methodist Episcopal minister in the
Central Pennsylvania conference,
and ths pastor of theBerwick Methodist Episcopal church, died ia ths
Berwick hoapUM, early last Saturday
morning from a complication of disease with which ho had been affected for many month*. Eighteen pasts
ago he was pastor of the BeUwood
nurch and   will be   remember  by
sad daughter survive. Interment wsa
mads at Renova, Pa., Wednesday afternoon. ' W
—The case of Luther Mauser, 17-
yettr-old Cresson Shaft hoy who
(wrecked s freight train oa the
Bennington Curve last Deceber, resulted in ths death of an Altoona
brakeman has been postponed until
T"i haB_r Th* illness of the council
appointed hy* tha Cambria county
court to defend M-zur ws* th* reason for tha postponment by Judge
McCann. The eaa* had been listed
. for Monday. Mazur faces a murder
charge for wrecking the train which
derailed while rounding thai Bennington Curve. Three other charges
havs been preferred against youth.
—Now la til* time to' begin thinking about ths vegetable garden sad
making plana accordingly. Why not
have the garden meet the entire
vegetable requirement* of tho family through the winter sad early
spring ss well aa the summery
months? With a scaricity of ready
money, this will help solve food
problems, says Mia* May D Kemp,
horn* economic* extension representative of Blair county. "Each member of the family requires two vegetables besides potato*, every day,"
Mks Kemp explain.. "Serve a leafy
green vegetable st least three time*
h week. Has tomatoes often hs your
menu*. Baw vegetables are necessary and should be served every day
if possible. Plan and plant your garden to meet these needs throughout
Ihs year."
—"Climbing Roses,' presented la
the Y. M. C. A. laat evening by ths
Aatis Township High School seniors
went aver big'and mads a gnat hit
It Is a three set comedy hy Eugene
Bafer. The play will Be repeated tonight and those who missed has first
production sr* invited to ss* 'Roses'
climb to the top of the social ladder.
One of ths leading characters Is
George Beichler, taking the part of
"Percy Southworth," attempting to
become) r dommenn young man. WiU
iam Carson appears a* "J*ck Archer," s famous author, who gets
into all kind* of trouble la Ids maa-
querade SB "Jack Watson," s gardener* Onds Lass aad lass Park are
cast hi role* af New York'* "Four
Hundred," Hafsard Kephart, a*
"Dryden Proonia," familiarly known
kg. "Dried PrunBe," is a 'Super
flola-m-a for Zipper Auto*." Seven
ether sisnilim sf has class appear
|a the play, bofaig directed hy bbbb
ta-airsatj.Sl*|
knox mjm am
Ar* Heat—id Far Eaibeavlemeat
aad Added Carnal af E-torti*-
Ralph E. Knox and Elhrood V.
Frayne, deposed parol* officer and
clerk of has Blair esnulj adult probation and parole office, war* given
jail terms aad heavy fines on their
entry of a soil* contendre pie* bettor* Judgs Marion D. Patterson oa
Tuesday. They were charged with
embeulement af county funds and
Knox additionally charged with extortion.
Both war* sentenced to serve no
less than oas aad one-half or more
than three yearn in the county jail
aad assessed fines correspondingly
to tha charge on the 26 indictments
against them, amounting to approximately |5,000.
Judga Patterson scored ths former office heavily for th* manner ht
which tho plea waa Oatfered. He declared that the pro** nil ing did not
allow the court to arrive st a definite conclusion Ba to the guilt of
either man. Knox wan also heavily
•cored on the charge of extortion.
In a plea of noelle contendre tho Ss-
fendants threw themselves on the
h ardy of the court without either
Admitting or denying their guilt
Neither offered statement- to the
court Knox did net apeak during the
entire proceeding.
Reviewing the case, tbe judgs expressed his Borrow that county officer* would appear ia court charged
with a breach of trust in handling
county funds. He said that he waa
greived that instead of being in position to commend officers so closely associated with the work of the
court that ha must sentence them
for such a charge.
"I have urged both of you to tell
me who took the money," he said
"Instead e*\ that you both tall me
that neither of you took a nickle and
wlirB*S Bam W U.Uu.
The eas* would be much simplified if
LONG TIME IN 11 SEflfflfSEEKS SEW IN THE ASSEMBLY
Easploya*    Wh* Mad* Early
Now Oa Retired List
Oa a bench in the superintendent
office, two buddies told more histoi
in their own way af the building o:
th*  Bellwood-Punxsutawnsy hi
of the Pittsburg division, than
be found ha aay library. They wa
Alexander    Wills,    conductor
Blair Walker engineer, both of Bel
wood. The occasion waa their retire-]
ment   from active  aarrlsa   on  the
r*lw_a_i,iarila     Railroad,     affective
March 1. Retiring together, on the
name day wss la keeping with their
live, ma Alex and Blair had been to-j -910.* later pursued trnshi-ai training hi a business collage in Altoona
Sd    Lm Faces,  Well    Kaowa
Hera, Would Repreteat District
Leonard Lee Fuoss, prominent Tyrone banker aad businessman and
well known in Bellwood and Antis
Township; fha_ announced himnelf
as s candidate fat the Republican
primariss of April 26, for the General Assembly from the 2nd District Friends here and in the Town-
Ship sre already engaged ta, making
canvas for hla nomination.
Mr. Fuoss was born snd reared ia
Tyrone. He graduated from the
Antis High School with the class of
AUTOS MUST HEAR THE TIGS
gether for 44 years. Blair was at th*
shovel and Alex carried the flag on {had still hater graduated from the
the first train that weat over th* entire branch. They were on the job together and helped to double track the
line, day after day and year after,
year they worked on it and still together, they helped to tear up the
second track a quarter of a century
later, after it had served its purpose
in modern - transportation.
These two boys know every inch
of the line andesm, match story for
story every event that haa taken
place sine* '88.,
Mr. Will* retires at 65 with 4ft
years and 11 month* of service, Mr.
Walker at 67, with 45 years of service, -a
Mr. Wills, was born la Blair Co.
Nov. 19, 1866, and firat entered the
salve-* ss a trackman at Lloydsville
ia 1881, the line was a narrow guage
railroad. He was promoted to flagman on tite work train March 1.
1888 and from that to conductor.
Mr. Walker was born ht Blair
Co., also, April 22, 1864. Like his
buddy he started hb railroad sareer
■s • trackman March 29, 1887, but
[Valparaiso University, hi Valparaiso
Jod. For twelve year* hs engaged in
hanking, and far the past seven years
hah been identified with the mercantile firm of Reynold- Miller A
Fuoas, ta Tyrone. He has had extensive experience in business and
finance, aad his training, experience
-hd contact with voters preeminently fit. him, friends say, to represent the 2nd district in Harrisburg.
During the World's war Mr.
Fuoss served fourteen months with
ths federal government, enlisting
[first with a Machine Gun battalion.
At the signing of the Armistice he
waa a student officer with the Central Officer.' Training School, Company 21, at Camp Lee, Va. He is a
ptaunch Republican, and has never
before sought public office. The
esadidate hi m|_rried and is the
father of -two children. Hs resides in
Tyrone.
  ata
WILL   GIVE   TOXIN-ANTI-TOXIN
Toxin-Anti-toxin    will   hs   given
both or either ef you could toll me
where the money went
"Under the circumstances, the
court must sentence you both. It
dnnnot guess. You must each undergo a term of imprisonment hi Blair
county jail for ft period of not less
than one snd one-half year, or more
than three years. Further, you are
to be fined the amounts sot forth in
til* indictment, against you, to which
you plead nolle contendre."
CONGRESSMAN SPOKE
Oae*
Before
Eataraaa-htg  Add****
th* Li*-* Club
The regularly weekly meeting of
th* Bellwood Lion* club was held
in Brunner'* re-turant on Main
street hut evening, with a goodly
number of the member, and invited guest, present Hob. J. Banks
Kurtz, for the past ten years the
very excellent snd able representative of this district hi the halls of
congress, was present aad as guest
speaker gave a moat interesting aad
entertaining address on economic
*nd poitical conditions. It waa an en-
position of just what the country
had gone through and u now facing.
Congressman Kurtz .was heartily
greeted by the members of the Lions
club and their invited guests.
Matters af local interest were also
discussed by members, outstanding
of which v*u th* swimming pool,
which It is proposed to erect on a
nearby stream dUringthecoming summer, and which will have the hearty
co-operation of the dub. Congressman Kurts, Who was th* only-out-of-
town visitor, always receives hearty
reception hi Bellwood, where he is
held in high esteem by most all of
our citizen*. Other guests were
Richard H. Hirsch, G. A. Jamison,
Reuben L. Hostler, Earl M. Goshorn,
who will enter-upon his duties as a
sealer of weights and measures of
Blair county next Mondhy morning;
Frank J. Wertz snd A. Blair Font-.
The gathering was featured by an
excellent luncheon.
—Hi-Y club boy* are planning far
a market ia the furniture store Saturday to further their activities.
/ The M-*w Service co___a*v
■ion has approved ths application, af
the Pennsylvania Greyhound transit company, to diecontiau* scheduled bow service between Bbenaburg
and Craaaon, via Munster, aad between Loretto sad Cheat Spriseh,
{flree to children ten years of age or
he was tratisferred to fireman, and4 Under at the Antis Township Grade
the two happen*- to b* working
the aame train and became
Mf" Wjlh'B'BalrTtt-
Walker whoa* dress rivals ths tmnvi nsay sign
in th* near future. Permis-
are   being given to the
ous Jimmy of New York, has remained single, otid claims everything will
be ok if he can just get through the
year. They both intend to make their
homes in Bellwood.
ANNUAL FIRE LOSS
A* an -lustration of the extent of
losses and casualtiea caused by fir*
in Pennylvsyiia, fir* bureau officials of th* Pennsylvania Stat* Folic* point out that if th* building destroyed or damaged by fire during
1981 were placed on lot. of sixty-
five fsat frontage they would form
a continuous line of ruins from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia. Along this
path of desolation, it is farther Illustrated, one would find every quarter of |a mile a ruin from whieh an
injured aav*vn had seen taken, and
Bt every mile-and a half would be
found the charred body of a human
being who had been burned to death.
Thi. vivid picture of waste is
made more appalling, fire bureau official* state, by the fast that aot
lee* than 75*per cent of the CBoaaa
of these fire losses and casualties
were of a preventable nature, aad
occured mainly baeanss of the lack
of fire prevention interest on tho
part of the people.
DIED IN CUMBERLAND
Mia* Mary Bertie Andrews, who
for * number of years resided at
828 S. Second atect. Bellwood, died
at th* Allegheny hospital, Cumberland, "S_nd_y, 1:45 p. m. of complications, after being *i. patient at
tite hopital for eight weeks. Miss
Andrews ,was a daughter of Stephen
and Caroline Andrews, born at Oil
City, April 17, 1866. The greater
part of her life was spent at Wnr-
fordeburg, Fulton county. Sh* was a
lifelong member of ths Methodist
Episcopal church.
Surviving are two brothers sad
two sisters: S. M. Andrews Bad Mrs.
Job. Barnhart, nsaaoah, Md.; Mra.
D. E. Gordon, Warfordsburgj Clyde
Andrews, Gaithersburg, Md.
Funeral service aad interment
took ft*** st Wsrfordsburg Tuesday
afternoon.
—Bellwood*. Charity benefit .upper Saturday night netted $168.20 to
cash, snd groceries estimated at $60
Canvassers named last weak did a
thorough job in their visit., in both
borough and hisi*******   Tha comf
them if they wish their
children to be protected against
dipthars). No child eaa be permitted
to have tite treatment without the
application signed by on* parent
There have recently boon ai few cases
of diptheria in Altoona and we believe that all should be done that is
possible to prevent the spiead of
this severe disease to Antis Twp. Applications have been made to the
Stat. Dept of Health for the serum.
This the State furnishes free to all
children of ten years and younger,
but makes a charge of thirty cents
(80c) each for older children. The
treatment will be given hi three
small dose, each dose one week or
more apart ha six months the children will bo tested to make sure that
imunity against diptheria haa been
established. No. child that has had
the series of three (8) doses of
Toxin-Anti-toxin before, need have
it again, but all should take the
test in the fall to make sure of their
immunity. Immunity is usually established la 90-95 per cent of the
cases treat.-,
Dr. T. L. Wilson snd a trained
nurse will be in atendance.
NORMAN MILLER,
Supt    Principal.
Os»
P. -T. A. MEETING
The program for the Bellwood
Parent-Teachem association in the
South Side school building tonight,
7:80 will be furnished by North Side
pupils. A "radio broadcast" sketch
will hs given by Harry Hamilton,
Wayne Mills, Harold Troxell, John
Taylor and John Johnson. Mrs. Aimed- Seeds- is in charge. "The Cook
and the Cookies," sad "Unwilling
Tramps'* will hs presented by Miss
Ruth Irwin. Included in the cast will
hs Dorothy Nelson. James Schalles.
Merrill Davis, Donald Wilson, and
Elhrood Snyder, VernB Holes and
June Estop.
Law Make. Official Test N*c*e**ry
For Motor Vehicles J
The dead line i. near the firat
compulsory motor vehicle inspection
period of 1922, the Department of
Revenue ha* advised Pennsylvania
motorists who have not complied
with the law in rasp act to the Inspection.
Every motor vehicle owner la the
rtate must have his car% taxicab,
truck or bus inspected by sn official
inspection station by midnight Mar.
81. Not only inspection required by
law, but the necessary repair., correction or adjustments suggested by
the inspection station must be made
not later than that date; Motor vehicle ownesB will save themselves
much inconvenience and danger of
arrest by complying with tha law
now, the Department suggests.
The State Highway Patrol ba*
been instructed to bo on the alert
for vehicle, that do not display 1932
"Inspected and Approved" stickers.
Where such vehicles is noted it will
be stopped and tha operator requested to exhibit h'_ inspectiom certificate. If he cannot do ao he wall be
handed a red card advising him to
have the vehicle inspected.
After March 81 and during the
following ait' months it will be unlawful for any Pennsylvania motorist to Operate a motor vehicle that
has not been inspected aad issued a
certificate df approval. PersoT.b.
violating this provision of the law
upon conviction subject themselves
to a fine of $10 and cost of prose
cution. In default of payment they
may be sentenced to not more than
five days imprisonment
inspection stickers issued during
ths present inspection- period an)
good throughout the fimt three
month* arrest period starting April
1, and during the second inspection
Bagdad -vathiiAUis *l*_r_i3i__ftor that
new sticker* will be necessary,
stickers however do aot relieve
owner* of responsibility for operating a vehicle that amy become on-
safe mechanically or otherwise since
the .ticker win issued. The State
Highway Patrol haa the authority at
all time, to inspect vehicles sad order corrections made on those considered unsafe.
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—-From this angle it looks aa
though there will be some disappointed  office-seekers.
najprs
People Who Vigil Here and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZFJS
in
—If the depression is not broken
1988 shea what?
—Aa assortment of Easter hats
has just been received and *re on
display at Fannie Daugherty' 524
Main St, Bellwood, Pa. Ladies call
sad sss them.
—Prompted by ths belief that
many persons ar* act attending
church services because they are unable to contribute to the offering, St
Mary's Bpiaropal church, Williams-
port, hss eliminated collection plates.
Receptacles    will beplaced    la    the
ENTERS INTO REST
at
hfe*. B. B. Levengood Expire*
Horn* Wedneeday Evening
Estolla S. Levengood, 617 Main
street, passed into the beyond Wednesday evening at 9:85 o'clock. She
had been ill for sixteen days. Mtre.
Levengood was born Aug. 27, 1874,
Bt Kansas City. Mo., aad was a
daughter of J. H. S. and Elizabeth
Mcdonald Smith. She united in marriage with Dr. B. B. Levengood June
28, 1906 at Norrtstown, Pa., the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
George T. Schools, former pastor of
the Logan's Valley Baptist church.
Surviving are the husband and these
children: Rodman W., Elizabeth W.,
and William J., all of Bellwood. Two
brothers, Clark M. Smith, of Weat-
ville, N. J., and Clyde C. Smith, of
Altoona. also survive. Mrs. Levengood (was a member of the First
Presbyterian church, of Bellwood,
and of the Logan Valley grange. The
body may be viewed at the home
Friday afternoon from 8 until 4
o'clock, and from 6 until 8 again in
the evening. Private funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon
Bt 2 o'clock, with interment folowing
la the Logan Valley cemetery.
Friends are requested to omit
flowers.
mittee of BOTanil aerved 875 supper* j church vestibule and at the alter to
At tha *\ B. B, Y. hV Oa A. I
—Type writer paper can be obtained Bt ths Bulletin office in say
quanity de*ir*d.
—The Bev. W. A Dysart, local
minister belonging to the Methodist
Episcopal church, was honored by
election a* a delegate to the annual
conference, which will meet in
June. Such elections are being held
hs all Methodism, Whenever the
church year clones and the annual
conference does not meet until after
! the general conference meeting in
May. Should the general conference
admit laymen to the annual conference, has delegate, will be aecredit-
(ad, randy far adh-aaran.
Gnosis Who Ar* Eatartalaad hy Bali-
Wood Hn.H   FSreeaal Ma-Ill ii af
Theee Wh* V-an T* aad Fro
Mr*. Minnie Title, of Washington,
D. C. spent a few days laat week
with friends in the borough and was
a caller at our office.
Mia. Elizabeth Reeder of South
Second street attended the funeral
of her friend, Miss Bertie Andrews*
which wah held at Warfordsburg,,
Fulton county, on Tuesday.
Mr. Francis Derick of Martin
street student in the Altoona School
of Commerce, is enjoying s vacation and is spending the time down.
h> St Petersburg, Florida. He write,
home that moat all th* early crop,
in that section have been frozen by
the severe winter weather that prevailed * few weeks ago.
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PENN CENTRAL REPORT
Th* net income ol tha Penn Central Light and Power company for
1981 waa $1,818,289, as compared
with $2,093,638 in 1980, the annua
report of tho company reveals.
The* report which iata the assets,
capital and liabilities of the Penn
Central In detail form, also states
that tiie gross earning -ttHfig 1981
were $5,730,298 ss compared with
$6,848,876 in the proceeding' year.
All directors were re-elected at
the annual meeting of the stock
holders in the Altoona office at Mas
Penn Central recently. Officers will
be named at a future meeting. The
lor, Harry Reid, J. H.
Shute, W. PL wade and C. B. Zieg-
lar.
The report states that during the
year extensive improvements wars
made to both the gas and electric
systems Btad the result has been to
increase operating efficiency snd
make possible improved service st
lowered cost A reference hi made to
the sal* of stock and th* keen inter-.
est which the employes have always
displayed ia tiie company.
Extensions were nuajdie to reach
the neja* customer* and many pro-
jperties were reconstructed to improve service to existing customers
end provide for future demand*, the
report stated.
—We know a lot of fellows
in the borough who are anxiously
waiting the time when when they
can get out the shovel and rake and
begin making garden.
—Rev. B. H. Heiser, pastor of ths
Evangelical church of the borough
for the past year, has been returned
by the annual conference, which
closed its sessions in Milton on Tuesday.
—Mr. William Fredrick Cron and
Miss Marion Conlong were united in
marriage Saturday morning in the
Westminister Presbyterian church,
Bloomfeild N. J. Mr. Cron is a
nephew of Mrs. Jennie McCracken of
Boyles street, and each year pays s
visit to the Jeffries home and iawell
iknown among some of the younger
people of Bellwood. Owing to the severe winter weather Mirs. McCracken
did not attend the nuptials.
—The law states that dogs must
be under leash or penned up at all
times. The game wardens report that
rabbits and other small game aire being killed by the score by these pets
that sr* left run at large. The Board
of Game Commissioners ham instructed th* wardens to enforce the law.
Dog owners are liable to a fine of
. ten dollar, for each day dog. chase
game, eexcept when legally training or hunting, and five dollaire for
' each bird or small game animal killed through such negligence. Owners
1 of dog* chasing deer or elk St any
' time of) the year sre liable to a
heavy penalty. Many residents of
the town are also getting tick and
tird of other people's "pet" dogs running at large over yard., porches,
etc,, Said hare communicated with
'the state bureau for protection*.^