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BELLWOOD. PI
rAY. JUNE9, 1982
NO. 15
LOCAL NH^ COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUNWRY OF THE WEEK
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—A heavy ifrost visited thta ese-
%tsa Wednesday morning.
—Th* Ladies AM society of the
Presbyterian church will meet ia the
_-_r.h on Friday at 1(80.
—Veoational --fato achool* opened
fa she chuTchee af th* borough Monday morning, ts continue for two
weeks, ss fs*-_BB» OhSBsh af the
Bretheni, Grace Lotheran, Evan-
fcelieal, Logan Vajley Baptist, Methodist -*n*co**a sad Cfivet Baptist Th* schools opened with s good
attendance ia al church*..
—Wednesday morning a number
af the member, af the Bellwood
Truckers association left with their
truck for a point near Punxsutawney, Jeffersoa county, where they
eMl be la^pd for the aext week
|ra* tea days hauling for a stats highway Job. About ton Bellwood
truck, will be S-BBged,
ThsBiai Jefferson, ao eighteen
eeBtary prugroaalve whose view* ere
objectional to many modern Demo-
fitata sn-^Bgaahasaas, arg*d that
all laws expire autoi-aticaly twenty
years af-) tSJkmt enactment unless
•specifically, ra-snacted. It ws»g3P
SsdeadU msthuj that would bare
**-"t the BtatBte book* clear ef dead
- wood.' Appbed te t-*h_*Br it would
have been especially beneficial.
—Hunlass, license for this   year
**T"—*Pa—'' UWCS*!*-I^WSM'r^'iPIl—*7_ta*" KB
order for 602,500 has been placed
with th* prison labor division of ,fh»>Xttar{*-~-
D*par_nent at Welfare. Last year
686,800 tag* were made, but th*
supply was insufficient, so that 17,-
ooo rnor* wiU be provided to meet
thh year's demand. The non-resident
hunts—-* tag wiU be red with white
_a__erals.
—Among th* graduates who will
rssstfB diplomas at commencement
exercise, at Stat* College thta year
am Russel L. Rehm and Wendell I_
Rehm af this borough, both of whom
pursued a course in electrical engi-
tjBering. They era aon* of Mr. and
Mi*. Harry W. Rehm of Mala atreet
faisaas hi ths state killed aad
E-parlail fifteen deer dart**; she
month of May. Ia ths same month
hat year SS were killed.
—A state treasury check for $26,-
288.40 representing th* finsl installment af th* Talbot act allocation to
Blair county haa basa received at
Hollidaysburg by the poor district
Th* final check, added to payment.
rsasivad brings ths total allocation
paat Ihe 190,000 mark. The fund to
being administered by the poor district, and other independent relief
agencies of -Be county, cooperating
with the board of directors of the
poor. Th* entire fund is to b* devoted to outdoor relief.
—The time of the year ta com-
Sng when a dip in the cooling) waters of the streams and swimming
pools af Blah- county will be an
every day diver-to*. by old and
young. Extreme caution must be*x-
•rctaed even hy tha moot expert
an Julias's. sad with it all, iB easing,
will occur. La a case of accident in
ithe water it h highly important to
get th* victim to th* share as quickly as possible. M unconscious apply
artificial respiration immediately.
V the case ta aarlSBs it may be ae-
ceasory to reaort to sa inhalator.
—From every section hs, ths borough aasj the 4uramndin_S fcioato
the report that vegeUtion ta suff«r-
*ng through lack of moisture, due
to ths met that thia part ha* not
been favored wtth B •earchi-g rain
for the past twenty-five days. Th*
gsrdena and field* SIB showing th*
effect, of not sirflScient motatur*
aad a heavy rain will be the only
_kea__ ot earing ths early ptanting.
Ia many nearby sections h**vy rain*
hav* aad* their appearance within
the paat tea dpha or weak, but) this
{part ta shasst as dry, sa paak.
mturm. mm urn
emteme For. et* JtHaaaa. tp—mm
-t*la to Be De_* Ahaost by Haad
The hay* af B*llwood Toeing aup*
pttad with natural gas has aot toato
g-mnurring aa might he supp-ped,
mm thta week' S-tiv* ep-sattoa ea
digghig th* mah. ar4 s**fyig the
htghpressure pipe wa* started in Ty-
roae aad will be continued way*
wBrd until tiie supply line ta tapped
_a Altoona, The project ta ia th*
hands af th* People'. Natural Gas
loomanpany, of Pittsburg, th* con-
eerri laat sought aad ohhriaed franchise from tha Bellwood Borough
councl last f__, when it was thought the line would be had. However the co-sphny thai met wtth
aome obstacles which could ribt
then be overcome and now that
these as* out of the way, active ope-
nation in laying tho main hss fas
gaa. Concerning the uulertaldng the
Tyrone Times* of last weak says*
"Ths Times ta able to state definitely thta wash that the work of
•-tending th* Batumi gas main from
Altoona So Tyrone will be started
within Mis next few days, probably
by th* fuf-t of th* coming week. Th*
tools are now arriving for ths work.
aad vary ssea the dirt will start to
fry oat of tha trench which will
carry the she and five-eight, inch
high pressure line from the Altoona
station to the local gas station.
"It to expected that the work sf
putting tat this fourteen or more
mil*, of high pressure line will require at least a month but ths work
Will bo speeded up mm rapidly as the
weather and other conditions will
pen-it. For the most part of the nature off the ground which will be
tiS**-'Beil by th* main ta not expect-
*- te off ar sty —rtoea obstacle.
"There ta a small amount of work
(to be done to make the connecting
at th* Altoona receivings .station
IS—it!IBs —-*Mi'*—-r^>at»r^c*oni|4ele<* th*
work of laying the main will be —n-
ciiiioiiEN swat in
174) Psr CmI. of
Under 14 YeSS*
.   More  Smb. If  pea eta*, mt
person, killed -B motor v*htolo
feidenta ia PannssrivaniBlh th*
four months of th* year wee*
ren 14 year* old or law. There
688 persons of ail agas Hied.
ejbat number 101 or 17.8 per
were chidren.
"Thi. ta aa appalling lass of,
IB*,"    Benjamin 6. Eynon,
mtasioner of Motor Vehicles, said
discussing   the   slaughter   Of
children.  "If   -hat   many
Were killed during the whiter
what   caa w* ssp.ul with
here, school over aad more ehl
playing   ia   the   streete?    Para-
ought   te fas dbeetty interested
the safety of   their children.   Th
should forcibly impress on th*
of   their little ones ths danger   ef i
playing on etreeta and highway*.
"Children   «* wsfl as the   -durte
/should learn to cross only st ettei
intersection-    Children    should   b*
*
taught to avoid darting out into
the street or highway* from behind,
parked    vehicles. By walking    ial
STRUM POLLUTION
By Tdst Haw Riv*r W*t*r
KUIs Pmmp Trih*
how deadly some industrial
may hs to fish Ufa, has been
itod fay actual test,   con-
by Engineer Aran*lung, of
Sanitary Water Board, at the
St*   fish BaS-heiy at    Pleasant
at   Thess test, were mad*   to
out the recently announced
toy of the Board, through Exe-
li-igfassr C. L Siebert, where-
it aba stated that water*   from
would be taken to a   fish
.tchery aad ftah life placed thereto Bote the reaction, Under var-
ditatioUs.
Tbe waste  watters of a certain
iustry   located   oa   the   Lehigh
ware trawsBSrlsil te Pleasant
louat, whets, ia coop oration with
Board of Ftah  Commtasioner*,
proven that they would kill
th, shiner* and killifish in   con-
ltration* as low sa 1 psr cost It
fa* readily seen what result such
.to water weald have oa ftah life
the Lehigh River, if It wsrs freely
into streams, as hi fact,
H being done at the plant.
-he   street from behind a   Parked i With this new knowledge at hand,
Vehicle they are always in danger of   off oats ware at once begun with the
Some time ago MV. Tonkin, vie*
president of the People's Natural
Gas Oa tat Pittsburg, stated to th*
taster committee of the Tyrone borough council that he saw ne reason
why th* work of putting ht the Main
basalf aet be started at Tyrone and
continued toward Altoona. Thta plan
ta to he Carried oat aad the work
of bringing the main into Tyrone
will fas begun here, a hart which will
be appreciated by th* men here whs
have for many months had vary
Uttle employment. Of course the
"People's company will aot be alts
fa this work to employ all ths unemployed of thta section but those who
are wiling to to do an honest days
work for th* most part wiU probably fl-d temporary employment The
company. The Tims* is informed,
expected to pet a targe force of men
at thta work fat order to complete
It at BBastiy date as possible.
"Th* Time* is -too informed that
-hide from the matter of foremen
aad those sups. Tiring the. work aad
expert, ia ths line of pipe fitting,
the help will be drawn from the
rank* of the local unemployed."
1. O. O. F. MEMORIAL
Bellwood Lodge No. 819, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will
hold a memorial hi ths hall Friday
evening at 8 o'clock, to which _fl
Odd Fallows, members of the Rebeccas Bad friends are invited. A
Wpecial program has been prepared
erfakh to SB fo-rosw: Opening; scrip-
turs reading, C. L. McElwain; invo-
'cation, W. H. Moore; sob*? fay four
ttirla; rssssita by Mr. T. P. Gheer,
one of tb* charter members of Bellwood lodge; solo, "Beautiful lata of
Somewhere, by Mr. Waits, ef Tipton; address by Rev. J. A. Mills,
pastor o*f the United Brethern
chuneh; solo, "The Vseaat Chair,'
hy Mr. Wait*; reading of scroll by
Bm S. Hommer; closing ode; benedlc-
ition, Rev. 3. A. Mil* This will M
Ba important event in ths history of
BsJhmod Odd Follow* and it to desired thst there he a targe attendance sa thia occasion. The committee fa charge consists of Messrs. C.
L. McElwain, George Cherry, H. S.
Hommer snd W. H. Moore.
—Th*    Stats Game    Commission
Paid $1614 in bounties during May.
InelurJed   ia the claim*   ware   108
Js-ay foass aad 108S
being run down by an approaching
vehicle. Teach your children to took
to ths left hfbre ' they leave the
sidewalk even though they are croas'
fag st intersection*. Teach them to
took to the right when they are fa
themididle of the street   •
"Children should be told of tha
danger of stealing rides BB truck*,
ice wagon, and various other home'
t—-awn vehicles. Hitching ride*
against the law but that
nothing to a child fa puiajiff-j*1
ride for a block or Jj£t-__aj m
It may medi mum fajhty t_jiil
seriously injured may help. Perhaps
a little home tre*t--«at *ft_KV* sfcflp-
tls* uoeri    (ictecteor   ste»—ng ** rmn
may help more that anything else.
That depends on the child:
"Conservation of child life, to as
far as it relates to the motor vehicle,
ta a responsibility resting on motor-
tats and parents. Each most bear
their share of the burden. No matter how caution* Ihe driver may be,
he needs all hta wits when Bearing
a group of children at ptaywhether
they are playing oa ths street or
sidewalk i&hould make no difference
to him. They may run wild aay
minute,
"Parents should continually instruct their children in the flsisjat
from the time they leave the sidewalk. Talk safety to them frequently. It's too late after the accident
baa happened.
owner*  of th*  industry,  to  secure
JaiitaMe    provisions for the    trest-
f-ont of their waste water, before
tfasy enter   tha river; er the   dta-
'jharg- of th* ohlsstfousl waste wa-
%dt into fa* sewer system aad eew-
JQBpdaUaent   works of a   near-by
jtjifcpe -egotations ar* now aa-
gag, aad avery effort will   be
ylpature sbata'ne-t    of the
_JF objoe^oas|L pollution,
Bhl.h iji I "a\amitSM'%n
REV. JW0ERS0OJS HONORED
Coajrr*tattion Mah.. Hta. Pastor Em
•rhws of Alto-wa 8th Av*. Charch
The Ber. 3. F. Anderson, D. D,
who baa been assistant supply pastor of Altoona Eight, avenue Methodist Episcopal church since November, was given the honor of being
made pastor emeritus of that church
ht a meeting of the official board,
held Tuesday night The motion,
.unanimously adopted, was aa follows:
"That ths Rev. J. F. Anderson, D.
D, be elected to tiie office of pastor emeritus of the Eighth Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church of Altoona, hie nam* to be inscribed on
the pastors memorial window fa the
church Sunday school room, and his
name to be placed on the roster of
pastors af our church et all times
whan the charch roster ta published,
ao long as the church ta an organization."
The resolution, adopted in con
Section with this section, ta as follow^; "Whereas, when our pastor,
the Rev. 3. E. Beard, became incapacitated and unable to perform
hta duties, the Rev. J. F. Anderson,
came to our rescue and accepted the
appointment as assistant supply
pastor at such remuneration aa enabled us to support the Rev. Beard
aad Family;
"Aad, whereas, the Rev. Anderson performed the duties ofour pastor in such a highly efficient manner thst th* church was able to continue functioning efficiently fa all
ilapaitiiianli, snd, whole, th* «n-
tir* congregation baa appreciated
the service of the Rev. J. F. AndSr.
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PERSONAL PAMPHS
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF 000 CIHZEIS
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River is «. ..cut. to th* ant-'
'ed sewage from a community numb-ring 8,600 -people. This gives a
vary adequate idea of the pollution
load poured fato the stream by thia
plant every day.
The work of securing abatement
off pollution fa tiie Lehigh River haa
been going on for several years, and
wfll ba continued without cessation,
(until, auch time as the waters of
Khta stream meet the standards set
up by the Bureau of Engineering,
for fa* State Sanitary Water Board.
paat
. HELD MISSIONARY TEA
The missionary society of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church held
a tea at the home of Mrs. J. H.
Leffard oa Orchard street Friday
afternoon, when more than 60 ladies
ware present Six Bellwood churches
wars represented, beside guesta from
Tipton and Tyrone Miss Madeline
Barber, af Tyrone, a graduate of
Peabody Institute, and accompanist
first honored th* program with til*
singing of late songs. Tha violin
solos were rendered by Mrs. I_ E.
Wilson, accompanist Mr*. Paul
Jordan, of Altoona, who also executed piano solos. Beading* were
given by Bellwood- elocutionist,
Miss Eleanor Cornmcp—r, who the
previous week arrived horn* from
Kutxtown State Teacher* foll*BS
Tea waa poured and *erv|ed by tha
following ladies: Mia, H. G. Dooley
of the Baptist church; Mr.. L. E.
Wilson of the Methodist church; Mr*
Frank Hughes and Mis* Bath Irwin
of the Presbyterian Junior Missionary society. Mrs. Hittinger, president of the senior society, invited
the gueta* to view the flower garden, which hss beautiful old and aew
blooms. The ladies reassembled to
enjoy th* second part af th* program, whieh waa given by ths same
talented artists. Mr. aad Mrs. LaB-
fard who at this time so kindly responded in .sharing their beautiful
home, had many good wjshea showered upon them. The tea was quite
sn enjoyable occasion.
—Most all of the business places
of the borough have again adopted  httomoy.    Th* continuance
Thursday    afternoon closing,    sad   fat    unnecessary, to summon
COURT SLASHES COST
A new huge .lash looms fa county
criminal prosecution cost, through
aa order issued by Judge Marion D.
Patterson fa court Monday, decreeing the coat fa court cases shall aot
be paid to aldermen, justices of the
pases or constables until ths costs
have been collected [from the persons sentenced fa pay.
The move will make serious inroads on revenue to the minor judiciary and constables, it ta estimated.
The instructions of the court were
explicitly directed to ths office of
John R. Basstar, county controller,
ordering thst no f eea are to be paid
for aldermanic hearings, hearings
before justices of the peace, or fees
to constables, the usual preliminary
ht aU court cases, unless defendent
fa each case pays the assessed costs
through th* oftfice of the district
attorney, probation officer or
sheeriff.
—Flag Day will occur Tuesday of
next week,, and don't fail to .fling
Old Glory to th* breeze.
—Th* Presbytery of Huntingdon
met fa quarterly session at Centre
Hal ea Monday. The Bellwood
Presbyterian church waa represented
by Bev. R. S. Hittinger and Elder
Modtfet of Tipton.
—All esses pending for Jane
■ana of grand jury aad criminal
court have beam paatp-inil hy action
of th* Blair county court* aa SB
economy measure. Thta move, together with th* recent postponement
af court of common pleas ta estimated will aave approximately $8,000
fa budget at expenditures this year.
Judge Marion D. Patterson issued
ths order fa court oa Monday, postponing aK cases until October term,
after conference with the diaetrict
make,
grand
—All the family reads the Bulletin.
—Now that the tax bill has been
jUgued by the president and thus become a taw of the land, let us hope
that it will be the means of stimulating business and that there will
fcoon be a pronounced revival along
hit lines.
Miss  Laura Edith Trego,  daughter otf Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Trego and
Harry Newton Taylor, son of Mr.
and Mn. R. F. Taylor were Bellwood  representatives in  this years
graduating class at the Altoona high
school which  numbered  766.   Both
of these young people distinguished
'themselves  in  the aay of scholarship Harry had the honor of being
j president    of the class during    the
' junior year and was president of the
] Hi-Y   slab of   th* school thia   past
which will continue during mm moa- | Jurors or petit juror* _or tha Jan*   year. He was etao chosen as s mem-
work, visiting the nek and afflicted,
attending meetings of classes and
societies, administering communion
to shutins, burying the dead, baptizing children, was cheerfully performed sa only a devoted Christian
pastor could do it
"Be it further resolved, That we
express to Dr. Anderson our thanks
for hta invaluable services and our
aorrow that our relationship as pastor and people must soon eome to a
clone. We wish for him many more
years in the work so close to his
heart, the work of reaching Christ
and working for the advanceent of
Ws kingdom."
Gm-u Wh* Ar* _-_*t___«d fay SaU.
Weed Mmt*   P.r»e**l MaaUia af
Thee* Wh* Vh-t To Bad Aa
Mr. and Maa. Kenneth Fuoss, ef
Wihnerding, spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. aad Mrs. John Fuoas
oa North Fourth street.
Mr. T. P. Gheer ha* istsraa. from
a vk-t of ten day*, spent with hta
aon-in-taw aad daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Baaaa at WUmerding, Pa.
Cfaaii** Frasier aad Walter I_nde-
muth, student, at Gettysburg college, are at tiieir respective homes
in the borough for the summer va-
c-tiois.
Mrs. Samuel Mundorftf, Mr*.
Julia Beard and Mm. George Lynn
spent a day recently at Clearfield
attending th* Northern Lutheran
conference.
Mia. Maud* Strunk, who was aaa
of th* teachers in s suburban town
near Pittsburg, is at the home of
her sister, Mm. Richard H. Hirsch
for the summer vacation.
Rev. Montreville Seely, pastor of
the Olivet Baptist church at Bell-
view avenue, with Mm. Seely sad
children, are enjoying a vacation
among friends ita New Semap sad
the Eastern part of the state.
Miss Winifred Buckwalter, af
Council' Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs. Adam
j-ym and two aniabjpi Mhw Sadto
-tvin. jjjLHottfadata, Bare »titoal|^|^
ejssi_ jisBj^^ifJ^jjsd b^b\W
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CAMBRIA FACES DEFICIT
County Controller Henry L. Cannon, fa a letter to the Cambria
teounty commissioner, dated Jane 8,
SSStfS that unless drastic steps are
'taken, at the end of 1932 Cambria
county will have a deficit totaling
f 881,861.78 sad fa the very near
future wiR be unable to meet its
bill-
Estimated expenses for the next
Seven months total $1,444,061.16,
while estimated receipts total $1,-
112,189.88. If temporary loans are
■repaid and the amounts due on
bonds during June, July and August,
no money will be available for other
purposes. He suggests aa immediate
conference of the court and commissioners to take action to alleviate
tiie financial crisis facing the conn-
JHfaa of June, July snd August | term. It is a wise move.
I J»er of the National Honor Society. {attend.
Beckley college cohuneneemerit
exercises, being held in Harrisburg
today, and' of which their eon Walter Laird will be numbered among
the graduates.
Mr. Wiltard Bland, son of Mr.
and Mra. W. Y. Bland, of East Fifth
•street, haa arrived home from Conway, Arkansas, where he had been a
student during em paat term fa the
Arkansa State college, aad from
which he wa* graduated at the recent commencement
Mr. and Mra. J. Eugene Root, at
Cincinnatti, Ohio, wars short time
visitors hi the borough last Saturday
while on their way to State College
to attend the commencement exercises. Mr. Root ta s graduate from
this well known institution of learning aad ia now engaged fa the engineering department of the city ef
Cincinnati.
Mr. and Mm. Howard J. Dick of *
Pittsburg, while motdring to Staite
College last Thursday, tarried fa
Bellwood for a few hour* and osM-
ed upon of old time friends in the
borough. Mr. Dick spent hta boyhood days here and is always pleased to eome back and mingle With
old time friends. This office acknowledges a call from the Pittsburg
folks.
Mrs. William Millenldpt, off
Williamsport, has been visiting her
sister, Miss Claire Buckwalter and
Mrs. W. Y. Bland ea Best Fifth
street the past week. On Sunday.
Mr. William Mollonkopt and M*r.
and Mrs, Water D. Mollenkopt and
two children motored to Bellwood,
and Mrs. Mollenkopt accotnpantoj*
them home. Returning they encountered heavy thunderstorms ia the
vicinity of Williamsport.
e i.
—Mrs. Frank Glasgow of South
second street, has been a sufferer
for some time past from diabetis.
Her friends will be pleased to know
that her condition is somewhat improved.
—Bellwood Lodge No. 181,
Knight* of Pythias, will entertain'
the Pythian Welfare Association of
Blair County oa Monday evening, June 18th, in Pythian Castle
Hall on Main stie.u Bar. L. S
Wilson, of tho Methodist Episcopal
church will make an addieaa sad a
pleasing program haa been arranged
and refreshment* will be served. All
members of ths Bellwood lodge sad
members of the order residing fa
Betfwood  sre  cordially invited to,
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