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BELLWOOD, PA.* THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1G33
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NO. 42
LOCAL NEWS. COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
8BIEF SUIiUMT OF IHE WEEK
Terse    Paragraph,  Ctaoctalag    the
Doiag af Oar Borough—Tbe Col-
y.        ibb Oar Subscribers Enjoy
—All the members of tha family
read the Bulletin.
—Type writer paper for tale at
thia office ia any quanity desired.  _
—The ladies Bible class of the
Olivet Baptist church, held a Christ
mas party at the home of Mrs.
David Millar OP Tuesday    evening.
—Mrs. Griener entertained her
Sunday school class of the junior
department of the Olivet church,
Tuesday evening at her home on
the Lowther farm. There waa a
real santa claut to distribute the
csndy and to make merry.
—Brook trout were released in
waters of Blair county during October, the Fish Commission haa announced. Following. ia a list of
streams stocked: Bald Eagle Creek
Van Scoyoc Greek, Big Fill Run,
Blairs Gap Run, Poplar Run, Clover
Creek, Sandy Run.
—Mr. John M. Bechtol, of Martin
atreet, well known Altoona shopman, haa been sorely afflicted for
the paat month with a carbunkle,
which haa taken up quarters on the
back of hia neck. It ia now yielding
to treatment, and Mr. Bechtol is
hoping that it will toon take its departure.
—Upward of one hundred and
'fifty children are registered for
the free Christmas dinner to be
served tonight, by Corey-Werta
Dairy and Burn* Coffee Shop, at
the Little Red School House Inn.
These are    all. children    of   unem-
Y. M. C. A. IS FILLING
COMMUNITY  NEED
The Y. M. C. A, one of tha most
progressive organizations in BeUwood ie filling a real need in the
community at this time, twining ita
self around all phases of community
life ami individuals. Housed In one
of the most beautiful buildings in
oar town, ft ia a real show place to
visitors to the town. Men and boys
can lounge here under pleasant but
strict supervision with wholesome
and elevating surroundings.
The "Y" co-operates with the
different organizations of tho town,
auch ss tito sponsoring of athletics
with the K. of P. and the Eagles,
tha lending of chairs and equipment
to the American Legion, Grange
and Boy Scouts aa well as co-operating in staging dramatic and athletics with tbe firemen. The "Y" has
alto worked in harmony in .the past
with ths community picnic committee and the Lions Club ia thier
community projects. The different
churches of the town use the Y. M.
C. A. facilities for plays and suppers and most of tiie churches have
used the "Y" auditorium for their
regular services while tiieir own
buildings ware undergoing  repairs.
The spacious Athletic field on the
eastern end of Main street, ia the
scene of practically all of the town's
outdoor athletics and many thousands of spectators and players use
it each year. The Y. M. C. A.
church baas ball league last summer proved very interesting with
over fifty games being played. Over
four thousand out-o*f-tow>n visitors
last year were attracted to our town
and entertained at the Y. M. C. A.
in connection with football and
basket ball games sponsored through
the Y. M. C A.
The school systems especially
profit by the Y. M. C. A. because
through the "Y" facilities, the Bellwood High school teams are able to
compete    favorably,   with    schools
them
real
under way to   give
Christmas treat.
—Tha Firemen have trimmed ap
their hall for Christmae, with evergreens and other holiday decorations. Christmas lights are installed
on the tower overhead where they
■may be teen from all over the borough giving the town a real Yuletide
setting. They were recently presented with a fine dog for a mascot, a
genuine water spanial, to with the
decorations, a large Christinas tree
and tiie dog a very homelike appearance prevails.
—Under tiie CWR men are now
engaged in painting the interior
walla and wood work of the North
Side school building. The working
time of the men ia ao arranged that
it does hot interfere with tha school
sessions. Under these arrangements
the national government pays for
tiie labor, while the school district
is furnishing the material. The
walls and wood work of the biuW-
ing have needed touching up for
some time past, bat due to financial
conditions of the district, work on
the same was held in abeyance for
the arrival af better times.
—In the Methodist Episcopal
church, observance of Christmas
will begin, with special services in
all departments of the Sunday
school. At the 10.45 service the pastor, the Rev. J. M. Brennan, will
preach oa "Remember Jesus
Christ." At 2 p. m., Junior and In-
tenmediates will meet to go out
singing, their trip having been post
poned from last Sunday. At 4 p.m.
-hers will be a choral service taken
from tho dr_tork> *In_uanuel,"
under auspices of choir aad Tyrone
singers. Ths last service of the day
wfll be the second part of dramatisation of "The Other Wise Man,"
by Epworth Leaguers, at 6:30. p.m
CWA WORK STARTED
Tha chances of a brighter Christmas for a largo number of BeUwood citizens materialised Tuesday
when the morning mail delivered
tiie long awaited cards for the men
to begin work under tha CWA program. The borough's projects) had
been held ap duo to some form of 1
red' tape, and considerable effort
waa required on the part of our
town officials to get the work moving.
Having anticipated tiie orrival of
the cards, arrangements had already been made to start work without further delay and one crew of
men began work at noon of that
day. Fifty men are employed on
the water lino addition, working
two five hour shifts daily, ' twenty
five men on each shift. Thia project consists of laying approximately seventeen hundred feet often
inch pipe to connect the old Logan
Valley line to tits borough reservoir. Thih will be a valuable piece'
of work for tiie borough aa it will
mean two ten inch mains, instead
of one, coming from the reservoir
and will increase the water supply.
Another group of about ten men
under the direction of the school
boord received notice to begin w°rk
oa the school project, Thia includes
painting inside walls and woodwork
repairing floors and building fll
addition to the tower.
With the combined projects a
good percentage of the towns unemployed have been given work,
and it is unanimously hoped that
the good work will continue
g|—-attain at huge expense, in
football and basketball. Alto the
dressing room and bath equipment
it much better at the "Y" than at
most of the places that are visited
by teams from the town. School
dramatics, benefit suppers aad pub-
He chapel services are also held in
the auditorium by the local achool
district. The Antie township schools
maintain their own athletic field,
but are dependent upon the Y. M.
C A. for their indoor athletics, aa
well at much of their music recital
and dramatics.
A friendly atmosphere    prevails
at'all times at tho "Y" and the do-,
minoes, checkers, billards and bowling ate being used nearly all of the
time. Townfolk, with and    without
modern bath    facilities    in    their
homes, find the "Y" bath room   a
convenient    place    to    bathe    and
change clothes, while tile baby clinics each Friday afternoon are    of
great help to mothers. The sixteen
boys' clubs at   the "Y"   and    the
games there help keep the boya of
the town occupied in work of interest and value as well   ae    keeping
them from mischief and evil    companions.  Unemployed      men      and
young mea find it a pleasant place
to spend    theid    enforced    leisure
time,  while  several hundred  books
are given out of the   library   each
month. Many game tournaments are
held each year,    while    campaigns
are  sponsored from  time to time.
Some of the annual campaigns held
are:    Keeping    Fit    Week,    Clean
Speech, Join the    Church,    Go    to
Church,  World Brotherhood,  Week
of Prayer, Thrift Week, Move    up
Forward, Bible Study, and Membership Campaign. The "Y" fills a useful place in the community and is
needed now more than ever before.
FOUND DEAD AT HOME
Becoming   apprehensive  for     the]
safety of his mother, Mrs. Elizabet
(Farnsworth)   Sneath,  who  resided
alone for some time paat in a hoi
along Bell   run,    off    from    Bl
street, and near the borough, An
tin Sneath, her eon, of ReightownJ
forced aa tatraace into thaL
-T"' fig
embrace of death, laat ^ ■—,
evening about 7 o'clock. Neighbors
had reported that she had not been
aaaa for several daya and ware fear
ful for her safety.
Her body was found lying at the
foot of the stairway leading to the
second floor of Ihe home, aa though
she had been stricken while attempt
ing to go upstairs. She waa fully
dratted. It is believed that she hsd
been dead for about a week.
Coroner Chester C. Rothrock waa
notified and after examining the
body concluded that death had resulted, from natural causes. No inquest will bo held. Mr. Sneath waa
born at Chest Springs on May 7,
1864, a daughter of Enoch and
Atyiai (Turnbaugh) Farr^woiih.
Surviving are one aon and one daughter, Austin and Miss Olive Sneath
Funeral services were conducted
Monday at the home, of her son
Austin, in charge of Rev. H. G.
Dooley, pastor of the Baptist
church. Interment was made ia the
Cambria Mills cemetery in Clearfield county.
THE BABE WITH SEVEN TITLES
Nest Sunday will bs a glad dsy
Ut ths Logan TtftJ Baptist church.
For the 10.46. preaching service
the pastor, Rev. H. G. Dooley has
chosen, the Christmas subject, "The
Babe with Seven Birth Titles."'
Christmas music will be a feature
of this glad hour. The 7.80 evening
service wfll bo featured by beautiful Christmas carols aad a moat entertaining and worshipful oaatata.
The Sunday school hour at 9.80
will be to charge of the Christmas
committee, that haa planned a veal
treat for all who attend. Everybody
is welcome to aae the cheerful services et tha day.
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CLASS HOLDS PARTY
The Willing Workers class of the
United Brethren Sunday school
held their monthly tea party, Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs.
Robert Smith on North ninth street.
The function was well attended
With 85 members being present.
When the usual class business
was disposed of, the party was en- [ Bush,
joyably entertained with a program
af gamea and contests prepared by
the aocial and entertainment com-
mittiet, after whieh the hostess,
aided by Mrs. Williams, Mra Florence Hannah, Mrs. Margaret Berkstresser aad Mint Helen Estep,
served  delkioua refreahmenta.
F1REMEN ELECT OFFICERS
The Bellwood Excelsior Fire Company have elected the    following
officers for 1984: President, N. Q.
Lauver; vice president   E. M. Goshorn; treasurer, R  C. Visk; secretary, Fred  Miller;    assistant secretary, Russell    Noel;   .chief,    C. C.
Keith; assistant chief, D. C. Vender
[vander;  chaplain,   Roy   Weaver; six
directors, P. B. Lauver, R W. Bush
R C. Vandevander,   E. N. Lauver,
Harry Endress and    Charles Bush;
equipment committee, J.  S.  Keller,
John Bathurst snd    F.    J. Loucks;
drillmaster, J. W.  Laird;    auditing
committee,    A.    B. Foutz,    W.    A.
Hauth and G. A. Jamison;    representative to state convention, Bute
ell Noel; alternate, George Shaner;
district representee,  Howard Pelter;  alternate, James  Shaner; dele-
gates to allied    association,    E. M.
Goshorn, J. M. Laird   and    J.    S.
Keller.
Nominating committee, R C.
Vandevander, N. Q. Lauver, Chaa
Bush, D. C. Vandevander, Harry
Endtress, James Shaner, R W.
E. N. Lauver, C. C. Keith,
F. J. Loucks and J. 8. Keller.
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—Mr. O. L. Weaver, for man*
years oae of the leading and subts
stantial citizens of the borough, tj|
lying dangerously ill st   bis   hotadft,
HANY DOSS KILLED DURING
" THE OPEN SEASON
Legal deer   hunting came   to   a
dose Friday of laat weak aad from
reports aow being received by the
Game Commission at Harrisburg, it
MM tiie moat prolific season far the
hunters for many yeara paat.   It ia
estimated that the number of backs
killed during the aaaa season will
run into the    thousands aad    will
surpass anything within the history
of the deer hunting aeason ia   the
state. Deer are now found h. most
[all the counties   of   tiie   commonwealth, even the thickly populated,
h counties where there is a   large
rootied area, ithe  animals  abound
In  almost  countless  numbers    aad
re to be aeon at all times   of   the
oar, in fact ia some counties they
pore become a menace to the farmland autoists and many are struck
cars and others are killed by the
mers    when    found    destroying
Va. Thia is a condition not alto-
ler to the liking of   sportsmen,
it obtains and ta some instances
mot bo prevented.
sportsmen    tell    ut    that
doe were also killed    during
season    which    recently    came
dote, and that too, in tha im-
liate  vicinity.  BeUwood  hunters
went gunning on nearby    hills
mountain^,  relate    that    they
across data   that   had    been
itered by tome one, the hunter
lably    mistaken " them      for
On the old mountain    road,
of the Haggerty farm and near
crest of the mountain     a   doe
[killed on| the laat day of   tha
and the guilty party is said
aide in Bellwood.    The illegal
reported    to Fish Warden
Lender, who  proceeded to
ot and brought the carcass to
It was dressed and the meat
puted among the needy of the
unity. A spike buck waa also
I Into town by Mr.  Lender
attributed ta the poor.
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AirrnFT t. a. meeting
The Antis Township P. T. A,
meeting for December will be held
ia the aesembly room of the consolidated school this evening at 7.30
p. m. In accordance with the recommendation of tiie Blair County
Congress of Parenta and Teachers,
the program for December WiU consist of parts of the Christmas programs of the various school assembly groups. The P. T. A. music
director, Mr. C. E. Figard present
the P. T. A. chorus in several appropriate selections.
A literary program of much merit
haa been prepared, in which the
pupils of the school will take part.
All patrons of the school, aa well aa
all others, are cordially invited to
enjoy the occasion at the Antis
township school.
The period from 7.00 to 7.25 will
ba set aside as usual for parents to
meet the teachers. Teachers will ba
glad to discuss with you any problem relating to the welfare of
yottr child..
Room twelve will be set aside for
the care ef younger children who
come with tiieir parents to this meeting.
The Christmas vacation will
commence Saturday, December 28.
School will re-open Wednesday
morning, January 3, 1984.
The Antis P. T. A. may be justly
proud of the fine showing of its
play in the county contest.
RECORD OEJOE DEPARTED
Persons   Who   Have   Fasted   From
Tha* to Eternity
MALCOLM D. FLEMMING
Death came sudden to Malcolm
D. Flemmlng at the home of hta
sister, Mra. E. C. Houaner in Altoona at half paat seven o'clock Monday morning, hia demise resulting
from a heart condition. Ht was the
bob of the late O. S. Flemming aad
wife and waa born on South Second
street, this borough, October 27,
1889. He grew to manhood here and
became intensely interested in athletics.
Qt gained nation wide prominence aa a football player while
attending Miuhlenburg college, from
which he waa graduated in 1916,
atad st Washington and Jefferson
college, being spoken of for ail-
American honors at the latter institution. He later served aa a coach
at the college for tome time and at
a Virginia Military institute.
During the World war Mr. Flam-
tag enlisted in the United States
marine corps and rose to a lieutenancy, although he did not get over
seas, being located  ot Quantico.
Surviving are six brothers snd
three siaetrs, Harry B. Flemming of
Brownsville, L. Roy of Sunbury,
Fail aad Walter C. of Detroit,
Mich., Arthur of Reading, Charles
of BeUwood, Mrs. J. B. Williams
and Mrs, E. C. Houtner of Altoona,
and Mrs. Roy Shirk of Tyrone.
He wea of the Presbyterian faith
and a member of the Tyrone lodge
of Elks and the Bellwood lodge of
Eaglet.
Funeral services were held at the
Houfinkr homey Albootaa, Wednesday afternoon at 8.80, and were
conducted by Rev. J. F. Anderson,
of Bellwood, at one time pastor of
deceased's mother, Mrs. Lillian
flaming, who wss a member of the
Bellwood Methodist khurenj. Enter-
tas-t. was made in .Logan Valley
cemetery.
PERS0NALJMRA6RAPHS
People Who Visit Hero and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF DOR CITIZENS
MRS. LAURA E. GARLAND
Wife of Frank    Garland    of    548
Tuckahoe street,  died  suddenly  at
her homo at    6    o'clock    Sunday
morning after having apparently recovered from aeveral earlier periods
of illness.  She waa born in  Williamsburg on April 17, 1871, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wagner) Davis,    and   waa   united    in
marriage with Mr. Garland in 1898
Surviving are her husband,     four
daughters and six tons, Mra. N. Q.
Lauver, Mra. B. W._ha_q and Mra.
S. R. Burnt, all of Bellwood, Mrs.
H.  W. Rickert of Juniata,    David
Garland-   of    Hollidaysburg,    Paul
Garland of Philadelphia, Ralph Garland of Jersey City, N. J., Edward
aad Junior Garland    of    Bellwood
and D. H. Glaaa of Juniata. Eleven
grandchildren, two sisters and one
brother, Mrs. Benjamin Wyland of
Hollidaysburg, Mrs. George Brandle
of Altoona   and Robert   Davis   of
Hollidaysburg    also    survive.    Mrs.
Garland was a member of the Methodist church.     Funeral     services
were held at the home at 2 o'clock
Wednesday    afternoon.    Interment
was made in Carson Valley cemetery.
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B. H. S. CHAPEL SERVICES
Chapel exercises of the Bellwood
high school will be held in the Y. M.
C. A. auditorium on Friday morning at 9 o'clock. The public is most
cordially invited to be present. The
program   follows:
Selections by High School orchestra;  devotions  by F.  A. Hamilton;
song,   "Joy To   The   World,"   by
school; reading by    Barbara    Stevens; selections by    combined    glee
clubs;  selections  by  orchestra; play
"Uncle Mel's Merry Christmas," by
pupils; selection      by      orchestra;
school paper, Lillian Hostler, Helen
Cox, Shirley Evans;      song,      "O,
little      Towf.      Of    Bethlehem,"
school;    musical   quartet,       Frank
Dunn,  Melvin    Hamilton,    Preston
B-thurstt,   Willard   Edmiston;  address, Rev. J. M. Brennan; .selections
by orchestra; presentations of foot
bail awards by Mr. Willard Bland.
The schools will    close  for    the
Christmas vacation    Friday    noon,
December 22,  and    remain    cosed
until the morning ofJanuary 2. Ex-
ercaea appropriate    to the    season
will be held ips all the    elementory
Guests Who Are Entertained by Bell.
Weed Hosts—Personal Mtatfta ef
Those Who Viait To Bad Fro
Mrs. Scott Mulhollem spent from
Friday until Sunday with Cloyd
Beatty and wife at Niles, Ohio.
Mr. Eugene Syling, Jr., student
at State College, is at his home on
Martin street for the Christmas
vacation.
Miss Mhrjorie Hetrick, who ia
employed at State College, spent
the week end with her parents, on
Stewart atreet.
Eldon Marsh, a student at Tap*
pie University ta Philadelphia, ia
spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter    Marsh.
Mr. Charles Frazier and Mr.
Donald Lovell, students at Gettysburg college, are at their respective
homes in the borough for the Yule-
tide vacation.
Mra. L M. Watters of North
Fourth atreet,, waa the guest of her
son-in-law and daughter. Mil and
Mrs. Paul Lloyd in Harrisburg, a
few days last week.
Mr. Chester O. Weaver, of
Bloomingdale, Ohio, was called
home the beginning of the week due
to the serious illness of hta father
Mr. O. L. Weaver.
Mr. Scott Mulhollem waa called
to Pittsburg on Sunday to viait the
hospital where his brother, Hobert
Mulhollem, is lying ill with a heart
affection. Tan minutes waa the time
allotted for visitation. Hobert la
employed at the Pittsburgh post
offic_^gg.<gj SA__ti___
Miss Elizabeth Levengood hat returned home from the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, where
she completed a post graduate
course and received the B. S. degree. Mlaa Levengood it the accomplished daughter of Dr. B. B.
Levengood, for over two score
years one of the town's leading
physicians, and is being congratulated by her many friend-
Mr. Kenneth Bentley, of Ard-
more, Pa., waa s Bellwood vsitor
last Friday and was entertained by
his brother-in-law, Mr. Guy L. Bower at his home on South Main
street. Mr. Bentley told the Bulletin
man that hit mother, who hss been
a resident of Austin, Texas, for a
number of years, waa visiting at his
home and before returning to the
Lone Star State would pay her Bellwood friends a visit.
on South Tuckahoe street, a suflfea^
or from pneumonia.
Y. M..C. A. ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Christmas day will be a big day
at ths Y. M. C A. with many special events on the program. Two
ducks and two chickens will be offered Ba prizes on the bowling alleys
and the town bowlers are practicing to get set to win a fowl. A pock
et billard tournament and a checker tourney are on the program
while contests ia rubber horse shoe,
bolo and Carom will bo held 'fag
boya ba the boys room- The building will open at 9 a. m. and will remain open until eleven p. m. An all
star basket   ball   game    is   being
planned fer the evening,    between
boys home from college and    stars
on the local league.
A devotional service will be held
in the boya* room, at 11 o'clock in
the morning, but the speaker   haa
net yet besa named.    Though the
service wiU be ia charge of   boys.   __, __ __      	
All persons are welcome to attend. ' schools on Friday morning, Dec. 22
«*a»   ■ ■ I A general invitation it extended to
—The Bulletin    withes    all    ita   all patrons    and   friends   of    the
patrons m, 1SIIJ Christmas. ' athaals to attend theee exercises.
s
RETIRED CONDUCTOR DRAD
George C. Burns, well known
Bellwood citizen and retired conductor of the Pennsylvania railroad
died at hit home on Tenth street,
_t 5 o'clock Wednesday morning,
after five weeks illness of complications.
Deceased was born on April 28
1866, at Tyrone Forge. He wii
married on Nov. 22, 1888, to Mitt
Eflfie P. Givler, who survives, along
with one son, S. R Burns, and three
daughters, Mrs. Jerry Grazier, Mrs.
Elmer Gummo and Mrs. Joseph
Weaver,  all  of Bellwood.
He also leaves two brothers,
David Burns, Baltimore and James
Burns of Havico, W. Va., and flour
sisters, Mrs. Martha Morris and
Mrs. Sadie McMullen of Baltimore,
Md., Mrs. Emma Dively of Altoona,
and Mrs. L. A. Frazier of Bellwood.
(Seven grandchildren also survive.
He was retired on June 1, 1931,
from the service of the Pennsylvania railroad after having been actively connected with the company
for forty-eight yeai* and aeven
months.
He wae a member of the Logan
Valle Baptist church and alto a deacon of the congregation. He also
was affiliated with the Order ot
Railway Conductors.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon, the cortege
leaving the family home and proceeding to Logan Valley . Baptist
church where services will be conducted at 2.80 o'clock by R«~- H.
\ G. Dooley. Interment wiS ba made
la Logan f alley cemetery.