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Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
OBIEF 5UMMABT OF THE WEEK
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—Patronise tbe Bulletin advertisers.
—AH the advertisers in the Bulletin are reliable business people
and an deserving ef your confidence and patronage.
—Well, this is the first day of
March and whether or not It came
la like a lion or lamb, we leave to
the weather folks to aay.
. —Should thia frigid weather continue for a number of weeks wa
fear it will be a long time before
fhe political pot begins to    simmer.
—We sr* of he opinion that the
ground bog should join the ranks
of fhe NBA and be permitted to
work just one hour during the winter  season.
—Locan Legionaires will stage a
play in the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday aad
Wednesday nights, March 18 and 14
when "The World's All Bight" will
be presented.   - */"H
—The Willing Worker's class of
the United Brethren Sunday school
will hold their regular monthly class
Steeling tonight at the home of Mra.
Geraldine Wertz.
|—Wednesday was the coldest
morning of the winter when' the'
thermometer tumbled to twenty-five
degrees below zero. The unusual
cold caught many home owners and
others with frozen water pipes aad
throughout the day the sat*)lass   of
great demand. It waa fhe most severe weather aaasrlcaced in this
section for twenty-five years.
—Among fhe sick of the borough
la Mrs. James V. Smelker of Clark
street, who ia ill with asthma and a
heart attack. Mrs. J. I. Rightnour
hag been confined to her home on
South First street daring the greater part of February with a severe
cold. Mrs. John Fuoss of North
Forth street ia recovering from an
attack ef pneumonia. Miss Martha
Coulter is critically in at her home
on West Main street.
—The range in the home of Mr.
Edward Weight and mas Effie
Boyles, who reside on fhe north
eide, blew up early Wedenesday
when a firs waa made la the stove.
Due to the exceedingly cold weather durnig the night ice formed in
fhe waloi frost aad when fire was
started steam waa formed. Mr.
Weight ad Miss Boyle* were slightly injured by flying parts of the
stove. . The interior of the kitchen
was also somewhat damaged.
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—The Methodist Foreign Missionary society met at the home of
Misa Mary Miles and Mrs. Alice
Colburn on East First atreet Tuesday afternoon. A splendid meeting waa* held and among the letters
and cards that wen read waa resolutions framed by the Bellwood
Presbyterian society, congratulations to fhe Methodist society for
carrying oa for fifty yearn la Bellwood. This was -conunendable and
will be placed on file. Mrs. Hittinger is fhe president of fhe Presbyterian society, aad Mrs. W. A.
Love, president af fhe Methodist
society.
—One evening recently while
Miss Doris Pease, who resides a
Short distance east of the borough
waa returning from school to her
home, was accosted by a ruffian,
whom it was supposed was bent on
snatching her hand bag which contained her purse. Miss Pease ia
a student in Juniata college and
goes sack and forth each school day
Miss Peons heard footsteps In fhe
rear aad as the villain came near
she thought he waa a neighbor. He
grabbed te young lady who managed ta get free and in fhe struggle
fall over a hedge fence. Becoming
i -frightened the villian beat a hasty
* retreat without succeeding ia robbing the young lady ef her purse. In
Khe future Miss Pease will ha ac-
aenpaniad by her brother ta aad
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Largs Cast Walsh Will .dreamt
"Ths World'* AM Right"
One of fhe largest theatrical
casta over to present a home talent
play la Bellwood. will be offered on
March 18th and 14th at the Y. M.
C. A., a benefit performance of
"The World's AB Bright" ' It is
a musical extravaganza featuring
one hundred and fifty local people.
New songs, old favorites, costumed
choruses, patriotic revues, and
specialty numbers are woven la
snd oat of n fast moving radio plot
Mass Margaret Bridgens, representative of fhe Universal Producing Company is directing the production. The members of the
American Legion are endeavoring
to make this one af fhe most successful and entertaining shows of
the season.
The show comes to fhe community highly recommended from many
parts af the state. General chair,
man H. C. Emrick, reports splendid
co-operation from fhe business
houses of Bellwood aa well as a
fine start on the oast. Miss Susan
Hirsch leads the all star cast as
Jane, fhe secretary aad sweetheart
of fhe radio station WAR whose
call letters stands for "World's All
Right." Thomas Hirsch la cast as
Jimmy Waddell, owner and announ
cer of the radio station. He has
a terrible time putting over his feature program oa which rests hit
financial success as wall as his romance with Jane. Unless he sells
big advertising hours to the national advertisers his station will fall ia
to the hands of fhe receivers. * Mr.
Dinkell, owner of the Pink Pickle
Company and played by Richard
Hirsch, refuses to buy fhe hour.
Talent walks oat and fhe hard-
boiled bill collector played by Chas.
Waits, threatens to eat off the
electricity.  The studio    is    thrown
ice boy played by H. C. Emrick, | ni association waa attended by
Insists on patting on    "his    act"
which he claims is a knockout   that
and
a
old
will knock fhe radio listener's ears
"clean off." You'd better come
and laugh with or at him because
he certainly cuts up about the studio and "puts" fhe climax' to the
plot.
The hill billy band ia wigs
with freckled complexion! add
(real atmosphere for all those
mountaineer songs. The hall billy
opera entitled "He Waa Her Mian,
Bat He Did Her Wrong" will present a scene of Bellwood society
dames in featuring roles such aa
Frankie the gal about town, played by Wm. Sitman, Jr., Nellie
Blys, fhe village vamp, in which
role is Reuben Colobine. Then
there is fhe worst of all villians
played by H. W. Schalles. And last
but not least the real swell city
slicker played by Ralph Varner.
It's a drama you will aever forget
The star of fhe Hill Billy act
played by B. C. Crosser gives a regular interpretation of the old
grand pap Si. Harold Troxell is
outstanding in the role of Hiram
the soloist for the said "opera"
[Susan the demure mountaineer
maiden will be played by Ike Saltzman, Maud, her rival ia played by
Clarence Burns. Steve, her man, is
played by Banld* Lego. Hank
will he played by Jesse Cook. Mike
will be 8. fl. Hildebrand. Tea
should see    them    square    dance.
Other members of the cast will
appear soon.
—Mr. William Hauth has been
on fhe sick list far fhe past tan
days. Mr. Hauth ia proprietor of
fhe Bellwood News stand and had
been confined to hia room on the
second floor of his place of business
on Main street He haa since gone
to the home af Mr. L S. Lindemuth
on South First street, where he is
now confined to bed.
—Health Officaer F. S. Hetrick
related an odd incident which he
witnessed while making an inspection of the borough water plant up
along ,Bell run Tuesday morning.
He eras hi the vicinity of the Blair-
Css*-sbrisa county Una and a pool
which
Local Sportsmen Active ia Effort tOr|
Close Bell Ran Mine ^*M
Dr. Theodore B. Apple, secretary
of the atate health, has announced
that the CWA haa approved an
application for sealing abandoned
coal mines in Pennsylvania. The
project will -be confined to the head
waters of fhe western branch of
the Susquehanna and fhe tributaries of the Youghiogheny, the Kiski-
minitaa and ths Mionongahela rivers,	
The work will be directed particul. $$tating his inability to be    present
arly to sealing    abandoned    mines
which are fhe chief source of pollu-
Iliana draining fhe coal fields.
wood citizens are deeply interested
On the borough watershed, far up
Bell run, is an abandoned clay mine
operated a number of years ago by
the Harbison-Walker brick plant at
Blandburg. It ia said that the
water from this abandoned mine ia
«-f an alkili nature and while not
particularly deleterious to health,
or fish life, other than It destroys
fhe fish food in fhe streams,'' yet
fhe sealing of this abandoned mine
has been under consideration by
fhe Bellwood Sportsmen's Association for many months. The membership of the local sportsmen's association is almost five hundred, and
those who are enrolled intend to
bring all influence and pressure up
on fhe authorities in a effort to,
have this mine sealed at a
early date.
'   Paster*  Here   aad   Deliver
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Celebration of the ninetieth anni- ,
ary of the Bellwood  Methodist
copal church,   fhe   Bev. J. M. '
aaa pastor, closed with largely
ded services on Sunday.    Only j
disappointment  occurred in ths
The Rev. William Moses ■
Dunced to lead the old time love |
tast Sunday morning, was    oblig-
to send a telegram on Saturday,
'Jjwing to the sudden  illness of his
foster daughter, Mis* Ida Dice.   His
tion of tributaries    to    fhe    main f|bsence was much  regretted,    but
This ia a matter which many Bell j|L F. Andersen, D. D., much belov
be love feast waa led   by the Rev.
Y d by Bellwood Methodism. The
| uditorium waa filled and the serv-
ii lie was participated in by an una-
rally large number.
-Three infants were baptised    and
ere wm one addition    to   church
.heirship.      One of the children
a son   of Mr. and   Mra. W. P.
ush,  baptised,  at the  pastor's  re-
iest by the Rev. James B. Stein,
D., who baptised his father.
fer. Stein, who arrived from Har-
mrg in fhe    morning, and    Dr.
erson participated in fhe sacra-
icntal  services,   which  was  largest
the history of the church,    more
850 kneeling at the alter     to
ke of fhe elements.   Dr. Stein
bed at fhe evening service on
 he Supreme Good."     In the audi
very£«ace were members of the    senior,
{a*-atet mediate and junior divisions of
(n view of the facts that fhe state He* Epworth    League , which
authorities intend sealing abandon.. Stein organized 44 yean ago.
ed coal mines ta other parts of the/
state, there is no doubt bat that tha-|
abandoned clay mine oa the head'
waters of Bell run will receive their;
serious  consideration.
Dr.
DANCE A SUCCESS     'J
Ths dance and card party staged ]
large crowd, at fhe Y. M. C. A. laat
night, and aa exceptionally good
time was enjoyed.
Music was furnished by Clark
Enirick's orchestr and a novel entertaining feature waa put on by Jack
Kellen's class of juvenile tap danc-
eers from Cresson. The program
waa rendered aa follows:
Opening speech and song by
Micy Ryan, who also announced
each feaure; song Betty Lou Evans;
tap dancing; "School Days," Florence Trexler and Hope Moyer;
"Three Tiny Tappers," Disk Moyer,
Betty Lou Evans and Jans Trexler;
*<OBr Spot of Red and White,"
Nancy Moyer and Mary Ryan;
"Easter Parade," Jane Trexler and
John Moyer; finale, dance by Hope
Moyer, Florence Trexler, Micky
Ryan and John Moyer.
Everyone had a fine evening of
dancing and card playing and are
looking forward to another event of
the same nature to be held ia fhe
near future.
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WIU. INSPECT ALLEYS
When there is a change in fhe
weather condition an inspection of,
the streets and alleys will be made
by a com-mitbee of the town council
and where it is found that persons
have been using "the alleys as a
dumping place for ashes, the occupant of the prperty will be requested to remove the same at once and
ta' fhe future find other sources to
pile ashes and refuse. An ordinance of fhe borough forbids any
one from using the streets and
alleys for any purpose other than a.
drive-way, and it ia fhe intention of
the town council and chief burgess
that fhe law be respected.
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-DIED IN CAMDEN, M. J.	
Mra. Mary (Bratton) Dunlap,
aged 86 years, of Houtsdale, died
at the home of her daughter, Edith
in Camden, N. J., where she had
been visiting since last Christinas
on Monday evening. Death waa
due to tafirmaties due ts her ad*
vanced age. Her home Teas in
Houtzdale, where the body waa
taken for interment Bar husband
died a number of years ag)o> being
one of fhe well known and esteem-
not frosea over with ice, ! «d citizens of Houtsdale for a long
a fly waa flitting near fhe surface af . period of yean, and where the
fhe water when a large trout made family had been old time
a tiw aad captured ths insect and residents. The deceased was bora
in ao doing its mouth waa frozen ' {ta Bald Eagle valley.. Levi Dun-
ahut And now fhe health officer lap brother-in-law aad Misa' Belle
la rat-Mai to a   place ia   the   tall   Dunlap. siator-in-law of Blair street
[this hwaagl* attended the faaetaL \
'• The  Sunday school service    waa
d la the afternoon.      Attendance
exceptionally large in the adult
young people's divisions, where
opening service was marked by
Iress, David R Perry, Altoona
the speaker.
le were out in force
to hear the Rev. L.
A. Welliver, Clearfield. The young
people had a chorus of 26 for special music. The Bev. Welliver
preached on "The Set of the Sail."
He drew strong contrast between
Let, who pitched hia tent toward
Sodom, and Daniel, who prayed
With his windows open toward Jerusalem.
Last of the week night services
was held Friday night in fhe midst
of the storm. The preacher was
the Bev. James McKendree Bailey,
D. D., Altoona, who did his first
pastoral work at Bellwood during
the illness of his father, the Bev.
W. McK. Reiley. At least one of
fhe converts at his first revival
meeting was there to shake hands
His sermon on "Show Us the Father," was strong and much appreciated by the audience.
HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION .
A feature of Thursday night's
service was fhe reading of a sketch
of the history of the church by
Cecil Gheer. The young man is a
great-grandson of John Cheer, one
of the founders of the church, and
also of Samuel Henshey, one of the
pioneers in upbuilding of the church
The sketch fellows:
If was in February, 1844, that
eight godly men and women, realizing their deep need of fhe church,
asked fhe Rev. James Brads, of the
Williamsburg circuit of the Baltimore conference, to come to Dav-
idsburg, now Hensheytown, to organize a class. Davidsburg was then
fhe largest settlement between Tyrone and  Williamsburg.
Charles Welsh and his mother,
John Gheer and his wife, Daniel
Holland and his wife Brother Moore
and his wife, formed fhe class on
February Si, 1844. In March the
charge waa assigned to the Birmingham circuit, with Thompson Mitchell aa its first pastor. Charles
Welsh, John Gheer, Benjamin Hopkins and Daniel D. Crowell were
the earliest class leaders.
Services wars held ia .the old
Antia schoolhouss, which stood
where is now located the Logan
Valley cemetery 'office. tt was
heated by a ten plate stove and
lighted by tallow candles when.
night services were held. The first
revival noted waa in 1852, Rev. W.
G. Watters pastor. In 1866 a second clan waa formed, meeting at
, the Fostoria school house, with William and Jamas Utley as leaders.
In 1869 a camp meeting waa hc'.l
ta the woods where the electric
light plant now stands aad in 1860
(Qaaaaiaiil aa paajm 4.)
WILLIAM >. GABLE CO.'S
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
A. birthday celebration which required half a century of preparation began Thursday morning with
fhe Golden Aniversary Sale at the
William F. Gable Compay store,
Altoona, and will be made memorable by the most spectacular merchandise offering and other significant features ia the whole fifty
years of its progress.
Aak the average man ta Central |
Pennsylvania what particular day
March 1st is and he will reply that
is rent-day, pay-day, perhaps moving-day. Bat his wife, mother,
daughter, sister or sweetheart will
doubtlessly tell you its Anniversary
Tay at Gable Company store. For
virtually every woman residing ta
fhe large trading area surrounding
Altoona and acquainted with the
city's largest mercantile institution
knows just when its birthday and
the incidental  celebration come.
No business institution could have
survived 60 years of good times
and bad, amid constantly changing
conditions, without posessing exceptional qualities. The ability of
the Gable Company store to success
fully withstand fhe test of time and
to maintain through three generations fhe reputation of Altoona's
best place to bay, should be ample
proof of the soundness of its policies and traditions. It began asa
good store and has been consistently a good store ever since.
From crinoline days to tiie present steamlime days fhe Gable Company store has kept abreast of the
times. The only possible thing in
which it may be termed as being
old-fashioned ia in keeping to the
original fundametal policies upon
which the founder, William F. Gable, established its early success and
upon which ths store has continued
to grow, and steadfastly maintain
its flow of public good-will.
The Gable Company's Golden Anniversary event will be replete with
typical Gable values possible to ho
other occasion. It will not be a
sale for profit and will provide corni
modifies of distinctive qualities for
which the store ia known at once-a-
year prices [that assure generous
and welcome savings for every pat
ron at a time when savings are
decidedly welcome to everybody.
At fhe threshold of a new and
probably greater-than-ever period of
prosperity before which the world
stands today, Altoona and Gable's
are destined to go forward together
and fhe Golden Anniversary Sale is
the medium for launching this new
era.
Bellwood readers may confidently
participate ta this greatest Gable
Anniversary with the assurance
that all the offerings are new merchandise ta pursuance of a Gable
policy juet as well known as fhe
Anniversary  celebration   itself.
The Gable Company store is the
first department store to conduct
(an anniversary sale, having originated this event which has spread
to nearly every nation, 40 years
ago when the firm was just 10
years old.
Elaborate preparations have been
made with full regard as to present
public needs not only for now, for
'Spring, but for later ta the year,
and with a sincere effort to gratify
them ta new and pleasing ways.
Naturally, the first three days,
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
require plans on a very large scale
and wise patrons will make the most
of these amazing golden opportunities. The Golden Anniversary
will be a month long event Suit
your attendance to your convenience but the earlier you come the
surer you' may be of full participation.
—  SHOW FOR "Y" BENEFIT
The Antia Township School district will present a show at the Yf
M. C. A., on Thursday March 8.
Ths entire proceeds of which will
be given to the Y. M. C. A. The
name of the Show will be "Antis
Varieties" and the program will include a wide variety of short features. Miss Agnes Powers, instructor of dramatics at the Consolidated grade school, la chairman of
the committee in charge. She
will be remembered as ths director
of the very successful operettas,
"Molly be Jolly," "The Unexpected
Guest" and other popular presentations staged in recant years by fhe
Antis grade schools Other members of the grade school faculty,
who comprise fhe committee are:
Miss Geneva Irwin, Miss Charlotte
High Miss Margaret Kephart aad
Miss Violet Gwin. In fhe high
(school, Miss Marian Fleck, who
directed the parent-teacher play,
"Florest Shop," which won sectional honors in district competition,
will have charge, assisted by Miss
Martha Raugh. '
The show will be held ia matinee
and . evening performances and
among the features will be, choruses, rythm band in costume, dialogue
monologue, a play by the high
school teachers and one by grade
school teachers, acrobatics, pyramid '
building, pantonine and tap dancing.
The production promises to be a
great success, because of the wide
ipraail interest in it The Antis
township school board, composed of_*
W. V. Irwin, president; C. F. Jackson, secretary; J. BvGlasgow, T. B.
Hunter and G. S. Watts have given
official sanction to fhe show, and a
committee composed of Paul Kurtz
supervising principal, G. S. Watts
of the school board and Fred O. McCoy, general secretary of the Y. M
C. A. are working with the committee to make the program a success.
The matinee serf o-r-nanee^
JftiTSo'p. in,, and the~*Jven*rng per-
formance at 8 p. m. Citizens of
the town and township are cordially invited to attend this fine show,
held for a worthy purpose.
EXPECTS BIG CATCH
Sucker fishermen, anticipate
great sport when ice covering fhe
strearms breaks up and1 the snow
water has drained into sucker
streams. Interest in ths tyfpe of
fishing is on the increase. Heavy
catches have already betn reported
from the Juniata, but mild* spring
weather should find this form of
fishing at a peak on larger warm
water streams. Southeastern Pennsylvania waters have also yielded
good  catche.
March   is   the    isucke/rfisherman's
havday,  and he also scores heavily
. during early April. .
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—Type writer paper far sale at
alus office ia any vanity deatred.
THEATRE IN NEW HANDS
L. C. Menchio, who has conducted the Bellwood theatre on Main
street for fhe past eighteen months,
retired on Feb. 28, He is succeeded by Notopoulos and Cribble, both
of Altoona, who own and operate a
number of theatres ta Western
Psnna. Under fhe new management the theatre will Toe renovated,
redecorated and fhe instalation of
R. C. A. sound equipment the same
as that now being used in R. K. O.
Roxey and Radio City Roikefeller
centers in New York.
Being affiliated with this and other theatres will enable the new management to furnish fhe public with
the pick of fhe best pictures from
all of the leading major producing
companies. Mr. Notopoulos has
been in the exhibition of motion
picture business for 26 years, and
has been connected wth fhe Notopoulos interests of Altoona aa business manager. Mr. Gribble has
also been ta fhe distribution of mo-
tionpictures, having been connected
with Metro Goldwyn corporation,
both in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles
as well as Warner Bros., first motion pictures. The policy of fhe
new management is, "The pick of
the pictures," plus courteous treatment plus R. C. A..'« most modern
sound equipment, at ten and fifteen
cents to all. Watch for opening
date.
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—The Wednesday morning issue
of fhe Altoona Tribune was delayed
several hours due to a fire in tbe
stock room, where damage waa
done to fhe extent of about $1,000.
The flames crippled ths mechanical department of the printing plant
and the edition Wedesday morning
was run off on the Mirror's presses.
—There will be a second district
children's division confdrence Friday, 5:30 p. ja., in the Methodist
Episcopal festal hall. Entrance
will be by Tuckahoe street door.
Luncheon will be served at nominal
fee. There will ha group discussions for workers with junior, primary and beginners, also fer pastors and superintendents. Several
interesting questions are ready for
geeral discussion. The program
will be strictly informal, wish "Talk
ing It Over" as the alogaa. \g|
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