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VOL. XLVI.
BELLWOOD, PA.. THURSDAY, MAY 81,  1934
NO.   16
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN hondreb civil war nurse
Short Items That WIU Interest Our Readers *
BRIEF SUMMARYOFTHE WEEK
Tome     Paragraphs  Concerning     tba
Doing Of Our Borough—The Col-
aasa Oar Subscribers Enjoy
—The first nestlings of young
robins have made their appearance.
—These bright May daya are
luring many fishermen to the
trout streams.
—Mahlon Moffet, Jr., while engaged at hie work at the P. B. R.,
Storehouse at Juniata was so unfortunate aa to drop a piece of
material on bta hand breaking the
bone of the third finger. .
—Tuesday was the birthday of
J. Daniel Stitt, manager of the
Peoples' Merchandise company ' on
South Second atreet Mr. Stitt
passed the day attending to business. .He say* he does not feel
any older.
—While the state-wide check on
results of the first compulsory
campaign in 1934 ia being continued tiie division of safety In the
highway department at Harrisburg,
is preparing for tb* second campaign which starts July 1.
—Borough Aasessor Herman Oil-
more has completed the registration
of the voter* for the fall election.
In the course of a few days tbe list
will be posted in front of tbe public building in which is held the
election. If your name -ie aot on
tne list, see the assessor
—It muat be remembered that
the law bans barbed wire fence
along * public highway. This
question ie frequently asked by interested persons and from tiie best
legal - authority it is stated that it is
unlawful to erect such a fence
along a highway traversed by the
pabne.
—All Blair county officials, deputies and clerks who voted to take
m cut of 10 per cent in their salaries on August 1, 1932, and who renewed their' obligations by unanimous consent, without stipulation*
time, a year later, will have their
salaries restored to their full measure, beginning June 1. This decision was reached by the salary
board at a meeting held Monday
and was unanimous.
—Thomas S. Stephenson of Llys-
wen was elected chairman of the
Republican county committee by
unanimous vote and Mrs. W. H.
Fields of Altoona was chosen vice
chairman by a narraw margin of
vote at the reorganization meeting,
held on Satrday afternoon in the
courthouse at Hollidaysburg. An
amendment to the rules, advocating
secret voting for election of officers was rejeceted.
~— The annual convention of vol-
Mteer fire companies of the coun-
•ty was held in the thriving borough
of Williamsburg last Saturday. All
towns in the county having volunteer fire companies were represented. A number of the members of
the Excelsior Fire company of the
borough were there and report an
•excellent time and speak in high
terms of praise of the hospitality
of the Williamsburg folks.
—The 19S4 edition of the Official Map of Pennsylvania, issued by
tbe Department of Highways, is
just off the press. Secretary Sam
8 Lewis announces that the new
map ia the most ambitious ever
prepared ia this State. It 1* larger than previous tonrist maps, and
an accordion fold adds to convenience in handling. Another departure ia a solid background of_
buff, adding to legibility, and
pleasing appearance.
—Funeral services for the late
Blair W. Cornmesser were held is
the Fuoss £ Glass funeral home on
iMain street last Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock and were largely attended by our citizens. As a mark
Of respect to his memory, alt
places of business in the borough
closed at 8 o'clock and remained
closed daring tbe day. Tbe ser- —Previous to Memorial day the
vices were in charge of Rev. Rue- town council had a force of men at
sell P. Knoebel, Lutheran minister, j work removing the dirt which had
and be paid a fitting tribute to tiie accumulated en Main atreet over a
Siatamj °f Mr. Cfernmesser as a ' period of time. Coupled with the
citisen, busineaa man and church- rain tbat fell the evening previous
man. After the services interment j to the holiday day, tb* -thorough-
followed la Logan Volley cemetery. | f*r* looked epic awl span.
Sarah Elisabeth Dytart's Heroic
Services Are Recalled
Ladies of Sarah E. Dysart Tent
No. 18, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Tyrone, assembled at Tipton Sunday afternoon, at 8.80 o'clock, to pay annual Memorial tribute to Blair
county's lone Civil War nurse ,the
late Sarah Elizabeth Dysart. Brief
but impressive services were conducted, the address of tbe afternoon being delivered by William
Robert Fuoss. Ethel Rodkey, tent
president, presided. Kin of the
deceased nurse were present at her
grave, in the Dysart privet* cemetery just adjacent to the .old homestead, where Miss Dysart was born
and reared. A number of persons
were present from Altoona, Johnstown, Canoe Creek and Williamsburg. ■
The service opened with the singing of "Abide With Me," followed
by the chaplain's prayer. Then a
brief ritualistic aerviee after which
the address of the afternoon was
given. Following this address,
Mrs. Anna Eves, secretary, made a
few important remarks; Fred Lyk-
ens, Jr., blew taps and the service
was concluded with "God Be With
Yon, 'Till We Meet Again." The
ladies added their floral tribute to
the grave, supplying, also, a new
flag for the mound.
Those officiating Sunday included
President, Ethel Rodkey; senior
vice, Ella Cowher; junior vice, Mary
Lannera; secretary, Anna Eves;
treasurer, Ethel Kyle; guide, Ella
Gibson; guard, Martha White;
chaplain, Edith Krape; colon bearers, Margaret Bailey, Bertha McKinney and Harriet Grip; patriotic
instructor, Blanche Stewart] 'musician, Ethel Kyle. Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Holliday, Tipton, and
Miss Elizabeth Holliday, resided at
the old homestead, numbered among
kin sf the deceased present for the
service.
Mr. Fuoss' remarks were preface by a brief resume of events
leading up to the Civil war. He
recited how Miss Dysart, then a
young student at Bethlehem, Pa.,
had gone to Harrisburg and had
heard Abraham Lincoln make an
appeal for defenders to aerve "for
the love of service, and for the good
of their country." He told how
Miss Dysart had been influenced
by words of the immortal Lincoln
and had joined the armies of the
north as nurse.
HONORED THE NATION'S DEAD
Fitting tribute wa* paid to th*
memory of tb* brave men who participated in the wars of the nation,
who lie buried in Logan Valley and
other nearby cemeteries yesterday,
twhen Memorial day was observed.
Tbe exercises were ia charge of
John M. Anderson Post No. 484,
American Legion and tbe citizens
of the borough. The parade
formed on South Cambria street,
led by G. R. Shatter, J. M. Louder
and Chief of Police Jeaae Raugh,
followed by membeza of the American Legion, Excelsior Fire Company band, Excelsior Fire company,
Ladies Auxiliary of the Excelsior
Fire company and many automobiles. Christopher Dengate, Bell-
wood's lone survivor of the Civil
war, was seated in an automobile.
The procession moved to North
Fourth atreet and returning proceeded to Mate street and thence
to Martin atreet and to the cemetery, the band discoursing popular
music on the march.
At th* cemetery the following
program was observed: Announcements, Captain W. M. Ermine; song
"America," band and audience; invocation, Rev. J. F. Anderson; Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Mrs.
Helen Fry*; selection, male quartette; General Logan'* * Proclamation, Corporal William Sitman, Jr.,
"Star Spangled Banner," band;
benediction, Rev. H. G. Dooley; decoration of graves; firing of salute;
tape.
The orator of the day    waa Mr.
George E. Fuoss. He paid a beautiful and touching tribute to tbe
memory of the nation's defender*
ofall wars and brought a message
to bis hearers that was replete
with much food for thought. He
spoke in a Arm tone of voice and
could be heard by all who were
present. Hia thoughts were sound
and logical and left an impression
that wiHl not soon be forgotten.
After tbe address tbe speaker received much well-merited praise.
; Commander Charles Weerts took
this occasion to present four members of the Post with decorations.
Louis IHample was presented with
tbe orders of tbe Silver Star and
Purple Heart, while Clark Emrick,'
William Sitman, Jr., and J. W.
Ross were presented with the Order of the Purple Heart.
, The services in tbe cemetery betes; concluded the procession formed end returned to town.
: At Antie cemetery at 1-30
o'cOock tbe address was delivered
by Rev. L. H. Goebring, pastor of
(be Olivet Baptist church, while at
Charlottesville the spenker waa Rev
Russell P. Knoebel, pastor of the
Grace Lutheran church Of the borough. Rev. H. Paul Cox, minister of the Church of the Brethren
fpoke at Mount Zion cemetery at
1:00 o'clock. At all of these cemeteries the speakers brought
touching tributes to the memory of
fhe nation's dead, and stressed the
need for the proper -observance of
each recurring Memorial day.
LOCAL MAN INJURED
While motoring along the highway in tho vicinity of Paradise Furnace, a light car, driven by Clarence Carson of North Sixth street,
got out of control and went over a
bank, completely demolishing tiie
machine.
The young man's father, Calvin
Carson also an occupant of tile car
was pinned beneath and seriously
injured. He was rushed to the
Blair Memorial hospital ta Huntingdon, where it was ascertained that
two vertabraes of the backbone
were fractured, and although, the
spinal column was uninjured it
will be necessary to place the' injured man's back in a cast for' tbe
next eight weeks. He was also
burned severely about the face with
battery acid, but it is hoped that no
permanent injury' will result to the
eyesight.
MANY AT SERVICES
Services preparatory to Memorial
day under the direction of members of the John M. Andereson Post
No.. 484, American Legion, were
held te the auditorium of the Y. M
C. A. last Sunday afternoon, beginning at 2:30 o'clock. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. J.
M. Brennan, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, and he
brought a strong message appropriate to the occasion.. The sin-ring
was under direction of Clark Emrick, who led a picked choir from
the different churches of the borough. The services throughout
were  inspiring.
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
The senior class of the Bellwood
high school completed the work of
tiie classroom on Wednesday May
88. fhe class members 30—8
boys and 22 girls—all of whom
Icompleted -the work satisfactorily.
The honor students are, Catherine
Moffitt first honors; Helen Lindsey
second honors.
From how until tbey reew
their much coveted diploma* til
class will be busy preparing for"
commencement weak. Tb* baccalaureate services will be held in the
Methodist qhurch Sunday evening,
June 8, at 7:80, Rev. Russell P.
Knoebel of tiie Lutheran church delivering the sermon. Commencement will be held in the same
church, Tuesday evening Jnne 6 at
8 o'clock. Commencement theme
wiU be the observance of the one
hundredth anniversary of the signing of the common school law.
Those who stood above 90 per
cent ta the work of tiie four yeans
in high school axe Catherine Moffitt
Helen Lindsey, Berth* Thomas, Eleanor Goshorn, Ann* Mae Gilmore,
Ruth Tackitt, Alma Stewart.
. ENTERTAINED AUXILIARY .
The Auxiliary to John M. Apd-
erson Post No. 484, American
Legion of this borough, waa entertained at the home of the president,
Mies Blanche Houston, §80 Main
street, on Friday night to a bingo
party. Those receiving prizes for
bingo were: Rose Hughes, Mrs.
William Sitman, Emalina Houston,
Mrs. Mollie Emrick, Mr*. John A.
Harvey, Mrs. L. A. Hample. President Mrs. Floyd Hoenstine and
past president Miss Rose Hughes,
of the American Auxiliary of Hollidaysburg, were guests. After
playing fifty games of bingo, the
party retired to the dining room
were the table was beautifully decorated with flowers and patriotic
colors scheme and a very delicious
lunch was served. A rising vote
of thanks was tendered the hostess
for her hospitality.
I HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER
I On information of J. A. Critch-
fleld, a member of the State High-
Patrol, Bessie Kleckner, of Ty-
ne, waa arrested one day laat
and brought up for a hearing
arged  with  involuntary  manslau-
iter in having caused the death of
ore H. Dunn, along tiw State
, near Beechgrove, when he
Ica^byTTft" ammmm^artfetT
hy the defendant aad sustained injuries which caused bis death to the
Altoona hospital the next morning.
The information was made before
W. F. Balsbach, justice of tbe
peece, of this borough. Bel 1 to
the amount of $2000 was posted,
conditioned for tiie appearance of
the defendant at tiie next session
of Blair county criminal court.
Our readers will recall of the
tragic death of young Dunn. He
had gone to the home of a brother,
who conducts a service station near
Beechgrove, and it waa while returning to Hensheytown that he
waa struck by an automobile driven
by Bessie Kleckner, of Tyrone, and
suffered frightful injuries, resulting in hia death the next morning.
The case will likely come before the
Blair county court at the June
term of quarter session.
MOUNTAM ROM DEMANDED
From All Sections Come Requests
Tbat Highway Ba Improved
From almost every village and
borough in the county requests ha*
been made to officials of the Blair
County Motor club to have th* high
way from Bellwood to Blandburg
hard surfaced.
Tyrone, the second largest unit
of population in Blab* county, haa a
large number of boosters for tbe
improvement. The section ta
northern Cambria county which thia
road tape, has many coal mines,
and persons in Blair county's largest borough are interested in this
coal that could be economically
brought to them over this route.
Bellwood residents, who have
made a continuous effort to have
route 865 improved for the past
eight or nine yeara, are beginning
to question why this important
highway is left unimproved when
roads in all directions that carry
only a smal amount of traffic, have
been hard surfaced.
"Altoona is vitally interested in
this highway also," says W. H.
Fields, president of the Blair Comity Motor club. "There is seldom
a day goes by that someone does
not ask if something cannot be
done to hasten the improvment of
thia highway into Cambria and
Clearfield   counties."
The highway in question, route
865, Intersects with route 880
south of Bellwood, it runs in a
northwestern direction 'through
Root, Lloydsville and Blandburg
and intersects route 263 at Glasgow. '.V'
It ia improved to the Cambria
county line to the top of the Allegheny mountains, with a good, hard
concrete road.
The section ta Blair county that
remains unimproved is only about*
five miles, and the closing up of
thia gap with * good hard surfaced
road would be an added asset,,, fe^
the community as weU as opening
up a beautiful scenic highway to
those who drive for recreation.
"This road haa. been definitely
promised for improvement for Hue
past five or six year*," says President Field*, of the A. A. A., "and
we are going to do everything we
can, as a motor club, to have this
route improved."
—Continued dry weather which
has prevailed almost throughout the
month haa bad a bad effect upon
the crops and gardena.
—Doctor and Mra. Fletcher Bliss
Forrest have issued invitations to
the marriage of their daughter, Kjt-
therine Louisa to Doctor Charles
Henry Bloom. Tbe 'wedding wjl
take place at the Forrest home en
Main street Thursday, Jane 14 St
4 o'clock.
—Mr.  Fred  Hursh,    teacher
the junior department of th*
thodlst    Sunday  school,    presem
William Sitman, son    of    Mr.
Mrs. Harry    Sitman,    and    Ha
Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs.
lis Thomas, both    students ta
school, prises for making neat
boxea.      Willis received • pen
pencil aet and Harold the n**st
a scout kail*.
THE CEMETERY BEAUTIFUL
Logan Valley cemetery, our silent city of the dead, never looked
more beautiful than on Memorial
day and attracted the attention and
admiration of all visitors. The
caretaker, under the direction of
the officers of the association several days previous to the
national holiday, mowed short the
grass on every grave and removed
all accumulation. The grass had
begun to assume a brown appearance, but tiie delightful shower of
lain which visited us Tuesday evening refreshed everything in th*
ground and the cemetery soon
showed a beautiful green sheen.
Through well-devised plans Logan
Valley cemetery has been for many
years a beautiful burial ground and
ite well kept condition ia the admiration of all our citizens as well as
visitors.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
HOME FROM CONVENTION
The beautiful city of Rochester,
New York, entertained the Baptist
hosts of the Northern Baptist convention, May 22nd to 28th. Rev.
and Mrs. H. G Dooley were privi-
ledged to attend the convention
through the generous invitation of
W. R. Heaton, M. D., and wife, of
Philipsburg. The sessions of the
convention were held in the magnificent Masonic Temple which seats
4,000 people. Momentous questions
relative to the Kingdom of God
came before the delegation for consideration and solution. In addition to strictly religious matters
the convention expressed its disapproval of the repeal of tiie 18th
Amendment and took an aggressive
stand against every form of aggressive  war.
The journey to the convention
city afforded opportunity to Rev.
Dooley and party to visit many
points of interest m the State of
New York, including Watkins Glen,
the Finger Lakes, Buffalo and Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara; also
points in Canada, and Lakes Ontario and Erie. Next Sunday morning Rev. Dooley will report the
convention to his people in the Logan  Valley Baptist church.
—On Memorial day, Leslie Nearhoof took moving pictures of the
services at. the cemetery, including
the band, firing squad, speakers and
several close-ups of Christopher
Dengate, the remaining member of
the G. A. R.
—Committeemen W. A. Hauth
and Reuben L. Hostler of the borough, aad John B. Glasgow and John
A. Fox of the first precinct ef Antis
township, attended the meeting of
tiie Republican county committee
held ta the court house in Hollidaysburg, last Saturday afternoon
and assisted in (selecting a chairman and other officers who will direct tbe destinies of tb* Republican
party during the next two years.
—Mr. James A. McCoy of Blair
street, who wad on* of the successful candidates for the general assembly at the primary May 15, has
filed bta expense account ta Holli-
dasburg te tha office of the pro-
thonotary of the county He
states that he expended $110.29.
—Every now and then ia heard
the report of an exploding fire
craaker in the borough, preparatory to the celebration of tba
glorious Fourth of July. As Bellwood borough has an ordinance for
bidding the sale and firing of any
kind of auch explosives within the
corporate limits,  it is about    time
Guest* Who An Entertained by Bell.
Wood Host*    Parooaal Maailea of
Those Who Visit Te aad Fro
Mr. Howard Boyels is in town
enjoying the society of his many
friends.
Miss Lizzie Akers of South Second street ia visiting friends ta
Blairsville, Pa.
Mr. R. 8. Vandevander, of Punxsutawney, spent Memorial day with
friends in the borough.
Mrs. W. J. Mollenkopf, of Williamsport, ia the guest of her sisters
Miss Clair Buckwalter and Mrs. W.
Y. Bland in the borough.
Clarence Hostler employed by
the P. R. R. at Baltimore spent
several day* last week with hia
family on North First atreet.
Alfred Sitman, of Williamsport
ia spending a vacation with his
parents Mr. «and Mrs. William Sitman, St., of South Third street.
Mr. Jacob Bupp, of Lewistown,
* former citisen of tbe borough, ii
the guest this week of hia son, Mr.
Elmer J. Bupp on South Main
atreet..
Johnny Trent, of Bedford county
is visiting friends in the borough.
He is the son of Henry Trout snd
will be remembered by many of
ear people.
Mr. Harold B. Cornmesser, of
Chicago, who was called home last
weak to attend the funeral of hia
father, has returned to the Windy
City-
Wendell Ream who is employed
a* a special apprentice fer the P.
*:• tk-Uott at MewYeck City, spent
the week end with hia parents on
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Davis, who
were called here last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Davis'
father, Blair W. Cornmesser, have
returned to their home in Drexil
HU1.
Walter Lindemuth who is employed as a mortician in New York
City, spent the latter part of last
week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L S. Lindemuth on South First
street;
Wiggins Thorne * member of
one of tbe reforestation units is
taking advantage of a week's furlough to spend Memorial week with
his mother Mrs. Mollis Thorne on
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bubee and
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bubee, and
Josephine McCloskey, all of Cleveland, Ohio, spent Memorial day at
the home of Mr. and Mra. Roy McCloskey on Boyles street.
Mr. J. W. Rice, retired weigh-
master of tbe P. R. R. company,
and grandson Donald Robison, bar*
returned from Washington, p. C.,
where they spent a week enjoying
the scenes of interest.
Mrs. G. W. Glasgow, of Punxsutawney, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Ira Estep On Main street, and
Mrs George Lehrsch on North Tuckahoe street, Mrs. Glasgow was a
caller at our office Tuesday afternoon, in company with her sister,
Mrs. Ira  Estep.
Mr. Willard Bland, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Y Bland of East Fifth
street, who pursued a course of
Studies in the college at Conway,
Arkansas, during the past few
months, has returned home for the
summer vacation. During the term
Willard ranked high in hia studies
and made excellent marks throughout.
Mr. William W. Akers, of Beverly, N. J., spent Sunday at the Akers home on South Second street.
It was his first visit to home folks
in three years and while •here bed
the pleasure of meeting many
friends. Mr .Akers is a printer,
and for the past few years has been
engaged by the Baptist Publication
society ta  Philadelphia.
—The offices of the Blair county
court house will close at" 4 o'clock
for the strong arm of tbe law    te . instead of    f  o'cock    during    the
take hold of tbe guilty sad brought j months of June, July »nd August,
charged wltb the offense snd made ; This pact wss agreed te by the offi-
suffer the penalty a* provided. it cials st S meeting bald on Monday.
I* not too early to be advocating a Tb* offices will open at t o'clock la
safe and sane Fourth. I me morning;.