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VOL. XXXIV.
BELLWOOD, PA.* THURSDAY, DECEMBER  15, 1921.
NO 43
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Items That Will Inter,
est Our Renders
BRIEF SUMMARYJF THE WEEK
.Tons Paragraph! Concerning tks Doings
sf Our Borough—Tho Column
Osr Subscribers En'oy.
—Buy at home tbis Christmas.
—Useful gifts fur all.    Gross
Pharmacy.
—Patronise the home mer-
chaots tor Christmas good*. ■
—Do your Christmas shopping
"early, and also do your buying at
home.
—The Boy Scout troop No. 1
will meet Friday (-vetting at 7
o'clock.
—Place your order with J. A.
Fox, Sunny brook farm for especially fed young poultry at forty
coots per pound dressed.
—Elaborate pteparatious are
being made for the Christmas entertainment in the Presbyterian
church ou evening of Doc. 26. Mm
—-The Teachers Training clus*
of the Methodist Sunday school,
taught by Mrs: W. A. Love, held
their examination ami eight
scholars favorably passed.
—Evangelist. W. H. C»os*on
will preach in the Evangelical
ehureh Sunday morning and Rev
W.J. Campbell, D. D., ot Wiiliamsport, iu the evening. Other
services us usual.
—Dee. 31, in the If i niture store
a m.rket will
ajtaajSj
bv the iun-
Sunday schooi*? *_JT?e "**N be on
hand {lies, eakss, bres.4. and rolls
Proceeds for the piano fund
—All the services may be expected in the Predivtenan church
next Sunday. Subject of morning sermon, ''Upholding the
Hands'of the Servants of Gol;'
evening subject, -'The Churches
Danger."
—Tuesdsy evening of * next,
week at 7.30 o'clock the Woman's Christian Temperance union will meet at the home of Mrs.
W. F. Balsbach. The county
.president expects to be at the
meeting. A cordial welcome to
all triends.
—On Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock the regular Y. M. C. A.
services will be held in the auditorium. Rev. R. II. Dick will be
the speaker, subject, "Is the Bible
Sufficient tor Thesa Days." Good
music.   Everybody welcome.
—W. F. Balsbach, who was
commissioned a justice of the
peace for tbe borough ot Bellwood
by Governor Sproul a few days
ago, is now **eady to perform the
duties of tbe office. lie can be
found any time iu the Bulletin
office.
-—Thousands of shopmen employed by the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad will be furloughed inde
finitely next Saturday when shops
over the entire syston wiU be
shut down. In Cumberland, Md.
almost six hundred men will be
laid oft. It is rumored that the
P. B. R. is considering a similar
action.
—The Methodist Sunday school
stands ready and willing to us>i*t
any needy family with Chris'tna*
obeer. Any children who wil be
missed by Santa are requested to
make known the same aud the
school will cheerfully respond;
There are otber eburebes williug
to do likewise. The members of
the Presbyterian church have
been providing for tbis purpose
and no doubt have a snug sum
toward assisting tbs distressed.
CHECK   KITEBS IN   TOILS
Bollwood Merchants Who Wore Victimised Row Hsvo Parties Behind Us Bsrs
Three weeks ago three Bellwood merchants were made the unwilling victims of a check kiter,
that is one who passed worthless
paper, and the guilty party is
uone other than a women in the
person of Mrs. Elizabeth Lyle.
She first appealed at the store
of O. T*. Weaver, where she made
a small'purchase nnd presented a
cheek signed by "Hairy Ail" in
payment, which was readily accepted, as Mr. Ail is a well
known aud reliable citizen. At
the inilinery s.ore of Mi-s May
Schwenk she succeedc 1 in pass-
lug a chuck for a small amount,
although Miss Sohweuk wai suspicious and loath to accept it as
genuine, but ha.viriu a slight acquaintance with the tender, she
concluded to take u chance, although she warnul ibe women
that it it proved t.i be a forgery
she would get .into the meshes ot
the law.
xhcmxt call ot tin* women
was at the store of Lupfer & Bow' r
on Noi\h First, stieet where she
managed to have a check ca-died
for $35 lttti'i' a miltil purchase
had been made. Upon carefully
scrutinizing tbe -chuck- it was
found tli it they were forged us
Mr. Ail's name was incorrectly
spelled and au information was
made at once before Squire D. D.
Coleman. In tbe meantime tbe
women had decamped and it was
only last Saturday evening tbst
shrf appeared at the home of ber
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WENT  OVER   JUL   WftiCONSERVING OUR WASTE UNO HOME   TOWN  MERCHANTS ] PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
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new* 1 *srTy"~Tiniiarn^rjir Be
view avenue. Tbe eagle eye ot
Constable Frank Garland was
soon upon her and a tu'l at ibe
home ot he** parent's resulted in
ber arrest. She was taken before
the justice and remaned to the
Blair county jail for a bearing
Monday evening.
Previous to this the husband
ot the women, Allen B. Lyle, of
Tyrone, succeeded in pushing a
worthless check on lioy. IJ. Crust
a moving picture theatre manager
ot Tyrone. The check Waa
dr wn lor $40 and was signed by
Robert Seeds on the First National bank. Upon finding that it
was a forgery Mr. Crust also
made information before the same
justice. There were four charges
all told.
L)le-is a resident of Tyrone,
and it seems that after receiving
money on the worthless checks
they decamped, but returned
last Saturday. Constable Garland
upon ascertaining that he wub iu
Tyrone,arres'ed him at las home
on Monday atternoon and took
him before the Juniata justice,
where a hearing was accorded
them Monday evening ut 7 o'cloik
Tbe Bellwood meichautr a.<* well
as Mr. Crust, of Tyrone, were
present and after their evidence
had been given, they were remanded to the B'air county jail
toawait trial at the next to.-m of
criminal court.
Meetings it OUVet Baptist Ohuroh
Cottage prayer meeting Friday
evening at Ibe home <>t flurry
Smith. Meetings ui i lord's day,
Dec. 18, as f dluws: Bibk* school
9 80 a. iu.; morning worship 10.45,
subject, "Seeking a Bri'le;" evening preaching service 7 St), subject, "David, a Type ol'Christ."
in this sermon the pastor will
refer to the "400" of Bellwood.
Who are tbey ? Come and hear.
Everybody welcome. J. Wilson
Brown, pastor.
—Fifteen per cent lift on all
jewelry at Barrett's tor the next
fifteen days.
Booie Runner Escapes From tks Oi
•    Baillle st Hollidaysburg
Probably feeling tbe urge j 1
freedom following a visit Sati
day atternoon of bis brother
his cell, Guiseppe Sorrentin
aged 35, a resident of Brook!
N. Y., and serving an ei,
months sentence in the BI
County jail at Hollidaysburg'''
caped over tbe jail yard
some time duriug Saturday nigl
and is still at large, t hough COM
officials believe it will be bu
short time until he is rounded
Sorrentino . made the jail
livery by means of a ladder
constructed    during    the   nig
while acting  as  fireman  of
ot tbe boilers which beat the l
structure.     No one saw the pri
oner cross the wall and the ha
of his leaving is uot  known,  b
it ocuured some time after ti
rest of ihe prisoners bad gone
sleep aud the. jail officials bad
tired.
lie wax driver ot the lar,
Marnion touring car wbich on
Sunday evening during the su
mer collided with a Ford coupi
containing a man, women, an.
infant on a bridge just this si
<>t Williamsburg, tbe Ford bei
knocked trom the bridge to 1
stream below, a distance of twi
ty feet tbe man and women we
slightly injured but the child
caped by landing on this
ground on the opposite
the. stream.
Tbe Marmon aud its to
cupants did pot atop to
tne di
ious pace aud the state police
stationed at Hollidaysburg later
arrested all ot the occupants and
confiscated the car. The mora*
ing after tbe arrests a young man
examining tbe ear discovered
that tbe rear seat had been turned
into a liquor lazarette, and under
the cushions was neatly stacked
with liquor iu bottles. Sorrentinos
fellow piisoners of tbe escapade
are still inmates ot the Blair county ia"** v'*m
Sorrentino was visited on  Sat-
nrdiy afternoon by a brother trom
Brooklyn and whether he planned the escape with Guiseppe or
whether the later became desperate for his freedom as a result of
seeing some one irom home is at
present not known. Sorreutino
at the time of his escape was
smooth shaven and wore a jump
er and overalls. He is about 5
feet and 10 inches and has busby
hair. •
side
lam age, *irmug onaC awtur-
Craoe Lutheran Cnnroh Rotes
Everybody welcome, strangers
within our town especially invited. Regular chureb services
morning 10.45, theme, "Secret of
the Peace of God ;" evening 7.80,
theme, "Many Are Waiting;"
Sunday school 9.30 a. in.; C. E.
6 30 p. tu., meeting led by Mrs.
F. A. Hamilton. Everybody oome
aod make the hour a profitable one
Iss to Bay Mountain Tracts Hss tks
Support of Ihe Grangers
.A State bond issue of $25,000,-
W   to buy 5,000,000   seres of
[reste mountain   land for forest
jfrposes in Pennsylvania has the
"tpport of the Grange.   Tbe pro-
et was approved at the annual
Beting on the recommendation
tbe Grange  Committee    on
aservation, headed by Gifford
iochot, the State Forester.
^Approval was given also to the
Tb of tbe Department of For-
|y for appropriation ot $1,000,*
(Aot fire prevention and ez.
Jjtion, to be made by the next
legislature. Iu his report  Forest-
■Pincliot said:
jThe State Forests ot  Pennsy 1-
|ia can* be made to pay  the
■ol bill of the State It  tbe 5,-
,000 acres of the Pennsylvania
Brt can be purchase 1  and set
Ework growing trees, not only
ll the $25,000,000 of the bond
foe necessary to buy it be repaid,
Ineipal and mtere-t, within a
lonalile time by .he growth  of
forests, but-a net annual rev-
^ne   will     be   produced   large
Rbugli to carry  tbe whole bur-
i of State taxes for school pu r-
i tor every tax   paver in   the
•/ X        ay
»foiest lands of  the  State.
proper care and   protection
row  at least one cord of
er acre per annum.   If tbe
the jand which tbe State
■tare cut wben they
rears there Would
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age of fcventy-five P>en
Salesman Wanted
J3 packman's   Sanitary   Bakery
wants a live wire with horse and
wagon to deliver   bread in   Bellwood.   It   six  or eight dollars a
day sounds interesting'addre.^B
Spackman Sanitary Bakery,
Osceola Mills, Pa.
—Nice line of Masonic nogs
and pins at Barrett's.
—Give music tbis Christmas.
Gross Pharmacy.
—We carry a nice line of all
kinds ot jewelry, at Barrett's.
cut at the
years, there would be a yearly income of $45,240,000. and if cut at
tbe age of one hundren years, the
annual total would be $45,240,-
000.     	
Intereatinq Lecture oa Ireland
Rev D. S. Curry, the eloquent
and witty Scotch-Irishman, will
deliver his . noted lecture on the
Emerald Isle in the Presbyterian
church Friday eveniug at 7.30,
under tbe auspices ot the Brotherhood of tho church. A silver
ottering will be taken for the
building fund Rev. Curry is
pastor of the Presbyterian ebureb
of Mt Union.
I Whitman's chocolates 1, 2 and
5 pound boxes. Gross Pharmacy
—Nice Hue ot Community and
Rogers silverware at Barrett's.
—We have a nice line ot useful
presents for youug aod old, at
Barrett's.
—The Girl Scobta will hold
their regular meeting -at 4.15
Friday afternoon.
—Manicure sets and single
pieces. * Gross Pharmacy.
Harry Kustaborder of Pitcairn,
spent ^ a couple daya last week
with borne folks on Clark street.
While bere he called at our office.
—To organizations and bouse
wivot—try Howard A. Walker,
eapable ot serving ut banquets,
wedding parties and' socials.
Will prepare or manage. Charges
reasonable. Uniaed phone 12 H,
Bellwood. 48-3t
Mrs. Bessie Raugb Smith aud
husband, of McKeesport, were
called to Bellwood on account of
ibe illness of Mrs. Smiths mother
Mrs. Susan Raugh, wbo fell at
her home a week ago and is still
suffering from the shock.
Thomas Beard and wife of
North First street, left last Monday for St. Petersburg, Florida,
where they expect to remain until spring. Mr. Beard has been in
poor health for some time and the
What They srs Uneonctonaly Doing Sir
Bellwood aad Surroundings
Did you over really give the
local merchant and you any serious thought?
Perhaps you are a loyal citizen
and patronize local shops and
stores as a matter of loyalty, but
ds this is not a lecture it will do
no   harm   to   read thi* anyhow.
If you are one of the misguided
folks who think tbey can do better else ware by all means read
thif!   .-.<.•"
Your local merchant is first a
citizen, a resident of your com.
muuity the same as you aro.
He lives in »our community,
pays taxes along with you tor the
upkeep and improvement otyour
community; be raises bis family
and sends his children to school
—schools which he helps, witb
you to maintain.
It be is a buteber, he buys
clpthes and shoes from a fellow-
merchant. No matter what bis
line of business is, he spends
money with other business men
of tbe community.
He banks in local banks; he
takes his family ot an .evening to
the local shows. '•'r.:
Summed up, the money he makes
in the community is spent io it.
Were it not for your local mer-
Charged With Chaptsr sf Crimes
Following tbe arrest in- Juniata.
Tuesday ot   last   week   of Mrs.
Alice   Verna   Katonka   and   1 er
chant, there would be no.schools. 1 htlBbarjd Stephen  Frederick   Ka-
no paved streets, no public . build
ings, no prorgesB nor prosperity.
He ia here day in and day oata
rain or shine, giving his time energy and money to whatever will
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iiiii m mi I i   laaaii aalain i aajd___ m
e ai strict, taicmg_ part
in the administrations, of the
community or aiding to regulate
the administration for the beat
interests   ot the   community   by
his vote. ('*""*'• *"f"*dt
lie is a citizen!
Is he not entitled, then, to consideration?
But there ia something more
than a call for your loyalty to
him ae citizen to- citizen—-neighbor to neighbor.
Living here as lie does, he
comes to know bis customers.
They are to him not **j ust customers," Ijjlut "fellow.a'pp&'na*" "good
neighbors." As he will be here
tomorrow and the next day aud
the next year, meeting his neigh*
bois face to face, day after day,
his business gets his personal at
tention—every transaction - is a
personal dealing between him
and the patron.
He is not your huge store
wbere thousands flock in daily,
many for the one time only. He
is not your fly b^-alght get-em-
once-and-gouge em-good fakir.
He is your neighbor—your-
fellow citizen, building tor to
morrow and next year, and fully
cognizant of tbe tact that the
only way to build is to sell good
goods at the right prices.
Your local merchant is in himself a gurautee of bis goods and
pricel because he is at tbe same
stand always, meeting largely the
same customers.
He cannot exist upon the patronage of transients—his livelihood comes trom permanent residents regular customers. He
must do this, hence bis wares,
prices, aud service are all and always arranged and held to this
end. ,-■ • * •
You never heard your live-wire
wide-awake home merchant* eay,
'•Oh well, one customer more or
less makes no difteferibe." E*ety
customer to htm, is important; a
new i ustomer is eagerly sought,
and a customer less—well, .your
People Who Visit Her* and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OFJUR CITIZENS
Quests Who Ate Entertained by Bollwood
Boats—Personal Bontioa ol Thoss
Who Travel To and Fro.
Mrs. William livin Davis was
called to New Paris, Bedford
couuty last Saturday to assist in
caring for a sick lister.
Malcolm Fleming, ot Home
stead, spent a few dsys the beginning ot tbe week at the homo
of his paren's on South Se*ond
street.
Mrs. A lex.Warsingand daughters, ot La J use, called at tbe borne
of A. Q. Rarrett on Stewart street
one day this week to see the new
grandson.
Mrs. filiz iheth Price Harpster,
is at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jobn W. Price on Boyle
Street, convalescing trom au operation for appendicitis performed
at tbe Mercy hospital ten days
ago and will soon enjoy ber usual
health.
touka as he emerged from a coal
mine near Millwood, Westmore
land county, on Wednesday, both
of (hem charged with the murder
MJLmsmMte
Indian reservation in New Mexico on August 1, strong evidence
has developed that tbe pair are
not only responsible for this double murder but also for tbe murder of another man at Latrobe on
August 21, and perhaps four or
five others who died, myateiioiialy
in New Mexico within tbree days
of the killing of Gray and Kelly.
State police who arrested Katonka, who at the time was acting
ai motormau at the Brenizer plant
in Derry township, now charge
him v\iih the murder • of John
Kondra, a Latrobe taxi driver,
who was found dying from two
bullet.wounds, uear Bcatty, on
the night of August 20.
The story of the arrest of Ka
tonka on a charge ot murder goes
back to|the time that Katonka aud
his wite, who were then living in
L'oydville, burned their home.as
bas been admitted. Katonka collected $1,400 in insurance and
with this the pair went to New
Mexico, after paying oft a rqoit-
gage ot $1,000 on the property.
Katonka now claims that bis wife
planned the bouse burning. He
declares that it was she who arranged a time fuse, a burning
candle and a hot water bottle tilled witb gasoline and after she lit
the fuse she started for ber home
in Juniata while he directed his
steps to Latrobe. He.claims they
went to New Mexico with tbe idea
that in the west tbey might be
able to get along better together.
He says tbat after they got there
she decided that she must have sn
auto and planned to kill the owner of some cur and thus obtain, it.
He says she threatened to poison
bim unless he joined htr in tbe
scheme.
—For Christmas Eaton's' high-
lau linen, Orane'o linen  lawn, 50c**| {^^made In thtThope of being I local merchaut wttl   not.  let H
to $3.00. Gross Pharmacy.      # m_oh fa^fo {Q foau | happen if anything    \*mt   and
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reasonable under the sun will pre.
vent such a thing happening.
So not alone out of a sense ft
loyalty, to your community, bat
for your own sake—for tbe sake
of your purse and the satisfaction -
of being given personal attention
and service—buy of our home
merchants.
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