Bellwood Bulletin 1935-01-03

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VOL. XLVI.
BELLWOOD, PA., THWR8DA Y.JANUARY 3, 1035
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
T*r*a     -Paragraphs  Concerning     th*
Daing of Our  Borough—Th* Cat-
aaMB Oar Subscriber* Enjoy
—The weather has become quite
snappy.
I—Easter will come on April 21
this year.
•—May the new year bring plenty
of {prosperity for all.
—A marriage liense warn- issued
from tbe office of the prothonotary
of Mifflintown, Juniata county, last
"Satin-day to Samuel John McKay,
Tyrruie, and Miss Caroline Isabel
Cton 11, daughter of Mr. and Mr*.
George P. Orris of North First
street,  this  borough.
—The new year was ushered in
with a fa'.l of snow, the ringing of
church bells, firing of guns and the
sounding of the fire siren,' after
which everybody went home and
to bed,¥ hoping the new year will
' Bring a great blessing to the nation.
—No business in the country ia
subjected to more stringent regulation thaa that ef the railroads.
The highway and waterway codes
fall far short of equalizing competitive conditions. It is ' simple justice to pat all common carriers on
SB equal basis and let each take
the bumness it is bast adapted to
do well.
—A ton wat born to Mn and
Mra. Kurl Benzel of 524 Crawford
avenue, Altoona, Tuesday morning.
Karl, who delivers Benzel's Bret-
sels to oar local merchants is well
known to many local football fans,
\ hating played    with the    champion
-**^ * P^as^%e\mfh
msfistn, JLiWiSir'tff^ the  arrival
*iBl5 future ail-American.
I   --The    monthly meeting of    ths
1 Wcfnani's Missionary society of the
Lu'/teran church will be held on
Friday, afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in
hht> home ef Mrs. F. W. Fleisher,
Martin street. The topic for study
to "Our Japanese Church." Mrs.
J. M Bechtoi will be the leader and
will be assisted by Mrs. Fleisher,
'Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Hunter. Th*
annual report* will be given at this
time. All members are uruged to
be  present.
—Mr. James Weaver, for many
Bean a faithful employe of the
Pennsylvania railroad company,
■working ia the car repair depart.
B**nt in the Altoona yards, was
placed on the Honor Roll one day
lest week. Mr. Weaver resides on
East Sixth street in this borough
aad has many, friends who congratulate him upon being placed on the
retired list. He will spend his
time with home folks and mingling
among hia friends.
Brigadier John N. Waldron,
Divisional .Commander of the Salivation Army is Northeastern Pennsylvania, announces that all authorised solicitors of funds for the
Salvation Army have been given an
•official solicitor's card. Tiw Salvation Army has been granted a
Certificate of Registration under the
solicitation law and the number it
256. It If hoped that friends of
the Army will call for this card
whenever approached forfunds. This
will protect the general public aad
aee that the finance that they give
goes to the needy work ef this
greet organization.
SPORTSMEN MEET TUESDAY
Plan to
Of
ASSIGNS CCC QUOTAS
Robert Fechner, director of Emergency Conservation Work, made
public the quotas assigned the
trarioua state* for the January Civilian Conservation Corps replace-
atent program. The latest esti-
matee reaching from Washington
indicate that approximately 68,000
Juniors aad war veterans will be
headed to Sll vacancies in the CCC
camps when the first quarter of the
fourth six-months' enrollment period -Based oa December 31, 1984.
The replacement program began oa
January 1 aad runs through Jarou-
,pr IS.
jT The State ef Pennsylvania will
*a*j permitted to earoll 2957, being
needed by *ix ether states. New
Jereey will ba permitted to contribute 2084 replacement* and Dele-
US.
Start  New YeSr With   In-
t*r—ting Pi-oa-ram
The Bellwoed Sportsmen's associa
tion win bold their flrat regular
meeting for 1935, this coming Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock in aha
Cornmeisser building. All old
members are asked to he present
and bring along at least one new
member.
Some very' important business
wfll be transacted, chief of which,
will be the election of officers for
the ensuing year. The candidates
were nominate*] at the December
meeting, several ef whom were
unanimously renominated from last
year, but new name-* are on the list
for other offices and all members
should make it a point to be present and help elect tb* right men.
Plan*; will be announced for regular "feed days" which proved ao
popular last year and evidently resulted in an immense amount of
benefit to the wild life, judging by
the large number ef turkeys brought to towa this year. Plans will
Sato be arranged for the various
contests sponsored by the club
each year. It ia alao urgent that
all members who hunted this fall,
bring their game kill report* with
them to this meeting, where they
will be collected ancfV turned into
the Game Commission. The association waa complimented for
their cooperation, last year in tunning in these reports and desire the
same cooperation thia year aa the
report* give a Survey of the amount
of game killed in this section and
will result in more game being restocked to replace what was killed.
The big feature of the evening
will come after- the regular business
is finished when the entertainment
committee will take nhai|Ti *nd
liven up the program with music,
entertainment and refreshments
This will serf* a* a    testimonii
ion for those ««wly,**-fiected,
committee ean always be depended
upon to serve "good eats" and this
will give the members an opportunity for a real' "get-together meeting," swap hunting and fishing stories and talk over plans for another
big year.
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GRANGE WILL MBIT
Logan Valley Grange win bold a
special meeting Friday evening, Jan
4 at 7.45 o'clock, at which time
there will be installation of officer*
This will be an open meeting and
any Granger wishing to bring
friends along ie privileged to do
so.
All retiring a* well as newly elect
ed officers are requested to be present. :'. "J§
RECORD OF THE DEPART!
Portion.
Froaa
Who   Haw*   Paaaed
Tim*, to   Eternity
HARRY B. FLEMING
Announcement of th* death
Harry B.  Fleming, of Brownsville,
Pa., was received in Bellwood last
(Saturday, the deceased having passed away the ***** afternoon at 1.89'
Hit illness dated back for   several
yesst, having been incapacitated for
this length of tine due to an acci-.
dent which befel him while engaged
a* a mechini't in the    Brownsville
railroad shops, where he wa* foreman of the roundhouse.     The   deceased was a asa of tha late O. S.
aad Lillian Fleming, and spent his.
youthful days in the borough, having learned the trad* of a machinist io the old shops of the Bellwood
division.     A number of year*   ago
he went to Brownsville, where    ha
secured employment hi the railroad
shops, later being advanced to foreman ef the roundhouse, a position
he held when    injured. Bine    years
ago.
The deceased will be remembered
by many of our citizens when a
young man of the borough. He is
survived by hia wife, three children,
and tbe following brothers and sisters: L. R. Fleming et Sunbury, Paul
aad Walter of Detroit, Mich., Arthur af Reading, Use. Roy Shirk of
Tyrone, Mrs. Karl Housner and
Mrs. I, B. Williams ot Altoona and
Charles Fleming- of Bellwood. Funeral services vera held at the)
borne ia Browns- a at 2.30 o'clock
Wednesday after-en nd where in
terment was made.
I. JttlETEO AREAS
ThnasBtaB^ef   t—iMBi  Kinds j will
Ba Planted
Thousands of   cottontail   rabbits,
of iringnecked  pheasants and     numer-
ouie equirrel* and raccons now   era
being stock-
Game Coi
of the
mateiy Sr
ordBped and
—The arrival of a new son at
the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Ritchey of 181 Maple avenue, Altoona, makes Mr. 6. W. Turley of
this borough, a great-great-grandfather for the fourth time.
—Junior Epworth Leaguers Wednesday evening held their first
meeting of the New Year at the
Methodist Episcopal church. Their
new officers were in their places
for the first true. These were elected at the Christmas party, held
at the church December 27 and are
as follows: . President, Warren
Wesley; vice president, Blanche
Wakefield; secretary, Dorothy Ebbs;
financial secretary, Evelyn Mong;
treasurer, Richard Henry; financial
committee chairman, William Sitman; pianist, Marian Mitchell; char
ister, Charles Shaffer. Games and
a short program made the party en
joyable and light
were served.    Ar
—Now that the new year has
been passed th* matter to engage
the attention ef the citizens of
Blair county wfll be the i* liiisij
election, although ft will not be
held until September. There are a
number of couaty officials whose
terms will expire with the advent
of the year 1W6, many of whom
will ba candidates far re-election.
Among the eot§nty offices wfll be
the selection of:* district attorney,
three county commissioners, a treasurer, and • oBntroller. In the
borough a constable aad several
councilmen will. be chosen fer a
four-year term.. There promises to
be a big list oa* aandidates for county offices, botSt'.on the Republican
aad Democratii tickets, aad prospective candidate* wfll seaa begin
interviewing aW********* of th* county.   A,HMI lAlHll «t
JOSEPH E. WEAVER
Of 599 North Fourth street, died at
his home at 10.50 o'clock Monday
night Of complications. Deceased
waa born on Feb. 16, 1898, at Bue-
na Vista, Va., the son ef James R
and Alma (Grabill) Weaver. Tha
parent! fsurvive along with Jhe wii
Samuel' one brother, Cilalmer Weaver of Befllwood and the following
sist<"-->: Mrs. H. |C. Hersog and Mrs
R. P. Ziesch of Altoona, Mrs. Carl
Smith of Tyrone and Mrs. James
Wiser of Bellwood. He was a member of the Logan Valley Baptist
church. Funeral services were conducted at the home at 2.30 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, interment being made in Logan Valley cemetery
by .the Pennsylvania
Ion in depleted areas
efelth. Approxi-
-tabbits have been
Commission is hope
•ftfZf-.^that conditions in tha west will
permit the importation of this large
rr. Tba department "purchas-
bbits ealy from areas whore
know tularaemia, or rabbit
ha* not been found,
e will be released system-
iy through the district game
. nt in each county who will
ally see that it is placed in
area* most suitable to ite
J -reproduction.
mn-js-rion officials temp that the
("%*» protector knows batter than
any one else atrich section of hie
«nty lr-eads-j Jfeienishing. Every
tor in the state has been
fly schooled in the selection
the proper cover and other
1 environment of the game
S-jfBeeives, whether it be ringneck-
pheaaants,' quail, wild turkeys,
ite, raccoons or any other
tea
me is never released on lands
are posted against hunting,
ctifon areas which ars open only
to*4*o*ivileged few. It is released,
ofHy an area* that ar* closed to
hunting entirely, each aa game re-
ftges, or on lands which are entirely open to public hunting.
The Commission doe* not ignore
individual sportsmen or sportsmen's
atBociation* who indicate a desire
It "accompany and assist game protectors when 'they release game,
{fetch sportsmen later cooperate in
"log programs.
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c*#on
MRS. ELLA M. HARRY
Mrs. Ella M. Harry, for msny
years a resident of the borough residing on North First street, died
Tuesday rmotrning in thje Everett
hospital, where she had been visiting a niece. She was the widow of
the late Williom D. Harry, for
many yoart a prominent citizen of
the borough. She wa* born November 19, 1861, a daughter ef
Michael and Anna (Diamond)
Wesley, deceased. Surviving are
one daughter, Mnt. 3. E. Emerick
at Tylei-sville, Pa., three brothers,
D. A. Wesley, Altoona; and F. A.
Wesley, Bellwood, and two sisters,
Mrs. William Baki-r and Mrs. Catherine MMfitt both of Bellwood.
Mrs. Harry was an active church
worker, and the oldest member of
the Bell vood Evangelical church.
The body wae brought to Bellwood
and taken to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. HaiTy E. Sclimittle on Stone
street, Mrs. Schmittle being a niece
and where funera services will be
conducted Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock, follwed by interment in
Logan Valley cemetery.
REPUBLICAN CLUB WILL MEET
On Tuesday evening, January 8,
refreshments |-at 7.80 o'clock, tbe Bellwood Woman's Republican club wfll meet in
regular session at the home of the
chairman, Mrs. I. S. Lindemuth,
416 South First street. Mr. Samuel
H. Jubelirer, an outstanding attorney of Altoona and Bellwood, will
be the speaker of tiie evening, end
Miss Esther Rothenberger, popular
local violinist will entertain with a
Bpk). A large number of members
and friends are expectd to attend
this meeting, and a cordial invitation is extended to all.
—The board of directors of the
Y. M. C. A. will hold their annual
election of officers this evening.
—While operating a wringer at
her home oa North Cambria street
one day this week, Mrs. A. D. Bechtoi wa* ao unfortunate ae to have
oa* of her hands come in contact
with the tails, causing a painful
injury.
biliv at Hensheytown oa- Mi
which took aeven lives, the death
toll of motor vhicle accidents in
Blair county, during 1934 totaled
forty in all, eleven less than 1983.
Of that number eight were children, twenty-seven were men and
five were women. Twenty-two of
the fatal accidents occurred in tiie
last six momths ef the year and
eighteen in the first six months.
In 1938 there were fifty-one fatal accidents in which motor vehicles were involved while in 1932
there were thirty-four; 1931 had
thirty-three fatal accidents.
The month of November led all
others in the number of fatuities
because of the seven deaths in the
Hensheytown accident. September
and June both had six futilities
while July end October had none.
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LEGION LADIES MEET
The Bi-County council of the
American, Legion auxiliary of th*
Blair-Bedford district held the first
of its quarterly meetings of tha
year at the Penn-Alto hotel in Altoona yeetea-df.y afternoon. It is
composed of aopresentatives of the
eleven posts of the Twenty-first
district.
State President Mrs. John F.
Bair of Vandnrgrift and Western
Director Mra. .k. L. Truax of Wind-
ber were guests of honor at tiie
session which was presided over by
Mrs. 'Charles F. Wertz of this borough, president of the district organization. Both the state officers
outlined their programs of activity.
A contribution of cigaretts was collected to be forwarded to the veterans in the biepitals at Aspinwall
and Coatesvillo. •
EAGLES REGALE THEMSELVES
The New Y jar's banquet of the
Fraternal Order of Eagle* was attended by one hundred and forty
members and wiv«* and lady
friend*. At 7.80 p. m., a delicious
turkey banquet was served by the
Ladies auxiliary of the Y. M. IC. A.,
after which Harold Troxell rendered several vocal selections accom--
panied by Warbenton's orchestra.
At the close of tbe banquet a short
bat forceful address was made by
George E. >*US*t who stressed on
the benefit the Eagle's have been
to tiiis district and members since
th* organisation in .1909, paying
oat over $16,000 sickness and death
benefits. Card games and other
amusements were then enjoyed until a late hour.
SISTERS WEJNfflSODROH
Mra.    Arminta     Sto-rsr aad    Leslie
W-sntzal After   Short  Illness
Two sisters Mrs. Arminta
(Wentsel) Stover and Mies Leslie
Wentsel died in Pittsburgh on
Tuesday within seven hours of each
other, the death of one being caused by the flu, while the other died
from pneumonia. Leslie Wentzel
was the fint to pats away* having
died in the Presbyterian hospital a
few hour* after ahe was admitted
on Tuesday, having died at 9 o'clock
Tuesday morning, while her slater,
Mrs. Stover, passed away at 1.30
o'clock ia the afternoon at her
home, the victim of the flue. Both
women appeared to be in the enjoyment of the best of health, and a
day or two previous had been in
the business section of the city of
Pittsburgh on a shopping tour,
taking ill shortly afterward.
Miaa Leslie Wentzel was a nurse
in the World war and since then
had been engaged as head of tile
Pennsylvania Red Cross and had
been active ia tiie Scranton area.
She had gone to Pittsburgh to
spend the holiday period with her
sister, Mrs. Stover, when the became fll with pneumonia. The
body was taken to Scranton, where
she had been making her borne for
a number of years, and where fun-
oral services will be held, after
which the body wfll be taken to
Washington and wfll be buried'
with full military honors in Arlington cemetery,
Mrs. Arminta Stover, the other
sister, succumbed at her home at
1.80 o'clock Tuesday from the
flue. She was the wife of Dr. Miles
Stover, a former resident of the
borough, whom she married soon
after the young physician wa*
graduated and soon thereafter open
ad aa office in Pittsburgh, where
hs^hkutfgontmaed **-&> :**aactice    his
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personal ?mm
People Who Visit Hera «T
Those Who Go Away.'
MOVEMENTS Of ODD CITKEJ
Guests Who Are Enter**!*-**" by Bstj
Wood Ho*t*—P*r*a-nel M**Si*a
Those Who Visit To aad Pro
Harold Moffet of Little Washi
ton is spending the  holiday seaa*)
at hia host* in  Tipton.   I {a*j
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Coa
er, of Tipton spent a coupe*   d
this week in Philadelphia.
Glenn    English    of      Belief
spent "the  week-end with his
ents, Mr. and Mrs.  Samuel    Hil
brand.
—The Ladies' Aid society of
Presbyterian  church will  meet
the home of Mrs. H. E.    Rose
evening at 7.30.
Miss Anna Smelker,    Miss Ma#]
Cornmesser and Miss Matilda Cor
messer spent the holiday season
New York City,  Philadelphia    a
Collinswood, New Jersey.
Miss    Eleanor Carr    who ia
training at the Children's Hoepit
in   Philadelphia,     is  spending    tl I
holidays at the home of her paren
Mg. and Mrs. H. H. Carr.
Miss Eleanor Cornmesser return j
ed to    Kutztown    State    Teacheii I
College after spending the  bolides
season at the borne of her parents'
Mr. and Mrs. Harry IC. Cornmesserv.'
Wiggens Thorrfe, an employe    of.jl
tit* government in one of their for-™
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made in Pittsburgh.
The distressing intelligence of
tile death of theee two esteemed
ladies was conveyed by telegram to
their Bellwood friends Wednesday
morning.
Arminta (Stover) Wentsel and
Leslie Wentsel were daughters of
the late Ira and Clara Wentsel and
were born in Perry county, coming
to Bellwood with their parents » in
childhood when their father engaged in the mercantile business here
forty-six years ago, having conducted for many years th* Broad Gauge
'Store on the corner of North First
and Cambria streets. It was in
Bellwood where they spent their
early years and were graduated
from our public schools, afterward
attending schools of higher learning. They were highly educated
ladies.
The parents are deceased, the
mother having passed away about
two" years ago. Surviving are the
following brothers and  sisters.
D. E. Wentzel, State College;
Mrs. W. J. Wright, Skippack, Pa.;
Clay of Reading, Pa.; Laurence of
Blair Four, Pa.; Howard of Johnstown Pa.; Mrs. Mary Killick, London, Eng.; Lyda of Clemson College, S. C.; Robert of Los Angeles,
Gal. Merle a younger brother died
several years ago.
RABBITS  DISTRIBUTED
Through the efforts of the members of the Bellwood Sportsmen's
Association seventy-two rabbits
were received from the State Game
Commission on Wednesday and distributed in' different parts of Antis
township. The rabbits were in
prinne condition, all past one year
'old, and the local sportsmen anticipate that they wfll greatly multiply
during the summer and furnish
much sport for the hunters when
the next open game season arrives
in tine fall of the present year. The
rabbits were distributed by Porter
W. Goshorn, chairman of the game
committee of the Sportsmen's Association, assisted by Blair W. Dunn,
another member and enthusiastic
hunter.
The membership of the Bellwood
Sportsmen's Association is between
two and three hundred, all active in
tiie affairs of sports afield, and the
members take a profound interest
in both hunting and fishing.
estry camps, located at Weikert,
Pa., is spending a week's vacation
with his mother, Mrs. Mollie Thorne
on Main street. '±M8&
Edward Leddy returned    Sun<j
MfejBBek in th* government
ington,    D. (L,
O." *steas-*rit vacation
bis parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
dy on Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McCord,
Binghampton, N. Y., while on theil
way home from Texas, where thej)
had spent a few weeks with a siabet,..
ct Mr. McCord, . who has been ilf
spent Tuesday at tiie home of MB
and Mrs. Scott Mulhollem on Boyf
es street.
Mr. Henry Fleisher, of Jamaciii
N. Y., who holds a responsible poet
tion with* the P. R. R. company
spent the Christmas season with h](
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank FleisM
eer on Martin street, and also had
the pleasure of meeting many of
his young friends.
Walter Mong, son of Mr. ant
Mrs. J. W. Mong, left yeaterdm
for Washington, D. jC, where M
he will resume his studies at til
law school, which he was attend!:*.
prior to hit entering tiie empire
ment ot the State Highway Depar
ment. His brother Clair Mong, wt
is a practicing attorney retumt
to Washington last week aft>
spending tile Christmas season wi
his folks.
Mr. L. R. Fleming, of Sunbu:-'
Pa., where he has been engaged fl
a number of years as supervisor j
a division of the Pennsylvania rai
road, while on his way to Brown)
ville, Pa., to attend the funeral 4
his brother, Harry B. Fleming, wt
a Bellwood visitor on Monday fori
brief period. He was a caller at
our office. Mr. Fleming has beet
located at Sunbury for a number *n%
years and all his friends are glad
to know that he is succeeding.
Robert Isenberg, Jr., a member ot
the U. S. army, recently stationed
in California and had been enjoying a furlough with hit parents Mr.
and Mr?. Robert Isenberg on the
hill section of the borough, left
this morning for Portland, Mat***,
There he will enter an army preparatory school to prepare for the U.
S. Military Academy at West Poiat.
The young man Js to ba congratulated over this opportunity that ia
accorded to very few men who ea-
list in the ranks.
—Mr. and Mis. J. H. Bathurst of
the wast end af town, celebrated
their forty-fifth wedding anniver-
aary New Year's Day.
—We all enter the aaw year
hopefully. And wouldn't It be foolish to do otherwise.
—Consistent with the Bulletin'e
policy of looking after our readee***
interests, we have again secured a,
chronology of the past year which
ie printed on pat* seven. That contains much valuable data of peat
events and should be filed away
for reference.