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VOL. XLVI.
BELLWOOD, PA.. THUB
LOCAL £ COLUMN
Short Items That Will Inter-
ast Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
Tone    Paragraph*  Concerning    tbe
Delng of Oar Borou-*"»—Tha Col-
usmm Our IrftasiHm*  Enjoy
—-Will Bellwood have a eommiu-
nity chest? Thus far ao one baa
made a move ta this direction.
-A —Many Bellwood citizens are in
'attendance at ths annus) farm
shew being held in Harrisburg this
wash.
—John K.    Bland    one   of   our
genial Main    street    merchant    is
laid up at bta home with a   severe
■   aaaa «f grippe.
—Mr. W. B. Dysart- the hardware men-chant, who has been tick
fer the past three weeks, is still
confined to his home on East Second street.
—Mr. T. A. McCaulley, a resd-
dent at the borough for four score
years, celebrated te a quiet way the
82nd anniversary of his birth on
Wednesday.
—Rev. R. S. Hittinger, Presbyterian minister, haa been confined
to the manse on South First street
by illness for the past two weeks.
He has been unable to fill the pulpit for the past two Sundays.
—-Pennsylvania high schools are
bow graduating approximately 65,-
000 boy* and girla each.year. Many
of these complete their courses at
th* mid-year commencement exercises, usually held during tbs latter
part af January.
-—-Thursday of next week Mts.
Catherine Kerr, until    recently    a
.^^■Brarlftlr umWmSmsdB
to the borough, who wish Bar many
remembrances of tbe day.
>—Mr, Earl Goshorn, Blair county sealer of weights aad measures,
haa been confined to his home on
North Second street for the past
week by illness, suffering sinus
trouble and a slight attack of grip.
Hia condition is now showing improvement.
—Tha Lutheran Brotherhood will
meet ea Monday evening at 7.80
p. nt. All tbe men of the church
are asked to come and take part in;
our brotherhood meetings. We have
just reorj-amized and on Monday
evening will be our first regular
meeting.
-—"Crazy Politics," staged in ths
Y. M. C. A. tast evening was greeted by a fair-sized audience. The
play.will  be continued! tonight    iff
• the "Y". It is being sponsored by
the members of John M. Anderson
Poet No. 424, American Legion,
who reap part of the proceeds. A
fully satisfied audience was present
last evening and a big attendance is
oxpected tonight.
—The many friends of Mns. R.
A Holdeni of Orchard Place, will be
pleased to learn that she is recovering from a recent illness. On January 16 ah* celebrated her birthday
Bad waa surprised by many friendly
greetings expressed ta various
Set Wis Her daughters Mrs. R. P
Woodring, ef Drexel Hill, Pa., and
Mrs. D. T. Mitchell, Jr., of Mahaff-
ey, P»., spent some time with her.
Cat poor ticket to time for tb*
pork aad sauerkraut supper to be
held, at tha Aatis Township Grade
School this Saturday evening. The
women ef tbe township assure
every one attending that they will
ba more than satisfied. Along with
the supper a fine program of entertainment ta assured The (proceeds
Of this supper are to be used entirely to equip the Antis Township
play ground*. Let's aB give this
Bar support by having a big turnout for thia wonderful project.
. —Kapri* and Campbell, the two
bandit* who shot up a hotel ia Atlantic City, last Sunday aad later
escaped ta a stolen automobile, aad
get aa far aa Philadelphia, where
another automobile, the property of
Dr. Huneicker, of Quaker-town, waa
hfquistioned-     Th* bandits    forced
- Dr. Huneicker into the machine and
then proceeded westward at a high
rate of speed.    Police    authorities
' are ef the opinion that th* party
came thia *■*****. passing    Bellwood
, ydoag tbs William Peaa highway.
TYRONE WSm PROJECT
laistrptitlini Will Tabe Ovar Old
Race Coarse a* Tipton
A spsctal meeting ot tb* Tyrone
Chamber of Commerce ws* held
and th* directors voted approval to
tha proposal for the organization of
the Tyrone Speedway association
which proposes to own and operate
the present Altoona speedway property at Tipton.
A committee was named by the
president of the Chamber of Commerce, Roy N. Potman to cooperate
with George B. Steven* and George
Long in this project. In. presenting
tbe plana Mr. Long stated th* Tyrone Speedway association is not
being organized a* a racing organization but aa a holding company
The purchase price of approximately S12,000 ia considered exceptionally low aad includes 112 acres of
land. Th* salvage value of nearly
half a million feet of lumber new*
en the property ia conceded to bo,
worth one-half the cost of the entire property.
The option agreement to purchase the plant ba* already been
made and as soon aa possible the
property win be taken over and tbe
new name of Tyrone Speedway will
be registered with the American
Automobile association racing board
and the association duly incorporated. The committee appointed by
Mr. Putmaa to cooperate with the
other businessmen of the town on
the proposed^ project are Frank W.
Acklin, Baa. C leasa and H. H.
Magdbvita. A meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce and other interested busineaa men will be held
Tuesday evening and plana for.
further Anacing the organization
will be made.
WILL MAP  WATER SYSTEM .
Civil Works project was begun
Monday moraingwhich will
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map er the borough water system,
and requires the services of ond
draftsman and four laborers.
A map of this kind has been sore
ly needed for many years. Different
men have held the position of
water secretary and many times
pipe lines ar* laid' or changed
with the result tbat the new atcre
tary has considerable difficulty in
locating pipe lines, valves, etc. Several times it has been necessary to
shut off tbe water from a whole section Of town, to order to repair one
pipe line and thia could have been
avoided by locating the valve of
that particular -street.
The laborers will be used to dig
up the valves in order to establish
their exact location. A number of
these valves are in need: of refplac-
ing and the water department will
take advantage of this opportunity
to install new ones, thus saving the
borough the expense of having this
digging done.
HELD FELLOWSHIP SUPPER
The Foreign Missionary eociety
of the Methodist church, Mrs. Joe-
seph Patton, Sr., president, held a
fellowship supper Friday evening
at 5.80 to the church.
Each member was expected' to
invite a friend'. Owing to ill
health and strenuous weather a
number could not be present to
enjoy the festivities, afterward a
number attended church service!
Rev. Brennan preaching. Those
attending were: Rev. Brennan and
wife, Joseph Patton, Sr., aad wife,
C. E. Rothenberger and wife, G.
P. Orris and wif*, Mrs. Wm. Love,
Mas. W. B Dysart, Mrs W. A. Dysart, Mrs.. Emma Sitman, Mrs.
Jama* Biggins, Mrs. Esrl Mjong,
Mrs. Ella Givin, Mrs. Wm, Howard
Moore, Mrs. W. F. Balsbach, Mrs.
Catherine Birchfietd, Mrs. Naomi
Lindemuth, Miss Ethel Givin, David
Posten, Wm. Hauth, Eugene Syling
Wilbur Johnston, Bobby Greenland.
—The early gardner ie beginning
to give attention to the selection of
seeds for planting in the epring.
—Mrs. Daisy    Houston of    Main
(street hs* been confined to her
home for several days on account
ef illnss. Her many friends trill be
glad to know that die is aow somewhat improved.
1 —Rev. Dr. J. F. Anderson, retired Methodist minister delivered
the sermons to tba Presbyterian
congregation laat Sunday morning
Bad evening due to the illness   sf
,the pastor, Re*. Hittinger.
RECORD OF THE KMRTED
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JANUARY 24, 1935
NO. 4tas
Who   Hare   Faaaed    Fi
Thaa te   Eternity
MRS. ELLEN   S. RONAM
Of 2216 Eleventh avenue, Altoona,
widow of Michael P. Ronarn, died
at bar borne at S JO or*clock Sunday
morning after having been, ill tor
the past two months. She was
born to St. Augustine on Feb. 20,
1864, a daughter of James E. aad
Susan Neaaon, but had resided ta
Altooaa for many years. Her husband died twenty-five years age.
surviving arc eight sept* and daughters: Mra F. J. Hoover of Bellwood, William J. and Mrs. T. h.
Sheehan of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. D.
V. Griffin of Elizabeth, N. J., James
Ronon of Altoona, Jennie, Bridget
ad Michael' Ronan, at bom*; fifteen grandchildren, one sister and
two brothers, Mra Minnie Cassidy
«f Pittsburgh, Joha and Paul Neaaon of Altoona. Mrs. Ronan was a
member of St. Leo's Catholic
church, of the Attar and Roeary
Societies of the church Bad division
No. 64, G. I. A. of B. of L. 1.
The funeral waa held Wednesday
morning with requiem mass at 8
o'clock in St. Leo's church. Interment was made in Calvary cemetery.
MRS. CATHERINE CHERRY  .
Aged 64, widow of Clark Cherry,
died suddenly at ber home , 212
Main street, at 10 o'clock Sunday
eight after an extended illness.
Sh* was born to I a Into, Clearfield
county, em June 1, 1871, a daughter of Emanuel and Elisa Hildebrand. Surviving ar* two daughters
Mrs. Mop Mosel of Bellwood snd
Mrs. O. H. Thompson of Chambersburg; oae bob, H. F. Cherry of
Bellwood; one brother, Emerson
Hildebrand of Amarillo, Tax., and
two grandchildren. Mra Chewy
waa an active member ef tha tlHta-l
d
&80 £cfio*CwudEBtMy. aWta'sHi'sK
Interment waa made to Logan Valley cemetery.
ElTQ STAMP OUT REDS
. MRS. EMMA JANE DELANEY
Wif* of Thomas J. Detaney of 1200
North Cambria street, died at her
home at 6.10 oc'tack Saturday morning of a heart ailment after having been ill for three weeks. She
was born on Oct. SS, 1862, a daughter of John and Barbara (Turnbaugh) Hostler. Surviving are her
husband, two daughters, Mrs. Cora
Gensamer of Bellwood and Miss
Letitia at home; one brother, John
Hostler of Tipton, and one sister,
Mrs. Minnie Hostler of Bellwood.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the home, fallowed by
interment to Antis cemetery.
WILL FEED GAME
Word waa received by the local
Sportsmen's association, from Gams
Protector C. C. Brennecka, that the
order for feed haa come through
from the Game Commission' and to
now available to the sportsmen for
feeding purposes.
Tbe turkey feeders owned by the
association were placed at strategic
points on the mountains some time
ago, awaiting the grain order to
come through. A regular "Feed
Day" to planned for January 26,
and all members are asked to be on
hand early Saturday morning to
help place this feed. The party
will meet at CornmsBer** Hardware
store around 9 o'clock.
This work was well taken care of
last year and probably waa responsible for tbe fine way the wild life
came through the hard winter,
which was evinced by the abundance
of wild birds to this section lsst
hunting season.
Ths secretary reports a large
number of membership applications
coming in, and indications point to
achieving tbe1 goal of 600 members
aat for this year. All persona interested in wild, life are urged to
take out'a membership card Bad
do their part towara helping make1
this section a sportsmen's -paradise.
.   IMPORTANT ROAD CLOSED  .
The Blair County Motor club announced thst the much-traveled
highway between Potters Mills and
Lewistown is closed to traffic,
starting Monday. TH* is necessary because of improvements bo-
tog made on the road. Many
motorists ta thia section oa* thia
route ta traveling to Hamburg aad
othar eastern point*. It will be
ctaaad for several months. Tbe(
route aaw ctaaad to nnmbered 128.
the Hands ef American   Legion  aad   Elks
for "the flaming spirit of
a *aaaaMe"    Michael   F.    Shannon,
"Exalted Ruler of the Benevo-
d Protective Order of Elk*
*n\SM   United States of    America
idled a memorial to    Confer legislation  deemed  neces-
to eradicate Communist    and
subversive influences  in  the
determination    came    with
knowledge that  subversive   in-
are being allowed to    grow
epread unchecked  by    official
of our Federal government,
that corrective bill of two ses-
 Of Congress have been    per-
mfljtad to die to committee. A chal
lein to aB units of the order come
to (the form of a resolution from
tha Elks of Concord, Massachusetts
WoEhe horn* stand* almost on ths
■{tat where "the embattled farmers
stood'' en that memorable day    in
Asm ltm.
The petition now hi the hands of
the 1400 Elks lodges throughout
tip country cover eight points of
legislation:
fl. Investigation of all subversive activities by the department of
justice with ample funds provided
to furnish personnel and cover expenses, with discretionary authority
tof publish facts concerning individuals er organizations seeking to
overthrow the) government by force
or violence.
2. Outlawing organizations having for their pa-r-powe the ovrthrow
by force or violence of the Ameri-
cbn constitutional govenment.
8. Making it a felony to advocate, promote, or encourage such
Overthrow.
4. Denying use of the mails to
publications advocating, such overthrew or affiliated with . outlawed
',-on of such publication-*.
6. Making certain deportation of
aliens seeking the overthrow of
the United Statea Government.
7. Denying entry into th* Unit
ed Statea of aliens known te be out
of harmony with American form of
government.
8. Providing for revocation of
naturalization of naturalized citizens advocating overthrow or change
of government through force or
violence.
With cooperation of the American Legion, and various service
clubs and patriotic organisations,
tbe citizens of each community will
be afforded tbe opportunity of signing, thus indicating to their Congressman and Senators the conclusion that the time is at hand to enact auch legislative measures as
wiU permanently remove the menace of those who seak the overthrow of the government by force
or violence.
The petitions from' all communities will ba assembled at the Elks
National Memorial building ta Chicago on February 22nd, Washington's Birthday, and there grouped'
by congressional districts and taken
to Washington for formal presentation to the United States Senate
and to the House of Representatives.
MARRIED IN CLEARFIELD
Fred O. McCoy son ef Mrs. Florence McCoy of North Blair street
and Misa Velda Miller, daughter of
Mr. and MBS. B. H. Miller of SIS
South Second street were united in
marriage at Clearfield last Tuesday.
Mr. McCoy a product af tiie
Antia township High School held
tha -post of Y. M. C. A. secretary
in town for several year* where hi*
excellent work attracted attention,
and some time ago he waa offered
tba position of general secretary of
-the Y. M. C. A. at Clearfield, which
he.accepted, and has -ince, been located there. Reports from that
town indicate Mr. McCoys continued success ta "Y" work.
The bride to a graduate of Bellwood High School, class of "SS"
and haa been one of the town's
popular young ladies.
Tha newly weds will make their
home to Clearfield at>d their many
friends join ta wishing them all
due success and happiness.
COUNCIL COHRS SEWERS
Many Citisen* Hear Sewer Discussion By Council aad Lien*
Council met to special session
laat Friday night, for tha purpose
of according a hearing to the committee from *the Lion's Club who
have been gathering data, relative
to a proposed sewerage project for
Bellwood. A large delegation from
the Lion's club was present, headed
by Mr. Schallea, who acted aa
spokesman. Mr. R. L. Hjoiitler,
president, speaking in behalf of
council, stated that the borough
solans were "open minded" on the
Subject and would greatly appreciate any assistance-or information
that the Lion'* Club could, offer on
a project of this kind
Mr. Schallea presented what facts
had been gleaned by their committee and stated that the primary
idea in asking for this meeting was
to learn whether or not, council
would consider a plan of this kind,,
providing a means were provided to
finance it. On an individual questioning of each member bf council,
they all agreed to favor a sewerage
project, providing after careful investigation, plans could be worked
out to finance it without placing too
much burden on the property owners.
In addition to council and th*
Lion's committee, a large group of
other interested citizens waa present and to the course of the discussion, etveryone was given the
opportunity to present their views.
All present seemed agreed that
the town needs sewers, but tbey
else agreed that tbe question requires careful conjsdderation from
tall angle* before going into tha
subject too deeply.
Whether the plans will mature
depends on several important issues
First: Can help be obtained from
the government through the LWD,
and if   atahpw    much?      Second:
Bad can it be financed? Another
important question to: WW the
Public Health Department approve
the old plana drawn' up in 1880?
Of course, before any real action
can be taken, the matter would be
required to have a vote by the
citizens of tiie borough, but tbat
would come after the necessary
facta are established. In order to
save tiie expense of a new survey
it waa decided to submit the old
plana, to Harrisburg for approval, as
this approval is absolutely necessary before government assistance
can be secured.
It was decided to form a committee ot five men, two from council to be appointed by the president
two from tiie Lion's club also to be
appointed by their president and
one representative citizen not affiliated with either body. This committee was accordingly formed and
consists of councilmen: R. H. Colabine and Norris Lauver; two from
the Lion'* club: B. p. Lego and W.
A. Hauth. The fifth member select
ed by these four to complete the
committee ia Mr. G. A. Jamison.
The committee met Saturday night
and elected R. H. Colabine as
chairman. The purpose of this
committee is te act as fact finders,
Submitting the plans to Harrisburg,
investigating right-of-ways and in
general find out whether the plan
is feasible before incurring any expense. They wish it to be thoroughly understood that this investigation will not cost tax payers any
money and all information will be
presented to the people in an open
manner.      «   ■
—Mrs. John K. Toner, whose
husband was governor of the commonwealth a number of yeara ago,
dtad at ber ham* to Pittsburgh   on
MR. REICH'S CONDITION   GOOD
Mr. Frank P. Reigh of 600 Main
street is considerably improved at
the Altoona Hospital after his narrow escape last week. He was supervising the making up of a freight
train in the yard and was riding
the top of a car whe a sudden jolt
caused him to loose his footing and
fill to the roadbed directly beneath
another car. Only his quick presence of rmnki which enabled him
to tott from under the car, saved
him from serious injury or -death.
He was given assfstancce by the*
members of his crew and removed
to the hospital where an examination showed that he had suffered a
dislocation of the right shoulder, a
fracture of the left forearm and
numerous bruises at" the face and
body.
People Who Visit Hero on J
Those Who Go Awey.
MOVEMENTS OF 000 CITIZENS
—Real January weather it
with aa. atoW^
Guest* Who Are Entertained by BeU*
Wood Ho*t»—Personal M—Ilea *f
Tho** Whe Viait To and Fro
Mir. Sylvester Fagin of Reigb-
town is spending a few w-geks visiting with his children to Akron
.Ohio.
Ernest     Rothenberger,    who    is.,
employed ta  Baltimore,  spent   thej
week end' with his family on Can*-}
bria  street.
Lloyd Goss of Chambersburg
•pent the week end with hia parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Gosa, on
North. Sixth street.
Miss     Marie      Chamberlain,     at
Philadelphia,  spend  Sunday at the
home of her mother,    Mra. H.    A.  :
Vandevander on East First street.
Mrs. Dale Cherry of Jersey
"City returned to her home Satu-r-
dray after spending a few days with
her daughter Mrs. Clair Werta.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Pick-
ins, of Baltimore, Md,, where Mr. '
Pickins is employed; spent th* week
end with friends in the borough.
'Clarance was a caller at our office
Monday afternoon before returning to hie employment.
Walter Steel* of Main street
left today for Washington, D. C,
where he has secured employment
in the Navy yard aa a machinist.
In view of the progressive program
mapped out by the Nary Depart*
ment this new position has excellent
possibilities.
—Miss Mary Wray, secretary to
fjidge^Marion D. Patterson and
•>eet**Wtenogiraj-JAH*er mta». baa
confined to her home to Altoona
for the past two weeks suffering,
with grippe has resumed her duties
—State Highway Patrolmen gave
an average of more than 1000 verbal warnings a day in the course1 of
patrolling tiie highways during
1084. By the end of November
they had cautioned 384,378 motorists regarding driving habits likely
to result in accidents or arrest.
—While enrollments in State
Teachers' Colleges in Pennsylvania
almost doubled in the ten-year peri-
ad beginning in 1923, th* number
of full-time faculty member* te-
creased only from 514 to 652, ae-
cording to records of the Department of public Instruction.
—Inability to think and act
quickly cost th* -lives ot 221 'pedestrians duriqg the first eleven
month of last year, the ..Department of Revenue's Division of
Safety reports. Another group of
2800 "confused" pedestrians suffer
ed non-fatal injuries.
—A convention of all Unemploy-  i
ed  Brotherhood  councils  in    Blair i
county will take place in the near
future   at  Bennington,  according to
plans  announced  at    the     regular
meeting of the Altoona branch.    It
was  announced that Don  Gingery, j
local 'Congressman,  has pledged his J
support to efforts of the    brother* I
hood to obtain a grant of   Pedeiel
funds for  construction  of low-cost
homes in this vicinity for the bene,
fit. of the unemployed.
—The bi-annual meeting af the
Blair County Scholastic Prsas association will be held on Saturday,
Feb. 2, at the Altoona High school.
On this occasion the Altoona Senior High school will bo host to rep-.
resentatives from the following
High schools: Tyrone, Hollidaysburg, Roaring Spring, -Roosevelt
Junior' High school, Altoona High |
school and the D. S. Keith Junior
High school.
—Representative    John  S.     Mc-
Groarty of  California,  ta prepared
to do battle for the Townsend    old
age pension plan.    He was warnedj
by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt tha#|
I; is plan is raising false hopes.
j which  the   California     congre
! replies that the whoie    Now
program "has raised a h- ■        of
1 lot  of false hopes."    And because
I so many false hopes have been raised by the New Deal is the    reason
! why so    many    fantastic    schemes
hare been    presented   by   outside
sources—schemes tbat will   plague
' the administration, to an