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BELLWOOD. PA.. TH*SDAY. FEBRUARY   14, 1935
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
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COUNCIL INDORSES NEW ROAQ PROJECTS TOTAL |»t
BRKF SUHMARVBF THE WEEK
Tens    **weara--be Coseer-etag    the
Doteg ef OSr ataeeagh -Tbs CoL
snaa Oar Subscribers Eajsy
_A   K. Osntnll died    suddenly
in New York city one doy test week
He -ass a bnther-ta-law of tbe late
Robert L. Scott,   tor many   years
cashier of the First National bank
of the borough. A number of years
ago he was a   fnqoent visiter   ta
town.
—Mr. Wi. B. Dysart, tbe well
known hardware merchant, who has
been absent from hta place of business for the past seven weeks by
illness, is still cannned te his home
{on East fated street Hta friends
■will be gtedl te know that he hta
reasonably good condition,
—Tuesday was the ,oa* hundred
nnd twenty-atath anniversary of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the
great Civil war president and emancipator, and it waa signally honored throughout the nation. As
the yean roll by time does not dim
the memory of this illustrious American citisen.
 Mr.- and' Mrs.    Donald    Myers
ruv-rejoicing over the arrival of tbe
first golden link ta tbe family oi*r-
cle, a fine girl baby, whs made her
appearance at the home of the
grandparents, Mr. and Mm. Allen
A. Price an Bellview avenue last
Sunday, andl has been named Mary
Larue Myers. Mother and new ar-
rival an doing fine. -
—Mm. C. W. Proctor ,of BelAir,
Md., mother of Mrs. George A. 8im-
' a, af ***bamb«*rabB**g, a former re
Project  SugB-Mted ia Township Given lleertj Approval
At the    regular    monthly meet-
tag ef' the borough,   council,   held
Monday  night, James McCoy    appeared before the body and speaking ta behalf   of ths local   unemployed council    asked for the    to-
dorsement   of the    pwfeeed   plan
for    improving the    road    leading
from near Fox's farm across    tha
Brash mountain  into  Sinking Valley.    Mr. McCoy pointed out    the
material advantages that    improvement af this road   would mean   to
thia community and further stated
tbat, **Jthough the project would ba
submitted by the township, an   ta*.
dorsemant had already been secured from tbe Lien's   club, it would
Still be a great aid  ta having   the
project approved   if the    bonugh
council     recorded    themselves     as
being   in favor of the   movement
Council fuBy   appreetated the   advantages of tbis road and    unanimously passed a resolution of    approval.
The Unemployed Council also
submitted a suggestion for the formation of a Planning Board which
they thought would be a great
benefit to the communilar to work-
tog oat problems of mutual interest to the borough and residents of
the built up sections adjoining the
borough. This was discussed at
aome length and will be given careful consideration by council.
The members from council on the
sewerage committee -deported; that
the plans had been returned from
Mr. Germans office in Ha-rriehurg,
and the report was highly favonble
Mr. Gorman stated that the plans
es a whole, wen juat about -right
but advised that an engineer check
over the surveys anu make a few
minor changes. Thia would entail
-aae slight expense and the com'
NO. 49
OPINION ON FIREARMS FEES
Council aad  I ■heal Board  P
List of Possible Pie|nti   .
The town    burgess recently  •*baV
ceived a communication from    th#
iZhru "Works bureau stating that to
anticipation of   the huge    Fe#atl
relief program all communities aw
called upon    to prepare a list    of
projects that would be suitable fof
Federal relief Work    This comma?
nieatten waa taken up before botfc
branches of our municipal gov-e-rnf
ing    bodies who immediately    ou%
lined a number of projects worth|
of considantion.     The total    eetifr
mated coat of these projects wouty
amount to $551,000, and   any   of
all of these projects would requii*s;
a     latrge     outlay     of   go-vlernmen^
money and would put many men to-
work.
The projects outlined by the botV
ough council an:
1. A sanitary newer system.
2. A water storage ' reservoir
■which would raise ths present capacity from 80,000 gallon to 4,500,-*
000 gallons.
8.    A municipal electric lighting
System and Plant
4.    An extensive street construct
COLONEL BEN. JONES SPEAKS
Ion program.
The School Board as their contribution to this work have outlined
a plan calling for the eoM*ruction|
of B new high school building to h*)s
worked out on a joint basis between
the school authorities of the borough and Antis Township and
would combine the two high schools
in one building.
The burgess in divulging these
facte stated that it was to be plainly undentood'that these projects
are only under consideration and-
have been drama np aolely to satisfy the government that there ia
work to be done in Bellwood should
the huge federal program be launch
ed, aad many factors would ba**S"*B|
be   considered    before    «ubn*if"
Sbr-riff Wolf Asks  Solicitor to CUar
Up Qaoatloa- of Peas
Due to tiie fast tbat then have
been eo many inquiries ta regard to
the »e of 11.00 and |1.W charged
for permits to carry flwarms, tbs
Sheriff haa -requested the County
Solicitor, John J. Haberstroh to
give an opinion:
to rotation to the fee to be
charged for the issuance of licenses to carry Hi Barms, it is necessary to consider both tbe Sheriff's
Fee BUl as contained te the Act Bf
1988 P. L. 1141, Section ^K, paragraph 2 and the provisions of the
Firearms Act ss found ta the Act
of 1981 P. L- 497, paragraph 1.
"The Firearms Act as above cited,
contains, inter alia, the following
provision:
'•The Sheriff of a county, may,
upon tte application of any person,
issue a license to such person to
carry a firearm to a vehicle or concealed on or about his person with-
iin this Commonwealth for not more
than one year from the dlate of
issue. Tbe fee for issuing such
license shall be fifty cents
which fas shall be paid into tba
County Treasury, except that if
ths applicant exhibits a resident
hunter's license issued to him for
the current year, the fee shall aot
be charged."
The Sheriff's Fee Bill as above
referred to contains the following
provision:
"After two months from tbe
passage of this Act, til* fees and
costs including commissions and
mileage to be charged and received
by Sheriff's ta this ("*bmmonwealth
from parties or counties requiring
thier services shall be as follows:
"For issuing and recording any
license, ons dollar, ta addition to
tbe license fee payable to the county or cointmlowesJlth to be paid by
the licensee." ^ggiggwgjjfl
Tyrone Lawyor and Publisher Ad-
drosses Club Ladies
Interest in the Bellwood Woman's Republican club continues to
grow as was manifested by the
large turnout of members and friends who assembled at the home of
Mrs. Charles A. Hoover, Maple
avenue, on Tuesday night for ite
February meeting. A Lincoln day
program had been arranged by Mn.
L S, Lindemuth, chairman, who
presided.
The meeting opened with the
singing of "America,'.' after which
Mrs. J. E. Harvey, secretary, read
the minutes of the last meeting.
Misses DoRy Hsmpto, Marian Mitch
el, Ethel Maris Werta and Marjorie
Biggins, sang "The Old Spinning
Wheel," accompanied on the piano
by Miss Mary Mitchell. Miss Lizzie
Akers read impressively Istosoln's
Gettysburg Address, and this was
followed by a duet, "Sweet and
Law," sung by Mn. Helen Frye an*}
Mn. Lincoln Henry, accompanied on
the piano by Mn. Earl ICorey. Col.
Benjamin C. Jones of Tyrone was
the guest speaker.
Mr. Jones, always popular with
Bellwood audiences, talked on the
work of Washington and Idncoln
whom he eaid ranked as two of the
gnat statesmen. He then told of
the development of the nation and
social legislation now pending. He
advanced tho idea' of creative jobs
for older people by taking millions
of young people out of industry
and keeping them in school at least
two years beyond tbe present high
school age®. The cost of financing
such schools, he said, wuld not be
as much as relief now costs and
would give work te older people.
The March meeting will foe held
at the home of Mrs. Earl Goshorn,
811 North Second street.
Six new members were added to
the roll as followa:   Mrs.    William
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Guests Who An Entertained by BeU.
Wood Hosts—Peneaal Mentloa *A
Those Who Visit To and Fra
Mr.  Charles    T.  Derick of    the
Colony   settlement    down      Mount   ■
Union way, was a Bellwood visitor I
last Saturday.
Paul Trusell who is employed at
Wilmington, Del., spent part of
last week with hie family on South
Second street.
James Raugh, who is employed
by the P. R. R. near Philadelphia,
spent the week end with his family
on the north side.
Donald M. Gilmore of    Philadelphia spent the week end    visiting  ij
with his brother, J. H. Gilmore and
family on South Pint street.
Mr. H. E. Syling   returned Wednesday    morning from    New York   .
city, where he had been the guest
of his son-to-law and daughter for
a few days.    $*j|a|
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gilmore snd
daughter Janet, of Altoona, **peut
Sunday at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gilmore on
South Fint street.
Walter Steele who is now    eaa>-|
ployed as a machinist inthe    Navy
Yard  at  Washington,  D.   C,  spent
several days with his parents,    Mr.
and Mn. George    Steele on    Main
street.
John Harvey, Clair O'Shell, Max
Bingman and Blair Dunn, acutea
members of the local Sports-men's
Association, attended the meeting of
tbe SUte Federation of Sportsmen
in Harrisbu
from aft attack of pneumonia
Bt the home of her daughter, Mrs.
'C. W. Datesman in Columbia, Pa.,
when aba bad been a visitor. Mrs.
Proctor has a number of acquaintances to the borough.
—Talk about targe eggs, here is
one thst is a whopper. Last Monday Mr. -John Holes, who resides on
North Fourth street, gathered an
egg in his hennery that measured
six snd one-half inches the small
way, and eight and one-half inches
the larger. The egg was laid by a
hen weighing nine and one-half
pounds and was double yolked.
—Miss Gladys Mulhollem, niece
of Mrs. Carrie Moore of North
Fourth street, a graduate nune of
the Germantown hospital, Philadelphia, has been notified that she
has successfully passed the State
Board examination for nurses and
is new a registered nurse. Miss
Mulhollem! is a graduate of Bell-
Wood High School, class of 1980.
AB present she is employed in the
Germantown Hospital.
—Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hunter,
of Chambersburg, where they have
resided for the past few years, expect to again become residents of
the borough within the next few
weeks. For many years Mr. Hunter has been a faithful' employe of
tta P. R. R. and expects to be
placed on the retired list some
time ta June. Their many friends
will welcome their return as citizens of the old home town.
—--Chief of Police Jesse Raugh
and E. E. Hardy spent several days
at Lock Haven where they were
witnesses ta the trial of Harry
Mayo who was convicted yesterday
Bf murdering a police officer. This
trial was watched with interest by
local folks as Mayo had committed
several robberies in town, one of
them being the express office where
the pisrbof was stolen which the
state contend, was used in committing the murder.
—During tbe year 1984 the Ros-
siter mines of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation had the biggest production year in their history, topping even the war boom
yean by a considerable margin.
The Nob. 1 and 8 mines of the C.
B. "C C. at Rossiter turned out a
total of 720,000 tons af coal last
year, an average of slightly better
than 8,000 tens daily. For the
greater part of the year mines
worked three shifts, five days a
weak. About 600 men are employ-
tsm
tog any move that would mean
spending mio-aey, the practical plan
would be to await- tiie new set-up
of the Federal program and see if
additional expense would be justified.
The Highway committee reported
little activity in their department,
except for removal of ice from the
streets in various sections of town,
where regarded as a hazard; This
committee reported a number of
terra-cotto drain pipes broken
along North Tuckahoe street, caused by freezing, which will be repaired as soon as weather conditions permit.
The water committee reported
two frozen lateral lines repaired!
and stated that the chlorination
plant had frozen dp on two occasions but was promptly thawed out
and placed in running order. They
also reported progress being made
on the map of the water lines.
A new ordinance proposing adjustment of local water rates was
discussed but held over until the
next meeting for consideration.
DIED AT   JUNIATA
Henry Arthur Igou of 41$ Eleventh avenue, Juniata, die! at 12.20
o'clock Tuesday morning at the Altoona hospital. He was admitted
on Jan. 28 and underwent an operation for appendicitis. He was born
in Bellwood on July 19, 1902, and
was united ta marriage on Jan. 12,
1921, to Miss Mary Jacobs. Surviv
ing are the wife and the mother,
Mrs. Mary Bodge of Altoona, and
two sons, Arthur and Fredrick Igou
and one sister, Mrs. Anna Leonard
of Missouri. Be was a member of
Calvary Baptist church and of the
P. R. R. relief. The funerel will
be held from the Mauk and Yates
funeral home in Juniata, with services at 2 o'clock Thursday after-
men in charge of Rev. Elmer Horner. Interment will follow in
Grandview cemetery.
STUDENT PLANNING GROUPE
A number of students from the
Antia Consolidated schools have
been named for a Student Planning
committee. This committee will
meet with and make suggestions to
the Planning board of the schcool
district on matters pertaining to
the welfare of the school. Tho
Students appointed are: James Ross
Eugene Root, Eugene Coady, Edith
Reigh, James Puleinello, Robert
Focht, Lloyd Halmaa, Leonard Ross
and Elisabeth Flsgg.
LIONS WILL  ENTERTAIN
At the last meeting- of ths Bellwood Lions club arrangements wan
made for an evening of entertainment for members, their ladies and
the general public in the form of a
cabaret dinner and dance including
a turkey dinner, -taring which an
orchestra will furnish music and a
twelve act floor show will be te progress by a group of fifteen accomplished students of the Houser
school .of dancing who will furnish
free entertainment far the guests,
after which dancing and' other an-.
tertainment will be enjoyed.
The party ia being sponsored by
the Lions club for the benefit of
tbe Bellwood Y. M. C. A. Due to
the limited space, only 160 persons
can be accomodated, therefore
only 160 tickets will be sold..
The party will be held Thursday
evening, March 14 at 7.16 o'clock
te tiie Bellwood Y. M. C. A.
ANTIS TEAMS WIN
Antis Township High girls won
27-7 from ■Coatport-Irvona and tbe
boys won 82-16 in a Moshannon Val
ley league game. Antis boys led
12-1 in the first period, taking the
second 6-6, the third 9-6 and tying
6-6 in the final period! Antis was
at Houtzdale Wednesday, both boys
and girls traveling. Becarria is at
Antis Friday.
ABOLISH TAX COLLECTORS
Abolition of tax collectors for
boroughs towns and townships and
establishment of a centralized system with the treasurers as couaty
tax collectors are objectives of a
senate bill sponsored by Leon )C.
Prince, Cumberland.
BEST YOU EVER ATE
The ladies of tha Methodist Foreign Missionary society will have
home-made pumpkin and lemon pies
for sale Thursday of next week.
Orders can be left at the home of
the president, Mrs. Joseph Patton,
Sr., on Main street.
—Approximately thirty members of the local Sportsmen's Association are planning to travel to
Tyrone this afternoon and evening
to enjoy the field day aad supper
that is being staged by the Tyrone
club at Camp  Anderson, near Vail.
—Monday evening at 7.80 the
Lutheran Brotherhood will meet at
tba church. A special program ia
being arranged. All aun en invited. Practice at tba men's chorus
will tabs plans immediately after
tbe brotherhood
tion of both these Acts of Assembly and the only conclusion to which
I can come is that the Sheriff must
make a charge of $1.60 for a firearms license unless the applicant
displays a resident hunter's license,
ta which case the charge by the
Sheriff for the firearms license
shall be one dollar. You will note
that the Sheriff's Fee Bill which
was passed two years subsequent
to the Firearms Act provides that
for the issuance and recording of
any license, the licensee shall pay
the sum of one dollar in addition
to the fee payable to the county for
the commomjwealtH. The Sheriff's
Fee Bill likewise provides that the
charges therein contained are not
discretionary but are those that
shall be charged. This provision is
mandatory.
380,000 WAIT
The Department of Revenue reports that 380,000 motor vehicles,
registered at the close of last year,
have not been re-licensed yet for
1936. Meanwhile more than 1,400,-
000 owners, a record for this season
of the year, have obtained the new
license plates which give them year
-round use of the highways.
87 NOT TESTED
Only fifty seven townships out of
the 1569 in Pennsylvania, remain
untested and unsigned under the
area plan to eradicate bovine tuberculosis, according to the latest report from the bureau1 of animal husbandry, State Department of Agriculture.
HAUPTMANN POUND GUILTY .
Guilty in manner and form as
indicated was the verdict of the
jury ta the Hauptmann case at
Flemingbon, N. J., late last night
Due to the prominence of the parties the trial, which lasted over a
month, attracted international attention. From our viewpoint tbe
verdict is in accordance with the
evidence adduced as reported in tbe
daily press. Hauptmann was sentenced to die in the electric chair
the week of March 18.
Lincoln Henry,    Mrs. Earl    Corey,
Mrs.    Percy Lynn   and Mn.   Joh
Estep.
—Tresspass notices    for sale    at
the Bulletin office, ten cents each.
—Many deer are still to be seen
I by motorists along the highway be-
j tween Philipsburg and Sandy Ridge
and along the road leading from
Philipsburg to Port Matilda As a
rule driven are exercising   greater
. care with tba result tbat fewer deer
.'are being Idled.
TREACHEROUS SIDEWALKS
Rain begun falling last night
about nine o'clock and at intervals
showers fell throughout the night,
making pedestrian ism most treacherous and ta some lespects it was
near neck-breaking. This morning.
ths sidewalks were as smooth as
ice could possibly make-them and
those who wen compelled to make
Ian early start to work and places
of business, wended their way with
extreme care . Some thoughtful
home owners scattered ashes on
the pavement, thus relieving the
danger to thos . Who were to pass.
Autombbiling was also hazardous.
and in no instance was the speed
record broken in tiie borough. Tne
state highway route No 220 was
•akfo treacherous and autoists run
their cars with the 'utmost care.
The weatherworks has promised
more rain and warmer temperature
Ever since Christmas the sidewalks and streets most of the time
have been covered with ice, a condition that has not existed in these
parts for a number of winters.
Harry C. Gornme'sser, the mailman,
says he cannot recall a winter when
there was so much ice with which
to contend.
APPRECIATED
The new series of sermons, ten
in number, now being delivered on
Sunday mornings at the Logan Valley Baptist church by the pastor,
Rev. H. G. Dooley, are deeply interesting and much appreciated.
These sermons are on the Lord's
Prayer which is universally accepted as the "Model Prayer." There
sre five sermons yet to be delivered
as follows: Feb. 17, "Pray for Obedience. Thy will be Done." Feb.
24, "Pray for Bread. Give us this
Day Our Daily Bread." March 8,
"Pray for Forgiveness. Forgive Us
our Debts as We Forgive Our Debtors." March 10, "Pray Against
Temptation. Lead us not into Temptation." March 17, "Pray for Deliverance.     Deliver us  from  Evil."
Tbe    congregation    last    Sunday
morning    was one  ' of the    largest
during    the present    pastorate    of
Rev. H. G. Dooley.
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—"Cook's Clover Farm Market is
sporting a new Chevrolet delivery
truck. This truck is aa improved,
closed affair and will insure their
customers of prompt and sanitary
delivery service.
College, retired passenger
of the Bellwood division, circulated
among his many friends to tba
borough' Wednesday afternoon H*
was a caller at our office.
Mr. and Mrs Cleon Moffet aad
baby son James Porter Moffet, of
Pittsburgh, were guests for a few
days at the home of Mr. Moffet's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Moffet on South First street, returning: Wednesday morning via ths
overland route.
Mrs. W. F. Balsbach of Boyles
sheet and daughter, Mm. George
M. Givin of 1116 Sixteenth avenue,
Altoona, were called to Ephrate,
Lancaster county, on Monday to
attend the funeral of their cousin,
Jacob Givler, a life time and prominent citizen of that county.
Jimmy Douglass, after spending
a week with friends in town, returned Wednesday' to the Church of
the Brethren Home for the Aged,
where he has been a guest for the
past few years. Jimmy makes per- I
icdical visits to town and is always
glad to be back among his friends.
Mrs. -Allen A. Price of Bellview
avenue and Mrs. Jerry Hardy of
Tyrone, were in Pittsburgh the beginning of the week, called there
en account of the serious illness of
thir uncle, Mr. Howard Evans, who
has been ill for some time. Mr.
Evans has a number of acquaint-
ances in the borough.
Mrs. Mabel Nolan, 343 South Second street, and little son Berney
have returned from a visit te Johns
town relatives.
Mrs. J. M. Brennan, who had
been spending a week with Cur-
.wensville relatives is at home again
at theM ethodist Episcopal parsonage.
OLD MAP FOUND
The workers at tbe municipal
building who are rewriting th.
minutes and compiling the old bor-
cugh records, unearthed an old
map that recalls the days when thia
town was in its infancy. Thia map
was laid out as the map of Bell's
Mills thus proving its age as around
60 years' old. The Mountain railroad is marked as the "Bellwood
Railroad" under which name it waa
known prior to being taken over
by the P. R. R. The map is to
fair condition considering ito age
when compared wiht the pre-sentda***-]
map of the borough illustrates many
changes.
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