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VOL. XLVI.
BELLWOOD, PA., THUI
|Y, FEBRUARY 21, 1935
NO.  51
j LOCAL m COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Reader*
BRIEF SUMMARYOFTHE WEEK
Tens    Paragraphs Concerning    the
Being of Oar Borough    Tbe Cob
maam Out Subscribers Enjoy
—Windy March will aeon be with
ua
—-Every member of the    family
roads the Bulletin.
Sf—Type writer peper for sale at
tiw Bulletin office, to any quantity
desired.
—Tbe interior of the Daugherty
millinery store on Moon street has
been repainted.
—Will we experience the proverbial February blizzard? If tiie
month is to prove true to tradition,
• quick start should be made, as it
ta fast fleeting into history.
—Mr. Gilbert S. Watte, the well
known truck farmer at Henshey-
town, was to Pittsburgh last week
to attend a meeting of vegetable
giiBwata and make an address.
—Logan Valley Grange will
meet Friday evening at 7.S0 o'clock
There will be initiation in the first
and second degress. All officers
are requested to be in their places.
—Tbe vegetable gardeners .in
this neck "o the woods are preparing hot beds for early returns.
—Typical February weather, re-
semfoling a small blizzard, prevailed
almost all dBy  yesterday.
 A wove of dismisals started on
Capitol hill in Harrisburg last week
when mere than 200 employes lost
their jobs.    They were mostly Re-
ublican office holders, to be replac
~ Star by Democrats.
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SKEIP ROAD GAINS IMPETUS PRISON ARBORETUM ATTRACTS
morrow, and being a legal holiday
abe First National bank will remain closed all day, while tbe usu-
i |"il holiday hours will prevail at the
(postoffice.
—Tomorrow  is  the    anniversary
I  of the birth of - George Washington,
the "Father of His Country"    and
"great Revolutionary, hero.    Ths day
y trill ba appropriately  observed    ta
the  schools    of tiie borough    and
Antis township.
—William Carson who has been
assisting his father, John Carson,
on a heating contract ta State
College, suffered a back injury
which caused him to return home
and sail keep him from his duties
for aome time.
gt-jpSr. John. T. Leddy, well
known Altoona shops machinist and
residing on Main street, was call-
ad to Pottsville on Tuesday on account of the death of his brother,
Joseph Leddy. The deceased was a
former government employe. The
funeral occurred at 9 o'clock
Wednesday  morning.
—(Conductor Frank P. Reigh, a
I (Middle Division employe on tha
P./R. R., who suffered an injury,
while ta tbe discharge of his duties
fa the Altoona yard six weeks ago
(and since then confined to the hospital to tbat city, has come to his
home on Main street to further recuperate. The accident resulted ta
B fractured arm when he fell
from tile top of a box car.
—Mrs. Fannie Trout, aged 70
years, widow of the late Henry C.
Trout, for thirty-flve years tax
Collector of the borough, and residing on Stewart street, is a pati-
Bnt in tha Altooaa hospital suffering from a fracture of the tott
femure, aba having fallen at her
home. Mrs. Trout waa walking
through tba kitchen when her ankle
turned and she fell to the floor
causing the injury. Her condition
at tbe hospital today was regarded
as fairly good.
—Mrs. F. B. Forrest, wife of
ana of the well known physicians
of tba borough, who underwent an
operation ta one of the Altoona
hospitals a few days ago, is resting comfortably at her home oa
Main atreet. A number of months
ago Mrs. Forrest fell to the yard
tof her home and suffered a hurt
which produced aa injury to her
*r**t-k, aad ta order to get relief an
Operation was necessary. While
Still confined to bed, Mrs. Forrest's
many friends will be pleased to
batow that aba to" resting comfort-
fthuj. III!
Meeting Tonight WiU Gtee CMaens
Opportunity tta Hear   Details
Tba proposed project to rebuild
tiie old mountain road from! route
No. 220 at the J. A. Fox farm one
mile east of Bellwood to the Stoking Valley road at Skelp is meeting
with wide approval.
J. G. Bagshaw, president of ths
State Supervisors' association, will
speak at tha public meeting to be
bald thia evening ta the auditorium
of the Y. M. C. A. While the program is not completed, the committee haa assurance that Professor T.
S. Davis, former superintendent of
Blair county schools, and Attorney
E. H. Flick of Altoona will be present. D. S. Brumbaugh, John F.
Royer and Clair C. Fleck, county
commissioners; Senator Charles R.
Mallery andl Representatives Harry
E. Diehl, William Aukermon and
Joseph W. Parks have been invited
to be present.
The Bellwood and Antia township Unemployed council, promoter
of the project and sponsor of the
meeting, has erected a sign at the
site of the project at the intersection of route No. 220, one mile
east of Bellwood. All mtorists are
uiged to study a road map of this
eection and note tbe value of a connecting link at thia point. Many
did not knew of thia old road and
recently many hiking parties have
been seen going up and down the
mountain.
In addition to providing employment to many unemployed men,
this improved road will have permanent economic value to the
traveling public. The Unemployed
council .has the formal backing of
the township supervisors, Bellwood
borough council and the Bellwood
Lions club.
ALLIED FIREMEN MET
The regular meeting of the Blair
K£a**\T' JW.UHSi-i'-aLJisMnetS
*Hefi, was held Monday evening fo
Hollidaysburg. There waa a representative attendance from tiie 17
fire Companies throughout the
county comprising the association,
numbering 40 firemen, and a goodly
amount of busineaa was transacted
during the evening.
Paul H. Baker, president, presided, with W. G. Chronister, of
Greenwood, as secretary. The chief
business carried out was arranging
for a banquet March 20, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars home, Al-
"H:>ona. An elaborate program! Will
be prepared, ta order to make this
an outstanding social affair.
Tentative plans were also made
for the annual convention and
picnic that will be held at Bellwood tbe coming summer. Committees were appointed to perfect
arrangjemenjbs. Mjany matters 'of
interest' came before the meeting.
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LADIES TO HOLD TEA
The Ladies auxiliary to John M.
Anderson post, American Legion,
will hold a Washington tea on Saturday, Feb. 23, to commemlorate
the birthday anniversary of the nation's .first president. It will be
held ta the Legion home from 8
to 6 o'clock ahd an invitation is extended to the public to attend and
enjoy the pleasures of the affair.
The auxiliary at its monthly
meeting last Monday completed
plans for the Washington tea. The
Committee in charge has arranged
for the presentation of an entertaining program which will include
music. There will alao be play at
card's for those who enjoy that
pleasure and) refreshments will be
served.
Has   Becorae Stem Pises   at   Rock-
▼tew Panlt—ttaey
The Washington Aboretum at
Rockview Prison Farm baa become
one of tba ahow places of Pennsylvania. Hundreds of toss lovers
annually viait this memorial planting, which is one of the most complete collection of coniferous trees
in the United States.
During ths Id-centennial program in memory of George Washington, inmate employee of tbe
Rockview Forest Tree Nursery
planted and dedicated the arboretum te October, 1981.
Thirty-two species of evergreens
were originally aat out. Tba Amer
ican Tree Association' contributed
a bronze plaque which was placed
on a boulder of native mountain
stone. The grove was designated
ea tbe George Washington Memorial Planting. |
Since then 41 new species have
been added, making a total of 78
'different varieties of conifers to
the aboretum at    present.       There
IL ENGAGES ENGINEER WILD TURKEYS   LET   GO
Step   Taken  la   Preparing
Plus   For   Sewerage
is borough council bald a spec-
session    Monday    night    with
member present for the pur-
of working out further    deaf tba proposed sewer project.
two    members of    the    eewer
littee    representing the   Lions
Ware alao present.
H.    'Colobine    chairman     of
committee    reported on    what
had been made to    date.
le committees report showed that
preliminary    work was    fairly
ill taken    care of as    far as   it
possible to go with what data
fee on hand.    They rep<f*ted that
Jr. Penney, Altoona representative
the Local  Works Division    had
tpressed himself'  as vary    favor-
As to the project and when    ap-
raised of the figures relative    to
timated  cost  and  resources, stated that he felt sure of the successful outcome of tbe project.
However, Mr. Feaney stated that
project could be submitted with
ers 22 species of juniper, 11 afar-  'out first befog    approved  by    the
borvitee, 15 of pine, nine of spruce
'Health  Department  at    Harrisburg
and five of fir.    Forty-seven spaces  [and to secure thia approval means
BTe reserved) for future planting.
Ons extraordinary tree    in    the
collection  ia    the    Norway    pine,
whose foliage changes    from    deep-- --, Thia  phase     was  informally  dis-
—Mr. Jesse F. Nearhoof, one of
the well known farmer citizens of
Antis township, exhibited in our
office one day last week, a hen's
egg weighing a quarter of a pound
and measuring eight inches the
large way in circumference and
six and one-eighth inches the
smaller way. The egg was laid by
a Leghorn hen.
—The time  for residents of the
borougjh M*>d  tow-;ni9hi-pt3  to  change
their political affiliations ta during
the month of May when the assessors are making up their lists.    Of
course there is no harm in informing the    assessors now;    they    can
make a note ef it      Persona regis-
j tared on   the list    made to    May,
1984, are ao recorded on the books
and will remain    ao until May,    ao
I far aa the records kept in the com-
I miastone-**** office ars concerned.
green in summer te a bright golden
hue ta winter. This tree waa discovered ta a plantation by one of
the inmates. Ite semi-annual transition in color haa been consistent
for a number of years.
The Rockview tree nursery ia
one of the prison industries operated by the State. Inmate employes
of tl\e nursery have labeled each
tree ta the arboretum, affording an
excellent opportunity to nature stu*
dents to study at first hand the*
habits andl characteristics of
many varieties of conifers.
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Prof. T. S. Davis is to speak
the meeting of the Antis Parents
and Teachers' association. The
meeting will be held this evening at
7.30 o'clock in the consolidated
school. Mr. Davis is recognized authority on local history and will
give some interesting side lights on
"Tbe History of the Antia Schools"
Miss Geneva Irwin will also give a
short talk. Music furnished by tba.
high school orchestra will be a
regular part of the program, while
a special number will be furnished
by a brass quartet of high school
students and a vocal solo by Miss
Helen Moek, supervisor of music
in Antis schools. The committee
ion the P.-T. A supper wiU bars
(some important busineaa to transact as well as some interesting reports te give concerning the supper.
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MEETING THIS   EVENING
The employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad' of Bellwood and vicinity will hold a meeting ta the
Passenger Station, Bellwood, for
the purpose of trying to secure
mora business.
These group meetings are being
held all over the system and as
Bellwood is named as one of the
meeting places, it is up to the employes to make a good showing.
Therefore, meeting will be held
this evening at 7.30 p. m.
Please bring your wife and other
adult members of your family, aa
we are all interested in this movement.
Agent J. H. Leffard wants all to
feel that they are welcome to attend this meeting which is open to
the public.
engaging the services of a competent engineer to make necessary
changes ta the plans.
cBssed at some length by council.
Tbe opinion was expressed that tbs
body would lay themselves open to
criticism if money was spent for
engineering service, but the gener-
ali opinion was that the town had
ady invested several thousand
pars in sewer plans and. with tbe
pects of obtaining a sewer sys-
with the Federal Government
tag tbe bulk of expense, the
might draw more criticism
aot being prepared. It waa
pointed out that this town, at
iL.to without a project aad all
requir-
re projects would also require
service snd it wonld foe just
well to engage an engineer for
|e sewer project as any other.
Accordingly the Morris Knowles
gineering Company of Pitts-
g was (July elected to draw up
plans and take such steps aa
old be necessary te have the
ject approved. This firm is
faly recommended and offered a
r proposal which stated specifi-
lly tbat ta case of failure te go
rough with the plans they would
fnly charge for wfc-rk actually
:£one up to that time and in any
case the complete cost for drawing*
up these plans would not exceed
five hundred  dollars.
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OUTLAWS SPECIAL TAGS
Pennsylvania's motoring "aristocracy"—the folks favored with low
numbered or letter autonyoble tags,
ia to be wiped out of existence by
Gov.  George  H.   Earl.
to requisitioning Western penitentiary for the state's 1986 plates
the executive directed that no numbered tags be less than 21,001 and
that tags with letters have at least
three numbers.
"I have thought the matter over
carefully and have decided that the
aristocracy of low numbered tags
must end," Governor Earle said.
The order including the abolish-
big of tags marked "legislative,
judicial, National Guard and official" which were distributed to
public officials. Even the governor's plates, bearing the state seal
Mid no numeral, will be* discarded
aad the Earl automobiles will be
registered with plates issued* in the
general run of "handling applications for licenses.
Ten     Plump    Birds     Liberated     in
Wildb Nearby
There will be joy ta the hearts
Jof tbe sportsmen when it is announced tbat ten fine, plump wild
turkeys were liberated in the
mountainous sections s oi Antis
Jtfcwnslj-ip yesterday morning, five
on the Brush mountain and Ave on
the Allegheny mountain. There
were four goblers and six hens,
the gobblers weighing' at least
twenty pound's each. The birds
were ta tiie best of condition.
Game Protectors Frank Myers,
of Shippensburg, and Charles C.
Brennecka, of Altoona, had charge
of the liberation. "The turkeys
were hatched on tbe state wild
turkey farm in Juniata county, in
the Willow run section, which is
familiar to hundreds of sportsmen
throughout the state and more especially ta Blair county. Thia farm
contains approximately 28000
acres and a goodly portion of which
to enclosed with a high wire fence,
from which the birds have no avenue of escape. It was established
a number Of years ago and since
then has been the source of a supply of wild turkeys for planting in
many section* of the commonwealth.
It is said that thirty-three hundred young turkeys were hatched
on the farm during the year 1934,
and a larger number will be raised during the present year, most of
which will be liberated in many
parts of the state during 1936, and
that when ths season is closed. It
is authoritatively stated tbat this is
just tils beginning of the liberation
of wild turkeys in these parts and
the sportsmen may expect another
consignment within a few weeks.
By liberating the turkeys early in
the season they will soon adjust
themselves to their new surroundings and begin making a home and
Do mlBS TBfetr  yoifftg. ^v
Protectors Myers aad Brennecka
ware calers at our office.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here end
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
—Every member of the family
reads tiie Bulletin.
—Every citisen in this community should get behind the project to
improve the public highway over
Brush mountain near the John A.
Fox farm to Antis township. This
is a very worthy undertaking Bad
once completed will mean much to
the motorists everywhere, and as*
pecially to those residing to this
part of Blair county. Generous
support haa come from some of the
abuting property owners along tho
highway, who are willing to donato
sufficient land to make it a fifty-
foot road. It ia said that tt would
be an inexpensive undertaking and
would reduce the mileage eastward
by at least tea miles. This faet
alone should result in tba road being improved.
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—Much   improvement  to    homes
is being planned by    residents    of
the borough    with the    advent
spring weather.
—The Bulletin is willing
accept any old kind1 of a dollar
subscription, just so it bears
Uncle Sam's endorsement. We don't
Bars a "tinker's bob-bee" whether
it fa gold, silver or currency, just
ao it passes muster.
j—With tiie advent ■ of better
weather work on the highways
through Bell's gap will ba pushed
toward completion aa rapidly as
possible. Daring the winter months
tbe contractor baa been greatly
hampered by bad weather conditions- It is thought aba road im-
fcrovement will be fully completed
eg tbe middle af tin
HELPING THE  FIREMEN
In recent days the members of
the Excelsior Fire company ere
endeavoring to solicit funds from
our citizens with which to replace
a worn out engine ta one of their
trucks with a new engine. They
have met with generous response
from the townfolks. Last week a
list of names of doners to the fund
was published in these columns,
and now' we are privileged to publish tbe list of additional contributors to the fund as follows:
Tom Dougherty, Bay Cherry, B.
W. Dunn, Clair O'Shell, H. A. Rum
baugh, James Cloason, Abraham
Shaffer, Dr. Roy Goshorn, R. L.
McCloskey, . A. D Bell, Mrs C. E.
Dickson, W. S. Bell, C. F. Dunn,
C A. Brickley, Harry Campbell,
Harry Cox, J. jC. Hommer, Martha
Coulter, estate, G. E. Weaver, E.
R. Wray, C F. Luse, Paul Moffitt,
L. A. Reigh, I. M. Watters, Ben
Jubilerer, Clair Root, W J. Henderson, Ladies Auxiliary to tiie Bellwood Fire 'Co., C. L. McElwain.
The firemen desire through the
columns of the Bulletin to return
their thanks to all who have made
contributions, and also* wish to inform' the public that by their liberal donations two-thirds of the required amount to replace the old
motor has been received. Another
engine will soon be purchased and
installed by the members of the
fire company.
Guests Who Are Entertained hy BeU.
Wood Hosts—Personal Mention ef
These Who Visit To aad Fro
Mrs. Ellen Rorabaugh, of Tyrone
called upon friends ta the borough
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mas. Howard E. Jeffries
of Pittsburgh, wars guests two
days last week at the Jeffries home
on  Boyles. street.
Harry Goss and family of Chambersburg, spent the week end with
his patients, Mr. and Mrs. Abe
Goss on North Sixth street.
Mrs. Clyde Burkholder, Fostor-
ia, entertained several women from
Altoona at her home, Tuesday.
Mrs. Grubb, Mrs. Charles Campbell
and sen Wayne, Mrs. John Lyttle
and Misa Ruth Kennedy enjoyed a
fine chicken dinner.
Councilman Charles C. Keith, N.
Q. Lauver, Reuben Colobine and
R. C. Crosser attended the stete
meeting of borough councilmen
held in Harrisburg two days thia
week. The borough councilmen received many valuable pointers at
tile meeting relative to municipal
affairs.
Rev. R. S. Hittinger, Logan Valley Presbyterian minister, after
being a patient in the Presbyterian
hospital in Phladelphaa, where ohe
was under observation and treatment, returned home the latter
part of last week. Sunday morning he occupied the pulpit of the
church both morning and evening,
and was greeted by large audiences
on both occasions. His parishioners qnd frieryjs are glad ty
tbat his condition fa now somSwTfiat
improved.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McElwain
and son Jimmy and daughter Edna,
of North Third street, will leave
tonight on. train No. 6, for Jersey
City, N. J., where they will .be
guests of John, Charles and Gertrude McElwain, who are employed
in that city. John and Charles,
two former well known young men
of the borough, are managers of
Shulte cigar stores in that city.
The meeting will be in the form of
a family reunion, the first tmi«
they have been together for a number of months.
FACES  ROBBERY COUNTS
Charged with twlo counts of
robbery, Charles F. Oswald, 27, Altoona, R. D. tiov 1, was arraigned
for preliminary hearing Thursday
before Alderman Anthony O'Toole
cf Altoona.
Oswald was arrested as a result
of a cooperative investigation of
city and state police in connection with robberies of the femil
Schmitt store, 300 Wehnwood
road and a Shaffers store at Greenwood. The robberies were staged
February  2, police said.
Oswald was arrested late last
week in connection with the robberies and although he admitted
his own gudlt after some questioning and also admitted that two
other men were implicated, be
steadfastly refused to reveal the
identity of tiie others.
The city officers are prosecuting the ease relative to the Schmitt
robbery and tbe state police are ta
charge of the Shaffer robbery
whicfo occurred at Greenwood.
WARNING TO DOG OWNERS  .
Constable F. S. Hetrick hereby
gives warning to all owners of dogs
that they must comply with the
law governing the same, and are
required to keep their animals securely tied at their premises at all
times and not let them run at large
in violation of the letter and spirit
of the Act of Assembly. Beginning at once, all dogs found running at large in the borough will be
taken up and an effort made to
secure the name of the owner,
after which an information will be
made before a justice'of the peace
and a warrant served. The fine
for such offense is from $5 to 8109
and imprisonment in case of default. If this warning is not heeded enforcement of the law will
follow.
—Type writer paper for sale at
the Bulletin office, large or small
lots.
—The legislative hopper continues to grind at Harrisburg. Many
buls have been introduced, some
good and others just horrid. There
is no talk yet of adjournment.
—Dissatisfaction with Supreme
Court's decision on gold issue may
result in resignation of Justice Ms-
Reynolds who wrote dissenting op-
inion. He bitterly attacked majority's decision^ stating "The Constitution is gone."
—The John M. Anderson Post
No. 424, Amercan Legion, wiU bold
a special meeting on Monday evening, Feb. 25th, 7.45 p. m., with
John J. Haberstroh, Esq., ttt Altoona as principal speaker. All ex-
service men of Bellwood and Antia
township, whether members of tbe
Post or not are urged to be present.
Mr. Haberstroh is a fine speaker
and will have an interesting message. The social committee, J. "L
Shirey, chairman, pjiO. serve r*.
freshmeats.
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