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BELLWOOD, PA.. THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1035
NO.  0
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN *«•■■ burhsjw fox hm
Short Items That Witt Inter-
eat Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
Ter»a     Paragraph.  Concerning     th*
Doing of Our Borough—Tha Col-
■am Oar Snbacriber. Enjoy
—Wray Nesl of 622 Martin street
who is a second lieutenant in the reserve corps was called to Fort. George G. Mead in Maryland where he
Will' attend the reserve ' officers'
-school for a period ef six weeks.
At the expiration of thia tins he expects to be assigned to a CCC camp.
He left last Monday.
—Almost two inches of rain fell
ia thia part of the state during the
past week. It waa the longest siege
of wet weather we have experienced
in a number of months. The Little
Jiuniata river and tributaries were
greatly . swolen during the downpour, and in one or two days the
water overflowed the banks.
—The Bellwood Fire Company
band held weekly rehersal Tuesday
evening in the 'borough building in
preparation for the coming concert
which the organization will give in
Altoona on May 24 at Concordia
hall, in an evening's program by the
Concordia Singing society. The band
ia also booked for several engagements "during next month and will,
probably lead the Memorial parade
in town.
—June 14 will be Flag Day, and
the Patriotic Order of Americans
urges every community ia the state,
through the schools, churches and
various societies to plan a Flag Day
celebration, tn tribute to the flag
and aid it represents. The patriotic
society ia trying to instill in th*
--arts    and minda^of tha foil
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township, waa totally consumed by
fire early Tuesday night, together
with twenty-four valuable cows and
some equipment. Four horses were
rescued from tb* burning inferno.
The barn was discovered to be on
fire about 9:46 o'clock and was first
seen by Mrs. Fox, who, with the
family ws* in the home nearby. She
sounded the alarm and her husband,
with the assistance of friends, suc-
teeedled in leading the horses from
th* burning building and to a place
of safety. Dae to the rapid progress
of the fire nothing could be done
toward rescuing the valuable cows
twenty-four in number—ell ef
which perished! in the seething
flames.
As to the origin of the fire is as
yet undetermined. Mr. Fox, had in
times past, accomodated wayfarers
with lodging in the barn and it may
be that there wsa one of these who
went into tiie building for lodging
daring the early hours ef the evening and perhaps carelessly struck *
match, a* it is thought the fire
broke out in the haymow. However,
this ie only a conjecture, and the
cause may never be known.
The fire lighted up the country
side for a wide space and during
its progress hundreds of automo-
bilists were attract*! to the scene,
but were helpless in' rendering assistance a* the fire was beyond
control of humian hands.
An alarm of fire from the siren
on th* public building summoned
the members of the Excelsior Fir*
company to tb* scene. Other fire
companies from Tyrone snd Greenwood    also responded.  Water
6P0RTSMENPUH 816BULLY
Motion Picttarea, Entertainment and
Refraahmants Will Faatnra
At the regular monthly meeting
of tiie Bellwood Sportsmen*' Association, to be held Tuesday night,
May    14th, *   mammoth    rally    ia
Heavy  Pi apart.   Leaa   Suatained   by
Aatis  Township   Fanner
The large aad commodious bank
barn on Sunny Brook farm, owned
and occupied by Mr. John A. Fox,
along root* No. 220, a mile and one
half east of the borough in    Antis ^-planned.    The primary   object    of
thia rally* is to boost the membership, all members are expected to bring along at least one new candd-
'date.
In addition to tiie regular business meeting a special program has
been arranged by ths Entertainment committee. An exceptionally
fine musical program will be offered. The local "Hill Billies" will
stage several acts and some vocal
and instrumental numbers will be
presented by the Benn boys. James
Schalles will play the piano and th*
sportsmen*' orchestra wUl furnish
their usual high grade of musical
Selections.
The speaker of the evening wall
be Attorney Bernard Jubelirer, the
the solicitor of the organization,
who can be-**elied upon to give aa
interesting talk to the sportsmen.
Game Protector C. C. Brennecka will
also give a short talk along his line
of work.
, Another real treat will be four
reels of motion pictures of wild
life which are loaned by the gams
commission and will be shown by
Leslie Nearhoof, local photographer.
After the program a tasty lunch
will be served by the entertainment
committee and a general get together and social time will beheld.
In connection with the regular
business meeting a number of important projects will be discussed
one of which la the proposed game
refuge and club house. These matters are of great importance to.
every member and a full attendance
is expected for th* meeting.
| their Stale "a**grea*teP **We far the
Flag and tiie fine American principles it represents, and every true-
blue, liberty-loving American: citizen should display Old Glory on
June 14.
—Clee Howe, of Bellwood wa* a
member of th* invitation committee
for the Y.M.C.A.-Y.WCA cabinet
training conference held at the
Lock Haven State Teachers College
yesterday. The conference was conducted through the efforts of the
World Christian Federation, an organization now gaining prominence
ton Pennayb*ania College campuses
and. devoted to the closer union of
tiie Young Woman's Christian Association, with the Young Men's Association. The session served as. a
brief training course for the new
officer* of the two organizations.
—A fitting celebration of Mother's Day is planned for the Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday
morning and evening. At 7:30 p.m.,
there will be special music. Th* Or-
fpheus elub, directed by Prof. Wilbur H. Johnson, of ths borough
schools fseulty, will render selections, and a quartette of "Mothers
will sing. The Rev. J. F. Anderson,
D. D., will conduct devotions. There
will be three brief addresses. Mrs.
William H. Moore will speak on
"Tbe Old Fashioned Mother." Miss
Carrie Jaminson's theme will be
■"The Modern Mother." Mrs. J. M".
Brennan wfll talk on "Mary, the
Mother of Jesus." At the morning
service the pastor, the Rev. J. M.
Brennan wfll speak on ''His Mother
Standing by the Cross."
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WILL MEET TONIGHT
The Bellwood snd! Antis Towtn-
a-hip Unemployed Council will hold
their regular meeting in.ta* Community Room of the First National
Bank at the usual time, 8 p.m., this
evening. It is vitally important that
every person who can should attend
this meeting. An effort is being
mad* to --agister every person who
is unemployed *nd registration will
foe accepted at this time. In the past
when the state employment office
has been approached on thesubject
of em-ploying more persons from
Antis township they have been able
to produce figures to show that
most, St not all the employables in
tiie township were working. It was
known that this was a mistake, bat
having no figures an ths matter it
was impossible to point out the in-
correctneaa of this statement. For
this reason it is necessary that a registration be mad* aad every unemployed person ia urged to register
with the SS***atll.
the firemen ware able to ""prevent
other buildings nearby taking fire.
The loss of the barn and the
cows falls quite heavily upon Mr.
Fox, and the sympathy of the entire
community was expressed. The barn
was erected many years ago when
owned by the Bell heirs amd it ie
likely the timbers were hewn from
native trees in Brush mountain. It
waa a large structure and well
planned. Mr. Fox andl family have
owned the farm for about twenty
yeara.
It Is estimated that the loss will'
amount to at least $10,000, upon
which the owner carried insurance
up until a few days which lapsed
and was not renewed, which proves
doubly unfortunate.
FLEISHER BRYAN
Dr. aad Mrs. Steele Bryan of
Ramey, Clearfield county, announces the marriage of their daughter,
Mary Elizabeth, to Henry T. Fleisher, son of Mjr. and Mrs. Frank W.
Fleishlei/, Bellwobdj. The ceremony
was performed by Dr. Randolph
Ray in the Little Church Around
th* Corner in! New York City on
Saturday morning, April 27, at 10
o'clock. The couple were attended
the brides sister, Miss C. Virginia
Bryan aad Mr. Reginald T. Smith,
of Rochester, New York. The bride
is a graduate of Williamsport Dickenson Seminary and Hood College,
Fredrick, Md. Prior to her marriage
Mrs. Fleisher was engaged in social
work in Clearfield county. The
bridegroom is a graduate of Bellwood High school and Pennsylvania
State College. At present he is
employed by the Pennsylvania railroad as an electrical engineer in the
office of til* engineer, telegraph and
signals, at the Pennsylvania station
in New York City. The young couple took a tour through the south and
are now residing at 1108 Anna
street, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
STOLE FARMER'S DUCKS
Mr. Roy W. Cherry, well known
Gospel Hallow farmer in Antis
township, reports th.* loss by theft
of twenty fine, fat ducks late last
Saturday night. The ducks were
near his dwelling and despite the
fact the thieves made way with
them without tbe {lightest noise.
However, Mr. Cherry has a well-
grounded suspicion as to the thieves
and they may be apprehended wHh-
in the next few days. The ducks are
valued at about twenty-five dollars.
PURSING LIST OF CHISELERS
Blair County Poar Board Will Ue*
tba Maan.
', The recent signing of Act No. 2*4
by Governor George H. Earle requiring banks aad saving institu-
tions to divulge to relief agencies
■hair record of resources of appli-
fcants for assistance from state or
local organizations will serve to
bring to the minds of the citizens
ef Blair county the activities of the
Blair County Poor Board—H. E.
Emigh, Mra Cora D. Shannon and
B. W. Forsht—in their war on
"chiselers" which has been conducted for th* past fifteen months.
■- Recently H. E. Emigh, brought to
the attention of the taxpayers ef
the county the intention of the
board to eliminate tits- undeserving
and if necessary to prosecute those
who attempts by false statement to
rob the county. This statement wsa
Sallowed by the inauguration of s
system whereby every adult person
an the relief rolls and every adult
applicant wa* compelled to sign an
kuthorizattijon which enabled th*
directors to check with banks in
Blair county and ini any other lo-
eality which was deemed advisable
dp order to ascertain if the client or
applicant had resources sufficient to
enable him to "carry on" without
-County assistance. The board of con-
Jarol of the -postal savings at Washington granted the privilege to the
directors to check postal savings in
the county on the basis of the sign-
ad authorizations, with startling results in many instances.
Several hundred of dollars has
been returned to the county by til*
♦"chiselers" who have also been eli-
minated from the relief rolls, after
tt ***** ascertained that they had
(tuple resources ranging rem f 900,-
to $10,000,00 but nevertheless
placently accepted county rein order to conserve their per-
ous. if !£■
EARLY BDR0U6HBUS1NESS MEN
Photo RavaaU Face, of Man ActWa
1* Local Bu.inea.
Some time ago Mr. A. Blair
Foutz, retired merchant of the borough, while rummageing through
some of his effects at his home on
the hill section of the borough, he
came across a photograph taken
forty-three years ago by * photographer who had pitched his tent
near the P.R.R. depot, on the lot
(now covered by the property of
Fred J. Hoover, on the corner of
Boyles and Main street. The photographer evidently was the late
Jacob Holtzinger, of Tyrone, where
he had * permanent studio, and it
was his custom in the summer time
to go from town to town taking
pictures, at least this is the impress-
ton gained.
At flrat and for several days, Mr.
Foutz waa unable to recognize * all
whose faces are represented on the
photo, and only on Tuesday were
all persons fully identified, and
thia waa made possible through the
efforts of Mr. William G. Creigh-
ton, of Mackeyville, who was a
business visitor in town and whose
likeness appears on the photo. At
the time Mr. Creighton was engaged
in the insurance business in the
borough.
Those whose faces appear in the
photo are John W. Houck, who,
forty-five years ago, was engaged
a* a hardwear and furniture merchant in the borough, and will be
remembered by many of our cdti-
izens. He now resides in a lodge in
Huntingdon county.
Mr. William G. Creightion, who
waa then in his twenties, came to
Bellwood from Lewistown and was
engaged in the insurance business.
He wss a resident of the borough
up until a few years ago, and now
Uvea with his family on a farm at
Mackeyville, Clinton county.
, Mr, A Blair, goats, nt. t*g*s. time
Mr. sad Mrs. Reubei
612 Martin street, were host and
hostess at » double birthday celebration in honor of Mrs. Colabine's
mother, Mrs. Annie Williams. The
celebration begian with a turkey
dinner en Sunday at which family
friends were guests, and waa concluded on Tuesday, Mrs. William's
natal day, with an informal reception, at which 45 friends were present  and  tendered   congratulations.
•J'Flowers for the living" was the
thought of her children, as was evidenced by the beautiful tokens that
furnished fragrance for til* occasion. Mrs. Williams was also recipient of many cards andl gifts.
One son, M P. Williams, died
some years ago. Her other son, Austin Williams Sad her daughter,
Mrs. Colabine, seven grandchildren,
and one great-grandson were at
the dinner on Sunday, which was
served by Asbury Stewart. In the
party were Mrs. Williams, Austin
Williams, wife and two sons, Altoona, and their son Kenneth Williams, and his wife, Saxton.; Mrs.
M. P. Williams and daughters, Iola
and Doris Jean, Chambersburg; H.
E. Rothenberger and wife, Mrs. Annie Williams Rothenberger, andi
their son, Bobby Rothenberger,
Bellwood; Mr. and Mrs. Colabine
and daughter Eleanor.
At tiie reception on Tuesday one
of the chief attractions was a handsome display of ten quilts, all peac-
ed and some of them quilted) by Mrs.
Williams, who also ia an expert in
fancy work of various kinds, some
of which was shown to admiring
friends. Tea was served and a delightful time enjoyed by the callers
from 1 to 4 p.m. Many lingered) for
a chat, especially those who came
(from other *plaiae4 M*rs. Williams,
who is an active worker in the Me-
th-ci^iso Eip*0copal fchurdht broujgiht
her birthday activities to a close by
attending tiie Mother-Daughter banquet in that church Tuesday night.
"Miany happy returns of the day"
(wap the nna(oun,«U)3 expression, of
the wish given this elect lady.
th* Bulletin office, large or small
FISHED  III THE  BAY
Messrs. Ralph Varner, William
McCloskey and Lloyd McCloskey of
the borough, with other friends of
Altoona, motored to the Chesapeak
bay the beginning ef th* week,
where they spent some time fishing.
They returned with several tubs of
fine fish; snd when we say fine
fish we speak advisedly, a sthe editor and wife had th* pleasure of
eating one of thenx Boys, you have
aaa pemiwion ts fa fishing again.
up by th* new system had received
relief from the poor board as far
back as 1932 and the majority of the
offenders brer* found in ths Altoona district now under the super-
yison of E. W. Forsht and were on
tiie rolls prior to hia assuming office.
The directors have given much
extra time and effort in order to
eliminate the undeserving and there
is no question but that they are
pioneers in the state in the war on
"chiselers." The recent ringing of
Act No. 24 by Governor Earle only
arguments the fact that Blair county, due to the foresight of the present poor board directors, is juat
fifteen months ahead of the state in
a procedure which if acted on months ago would have saved thousands
of dollars to the taxpayers and materially reduced the relief outlay.
BELLWOOD MINISTERIUM
The regular meeting of the Bellwood,' Ministerium was held on
Tuesday night, May 7, at the home
of Rev. H. Paul Cox. The president
Rev. R. P. Knoebel, presided. Th*
opening prayer was made by Rev.
Cox. The order of the day was a
well written paper on tile subject
"Is War Compatible with the Ethic*
of Jesus." The speaker contended
"that it was not, but that the
world may expect war so long as sin
snd greed passes the human heart.
The American people have been
(called to war six different times resulting in 1,200,000 deaths and the
cost in money and material cannot
be computed. Even today the American people are spending 86 cents
out of every dollar for past, present
and future wars, which should go to
the building of hospitals, schools,
homes for the aged and good roads.
Tbe next meeting will be held in
the parsonage of the Logan Valley
Baptist church June 4, and the
annual ministers' picnic will be held
Bt Stevens' Park, Tyrone, June 6.
A hearty vot* of thanks was tendered Rev. Cox for his excellent
paper, also to Mrs. Cox for serving
delicious refreshments. Ministers
present were Rev. R. R. Knoebel,
Dr. J. F. Anderson, Rev. J. M, Brennan, Rev. Wm. A. Dysart, Rev. H.
Paul Cox and Rev. H. G. Dooley.
business, rtow retired 'afHT^iving tn
town, sad by his aide was the editor
tor of the Bulletin.
Mr. Richard Bowen, who was the
first tavern keeper in the borough-
He is now deceased, having died in
the western part of the state a few
years ago.
Mr. John T. Meredith, then our
druggist, later moving to Altoona,
where he was similarly engaged for
a number of years, and where he is
now living.
A MT. Pifer, then a merchant
tailors of th* borough, along with
Mr. Bruno Shankoski, his assistant.*
Mr. Pifer is now located in Dubois,
where he is engaged in business. The
whereabouts of Mr. Shankoski is unknown. He came here from the hard
coal regions, and if living) no doubt
is hi that section.
Mr. Alva Carpenter comes next.
At the time he was one of the merchants in the borough and his place
was in the room now occupied as a
pool parlor, next to the Hursh store
cm. Main street. He retired after a
business career of a few years, and
is since deceased.
Dr. John Tucker, a practicing
physician of the borough comes
next. He remained' here only a
brief period and later went to Pittsburgh, where he met with great
success in the practice,of his chosen
profession. From latest reports he
still lives in Pittsburgh. He is remembered by many who were citizens of the borough at that time.
Among the well known person?
whose likeness appears on tile photo
is Mr. William Bigler Dysart, for
almost fifty years engaged in til*
hardware business on Main street,
and in the same location. For the
past few months Mr. Dysart has
been unable to give his business
personal attention, due to illness,
which has kept him confined the
greater part of the time to his,
home on East Third street.
At that period all those who are
represented in tile picture were
much younger. It was at tiie time
when business in Bellwood was going at Ml blast, and there was
much activity in the community. It
is forty-three years since the photo
was taken and Mr. Foutz prizes it
very highly, as it brings back memories of other days.
PERSONALJARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Hera end
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF PUR CITIZENS
Gua. t* Who At* Entertained by Ball- ,
Wood Hoata—Peraonal Mswlla* •!
Tho** Wh* Visit To aad Fro
Mr. Joseph Loader, Miss Marge- I
ret Louder and Miss Belle Noel war* I
in Winchester, Vir., where they I
viewed th* apple blossom festival.
Mr. C. A. Wulfert, proprietor of
the Beechgrove service station at
the Bellwood intersection, along
route 220, spent Sunday with his
aged parents in Punxsutawney, wh*
are in feeble health.
Mr. John W. Rice and grandson, I
Donald Robinson, of the north aid*,
were among those who visited the
appls blossom festival at Winchester, Virginia, last week. They report the beauty of the blossoms is
beyond  description.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Talbott, of
Washington, D. C, arrived in Bellwood laat Saturday and will remain throughout the. summer aa
guests of Mr. and Mra. Harry E.
Fletcher, on South First street. Mr.
Talbott snd Mr. Fletcher are brothers-in-law. The Washington folic*
are delighted with tb* beautiful
mountain scenery and hope to be
able to explore many of the places
of interest ia Pennsylvania. Mr. <
Talbot is a retired employe of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
ENTERTAINED THE BOARD
On laat Friday evening, at the
home af her father, Rev. J. F. Anderson, D.D., Miss Jessie E. Anderson entertained members at the executive board of the Blair County
Woman's Republican Club, at a six
^o'clock e\^aat.^''i^^^^i^Sji
^*%ifMi * M ■ mKimfyHsm
ranged in a color scheme of yellow
and white and covers were laid for
eleven.
At the conclusion of supper Mrs.
E. W. Louden,* president of th* club,
arose, and after * few preliminary
remarks, introduced the guest of
honor arid! speaker of the evening,*
the Honorable J. Banks Kurtz, former congressman from til* twenty-
first congressional district. Mr.
Kurtz gave a short but highly interesting and enlightning talk on cur- 1
rent topics of the day. The address
was followed by a social hour.
Those  in attendance are as  fol- j
lows: Mrs.  E. W. LouUen, Mrs.  H. I
B.    Ayers, Mrs.  C. Meade    Apple.
baugh, Mrs. Frank M. Hunter, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Bolger, Honorable I
J.   Banks  Kurtz,  Altoona;  Mrs.   W.
R. Palmer, Hollidaysburg; Mrs. Harry    A. Thompson and Mrs.    Harry
Gardner, Tyrone; Miss Jessie    An-
derson  and  Rev. J.   F.     Anderson,
Bellwood.
—Judge Marion D. Patterson of
Blair county courts, is being boom-
ad fer justice of the supreme court
of th* state. No better selection
could ba made, and th* Bulletin is
aea hundred far cent far tea judge.
I
—Mrs. Nina Weaver, of Boyles
street, who had been on the sick
list for a few days during the past
week, is now much improved and is
able to estt upon her neighbor*.
TO OPERATE  BUSES
Formal application has been made
to the public service commission of
Pennsylvania by the Logan Valley '
Bus company for the right to operate its busses over such routes ia
the city of Altoona, between* that
city and Hollidaysburg, Tyrone,
Bellwood, Eldorado and Juniata, as
now are covered by the electric I
lines, of the Altoona & Logan. Valley Electric Railway company.
A hearing on this application will
be held in the courthouse at Hollidaysburg on Tuesday morning, May
21, at 9:80 o'clock.
Officials of the company said
that thia right to operate the motor
vehicles was to guard against any
eventualities in the maintenance of
service in case of failure to transport passengers at any time far any
reason over its electric lines. Where
trolly failure might occur due to
conditions beyond control of th*
company, the motor vehicle would
be substituted ia the emergency, it
was said.
METHODIST  EPISCOPAL
In the Methodist £pisco-**|j
church Sunday morning,. 10:45, thai
Rev. James M. Brennan will preach-j
Morning theme, "His Mother Stand- j
ing by the Gross." There will be al
Mother's Day program at the evening service. Church school, H. E. :
■Syling superintendent, 9:30 au m.-J
Epworth League, 6:80 p.m. Junior j
and Intermediate sections. Wedn*a>|
6:80 p.m,; ptayat meeting Weda*a*l
day, 7:80 p.m.
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