Bellwood Bulletin 1935-05-16

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VOL. XLV/I.
LOCAL IK COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
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—Robert Hinton, well known
young man of Bellwood returned
home Sunday sfter spending three
years with th* United States army
at Manila. Mr. Hinton is the son of
.Mr. and Mra. K. W. Hinton on
North Ninth street.
—Bellwood 'an-d Antis township
cannot afford to loss tha Y.M.C.A.
, In times past and ia th* future to
come it will be of inestimable value
to She community. Kindly help along
a good' cause by making a liberal
contribution.
—Thia week has ibeen: designated
aa Clean-Up-Week in the borough
yet .we have failed to see much activity along said line*. However, ths
(call was obeyed by some of the
hou&eftold owners Bad trucks have
been busy hauling away the accumulation of the past winter.
—James Beign of this borough
will serve as a grand juror at tha
. June term of criminal court to be
held at Hollidaysburg, the week beginning tiie 10th day of Jan*. A. B.
Elway of Antia township, and Joha
H. Irwin of this borough will serve
as petit jurors at the aame court.
—Mr.  William H. Moore,    rural
delivery carrier from the Bellwood
postoffice, is confined to his home
onjf-oouth Second street,    suffering
from    a severe attack of the   flue.
Mrs. Moore is alao a sufferer from
the same ailment. During Mr. Moor's
enforced    absence  from duty    his
►"h-fa-is.feeing filled by Mr. Howe---*)
—Mr.    W. M.    Bower, who    has
been confined to th* home of his
son, Mr. Gay Bower on South Main
street for ths paat three months by
illness, ha* shown marked improve-
. ment    daring recent days, and    ia
now   able to be up and about   ths
house.  Should his condition continue to improve he expects to make a
visit to Ferry county friends.
—A special election will be held
at the usual voting place in tha borough on Jun* llth, to decide whether or not th* town shall be bonded
ts the extent af $45,000, with which
to pay the municipality's share of
the proposed sewer system. Th*
polls will be open from 7 a.m. until
7 p.m. Every citizen of the borough
is interested in thia proposition, and
aB voters should express then* sentiment at the polls.
—Members of the Joha M. Anderson Legion Post have been busily engaged in preparing the different cemeteries, under their jurisdiction, for Memorial Day. The local
boys lake care of Veteran's graves
ia four cemeteries, namelp, Logan
Valley, Antis, Charlottsville aad
1ft. Zion. Th* boys were appreciative of assistance given them by:
George Goss, Roddy Visk and Bob
Root, who, although aot members
hav* been helping with this worthy
i-program. *
*      Mr. W. W,  Stewart,'Constable
F. S. Hetrick and Mr. Paul Smith,
all residing on South Secont street,
bounced pat ef bed early last Monday SSorning and hied themselves
away to *ne of their favorite trout
streams where a few hours war*
spent angling. Mr. Stewart was the
nrost sudceslsful tfisherman of (the
party, having landed two measuring
fifteen inches in length. Constable
Hetrick and Paul Smith were not
so successful, and they went along
juat to teach the angle worms how
to swim.    < ■
—The girls ia Riggles Gap, in
Aatis township, have organized through Miss Mae D. Kemp a sewing
club ia which tha following officers
were elected: Presidents, Alice Bar-
tar; secretary, Lucille Mathes; assistant secretary, ,Barb«|ra Diffen-
tferfer,; song leader, E-rma Miller;
aa-dstant, Ada Smtih; newspaper
reporter, Marie Tflohn; assistant,
Bessie Nelson; game leader, Zella
Butterbaugh; assistant, Monft Miller
-property checker, Helen Hollen; ash-detents, Naomi Yohn, Alberta Gar-
man aad Thelma Cherry. They will
meet every two weak*, on Thursday,
Bt th* home of Alice Barley at 1*80
•'dock.
REV. DOOLEY SURPRISED
On laat Sunday afternoon May
12th., Bar. H. G. Dooley went to
Tipton to preach a* is his custom
aad to conduct* Mother's Day ser-
)vice, bat he aaa not permitted to
preach aa th* congregation and
many of dither faiths had planned a
surprise of ta** hours duration including readings, prayers, speeches,
and instrumental music, speeches,
greetings aad presentation of gift*.
This unique aad pleasing service
was arranged as a surprise to Rev.
Dooley and to ahow the esteem in
which he ia hold by tha community
tor his ten yeara of aerviee a* minister of the Baptist Chapel at Tiptop.
Miaa Marion Otta, superintendent
of the Sunday achooi gracefully presided during the exercises and presented to Rev. Dooley a most artistic writing desk outfit with tha
compliments of his many friends. In
Rev. Dooley's response he stated
that during hia entire ministry he
never had been more genuinely and
.completely surprised and that he
felt unworthy of so many r-inane
ions of confidence and that he would
endeavor to prove his gratitude by
faithfully serving tha community in
tiie daya to come.
The exercises included an able
and highly appreciated address by
Dr. J. F. Anderson in which hs congratulated the congregation in having Rev. Dooley for their spiritual
leader. Gospel singers from Altoona
sang a number of soul stirring
hymns. Miss Anna Smelker presided at the piano.
BELLWOOD. PA.. THURSDAY. MAY  16, 1935
NO.   10H
MAY MAKE ARRESTS
A storm of protests has come
from a number of home owners in
different parte of tha borough over
the fact tbat a number of irresponsible have ibeen guilty of dumping
rubbish near their residences. This
is true in particular in the vicinity
of north Fourth street, near    Blair
mauc Oa     *--*-r~-****r'il' ■'.ssstti "«*tiM
ti— .»mi hind of litter. Rubbish has
alao been dumped upon the property
of th* Pennsylvania Railroad company's right of way bash of Main
street, and at the old freight depot.
This has been brought to the attention of the officers of the com-
ipany and if continued arrests wfll
follow, and if tha parties are convicted a fins and costs will follow,
and in lieu of payment a jail sentence will be meted out to the offenders. Parties who are guilty of
this offense may a* well atop now
and save themselves a lot of trouble.
STAGED * SPLENDID RMJ.Y
Sportsman Enjoy Fla* Entertainment and Boos* MranIjsrship
The SportsBBSBs' rally hsld Tuesday night in connection with the
regular meeting proved to bs another outstanding success from all
angles. Approximately one hundred
aad fifty members were present sad
twenty-five new members were added to the rolls.
The boy scout troop, sponsored
by the organization, aad under ths
direction of Scoutmaster Jack Williamson was present in a body and
gave a abort demonstration on their
work including tbe scout oath.
' A fine program was arranged by
the entertainment committee minder
the direction of Frank Singleton^
The club's solicitor ' Attorney
Jubelirer gave a stirring talk
"Sportsmenship"' and how to
ply the term to everyday worl
Game protector C. C. Brenm
gave a Short talk on game protec
tion and propagation.
The local "Hill Billies" staged
fine musical act and James Schall
entertained   at the piano,    Anothei
feature    that waa greatly   enjoy
waa    some instrumental and   vi
numbers  furnished  by the  mui
Benn boys.
Foot reels of motion pictures oi
wild life war* shown by the Iocs
photographer  Leslie  Nearhoof.   Tht
pictures were extremely interestii
and deep  appreciation aaa felt
those present, to Mr. Nearhoof andl
the game commission for the opportunity of seeing these pictures.
After the entertainment refrei
ments were served and a general
cial time fallowed. Plans are being
laid for other events to be held thia
summer which will be* mostly of aa)
out door nature.
—The Blair County Pomona
Grange will meet with the Logan
Valley' Grange hi ths hall on Main
street, on Saturday, May 25, when
many visitors will be with us. The
members of the local grange are
preparing for a big time.
—At a meeting of Antis township farm, home and school show
committee held Monday evening
dates were selected for the show as
Friday and Saturday, Oct 11, and
12. Judging fromi the enthusiasm
manifested this promised to be the
most successful yet held.
—Preliminary reports oa the
19S5 census of agriculture in fifteen
counties representing different sections of Pennsylvania, show an increase of 12 % in the farms. Ill
this trend holds true for the entire
State, it ia believed by official of
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture that the total number
of farms will be about 109,000, or
18,000 more than five years ago.
—Surface treatment of highways,
familiar to motorists as "oiling,"
wfll get under way about Jun* 1,
Secretary of Highways Warren Van
Dyke announced' Tuesday. The Department of Highways recentdy exe-
tcuted contracts for more 'than 22,-
000,000 gallons of bituminous materials for use on the macadam and
black top roads. Purchases of stone
chips will be arranged this week.
—Twenty-three thousand more
dog licenses were issued during the
first three months this year than
during the corresponding period a
year ago, according to the monthly
report of the dog law enforcement
division, Pennsylvania bureau of
animal industry. Ths total number
of dogs licensed to April 1 this year
was 453,451, compared with 430,-
678 in the corresponding months of
1984, aad 862,482 to April 1, 1988.
This year's licensing aat a aaw high
Maor-d far ths period.
..  POLK W. RIGHTNOUR
A native of Roaring Spring,
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J.u\fc—mar._, --j .j3o, nr-***1
years old and wa* the aaa of Jacob
D. and Margaret Ann Rightnour,
both deceased. He was a printer by
trade. Surviving are his wife, Mra
Marie Rightnour, and the following
brothers and sisters: J. I. Rightnour of Bellwood, W. E. Rightnour
of Claysburg, Mrs. Georgs Norjris
of Williamsburg, and Mrs. George
Nicewonger of Roaring Springs. He
was of the Methodist faith. The
body was token to Roaring Spring
where fPifnerall services were (conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment being made at
Roaring Spring.
The deceased with hia wife, were
frequent visitors at the Rightnour
home on South First street, and
formed the acquaintance of a
number of our citizens.
RACKETEERS USE  CHARITY
Stats   Aalhoritias Adrian   In-raatiga-
***** *f Pleas  for Aid -
Dr. J. Evans Scheehle, State Welfare Secretary, has called attention
to the present prevalence of charity
•"■rackets" in Pennsylvania, ia an attempt to advise unwary citizens of
ths schemes which may be promoted
in the name of charity.
The** various methods of raising
money may vary from out-and-out
racket*, in which the name of the
agency supposed to benefit is used'
without permission, ar the supposed
beneficiary, is non-existent, to appeals in which there is no actual
misrepresentation bat the agency receives a very small amount in proportion to the benefit derived by
the solicitor.
Up to 1927, certain of these methods, now outlawed, were not illegal, such as the sale of merchandise
with the plea that the proceeds
would go to a particular charity. In
that year the Solicitation Act wss
amended so that bo commission or
ompensation in excess cf 15 per
*t of the sale price may be paid
aay agency selling or soliciting
' the benefit of a charitable en-
rprise.
The act ia easily evaded because
e general public is ignorant of
law, and not only fails to report
lations, but responded with ready
pathy to a plea that the pur-
* of an article will aid some
y or suffering group,
licitors raising money in legi-
ways for the benefit of some
fide social agency are protect-
B certificate of registration
hy the Department of Wel-
after careful investigation,
solicitor carries a card signed
executive of the agency, aung anch solicitation and giv-
e number of the certificate
by th* Department. . ^xsi
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himself aa to the legality
the appeal by requesting the solicitor to display thia card. Persons
soliciting without such authorization should be reported to the Stete
Department of Welfare, the local
Chamber of Commerce or the police
department.
"The promoters of charitable enterprises of all kinds, who wish to
solicit funds, should protect themselves and help to root out fake
appeals by providing themselves with the necessary certificate of
registration before making an appeal," Dr. Scheehle ssid. vThis may
be secured by writing to th* Stete
Department of Welfare at Harrisburg. The application should be
made thirty daya before solicitation
of funda ia to begin,"
MAKE  SURVEY
Th* unemployed survey being
conducted fey the Bellwood and
Antia township unemployed council
is about completed. The* results of
which are to be the basis on which
Bellwood and Antis township will
secure the benefit of ths Public
Works funds.
The council is working in close
harmony with the public work* division and Congressman Gingery.
All employable persons not permanently employed are urged to be present -Thursday evening between
7:80 and 9:00 p.m. in the community room of the ' First National
Bank building to register on forms
provided for the purpose any one
unable tto be present should get a
form from some member oil th*
council.
Y.M.C.A. DRIVE IS ON
The general committee of the finance drive for the Y.M.C.A. desire
to call to the attention of citizens
of Bellwood borough and Antis
town-hip that (2500 ia still to be
raised in order to keep the Y.M.C.A.
in our community. To make thia
drive successful the earnest support of everyone is needed. You are
most cordially requested to co-aper-
ate with the solicitors and .give them
a warm welcome when they make
their appearance at your home.
Please watch developments of the
drive la the window of the Bellwood
Furniture company store by the action of the thermometer.
LOGAN VALLEY GRANGE
Lagan Valley grange had a very
interesting meeting last Friday
evening. Tha attendance waa good
and they had a very good report
from th* membership drive committee they sure are busy 'by the number of applications turned in. Literary program: Reading, "Nobody
Knows But Mother,*' Eta*!., May
Goshorn; **rT*j|a*^ll*Jt Ti.
PERSONALJARnGBAPHS
People Who Viait Hera and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS DP DOB CITIZENS
Gua«L Who Ar* Entertained by Ball.
Wood Hoat.—Par-tonal Mantis*, of
Thoss Whs Viait Te and Frs
Mrs. Marie Cham ber lin, of Phila- J
delphia, waa' a week end guest    at
til* home of her mother, Mrs. H. A.
Vandevander on East Second street.
Mr.  Glenn English, Miss    Young,
Mr. Osman and Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Young, of Bellefonte, were Sunday
afternoon callers at the S. S. Hilde- 1
brand home on Boyles street.
Mrs. Lewis A. Frazier of    North  \
Cambria street,  wa* In Gettysburg
on Sunday, where she enjoyed Mo-   I
titer's    Day with her son,    Charles
Frazier,   who  is  a   theological   student in th* ootTago of that town.
Mrs.   Elizabeth  HoWen  and  Mrs.
C. M. McClellan of the Lowther ex-  I
tension of the borough, spent tha j
week   end as guests of Mra R.    C.
Woodring at  Drexel   Hill,   Philadel-
phia,    snd also    enjoyed    Mother's  I
Day. The ladies report a delightful  I
time.
TYRONE FIELD DAY
The public schools of Tyrone will  I
stage their first big field day program    at Gray Memorial field    on  I
Friday, May 17, with over a thousand school  children, ranging from |
the age of six to high school age,
participating.
AU the Tyrone schools will ba represented—Adams, Washington, Logan, Lincoln, Junior High school and
the senior high school. Th* field day
program wiU be a huge demonstration of the type of training that is j
given ia the physical education
STRICKEN BY APPENDICITIS
District Attorney Richard H.Gilbert of Blair county was admitted
to Altoona hospital on Saturday
morning where he underwent sa
operation for appendicitis later in
the day.
The district attorney was taken
seriously ill on Saturday morning
and the operation was performed by
Dr. J. D. Findiley soon after Mr.
Gilbert was admitted to the institution. His condition laat night was
reported as "fairly good" Iby hospital authorities.
TROUT LIMIT REDUCED
The bill passed by the legislature
on April 29, reducing the catch of
brown and brook trout from twenty
tit one day to fifteen in oaa day,
has been signed by Governor Earle,
and is now one of the laws of the
Commonwealth, having gone into
effect on May 7, immediately upon
signing the same by ths chief executive.
—The Blair county detail of the
stete motor patrol made ninety-
eight arrests during the month of
April.
—Members of John F. Anderson
Post No. 424, American Legion, are
laying plans for the proper observance of Memorial Day. The orator
of the occasion will be Samuel H.
Jubilirer, a well known and promising young attorney of Altooaa, and
a Legionaire. As usual the exercises
will be held in Logan Valley cemetery, where til* address will alao* be
delivered. Other nearby cemeteries
will also n*** visited ia the afternoon
by delegation* af the American Legion.
BANNING TRESPASSING
The Middle division police department, Pennsylvania railroad, under
Captain John Carroll, has launched
a campaign tor the elimination of
tresspassing on railroad property. It
will be directed against the many
local people who in the past couple
of years have become accustomed
to disregard the tresspass law toy
using the railroad tracks as a highway and crossing them at various
points of convenience, thus endangering their lives.
The railroad police have not been
warring on trainriders for the pest
three years because the hundreds of
travelers were kept moving to prevent congregating in the towns and
cities, at the same time keeping
down the expense of maintaining
them in the county jail, under the
law. Tbis leniency has been taken
advantage of by many people in using the railroad tracks as a convenient highway.
REPUBLICAN   MEEETING   ..
The Women's Republican Club,
of Bellwood, will meet at the home
of Mrs. H. C. Emrick, 612 South
Cambria street, Tuesday, May 94,
at 8:00 p.m. The guest speaker wfll
be Assistant District Attorney, Robert J. Puderbaugh, who will apeak
on the subject "Operation of Criminal Law* Through the District Attorney's Office-.**
A program of vocal and instrumental numbers have been prepared
far the evening. Alao, matters of
rHsl importance will be brought up
at th* meeting.
a.m
—The schools of tho borough and
Antia township wfll close far tha
prsseat torn ia about two weeks.
ctice for tho fifth degree team.
There will be practice again Friday
evening, May 17, at 7:80 o'clock,
and all members should be present
who are taking part.
—A covered dish luncheon will
be served at the regular meeting of
the P.O. of A. lodge on Monday
evening.
—Again we remind our subscribers that items of news are always
thankfully received at this office.
Please phone, writ* or call 'in person.
—The recent rains, along with
the high wind and chilly condition
of the atmosphere, has taken the
crimp out of tiie ambition of the
local trout fishermen, within recent
days. "   * r\
—The copious showers thus^far
during ths month bids fair to bring
a bountiful crop of bay. Farmers
who have been in our office in recent days stete that the wheat in
the fields never looked' more promising for a bumper yield-
—While the ides of September
are in the distance, yet the 'political
pot is beginning to simmer. There
is a big array of receptive candidates for tbe various county offices to
be filled. The voters must not lose
Bight of the fact that a number
of town councilmen wfll be chosen,
as well as school directors too.
While September is several months
away, bow is the time to begin looking for available timber for the local offices.
—Two services of special interest are to be held in the Methodist
Episcopal church, th* Rev. J. M.
Brennan pastor, on Sunday. At 10:-
45 a.m., service, there wfll be a
memorial to Miss Jennie M.. Gheer,
who oa October 2, 1879, left Bellwood (then Bell's Mills) to take up
missionary work to Japan. After
some time at Nagasaki, she went to
Fukucka and there established a
school for girls in 1885. On May 20
there will be a semi-centennial celebration at that place, honoring Mrs,
Gheer and it has been deemed fitting that her home church should,
alm-ost simultaneously, honor her
memory. There will be a program
which will include hymns sung at
the farewell meeting which marked
her going, and some members of the
Women's Foreign Missionary society
will contribute to the -varied program. At the night service the anniversary of the Epworth League,
founded in MBy, 1899, will be cele-
bbratsd. Young people of the church
wfll pssssnt tha aerviee.
NO RESPECTOR OF  PERSOPi!^
A sensation wss caused in til*'
office of Register and Recorder
Thompson, in Clarion county, last
week, when a couple called and purchased a marriage license, paying
for it with a relief order. The clerk
is reported to have nearly fainted
when payment was tendered, bnt
the order's credit being good, there
was nothing else to dto bat accept
it. The incident all goes to prove
that when Dan Cupid gets busy poverty, religion or any other condition is simply out of the picture.
Just how tiie ministter msde out ia
the transaction is not knowa.
—Common pleas court will convene at Hollidaysburg next Monday
morning. Sixty jurors hav* ibeen
summoned for service during th*
week. There are fifty-eight cases
for trial. A visiting judge may bo
present to expedite the court work,
so as to hustle through and ssve
til* county -what would be paid daily
to a panel of jurors if kept longer.
—Warren Van Dyke, State Highway Commissioner, requests that
members of Chambers Of Commerce,
motor clubs and similar organizations who are interested in good
roads, to write to his department,
and submit ideas for the elimination .of hazardous conditions of
state roads in their vicinity. Ha de- I
sires this assistance in an effort to 1
better conditions for those who
travel the highways of th* state.
—The    monthly meeting of    the
True Blue class of the Church of ,
tiie Brethern, of Biggie's Gap, with I
Miss Bertha MBlls as leader, met at I
her    home  an  Saturday    afternoon
and    the Buds of Promise of    th*
same   church met the same    afternoon    at the home of Mrs.    Hester
Hollen. At both meetings the devotional and business program of th*
classes was used. Guests were pre-
sent and after a social hour a very]
delicious lunch  was served  at each
home.
—To enable workmen to maka
extensive repairs to the breast and:
spillway of the lower Muleshoe
servoir, along Williami Penn high-3
way four miles west of Duncans-,,
ville, the water level of ths dam haa.
been drained to one of th* lowest'
levels since the reservoir waa coa-J
structed some thirty years ago. Thau
work haa been in progress tor thai
past week and has been hinder-,;
ed considerably hy the rainy weath-J
er recently. Blair's Gap Water
pany men are assigned to th*
pair *aasTetini*a.
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