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VOL. XLVI.
BELLWOOD, PA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1935
NO.   15
LOCAL \\m COLUMN
Short Items That Will Inter-
eat Oar Readers
BRIEF SUMMARYOF THE WEEK
.Tare*    Paragrapha Concerning    the
Doing mt Our Borongh—The Cat.
•mi Oar Sabacribara Enjoy
—Every member Of the family
reads taa Bulletin.
—Type writer paper for sale at
ths Bulletin office ia aay quantity
—Every member of ths family
reads the Bulletin.
—Year items of news will gladly
be received at the Bulletin office.
—We return our thanks to many
of our subscribers who have paid
their subscription fo the Bulletin
within the fast few weeks.
—What has become of .the chain
letter craze papular a month ago?
Suppose ita most pronounced adherents have joined the chain gang.
—The harvesting of wheat, which
will be a bumper crop, -will aoon begin ia Antia township. All crops in
this section never looked more promising.
•—The Fourth of July will come
next week, snd from all appearances
the eagle will not scream long Sad
.loud in the community, as no arrangements have been made for a
celebration.
—The Junior Epworth League will
hold a porch party Friday, 6 So 8
p.m., at the home of the superintendent, Miss Lizzie Akers, 822 South
Second street. All members are invited, and, as' is their custom, thsy
may bring guests.
—Before the proposed bill to soak
the rich gets through Congress it
is apt to strike some insurmountable boulders and die a-bourning. It
&*S^&,v*mWrir*T'#e '-xfflt-
a ..* —Members of the Blair county
Republican -^mmittee bave been
called to attend a meeting in tha
Penn AlSb hotel in Altoona tonight,
when plans for the forcoming campaign will be discussed. All Committeemen in the county are urged to
be present.
—-While in the southern part of
tiie eounty on Tuesday Constable F.
S. Hetrick secured s groundhog dog
that Is said to never fail on the
track. His friends sre arranging a
hunt fer tha little marmots, and ex-
rpeet to leave early next week' for
Centre county.
 Mr.    J. W.    Jones has    about
completed the construction of a
small store building on the lot of
Ma residence on Boyles street. In a
few days he will stock the building
with s line of candies, as well as
ice cream. It is a good location and
no doubt Mr. Jones will be successful in establishing a good trade.
-**"—For the past three weeks a
force of fifty workman have been
employed on the borough reservoir
.project along Bell ma. With the
"close of the present week these will
have worked their allotment, and
next week a new force of fifty men
will go upon the job and work for
three weeks, or the number of hours
set aside for them. Work on the
project will "continue for a number
of weeks and may not be completed
until late ia the fall.
—Mr. Paul I. Gorsuch, of Altoona, junior industrial building inspector in the Pennsylvania depart-
n* .nt af labor and industry, hss
been dropped from the pay rolls of
the etate, so It was announced the
beginning of the weak. The action
was considered one of ths sequences of the change in politics. Mr.
Gexsach's territory embraces Blair
and Centre counties and his official
duties frequently called him to
Bellwood, where he has many
friends.
—The Fourth of July is just in
the offing, vet many persons sre in-
clined te begin celebrating days in
advance. However, tt shouuld be remembered that'there is an ordinance
upon ths books of the borough forbidding the sale and explosion of
are crackers of any kind within the
^eorport-jte limits hat there are so
many who pay but little respec** to
to Ma provisions. A few arrests aad
salty BBSs, or imprisonment, would
bring them to realize tbat ths ordinance is aat a plaything.
CAUGHT THIRTYJIICH TBOUT
Flah Warden Hasaha Lender Landa
latasaaie Flsh
Pennsylvania'e largest trout is
dead. He waa killed early Monday
afternoon hy Lincoln Lender of
BeUwood, state flah warden, after
Mr. Lender and several ether men
trapped the giant German brown
trout in a net and lifted him from
the Big spring in Tyrone borough.
"Oldl Bill," as the fish waa known
to Tyrone residents, has beea in the
spring for yeara. In fact, he was
there too long, for hia bad habit erf'
devouring other flah coat him his
life. The verdict of death for* the
big fellow was deemed necessary in
order to save the stock of smaller
German brown trout and other fish
in the spring.
Assisted by Ernest Anderson, deputy game protector, and Reuben
Lindemuth, special warden, Mr.
Lender worked for mere than two
hours to maneuver a large dip net
beneath "Old Bill". Finally the big
trout spied a email sucker over the
net and aa he ambled over toward
the sucker the men dipped "Ola
Bill" out of the water. A tremendous struggle followed for a few
minutes.
Mr. Lender immediately dispatched "Old BiD** from this world with
a well directed blow. The fish when
measured waa thirty inches in
length]. His weight was twelve
pounds and two ounces. These figures unquestionably place on "Old
Bill" tho honor of "having been"
Pennsylvania's largest trout.
After displaying **Old Bill*' (bo
the public at the Grove store in Tyrone, Mr. Lander then took the fish
■to Philipsburg for mounting. The
mount will be turned over to the
state flah commission and may be
taken to the hatcheries at Spring
Creek for display there.
White older Tyrone residents re-
HUMMI6R0UNDHII8 AT BUND
WIU Appear •* P**pBaBr OnlaBtM Resort ta Se*-Mt*ona| StaBt
Harry A. Morrison, who has been
named the "human groundhog,'* on
account ef his hibernating escapades of being buried alive, holda the
world's record for this sensational
stunt. He haa been engaged to appear   at Bland Park, the   popular
ma*
pleasure resort along the stata high-   Tuesday afternoon but a search of
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Stf^t&tL'tMJrWn -*^'**ie"*'*it-«W. SSM^hAPMsatlhui
way at Tipton, aad wiU eater upon
his hibernating the latter part of
the week. Thia feat will likely attract, hundreds of persons te ths
park.
Mr. Morrison first conceived taa
ides of being buried alive at Beach
Lake, Pa., while summering there
during July, 1982, aa a means of
helping the unemployed. He prepared a rough, wooden box, 81 inches
high and 28 inches wide and six
feet eleven inches long. He then dug
a grave six feet deep, placed the box
in the ground with sn sir shaft
eight inches square at the. foot eft
the box and a shaft about three in-1
ches square at the foot of the box.
Through this small shaft an electric
wire wss run with a bulb attached"1
making it possible fer people to look
down the shaft aad see him and talk
with him. Ha then entered this box
and had six feet of earth thrown
over him. Food ia prepared for him
and attendants on the surface look
after hia wants. Whore ever he has
appeared thousands have witnessed
the feat, and many marvel at the
Undertaking. Mr. Morrion is a
strong, robust man, measuring six
feat and weighing 250 pounds.
The management at Bland park,
has been successful in booking him
for an engagement and will be at
the popular resort for aome time,
where people can go witness thia
wonderful undertaking.
Mr. Morrison stays in the grave
from    the time he enters until
6LASG0W MORDER MYSTERY
Search  of  Caaket  Done  No*  Reveal
Revolver Uaed in Killing
Following out a hunch that John
Greer Glasgow, wh told state police that he murdered his father,
John T. Glasgow, merchant at Glasgow, had hidden the revolver in the
casket before the burial wss made,
county officials opened the grave
the casket failed to reveal the   revolver.
A group composed of District At-
-torney W. Lloyd Hibbs and Detective Patrick F. Mc Dermott ef Cambria eounty and Private Leo M.
..Miller of the State PoUce stood in
-the Pleasant Hill cemetery at Glasgow while the sexton uncovered the
•casket, which waa opened by J.C.
TVoxell, Glasgow mortician, who had
charge of the burial of the victim.
Every nook of the casket waa
carefully examined but the search
failed to reveal the presence of the
38 calibre revolver used in the killing. While the son has made a complete confession, he now says he
did not have a gun and did net kill
.his father. He told the district attorney that he just said that "to
see what would happen."
,. No formal charge has been made
against the young man and officers
admit thst he ia the most "puzzling
character" with whom they have
ever came io contact. The son is
etill a prisoner in the county jail
and is apparently contented and
happy.
certain though that he was no
youngster. His daily diet in recent
months bad been fish, many of which
measured aa much as twelve inches.
Thousands of people h°$e watched
"Old Bill" cavort about the spring.
AIR SHOW FOR TIPTON
There will be ea air show at the
Stults field, Tipton, en Sunday. Announcement of the forthcoming
event ia made by Paul Peteson airport manager. It la known, through
acceptances, there will be more than
30 commercial planes at the field
and assurances hsve been received
from Senators James J. Davis and
Joseph F. Guffy that some federal
planes will be here aa well.
Stunt flying, racing and parachute jumping will feature and in
the latter class tof entertainment
wfll be one woman 'chute jumper.
She is of national repute. It is expected the meet will bring many
thousands of people to the airport
vicinity. This is the first major air
meet in this section this year.
Mr. Peterson is in New York to-
complete additional plans and to
sign up pilots who are expected to
be here to participate in the pleasure of the day.
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NOTIFY US PROMPTLY
Suscribers of the Bulletin residing at a distance are again requested to please notify us promptly of
any change in address. If you move
from one location to another It Is
desired by the publisher that he be
notified at once in order that he
may make the correction and that
the subscriber receives his copy of
the Bulletin without delay.
—The bass fishing season opens
July 1, aad from then until late la
tbe fall Bellwood fishermen will
make many trips to the blue Juniata
river in quest of the wily fish.
—The painters and carpenters
have been busy hi tbe borough thus
far during tha season. One contractor informed us this morning that
work ia his line is promising and
looks good until late fall.
—Mr. W. B. Dysart, who was
confined to hie home on East Third
street during "the spring months,
ia now much imprived sad ia able to
come to his hardware store on Main
street almost daily. He is an enthusiastic baas fishermen and hopes to
be able to make a number of excursions te the Juniata river during the
summer.   Sps
HELD MISSIONARY STUDY
- A missionary relay study was held
at the home of Mrs. J. H. Patton,
Sr., on Main atreet Tuesday. The
ladies of the Methodiat Foreign Missionary society . gathered at 10
o'clock, when a social time and a
eview af the study work waa ia.
At the aoon hour an appetiz-
FISHERMEN AWAIT FIRST DAY
Many Bellwood fishermen are expected to invade bass waters oa July
1, this year, opening of the warm
water game fishing season. Prospects
are at present point to exceptional
catches of theses popular game fish.
Opening of the bass season each
year in the Stata marks ths climax
of ths Island water angling sport.
During the month of July all warm
water game fishes, black baas, brook,
rainbow, and brown trout, pickerel,
Wall-eyed pike, rock bass, and
mnskellunge may be taken legally
The trout season closes on July 81,
the bass season on November 80.
"Black bass, large-mouth or small
mouth, must be nine inches in
length to be legally taken in Pennsylvania. The creel limit is set at
ten in one day. Pike-perch or walleyed pike must measure twelve inches ia length to be legally taken, as
must pickerel. Rock haw, white bass,
crappie, strawberry or calico bass,
and grass bass must be aot less than
six inches in length. The creel limit
for wall-eyed pike is ten in one day,
that for pickerel, fifteen in one day.
Muskellungs, found in a few of
the lakes in Northwestern Pennsylvania, must measure twenty-two
inches in length to be legally taken
The -reel limit for these big fish is
three in one day.
down in the ground he can talk twenty-four hours out of the day, if ha
eo desires. A prize of ten dollars
will be paid the person who guesses
nearest the time he wfll a* main
down in the hole.
—The hot summer days have
made their appearance.
—Please hand in your copy for
publication early next week, as the
Bulletin will be issued Wednesday
afternoon.
—As the Fourth of July comes
on oar regular publication day, the
Bulletin will be issued Wednesday
afternoon of next week.
—The eagle will scream long and
loud in Osceola Mills, where great
preparations have been made for
the observance of tha Natal Day.
—Saxton, Bedford county, suffered a 8200,000 fire early Wednesday morning, when a -number. ef
business places were reduced - to
ashes.
Virginia Meyers born June 22nd
to Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts
Meyers of Princeton New bersey.
Mrs. Geotrge M. Meyers is visiting
the new arrival at' Princeton.
—Gertrude Beamer, aged 5 years,
met almost instant death Sunday
evening near her home at Vail,
when struck by an automobile. The
child died a few hours later in the
Philipsburg State hospital.
—The Bellwood Firemen's band
will participate in the Fourth ef
July celebration at Osceola Mills,
and the members have been rehearsing some special music which will
be used on this occasion. The band
ia booked for other engagements
during the summer.
—Now that the General Assembly at Harrisburg haa closed ita
doors and gone out of business fer
the present session, the entire population ef the state can breath
easier. The citizens of the commonwealth will know that there wfll be
no further effort made to increase
taxation, since] the (members have
folded up and gone to their,homes.
—The Bellwood and Antis Township Republican club, which has been
somewhat inactive during the past
few months, will soon hold another
meeting, when the members will
plan and take an active and enthusiastic interest in the primary campaign which la just ahead of us. In
conversation with a leading member yesterday afternoon, he said
that aa sarly meeting of the club
will be held aoon and plans laid far
active participation ia the primary.
arxed"
presented at the Sunday evening aerviee. After a delightful day the ladies returned to their respective
homes.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Patton, St., Rev. and Mrs. J.
M. Brennan, Bare. Alice Colburn,
Mrs. W. B. Dysart, Mrs. Ells Givin
Mrs. George P. Orris, Mrs. Eugene
Syling, Mrs. J. W. Mong, Mm. W.
F. Balsbach, Mrs. Fred Goss and
Mrs. G. A. Jamison.
WILL ANNUL TRAIN
The Pennsylvania railroad on Sunday wfll annul the operation of two
local trains, Nos. 613 and 615, operated between Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. The former
has been run dally except Saturday
and the latter On Saturday only between, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.
Both trains carried mail. The cars
Utilised in the service wfll be transferred to Duquense express, train
No. 76. Passengers using the two
trains will be accommodated on Duquense express and train No. 663,
leaving Harrisburg at 5:30 o'clock
in the evening, making all stops on
the  Middle division.
FOUR  SCORE YEARS
Mrs. Alice Estep, widow of Al-
onza Estep, one of the well known
and active citizens -of Antia town-
ship, during his Ufa time, celebrated
the eightieth anniversary of her
birth on Monday. To mark the anniversary a birthday dinner wsa served the day previous at the home of
this lady on the farm two miles
northwest of the borough in which
the following named persons parti-
sipated*. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Corey,
H. B. Estep snd family, Paul Estep
and family, J. J. Estep and family,
IJL P. Wiser and family, all of Bell-
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y Smith, O:
The day wsa delightfullly spent, and
all present upon .returning to their
respertive homes wished the hostess
many happy returnings of her birthday and trusting that she may live
to enjoy many others.
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LIONS ELECT OFFICERS
At the regular meeting of the
Bellwood Lions club held in Brenner's restaurant Thursday evening
of last week, officers of the club
fer the ensuing year were elected.
Mr. W. A. Hauth was elected president), succeeding Mt). Gilbert F.
Watts, who successfully guided the
club activities during the past year.
Other officers chosen are: First
vice president, W. P. Bush; seeond
vice president, R. M. Dysart; third
vice president, C. F. Wertz; secretary-treasurer, I*. D. Miller; lion
tamer, E. H. Corey; tail twister, R.
A. Varner; directors, John Cornmesser and R. M. Strunk.
The newly elected officers will be
formally installed ot the club's
meeting the first Thursday in July.
NEW FREIGHT   SERVICE
The Pennsylvania railroad makes
permanent the operation of an overnight less-than-carload lot freight
service in both directions between
Pittsburgh and New York and Philadelphia. The traffic will be carried
on two freight trains known as the
LC-1 and LC-2 which have been operated as an experiment for the
past couple of weeks. The service
will be in connection with its call
and delivery service.
—The choir of the Methodist
church will meet for rehersal at the
church on Friday evening at 7:30.
Every member is urged to be present.
—College degrees such as are conferred on public men, either to cur-
try favor with them, or to tickle
their vanity, have come to such
tawdry and cheap adornments that
Americans are coming back to look
upon them as honorable in proportion to the degree of honor which
common consent attributes to the
recipient. When Yale University conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws
on Senator Carter Glass of Virginia,
it honored itself in the perspicacity
which it exhibited in choosing fer
its honor'one whose conduct as a
citisen and a statesmen haa always
been honorable.
A DAY EARLIER NEXT WEEK
The glorious Fourth of July Is
just a few days away and the event
occuring on our regular publication
day, therefore the Bulletin will be
issued Wednesday afternoon of next
week, in time to make the afternoon delivery from the Bellwood
post office. As the paper will appear
a day earlier than usual, we.request
all who have items of publication
that they be in our office early
Wednesday morning, and copy for
advertisements should be in tiie
hands of the printer not later than
noon Tuesday.
WILL INITIATE 48  .
Logan VaUey grange will hold
their regular meeting Friday evening at 7:80 o'clock. There will be initiation in the third degree and all
candidates, 42 in number should be
at the hall at 8, o'clock. AU officers
and members please be there on
time so that the business session
will be over at 8 o'clock.
—Jay Banks Kurtz, son of former Congressman J. Banks Kurtz
and sister of Miss Dorothy Kurtz of
Altoona, has arrived home from
Northwestern university, Evanston,
111., having graduated from the institution at the commencement ceremonies held last week. Mr. Kurtz
is at Oyster Bay, N. Y., fer a few
days but expects to return the latter part of tha week sad will spend
his summer vacation hi this city.
PERSONAL^PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Hera and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OOR CITIZENS
Gaeets Who Asa EaterUined hy Ball.
Wood Hoeta—-Paraonal M-mtlem of
Theaa Who Viait Te and Fro
Constable and Mrs. Frank S. Hetrick   visited friends near    Martina-- I
burg on Tuesday.
Miss Annie Bell, of Huntingdon,
was the guest several days this week
of Bellwood friends.
Mr. Harry Walker and family, and
Mrs. G. A. Jamison spent Wednesday at the Walker home at Pine
Grove Mills, Centre county. ,
Mra John W. Price has returned
to her home on Boyles street, after
a visit of a few days with her sister Mrs. Palmer Bullions in Swiss-
vale, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard E. Gilmore,
of Roselle, N. J., were week    end
guests at tiie home of hia brother,
J. H. Gilmore and family on South
First street.
Miss Francis O'Brien of Clarendon, Virginia, is having a delightful visit st the home of her grand
parents, Ma*, and Mrs. John T. Leddy on Main street.
Mrs. Minnie Tille, of Washington,   .
D. C, visited among her friends la
town on Tuesday for a few hours.
Before taking har departure she was
a caller at our office.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. Robb and,
family, of -Washington, D. C, former residents of the borough" ware
over Sunday guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hescox on
Tuckahoe street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Darrah sad
grand daughter Patty of Huntingdon
.daughter,    Petti,    of    Huntingdon,
*sat. Vlr,^a*a*f-- visitors at
street
Mr. and jM**B. Frank Boyle, ef
Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Scott Leddy of Hagerstown, Md., were over
Sunday visitirs at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Shaner in Hensheytown. Mrs. Boyle and Mrs. Leddy
are sisters of Mr. Hay den Penny-
baker, son-in-law of Mr. Sharner.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lowman, oi*
Punxsutawney, were Sunday guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
Rightnour on South' Firet street,
snd also had the pleasure of meeting
many old friends whom they learned to know when residents of ont*
boro.ugh twenty yeors ago, when
Mr. Lowman was a clerk on tha '■-.
Bellwood-Punxsutawney mail route.
His theatre of activity still contin-
ues in the mail service, running
from Pittsburgh to Buffalo.
—Petitions to have names of candi
dates printed on the ballot for the
primary election to be held in Sept-,
ember will soon be in circulation,
the first day being July 6.
—During the last two weeks we I
have had an abundance of rain. It
was welcome, even by farmers who
had large acreage of cut grass lying
when the first showers came along.
—The Sunshine Bible class of the
United Brethern Sunday school wiU
hold its regular class meeting at -
the home of Mrs. Carrie Keller on
Thursday evening at 7:80 o'clock.
All members are urged to be present.
—The Bellwood Sportsmen's Association are making plans te hold
a general out <])oor meeting next
month instead ef the regular indoor monthly meeting. Arrange-,
ments are being made to have shoot*
ing matches and other prise con-.
tests.
—Ten buses leave State CollegS
every day, five''bound for Pittaa
burgh, intermediate points, and thai
west, and five going to Sunbury^
New York and intermediate point%J
Starting on June 24, it haa been aat]
nounced by the Greyhound bag I
management
—Rev. William C. Thompson, paasjl
tor of the  Bellefonte Presbyteries*!
church, received word Monday ni|
ef the sudden death of hia hs
Rev. Thomas N. Thompson, a
ionary in China. Rev. Thompson
survived by his wife who is la Ol
and one son, Dwight, a student
Wooster    college,  Wooster,  O.
present time Dwight Thompson
visiting hia aunt aad uncle ia
fonts.