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BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 2, 1936
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GAME FISH WASHED
DOWN THE RIVER
k   Opinion is Expressed by Well-informed Sportsmen That
Many Fish in Juniata  River May   Have Been
Washed Into the Bay by Raging Water
Ths disasterous flood which visited the Juniata Valley two weeks
ago, when millions of dollars damage
waa done to private and public pro-
I perty, may alao prove hard on aquatic lif**. It is the well grounded belief of many piscatorial artists that
much of Hie fish life in the Juniata
and Susquehanna rivers, a. well as
ifi most streams affected by the raging waters that then existed, have
been washed into Chesapeake bay,
never again to return to their babi-
■ tats in the flood-washed streams.
That the fish, should they have
been forced down stream by the
raging waters that existed they will
v. be unable to scale   the high    dams
-|that have been   erected in the Sua-
(   quehanna and iuniata rivers in*   re-
| leant yeara. The fish would then be
doomed to become .inhabitants pf th.
bay.
An old-time fisherman related in
our presence one day this week, that
at ty? time of the memorial June
flood of 1889, when the section through which the Blue Juniata river
wends its way on Ita silent mission
to the sea, thousands of fish in the
Juniata and Susquehanna riven
were washed out Into the bay and
I for many yeara thereafter bass and
pike fishing in these streams was at
low ebb, they became scarce and
but very few were taken by the
'fportsmen, and this condition existed for a long period of years, until
the rivers were again restocked. In
fact, It waa only within the paat
fifteen years that baas fishing got
good in th. river and My tributaries.
S_io the   flood of 1889    bass
rating sport,    and    While
•ST^f-aa —___.
tsk fl^-re not nearly so many fishermen as at the present time, bass
fishing was good on the streams
from ita source, to tiie confluence of
the Susquehanna. The creeks entering the Juniata river also proved s
good place for the sport. Before the
flood ta 1880 tha "raging canawl"
[ was ta its glory and still used for
transportation purpose, and from
this source that much food wsa supplied* to the game fis'h in the river,
especially ta til. fall of the year
when the water ta the canal waa
1st out, went tato the stream, and
with it millions of food fish, which
.-ware eagerly devoured by the big
baas. With the flood of 1889 the
canal passed tato history, as it was
so badly damaged! and its use having
reached a low ebb, it was deemed
that It would not be worth the effort and expense to rebuild' this once
great artery of commerce, and it
juat naturally passed out of exis-
tsnce, although here and there are
mute evidence of this means of
transportation used by our fathers
when the commonwealth was in its
addling clothes.
It would appear that the sportsmen are about to experience what
occurred for several years following the flood of 1889, and many are
of the opinion that it may be some
yeara before good bass and pike
fishing returns to the Juniata river
and ita tributaries. While this may
prove discouraging to the fishermen
for a year or two, yet they are better organized than in soma years
gone by and no doubt will qpplythe
means where by the streams and
river, will again be heavily restocked with game fish and the
sport of taking them be returned to
former conditions,
The Juniata river to an ideal
stream for bass and pike and barring the pollution that is dumped into it by cities and towns will also
be a source where sportsmen can
spend time in an effort to lure the
finny tribe.
The coming fishing season will
tell th. tale as to whether or not
th. bass and pike have been swept
into the bay and the ocean.. Should
the conjecture that they met such
fat. prove true, then the sportsmen will start restocking the
streams with thousand, of fair sized fish. While restocking haa been an
annual affair for many seasons
past, yet if the fish have been
washed away it will become neces-
, ssry far ths fishermen ta redouble
JOHN KEU.T MEP WEDWESDAY
Appendicitis Fatal to Former Esteemed  BellwOed Citisen
Suffering a severe attack of appendicitis, John Kelley, a former
well knowa aad greatly esteemed
citizen of thia borough, but recently
residing in Snoe Show, died ta the
Philipsburg hospital early Wednesday morning, where he had been
taken a few days previous suffering
from the ailment.
The disease had mad. rapid progress ta hto system and upon examination after being admitted to the
hospital it was found that the appendix had become greatly infected and
had burst and thus an operation
proved unavailing.
Up until eighteen months ago the
deceased had been a resident of
Martin street, this borough, and at
one period was engaged as a coal
operator at Coalport, Clearfield
county, where he held extensive
holding. Disposing of his coal Interests, he became engaged aa proprietor of the Bellwood garage on
Main street, which he conducted for
sometime.
He located in Snoe Shoe about
eighteen months ago, which was his
former place of abode, where he-
continued to reside up until he became afflicted with the fatal illness.
Daring his residence ta Bellwood
the deceased formed many friendships Mid the announcement of hto
death was a shock to all who knew
him.
While a resident_j__BeJiffood  he
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHSltOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Catholic churcfl. He to .survived by
his wife raid one rata, John Kelley,
Jr. The funeral arrangements have
not yet been announced.- He was
aged about 66 years.
BOROUGH  WATER  O.K.
C. C. Keith, chairman of the borough water committee la in receipt
of a report on a sample of water
sent ill to the Health department at
Harrisburg, on March 16th.
A number of persons suffering from different illnesses and
were attributing it to the drinking
water. Accordingly a sample was
drawn from regular water faucet in
town and aent to Harrisburg for
analysis. Th. report shows absolutely
no traces of harmful germs and can
be used with no danger to the
health.
—The Middle division of the P.
R.R. wheih suffered severely from
the flood has been placed in normal
condition and all freight and passenger trains since last Saturday are
making scheduled time. The railroad
was hard hit- all along the division,
the greatest damage to the tracks
being at Barree,' where 900 feet of
the roadway was washed out. After
many hours of strenuous effort it
has been repaired and the movement
of trains go on the same as formerly.
their efforts in replanting.
Now comes the report from
those who have recently been down
along the Juniata river, that hundreds of fish of most all species that
inhabit the river have been left
stranded ta fields where they had
been washed Iby the raging torrent
two weeks ago. Since the stream has
returned to its natural channel it
appears that no effort has been
made to return the stranded fish to
the river. If left to their own mercy
they will become the victims of devouring birds and animals. Many
of the stranded fish are said to be
suckers and carp. It to said the fish
were washed into the fields and
when the waters receded they became marooned and were unable to
find their way back to the river.
Perhaps by this time action has
been taken and some of the fish returned to the streams.
The sportsmen know that if they
went good fishing during th.    season they    must take    care of    the
ftoh and now to th. time to become
lasstas.
People Who Visit Here and
Thoae Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS Of OUR CITIZENS
Gaeste Who Ara Entertained by Ball-
Wood Heats    Personal Mention of
Than Who Visit T. Mid Fro
Mrs. Harry H. Meyer of East
Fifth atreet, visite-d1 her brother, Mr.
Harry Russell in Williamsport, a
couple days .this week and viewed
the awful destruction of the flood
to  that city.
Rev. J. M. Brennon, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church of the
borough, with Mrs. Brennan, spent
Monday at Curwensville and reports
many churches along the way badly
flooded, especially the Methodist
church at Clearfield, where much of
the furnishings were destroyed. The
interior ef the church will need redecorating.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fleisher, of
Jamacia, N.Y., were week-endguestr.
(at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
A. Fleisher on Maritn tsreet. For
some time 'past Henry haa been engaged in official capacity on the
New York division of the P.R.R.
When they left their hofe on Saturday everything was high and dry,
but as they entered the Juniata valley they saw mute evidence of the
great destruction caused by tha
flood of two weeks ago.
Short Items That Will Inter*
est Our Readers
TEACHER SALARY UPHELD..
In an advisory opinion transmitted to Dr. Lester K. Ade, Superintendent of Public instruction. Attorney
General Charles J. Margiotti upholds the opinion of Judge Henderson of Fayette county, regarding
salary increases for teachers for the
two year 10SS-84 and 1934-86 when,
While thia ruling does not mean
that teachers are to receive back
salary, it does mean thst teachers
throughout the State are, for tiie
school year 1086-36 entitled to receive the rate of salary they would
have been entitled to under the
terms of section 1210 of the school
code If there had never been any
reductions permitted. To illustrate,
a junior high school teacher who
waa receiving $1200 for the school
year 1932-33 and had remained a
teacher ta the same school system,
to entitled to a. salary of $1500 for
the school year 1935-36. "
Judge Heridterson's decision wfss
given the case of Robert L. Fee
against the school board of Union-
town, Fayette county. Mr. Fee had
been employed in he school district
of the city of Uniontown and during
the year 1932-88 was the teacher ta
one of its junior high schools at an
annual salary of $1200. He continued as a teacher ta the same position during the year 1933-34 and 19-
34 and 85 at an annual salary of
$1080. He had thus sierved three
consecutive years as a teacher ta
that junior high school and had
been employed to teach ta the same
school during the year 1935-36.
Hence hto minimum salary this year
under Judge Henderson's ruling to
$1500.
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FIRST STATE PARK
Valley Forge was the first State
Park created in Pennsylvania, being provided for by legislation ta
1898. The next State Park to be
created was Fort Washington, established ta 1916. This was followed
by Washington Crossing Park, established in 1917. The Pennsylvania
State Park at Erie waa created ta
19221 and the Bushy Run State
Park in  1927.
With the exception of the Pennsylvania State Park at Erie, which
was transferred to the State by
the Department of War, these areas
were all purchased by the State,
aside from a gift of a few seres at
Fort Washington Park.
The Department of Forests and
Water sin 1923 was given fiscal control over the State Parks and the
Secretary of Forests and Waters
made a member ex-offico of each
State Park Commission.
HORSESHOES
Twenty million pounds of how
shoes    are    manufactured    ta    the
United States every year and tbey
Sis not sll tossed st **pta"*,''
BRIEF SUMMMjYOFTHE WEEK
Tors.    Paragraph. Cs—eralng    tha
"Doing of Our Borough—Tha Col-
■mn Oar Subscribera  Kajoy
—Tresspass notice* tor aale at the
Bulletin office.
Brad sll th. advertisements In
the Bulletin.
—Every member of ths family
reads the Bulletin.
-—Advertise ta the Bulletin snd
gft customers.
. i—Every member of the family
rsada las Bulletin.
i —Some   early  garden   has     been
nnde by citizens of the borough.
.i •—Spring  ahowfers  have     arrived
* d the grass is taking on a greener
si Ben.
.: -—Mr. Jesse L. Focht hsa been
c< nf ined to hto home on Bellview
ai enue for the pest week by illness.
1 p—Churches of the borough are
m Iking prepartions for the obsei*-
vi nee of Easter on Sunday, April
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—Many of our citizens are plann-
in;    improvements to their    homes
di ring    the    spring    and    summer
m mths.
j —Believe it or not, the trout f ish-
inj - season and the baseball season
be with us again on the same
—April 16.
Work on the sewer system con-
tii-fues    to  progress at a    leisurely
Unseasonable    weather    has
ktiy retarded the undertaking.
The weather-cocks of the horsey we an due for a fall of a
or two et snow befor.   spring
Is earnest Let us hope they
     gvcoo.
—Mr. John W. Laird to making a
number of improvement, to the interior of hto home on South Second
street, which, when completed, will
make it mora commodious and modern.
—Recent flood condition, will
make work for several hundred men
during the spring months. It to related that it will require many
hundred man hours to place the
railroad back ta ita former good
condition.
—Call the drayman and have him
remove th. ashes and other unsightly accumulation ta snd about your
premises. The surroundings will
then take on a different aapect and
you will take a firmer grip on mat-
tear, and things.   *
—--Oa Tuesday there was on exhibition ta our office a number of
pencil sketches of movie celebrities
and scenes from life, drawn by Mrs.
Alfareta Maxwell, of Gallitzin, a
grand daughter of the late T. A.
McCaulley, for many years a resident of thte borough. The sketches
contain much merit and show the
taste and ability of tile artist.
---The first "thundergust" of the
season paid us a visit early this
morning. A South Second street re-
{sdient says it is an indication of
colder weather, while a North
Fourth street resident avers that
the thunder awakened the toads and
snakes from thier long winter
snooze and that spring is juat
around the corner. So there you are;
take your choice.
—The Tyrone Times has a new
editor and proprietor ta the person
of Theodore A. Witter, who took possession the day the big flood struck
that town on'March lt. H. comes
Canton, Ohio, and to an experienced
newspaper man. The Bulletin wished
hta* 'unbounded success. Glenn
Russell Miner, Who has been editor
and proprietor of the Times for
seven years, in resigning states that
he will devote his time to personal
interests elsewhere.
—The Womens Missionary society of tit. Lutehran church will
meet in regular session on Friday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
home of Mrs. F. W. Fleisher 622
Martin street. The topic for study
ia "Our Latin American neighbors,
What Thar Need." Mra. W. T. Stevens will have chagre of the program and will be assisted by Mra
J. M. Bechtoi and Mrs. F. W. Flei-
aher. AU members .nd friends sra
urged ta attend.
PUN GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES!GRANO CLEANUP IS PLANNED
Bellwood   Ministerium   Will   Observe
Three-Hour   War.hip   Period
For the past three year, the Bellwood churches have cooperated with
the Christian forces of the world by
observing a three hour period of
sacred worship from 12 to 3 o'clock
la commemoration of the death of
Christ upon the cross for the redemption of a lost world. The Good
Friday service this year will be held
In the United Brethern church with
the local active pastors each preaching a aeven minute sermon on
one of the seven sayings on the
cross. Thia important service was arranged for on Wednesday when the
Bellwood ministerium "mat at the
Methodist parsonage for its regular
monthly meeting. The president
Rev. J. M. Brennan presided. Five
dollars of the ministerium fund was
donated to the Red Cross soeiety. A
note of sympathy and a petted
plant are to be aent to Dr J. F. Anderson on account of hto extended
illness with the prayerful hope for
hte return to health.
The May meeting of the Ministerium will be bald at the Lutheran
parsonage when the wives of of tiie
ministers are expected to be present.
The committee to arrange for tbe refreshments for this gathering to Mra.
Knoeble, Mrs. Dooley and Mrs.
Brennsn. Si|
DR. ANDERSON'S ACTIVITY
Annual report of Rev. Joseph F.
Anderson, retired minister living ta
Bellwood, to the fourth quarterly
conference of the Bellwood M. E.
Church, hsld February, 1986 covering some of hto ministerial activities
for tiie calendar year 1935.
Thirty sermons, delivered from
the pulpit of six different denomination.. Sixteen addresses, delivered on
various occasions. Seven wadding
ceremonies performed. Fourteen
funerals, i**_"j
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stated SS. One baptism. Thirty times
taught 8. S. claas ta Bellwood M. E.
Church achooi, or elsewhere
In addition to above many other
duties, were performed aa president
of district No. 2 of Blair County
Sunday School association, as member of Bible caste drama, Joash
Chest, mid-week prayer service, and
revival services attended, and In
the hearing of many helpful gospel
sermons delivered by my pastor,
Rev. J. M. Brennan, and by other
ministers.
Dr. Anderson hopes soon to be
again ta the "Gospel harness," he
having almost entirely recovered
from recent illness.
ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY
On April the second 1926 Rev.
Dooley began his ministry with the
Logan Valley Baptist church. The
succeeding years have witnessed
steady growth numerically and financially with the past year surpassing the previous years. Rev. Dooley
congratulated himself upon being
the pastor of a church that supports
a mid-week prayer and praise service of unusually large numbers and
where loving kindness among the
members is practiced to a marked
degree. Dr. John W. Ham who recently held special meetings in the
Logan Valley Baptist church said
that in all his travels he seldom
found a church where the spirit of
unity was so pronounced and where
the people were more responsive to
spiritual calls. Rev. Dooley has
found time to addition to his pas-
torial duties to take an active inter-
eat in civic rightousness and all that
pertains to the moral wellfare of the
borough. For this activity he is
constantly receiving the commenda-
Jtion our best citizens. Rev. Dooley
begin, his twelfth year as a minister in Bellwood optimistically and
with determination to labor for the
highest interests of the community.
Farmers in Pennsylvania, unless
the soil conservation program alters present puns, will plant this
year fewer acres in corn and potatoes, about the same number of
acres in oats and hay, six per cent,
more in barley and eleven per cent
more in tobacco, compared with
1935.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sitman,
I formerly of ths borough, but for a
, few fears past residents of Williams-
, port, w.i. ta th. flood district of
, thst place and report much of their
.furniture; which could not be re-
moved, hss fallen apart, the piano
I alone with tha nst-.
Board of Health Regans**  Rasas saa*
of  Winter Accnmuaat'on
Now that gentle spring te again
with us, th. BeUwood Bond of
Health makes this requeest of all
citizens of the borough to go after
the accumulation of rubbish on and
about their respective places ta •
business-like manner and have tt
carted away to the dump, which haa
been provided for that purpose, not
far from the borough.
Each recurring spring time wit- *
nesses much garbage, such as empty
cans,, ashes and other litter that te
bound to be found, in snd around
the premises, and not alone from a
cleanly appearance, but a sanitary
one as well, is th. suggestion for ■
general clean-up made at thte period of the year.
The Board of Health, through US
officer Frank S. Hetrick, requests
that all citisen. become active ss
once ta this matter and go after
the accumulation of unsightly matter. We all remember how thia place
was infested with the nasty mosquitoes last season and it te proposed
to make an early start ta eradicating its breeding-places by the removal of tin cans, manure and other
elements that provide . place for
the larvae to hatch. Now te the time
to become active in thte matter, and
if the source of breed-ing places era
be kept down early In the season,
there to much reason to believe that
we will not be greatly annoyed by
the pesky mosquitoes, or at least
their appearance can be kept down
to minimum.
Everybody admires the surroundings of a well-kept nous, aad it
should be the goal of every citisen
to keep hto habitation ta a strictly
sanitary and neat appearances*,
Therefore, now    te the ttat*^
everybody to ***_hj
RETIRED MEM'S CLUB
Quite an interesting meeting wa.
held' ta tiie Y.M.C.A?* "Thursday
evening of last week by tiie ■retired'
men of the P.R.R. company mt thte
place with the hope of organising a
club of • retired railroad employes..
Many were present and some new
faces ware to be seen ta the audience, which shows that the spirit te
growing and much interest is being
manifested. Remarks were made
concerning the tiie organization af
th. club. Saturday afternoon at 2:30
p.m., ta th. same place will be held
the next meeting, when officer, will
be elected and the club begin functioning. All eligible to membership
residing in Bellwood and vicinity are
invited to attend tiie meeting. You
will find the atmosphere there pleasant.
P.R.R. FREIGHT DELIVERY
Effective April 1, the Pennsylvania Railroad is offering you a
free pick up and free delivery on
less then carload shipments of
freight (certain exceptions) to and
from an points ta the United statea.
Should you elect to do your own
turcktag to and from your freight
station, the company will grant an
allowance of five cents per 100
pounds for trucking the freight to
your station, and five cents per 100
pounds for trucking the freight
away from your station.
Detailed information covering thte
service may be had by calling your
nearest freight  station.
REPUBLICAN   MEETING
Members of the Bellwood and
Anti sTownship Republican club
met Monday night ta the community room of the - First * National
Bank building, for a abort business
session. A nominating committee
was appointed by President John E.
Harvey, consisting of; B. C. Lego,
W. A. Hauth, H. C. Emrick, J. H.
Gilmore and J. E. Harvey.
The next meeting will be held at i
the same place next Monday night,
April 6th, at which time the aaw officers will be duly elected and la-
stalled.
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—The   school  authorities  of tiw
borough have decided to paint the
exterior of the brick school house oa
the south side. The bricks will    be '
. covered with two coats af paint aad
| then stenciled. It te the right move
, on th. pact   of the directora.    Tha
I frame work ta tee biilding and the
I eacape have been receatiy