Bellwood Bulletin 1922-02-16

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BELLWOOD, PA., THUfrODAV, FEBRUARY 10, 1822.
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN found dead in his bed
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BMEF SUMMMOF THE WEEK
Terse Paragraphs Concerning Ihe Doings
oI.Obt Borongh—The Oolams
Onr Ssbscrlbers Bsjoy.
—See the Maytng.
•—Watch the trolley office.
—What dors the Maytag do?
Go to Ihe trolley offioe and see.
—A new hoy haby arrived, at
the home of L. R. Dillon and
wife on Clark street one day this
week.
—Rev. Robert L. flatlet, pastor
of the Llyswen Presbyterian
church, will preach at the Bellwood Prinli_) teriyii church next
Sunday* evening, and Rev. John
E. Williams will be the preacher
i<t tbo evening service.
—Ri.<v. C. ('. Cule.of East Juuia-
ts, who preached in the Met ho
diet Ef.iscnp-.il churvh Sunday
morijing, gave a s'rong message,
much appreciated. Rev. F. T.
Bell, administered the sacrament
at Rev. Cole's church.
—Tuesday evening of next
week Mrs. Willi mi A. Love will
entertain the W. C. T. U. at ber
home on Orchurd street.   Beside
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• the business routine a program
fbaa  been  prepared.    Mrs.   Love
"specially desires a full attrndance
|nd the ladies at this time who
lib to join  the   union
BE '
■BO QJ ___<_!—---
:mESt*H***vm&+i*th^i?Wry ifetfroy
by a mysterous fire early this
week, loss being $5,000. Ths
plant is fortunate, however, in'
being close enough to Punxsutawney to conduit its tests at that
place uutil the new laboratory can
•be'ma'le ready for us.*.
—Perry township .1 fterson
oonnty is planning lor a en .ol-
idated school aud will soon ask
voters toendoroe a bond issue to
fiiiaflce the new building neces-
strrjA, Punxsutawney High school
is so crowded thst few township
pupils can be admitted, which
makes it absolutely necessary for
the towusnip to care tor its own
—On Tuesday evening Judge
Thomas J. Baldrige banded down
his decision in tbe licence applications, granting twenty one
hotelmen, three breweries and refused four hotels, all in Altoona
Among those granted license in
Altoona wss W. E Boughman,
'.* formerly of ibis place, who tor
a few years hss condncted the
Crystal hotel on  Green avenue.
—Tho interior of tbe hardware
store of W. B. Dysart is beiog
festooned ond much beautified
this week by tbe application of
several coats of paint. White
predominates with black trimmings. The room is maoh more
light and airy and presents sn attractive appearance. W.I. Davis
is the artist wbo is wielding the
brash and it goes without saying
that it is a good job.
—The candidacy of Hon. Jobn
S. Fisher, Indiana, state banking
commissioner, received sn impetus one day last week in bis home
oounty, when a large number of
citizens held a muss meeting and
unequivocally endorsed hint for
governor of the commonwealth.
John • Fisber has long beeu a
prominent political luminary ii
the state and especially in the
western section. It is but nat-
t ural tbat the next governor should
come ifbm this part and in fact
the west demands tbst tbe next
Republican nominee should bs
from this part.
Well Ess ws Tslsf rsphsr Pssses iwsy
Proa Hosrt Fsllsrs
Death came suddenly to Samuel S. Raugh, a well known telegraph operator tor the P.  R.  R.
as he slept iu bis bed at bis home
on Clark street, Friday -tternoon
ot last week.    Called for supper
and getting no respouce, his father went  to   bia   bedside and
found him in the oold embrace ot
death, dissolution evidently having taken pises sn hoar previous
and wss dne from dilation of tbe
besrt.   Tbe announcement of his
sudden death was stunning news
to this oommunity.   He was unmarried and tor years  had made
his home with bis father, D.ivid
A. Raugh, and at death was aged
about fifty three years.
For many years Mr. Raugh had
been a   Pennsylvania    Rdlroad
telegraph operator,having entered
the service at the age ot   17.    A
the time of his death   he   was
third  trick operator at   B.    Q
tower near Bellwood.
A quiet, unassuming   citizen, he
Was   especially   devoted   to  his
home and his father.   He whs a
member of the Fraternal   Order
of Eigles.    Surviving betide his
father are three ulsters and a br.>
tban Mrs. C. K. Elder, of Brownsville,*    Mrs.   Patience   Lytle,   of
Portlbnd   Oregon;   Mr*.   J.  W.
Jones and   John  S.  Ruugh, of
Juniata.. *
Tbe funeral occured Jh
M  MONET CAME  BACK f MIHETY YEARS ON TUESDAY
NO 52
or rnellv^efajOdTete'-Njr-bj'ah'-r the
services were largely atteuded by
friends ond neigebors. Interment
wss made in Logan Valley cemetery.
MBS. J.
BARLEY
street
>h r   y
seas ■__.
Mr-
David
At her home, 133 Claik
Mrs. Mary Josephine
died of a complication of d
at 6,10 Monday evening.
Barley Was a daughter ot
R. aud Anna Earnest and was
born in Bedford county April 8,
1861. All her lite but the past
three years bad been spent in
Bedford country. She was married April 14, 1884, to Jorum O.
Barley, who preceded her to the
grave 18 months ago.
Surviving are -ix daughters
and three sous: Mrs Carrie Wag.
ner, of Bedford; Mrs. Roberta
81sok of Pittsburg; Mrs. Ruth
Scbeckel of Cleveland; Mrs.
Margaret Shade of Altoona; Clyde
C. of Hyndman; Misses Martha
snd Alma, Elmer E: and Joseph
sll ot Bellwood. Two bt others
and two sisters are living; Cbaries
Earnest snd Mrs. Martha Mullin,
of Pittsburg; Elmer, of Wilkins-
burg; Mrs. Cora Griffith, ot Altoona.
This is the iourth death in the
Barley home since the family
came to Bellwood three years ago
Mrs. Barley's father, sister in-law
and hmbaudall having gone before ber within that time. She
was a member of the Lutheran
ehureh at Bedford, and to tbat
ebureb her body will be taken
for funeral service. Tbe cortege
left Bellwood on the 7,20 train
this morning. Ssrvice were beld
at the 'Bedford ehureh at 10
o'olock arid.interment was made
at Bedford.
—Maytag does the work.
—Tbe ladies of *the United
Evangelical church will bold a
food sale is the Bellwood Furniture store on Saturday, beginning
at 10.80 o'clock. They will have
on tale bread, pies, cakes, candy
snd other good things.
Bill Lsst Tssrs Ago is ■etarsoi by lis
*  Psrsra Wis Plow-el H Op     v|
That "honesty is tbs best ef
policy" has again been- demonstrated  in   quite   s  pronounced
manner. 25 years sgo a we'l known resident of  Antis township
wss in one of tbe Bollwood stores
making a purchase ot s small article and  be unconciously dropped a five dollar bill on the floor
as he drew tbe wad  trom   bis
pocket.   Not knowing ot his lots
he proceeded on his way unconcerned.    Tbe    money   met tbe
eagle eyo ot a little girl   tbso ia
short dresses, wbo quickly snatched it  up and  mads oft witb it,
using tbe same for her own   uie.
In due time the parents moved
to another part of tbo state sod
the little   miss grew to woman-
bond, married and became  tbe
mother of an interesting family.
Recently  she  bcmnie converted,
joined the church, but tbe act of
ber childhood still  stared  ber in
tbe lac, and   to make   matters
right she wrote to a friend in this,
place some weeks ago snd inquire-
ed if the man   was living and
a   resident   of   the   community.
Receiving au answer in the affirmative, in due course of time
be received sn anohymous letter
in  wbich   was enclosed   a   five-
dollar, bill tbe amount of loss he
sustained, and a one-dollar bill to
cover the to cover tbe interest for
™
the still small hand ot conscience
hot awakened tbe women bs
would not have been any wiser of
the occurencd. Tbis is but another illustration of the established principle that ''honesty is the
best of *p**Iioy.''
Tstsrss sf Olvll Wsr  Celebrates   sa
I      Bvsstfsl Period in His Life
, On Tuesday Theopilis R. Gates
the well known Civil war veteran,
of Msry Ann Forge, and possibly
the oldest survivor of thai great
ent  enacted more tban sixty
rs sgo, attained to the ninetieth
ilestone io his ^journey on tbis
undsne spberr.
S Comrade Gates was   born in
Bedford county, where he grew
manhood snd at an early pen od
His started   out   to  look   for
ork.   Setting his face south wsrd
e landed   iu   Mrryland,  which
st previous to the outbreak of
• rebellion.   The feeling in  the
rt ot   Maryland  io   whieb   he
ork was strongly in   favor of
fhe south,  and   finding it more
Srenounced  and   uncomfortable,
, ong with his companion he left
that section tor borne  and  so   it
ilecessary for tbem to swim ac
<jfroes   the   Potomac   river.   Arriving   at   home   he  found   the
?me strong uortberu sentiment,
bis was  about the time of tbe
first call |for troops and be was
among those who went early into
tbe struggle, enlisting from  bis
old home county.    He ssw muoh
of the hardship of the awful struggle   and at   Cold    Harbor  was
Wounded, wbiob put bim-out of
tne fight for a tew months. In the
days of his activity   be   was ot a
■ragged constitution and was well
 table to endure the hardships of
rpriae tbe    long   marches.   Returning
Itome at tbe close of the war he
g^_ttde*aptoy«Dent and a namber
of years located iu Blair ebun-J^r
first living in the southern part.
for seversl years be hss been
living quietly at bis home at
Mary Ann Forge. Recently bis
Uncle Sam was  quite  good to
THIS WEEK IN  BELLWOOD
Hisor
tks Psst
-cOioskey Case Goes te Supreme Court
I n.cil for Gilbert (Gibby)
M> (Jloskey, convicted ot first degree murder in connection with
the murder of W. E. Miehaus on
the night ot AuguBt 8, will appear befoie tbe state supreme
court in Philadelphia on Mondsy,
February 20, to argue tbe case
which -"us returnable before the
supreme court justices on Monday
of last week.
McOlosksy's counsel is composed ot Attorneys D. Lloyd
Clay comb and Robert J. Puder
baugh. The temporary stay wss
obtained through a writ of error.
District Attorney Marion D. Patterson will handle tbe commonwealth's side of tbe case.
Dsstk sf s OkiM
Dorothy Rebecca, infant daughter of E. F. and Mary Coover, of
Tipton, died of a complication ef
diseases at the Mercy hospital,
Altoona, at 9.45 o'clock Tuesday
morning* The little girl wss
born July 16,1921, and waa tbe
6nly child of her parents, wbo
survive her. . The body was
brought to the parlors of Funeral
Director G. E. Fuoss on Main
street and was taken to tbe home
at Tipton, wbere funeral servioe
will be held Thursday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Interment in Char-
lotteville cemetery.
—Maytag takes the worry
away.
—Olivet Baptist church meetings tor Lord's dsy: 930 Bible
school; 10.45 morning   worship,
subject, "Christ   in   the   Bible;"
7.30 p.   m.   evening   evangelistic
bim by giving an increase in pension and be now receives seventy
two dollars per montb.
In order to make tbe anniversary of his ninetieth birthday a
pleasant one and long to be remembered, twenty members of
the Olivet Baptist church gathered at his home for a prayer meeting and bad a real blessing. Mr.
Gates felt much honored by having these good people call and he
related many interesting remin-
isenses of tbe Civil war and of
bis long and useful life.
Resolutions si Beeped -Modern Wood-
SMS si aUssries
Wbt'Mi, lo view of Ibe loss we bsve
sostaloed Sy tbe deoesse of oor friend
ood ssonoloie, Willlsm H. Bentley, eod
of tbe still beevler loss sustslued bv tboee
•ho teste nearest aod deaieat tn bin ;
therefore he tt
R-solved, Tbat li is but s jnat trlbn'e
to the memory of tbe deptr'Od to eay
thst to regretting bia removal from onr
aeldat, we mourn for oos wbo waa to
every way worthy of oor reapeot sod
rejard.
Unsolved, Tbat we aiooerely ooodole
with the famlly of tbe deonssed oo tbs
dlapeoaatlon witb wbloh It bss plessed
Dlvioe Piovldeuoe to sill ot -hem, and
eomineod them fur ooosolstlon to Him
who orders ell thlugs for the beat aod
whom obaatlsemdnts are ones it to mt-roy.
Resolved,   That   tbia  heartfelt   testl
moulal ot opt aympstby aod   soi row   be
forwarded to tbe family of nor departed
friend by tbe aeoretary of this meeting
H, 11   Meter,
J I Rightnour
E. F. Gkken,
Oommlttee.
Will Take Post-Qradu-te Coarse
Dr. F. B. Forrest, the well
known physician of Main street,
will leave on March 5 for New
Tork city, where he will take a
pott graduate course io surgery in
the New York Post-Graduate
school and hospital. He will be
absent for six weeks and during
service, subject, "Two Witnesses." this time Drs. W. H. Morrow
Preaching by pastor. Everybody andL. L. Wilson will care lor his
welcome. patients.
HappenlBQs    Baring
lovsa Beys
—Let tbe Maytag do it.
—Tbs seed merchants are sending out tbeir catalogues.
—Better get your dog licensed
or be subjected to*a fine.
—Tbs boys and tbeir marbles
will soon make their appearance.
—Walking wae treacherous on
the sidewalks several days tbis
week.
—The mail has been quite
heavy at tbe postoffice during the
week.
—When the elements permit
the citizens should get alter the
ice on the sidewalks.
—There wilt be a number of
new homes erected in our bor-
ourgb during tbe corning summer.
—And now some of our citizens are anticipating tbe time
wben tbey can make garden and
plant little ouions.
—The Girl Scouts will meet
Thursday afternoon at 4.15, instead of on Friday eveuiug, the
regular meeting time.
—Show us tho young man who
spends tbe evenings and other
valuable moments in pool rooms.
His future is not' very promiscing.
—We know ot two'fellows in
town woo have their fishing bait
in oold storage, ready to sally
forth to the streams and try their
luck st sucker fishing.
—Jeweler Bsrrett wants to
know if the thunder storm late
&IS-_**=.8&e**-*foott- haa. a*-rata«-»vi
the frogs and toads. It it did it
is a sure indication that he can go
sucker fishing next week.
-—The entertainment of tbe
Galbraith brothers in tbe Y. M.
C. A. Tuesday evening was
attended by a large audience, all
of whom went home greatly pleased. Part of the proceeds were
for tbe benefit of tbo chautauqua
guarantors.
—There ia entirely too much
valuable energy going to waste
among the yonng element ot the
town. Tbe streets of tbe borough
is the scene of tbeir activity during the evening when tbey should
be at home pouring over their
studies in school for the. next day.
A curfew ordinance would bring
about the desired results.
—Members ot the state constabulary have been in Antis
township during the psst few
days making a survey of tde owners ot dogs: A number -of persons have been notified to appear
before tbe authorities for not having complied with the new law,
whieh is rigid in all particular.
Tbe minimum flue bas been imposed.
Father sad Son Oaf Success
Fathers snd sons were out in
force at the community celebration of Father aod Son day at the
"Y" Sunday afternoon. They
occupied seats reserved for tbem'
and these were also a large attendance of other people interested
in the meeting.
Tbe Y. M. C. A. quartette furnished several selections and the
Boy Scouts sang well. There
were three brief addresses, quite
earnest and to the point. Secretary H. E. Syling spoke on
•'What a Father Owes His Son;"
Rev. R. H. Dick's theme was
"Whst a Boy Owes His Father,"
and Principal F. A. Hamilton of
the barouge schools spoke on
"The Boy as a Community Asset "
—Maytag   makes drudgery
pleasure.
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Away.
WOMUrS DF OUB CITIZENS
Gnosis Whs Ire Entertained by Bollwood
Hosts—Personal Msntlon ef Those
Who Trsrsl To aad Fro.
Miss Kathyrine Williamson,
clerk in the office of tbe J. E.
Williamson foundry, is visiting
friends in Philadelphia.
Charles MoFarland, who is
teller in the Bellwood bank, ,s
confined to his home on South
Second street tbis week due to
Mm. Margaret Gilmore left
recently for Pork R'dge, N. J.,
where sbe will visit for several
weeks at tbe borne of ber sister,
Mri». Garrett.
13. W. and J. G. (Jotnmeeser,
tbe hardware merchants, spent
several days of this week in Philadelphia, wbere they attended the
hardware convention.
W. B. Madara, wife and daughter, Miss Phyllis, of (.'.niton, Ohio,
were guest last Saturday and Sunday of Rev. and Mrs. G. B. A* neat their home on South Tuckahoe
street.
Mr*. Lizzie Simon, of Schuyl
kill Haven, Pa. is a welcome
guest at the home of her eon,
George Simon and wife on Main
street. Her many friends are
glad to see ber in town again.
E. S. Glasgow of Scottdale,
spent last Saturday and Sunday
-TrriWYKM?--—-sdft-Ki'     i_a. Ia>w mt_nit**an- -
ago Mr. Giflllgow engaged in the
ice and coal business in Scottdale
and his friends wili be glad to
know that he is driving a successful business.
G. H. Mundy, who had been
the guest ot bis sister, Mrs. Thomas J. Frazier on South Main
street, and friends in centre county
for the post few months, left last
Saturday for his home in Hood
River, Oregon Mr. Mundy was
a former Centre countain, but
been located in Oregon for the
past thirty-one years.
Bible Usss Fonction
Mr. and Mrs> A. F. Myers
were host and hostess Monday eve
ning at a banquet given the you ns
Men's Bible clasj—Gideons No. 5
of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. 25 members of tbe
class and a few invited gue-t-
were in attendance and the affair
was most delightful.
Mrs. John Lytle, Miss Bernice
Barrett,   Charles Snyder,  J. E.
Trego and Reuben Colabine formed tbe orchestra which  rendered music at intervals in  the program, which wae in the nature ef
a Linooln Day event.   Mr. Myers
acted as toast mas ter. W. P.| Bush   •
gave    Lincoln's   favorite   poem;
Wilbur Fowler   read   a Lincoln
Latter, Roy- Pickens  gave uLin
coin's Heart"; Robert Kustaboader
bis   "Rules   for Living"; Harry
Sitman,   "Lincoln's   Proposal";
Herbert Rothenberger, "Garfield's
Tribute    to    Lincoln";   Forest
Singleton, Naming Railsplitter";
Miss Bernice Barret gave a pretty  '
solo   and   informal   toasts   were
given by Rev. F. T.  Bell, psstor
T. P. Gheer, general superintendent; W. H. Moore, odult school
superintendent and J- W. Lowther.
Distriot IsstUats
The teachers of Tyrone, Snyder
and Antis   townships   and   Bellwood borough will hold  a joint
institute in the high sohool building, this  borough,  on Saturday.
. An interesting program bss been
I prepared.