Bellwood Bulletin 1936-10-15

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BELLWOOD, PA., THUttgDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1036
NO.
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Items Thnt Will Inter-
est Our Renders
BRIEF SUMMARYJF THE WEEK
Terse    Paragraphs feaaaftes    tee
Doing of Our Borough—Tha Column Onr Subscriber* Enjoy
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J-"-Join    the   Y. M. C. A.       and
i help along a very worthy cause.
•-—The number of Government
(Workers iM Washington increased
,from 66,8(1* ia 1933 to  116,022  in
JTuly this year.
—Early in 1924 the Congress of
he United States submitted the proposed child labor amendment to the
(States. It takes thirty-six states
ito ratify this amendment, snd
[about a dozen more States must
signify approval before the amend-
knent can go into effect. V..'
[ —On October 18, 1936, the Hollidaysburg . Consolidated Sportsmen's Association will sponsor a
Blair County championship skeet
and trap shoot. This will be a fifty
* bird shoot, the high skeet gun to receive the Welf Trophy. Other prists in both sheet and trap will be
awarded tinder the Lewis class.
, —The Rev. J. F. Anderson, D.D.,
was In his accustomed place in the
Methodist Episcopal church Sunday
morning, for the first time in many
months. , He offered the prayer at
fhe rally service snd was warmly
{rooted by his class in the adult department. Bis host of Bellwood
friends expressed thankfulness at
"**• recovery from a long illness.
^smy^a*Wm^%t%' gawl-Kr
exfehe Civil war of -.'renkstown
WwTiship, died last Sunday morning. At one time he war. a resident
of Tuckshoe valley. In the days ai
his activity he waa S prominent citizens of the southern pert of tiie
county, and was engaged as a stone
mason ia building the Blair county
jail back in 1869. He^also assisted
in the main structure of the Blair
eounty court house in 1877-78. He
saw much active service in the Civil
war,. aad died st the sge of 95
yesrs.
TREAT FOR MUSIC LOVERS
A musical will be held in Grace
Lutheran church Friday evening,
beginning at 8 o'clock, to which a
cordial welcome is extended to the
public. There will be no admission
but a silver offering will he lifted.
Aa interesting m, program in two
parte trill be presented with the fed-
lowing personnel:
Voices—first sopranos—Mrs. Paul
M. Green, Mrs. R. P. Knoebel, Miss
Dorothy Cunningham, Miss Nora G.
Green; second sopranos—Mrs. Clinton Corey, Miss Kathryn Hunter,
Miss Betty Goheen.
Altos—Miss Helen Mock, Miss Le-
aota Dick, Miss Ettie Green.
Pianists—Miss • Anna Smelker,
Miss Helen Ringgold, Miss Betty
Goheen, Miss Ettie Green, Miss Le-
nora Dick, Miss Helen Mock, Miss
Kathryn Hunter, Mrs. Paul M.
Green.
String ensemble—-violins, Miss
Dorothy Hoover, Miss Olive Caldwell, Miss Nora Green, cello, Miss
Berths Green.
- Organist, Miss Mary Werts; reader, Miss Eleanor Cornmesser; director, Miss Nora G. Green.
TO THE HOLY LAND
W. R. Heaton, Md. of Philipsburg
Will by special request sddress ths
******* day serivces at the Logan Valley Baptist Sunday school next
Sunday at 9.30 o'clock. Dr. Heaton will tell of many thrilling incidents ia his ten weeks tour the -past
summer through the Medeterranian
sea, Syria, Egypt, Europe snd the
Holy Land, the scene of. Christ's
birth, labors, crucifiction, rssurrec-
tion and assension.' Among the
tourists in Dr. Heaton's party one
woman jumped from their steamer,
Roma and six others were claimed
by death. Owing to the war between the Arabs and Jews, Dr. Heaton was obliged to have hia automobile heavily protected by soldiers all
the way from Jerusaleme to Nazareth. Everybody is invited to hear
Dr. Heaton's Maty asst Sunday.
REPUBLICANS TO HOLD RALLY
Hon. Ell wood J. Tumor, Chester,
Kloynoto Speaker
Ons ef the outstanding Republican rallies to be held in Blair county during the present campaign, will
be held ia the T. M. C. A. auditorium Wednesday night of next week,
when hundreds of Republicans from
all over the county will be present
and participate. It ia under the
auspices of the. Bellwood and Aatis
Township Republicsn club, with a
membership of several hundred,
and will have the hearty co-operation of County Chairman David
Kaufman and other prominent Republicans of the eounty.
The local club is making ample
arrangements to entertain the big
crowd that will be present to beer
vital issues of the campaign discussed in a straight-from-the-shoulder
manner. The ladies ars especially
urged to be present Thie will be
one, of tiie biggest Republican gatherings to be held in the county and
the active workers of the party
from all eectios will be here, * as
wall ss ths party's candidate for
Congress, Major Ben Jones, of Tyrone, Mr. Sollenberger and Hon.
David Perry, candidatess for the
Legislature from the second district of the county.
Previous to the meeting in the
"Y" there will be a big parade of
automobiles and marchers, headed
by the Bellwood Firemen's band,
and it will move over the principal
streets of the borough.
The keynote speaker will be Hon.
Ellwood J. Turner, of Chester, Pa.,
a prominent and influential attorney of that city, and since 1925 a
member of the State Legislature,
and has been nominated by the Republicans of Chester county for
the seventh term. During the World
War he was a sergeant ta Company
p-^ft*-?-*^^
his home eity.
He comes under the direction of
the Republican State Committee
and everywhere is recognized ss an
able and convincing speaker. As
tiie local elub haa gone to considerable effort to bring this prominent
speaker and worker for the Republican party, there no doubt but that
the "Y" auditorium will be too
small to hold the large crowd that
will desire to hear him present the
vital issue of tlTe campaign to the
citizens of Blair county.
Remember, it will be the biggest
Republican gathering held in the
borough dating the campaign and
every adherent of this political
faith should bend every effort to
be present. The meeting will be
called to order immediately after
tiie big parade, which will be in tiie
nighborhood of eight o'clock. Geoff*-]--- to the "Y", get a good seat
and stay until the last. The meeting is open for everybody.
AGTIDN AGAINSTTHE BOROUGH
Salt    Brought   to   Recover    $50,000
By Mrs. Bandar's Attorney
When the members of the Bellwood borough council assembled in
regular monthly order for business
in the public building last Monday
evening, they were appraised by
borough Solicitor Richard H. Gilbert that action has been started
against the borough in the sum of
$50,000, this sum being claimed for
damages by the widow of the late
Oscar Bender, who met a tragic
death in the building of the borough
sewer last June.
It will be recalled that Bender,
along with a number of other employees were working in the bottom of the ditch, possibly twenty-
five feet from the surface on the
eastern part of town, near East
F*sfth street, wh-e>ri Without wa|rning
the supports gave away, entombing
the unfortunate at or near the bottom of the excavation, causing almost instant death. His body was
recovered a few hours later, after
strenuous efforts on the part of
the workmen.
Mrs. Bender is represented by Attorney Cree, of Altoona. Council re-
ceived the notice, but did not take
immediate action. If the matter
comes to Mai it will likely be tried
in the Blsir county court at some
future date. ' *
HISTORY OF WT SCHOff
Read at Rally Held Last 3-aaday
Chief B-.rgoaa C. F. Werta
Bellwood Methodists marked tin
annual rally day with large atte
dance aad a splendid address
Robert R. Bottetr, Hollidaysb
burgess. The church school se
convened at 9.80, all departmei
holding tiieir usual services, abbreS
viated so thst at 10.10 the proces-|
ional  to the  auditorium  began.
and conducted the devotional    ser**|
vice.    A quartet of girls from    thtf
intermediate department    sang and!
the  young people's choir furnished*
special music, '^^
MIL SYSTEMJIOVEMBER I
Installation ia tha Borough it Ray-
idly NoarinaT CeSS**lt*l*'B
Bellwood's new dial ' telephone
system fa to be plaesd in service st
7 a. m. on November S .
'I Announcement of' tiw date of
the introduction of this modern me-
tiiojd of telephone operation' wss
made today by Emlen C. Heidel-
baugh, district manager fer the
Bell  Telephone  Company of Penn-
The pastor, the Rev: J.- M. Bren-jfaylyania.
nan,  presided    in  the    auditorium,^ ~, Mr.   Hidelbaugh  pointed out that
et* the dial program Is progressing
rapidly. Installation of dial telephones in the homes and business
establishments of subscribers is rapidly nearing completion and a force
Mr. Potter gave an object lesson 'of men now is engeged in setting
to the young divisions of the schooti np the new central office equip-
which waa well received, then ad- absent is the recently completed tele-
dressed his older hearers on the "phone building on Cambria street,
need of God in everyday life,    in g| Mr. Heidelbaugh pointed out that
church, community and national
life. He spoke in s practical way,
which was impressive and wall received.
A feature of the service was a'
hiatory of, the school by C. F.
Werts, adult division superintendent, whieh is appended:
Our church school had its insept-
ion  in tiie    log school house    th*4
stood  where  now stands the officii
of  Logan Valley Cemetery associa*
tion.      The congregation was orga--.
nized February 22, 1844,    and    i
first Sunday achooi activity was ii
that same    school house, where    utt
Union school was' held. - ' Baptists,^
Presbyterians  and  Methodists  com-]
posed the membership.
Sessions were he'd each year forS   ^^^^^^^^^^
seven months, beginning Mdy 1* InEte the front part of the directory,
that day boys and girls came bare-|
will be necessary to change    all
d telephone numbers in or-
to meet   the technical   rquire-
nte of the    dial    system.      The
jfehanged numbers will be listed    in
tiie next issue of the Altoona telephone directory, which is to be de-
Btjtred early    in November.      The
present listing of Bellwood subscrib-
be printed on a loose sheet,
will  be inserted in tiie new
y.    "Thte sheet    should    be
ittlted for    telephone    numbers
ntil the hour the dial system is
 Id in eervice,"    Mr. Hidelbaugh
sfjd. "It then should* be destroyed
and the new directory consulted before making calls," Detailed instructions on the use of dial telephones will be found on the pages
—Every member of    tbe  family
reads Mm Bulletin.
—The  Y. M. C. A.   needs
assistance.
your
footed. Boys wore shirtwaists,
trousers aad chip hate. Girls' dresses were made with waists sewed A on
skirts.    They wore little  bonnets,
-••»"fi(W^,'*-'*-:'*r'^ -iswt-ni
only the children were te their piac*
es. Men stood outside, ss some of
them do now. The superintendent
announced an opening hymn which
was led hy s man with a tuning
fork. Then the superintendent
prayed snd the children got down
on their knees, for they hsd learned to do that in their homes. The
only textbook was the Bible. A'
prize was given the child who recited the most Scripture. The eu-
printendent's opening talk was about
a Bible character. Class time was
given to a Bible story or Scripture
recitations, i'here was a new testament class for children.
It was in 1856 that the present
Logan Valley Baptist church was
dedicated. Presbyterians erected a
church close to the school house and
Methodists held services snd Sunday school in the schoolhouse until
1869, when thsy dedicated their
church st Bell's Mills. A few years
before this church gave way tto our
present edifice the school had grown
to three departments. The infant
department, which included beginners and primary,, had a small
room ia the rear. Adults and
young people were in the second
floor auditorium while junior and
intermediate departments were in
the large first floor room.
Whea, in May, 1897, tiie present
church was dedicated, the entire
school was housed in the lecture
room! and there was a general smile
when the superintendent, T. P.
Gheer, made the prediction that in
a few years—— this lecture room,
would aot be large enough.
Now more than half the school's
membership cannot remember this
prediction nor recall when the
school was not departmentalized.
This process began with separation
of primary and beginners in 1914.
Juat a few years later the basement
was constructed, under pastorate of
Dr. >f. F. Anderson. Then, under
pastorate of the Rev. L. A. Welliver
the young people's department was
organizd in the auditorium. As tile
bginners included a nursery department also, there are now seven sections, each with its own special lessons—adult, young people's, intermediate, junior, primary, beginners
and nursery.
In ite nearly a century of existence, this school has had but seventeen superintendents. Daniel
Croyle is first on the list John
Gheer, one of the charter members
of the church, came neat. Others
were John Campbell, Joseph Lundy,
Levi Steal, Abram Myers, Lemuel
Ala, T. B. Hunter, M. S. Smith, Tobias Krider, William Helsel, T. P.
Ghear. s% S. Henahey, O. L. Weav-
«AVE ON TAX   PAYMENTS
| Bellwood people who owe proper-
hys.es for 1984 or previous yeara
lr-sminded that October ia    the
Pl^_^li|i^    without
ay- penalty. There are two goO**"|
plans: pay all before Ityvember 1,
or pay 1935 in full and a fifth of
the overdue amounts. As a penalty on 1984 property levies is now
14 per cent and will be 14 and one
half in November, one can easily
see what may be saved, even by
borrowing money at 6 percent to
pay now. Penalty on 1983 is now
20 per cent and on 1932, 26 percent.
Personal tax in arrears is liable
to be reported to employers, In accordance with state law. This can,
however, be avoided by payment on
the installment plan, which has saved many Bellwood people from
such unpleasantness.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Spurgeon, Kansas City, Kansas, were guests recently of Miss Elizabeth Reeder, 322
S. Second street.
—Mrs. Clara Bell Landis, a former resident of Altoona, died at her
home in Kingston, N. Y., late Saturday night, after a short illness of
pneumonia. She was born in Sinking
Valley Oct 7, 1873. The body was
brought to Altoona for interment.
A sister, Mrs. Emma Hildebrand
lives on Boyles street, this borough.
er, S. W. Baker, H. E. Syling and
C. L. McElwain, present superintendent.
One of the number, T. P. Gheer,
since 1934 superintendent emeritus
has a record of Suday school mem>-
be-rship believed to be unexcelled.
He was not quite 5 years old, in
the spring of 1856, when he began
bo attend Sunday school in the old
schoolhouse. That is more than
80 years ago and his attendance has
been regular ever since. In 1874
he was elected secretary and in the
fall of .1883, because of removal of
William Helsel from Bellwood, he
beame superintendent. That position he has held continuously, except for several years when, at his
own request, he waa relieved and
taught the Dorcas Bible class. When
he insisted on retirement, he was
honored with the title he,now holds.
It is one of his greatest joys to
have se'en the school grow during
the sixty-two years he has been one
of its officers.
It is a long time since the early
days of our school, but its spirit of
teaching children and older people
bee the love of s living Christ, is
still the same and we hope, te that
aame spirit, to do still larger work
for ov Lord aad Master.
REPUBLICANS HEAR ABLETALKS
m
Large Catherine of CO. P. Work.
ers at ths Orrii He-as
Bellwood and Antis township Republican men and women and political leaders throughout tiie eounty
gathered la huge number at the
home of Geore P. Orris, 418 North
First street, Bellwood, last Friday
evening st which time Mrs. Orris
and daughter Caroline, were hostesses to a Republican rally. The
program was conducted by Dr.
David Kaufman, county chairman,
and Mrs. Mitchell McCartney, vice
chairman, each being introduced by
John Harvey, deputy sheriff, Bellwood.
Mis. Dorsey DeRemer presided at
the piano and Paul Forsht led ths
singing. Mrs. Earl Goshorn offered
the Invocation. Bellwood burgess, C.
F. Werta was the first speaker, and
he was followed by chief Burgess,
VonDreu of Williamsburg, Paul
Forsht, Juniata, D. Raymond Sollenberger, Williamsburg, William P.
Bush, county committeeman, Col.
B. C. Janes, Dr. Kaufman aad tiie
principal speaker of the _ evening,
John B. Elliot. Each gave a spletn-
did talk.
The program closed with the
reading of a portion of the Republican pledge by Mrs. Grace Hoover.
The Orris home was appropriately decorated with Landon-Knox
posters, sun flower*- and bouquets
of garden' flowers. Refreshments
.were served from an attractively arranged table, sad coffee wsa poured by Mrs. Orris snd Mrs. W. Y.
Bland. Miss Orris was assisted by
Mrs. DsBslsai Md Miss Jessie Anderson.
The rally was sponsored by the
Blair Couaty Committee and the
Bellwood and Antis Township Woman's Republican club, Mrs. W. P.
Bush, chairman.   ■
lattwinrp •dtBpjf--»fc
To meet a ptyeuhM damand Rev.
H. G. Dooley, pastor of, the Logan
Valley Baptist church will preach a
new series of sermons ea the gener
sl theme "Life." The services will
include the following subjects:
"Male and Female", "The Firet
Wedding," "The Way of a Man
With a Maid," "Finding a Wife,"
"Choosing a Husband," "God's
Gift, the Baby," "When Home is
Heaven."
These sermons will be delivered
in utmost seriousnej*. They will
lack the  flavor of sensationalism.
The first sermon ia the series will
be given next Sunday night at 7.80.
Subject: "Male and Female, the
Firet Wedding." The public is cordially invited.
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get customers.
SPORTSMEN TIHOLD BANQUET
Capacity Crowd WIU Enjoy ' An*
naul  Fete  Thia   Evening
The Bellwood Sportsmen's Association will hold their annual banquet tonight, at 6:80 o'clock at the
Y.M.C.A.
This banquet is an outstanding
event of the year for the townfolk
and a delightful evening is planned. The dinner will be served by
the Ladies Aixilliary of the Y.M.C.
A.
O. M. Deibler, fish commissioner
for tiie state of Pennsylvania and
W. R. Fluke, members of the game
commission, will be the mate speakers.
O. M. Webb of the fish commission, O. L. Davis district director of
•the game commission will also be
present. Chauncey Logue, expert
trapper with the game board, will
show motion picturs. Judge Marion
D. Patterson and Blair officials
will attend.
The "Y" will be decorated in
pine and spruce. Charles Figart will
direct the singing, Rev. Dysart will
give the invocation. Chief Burgess
Charles Wertz will deliver the address of welcome. Casey Green will
do the entertaining.
Ben Ftorendale, English setter
owned by Bert Ackerman, Altoona,
will appear in poses. In one showing the song "Memories" will be
given by Professor Wilbur Johnson,
accompanied by Miss Mary Wertz.
There haa been a sell out of
tickets, which was* necessarily limited to 30*0 snd no tickets will be
sold at the door as tiie seating sis
rangement will only accommodate
the number of tickets sold. .4*
PERSONnUWIVi
People Who Visit Hera W
Thoao Who Go Away, j
HWEKHSJfp CITBEW
Coasts Whe Are "■lnUlaii by leU*
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ThoBB Who Vmtt To aad Pre
Mr. George Krise, ef Fallen Timber, spent Sunday at the home af
his son, Mr. Walter Krise, near
the borough.
Mrs. Edgar McCord, of Wr-ahing-
ton, D. C, is a guest st the home of
her sister, Mrs. Scott W. Mulhollem on Boyles street.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Jeffries
of Pittsburgh, spent Saturday and .
Sunday at the home of Misa Lillian
Jeffries and Mrs. Jennie McCracken
on  Boyles  stret.
Mr. aad Mrs. Boy McCloakey of
Bbylea street, snd Mr. and Mts.
Joseph McCloskey, of Harrisburg,
spent Sunday at the home of lb.
and Mrs. Harlan Rhodes, of Punxsutawney, having made the trip by
auto.
Dr. and Mrs. T. L. Wilson, Postmaster sad MM. Ralph Dysart, attended a birthday party te honor
Of their mother, Mrs. Dallas Pat-
risk, of Mahaffey. Mrs. Patrick Is
enjoying good health snd is very
active, despite her advanced sge of
83 years.
Mr. pad Mrs. Thsarnii Ubil returned te tiieir home test Saturday,
after a visit of ten daya with Mfe*.
Ubil's brother te Shenandoah, Iowa.
Mr. Ubil was a caller at our of flee
Monday morning and aald business
was in a desperate condition ia
Iowa and along with short crops,
due to the drought, the farmers and
men face a
Samuel T. Foutz died at his home
on  Eighth     avenue,   Juniata,    thie
mornteg at 4:30 o'clock, after a lingering illness    of one year,    which
kept him confined to hia room the
greater part of the time. He    waa
agsd  82  years and was the  son of
Frederick  and  Elizabeth     (Taylor)
Foutz, both deceased, and waa bora
in Catherine township, Blalr county,
November 5,  1854, where he spent
the early part of his life and waa
engaged  at farming.   A  few yeara
ago he moved to Juniata and made
his home with a son, Charles Foots,
the only survivor of his immediate
family,  his  wife  having    preceded
him to the grave twenty-five years
ago. He is also    survived by   four
brothers, James Foutz, Juniata Gap;
A. B. Foutz, M. R. Foots, Bellwood,
and Edward A. Pouts, of Altoona.
He also leaves one grandson. All his
life he was a faithful member of the
Trinity Lutheran church of Juniata.
Funeral services will be held te the
Trinity  Lutheran  church,   Saturday
afternoon   at   2:30*.   Interment  wiU
be made te Rose Hill cemetery.
FAMILY GATHERING
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Goss of North
Second street, had the pleasure of
having their family with them over
the week end as follows: Mr. aad
Mrs. R. J. Bauer, of Akron; C. L.
Goes and w&tfe, of Chamber-sJ-Airg;
W. E. Goss and wife and W. W-
Goss and wife, of Bellwood, and
they also had as their guests Mr.
and Mrs. H. Bauer, of Kent, Ohio,
parents of R. J. Bauer.
The Ohio folks had a desire to
see the mountains and scenery at
this time of the year, whea tha
leaves are coloring, and they certainly were not disappointed, aa
they expressed tiieir delight ia no
small  terms.
BELLWOOD MINISTERIUM
The regular meeting ef the BeUwood ministerium was held at tha
home of Rev. Levi Goehring who
presided. The opening prayer was
made by Rev. R. P. Knoebel. It ia
expected that all Bellwood churches
will fall te line for a movement ta
observe the Lord's Supper on the
first Sunday ia November, also,
that each church will co-operate
with the universal plan to conduct
sn eight dsy preaching mission ba*
ginning Nov. 16. The order of the
day was a paper by Rev. H. G. Dooley which waa graciously received
sad briefly discussed by sll present.
The closing prayer wss made by-
Rev Ritchie.