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VOL. XLVII.
BELLWOOD, PA., TH
>AY, NOVEMBER 26, 1936
NO. 4P
LOCAL HBK COLUMN
Short Items Tbat Will Inter-
eat Oar Readers
BRIEF 5UMMARY0F THE WEEK
Tare*    Paragraphe  Osassialas    the
Doiag •# Obbt Borough—The Col.
BMBBB Oar Sabssilbere Enjoy
-—Advertise  tat  tits  Bulletin.
 If  yon like   the Bulletin,   tell
other*
—Every member ef    tin family
reads tits Bulletin.      r''-»<<
if   The boy and his sled   and skates
will sees make his appearance.
—Despite the disagreeable fail
weather, work on the sewer project
goes merrily forward.
—Ever notice how disagreeable
weather slows up activity of the
human family it is most pronounced tat business.
—And now the local weather
prophets are working overtime, telling what weather conditions will
prevail during the winter.
—Among the many things fee
which the Bulletin is thankful is tiie
liberal support accorded us by the
townspeople and others during the
pest year.
—It is related that Pennsylvania's 1986 crop of potatoes is freer
than usual of stem-end discoloration, scab and blight, and is of uniform sise.
** —Mr. Reuben H. Colabine, the
genial assistant cashier in the First
National bank, ia again at his place
ef duty, after being off for tite past
ten days on account of llbisss
—-During the month of October
the State Game Commission paid a
. total, of $4810   oa 1661    claims for
Mr. aad Mrs. William Hildebrand,
of Artnaugh, Pa., were guests Saturday at the Hildebrand home on
Boyles street Mr. Hildebrand is
one of the auditors of Indiana county.
—Next fall a judge for Blair
County will be elected to serve a
tans of ten years, a sheriff and
county commissioners are also important offices to fill. Already
candidates' for these respective offices are beginning to perk up and
are looking ever tbe field where the
battle of battles Is to be fought.
—•Altoona shopmen will be privileged to enjoy Thanksgiving day as
a holiday. It will be the first break
in the months work schedule. Notices were posted in the shops in Altoona calling attention to Thanksgiving day, being a holiday, all
work will be suspended as far as
possible. Tbe trainmen will not be
so fortunate, as there will be a continued, operation ef passenger, special and perishable freight and coal
traffic.
—While Bellwood and vicinity
eseaped the difficulties resulting
from the light sleet and snow storm
Monday night, reports from Cambria county section brought word
of low temperatures and hazardous
traffic conditions. Tuesday morning tbe state highway department
•tea eat with a large force ef men
beyond the Buckhorn and in other
parte scattering ashes on the highway. Conditions were not very
serious up the Bell's gap highway
aad traffic moved unimpeded.
—Mr. Chester 0. Weaver, son ef
the late 0. L. Weaver, for two
score years one of the business men
ef the borough, writes us that he
has changed his location. For a
number ef years he had been engaged in the service station and
automobile business at Amity, Pa.,
and aow he has gone te Nineneh,
Greene county, Pa., where a few
weeks ego be purchased a large
general store. Among other things
he says: "This is a prosperous section ef Western Pennsylvania and
the people depend mostly ea wool
and oil wells for their livelihood.
We carry in stock almost anything
you could desire, including hard-
(ware, dress goods, clothing, drugs,
etc. Tbe peat office is located in
the store and I am the postmaster.
We are kept right busy aad so far
am well pleased with the business."
Chester possesses tbe elements of
success and all bis Bellwood friends
hope be will snake teed with the
|s»e*n*e"r*taf**.
KEITH EBEBTS_«EHI PUNT
Will Haadl* Machine aad Electrical
Work—To Employ Hare Men
C. C. Keith, local ice msar»Aes»
orer has erected a new building adjoining his ice plant that will house
the equipment neccessary to do all
kinds of machine snd electrical
work.
This new plant, almost as large
as the ice plant building is practically completed and considerable
machinery is already installed. The
machinery includes lathes, drill
presses, milling machines and other
apparatus found te a modern machine  shop.
All kinds of electrical supplies
trill be handled aad electric repair
work done. It is also planned to
install equipment neccessary to do
Sal feted of welding work. The aew
plant when put into operation will
be able to take care of all manner
of repair work as well as new
work and will employ a number ef
additional men.
In this same building, Mr. Keith
plans to install his office and a
modern show room for his large
line of ice refrigerators. During
the past several years the local
plant has been doing a county-wide
business in the sales of several nationally advertised ice-boxes, bat
were handicapped due to lack of
display room. This new addition
will enable the local plant to maintain a larger stock of refrigerators
at all times and will permit them to
be properly demonstrated.
Tbe new building, modern, in
every respect, is equiped with all
the latest mechanical devices, including electrically operated doors.
All material and labor has been furnished by local contractors and local
men win be used in building ap tbe
new force. VaV'£L%$ii
Many expressions of satisfaction
are being heard around to
future of oar town 'to promote
something new and tab additional
industry, although small, may be the
necleus for arousing civic enthusiasm and obtaining other industries
in the borough.
NATIONA1
■
Our Thanksgiving    day lo
its origin   to the times    befe
Christian   era,   for among
given at Sinai    1491 B. C.
the   injunction,    "Three
shalt   keep a feast   unto me,j
year.      Ex. 23:14-16.    That]
of these feasts is called, 1
of Ingathering,' which ia te,
of the year when thou hast;
in the labors out of the field."**
The Romans had an auto
tival held te honor of the
of grain.
The Saxons had a harvest'
and other European peop
similar festivals. It should
that Christian gratitude Jed
public Thanksgiving service
of the most noted of these?'
celebrated te Leyden, Holl
Oct 8, 1576 on the first annif
of the deliverance of that cii
the besieging Spaniards.
den Thanksgiving waa yelp!
the mind when the Pilgrim
who sojourneyed there in ffl
no doubt influenced the
.which they established te'
land.
In 1680   a special
day   was appointed   for
of Govenor Winthrop of
chusetts  Bay   Colony
ANTIS GROUP GETS AWARD
Blair county's rural dramatic
tournament, held Saturday afternoon and evening before an audience of 800 at Memorial park, Mar-
tinsburg, was won by the group
sponsored by Antis Township P. T.
A.
The winning play entitled "Two
Crooks and a Lady" was coached
by Miss Lulu Daugherty of tbe Antis Township   Consolidated   schools.
Five groups competed in the
tournament, which was held to select a county winner for competition
te the district tournament early te
December. Huntingdon and Centre
counties are te the district.
Judges were Miss Eleanor Wilson,
dramatics teacher te the Keith
Junior High school te Altoona; Miss
Blanche Bagshaw, Scotch Valley,
and L. R. Mollenauer, Bedford.
UNION  SERVICE
The annual union Thanksgiving
Service, sponsered by the Bellwood
Ministerium, will be held this year
in the United Brethren church on
North Fourth street. Rev. H. Paul
Cox, pastor, of the Church of tiie
Brethren, will preach the sermon.
The service will begin at eight
o'clock, Thursday morning, and will
last approximately one hour or until nine o'clock. Everone te the
community is warmly invited to attend this union service.
"50   COMICS IN COLOR"
Starting November 22nd tbe New
York American will add four pages
of comics to tbe mid-week edition
(Sunday paper) making a total of
50 comics ia color.
—Approximately 6000 persons
lose their lives each year te the
United States because of inadequate pedestrian facilities along the
nation's highways. This large loss
af life long has been an acute
ssfety problem. Now, thanks to
the National Youth Administration,
a way has been opened te'help solve
this problem. It has been proposed
to build bi-paths along most all
highways of the nation. This is a
commonsense undertaking and
should have received attention
years ago. Under conditions that
aew exist tbe pedestrian has no
place to walk but in the dangerous
part of tbe highway.
BANGS SOCIAL    SECUI
Fifteen    members   of
send    Congressional    board*
twenty-third    district    met.
Pennsylvania hotel ip
day, to advance the
organization ill the. '4
Precinct    organise^
established by the Towns
te every voting preeiitet
tries, tbs hnsrif Tifaffifc
Among oUter intp*ftant
transacted /^fJllajHiepar
extending    congratulations
large   vote    (8,509)    gives]
Charles    S.   Kniss,    Townse:
gressional    candidate,    in till
election.
During ite session, the board
nounced the Social Security
"unjust and unworkable," and Aid
"it will withdraw from circulation
billions of dollars that have been so
much needed since 1929." Fifteen
members of the board were present,
including District Organizer A. E.
Taylor. C. L. Nonemaker presided
as chairman of the board. H. N.
Walker acted as secretary te the
absence of Walter Bracken.
The matter of an old age pension
for ALL is still before the American
public end is a very live issue that
will be felt te due time. In the beginning many were prone to hoot
at the idea of giving a pension to
all, or at least the head of the family, over the age of 60 years. It is
a liberal idea, not confined to
groups or selfish interests. As the
American public awakens to the
plan they will become more and
more tabued that ft is a just and
reasonable undertaking. The Town-
send pension plan ia not selfish, it
includes all citizens of good moral
standing.
DEC. IS IS DATE FIXED
The Keystone Automobile I Club
is officially informed by the State
Bureau of Motor Vehicles that
1987 license tags may not he used
on motor cars before December 15.
A report has received wide cir>
culation that tags may be displayed
on and after December 1. In the
last week more than 1000 calls have
been received at Club offices to
verify the report. The December
15 date is fixed by tbe Jfehicle
Code.
Despite the publicity given to
the requirement for notification of
change te address, thousands of
motorists have failed to iuftsjiii the
bureau of their new addresses and
in consequence their renewal applications have been returned lo Harrisburg by the Post Of f ice "Department.
Any motorist who haajRot received his renewal application up to
this time is advised by theelub to
get te touch with the flfireau of
Motor Vehicles. Forms fdHchange
of address may be obteinjft at the
Club's main or branch offiejS, without charge.
CONDITION   STILL  PRECARIOUS
Miss Annie Williams, who suffered serious injuries when she fell
backward down a flight of steps two
weeks ago. at the home of her son-
in-law, Mr. Reuben H. Colabine on
Martin street, and was immediately
taken to the Altoona hospital, is
still te a precarious condition. Mrs.
Williams suffered a fracture of one
ef her forearms, which has been reduced and placed in a cast. Due to
tiie injuries received she was unconscious for several days, and is
still te a semi-conscious condition.
She suffered severe concussion of
the brain and it will be some time
before she will be able to return
home.
—Thanksgiving   day
the end of the foot bell
then many motbsrs wBj
itness
tANKSGIVING
G. Dooley
forcement   of eight    hundred colonists.
During the Revolution a day of
Thanksgiving was annually recommended by Congress. In .1789
President Washington, by request
of Congress recommended a day of
Thanksgiving for the adoption ef
the national Constitution and a
second proclamation was issued by
Washington because of the suppression of the "Whiskey Insurrection" te western Pennsylvania.
- After* Madison's Thanksgiving
{Proclamation te 1815 for peace,
■closing the war of 1812, Lincoln
le the first President to proclaim
K day of Thanksgiving when in 1862
be issued a proclamation recom-
ending special Thanksgiving for
tiie victories of the year. From
I time on, proclamations have
n issued annually by the several
sidents as well as Governors of
states and mayors of tbe princi-
cities aad custom has at length
fed the time   for the last Thurs-
in November.
Probably the greatest reasons for
nksgiving      by    the    American
pie this year is the fact that we
at peace with tile nations of tiie
and that the 700,000   saloons
ft curse our land   are heading to-
their doom.
JAIDS SAFETY CAMPAIGN I
tin line with the National   Safety
location Campaign being operated
Dugh   the schools,    the Bellwood
sis   are offering   several    new
the near future,   a Schoolboy
1, made up of sons of Bellwood
Will direct pedestrian traffic
[intersections   within a Meek ef
These      boys   will    be
sd with White belt,gnd badge
f uU au*ortty to
ose pebble, especially
several rreckless truck drivers, either
to drive carefully or stay away from
the school precincts! W"\W-
The posters you will eee in every
store window and public building,
were arranged and originated by
the Social Science group of the
Senior class.
Through the school children,
which touches nearly every home,
we appeal to all drivers and pedestrians. "Be careful, play safe, obey
traffic ordinances and the Safety
Patrol, and 'you will save your own
or someone else's life.
PRISONERS DELIVERED
Sheriff--George H. Wolf delivered
Edwapdohingler and Martin Han-
nigal, two Hollidaysburg youths, to
the Pennsylvania Industrial school
at Huntingdon on Saturday. The
sheriff was accompanied by High
Constable Joseph F. Filtz of Hollidaysburg. Shingler and Hannigan
were sentenced on Friday, though
their pleas to stealing several bicycles and' a lawn imower from tbe
Herndon Hewit home at 719 Allegheny street*. Hollidaysburg, were
taken on Monday.
—Get your mail early as the
pest office will close at 9.80 on
Thanksgiving day morning.
—Now that the small game season is about closing, the sportsmen
can devote their time daring the
winter months anticipating what
large catches of trout they will
make during the season which opens
April 15, unless changed by the incoming legislature.
—The hunting season for small
game, which is about to come to a
close, proved a huge joke to many
of the hunters, as not much wild
life wee to be found te the fields
and woods.
COURT HOUSEJNORK NEKR END
Big, ImprejasBBBBatt to Temple of Jon
tice— Started During Summer
The   improvement   work   to the
basement   of the court   house,   te
progress fee some time,    is nearing
completion.
A large section of the basement
has been remodeled, placing it to
first class condition aad providing
much-needed space for the county
commissioners and farm agent. The
alterations are being made under
federal works program, part of the
cost to be borne by the county.
It was necessary to make deep
excavations in the cellar toward tiie
front part of the building. Rooms
were mapped out, partitions were
erected, lighting and heating systems installed and two stairways
leading to the basement, constructed. One is located at the extreme
front of the court house, and the
other leads from the commissioners'
office.
■ There will be five new rooms ef
large size and well lighted with
large windows on each Bide, east
and west. Two of the new west
side rooms will be occupied by
Eugene G. Hamill, farm agent,
whose present quarters are much
too small. Two larger rooms, one
on each side of the hall, will be
used by tite commissioners who
need additional room for the ever
increasing work of that office.
The hew rooms are nicely finished in a buff colored plaster with
solid oak doors and wliidew frames
and other woodwork. The floors
are of solid cement aad will be severed with a composition flooring.
The commissioners are now using
several rooms on tbe upper stories
used fee jury service and sleeping
quarters. The clerks now on tbe
third story rooms wifl move to tbe
basement    rooms.      JL fifth    room
PERSONAL_PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Hera and
Those Who Co Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CIT1ZE1S
Cassis Who Are Fatai lateed lay s*ta**V
Weed Hnsts    PsSesstal MsaUssi e*
Those Who Visit To sad Warn
Miss Annie Wharton has returned
to her home in Chest Springs, Cambria county, after a visit ef a few
days among friends in the borough.
Mrs. J. E. McKirdy, ef Pftta-
burgh, is enjoying a visit at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Holliday on the Holllday
farm at Tipton.
Mr. and Mrs. Mahion Moffet ef
South First street, left Wedneeday
for Pittsburgh, where they will be
guests of their son and daughter,
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. Cleon
Moffet for three or four days.
Mr. John Williams, of Houtzdale,
was a Bellwood visitor last Saturday afternoon. Many years ace
Mr. Williams wee a resident ef tbe i
borough, when he was a clerk on
the old Bellwood-Punxsutawny R.
P. O. Now he is extensively en- I
gaged sa a eoal operator, having
mines et or near Maron, Clearfield
county.
JOINS N. Y. PAPER STAFF..
Joseph    Jean    Shaner,   who
held the position of managing
of The Morning Sua, East Stroi
burg,    Pa.,   baa resigned  that
and will Join the Col. S. I. Ne
publications.
Shaner, son of Mrs. K. A
2615   West-  Chestaut avenue,
toona,   became editor   ef the
January 19, of this year.     Be
merly served on the city agajk
'UIIIJIISIJBB
are be
ne** transaetefwy
Two other smaller rooms
ing used — one fee.toilet purposes
and another, a dark room, has been
bricked up on the inside, and will
be utilized by the sheriff. All confiscated goods, including illegal wet
goods, etc., will be kept under lock
and key, pending disposition by the
court. The sheriff's office will remain at its present location on the
second floor.
The outside work of changing
the east lawn is progressing nicely.
The retaining wall and several feet
of soil, have been removed southward, part way to the soldiers'
monument, and lower retaining
walls have been built. Cement
walks- are now being laid from the
sidewalk and bordering the building. The atones are being cut by
hand from huge blocks by expert
stone cutters, who are turning out
excellent Work
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
In keeping with the national program for Thanksgiving Day the
Bellwood ministerium has arranged
a special service to be held in the
United Brethren church on Thursday morning at 8 o'clock. This
hour meets with the approval of the
majority of the citizens of Bellwood
who desire to honor this national
celebration by spending an hour to
the house of God rendering sincere
gratitude for divine Providence.
The finest test of character is seen
in the amount of the gratitude we
possess. The preacher for this year
is Rev. Paul H. Cox, pastor of the
Church of the Brethren. The attendance was excellent last year but
the indications predict a larger representation ef this community this
year. The several pastors of the
borough will assist in the service.
GOD'S GIFT, THE BABY
On last Sunday night the eight
day preaching mission broke into
Rev. H. G. Dooley's series of Sunday evening sermons on "Courtship,
Marriage and the Home." This
series which is interesting many
will be resumed next Sunday when
Rev. Dooley will speak on the subject: "God's Gift, Ths Baby,* Tbe
text is from Ps. 127:3, "Lo, children
are a heritage of tbe Lord." The
hour of service is 7:30. The public
is cordially invited.
—■Tresspass notices tor sals at the
Bulletin office.
—There will be many family
unions ea Thanksgiving day.
auuynl
of  more than'"'a'wSPL
States.    He is now 28.
Shaner will become a
of the editorial staff of the Statoa
Island Advance, in New York city,
one of several newspapers published by Col. S. I. Newhouse.
For the last two months, Shaner
has been teaching a class te journalism at East Stroudsburg High
school.
The parents of the young
(the father being deceased)
former residents of the borough.
Many years ago they were united
in marriage te St. Joseph's church
and continued to reside here until
their removal to Altoona. Ths
young man ham a number of nnrlss
and cousins living te .the borough.
re-
ASKS LOWER RATES
Chairman C. J. Goodnough, of
the public service commission, described as "satisfactory" a eee>
ference Tuesday with officials oi
the Bell Telephone company at
Pennsylvania with a view te oh
taining a general rate of reduction.
Goodnough declined to eemtnen
on the discussions but said th>
commission hopes "something saw
crete might develop"' at a secern
meeting to be held within tor-
weeks.
"What they may bring forth w'
don't know," he said. "Howevei
they didn't say they would he
make any rate reductions.**
The telephone   company
resented by P.   C.    Staples,
dent;    W. H. Lamb,    counsel; Jj^H
H.     Harrison,    vice president;    a,
H.    Osterman,    assistant vies pros
dent;    and W. A. Peterson, gener
auditor.
Goodnough said the commissi*
"has been studying the accounts •
the company for some time with
view to securing a general rate t
duction." JD
eie
—The Board of Directors met '
regular    session    te the conferen"
room,    Tuesday evening, with are',
dent Orris   in the chair,
business   was discussed    and
one   was very   liberal   with   tit*.
praise    pertaining    to tiie beautil
paint job en the shower room.   *f*e*
also ordered the Gym floor to be -
paired and a drinking fountain la
placed la one of the dressing aajaf
ot   the   stage.     They   ease   ||
audience   to a delegation . fissSl'
Ladies   Auxiliary   ef the "a^mif
helped them te their problema sW
which ehs
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