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VOUXLIX
BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937
NO. 2
UH NETC COLUMN
Short Items That Will fatter-
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BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
Tassa    Paragraphs Coacaralng    the
Doiag ef Oar Borough—Tho Col-
utnn Oar Subscriber*  Eajoy
—Every member of tha family
reads the Bullsttn.
—Your news items will always receive attention and be cheerfully received at the Bulletin office. Phone
jwrite or call to parson.
—A new lock has been placed on
the firemen's quarters in the public
building, and all members of the
fire company are requested to call
upon Fred Miller and receive keys
far ths same.
—Fifty per cent, more Pennsylvania apples were shipped last year
into Philadelphia for export and domestic markets than to 1935, according te figures released by the
Pennsylvania Bureau of Markets.
—A chicken and noodle supper
will be served to the Parish house of
St Joseph's church, Saturday evening, March 18, to which the patronage of the public is requested. An
excellent meal will be served at a
small coat.
—The bright days enjoyed during
the week have caused some of oar
citisens to give attention to early
gardening. An old timer says they
had better postpone such an undertaking, for winter to still lingering
to the lap of spring.
•—With the death of two additional guests at the Methodist Home for
fetbe Aged at„Tyrone .Wednesday
NtaE"*^fr •#^'****fl**'*^'' •**' passed
underwent
art. operation ta toe Philipsburg hospital a few weeks ago, ia aow at
home and able to circulate among
his friends. Tha operation was a
success, yet it will be some time before he -will be able to resume his
duties with tha Keith'ice plant.
—Nine candidates are in the field
for the postmastership of the borough of Williamsburg, the progressive community in the southern part
of the county. A civil service examination to be announced later will
be held, aad the applicant making
the highest mark will knock the
"persimmon." *,"•.:'-
—Tuesday evening fifty-eight
members and friends of the Methodist Sunday school met to the Festal hall of the church and enjoyed
a six o'clock roast beef sapper, and
elected superintendents and officers.
It waa a very successful gathering
• and it waa . decided to adopt the
same plan in the future.
—Business and professional  men
of Altoona and Blair county will assist students   of the Altoona   High
school in selecting their life's vocation at their career conference to be
held to the Senior High school build*
ing in Altoona  next Saturday.    A-
nong the prominent citisens of Blair
county,   who   are well   known   in
leHwood, and will address the meet-
ig are Dr. Roy W. Goshorn and Mr.
harles C. Brennecka, the latter be-
.( ig Btoir County game protector.
—Erford A. Wiley, a retired mail
irrier  from the Altoona  post  ef*
i:e, where he had served for twen-
t-five   years,   died at his home in
I rone on Sunday.   Atone time he
tided to the borough, when he was
eployed aa a car repairman in the
j jlwood yards.    He waa a member
| o Bellwood lodge No. 819, I .0. O.
\W He waa born to Clearfield coun-
I tj and ia survived by his wife  and
I fair married daughters.   Burial was
I trade to Bald Eagle   cemetery   this
r ernoon.
1 —A  joint   legislative   committee
sport on the feasibility of utilizing
''lota?' South Penn railroad  for
860,000,000-   all-weather   super-
bway from Pittsburgh to Carlisle,
he presented to tha legislature
session in Harrisburg soma time
ay,   and not later than Friday.
i recent months this project has re-
much    favorable    comment
tha   newspapers   aad   other
It   at proposed  to collect
i from the users of tha road un-
OtamW.ot construction haa been
1 which it will become tree
ENJOY SUPPER CONFERENCE
The Methodist Episcopal Church
School board had a supper conference Tuesday evening, 6:30, with
about 60 to attendance. Supper
waa served by members of the Whatsoever class of the school, whose reputation in that Une is top notch.
Charles F. Wertz, adult department superintendent, waa chairman.
Ha called on general officers and
department superintendents for
brief remarks. The first one called
waa Thomas P. Gheer, who has been
a member of the same school for
more than eighty years. He has
been an officer or teacher since
1874, aew being superintendent
emeritus. Hearty applause greeted
him aa he rose to speak.
After the greetings, the pastor,
the Rev. J. M. Brennan, spoke briefly and conducted the election of
general officers. C. L. McElwain
waa reelected superintendent; Mrs.
R. F. Kustaborder assistant; E. C.
Syling secretary; Ethel Givin, treasurer; Thomas A. Hirsch and Fred
Hursh librarians; Mrs. W. A. Dysart, superintendent home department aad Mm. C. L. McElwain assistant. Department officers will be
elected later in the month.
SPORTSMEN WILL MEET
The Bellwood Sportsmen Association will hold their regular monthly meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock
in tha Commesser building.* In addition to some very important business a special program has been arranged by the entertainment committee.
Game protector C. C. Brennecke,
will have a message of importance
to the sportsmen and* C. F. Figard
has arranged for some special music.
, At this meeting definite plans
wiH ba made for completing the fish
dam and   recreational   park. &Jtaas-
busy themselves   and complete   this
project as soon as possible.
The membership campaign has not
Man advancing rapidly enough to
meet the expected goal and prompt
action on the part of the members
is necessary if 750 members are to
be enrolled before April 1st. A
large turnout is expected tomorrow
night and everyone is urged to bring
in as many new .members as possible.
YOUNG MAN MAKING GOOD
Mr. William P. Schroeder, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Schroeder
of 505 Orchard street, left for Middletown, Pa., on Monday, where he
has accepted a civil service position
as airplane engine mechanic at tiie
Middletown Army Air Depot. He
-recently served an enlistment in the
06th Air Squadron GHQ at Langley
Field, Virginia. At this place he
qualified as a mechanic in the air
service, under Major DeChields.
William is a graduate of the Altoona
High school, class of 1933. His
many Bellwood friends are glad to
know he ia making  good in the air
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—Subscribe for the Bulletin.
—Receipt books for sale at the
Bulletin office, ten cents each.
—The March activity group of
Logan Valley grange will hold a
chicken and noodle supper in the
Grange hall, Saturday, March 20,
from 6 to 7 o'clock. All who belong
to ^his group will meet at the home
of H. H. Carr Friday evening, March
6, at 7:30.
—Mr. and Mrs. Lee Figard on the
north side are being congratulated
because they are tiie proud parents
of twin babies born on Tuesday
morning at 1 and 1.10 o'clock. The
girl weighed 5% pounds and the
boy 6 pounds. Mother and babies
are doing very nicely.*
—-The home of Mr .and Mrs. R.
A. Beers on Sunday, waa the scene
of birthday festivity when G. W.
Krise, father of Mrs. Beers, celebrated hie eightieth birthday. A
large cake decorated . with eighty
candles was the center of attraction.
Mr. KriKe received many useful
gifts and wishes for many more
happy birthdays. Among those
present Were George Krise of Bellwood, C. G. Krise,' Mr. and Mrs. O.
E. Peterson and daughter Eleanor
and Miss Helen Krise of DuBois,
Mr. aad Mrs. F. H. Beers of Fallen
Timber, Mr. and Mrs. Rex H. Beam
of Ashville end Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Beers sea children Mildred and
Greer ef Bellwood. g*Maaa   -> — ■■****
NEW MILK CONTROL PLANNED
fiOIfl WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Bill   Will Bo  Introduced   ia Legislature With Much Benefit te All   ■
A self-enforcing milk control law
which will place responsibility for
price-fixing and enforcement largely upon producers compliance committees is being studied by the State
Administration, preliminary to the
introduction of a bill in the legislature by Representative John A.
Smith, of Cumberland County and
Senator Weldon Heyborn of Delaware County.
The bill will permit milk producers in milk-marketing areas to elect
an enforcement committee of three
members who shall bargain and enforce agreements. Financing of
these committees would be effected
through a special fund created by
voluntary deduction from milk payments of V* cent per hundred
pounds.
Under its provisions the Milk Control Board would act only when
dealers and committees made some
unequitable or unfair agreement, or
when there was evidence of collusion or unfair practices between
(both parties. In effect, the activities of the board would be to act as
a board of review and appeal.
The effect of such a law would
be to permit producers within any
area, to settle differences without
the remote control handicap of present control methods. It would give
the farmers a democratic interest in
their agreements and enforcements'
Other provisions of the proposed
blD are that the duties of tha Milk.
Control Board would be confined to;
price-fixing.     It ia based   upon the
argument  in the "Nebbia"   case in
which   the Supreme" Court   decided;
that   the    act   was    constitutionals *j*hd
That act granted price-fixing  powfT
era to the board so that public
1*5 protected through***b
ad minliaay ^aupnryAft'
sri***5{*ply tt^ntrs*J,iiT»n 1
pie profit to the producers.
A five-member board is proposed
in this measure, with three paid
members who would receive $5000
per annum. The other two members
would be the Chief of the Bureau
of   Markets   in the Department   of
Event   Celebrated   by Wlell   Known
Antis   Township   Ceaple
Sixty years ago last Friday, Howard M. Estep and Miss Clara Miller were joined in the bonda of holy
wedlock. The wedding took place
at the home of the bride's parents
in February, 1877, on the Miller
farm, a few miles northwest of this
borough, and the ceremony waa performed by Rev. Dr. J. H. Mathers,
for forty years pastor of the Logan
Valley Presbyterian congregation.
Immediately after their marriage
they went to housekeeping ta Antis
township and during the three score
years that have come and gone since
they first plighted their tooth* they
have been numbered among the esteemed and most excellent citizens
of the community.
Mr. Estep waa born on the Estep
farm in 1858, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jfhh Estep. He was educated ta
tf|e Antis township schools and waa
employed on the Bells gap railroad
fSr a period of fourteen years as a
blacksmith. Mr. Estep left the railroad to 1897 when he purchased the
farm on which he now resides.
Mrs. Estep waa formerly Miss
Clara Millar, daughter of Mr. and
Mts. William Miller. She waa born
in 1857 at Hensheytown and, like'
her husband, has been a lifelong
resident of Antis township.
' - T*"hey are the parents of ten children, six of whom are living, namely: George, Blain and Cloyd of Bell-
d, Chester Estep, at home, Louis
top of Toledo, O., .and Mrs. Ed-
Root of Bellwood. They also
twenty  grandchildren   and 12
.ndchildren.
. Estop  also has two   brothers
nejiister residing ia Bellwood,
top, "Frank Estep and Mrs. J.
Agriculture. No additional compensation would be paid these members
and no service would be required
excepting the attendance of weekly
executive sessions to determine the
policies of the Board and to correlate the similar interests of the
Board, the Bureau of Milk Sanitation and the Bureau of Markets.
Commenting upon the results that
would be accomplished, both for
producer and consumer, by the
enactment of the measure, the sponsors said:
"With recognition of the Milk
Control system as a permanent
means for insuring an adequate return to the farmer in the interest of
public health and welfare through
the Supreme' Court decision, milk
control methods must change.
"Local compliance and enforcement units must interpret local conditions and demands. The Central
administration unit must be at hand
to referee and appraise, if necessary, but not to dictate to local committees.
"The only danger ta this plan is
the selection of local committees.
Producers will have to guard'against
packing of meetings with stoodges of
the milk trust as haa been done so
often in the past, by requiring that
every milk producer be given the opportunity of nominating and electing his compliance committee by
mail. This is a cumbersome, but
nevertheless essential method.
"Accounts of these committees
must be open to audit by the Milk
Control Board, while these committees represent the equivalent of the
officers of an agricultural cooperative association with a state-wide
scope, they should be subject to audit and examination as should all
agricultural cooperative associations,
good or bad.
"Shift of responsibility from the
Board to compliance and enforcement committees ahould save the
taxpayers $75,000.. The Bill reduces the present appropriation from
$225,000 to $180/000. It should
make for greoter efficiency by a
closer correlation between the related functions of several government agencies and places full responsibility for toe efficient operation of tha administrative functions
of the Board upon oae man.   Urn
m
ep has imt,
MPNkfpS
Edward    Miller,    bo*. - «**rl
Spring.
In spite of their advanced ages,
Mr. and Mrs. Estep enjoy fairly
good health and are enjoying a retired life on the farm.
BOOSTING STATE COLLEGE
New buildings costing approximately six million dollars will be at
State College within the next two or
three years, according to announcement made by Don Gingery of this
congressional district. He made
this information public Wednesday
morning, when he said, "I have been
informed that the present Pennsylvania state authority has included
in its program a building construction project for State College, Centre county, amounting to approximately six million dollars. It is expected - that detailed plans will be
submitted to toe federal public work
administration of Pennsylvania and
upon approval of. that office will be
forwarded to tiie central office ta
Washington for a definite allocation of funds."
Pennsylvania may as well go ta
for all it can get from the govern-
ment. It is one of the largest tax-
paying unite of tiie nation and when
it acmes to a distribution of government funds it should receive a most
liberal allowance.
—Advertise  la  the  Bulletin.
—Trespass notices for sale at
the Bulletin office, tan cents each.
—Wanted to Rent to Bellwood,
two unfurnished rooms far light
housekeeping, heat, light, use of
bath; private home preferred.—(Mrs.
Mary M. Swires, 8608 Campbell
avenue, Schenectady, N. Y.   .
—Judge Marion D. Patterson, who
had been a patient ta the Mercy
hospital in Altoona for ten days,
where he underwent a minor operation and later returned to his home
ta Hollidaysburg where ha recuperated, is now able to attend to official duties in the court house.
—The regular March meeting of
the borough council ia scheduled to
be held ta the public building next
Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Tha
sewer ordinance which haa been
pending ta council for the past few
weeks* will likely coma ap far farther consideration at this meeting.
The ordinance will fix rules and regulations governing the use of the
sewer, irhsjiiif i ' l''tl<
atj^aafja^jtaaaarajto entity tat each will
daJtMtj e Job ef f ici-
NOW ON RETIRED UST
Mr. John Timothy Leddy, one of
the well known and much esteemed
citizens of the borough, living at
816 Main street, and most of *his
life time a faithful employe of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, waa
placed on the retired list last week,
having ended his service with the
company aa a machinist in E and M
Shop at Juniata, with a service record of forty oae yeara and two
months. He waa born on October
8, 1868, ta the eastern part of the
-»tate. He came to Bellwood almost
forty-two yeara ago and entered the
shops of the Old Pennsylvania &
Northwestern railroad 'as a machinist, and ta a few yeara became foreman ia'the engine house. He was
transferred to the Altoona car shops
on March 3, 1899, and returned to
the P. A N. W. shops on April 16,
1900. Mr. Leddy waa again transferred to the car shops on April 26,
1907, aad on October 18, 1908, he
went to the Tyrone division, later
working on the Bellwood and Creav
eon divisions when he was assigned
to toe Juniata shone, where he had
since been employed.
Mr. Leddy, will continue to reside
ta ear town, where he haa been one
of the respected and* good citizens.
He will devote part of hia leisure
time to traveling and attention to
his garden to the summer time, to
which he takes a pronounced interest.
FORMER CITIZENS   CELEBRATE
Bellwood friends will be interested
to know that Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
VanScoyoc, who were citizens of the
borough up until twenty-nine years'
ago, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home to
Gary, Indiana, where they .have been
located since leaving pur SsSiS, one
day laat week.  Hpfju
scribers
since leaving Bellwood Swftal
years ago. They were guests of honor ta a celebration of the event at
their home.
Their marriage took place in Altoona fifty years ago, where they
resided for soma time, later coming
to Bellwood and for many years waa
employed ta the. T. P. Gheer planing mill. The VanScoyoc family left
Bellwood twenty-nine years ago and
located in the steel city of Gary, Indiana, where they have met with
prosperity. Mr. VanScoyoc ia 70
years of age, and his "bride" is ten
years his junior. He is employed by
the Gary Lumber company. A
daughter, Mrs. C. V. Lewis resides
in Gary. There is a son, Lee, of
Chicago, and five grandchildren.
BETTER TRAIN SERVICE
Superintendent E. C. Gegenheim-
er of tiie .Middle division, Pennsylvania railroad, has announced that
the Keystone express, train No. 21,
would make a stop at Bellwood Saturday evenings in the future. Heretofore the train sped by this Station.
This arrangement will afford the
people of Bellwood and vicinity an
opportunity to take the train for
Altoona. It will stop here at 6:40
o'clock and reach Altoona at 5:54
o'clock. . Bellwood folks will have
train service home later ta the night
by using Mercantile express, train
No. 6, leaving at 11:38 and arriving
at 11:60 o'clock.
Bellwood citizens are glad to hear
this cheering news. Now, if the
Pennsylvania railroad company
would only place ta service more
local trains on the Middle division,
it would prove of greater convenience to the traveling public, the
majority of whom would prefer the
safety of the trains than the highway with all its attendant dangers.
Everybody says more local train service!
—All citizens of Altoona and
Blair county who are interested ta
the plan to rehabiliate Lakemont
park and make it a civic recreation
center are invited to attend a mass
meeting to be held at the Altoona
Senior High school auditorium pa
Friday evening at 7:80 o'clock. The
committee ta charge of arrangements haa secured Donald J. Howard, former secretary of the Chamber of Commerce to Altoona, to be
the speaker. A big treat to toe way
of musical entertainment also is
promised  and will  be to charge  of
PERSQNALJPARA6RAPHS
People Who Visit Here end
Those Who Go Awey.
MOVEMENTS Of OUR CITIZENS
Guests Who Are Eaf-ortolaasl by Bet*
Weed Host*—Pereoaal MsaUaa ef
Thee* Who Visit To aad Ft*>
Mr. John Keliey, of Snew ■see.
spent Sunday with friends to the
borough.
Miss Thelma Laird of South Second street left Tuesday far e few
days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
A. Goss of Canton, Ohio.
Mrs. Siebert Hetrick and children
of Canton, Ohio, are visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Hetrick of South Second street.
Mr. Richard H. Hirsch, manager
of the Bellwood Furniture store aad
son, Mr. Thomas Hirsch, ware Mil-
roy visitors Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. W. E. Miller and daughter,
June, of Mountaindale, latssesd
home on Saturday, after having enjoyed a visit with Margaret aad lea-
Louder on North First street.
Misses Helen McCaulley east
Eleanor Estep spent a raty pleasant
week-end ta Philadelphia. They also visited their former pastor aad
family Rev. Montreville Seely ef
East Lansdown.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mulhollem,
son Paul and daughters, Misses Lulu
and Elizabeth, of Boyles street, were
in Pittsburgh Sunday and Monday,
where they were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Hobart Mulhollem.
Mr. James A. Jgdmiston, of l****.
Branch, N. •!., speaSjjylssajj
beginning
Critzer ana
First street over the
also weat to the Altoona hospital*H|
see Nancy Holtzapple, a patient
there, whose condition is very encouraging. On Sunday, Mr. Paul
Heckman and Mr. Arthur Clarke ef
Chambersburg, motored to Bellwood
and on toe return took the ladies
with them.
OUR STOREKEEPERS
The big chains continue to increase in number aad power
throughout every part of the nation,
and the independent storekeepers
continue to lessen their grip upon
community affairs. The political
fixers in legislative chambers
throughout toe States and ta Washington are so busy meddling in the
affairs of farmers and wage-earners
that they have no time for the old-
time storekeepers who for 260 years
were the backbone of every settlement, community and city—before
the chain-gangs took over the retail
stores.
—Near zero weather prevailed to
this section last Sunday morning,
when the thermometer registered
five above.
—The regular monthly meeting
of tiie Ladies Aid Society of toe
Presbyterian church will be held at
the home of lbs. J. Daniel Stitt on
Orchard street this evening.
—A threatening flue fire to the
building of tbe Peoples' Merchandise
company on South Second street
gave the Bellwood firemen a ram at
10:80 o'clock Monday evening. The
fire caused nd damage.
—The Woman's Missionary society of the Grace Lutheran church
will meet Friday afternoon at UJ||
o'clock at tha home of Mrs. F.
Fleisher. The topic for study
"The Story of the American Na
Mrs. Julia Beard will be the
and a large attendance fa de
—The   Pennsylvania   Dej
of Forests and Waters haa
ed that of the eight million
bo shipped from its four StsSSj
series this Spring, three.
almost - 40 per. cent,   of
shipment, will be red pine,
pine, often known as
is one of tha northern pines i
naturally   to toe northern
Pennsylvania.    This tree
rapid  growth,   few
seat enemies,   aet fine
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