Bellwood Bulletin 1937-03-11

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BELLWOOD. PA.. T|
»AYf MARCH 11,  1937
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LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Items That Will Inter-
oat Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMMTOFTHE WEEK
fsasjs   PsaiaBassabs Csnaasalaa    the
Dotat of Oar Bsseagb—Th* Col-
snsfls Oar t*jBja*r'lisii BaJoy
i —Advertise ta the Bulletin.
•-—Every   member   of tbe family
roads tae Bulletin.
" -Jto—Attend  the supper  to bo bold
ta tbe   basement   ef   St.   Joseph's
■church next Saturday evening.
—Who's having it?-—The Young
People of tae Church of the Brethren. Where?—Bellwood Furniture
store. When?—-(Starts 0 a. m. on
Saturday, March 13th. What ia it?
—Bake Sale. Your patronage will
ba sincerely appreciated.
-—Mr. Harry C. Bine-man, well
known P. R. R. shopman and residing ap Igou hollow in Antis township, who bas been seriously ill
since laat fall, was taken to the Mercy hospital ta Altoona last Friday
for observation and treatment.
—The ladies of St. Joseph's
church will serve a chicken end
noodle supper in the basement of
the church next Saturday evening.
An appetising meal will be served
for a nominal sum, and the patronage ef the public is respectfully requested.
—Mr. Will's Gregory, a Main
street resident* while engaged on
the sower project as a laborer, waa
struck on tae leg with a pick which
bo was using and bad glanced off a
slab of slate. The wound was painful, although not dangerous. The
accident happened one day laat
week and since then Mr. Gregory
bas been ritmfluad to bed. Ia order
to osssjjlaract any danger from   ta-
Maxtinsburg, W. Va, announces the
marriage of their daughter, Anna
Mae to Thomas J. Bine at the parsonage ef tbe Blab-ton U. B. church
on Saturday evening, March 6 by
the Rev. John R. Sawyer, pastor of
the church. After a brief trip to
Washington they will reside at Blair-
ton where the groom is employed as
chief clerk ta tho office Of the Martinsburg plant of the Blair Limestone Go.
—Extension of the new concrete
highway from Shoenberger to Pem-
berton, tba improvement of the
Janesville pike from Janesville to
Tyrone, and the construction et the
new highway bridge over the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at- Grazier-
ville is a part of the program of the
good roads committee of the Tyrone
Chamber of Commerce submitted to
tho board of directors by the chairman, Frank K. Lukenbach*. *at the
meeting held in the Commerce building ta Tyrone on Monday evening.
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ROUTE AWARDS DELAYED
With the award of contracts for a
number of star mail routes in this
part ef tha state put 'eft for sixty
days by congressional edict, pending
action on a bill to permit discretionary renewals instead of strictly competitive awards* tbe post office department at Washington haa made
public names of the bidders on the
routes, aad the price they agree to
perform the service. Among them
is the Bellwood-Coalport route and
tbe names of the bidders and the bid
is as follows, the routs begins at the
Bellwood post office aad goes to
Blandburg, Mountaindale, Glasgow,
Utahville , to Coalport, 10.7 miles;
six one-way trips a week between
Bellwood railroad station and Bellwood, .SO ef a mile, and six round
trips a week between Bellwood and
Coalport, 10.40 ndlas; D. E. Fatten,
$1,800; M. C. Weld, S 1,700; Gilbert
D. Campbell, $1,371.73; Harry Robert Holeomb, $1,105; Blue and
White Unas, Inc., $1,652.86; Raymond O. Dillon, $1,4»0; Harry Alton Campbell, $1,486; George L.
Cree, $1,800, and Noel McDonald,
$1,128.19. Present pay is $1,847.28.
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PREVENT FEED WASTE
One way of reducing  feed  costs
in tha poultry enterprise  is by pre-
: Tenting waste.    Plaster laths along
the tap aides ef tbe feeders help to
prevent, spilling, explain Pennsylva-
Bfa State College poultry f-paeialists.
vOverfilling of sbe feeders should al-
Iftfc avoided.      Mash,   at present
RECORD OF THE DEPARTED COUNCIL SETS NEW I
Who Have Passed From
Time to Eternity
Mr*. Mabel A. Weru
Died at her home on North Cambria
street, Friday afternoon of last
weak at g o'clock of a cerebral hemorrhage, after being ill but a short
time, aged 65 years. She was the
widow of the late Roy Werts, for
many years a passenger conductor
on the old Bellwood division, who
died six years ago. She is survived
by one son and two daughters, Harold of Bellwood., Mrs. Charles C.
Naddeo, of Harrisburg, and Miss
Carolyn Wertz at home. For many
years .aha wae a faithful member of
Grace Lutheran church of the borough. Funeral services were held at
tho homo at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,' conducted by her pastor,
Rev. Russell P. Knoebel, followed
by interment in Logan Valley cemetery.
Louis E. Burchfield
Funeral services for. Louis E.
Burchfield, who died at sis home at
116 Eighth avenue, Juniata, last
Friday, were held at the home Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the
services being in charge of Rev.
Walter L. Ritter, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Altoona.
Interment was made in Greenwood
cemetery. The deceased will be remembered by many of our citizens
when he was engaged as a farmer
on tae Henshey farm in Antis township, now conducted by Gilbert S.
Watts.
Mrs.  Juniata  Rigffle
Mrs. Juniata Riggle died at the
home of her son, Edward B. Riggle.
1257 Washington avenue, Tyrone,
Friday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock.
Mrs. Riggle waa a daughter of William aad Mary (Ganoe) Becker and
waa born at Blair Furnace, Btoir
county on March 22, 1864. She was
married   to   Luther   A. Riggle    02
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She was a member of the Asbury
Methodist Episcopal church, near
Bellwood.
She is survived by these sons and
daughters: Elwood L. Riggle, Juniata; Edward B. Riggle, Tyrone -
Charles R. Riggle, Smyrna, New
York; Mrs. Bertha May Bupp, State
College; Mrs. Ella May Wernert, of
Philadelphia; also 19 grandchildren
and 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral service was held at tae Asbury
Methodist Episcopal church Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock followed
by burial ta Asbury cemetery.
Mr*. Mary Bodge
Mrs. Mary Bodge died in an Altoona hospital at 9 o'clock Monday
morning. She was born in Antis
township 69 years ago, a daughter
of Peter and Sara Murphy Igou.
She leaves one daughter, Annie, of
California, and one brother, Archie
Igou and one sister, Mrs. Ruth Far-
bar, both of the borough. The funeral was conducted from the Jones
funeral home in Altoona Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, and interment was made in Antis cemetery.
Mrs. Sarah Jan* Shawley
Widow of Joel Shawley and a former resident of Altoona, died at the
home ef a son, David W. Shawley,
at Spruce Creek Friday morning after ten days' illness. She was born
ea July 7, I860,' in Huntingdon
county, and while a resident of Altoona lived at 918 Third avenue,
Juniata. Her husband died on May
8, 1928. Surviving are two sons
and fear -laughters, D. G. Shawley
af Juniata, David W. of Sprues
Creek, Mrs. J. D. Bookhamer of
Greenwood, Mrs. A. D. Bell of Bellwood, Mrs. M. R. Shawley of Traf-
ford City sad Mies Cynthia Shawley
of Spruce Creek; twenty-nine grand
children, seven great-grandchildren
and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:80
o'clock Sunday afternoon from the
home ef Mrs. A. D. Bell, South
First street Interment was made
in Greenwood cemetery.
Barnard  E.   Kitt
Bernard   Ellsworth   Kitt,   prominent  orchestra  leader far the past
fifteen * years,   died at his home at
710 Sixth street, Altoona,  Wednesday evening at 8:10 o'clock, having
been ill for the past six months.   He
was born June 18, 1800, the son of
U. Giant  aad   Elisabeth   (Bender)
' Kitt, and was employed as secretary j
I in the office  of tha  American  Oil
'company    in    Altoona.      Surviving
' members ef the family are his wife,
Wibaa (Bland) Kitt; hia mother aad
itaro -taildraa, Bernard. Jr.. aad Wil-
ITSIEN TO REBUILD DAM
Two Mill Advence N*ces*ary"n
Meat   Borough  Requirement*
At the regular   Council   nw
held Monday night the borough
millage was aat for the current
Due to extra expenses arising in
operation of borough affairs it
deemed necessary to set the mi}]
at 14 mills, or a raise of 2 mills
the year of 1087.   The solicitor
draw up an ordinance to this effi
The question of retiring the fl
bond which comes duo in April
brought before the body by tha1
nance  committee.     It was   poini
out that work on the sewer haa.
progressed   as   rapidly' aa expei
at tiie time  the bonda  were   issue
which has made it impossible tot
leet any sewer assessments.    Thi
fore    it was decided   to move
bond ahead whieh would defer paj
ment   for another   year   at wl
time   it is expected the borough
be in bettor financial shape.
postponement    waa made   with
approval of the bend holder.
.  Both the highway and water
mittees reported   little activity
tq  weather conditions,  stating
were keeping    expenses    to a
mum until   after   the spring
when some work will be really
cessary.
A detailed   report   on the
project was submitted   by Mr.
ray.    He stated that to date Z,
feet of pipe has been laid am
mates tiie sewer  lines   to bOJ
40 % completed.    Work on
posal    plant    has  been torn]
suspended,   as funds   were
low and inasmuch   aa most a
work requires pouring cemesg
ter results can bo obtaining off several weeks unl
up.    In the meantime a
tary project Is being f<
WPA asking   for addil
Mr. Murray also reported
BBjre^aien were put
morniBg'. ">»?»f""'
Council authorized pa;
small quanity of new fii
which was necessary to bring the
equipment up to state requirements.
Other matters of minor importance
were handled, current bills ordered
paid and council adjourned until the
next regular meeting to be held on
Monday, April 12th.
[To Reconstruct   Damage
eased by Flood
elimijgsry    plans    were started
Blta .aapuilding  of the fish  dam
[c"t*ecre*|tio*ial park at the regular
tig Of the Bellwood Sportsmens
stioa  hold last Friday   night.
tarnout of members  were
at attd great interest was evin-
the proposed project.
iEecided that the first con-
Btion was to raise the necessary
-It  was   agreed   that said
could   be easily obtained  by
rtg'^the  proposed   membership
Consequently    an extensive
fp drive will be carried on
lone    will be expected    to
S. tiie membership fees will be
3to. further this worthy project
^j-jB benefit the entire comrnu-
"eommittee    of    officers   and
will arrange 'to have plans
sittod at the next meeting ahow-
|*s|Ctype   of dam   that   can be
what money ia available,
trtsmen are determined that
shall bo started as soon as
conditions permit  ta order
it completed this summer,
srt   was   made    by   R> M.
on a meeting hold last week
County unit  of the Federa-
Sportsmen.    Game protector
EJirennecke    was present   aad
ten wild turkeys   released
nek  in this vicinity.    It was
sd  to hold a dog show this
(jta connection   with the Antis
Up Farm Show to be held ta
fer.
Werts. chairman of the en-
dent committee had arranged
program   which waa pre-
after the regular    business
The solicitor B. Jubilerir
■ited   talk oa cooperation
Bvery   effort   ta be put
the proposed
COUNTY OFFICES TO DE FILLEO
to be Chosen In
Moat November
tae
SECRETARY    SUBMITS   REPORT
At the meeting of the board of
directors of the Y. M. C. A., Gerald
Focht, secretary submitted the following report of the activities for
February. The average daily use
of the "Y" building has come up to
approximately 339. There were 28
boys' dubs and activities with a total of 345 participating. There waa
1 lecture of educational value, with
74 attending, there was 120 gym
classes with 1434 taking part, 24
athletic leagues with 788 participating and 2496 in attendance. The
total for the physical department
activities was: 144 events, 2172 participating and 2495 spectators.
Three religious meetings were held
in the building with 71 taking part
and 278 attending. Eleven bible
study classes were conducted with
164 in the classes. Eight socials
were held during the month with 171
taking part and 616 attending.
Twenty-four club meetings were
held with 811' members present; 4
baby clinics' were held with mothers
bringing 28 babies to be inspected.
Basket ball attendance was approximately 2114 people, six suppers
were held with 820 being served.
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ttvnt-
tiepkins and William
Moses, accompanied by James Schal-
lea at the piano, rendered a number
of vocal selections that was greatly
enjoyed.
OUR "Y" RATES THIRD
Our local Y. M. C. A. haa come
up from last place to the coveted
position of third place in the State
Y. M. C. A. activities, fifty point
program. This record is made possible only by the co-operation of aQ
the clubs, Ladies' Auxiliary and the
board of directors, and other friends
of the "Y". This standing ia fog
the South Mountain District ef the
"Y" whieh includes our neighbors.
Altoona, Hollidaysburg and Tyronafc
Our local *Y" also stands third i*t
the Railroad Y's of the state whicK
includes some eighteen organization*
of tiie same size. This is a commr
dable record and reflects credit u]
the part of the officers and memb
of the local "Y"
liam;   alas oae   sister,   Mrs. Walt
Moser.     He waa a member   af
Mark's church ta Altoona.    The
ceased    waa tba son-in-law   of
and Mrs. L. B.
MAKING RESORT  BIGGER
Manager George F. Rinard of
Bland park was in our. office yesterday afternoon and stated that ho
would' make some pronounced improvements to this popular outdoor
pleasure resort some of which are
now under way, during the coming
spring. The dance pavillion will be
greatly enlarged and 3300 feet of
additional floor space will be added,
while other improvements will be
made to the buildings and grounds.
Manager Rinard said tbat he has
already booked a number of large
picnics to be held at the park and
expects other bookings as the season
advances. The park is one of the
most delightful spots in Central
Pennsylvania, where annually thousands find real enjoyment in this
sylvan nook, amid the tall trees
which furnish abundant shade at all
times of the day, and the cool air
that permeates the park is an added
attraction. Beside the large picnics,
many small outings are held by societies and organizations.
Bland park gains ta popularity
each season, and during the summer
thousands will find entertainment
beneath the outspreading trees,
FLAMS FOR CENTENNIAL
A meeting for the purpose of considering plans for the celebration of
the fiftieth anniversary of the fair-
corporation of Bellwood aa a borough will be held ta the Y. M. C. A.
auditorium Thursday evening of
next week at 7:80 o'clock. All citizens are requested to be present
and express their opinion concerning
the proposed celebration. Should
concrete plans be made at this meeting, an outline of the undertaking
will be made within the next few
weeks and other meetings will be
held.
The meeting is called for the pur-
peas of getting an expression from
our citisens regarding the celebration aad if enough sentiment ta favor east be aroused* further action
will be taken.
—Advertise ta the Bulletin.
—A north side   resident   said in
oar office last evening that he would
*"**'* tasks garden during tho spring
Sft- waa not for the   feet
aooree from which to
Now Official*
Borough
Elections, like the seasons, come
and go. We are scarcely out of one
until there is another on our heels.
This year the voters of the county
will choose new county officers,
while in tho borough, councilmen,
school directors and an auditor or
tare, aa well as a chief burgess will
be chosen.   '
The tenn of Judge Marion D. Patterson, who waa elected ten years
ago will come to a close and a new
judge will bo elected. The voters
will also choose a sheriff, clerk of
the court, jury commissioners and
two members of tho board of directors of the poor. In Bellwood borough eaeh party will make nominations for four councilmen, chief
burgess and an auditor or two. The
term of Mr. Charles F. Wertz, our
present chief burgess will expire the
first Monday ta January, 1088, while
four councilmen will retire to the
shades of private life, unless reelected. The retiring councilmen
are Messrs. Werts, Crosser, Daugh-
erty and Colabine. Unless tae retiring members are candidates for
re-election, four new faces will appear on our oouncilmanic body, after the first Monday ta January,
1938. We understand that Mr.
Werts will not bo a candidate to
succeed himself as chief burgess.
His declination to again serve will
let an open field fer ell candidates.
A tax collector win also be elected
in tbe borough, unless pending legislation in the General Assembly
changes the status of tae tax collector and shifts this duty into tbe
hands of the treasurers of the many
counties of the state. If the bill
now in tho assembly becomes a law,
then no tax collector will be elected.
_ The   fell   primary   will   fall oa
ta*1itata wflPcnaW^owjsit-
dateTftbe voted upon- at the gen
oral election to be hold l-ueeday, November 2. Persona who desire to
be candidates for office must obtain a petition and have it duly
signed with a certain number of
qualified voters of the district in
which they Testae, after which the
candidate makes oath as to the genuineness of tba petition and files it
with the county commissioners, when
their names will be printed on tae
primary election ballot to be voted
Sept. 21. The first day to obtain
signatures for nominations for
county* city and borough as well aa
township offices is July 8.      *
The judgeship contest in the
county will loom large. Judge Marion D. Patterson win be a candidate
to succeed himself on the Republican ticket. With the close of the
present year he will have served ten
years on the bench, where he has
rendered able service and is recognized as one of the outstanding jurists of the state. Previous to his
service as judge, he was district attorney of the county for sixteen
years. He is deservedly popular
with the citizens of the county, irrespective bf ptaty affiliation and
wiU prove a strong contender to succeed himself.
In the borough four new council-
men wiU be elected. It is imperative that wide awake and well
known citizens with proven business
ability be chosen to fill these important offices. For tae past eighteen
months the town has boon engaged
in erecting a sewer system with tbe
aid of government funds, augmented money from the borough received
from the sale of $45,000 worth of
bonds. The sower system is far
from being completed and from the
manner in which progress bas been
made ta the past eighteen months,
two years at least will have elapsed
before the system is placed ta service. After being completed the
system wUl require money with
which to operate, and will be an annual r**pt***-»» upon tbe taxpayers
and property owners of the borough. It's cost of operation will be
known after it baa been in bbmIus
for a twelve-month period. For
this reason it ia necessary that men
of known business experience ba
elected to council
—There waa a decided drop ia 1&e
temperature Wednesday morning,
some places ta town tbe thermometer hitting ten above saro. Ik was
a cold    morning   for tbe month ef
mam
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit H
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMEITS If DUB MIS*
Coast* WW Are FoSbbibIbij try Beta
Wood Hosts—Pes-eas-al Msjsttios* of
Thee* Who VWt To a**d Fro
Mr. C. A. Hoover, Mr. Wiffiam
Markley and Mr. P. G. Goahora,
spent Monday at Colver, Cambria
county.
Mrs. John Fuoss of North Fourth .
street has returned   heme   after a
visit of a month  with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ken- .
neth Fuosa in Wilmerding, Pa,
Miss Agnes Steals, Miss Hasel
Barrett, Miss Carrol Miller and Mrs.
Betty Beehm, all connected with ths
Meadowbrook hospital at Hemstead,
Long Island, spent the weekend ta
town. Miss Steele and Miss Ban sit
were former Bellwood girls.
Mr. Raymond O'Shell, son of Mr.
Ellis O'Shell, who is a member of
Company M, 12th Infantry and stationed at Fort Washington, spent •
three-day furlough with -friends ta
the borough this week. Tbe young
man called at our office during bio
stay at home and being desirious of
keeping in contact with affaire ta
his home town, ordered the Bulletin
forwarded to his adhress.
EARLY MORNING WEDDING
At one o'clock laat Sunday morn-
ing at tbe Methodist parsonage, ta
the presence of about twenty frieaste
of tae contracting parties, Samuel
Richard McCoy and Olive Caldwell
were joined in tbe bonds of holy
wedlock, the officiating clergyman
being Rev. J. M. Brennan, paater of
the First Methodist Episcopal ataucb
of the borough. The bridal
ware attended by.Mj*y
the ceremoE*y s^pxttie
Dorothy Huas#' aad Miss
Smelker played "O Promise Me."
After the event a reception waa bald
at tbe home of Mrs. E. M. Leaver
on North Second street, and at ite
conclusion the newlywede left by
automobile for Daytona Beach, Florida, where they ere now visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Fred O. McCoy and where
their honymoon will be spent. Upon
their return they will establish •
home in the borough.
The groom is a son of Mrs. Florence McCoy of the north side, wlule
the bride is a daughter ef Mr. and
Mrs. R. V. Caldwell of South Main
street. Both are graduates of tba
Bellwood High School, class ef 1027,
and popular young folks of tba
town. The groom is employed by
the P. R. R. company, while for
some time the bride bas been aa*
gaged as stenographer at tba State
theatre. Many friends extend ta
them hearty felicitations.
PASSED FOUR SCORE MARK
Mr. Jacob S. Bupp, one of the well
known actogenarians of the borough,
observed in a quiet way the eighty-
first anniversary ef his birth oa
Monday, at the home ef his son, Mr.
Elmer J. Bupp on South Main street.
The aged gentleman ia a native of
Mifflin county, where ho was born
81 years ago. Many years ago bo
waa a freight conductor on the old
Bell's Gap railroad and hence ia
waU known inrailroad circles. Dae* .
pita a few infirmities, due ta Ha
years, he is in fairly good health and
when permitted by pleasent asathsr
can be seen on our streets. He retains all of his faculties and is constantly in touch with the affairs of
the day. A few years ago, Mr. I
Bupp waa the victim of a serious)
automobile accident ta Antis township, when he was hit by a laotailst
and received injuries that kept aim
confined to the hospital fer a number of weeks.
WARNING TO DOG OWNERS
Final warning is hereby given to
an owners of dogs in Bellwood that
they must from now on keep them
securely tied or in sa enclosfarre oa
their premises. AU dogs found
roaming the streets ef the borough
will be taken up, the name of tba
owner ascertained If possible and
an information frill be made **he*rg-
ing him with violation af tbe dag
law. Tbe fine for tab) offense le
from $5 to $100, together with casta
of prosecution, aad in default* isa-
prisonment. ^____
F. S. HETRICK
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