Bellwood Bulletin 1937-04-08

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Buflfttin office, ten cents each.
hn t»En Wilson, a life time
t o*£Ws4*j(fe"townshrp and one
of the Jeadin^plStizens of the village
of Tipton, is lying in a serious eea* ■
ditiob in the Altoona hospital, where
he has been a patient for the past
few weeks. This morning we learn
that small hope is entertained for
Us* recovery.
'—The Ladies' Aid society of the
Presbyterian chufeh wsjjl held a cafeteria in the Y. M. C. A'rSaJ^rdhtfc
evening, April 10, from 6 until**'
o'clock. The patronage of the pub*
lie wiltdfte appreciated.
—Tba annual congregational
meetildi of 'the members of the Logan V|Rejr Presbyterian church, will
he..hljta't*,it\ the church Wednesday
evoninJR April 14, at 7:30 o'clock.
An.a»emb«B8 should be present
—The %a|}ale Sorority will hold
a dance 9\-the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday evening -at- next week, from
;.;•» unW*l_.^"ro«Jt, the Blue Velvet
Orchestra furnishing the music. The
proeasds will be for the benefit q*j
the centennial  fond.     All are-welV
c**Wwm§rV&-
spring meetinc   of
-hia? held hi the Clearfield Presbyterian church, Monday and Tuesday,
April 18th and 18th. The Bellwood
congregation will be represented by
the pastor, Rev. R. S. Hittinger and
one of the elders.
—The April group of Logan Valley Grange members will bold a
dance in the Grange hall, on Main
street, Tuesday evening, April 18,
starting at 8 o'clock. There will be
round and square dancing. Sandwiches, fruit punch, and ice cream
will be on sale.
—Saturday, April 17, is the day
set aside by the cemetery committee
far all persons'interested in the improvements needed at the Asbury
Methodist church in Antis township.
It fat a free day for all. Picks and
shovels will be in use and the help
will be greatly appreciated by the
association.
—Rev. Dr. Henry Stiles, aged retired minister of the second Presbyterian church of Altoona, died suddenly at his home in Altoona at 9
o'clock Wednesday morning, after
having been in failing health for
some years. He had been pastor of
' the Second Presbyterian church in
Altoona for forty-two years, retiring in 1927.1
—The officers of Bellwood lodge
No. 819, I. O. O. F. will be installed at the regular meeting to be held
on Friday evening, in the hall of the
order on Main street. These ceremonies are impressive and instructive and it's hoped that a goodly
number of members of the lodge
will be present to enjoy them, and
to greet the district deputy grand
master and his staff.
—Beside building safety Into
roads, the Department of Highways
at Harrisburg is constantly seeking
to protect motorists in other ways.
In this connection an important
enhancement of safety has been accomplished by the removal of illegal
signs. A report of this work, par*'
formed under the direction of the
department engineers shows that
91,014 illegal signs were removed
during the year 1936.
—The Bellwood borough Paren-
Teachers Association will meet on
Tuesday night, April 13, at 7:45 o'clock in the North Side public school
building. All members and friends
. are requested to note change of
* date, aa the meeting should be held
this evening, but was postponed until Tuesday evening of next week on
account of the high school play. An
election of officers will be held at
thhr meeting. Re*. Harry L. Saul,
of fUtaTnr*!. will he the speaker. The
eaacuthro committee   wUl meet   at
LIVIHB SI6NEBJJJF PETITION
Only Pew Are Living Who Signed
Incorporation «f the Borough
As Beltwood -will celebrate fhe
fiftieth anTttvof-sary of it's incorporation aa A boWmth, it has many old-
timers to getTOff reminiscent mood.
Conditions ok tAey- existed here fifty years ago art* being recalled as
well as the advancement the town/
has made since ".those days, back hi
1887, when it wis a struggling community of a few hundred persons
and how ' it was carved out of the
woods that existed in the main part
of the borough at that time. Persons are still living wjho can remember when a. goodly portion of the
business .district stood in tall pines
and oak trees. The ^|principle thoroughfare then aajhow. was Main
street, and on the***^ne*^Bide from
South Cambria strJ£e*&cn^$he side of
the railroad, that, ponton was heavily wooded with* oak SM other trees,
as well as n*5tiK*T*h*rlderbi'ush and
laurel. ;2_v? *""' "
Apropos cOTCsthe -incorporation of
the borough, Jjae Bulletin ia in. ite-
ceipt of the following from its«»long
|me subscribjNr' and friend, Mr. A.
1 K^Goss nowTfesiding at Hiller, in
Fayefte county, and among other
things he sain: _JS*.
.. "I imagine it would be interesting to your readers to -kpow just
how'many men-are now iiving who
were residents of Bell's Mills fifty
years ago, when it was incorporated
a*> a borough and given tha name of
Bellwood. As near as Lean recall
there are only a few 'as follows:
Chris Dengate, ' Thomas P. Gheer,
Lloyd Cherry, A. G. Barrett and
myself. Then comes the younger
element, boys at that time and as
I can. remember were the two Gheer
boys, John Wertz's boys, Sellers
boys,    the. Dengate ^hoys,
B™lsVjohnrT. TSfl-mr**; Bin :S"f"***fr~
Robert Wray, Charles Kellerman,
and last, but not least, Jimmy Douglass. There are also living Benj.
Beyer's boys, George Wiley's boys,
Joe Louder, Jhe alderman; Norris
Watters, Johnny Trout, John Myers'
Iboys, Willard Irwin's boys, and there
may be perhaps one or two more,
who I cannot recall, but these whom
I have mentioned lived in the borough plot at that time, and it appears to me that Doctors* Levengood,
Wilson and .Morrow were all living
in the borough when it was incorporated.
"When the borough was incorporated fifty years ago, I was the first
constable elected and I think Benjamin Boyer and George Sehwenk
were two of the town councilmen.
I think Mr. T. P. Gheer was the
first burgess, although I am not certain, as my memory is not as acute
as in bygone days.
"I taught the first band of the
new town, where I resided for many
years, and up until the time I left
many years ago, I helped to erect
sixty dwelling houses and the opera
house; the three-story brick building
on Main street, the Hotel Windsor,
as well as many other small jobs,
such aa stables and garages, porches
and general repairs.
"I will soon be hitting my eighty-
ninth year and don't feel so old at
that age. I have a warm spot in
my heart for Bellwood and all of its
people, and hope to meet them on
the fiftieth anniversary celebration
of its incorporation as a borough.
JOIN SIX HUNDRED CLUB
The Y. M. C. A.'s exclusive six
hundred bowling club has only four
members at this writing, those being Dick Hirsch whose total stands
as high for the 1936-37 season, being 663. Allen Bussick stands second with a total of 620 and Burton Hollen is third with 602. William Pelter has a total of 601.
These totals are all taken from the
league record book and stand for
the total of three games played during some league.
—The regular monthly meeting of
the P. R. R. Retired Veterans' association will be held - eh Tuesday,
April 18, at 2:80 in the afternoon.
Veterans will kindly note change of
meeting from tiie second Saturday
to the second Tuesday and arrange
to be present.' Harry H. Meyer will
ba at the piano. Miss Sara Craine
will recite. Rev. H. G. Dooley of
the Baptist church will be the speaker. Members are requested to be
prompt ee Miss Craine, the reciter,
Will use tlTrf recess period for their
PROMINENT P]
MINISTER  COl
It is not often that a comma
tiie size of Bellwood has the
tunity of hearing and entertain1
so prominent a divine as the
Dr. Henry B. Master, moderatcf
the General Assembly of the
byterian church of the Ur
States of America, who will be
'next Sunday and preach twice
the Bellwood Presbyterian chus
at 10:45 in the morning and
o'clock in the afternoon vesper
vice. The services wiU no do
witness tha local church filled!
capacity, when this noted 'mil
pt the Gtorspel delivers the mea
to the congregation.
For the occasion    a special
gram has been prepared as folic
Organ prelude, "Largo," by Had
doxology, "Praise God From
A1P" Blessings    Flow;"    invocat
congregation    standing;    hymn
82, "Holy, Holy, Holy;" Gloria.
tri;: Apostles'  Creed; Scripture
son, Matthew 5: 1-16; prayer, off**
tory anthem,    "We Praise    Thee
hymn No. 301, "Glorious Thingfj
Thee Are  Spoken;"    Sermon,
Dr. Henry B. Master, text, Johfl
41;    soprano solo,    "Hold'. Xhou'!
Hand;"■hymn No. 304, "The Chuf
's One Foundation; benediction;';
gan postlude.    Vesper service, 4j9j
clock—Organ prelude* "Meditatio
call to worship; hymn No. 157, "A
Hail tite Power   of Jesus' , Na
scripture lesson, John 1: 1-18;
er; offertory anthem, "By The A
ters of Babylon;"    hymn    No.
"Fairest    Lord Jesus,    Ruler i
Nations;"    sermon, Rev. Dr. Hi
B. Master,    text:    "What Think*
Of Christ?"    prayer; anthem,
King   of Love    My Shepherd
Westminister Choir of the First
Presbyterian church of Tyrone will
be present aad sing.
The guest speaker ia a noted
Presbyterian minister, iof Philadelphia. He is moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
church' in the United States, waa
born at Elisabeth, N. J., October 28,
1871. He was graduated from tiie
Princeton University in 1895, with
high honors in English. Three years
later he was graduated from the
Princeton Theological Seminary with
the degree of Bachelor of Sacred
Theology. In 1898 he was ordained
to the Presbyterian ministry in Buffalo. N. Y., where he held a charge.
In 1906 he was called to the First
Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne,
Indiana, where he remained for fifteen years. At Syracuse, N. Y., tn
May 1936, the General Assembly of
|DAY, APRIL 8, 1937
NO.  7
STERIAN
TO BELLWOOD
5V. DR. HENRY B. MASTER
Be Presbyterian church elected him
Moderator for the year 1986-1937.
[There are many Presbyterians in
eBwood and Logan Valley who
avail themselves of hearing this
ominent minister of the gospel
bxt Sunday.
1 Presbyterianism in  Logan  Valley
its beginnings,    not in Altoona
, Tyrone at either end' of the val-
y, but with the congregation now
ying   on in the    Logan    Valley
esbyterian    church    of Bellwood.
early aa 1835    the Rev-..Samuel
fill, at that time pastor of the* Sink-
Valley Church,    preached    one-
_ i pf his time within the limits of
pan Valley.    The central point of
i Presbyterian population was in
|jty iof . McCamant's    Forge,
b*l837 a church   waa err*
prlty-three^members.
ton. In this original building an
Annual Homecoming Service is held
each September.
In 1865 a church building was
erected near Bell's Mills in the center of the present Logan Valley
cemetery. The subsequent growth
of Bellwiood made it necessary to
abandon this structure, and the
brick building in which tbe congregation now. worships was erected in
1883. Fifty years ago the present
Manse was erected.
During the 100 years of its organisation, the longest pastorate was
that of the Rev. J. H. Mathers, beginning shortly after the close of
the Civil War and continuing for
forty years. The Rev. Raymond S.
Hittinger, the present pastor has
served for seven years during which
time 101 members have been received into the church.
DIME CELEBRATION CHAIRMEN
Executive Board, Honorary Chairman Named t°r Semi-Centenial
General chairman C. F. Werts announced his appointments of chairman for the various committees fir
the Semi-Centennial at a special
meeting held in the First National
Bank building last night.
These chairmen along with the
General Chairman, secretary and
treasurer will make up the executive
board of the general commit***.
They are as foUows: General Chairman, C. F. Wertz; Secretary, F. F.
Harpster; the treasurer, Raymond
Strunk; finance committee, B. C.
Lego; concessions, R. C. Crosser;
publicity, W. A. Hauth; program, J.
L. Gilmore; • lights and decorating,
F. D. Miller; advertising, E. E.
, Sheriff; antiques, Mrs. I. S. Lindemuth ; hospitality, Mrs. Helen Burk-
holder; Sunday observance, H. W.
Schalles; parade, J. L. Louder; civic
day, Blair Dunn; agriculture day,
Harry Gwin; youth day, Gerald
Focht; Legion day, H. M. Stone;
Firemen's day, Fred H. Miller; police, N. Q. Lauver; music, J. H. Gil-
more; speakers, J. A. Fox. •
It was also decided to make Mes-
sers. T. P. Gheer and A. L. Goss,
honorary chairmen for the occasion
inasmuch as they are the two surviving signers of the original petition for incorporation.
Much enthusiasm is being evinced
over the affair and all chairmen are
selecting their committees at once
in order tt) make all possible speed
in the preparations for what will be
the greateet event of thia kind ia the
SPORTSMEN JEID MEETING
Di'cuss Plan* for Rebuilding Fish
Dam Destroyed by Flood
The Bellwood Sportsmen's Association held their regular monthly
meeting last Friday night in tiie
Commesser building. A large number of members were present and
considerable important business was
transacted.
A report was made on the new
proposal for rebuilding the fish dam
and high hopes are held for the early completion of: this project. It was
announced that considerable progress is being made on the construction of the road leading into tiie
property.
Action was taken on a number of
new legislation proposes by the game
commission and resolutions adopted
opposing reducing age limit for
hunting licenses to 12 years, raising
the purchasing limit for state land
from $10 to $30 per acre, restricting number of shells in shotguns to
three and abolishing fund for pur*
chase of additional land. .
A committee was appointed to
take care of a dog show to be held
in conjunction with the Antis Township Farm Show in September consisting of the following men: J. E.
Harvey, chairman; W. W. Campbell,
A. A. Boyles, Clair O'Shell and William McCloskey.
The membership drive waa reported as making progress with about
fifty new members added to the
rolls since the last meeting.
Clair O'Shell reported a shipment
of trout received and placed in Bell
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CELEBRATED AT 93 YEARS
Mrs. Susan Clark, a guest at the
Blair county home, waa 98 years of
age Tuesday and Mrs. Harry C.
Brode* the matron, saw to it that
the aged woman had an extraordinary dinner for the occasion. Chicken and tiie usual accompaniments
were included.
Mrs. Clark is a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ressler,,
who lived, for many years, west of
Newry, in Freedom township She
was one of a very large family, all
of whom were known for their rug-
gedness. She is the widow of Daniel J. Clark, who died some years
ago.
An interesting sidelight in the
Clark family history is the fact that
Mr. Clark was one of the benefactors of John D. Rockefeller. Clark
told the sttory himself. As a young
man he waa a prospector. He was
in Venango county and boarded at
the same place with John D.
The latter went broke, he was
drilling the first oil well in the,
world. Clark had a little money
and he loaned John D. $50. With
that the future oil king completed
his drilling, Struck oil, and his fountain of wealth began pouring out
of the earth.
In his old days Clark's friends
thought he should appeal to John
D. for some help, but he refused,
stating that Mr. Rockefeller had repaid tiie loan with interest and that
was all he could expect of any man.
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PASTOR TWELVE YEARS
In April 1925 the Logan Valley
Baptist church extended a unanimous call to Rev. H. G. Dooley to
become pastor and minister. The
call waa accepted and the most harmonious relationship between pastor
and church people has existed
throa^hyhe years.      The church 1b
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phwm_..
teaches a large men's Bible class
each Sunday and preaches twice in
the local church and at the chapel
at Tipton on Sunday afternoons.
The midweek prayer meeting attendance continues near the half hundred mark each week. Thirty-four
members of the church have indicated then* purpose to influence at
least one person to accept Christ as
Saviour during the new church year
which begins next Sunday. Recent
converts will confess Christ in baptism next Sunday morning by immersion the Scriptural form and the
Lord's Supper, will follow.
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RELIEF LOAD DROPS
The family relief load in the
southern district of Blair county,
over which Director of the Poor
Milton S. Emeigh has control, shows
a net drop of eight families during
the month of March, but the number of dependents increased. 1 This
was due to the dropping of small
family units and the addition of
large ones.
At the beginning of the month
there were 120 small families on relief. Seventeen families were dropped. The total dependents was 285,
of which number twenty-six were
dropped. Nine families were added,
including fourteen adults and nineteen children, a total of thirty-three.
The total number of dependents is
292. The total expenditure in the
district for the month of March was
$889.
PBMjpansi
People Who Viait Here and SI
Thoee WhoGo^way.
MOVEMENTS OF DOfl CITIZENS ]
Guests Who At* Entertained hat M>   *jH
Wood Meets   Per***-*! MbbiIbb af      M
The** Who Vi*h To aad Fr»
Mr. Gerge Burchell and Mr. James
Nelson,    of Utahville,    were in thia   -MM
part of Blair county on Monday endeavoring    to purchase a team   ot
horses.
Mr. 'Ernest Rothenberger, of Can-   eg]
ton* Ohio,   enjoyed a few days this
week   at the home   of hia parent*,
Mr. and    Mrs. H. E. Rothenberger,
neap the borough.
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Ubil and
daughter, Miss Beatrice, of 'Washington, D. C, were recent visitors
at the home of Thomas K. Ubil on
North Fourth. street.
Mrs. Julia Beard, who had bee-a a
guest of her son-in-law and daogh*   J
ter for a few weeks,   Mr. and Mrs.
Louis A.  Sieber,    in Canton, Ohio,  j
returned to her home on North First
street, Friday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Hittinger
and young son, Master Jay, of Beth
lehem, were guests thia week at the
Presbyterian manse, being entertained by the pastor and wife, the latter
being a sister of the Bethlehem lady.
Sunday guests of J. F. Near-hoof*'
farmer of Antis township were Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Nearhoof of Altoona, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Nearhoof of "Lakemont, Eldon NearhoOf
ef Cross Keys, Mr. and Mm Charles
Hanna and eon Paul of BeUwood*
WEEK-END RAIL TRAFFIC
and through    All   	
above normal Saturday and I   |    	
All passenger trains carried a nam* I
ber of patrons and additional carta
were used, only a few extra trains
being necessary to accommodate the
travel. Freight traffic was heavy
considering the shutdown ef coal
mines in tiie- central and western
Pennsylvania fields. Sixty-four trains
were operated on Saturday and fifty-eight on Sunday.
t GRANGE MEETING
Logan Valley Grange No. 664,
will meet in regular session Friday
evening, April 9, at 7:80 o'clock la
the hall on East Main street. Following the business session tiie fifth
of a series of Safety Education programs will be given, Logan Valley
entertaining Allegheny Grange, filling the officers' chairs, and Bald
Eagle Grange presenting the program.    All Grangers should attend.
PREPARING FOR CLASS PLAY
The senior class of the Antis
Township High School has begun
work on its annual play to be given
April 22-23, in the Bellwood Y. M.
C. A. The play chosen this year is
a three-act farce, entitled, "The
Mummy and the Mumps." It is generally considered one of the funniest and best of tiie amateur comedies. The cast includes Alyce Cox,
Alice McClellan, Neva Swartz, Thelma Root, Doris Siters, Elmer Weber,
Paul Metzger, Lloyd Hallman, William Loucks and Melvin Estep. The
play is under the direction of Miss
Lulu*E. Daugherty.
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-—The Women's Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will
hold its regular monthly meeting on
Wednesday afternoon, April 14, at
2:80 o'clock, at the home of Mrs.
Raymond Strunk, South First street.
' tertainment    committee    announced
, that motion pictures ef Yellowstone
National park would be obtained in
time fer the neat   meeting   which
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—Arthur C. Ubil, who built the
pipe organ in the Methodist Episcopal church in the winter of 1901-
1902, died last week at his home III
Beverly, New Jersey. Mr. Ubil
came here as a representative ef the
company which placed organs foe
Andrew Carnegie, who presented
the Methodists with their organ.
Mr. Ubil was a member of the Beverly Masonic lodge of which William
W. Akers is worshipful master. In
conversation with Mr. Akers not
long before his death he talked of
hit? stay in Bellwood and of hia plea-
sent boarding place near the church.
Quite a number of Bellwood Methodists wUl remember him.
—Just at the time when    Elmer
Barley and wife and daughter Alias
and son Jesse Barley of Antis township were at the high point ia preparing for a visit to Washington, D.
C, to see the cherry blossoms   and
visit other noted places,   they were
taken    on a complete    surprise    in
honor of Elmer Barley's    birthday.
This event    occurred    on Saturday
evening,    April 8,    at their   home.
The    surprise    was    sponsored    by
guests   from   the    South   Altoona
works ahd their wives.    Among tiie
guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Stash
and Mr. and Mrs. James Ander-BOra
and daughter    Fatty of Pittsburgh, ,
with other guests to the number ef |j
35 arrived from Altoona   aad BeU*
wood.      The evening hours   paasad <
rapidly    in amusements    aad spofr"Vj|
Mr. Barley waa the recipient of aateM't
merous pretty   birthday    gifts aa£ii:
expressed his appreciation of tho
membrances.   A amy delicious lunch
with a birthday cake engraved