Bellwood Bulletin 1922-03-30

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VOL. XXXV.
BELLWOOD. PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922.
NO 6
BOH
LOCAL NEffi COLUMN
Short ltens That Will Inter-
eat Our Readera
BiUEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
terse Paraaraaka Osaasralaf Iks
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—Trespass notices tor sale at
the Bulletin office.
—Type writer paper can beob
tained   at   this   office in large or
small quanitiea.
—The weekly taeetiog nf. the
Girl Scouts will ba bald Friday
evening  at  tba  Anaatasia ha'l.
—For Sale- A corner building
lot on North Tuckahoe and Sixth
street. This lot ia nicely located
and is priced right, Inquire at
this offioe.
—A number of needed improvements have been made to the
Fuor-8 building on Main atreet.
Tbe front of tha building has also
been painted.
—E. N. Wilson snd family .who
bava been residents of the boroogb for tba past couple of years,
are making preparations to move
back to-their tarm at Tipion.
—A single combed wbite   leg
born  rooster   haa atrayed away
from Bev. Barber's coop and   be
would appreciate it vary maoh it
. any one con locate it for bin).
—Evangelical chu-ch, R«*v. R.
H. Dick, pastor. 9.80 Sunday
aebool; 10.45 preaching by pastot;
L.C. E;   T80  preaching
-Nattr,  VA 'say,*
DEATH HOPS HEAVY TOLL
VsU Kama Otttaaaa Are
Seta
The messenger of death baa
beeo u nosoally active ta our oom-
muoity within the past weak,
three wall koowo citisena he/iog
paid the penalty of nat*j".*d djM"iag
thia time, all at* H**aair-> w
yettra aad soma suffered tot asaay
mootha.     '''.'■.'
ASajJUK  MOUtM
At his home, Mt East Fftth
street, Abraham Pbillips died at
9:26 Satordny evening, after aa
ilioess ot two yean, of paralysis.
Ha waa born. Deeember 8 1851,
aod had resided nearly all hit
lite at Tipton, being a track lore-
man for the Peooty until retired
because of ill health. He was a
member ot tba Methodist Episcopal chorcb toy maay years aad
highly esteemed.
Surviving are bia widow, Mrs.
Lilliau Phillips, two , children,
Harry E. Phillips, ot Tipton, aad
Mra George Taylor at home, aod
tore* grandchildren, Francis,
and Oeorge Taylor, Jr., et tbe
home aod Ladlla Phillips.
Funeral services wars bald at
tha home at tO o'clock Toes<fa v
morning with interment a>
Charlottesville, services being
conducted by Rev. F. T. Bad,
seriated  bv  Rev.   W. A. Dysart
WILLIAM Ml'MILLB-Hr
Willinm MvMillsr died at bia
home in Punxsutawney Friday at
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POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE NED
■avefaksa
faaa
SsvsralWaU      	
Pasa Ternsilws ths
BAiaO—8MTIK8.
Charles E. Baird, of Altoona,
aad Miss Freds M. Smyers,
Mt. Union, were united In marriage at the Logan's Valley Bap*
tiat chorcb oo Satarday, March
25, at 8 80 p. m., by the paator of
the chorcb, Rev. H. K. Bower.
Thievery eetimable couple will
make their future home ta Altooaa, where the groom holds a t> •
sponsible position with tbe Pennsylvania railroad. Tha well
wishes ot a large circle of friends
follow them la the es'abl.shment
of their home.
EBBS—NBAEHOOJ1
8.0. Ebbs, of Altoona, and Miss
LettieS. Nearhoof, of Bellwood.'
* a *        A
ware   united ia marriage at thaw
Methodist   Episcopal   parsonage f
by the psstor,   Rev. JF.   T. Bell.
Mr. Ebbs is a bob 'of W. J. Ebbi
and is a plasterer by trade, bii
bride ia a daughter of Mr. and
Mra. H. H. Nearhoof,  aad for
soma time has beva employed by
McClintock, Masser A Co., at Tyrone they will reside i a Altooaa!
him to relinquish active Work,
bot so long aa Ua strength per-,
mitted be was a willing assistant
to tha pastor, always in Ms place
ia tbe paw wben possible. He4
moved to Bellwood in 1888,
where be baa since resided.
flat sifting  ara  bia   wim.jwhof
irai  Wiirgsritm Tifj. of Sfr***}
f     vr    I -gum Miff^t
JUDtCML 6DNTEST IS ENDED
Atterasy B. A -tea-arses Asssaani tks
Withdrawal aad Slaps Aellss
Robert   A.   Henderson,   well
'known Altoona attorney and de-
of ^tested Democratic candidate for
•the offioe of  president Jodge o
tbe several courts ef Blair coanty
nt the   November election,   sn-
Enoonced  Tuesday that he would
;mske oo farther effort to contest
' the election of Hon. Thomas J.
Baldrige,of Hollidaysburg, legal
I .proceedings launched in tbe slate
aopreme court will be made at
?pnce, the necessary papers to be
itoi warded to the prothonotary of
the court io the next few days.
■ -Mr. Henderson based bis contest
on tha Cramer election case io
Fayette county. Cramer,* Demo-
-cratic candidate for tax collector,
■aea defeated on the face of the
returns and entered a contest on
she manner in which the election
was conducted. Cramer carried
ito tha aopreme court and woo oat
I Mr. Henderson claimed thst
Ins case Was identical and accordingly instituted a contest oo similar grounds.
Tbe supreme court several days
ago, aa bas already been noted,
handed down an opinion in
which J ustice Simpson overruled
tbe principles of the Cramer case,
cited io the ease of James Nevaut,
an election case carried op from
Farrell, Mercer coanty, was of no
authority aud was never consid-
•M-d by the court. Tbe lecision
bad an important bearing on tbe
Henderson case, as it was based
ebsolately on  the  Cramer   esse,
VICIOUS ATTACK BT PRISONER, PERSONAL PARA6RAPHS
"Metric! AttorasT Paltarses Strask Vls-
laal Slaw Over 188111
Smteuoed lo three separate terms of
oot less tbso five yeire nor mire tbto
seven yesis In tbe wes'ert) penitentiary
for eiD«a oommitteb, Cosiles N oe
wooger, hlghw.yiueo. burglar sad lo
oc.diary iurued lo tbe Quart sod Sad
' Does tbat m-<au  flft.eu   yesrs' lo  si?"
"It doea" replied the oourt.
Then Noewooger's fist shot oat aad
laoded s bio* oo tho htessi uf D'Stiio'
Attorney M.i ion O Patterson who wsa
stsud iw nesrht • - Tbo Mo- w is deliv
sr lo suob 8 oisuoer, jnat bt I iw too ha-ari
1 bat   bt- d s:not   attorney   f.ir   s moment
etaggeied *• d slmost fell. Tho blow
oame abortly alter tbs offloisl bsd msde
• soa bing arraignment ol Niuewonger in
•blob be was- oalled a Oad man aod a
soourge to Ibe oommi.nl j tod that a life
seoteuue eoald aot be too good for
blm.
Imm diaiely sfter IhS blow bad land
sd ou D ati lot attoroey Pstterson, At-
toroey Hamuli B H are, who wss sitting
In tbe jury bos, leaped over tab rail snd
grubbed tbo prisoner, followed a eoaple
mom nis Inter by Depu'y protbooolsry
Lawr one Qundertpsu, sad together tbsy
managed to bold hiss nntil o< her hsads
looloding 8ber.tr Cherry and Depo'y
Sheriff Stiff ier, at the duor*sy with another pri.cn", hurried to Ibe scene aud
and lo a shot i time tbo pr.a >uer was
hsodouffjd He tagged and struggled
te got lose bat tbe stool bonds bold.
UHlog bis lips sad with breast beaviug
lb bis amor tba prleoner Has Vy eat dow
ouly to bur Judge Baldrige add another
vesr to his already long sentence lot bis
■I tie episode lo tbs soart   mum, msboog
s S lotenoe of sll teen yesrs N usto-iger ss
s minimum and twenty  one yearn as a
msxium. Be will be tskeo to the p-*olten-
ilsry  today,   sdf'g   with   set trsl  otber
prls noteaooteooed to moot terms
Tbe p'tsoner was brought  Into oourt at
tt o'olook mondey morning and tho Dlst
fbtt Attorney iutormed thp i out ba was
there ior bis sentence    Mr   Patterson rt»-
oallad fjr the oourt that Nl-ewonger has
bas neon o.>n»-0 o4 o| throe etimes; bnrn
big bio ow u borne aud  ******
People Who Viak Here and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Quests Whs are Batertalssi by
Psraseal Haatlea sf
Vhs Travel Ta aad Pre.
Rev. F. T. Bell, pastor of the
M. E. chorcb, wss at Bedford yesterday, wbere he attended the ta* ,
neral of his courin, Rev. Bell, who
died the beginning ot the week
J. Banks Sorts, Esq., of Altoons, Republican candidate for
the nomination tor con gross, ot the
distriot composed of Blair and
Bedford counties, spent a short
while in Bellwood Monday afternoon aod was a caller at oor office.
Hon. Samuel McCurdy, of
Hollidaysburg, who haa represented the second legislative district of the coooty for four terms
in tbe Qeneral Aesembly at
Harrisburg, waa a caller upou tbe
voters ot the boroogb Tuesday
atternoon.
—-Qo   next  Sunday   Alva  R.
Davis, a prominent Lutheran layman of Altoona will apeak in the
Y. M. 0. A. at S p. m.   Mr.D_.vi-
has a reputation as a very  eater.
taining speaker aod is always  in
demand tor services of this kind.
Everybody invited to be present
aud a balpfol meeting is assured.
—We acknowledge the receipt
of an address in   pamphlet torm
delivered by Alterd W. Calloway,
president ot tbe Davis Goal oompaay, before tbe Purchasing Agents association in Baltimore some
time ago.   The speaker did ample justice and gsve aa illuminating inteepretation of tbe subject.
Mr. Calloway is a former citizen
ot oar   borough   and  bas maay
friends here.
—Olivet Bapt'at church. Oa
Lord's day Pastor Brown will
speak io tha morning 10.45 oo tha
aobject, "He  Is Able."   Ia the
lira Clara Brunner, of Bellwood
Clair of Puoxsotawney; Mrs. S.
J. Hetrick of Canada. Mra. J. H. !
Helstl of McKee's; ooe sister Mra.
Mary C. Reed, of Puoxsatawoey;
and a brother H. V. McMiller
ot Bellwood; alao a stop-daughter
Mrs. J. W. McClcsky ot South
Fork.
Funeral took p'ace Mooday
morning. The cortege arriving
on the 10:10 train from Poozsa
tawney and proceeded at once to
Logan Valley cemetery, where
Rev. F. T. Bell, officiated at the
borial.
RBV. GXOROB  B. AGUE
Tbe earthly pilgrimage of Rev.
Oeorge B. Ague waa coded Mooday afteroooo at '4 o'clock, wbeo
death relieved bim of suffering
which he had endured for a loog
period ot years. Tba deceased
was one of aor highly esteemed
citizens aad bad baaa a resident
of oor  boroogb for more that.
BUliied,        **■*    --■    «-.->>—» i—      US    was"      «w»'•-»—»—	
evening 780 the subject will   be,  thirtJ ytmT% and although always
.._.     ^itir.:.: «« **.* tVoll."   •    j.i.„.. k^lth    tha earl V   DOr
'-The Hand Writingon tba Waft,1
sermon from tba book of Daniel,
chapter 5. .These sermons trom
tha prophecy oi  Daniel  ara tba
aobject of much interest.   Come,
hoar this fifth sermon of the  series trom  the  book  ot Daniel.
Special music also at the evening
masting.   Cottage prayer  meat-
lag on  Friday   evening of this
week at the homo ot  S ott Mol-
hollem. im
—Bellwood   friend*)   regret to
learn of the illness of Rev: J.   F.
Anderson, who haa beau coufined
to the home of his boo, Dr.  Gay
Anderson at Barnesboro  h»r   tba
paat few days  sotteriog  from a
slight attack of pneumonia, yat it
ia consoling to know that there is
a oice improvement in hia condition. * Rev. Anderson w***|,ffi|a esteemed pastor of the   Methodist
church ot this place for five years,
and laat year was assigned to tha
obarge at 8e*ctoo.   After attend-
ia delicate health, tha early portion of bia residence in oor com-
muoity permitted bin "to ba
aboat and be formed maay friends
Within the past taw years ba waa
compelled to remain in doors,
wbere be received tbe eare aad
kindly administration of bis da-
voted wife.
Ba waa bora ia Youngstown
Ohio, aod Was a mare b jy whan
he nnUatfrd ia compaoy A. of the
86* h regimeot of Ohio foot volunteers, far siz months; re enlisting
in Company J), ot the 19th regiment of Ohio veteran infantry
volunteera be served ootil honorably dtsohargad October 84,1865,
at San Antonio, Texas.
lifliiss Pb> Ma Mad^ IS^ef
Oaotoo, Obio
Funeral service wttl be beld on
Thursday atternoon at 8 o'clock
Maa. ALFRBI» RA.MSKT
After an illness of six   mootha
Sarah Brown, wife of Rev. Alfred
Ramsey, D. D., died at the home
of bar soo Joseph   io   Cleveland,
Ohio,  on  Satarday  laat.    Mrs.
Ramsey was the daughter of the
Hon. James 0. Brown, formerly
ot Greenville, Pa., sod was  married at that place in April, 1896.
Beside bar husband aad the  son
io whose home  sbe  passed iato
eternal rest, she leaves  two sons,
the Rev. James W., ot Cleveland,
and Alfred P., a student io Yale
university, her aged mother, oae
sister,   Mrs.  N.  E. Tillotson, a
brother, Dr. Robert Brown, all ot
Greenville, and the Rev.   George
Brown, of Zanesville, Ohio.   Tbe
ooeral waa   held   in Greenville
Monday ot this weak.
Mra. Ramsey was known by
msny ot tha oldej residents ot
Bellwood, having visited at tbe
home of W. D. Holliday, whose
sister-in-law sba waa, and was a
woman of beautiful character,
loved by all who knew her.
WILLIAM H. MTIRS
Beilwood   lo-t an exemplary
citizen last  Monday     atetrnoon
when tha death angel invaded the
home of William  H. Myers on
North Third street sod claimed
the  bead  ot   tba  family.   Mr.
Myers had been ill for tea days
svfiering from a  complication of
diseases and Us ailment seeme I
♦o be yielding nicely to the treatment when the vital spark fled.
I Ha waa one ot tbe well known
tnr tb*   ri_nnn    that   th*  an' I '"* ■*• °*u Sitae aud  aeeoral^
__g_g.^!P^gS^'-^S3i:***«^ at
ne oourt haa ignored the case J ^OIlt'^ the sdmioistrstion bai
preme court has ignore ^___
as an authority Mr. Henderson
aame to tbe conclusion to end
the contest.
Texas Qaall Ubsrslsd
Cbaries F. Jackson, the barber,
assisted by a uomber oftooal sports,
men, last week liberated fourteen
pairs ot Texas quail, wbich had
been received aome time since by
Game Warden Myers, of Altoona.
The quail were let out oo the
Wilhtim Yoho farm near Fostoria.
aad on the Cedar Hill ridge.
office  are fil-
—Candidates for
ing tbeir petitions.
—In an address in Washington
recentlp Dr.   Charles   A. Eaton,
president of the American Education Association, aaid tbat con*
fu-ion of education with information la almost a national characteristic   "Edison   was' .typically
American*  when    he   compiled
that fearful list of questions ; no-
one bot a fool could answer those
questions," he said.    Encyclopedias were ioveoted to contain informal ion of   that   sort, bnt  the
even da vs.
____«-.-_____-_________-___________-_      _____ •"'"'"Ios. ot
■ be Peoo Central ou Uoloo  aveooS and
roMrimr (bo Psppaa oonfeeil<>oorv atose
on  P.'ortb street.   Varloaa tueideota la
oooueotloo with tbo trial  were  repeated
by the dlstriot .ttoroay tor tb*t bei ofi ot
tbe oourt.     Jud.e  Baldilgo later  said
' bat Nieewongar  had   been a   menaoe lo
ibt oommunity.   He baa been impllosted
io some terrible orimes   Ho haa no regard
for life or tba rights of n' hers   aod   I eaa
80S no  resaoo  why  'eolrnoy aboold be
shown io tbia osse,  t therefore seoieuoe
biro to Serve not loss t ban  live nor ssore
than seven ye.ra oo eaoh osse."
Alter tbe attack on the dlstriot attorney, however, tbe judge addad another
year and aooouuoed tbat the terms Wats
to ran oonseaatlvely, so that tbers will
he oo possible way to •erroloato tbo seats ioe before tbe time has beeo eeived.
Bv.^o st tbe tzpirsii-ii of tbe sixteen
years. If be eannot And viy one who will
voaeh for blot, bo   wiil   be  lores 1 to re
Strsat Oaadldats Far AsswWy
Son.   Samuel   McCurdy     of
Hollidaysburg, who haa ao well
aod   faithfully    represented  the
second legislative district of tbe
county in the General Assembly
for tba paat foar sessions, comes
before tbe people again tor their
support aad endorcement.    He ia
oneot  tba  atrong,   reliable and
.^ _      aubstabtial citizens of the coooty,
SUSh"& mp whom thgliitais oaa place con-
mmW***'  "^_wuv-T/Uk«af*i7.    Da^l-ug -WS^
legislative career he haa alwaya
ham found oa tba right ride of all
great moral issues, aod has always
voted for what he conscientionsly
believed to be for the best interests  in   the   state.   Being  well
qualified and fortified with a lag-
ion of supporters in every voting
district of the  coanty, we have
every reason to believe   that   he
will again  be nominated and ot
coarse elected for the fifth time to
tbe important post  to which  he
aspires.
Mr. McCurdy's years ot experience in the legislative   balls better fits him as a lawmaker, as *he
| is familiar witb tbe duties: and is
main for the fail torm of 21 yeara.
Nioewonger is eald to have lemarksd
he "Woald get Paws* *..<!" if tbo distriot
attorney Insisted ou bia going to the
penitentiary.
Mr Patteraon, while feeling tbe effects
of tbe blow. Is appirsnily noon the worse
off for bia ezpertenoe.
are
Hia ministerial life began in
1874, where be waa admitted to
tbe Central Pennsylvania con ter
ence aad sent to the Snow Shoe
charge. His sabseqaeot appoint-
metes ware aa follows: 76 Osceola;
76-67,  Loyaleook;    78-79,   New
aad aabstaotial citizens of thia I
town and had many friends and
acquaintances who were ^shocked
wbeo the announcement waa made
that hia earthly existence had
base terminated.
Ha was a son ot tbe late jobn
charge al 8axton.   Alter aueuts-   io-™, i*»y»--~--->,    **--*   —~r.f__T  _mana-  Myers,  and   waa
kTeUwaraoo. at Tyrone he waa!  Wa^oa^<3aorftald eiroait; aod  Amaod. My
ft^lttobia.on, where be 82,Port 1^^eV«^ro- ^^£2^
Since a young man he bad been
engaged in railroad work, for a
number of years   having been a
Pennsy engineer on the Bellwood
branch.   Thirty-one years ago he
was united iu marriage to Mias
Anua Lauver, who survives him
with one daughter, Mrs. Grace
Coiy, aod   one grandson.    Five
brothers and one sister are living
—Lewis M. A. F. James P., 0.
S. and M rs.Myrtle  Rowan  all of
-Bellwood; Herbert T., of Johua-
town
Mr. My ara was an exemplary
man qnlet in disposition, strong
and upright iu character. He
was a member of the Methodist
episcopal church and of the official board of that ohareb, faith
fol io attendanoe' and loyal in
hia support ot its work. Ha
was also a member of the B. oi
j pey
waa take* ill.
82,Port Matilda; 88, Pla. Grove,  hwnon jwy •£*-•   ~^     L.a. rt Bellwood.
In 1884 failiag health oompallad  life had baaa span, tn
—The' sucker   fisherman
moating with success.
—Walter Cook, who submitted
to au operation tor the removal of
the appendix at tbe Mercy hospital ia Altoona, ten days ago, came
to the home of his parenta on
Main street tha beginning of the
week, where he is getting along
very nioely.
—Lsst Sanday   Bellwood   witnessed tba unuauil sight   ot  seeing at least half a dozen drunken
men on the atreets.   Three individuals came to  town  sometime
duriug  the  day  and   evidently
found a   well   stocked   'still and
toward evening ware teen meandering down Martin street.   One
of tba trio waa ao far gone that ba
was unable to navigate.   A   messenger waa dispatched tor an officer bat none waa to ba toond aad
the drunken individual   was  led
led to a sate place by soma boys.
When   tba  congregation of  the
Methodlat church waa dismissed
tbree drunken   iodividoals war*
•aea loitering aboat tha front  ot
the ohurob.
not required to undergo instruct
ions. . To the voters who are not
personally acquainted with tbe
candidate the Bulletin takes
pleasure in giving him a strong
endorcement, and hopes he will
be nominated, and it necessarily
follows that he will be elected in
November.
I
Bellwood Lady's Aivsassasst
Miss Leslie Wentzel who has
been state supervisor of puplic
health nurcing under tbe £Ameri-
can Bad Cross for *°he past two
yeare has accepted a position in
Scranton a* superintendent of tbe
Distriot Kuroe Association..
During these two years Penn-
aplvania has made great progress
along the lines of pablic  health
nursin?    When * Miss   Wentzel
first euterod the service she had
68 public health narce* aader her
supervision, the namper is now
more than doubled.   The American Rad  Otosa  of Pennsylvania
employs moae public health nurses than   any  other  state in the
union.     Her    work   has    been
largely along the lines ot organization   aod  supervision   of  the
narces   in  tbe  field; it bas been
pioneer work bnt well worth the
effort,
—Tha house builders of the
towo aay there is moch promise
tor a successful 'season.