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VOL. XLIX
BELLWOOD. PA.,
>AY, APRIL 22,  1937
NO. 9
LOCAL NEK COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMARY Of THE WEEK
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—iA. number of citisens of the
borough have purchased automobiles within the past few days.
Mis  J. M. Brennan,  who   has
been seriously ill at ber home in the
'Methodist parsonage, is now reported slightly improved.
—Miss Sadie Jamison, a lifelong
resident of the borough, celebrated
her 79th birthday Tuesday. She became ill a week age and was taken
to the home of her niece at Tyrone
where she received a shower of
greetings from her many Bellwood
friends.
—-A grant of $800 from the Blair
county treasurer fer. maintenance
and purchase of new books for ths
law library, was approved by Judge
Marion D. Patteson Monday. The
money, for thia purpose had been
provided in the budget of the ear-
rent year.
—The father and son banquet will
be held in the Festal Hall of the
Methodist Episcopal church tonight
at 6:80 o'clock. Supper will be
served aad the price of the tickets
will be 75 cents, one ticket will admit two persons, which entities them
to the supper. };,">;>•
—Any one in the borough who
bare in their possession white fewi
and who would be willing to Mea
them for parade occasions on the
fiftieth anniversary of the celebration of tiie town's incorporation are
^quested 'to. leave them at the news
ASSIGNED TOJEMEBTOWN
Rev. J. M. Bia—*a, Af tar Fire-Year
Pastorate is Changed
Bellwood Methodists will next
week speed a departing pastor and
welcome one who fan coming, in accordance with the action of the annual conference which closed its
sessions at Altoona oa Monday.
The retiring minister, the Rev. J.
M. Brennan, will preach on Sunday
at the 10:45 a. m. aad 7:30 p. m.
services. He haa the honor of being one of three pastors serving this
congregation for five years. The
first was the Ber. James B. Stein,
1890-1895; the second was the Rev.
J. F. Anderson, D. D., 1916-1921;
and tbe Rev. Brennan is the third.
Hia pastorate In Bellwood has been
marked by success and the year just
closed has been most successful of
all the five. Be and his wife have
been greatly beloved by the people
who have known their unselfish
ministry.
Owing to Mrs. Brennan's serious
illness, formal expressions of appreciation must, necessarily, be omitted,
but they will go to their home at
Yeagertown with-the good wishes of
the entire congregation.
The Rev. T. M. Stone, who has
just closed a four-year pastorate at
Jersey Shore, was admitted to tbe
conference in 1919. Those who
knew of his work say tbat he is outstanding among the younger members of the conference and is well'
fitted for the* work at Bellwood.
His family consists of himself,, wife
and 16-year-old son. It is expected
that they will arrive in Bellwood
next week.
In addition to the preaching services on Sunday, there will be
Church school at 9:80 a. m. and the
three sections of the Junior League
at 6:30 p. m. j jfc
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ANTIS  SENIORS'  PLAY _i2
BELLWOOD TJLL BE
South Mountain District Secret
Conference  on April  30
The Bellwood Y. M. C. A., Gat
E. Pocht, general secretary, wiU>
tor-tain the South Mountain
Secretaries   Conference   to be
here April 30, beginning at 9:801
m.    The conference ta composed
a number   of   associations   in
South Mountain   district*   and
wood has always ranked   high,
will be the annual   spring   mn
James Ford is chairman of the.
trict secretaries.
The chief attraction will be S.
Keeny, ef New York,  in charges
Associated  Press.      Mr.  Keeny
discuss publications and matei
be used    with    physical    edu<
work, and especially  summer
aad recreation, as well aa avai
helps for leaders of summer
You Will desire   to be    present,
hear   his comment   on govei
and  economic   problems.     He
help you plan your next year's
ing course.
A good dinner will be served
12 o'clock, and in tiie afternoon <M
conference    will again    resume    its
sessions.     Tbe conference   will bav
open to the public  and you  should
check your calendar and be
at the "Y" Friday,  April 80.
gathering   will    be attended
number of men and ladies from
trict    auxiliaries,    and the _u
promises to be one full  of
to all who will lend their preset
ST.*
IT
tktHm w ei-iPF#e Morrison's Core Borne for tae aged at
Martinsburg is tentatively scheduled
to begin May 1. The trustees of
the institution have planned to push
the operations so that the new
building will be ready for occupancy
by late summer.
—The Everett Republican, published at Everett, Bedford county,
by our old-time friend, John C.
Chamberlain, rounded oat forty-four
years of faithful service to the citizens of that place and community,
and today it is just as spry as a
two-year-old. We hope Editor
, Chamberlain and his paper will live
for forty-four more years, and then
some.    Congratulations all around.
—Clean-up time is now at hand
and a concerted effort should be
■ made to cart away the accumulation of the winter months. There
is much to be done along thia line
and now is the time for every home
owner and others te tiie borough to
get busy and push along this good
cause. Nothing ao detracts from
the appearance of the surroundings
of one's home aa a litter of rubbish.
—Mr. Frank 8. Hetrick, who suffered a serious fracture of hia left
knee cap te tha automobile accident
on the Bellwood-Blandburg highway
Friday afternoon of last week, waa
operated upon on Tuesday at the Altoona hospital, where he waa admitted immediately after tbe accident.
Tbe knee cap was quite seriously injured and the operation was a complete success. Mr. Hetrick will be
compelled to remain in the hospital
fer a number of weeks, aad when
tbe member is sufficiently strong he
will be brought to his home on South
Second street.
—Next Tuesday will be the ninth
anniversary of the big fall ef snow
that visited Pennsylvania. It began
falling ea. the 27th day of April,
and continued throughout the day
aad part- of the night, and when tt
ceased coming down, tee ground waa
covered to a death of more titan a
foot Tbe anew waa quite heavy
and played havoc with overhead
wires. In this section hundreds of
poles carrying transmission teres of
electricity arid trolley were tarsia's"!
to tiw ground sad service was interrupted for about ten days. It will
be remembered that the Ball Telephone company had several hundred
men engaged te repairing tbe damage and which required many week*
to place tee service bask te ha former feed condition. Tbe losses sua-
teiaed py the public utilities SBount-
ad freto several   bundled   thousand
Y. M. C. A. en Thwsday and Friday of thia week a three act farce
entitled "The Mummy and the
Mumps."
From all indications this play promises to be tiie funniest that any
senior class has ever given. It is
faU of brilliant wit and side-splitting situations. The scene is laid in
an exclusive girls' school just after
commencement.
Tbe peaceful quiet of the school
is soon rudely shattered by the arrival of Sir Hector Fish (William
Loucks), who impersonates a mummy; Brisky Briscoe (Lloyd Hall-
man), who impersonates Sir Hector;
Perkins (Elmer Weber), the county
sheriff* Who wants to arrest Sir
Hector if he can only find out who
is Sir Hector; and Racker (Melvin
Estep), who "has three men's work
to do" bat doesn't do one's.
More fun is created when Miss
T mi-Han (Alice McClellan), founder
of the school, forbids her attractive
nephew BUI (Paul Metzgar) to talk
to Dulcie Dumble (Doris Siters)
one of the beautiful students. Add
to this two more lovely girls, Anna
Hampton (Thelma Root) and Maude
Mullen (Neva Swartz), and a keen-
eyed reporter, Phoebe Beehe (Alyce
Cox), and one has two hours of hilarious and wholesome fun.
Proses da from the play will be
used to help defray expenses of the
senior trip to Washington   te May.
GRANGES TAKE A
Some of the Pomona
Pennsylvania are putting therms
strictly   on record   as opposed
Sunday Fishing, Sunday   Mo*de*,.i
any form   of commercial*—siSa
the Sabbath.    They are «_**>
a strong stand   against   tbe
liquor at dubs snd^.'—B
pUce8»j0(_£unday.
pffsbtefth has Become a
that Granges are widely
and are determined to put the full
weight of their influence against
Sueb a trend.
CELEBRATION OFFICE
Centennial  Committee   Reports
Indicate  Rapid Progress
he general    committee    for the
li-Centennial celebration has just
a   headquarter   office    on
Cambria street, which will be
naluable asset in furthering plans
he big event.   Thia room is part
fljto building  used by Adler Bro-
in conducting then* feed store
was turned over to the committor    a headquarters    free   of
ffhis act of Adler . Brothers is
itly appreciated by the committed will be just what is needed
this purpose, being tbe right
and* conveniently located in the
rr of the business district. A
of men are busily engaged in
tting the room and fixing it
With a quanity of furniture that
been donated for this purpose,
meeting of the general corn-
was held last week, at the Y.
C.A., at which time reports of
«s were indicated from aU
different committee chairmen.
for raising funds aad other
•ejects that would add to tiie suc-
TB of tbe occasion were discussed,
iports from everywhere indicate
ib enthusiasm and no fears are
for tbe success of this event
will be outstanding in the
of the borough.
A large neon sign, twenty feet
will be erected on the Corn-
rr building in the next few days
ising this celebration. This
Is being presented tae commit-
Messers Hummel and Mc-
t&hy ot the local neon sign com-
BELLWOOD DRIVER FINED
State Highway Patrolman Card E.
Sproul stated Wednesday that C.
W. Johns* box 66, Bellwood, R. D.
1, had been fined $12.25 by a Bellwood magistrate for reckless driving. The charge was brought as
the result of an automobile collision
at 3:20 o'clock „ Wednesday afternoon on the back road to Bellwood.
Tha accident occurred when a
machine operated by Mrs. Margaret
A. Brunner, Bellwood R. D. 1, who
was traveling toward Altoona, entered a one-way bridge and waa
struck by the ear driven by Johns,
who hsd entered the bridge from
the opposite side after Mrs. Brunner had practically traversed the
length ef the bridge.
Johns, who was charged with failing te give tbe right of way, was
later haled before tbe Bellwood
magistrate, who levied tbe fine.
Damage to both machines would not
exceed f 60.
—Trout f-berrnen who were
-il iir-te   Jf-Jrt   ef
out
MOTHER'S DAY PROGRAM
Logan Valley Grange No. §04*
will meet in regular session Friday
evening, April 28, at 7:30. After a
brief business session an open meeting will be declared for the lecturer's hour. All members have a
special invitation to bring then-
Mothers to this meeting.
The lecturer promises an interesting program.
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—Every member of the family
reads the Bulletin.
—The parade committee   for the ■
centennial celebration will meet tonight in tbe Community   Room   of
the First National bank building.
—Mr. Paul Estep, h well known
north side resident, has been a patient in the Altoona hospital for the
past ten days, having been admitted
for a severe attack of rheumatism.
His friends will be glad to know
that there is an improvement in his
condition and that he will be able to
come home in a few days. I
—At a recent meeting of the
Bellwood P. T. A. association,' the
following persons were elected' to
serve for the ensuing term: Pissi
dent, Rev. Russell P. Knoebel, pastor Grace Lutheran church; viae
president, Mrs. W. P. Lightner; secretary, Miss Dorothy Cunningham;
treasurer, W. P. Bush. Rev. Knoebel waa te charge of the meeting.
An able address was made by Rev.
Fred Grininger, pastor of Bethany
Lutheran church of Altoona, and inspiring music was rendered by the
Bellwood quartette.
—A meeting of the Allied Firemen of Blair County was held in
the Trainmen's hall en Eighth avenue in Altoona last Monday evening, and waa attended by a number
of members of the Excelsior, Fire
company No, 1 of the borough, aa
follows: R. C. Visk, Robert W. Bush,
Howard Pelter, James Wejser, Jr.,
William Cramer and William McClellan. It waa the occasion of tbe
animal banquet of tba firemen, and
the meeting waa addressed by Col-,
one! Barley, chief burgess ef Martinsburg borough. The Bellwood
firemen took advantage of tbe occasion to extend an invitation to
the Allied firemen ef the county to
attend tbe centennial ceIebratios)rJ|
be bald ta the borough during
month ef July, aad te
>E COMMITTEE   MEETING
-Yhe following    well known    citi-
jyraaa are requested to attend a meet-
_t*m*0B)ittea. -to make ^ aaj,
**& be held in the Conimun-
ity Room of the First National bank
building this evening at seven o'clock: Messrs. Charles Evans, John
K. Bland, W. I. Werte, R. G. Cath-
erman, John Harvey, Robert Shaner,
Edgar McKinney, R. W. Bush,
Charles C. Keith, John Irwin, N. Q.
Lauver, F. T. O'Brien, F. J. Werts,
J. T. Leddy, Cloyd Estep, John W.
Laird, Prof. F. A. Hamilton, I. R.
Shaner, A. F. Myers, C. L. Wallace,
Chester Wertz, C. E. Figard, M. T.
Epler, C. F. Jackson, Samuel Burns,
James McCoy, Reuben Hostler, M.
H. Daugherty, R. D. Bell, Harry
Woodhall, A. D. Mitchell, W. Y.
Bland, J. I. Rigbtnour, J. T. Nelson
and Ralph Fuller Taylor.
FRANK S. HETRICK INJURED
Head-on Collision of Automobiles
Results fa Citisen fa Hospital
When two automobiles met ta a
head-on collision near tbe Williams
home to Antis township on the highway leading to Blandburg Friday afternoon of last week, it resulted in
serious injuries to Frank S. Hetrick,
for more than forty yean a well
and esteemed citisen, that caused
him to ba taken to the Altoona hospital, whan he is now confined.
The accident happened near the
Williams' home two miles northwest
of the borough at about 2:20 o'clock
on Friday afternoon. Mr. Hetrick
was driving a model T Ford sedan,
and aa he waa approaching the top
of a steep hill from a deep fill' in
the highway, another.car driven by
George M. Toohey, aged 21 years,
of Fallen Timber, approached from
the north, both cars meeting head-
on.
While neither machine was moving
at a fast clip* yet the impact was
sufficient to cause serious injury to
Mr. Hetrick, and his car almost reduced to junk. His injuries consist
of a fractured 'knee cap and minor
lacerations to his body, which bled
profusely. The Fallen Timber boy
escaped with minor injuries, none
of which are serious, while bis car
waa badly damaged, and the loss to
the automobiles will amount to probably $160.00.
Corporal E. J. Fox of the Blah-
county detail of the highway patrol, after investigating the cause
of the accident arrested both drivers on a charge ' of violating the
state vehicle code in falling to keep
to the right of the highway.
Mr. Hetrick was admitted immediately after the accident to the Altoona hospital, where he received
first aid* aad later waa. brought to
his home on South   Second   street.
PERSONAl^PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Hera end
Thoee Who Go Away.
MHVEMEHTS OF OUR CITCEK
Guests Who Ar* Entsrrtelnod by Bett>
Weed Hosts—PoraonaJ MiatlBa ef
These* Who Visit T*> aad Pr.
Miss Olive C. Taylor, Mechanics-
burg, is a guest of Mends at 882
South Second street.
Rev. and Mrs. D. C. Miller, of
Mechanicsburg, were visitors in tbe
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Weight,
whUe attending the annual conference ta Altoona*
Mrs. W. E. Miller, of Mountain-
dale, Pa., spent Monday with her
cousins, Mr. J. M. Louder and Miss
Margaret Louder at their home on
North First street.
Miss Maxine Speck, of MU1 Creek,
spent the week end at the home of
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
William Howard Moore on the bin
section of the borough.
The Rev. and Mrs. Otbo C. Miner,
in charge of the Methodist Hoase
for Children near Mechanicsburg,
were conference guests ef the Bev.
and Mrs. J. M. Brennan at tbe Methodist parsonage.
Mr. Steward H. Williams,. one ef
the well known citizens of Riggle's
Gap ta Antis township, left Wednesday on a trip to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington* and wiU re*
turn the latter part of tea week.
Mrs. George M. Myers is hoase
again after a four months visit.
She spent three months with bee
Bister, Mrs. E. B. Fithtea ef Whai-
ta, Kansas, and one month with ber
son, George R. Meyers of Princeton,
New Jersey.
PLANNING AUDITORIUM
A discussion of the proposed new
Antis township auditorium featured
the April meeting of the township's
Parent-Teacher association meeting
recently. Parents and teachers
heartily approved of the project.
C. F. Jackson led the discussion
of tbe proposal. The following officers were elected for the final
term: President, H. R. Gwin; first
vice president, Mrs. George Siters;
second vice president, Mrs. H. C.
Reed; secretary, Miss Madalyn
Cherry; treasurer, George Weiss and
historian, Paul Kurtz.
The Child Welfare committee reported that 32 children were examined for entrance to school next
faU. A practical safety program
was presented by the junior safety
group, James Evans gave a solo
and the girls glee club offered two
selections.
—A threatening grass fire on the
Stulta airport at Tipton Tuesday afternoon caused the citizens of that
vicinity much concern and at a time
gave promise of gaining much headway. An alarm waa sounded at the
borough building to which members
Of the Excelsior Fire company responded with their track aad succeeded ta subduing the blase.
—The Tyrone Daily Herald
rounded fifty years of existence on
last Friday, and to properly celebrate tea golden anniversary, issued
a fifty page paper far the occasion.
It is replete with wall written historical articles, as weU aa the news
ef tee day, aad is quite liberally
patronized by the merchants in tbe
bustling little etty to tiie aestbosit
of Bellwood. The issue ia a credit
to Colonel Jones and all who bad a
JabriiiftM tbi underteJUBf to
tared knee, and which will be performed just aa aaea aa the badly
swollen member is reduced to near
normal. He is aged 74 years and
for a number of years served aa
constable of the borough. It will
be remembered that a number of
years ago be lost bis right arm
while coupling cars on the Bellwood
division' of the P. R. R. Many of
his friends here sympathize with him
in his misfortune.
Tbe point at which the accident
occurred haa long been regarded aa
most hazardous by the traveling
public. It was here that a fatal accident occurred less than a year ago
ta which a young man lost bis life,
and the circumstances surrounding
the run-in at the time is almost identical- with that which happened last
Friday, only no lives were snuffed
out. Ten days ago a well known
citisen of the north side while driving at this place suffered loss to his
ear when an accident occurred. Before automobilists going north can
reach the top of the hill they must
drive over a deep depression in the
highway and then up a steep incline
where the visibility is much obscured
by the contour of tbe ground. All
motorists who are familiar with tbe
ground drive tbe road with, much'
fear and caution, yet those unfamiliar with conditions that exist are
apt to meet with an accident.
This condition should not be permitted to exist any longer than it
arlll take time to place the highway
at this point ta a safe condition.
The top of the hill should be eat
down at least four feet and the depression leading to tbe grade should
be filled to a depth that will make
it safe for all users of automobiles
and trucks. The citisens of this
community should demand that the
state highway department take immediate steps to correct the danger
that exists and thus eliminate tiie
possibility of accidents at this point
in the future.
New ia the time to act!
ORPHEUS CLUB
On last Sunday night, a capacity
house at the Logan VaUey Baptist
church waa captivated by tiie musical program given by tiie sweet
singers of the Orpheus cbib under
tbe direction ef Professor Wilbur
Johnson. The solo and chorus work
waa exceptionally weU rendered.
The singers appeared in their new
gowns and they made aa exceUent
impression. Bellwood is fortunate
in possessing thia fine organization
'terTlaBv'
Little FsrJtaiW"!*, haB -fLJMlMP
ber residence on tbe hffl section
the borough.
Farmer John A. Fox of Antis
township was ta our office ysater
day and said that he planted a number of rows of sweet corn, and that
he expected to supply the citisens
of tite borough with luscious corn
on the cob during the early days la
August.
Mr. and Mrs. Justus Duglass, of
Philadelphia, spent the week end et
the home of Mr. and Mrs William
Sitman on South Third street. Mr.
Douglass is an enthusiastic sportsman and while here spent time along
the streams and waa successful ta
catching a number of large ones.
They returned home Sunday aad
were accompanied by Mrs. Douglass'
mother, Mrs. Sitman, who will remain as their guest for an indefinite
period.
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MARES NEED   EXERCISE
Idleness is the bane of horse
breeding. Working mares are more
certain than idle ones to produce
living foals, but judgement must be
used in working them, declare Penn
State horse specialists. Tee haa By
pulling, over-exertion, aad backing
heavy loads must be avoided.
—Receipt books for sale at tbe
Bulletin office, ten cents eaeh.
—(Trespass notices for sale st tbe j
Bulletin office, tea cents each,
—Local dealers ia building materials report aa active demand ef
lumber of all kinds. The spr-tag
season is just ta its inception aad
many home owners are contemplating repairs and a number of changes
to their buildings.
—The trout fishing season araanad
taat week and ever since aba streams
in all sections of the state have been
whipped with but poor success by
tbe anglers. Some Bellwood fishermen succeeded ta making nice
catches, yet many have returned
minus a fish. The mueh flaunted
conditions erf the streams previa es
to the opening of tiw season la largely overdone. Ia years (eae by By
waa great sport, but today tt."
largely commercialized, aad
streams are sooner depleted*
nearly ao* of fish life. Guess
sportsmen will be compelled te
to golf or some other form
outdoor recreation. Perhaps
ef them should go faaBiina,
they would get auUkesaftJ
•tessjtasd tbey arspUgi ■