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VOL. XLIX
BELLWOOD, PA., THtftSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937
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LOCAL HB COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMHURTOF THE WEEK
Terse    P*u*asri«aha CeaeaealBg   she
Doing ef Oar Borough—Tho Col-
Bran* Oar Sobscrlbor* Enjoy
—Howard Musser, Stanley Bad
and Earl Corey fished ia Spring
Creek on Tuesday and came home in
the evening with eleven -speckled
haauil-JB,
—Merchant Jesse Cook, who occupied rooms on the second floor ia
the Mills building on Main street,
haa moved into the Ale property on
the same street.
—Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hamer, who
have been, occupants of part oi* the
Lovell apartment on Main street,
have moved to the W. A. Love property on Orchard street.
-"The Logan Valley Orange group
for April will hold a dance in the
Grange hall oa Main street, Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Grangers and
their friends an cordially invited.
—Mr. Samuel Woodhall, who haa
long bean identified with the business and the proprietor of a general
store on" North Cambria street, has
purchased the Smith property on
Main street, and will occupy the
same in the near future. It is a
very desirable residence in a convenient part of the borough.
! —Mr. Harry B. Bingham, well
known machinist of the Juniata
shops of the P. R. R., and residing
ia Igou hollow in Antis township,
who has been off duty since fall due
Oa illness, has so far improved aa to
be able to be out-doors and -eaa in
•awn this week. He is making rapid
t*w***egi*er*B toward recovery aad hopes
^^■ajMftJft, -**BBUme hi* dutias
%"?*PHo barn on the farm of Edward Roes along the side of the
highway leading to Blandburg, collapsed one day laat week. The loss
waa complete. Since then Mr. Root
has had a force of mea at work salvaging some of thp timbers and
boards, which will be used in the
construction of another but smaller
"barn. The barn that fell was erected many years ago and had become
somewhat delapidated.
—iA spring festival by the Girl
Scouts and Boy Scouts will take
place on Saturday, May 1, at the
Antis Township Consolidated school.
There will be many forms of entertainment, such as movies, fish pond,
cake walk, spelling bee, nut hut,
flower shop, old well, and many
others. Cake, ice cream and candy
arill also be sold. Tickets on sale
from Girl and Boy Scouts. Your
patronage will be appreciated. The
proceeds will be used for camping
purposes.
—Rev. J. F. Anderson has expressed the hope that all the Isadora
of tha Bulletin, may have read in
'last week's issue, the poetry under
the head of "The Sunday Fishing
BUI," written by Miss Ellen Irvin.
Dr. Anderson thinks it a much
worth-while production. If you have
not read the article he thinks it will
be worth the effort required to find
the paper and read it yet; and if
you have read it once, a second reading might be profitable. As for
himself, he has clipped the article,
Bad will preserve ft.
BATTLING ELEMENTS QF FLOOD
Pea* Central Haa Large F°rco   Repairing Damage by High Water
Line, substation and generating
pleat forces of the Penn Central
Light and Power company are continuing their battle with the elements in connection with flood waters whieh have wrecked considerable damage over most of the system.
Added to the menace of high water, the Penn Central suffered considerable trouble early Tuesday evening because of a severe lightning
situation which crippled the substation and transmission line service
leading oat from the big plant at
Saxton, Bedford county.
The power interruption Tuesday
evening and which struck between
8 and 0 o'clock waa due entirely to
heavy discharges of lightning. This
resulted in the transmission of a
lower voltage and a different frequency of current until the effects
af the heavy electrical discharges
could be dissipated. Officials of
the company said the interruption
persisted for about an hour.
So far aa flood waters were concerned the Penn Central reported
four of Ha five plants in this section operating at normal Wednesday
the Raystown plant still being out
because of equipment there being
submerged in water.
The water waa represented as receding at Raystown but it was expected that there would be added
volume.
The generating plants at Saxton,
Williamsburg, Warrior Ridge and
Lewistown were maintaining service
as usual despite the fact that several were still threatened with interruption by rising waters.
At Williamsburg there waa some
water- on the floor of tile plant but
ft was expected to go no higher. At
Warrior Ridge   the water was con-
LAST CIVIL WARfj
U   PASS
were going over the dent but officials believed the peak here had
about been reached.
Reports ssid that at Raystown
plant there waa some recession of
the water but more is expected today. Lewistown plant is maintaining service but there still is three
feet covering the grounds
the Riverside sub-station
there.
Christopher    Dengate,    for
than half a century   one of tha
teemed    end  outstanding    cit
long the surveyor   of the boron
and the last remnant locally of
Grand Army of the Republic,
to his crowning last Saturday aft
noon   at the home   of   his   grand
daughter,  Mrs.  Edward McCaulle
000 North Third street, after an i|
ness of a few weeks from a con
cation of ailments.      At the age
17 yeara, when, a mere youth, he <
listed in the war   of the Rebelli
and served throughout the long
ricidal struggle, being mustered
at the close with the surrender
the southern forces under   Gene
Robert E. Lee at Appomattax Cos
House.
He waa the last   surviving   01
War soldier of the borough and'
lived to the age of 01 years and
the passing of all of his comrades
arms   and who   were members
Sanford    F. Beyer   post   No. 41
Qrand Army of the Republic. .^^M
until a few years   age   there u
four survivors of the war,   and
nually in company with Mb comr
he participated in the Memorial
exercises.     He was highly honor
by members   of John   F. Ander
Post, American Legion, and each
turning Memorial    Day   he
pated in the exercises, being the
to do honor   to his deceased    comrades.
Mr. Dengate area a native of
land, being born on Nov. 02, 184
a son of John   and Harriet    (<
Dengate.    He came to this cos
as a child,   the family   locating
Sinking valley.
During his early   life   he
school in Warriors Mark and I
tre county.      Later   he
civil engineer in Bellwood
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Surviving   are two sons,
and Charles   W. Dengate,
daughter, Mrs. Florence A. McV<
all    residing    in    Antis    townsh
around
building
CARE FOR YOUNG TURKEYS
Turkey poults eaa be brooded in
the same way as chicks with different types of brooders, brooder
houses, or batteries, aay Penn State
poultry specialists. A slightly higher temperature is required for
poults tnah for chicks, ranging from
00 to 00 degrees Fahrenheit at the
edge ef the hover during the first
week.
AN© SHE'S A DAISY
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, whom
all Washington affectionately spsalrs
ef as ''Daisy", is to be sent as Minister of the United States to Norway—and Norway may be glad to
have one ef tha ablest of American
women looking after the affairs ef
the United States at the Capital in
Oslo.
OBSERVE RURAL SUNDAY
May I ia Rural life Sunday.   Ru-
ral churches will provide special pro-
BiBSja and noal groups wul coo-per-
MINISTERIUM TRIBUTE
Tha Bellwood Ministerium desires
to express ite regret in tiie exit of
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Brennan from
this community. During tiie past
five years they labored together for
the moral and spiritual advancement
of the borough and their good work
will be of sacred memory tot years
to come. Their hospitable home was
ever open for the meetings of the
ministerium; their gracious fellowship waa a rich benediction. Their
new fields of labor are fortunate in
securing such congenial folk to abide
in their midst. The ministerium appointed Revs. H. O. Dooley and R.
P. Knoeble to arrange for a farewell social evening e're they take
their departure but owing to the illness of Mrs. Brennan this was considered not wise. The best wishes
of the ministerium will follow these
faithful servants of the Lord.
and
■TERAN
TO HIS REWARD
Blve    grandchildren    and    seven
st-grandchildren      also    survive.
Derogate waa a member   of the
st Methodist church of Bellwood.
was one of the esteemed and
loved    citizens   of the   borough,
sre   he was   known   for his up-
btedness   of character   and high
tian citizenship.    Funeral  ser-
were held at the home  of * his
daughter, Mrs. McCaulley on
Inesday   afternoon    at 2:80 o'-
followed by interment in the
Valley cemetery with military
in  charge of members   of
M.  Anderson  Post,  American
tm..
interesting   bit of data   that
Esnts   itself in the story   of tha
this deceased resident ia the
tbat he was reared near Dover,
Bland, on the site of the battle of
stings where    William    the Con-
leror landed to press    his claims,
grandfather   Dengate    was an
ilish soldier who fought    In the
le of Waterloo   under Welling-
His maternal grandfather was
{Frenchman    and    fought    in the
se battle under Napoleon.     The
»tion of the family to this counts suggested in part by a phy-
who prescribed a sea voyage
hope that the mother of Mr.
B*a* who was in delicate health
at an early age, might be
fitted.    The voyage took forty-
**e and was   made   in an old
vessel.      Strange   to   say,
Mr. Dengate lived to a ripe
a both his parents died in ear-
Dengate was in his prime an
in higher mathematics, hav-
an exhaustive    study    in
in with his work as a civil
It is »id that on
_ j*jjnh*i<B nastJve was.
ito nearby   cities   where   he was
Known,    to straighten out some en*
gineering    problem    that presented
difficulties to eminent engineers.
REDUCING TOLL OF ACCIDENTS
by
Senator  Mallery's Bill b Passed
the State Senate
Creation of a nine-member safety
commission to attempt reduction of
the commonwealth's accident toll ft
provided by the Mallery bill awaiting house concurrence.
The proposal, sponsored by Senator Charles R. Mallery, Blair, waa
approved by the senate Tuesday, 80
to 1.
The lone dissenter, Senator Glen
R. Law, Mercer, aaid the proposed
commission "would duplicate safety work already being done by the
revenue and labor and industry departments."
Urging passage of his bill, Mallery told the senate only six states
showed decreased traffic fatalities
last year—and each of those have
a safety commission supported as
permanent state agencies. He emphasised that industries have decreased accidents while the toll on
the highways and in homes increases
year by year.
Members of the commission proposed by Mallery were the secretaries of revenue, highways, mines,
public instruction and labor and industry; the chairman of the public
utility commission, the superintendents of state police and highway
patrol* and an executive director
appointed by the governor.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here end
Those Who Go Away.
MHVEMEHTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Gn**U Who Are EnUrtalnnd by BatTU
Wood Hosta—Poraoranl M*Btl*ra ef
Those Who VUIt To Brad Pro
Mrs. Allen Price of Bellview avenue, spent Sunday in Washington,
D. O, the guest of Mr. aad Mrs.
James Turner.
Mrs. Mary   Swires,    after a delightful visit of the past few weala
with friends in New York state, re- .
turned home one day this week.
Miss Ada Reynolds, for many
years connected with the Altoona
Mirror ia ejts official capacity, and
Miss Lulu Myers of Main street,
were callers at the Bulletin office
last Saturday afternoon.
S. S. TEACHERS CHOSEN
-The Methodist Episcopal Church
school board, which some time ago
elected its officers fer the current
church year, at a, recent meeting
elected the following teachers:
Adult department—T. B. Hunter,
A. F. Myers, W. P. Bush, Dr. J. F.
Anderson, W. Howard Moore, Mrs.
F. D. Goss, Mrs. L. B. Bland, Mrs.
J. H. Patton; supplies, H. E. Roth-
enberger, J. I. Rightnour,   Mrs. *•*£.
is
GRAND    MUSICALE
A musicale will be presented by
local talent at the Logan Valley
Baptist church, Bellwood, Thursday
evening, at 0 o'clock. Following is
the personnel:
Voices—First- Sopranos—-Mrs. P.
M. Green, hta. R. P. Knoebel, Miss
Dorothy Cunningham, Miss Nora
Green.
Second Sopranos—Mrs. Clinton
Corey, Miss Kathryn Hunter, Miss
Betty Goheen.
Altos—Miss Helen Mock, Miss Le-
nor» Dick, Miss Ellie M. Green-
Pianists—Miss Theressa Weight,
Miss Betty Goheen.
String Ensemble—Violins—Miss
Dorothy Hoover, Miss Anna Pearl
Walker, Miss Nora G. Green.
Cello—Miss Betha V. Green.
Reader—Miss Eleanor Condo.
Arranged and directed by Miss
Nora O. Green.
•—Receipt books fer sale at the
Bulletin office, frail cents each.
—Tha garden makers of Bellwood
have gene on a "sit-down strike"
due to excessive heavy rains during
the week. A' comprise will he effected Jr*** aa aoon as ''Old Sol" a
TOWNSEND   CLUB    WUl,
The Antis Township and Beli
Townsend dub will meet Mon
evening at 7:30 o'clock in the
messer Hall. The principle speakejf
will be Mr. J. G. Mains, of Cleaff
field, Pa. Mr. Mains is the Towta*
send organizer fer Clearfield counjt
ty and is meeting with much success}
on organising Clearfield counts
He is also a member of the Con*
gressional board for the Twentyf
third Congressional district. Mrjr
Mains is a fine orator and displays,
the principles of the plan very plain-
ly so they may be understood bfl
anyone.
Everyone is most cordially inie-
vited to attend and hear Mr. Mains.
The meeting ft open to all. If A
member or not, you will be welcome
ed to attend.
The day of selfish individualism
in America is passed. We have, supported such individualism with ouiff
vote and given it tyrannical powa*|
by making many millionmaires wh*|
now grind us to earth with hie
greedy heel of selfishness.
America was founded and established for the home of equal rightf
for all. Do we have them? Wb*f:
do we not? We shall let yon rj-asm
er for yourself. Every true Amerl|
can is diligently seeching for a plait
that will make America* American*
It would be a very good thing fori
all ef us to familiarise ourselvesl
with the principles of the Townsenaf
Plan aad see in how many ways %
will bring back to the people of
America their rightful rights.
Mr. Mains will answer aay qu
tions*   that rare not   understood
anyone.    There will be special mi
lc      Remember the time and pi
Everyone welcomed to attend.
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TROLLEY SERVICE HIT
Maintenance of way forces of
Altoona A Logan    Valley    Elect
Railway company continued    Ws
nesday in their   repair   of dams
done by high water to the roadb
on the Tyrone division, near Tipti
and Charlottesville.   The tempor
power failure   Tuesday evening
cause    of lightning   striking   Ps
Central lines also gave the tract
company some trouble.
CELEBRATION PUNS ADVANCE
All Committee* Report Progress and
Much  Enthusiasm
Flans for the Semi-Centennial
celebration, to be held in July, are
going forward rapidly and reports
from all quarters indicate great enthusiasm. Everyone ft satisfied
that the celebration will be a huge
saecess from all angles and will be
an outstanding event in the history
of the borough.
A meeting of the executive board
was held Monday night, in the new
headquarters opened recently in the
room belonging to Adler Brothers,
and nearly every chairman was present. C. F. Werts, general chairman
presided.
All committees- reported progress
in their various departments and B.
C. Lego, chairman of the finance
committee outlined several plans to
be used in raising funds. A radio
will be given.away during the celebration and a Cash Day will be held
May 25th. Every home in the community will be contacted and asked
for a contribution ■ to help defray
the expense of putting on this celebration.
Inasmuch as this celebration will
furnish entertainment for the entire
week and will benefit the whole
community the people of this vicinity will be expected to co-operate in
a liberal manner and help put this
mammoth affair across.
—Every   member   of the fa
reads the Bulletin.
—Receipt   books   :
INDUCE DAD TO ACT
Now that Grantland Rice, the
sports writer, has gone to Hollywood, Florence Rice, • his actress
daughter, wants to make an actor
out of him. So far she hasn't succeeded in inducing him to face a
screen test, but ahe insists that "Dad
has all the qualifications for another
Clark Gable.*'
Daddy would definitely, make a
great actor," she insists, "bat ha
says an old dog can't be taught new
tricks and seems to be afraid of the
studios."
Miss Rice, whose rise haa been
meteoric and who is playing the lead
with Joseph Calleia in ""nan of the
People" whieh comes te the State
Theatre oa May 0-0, adds that ahe
ft further convinced of Daddy's fit-
for tiie screen becauae she be-
screea   acting   te much   the
Earl Goshorn, William H. Moore,
Wilbur Fowler, Edna McElwain,
Mildred Reigh, Eleanor Colabine.
Intermediate department—S. S.
Briggs, Merrill Davis, Robert Peterson, Sophia Pickens, Winifed De-
Reamer.
Junior department—Mrs. F. J.
Werts, Mrs. Elliott Trego, Mrs. S. S.
Briggs, Mrs. Arthur Reed, Mrs. W.
F. Balsbach, Dorothy Mitchell.
Primary department—Mrs. Eva
Dolin, Mrs. Grace Henry, Mrs. Jessie
Moffitt, Mrs. Erma Campbell, Jean-
ette Willey, Edna Brunner.
Beginners and Nursery department—Dorothy Hoover, Mrs. Ruth
Miller, Mrs. Mary Rarick, Mrs. Lillian Bathurst, Maude Pelter; supply,
Mrs. Marie Gwin.
STREAMS ON RAMPAGE
After forty-eight hours of incessant rain-fall, during which it fell In
torrents, the streams in this part of
the state went on a rampage, overflowing their banks and flooding the
lowlands. Highway traffic was in-
terrupted greatly and along Route
880, leading from Altoona to Tyrone, it was necessary to detour the
traffic via the back road from Gra-
ziersville to Altoona. Part of this
traffic was also detoured through
Bellwood, the highway at Pinecroft
not being over-flowed with water,
which kept it open. The water did
not quite reach the stage of the St.
Patrick's day deluge of 1080, bet
waa quite threatening. In the Hollidaysburg and Williamsburg sections
the Juniata river was ususually high
and much damage was done to the
farms. Monday night the Little
Juniata river, flowing near the borough, began receding and ft now
near its normal condition. The low-
lying borough ef Tyrone to the east
of Bellwood suffered much from the
high water getting into the cellars
of homes and business places. Bell-
weed ft located on high ground, aad
aa usual escaped the ravages of the
flood waters. .
RECEPTION FOR MINISTER
A public reception will be tendered the Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Stone at
tha Methodist Episcopal church Friday, 7:30 p. m. Members of the
Bellwood Ministerial association and
their wives have been invited, and
ft to BSpBSairl that the Rev. George
H. Ketterer, district superintendent
will be present The affair will be
in charge of a committee of tha official board and a suitable program
prepared. Members ead
age an invited.
MARRIED 48 YEARS
The home of Mr. sad Mrs. Edward Frank Greene of Bellview avenue waa the scene of a happy family
gathering on Sunday on net occasion
of the couple's forty-eighth wedding
anniversary. A sumptuous dinner
marked the event and tha couple,
both well known and highly esteem
ed in their home town of Bellwood*
received the felicitations of many
friends and acquaintances. Present
at the affair were Mr. and Mrs.
Greene and their children, Misses
Ettie, Laura and Bertha and Edgar,
all at home, and Paul of Bellwood.
The couple's three grandchildren also attended.
Both Mr. and Mm Greene are enjoying good health. The former
haa been employed for ten yeara aa
a telegraph operator at the *iHnaaa
offices of the Postal Telegraph company.     He formerly apj*g_
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wood since 1000. Both are affiliated with the Grace Lutheran church.
Men Greene waa Miss Eliza Goodman of Juniata prior to her marriage. Mr. Greene ft a native of
Cassville, Huntingdon county.
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TIPTON PAIR JAILED
James Myers, aged 21, and Mel-
vin Greenaway, aged 84, both of
Tipton, were given & hearing en
Friday night before Alderman H.
Frank Berkstresser of the Fourteenth ward, Altoona, on tour
charges of breaking, entering and
larceny, and in default of f2,000
bail, f 600 on each count, they were
committed to the county jail to
await disposition of the ease in
court.
The men were arrested by Trooper George Wasconis of the state police and Constable Chester Fates.
They are charged with looting the
service station of A. R. Miller art
Bland park, taking merchandise valued at $125; the Shaffer meat plant
in Tyrone where foodstuffs valued
to 813 were taken; a cottage at
Buena Vista owned by J. P. Fitzger- .
aid which yielded loot valued at 860,
including rugs, dishes, lamps and a
collection of souvenirs, end a road-
house in Antis township where Uttle
loot wae obtained. Most of the
swag has been recovered.
SECRETARIES MEETING
AU arrangements have been made
for the meeting of the South Mountain Y. M. C. A. district secretaries'
conference to be held at the Bellwood "Y" tomorrow (Friday). The
secretaries will be guests of Gerald
E. Focht, the young and wide-awake
secretary of the local Y. St. C A.,
at the meeting which will open at 0
o'clock ia the morning.
This conference is composed ef
representatives of eight associations
in -this section of the state, Altoona,
Bellwood, Tyrone, Lewistown* Hollidaysburg, Ebensburg, ConemrMigh
and Burnham. This will be the annual spring meeting. James Ford of
Burnham is president of the grnrsa*
Tbe chief attraction for thia mast
ing will be the presence of S. M.
Kenny of New York, in charge ef
the Association Press. Mr. "steaaf
will discuss publications aad mater
lata to be used with physical edaea-*
tioa work, especially summer work
and -recreation. Luncheon will ha
served at seen and the eenfereaea
wiQ he resumed in tha eiteraeoa.
A number of members from dfttriet
auxiliaries are —giilnl to attend sStti