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VOL. XLIX
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LOCAL m COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMMKJF TK WEEK
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—FOR SALE—1928 Oakland
Coach, good paint, 6-ply tires, new
•battery, new spark plugs, new rings,
a bargain at $75.00.—Retail H.
Hursh, 214 Main street. St
—"The donkey baseball game attracted a goodly number of our
citizens to the Y. M. C. A. athletic
field ea Tuesday evening. It was
sponsored by the. members of the
Ueas club, aad there were thrills
aplenty.
—Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Hoover,
well known and esteemed citizens of
Main street, ' quietly celebrated the
thirtieth anniversary of their wedding test Sunday, when twenty-eight
relatives and friends assembled at
the Argonne hotel and joined them
in the event.
—The class of 1935 of the Bellwood High School will hold a picnic
at Spruce Creek State camp on Sunday ef this week. The group will
leave the Methodist church corner
at one o'clock te the afternoon and
there will be room ta care for everyone. All members are requested to
bring their own lunch and bathing
suits, if desired.
—American railroad riflemen are
out this year to bring- back to the
United States the international rifle
trophy presented by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1927, which waa cap-
tared by the British tee**teyla*t year.
te com
international ie Blast in September,
when the railroadmen's match for
the United States will be shot at
Camp Perry, Ohio.
—Plans for Roaring Spring's
semi-centennial celebration are shaping ap nicely and everything is
moving along in the direction of one
of the biggest events in the history
of the county according to reports.
The celebration will open August
22 aad will continue for a week
■with The Romance of Roaring
Spring" depicted in a pageant to be
presented oa four nights of the
week, as the outstanding feature of
the celebration.
—While the editor aad his wife
were motoring Wednesday evening
they had the pieasuge of meeting
two former well known citizens of
the borough on the Sky Top on the
State College highway, in the persons of Mr. George W. Bevan and
his daughter, Miss Mary Bevan, who
stopped their car and enjoyed a
friendly chat. They told us that
they had visited Bellwood during
the centennial week and were more
than pleased with the great effort
taken by the home folks in observing the event.
—The Bellwood community choir
which song during the semi-centennial, comprising forty-five voices,
will sing at Blandburg, next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The
service may be held on the Troxell
lawn, and should the weather be unfavorable it wiU be held in the
Methodist Episcopal church. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
The choir received very favorable
comment whea it rendered the program on tee Sunday previous to the
sponlna; of the Bellwood celebration
and all will desire to heat* them
when they appear ia Blandburg.
•—The Tipton community picnic
scheduled to be held at Bland park
on Saturday, Jaly 81, will start at
1:16 p. m. with the registration of
all te attendance. AU are requested
to register aa soon ss they strive on
grounds, that they may participate
In the scheduled program of events
that has been prepared for aha oc-
casion, also that they msy receive
free tickets for the park amusements. The pesaat scramble atnd
tea surprise than lata been previously mentioned will occur at 2.80 p.
m. This will include both adults
ead children. A raetrd breaking attendance is anticipated for this aa-
nual get-together of the community.
Sapper will bo served from 6 to 6.
Everybody Is requested to bring
baakete,
eUSIKSS PUCES ME LflOTEO
Thiareea^Tsot Aboat Fifty Dollars fa
Loot at the Jonas Store
Within the past week thieves have
invaded two business places and relieved the owners of some valuable
merchandise. On the aorth side last
Saturday night, entrance waa forced
to the dairy conducted by Mr.
George. W. Cramer aad lee cream
aad candy taken. The robbery waa
discovered next morning when the
place waa opened for business. The
loss is slight.
Saturday night a chicken roost on
the north side wss also visited and
seven fat fowls taken.
Early Monday morning the store
of MT. J. W. Jones on Boyles street,
next to the South Side public school
building, was robbed, ■aha thieves
gaining entrance by forcing a window ta the wareroom aad then cutting part of a panel from the main
entrance to the store, releasing the
tack, after which they had everything their own way. (Considerable
loot was taken at the Joaes store,
and when the proprietor took inventory Monday .morning it was found
that he had been releived of about
thirty dollars worth ed merchandise,
consisting ef ham, canned goods and
cigarettes, and six dollars in pennies. The thieves also broke open a
machine from which it ia thought
that at least $10.00 waa taken. The
night was dark and dreary, a heavy
electrical storm having taken place,
which aided the thieves te their
work. While the authorities are at
work, only meagre clues have thus
far been obtained, yet from what
little evidence hsa been secured, it
is thought that they win ba able to
get the guilty parties, three in number.
RACING AT TIPTON BOWL
come into Its own again on Labor
day, according to an announcement
by W. A. Morgan, owner-manager
of the oval. Due to the cancellation
of the Labor day race scheduled to
be staged at ths Roosevelt Raceway,
Long Island, N. Y., by the A. A. A.,
arrangements were immediately
completed to bring the world's famous speed kings to Altoona on that
day.
Last year the track did not operate bat this year there will be available the cream of the racing fraternity, giving Altoona the date originally assigned to the track years ago.
Improvements have been made to
tbe Altoona track aad it Is aow considered tee best of its kind ta the
eastern United States. The oval
has been reconditioned, the grandstand was renovated and the infield
has been much improved to handle
the record crowd expected for ths
event this year.
A complete removal of the old
wooden bowl hsa been accomplished
and the entire property has been
surrounded by a high, solid board
fence. Morgan, in a statement, indicated that with the exception of
replacing certain grandstand floor
lumber, the track will be completed
within two weeks. New safety sones
have been added and the track will
be treated with a composition creosote and oil, making it absolutely
dustless.
Although the field of competitors
will be limited to 85 ears, to be catered according to trials prior to the
race, tt was said that due to the
cancellation of the race la New
York, there will no doubt be more
than 50 ears and drivers available
for the contest.
—Statements of 1987 taxes have
been sent to Bellwood taxables.
Anyone who has not received each a
statement is asked to get to touch
with the collector at once, 332
South Second street, or phone 8684.
—Mr. Charles E. Figard and hh>
decorators base about completed
beautifying the interior of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church.
The walls aad ceiling of .tee. place
of worship have been repainted and
new carpet will be laid this week.
Concrete steps have also been erected on the South First street entrance, replacing a flight of wooden
steps which had been in uss for
many years Bad which had gone tote decay. While the repair* here
been te progress during tee seat
I month, the Sunday aad worship ser-
. rices have been held in the aaditor-
tuwef -aaa Y. at. C «V
SEEKANl FWOIMIF THE!
Candidates Have Filed Petitions
TV-aasary    Itaralies
Monday at four o'clock   was
sero^hour for filing petitions ter
county commissioner's office at
lidaysburg   for   candidates to ha*
their names printed on tee prii
election ballot for the election whl
will occur Tuesday,    September J.<
aad the hours ter the election
be from seven in the morning u
eight at night.     The   closing
for filing witnessed the   names
many   hundred   persons   for   c
couaty, borough and   township'
fice ia Blair Scanty.   The fell
have   filed   for office** in the
ough:
Chief Burgess—Edgar McKinni
Republican. . ■_   .
Tex  Collector—Elizabeth
Republican;      Roy   L.    McCl
Democrat.
Assessor—J. Herman Gilmore,
publican.
Town Council—Frank W. Fl
er, Blaine J. Estep,   Banks C
J. E. Trego, Republican;    Frank*
O'Brien, E. E. Goss, John H. Ii
Democratic  '
School  Directors—James B:
Dr. H. C. LoveU, Malvin H. D
erty, Charles F. Werts, Repu
Reuben L. Hostler, Russell It J
hall, Democratic        f
Justice of the Peace—Edgar
Kinney, Republican;    Ralph F. *£
lor, Democratic
Judge    of    Election—Charles
Hoover,    South    Side,    Republ
Roy A. Pickens, Republican,    N
Side.
Inspector of Election—James
Gilmore, Republican, North '8k
J. Snyder, Republican,    South
Mary    Hoover,    Democrat,
Side;   Wm. F. C. Locaa,' Dent
South Side^&-*
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of lle*a>**|r*AlKts 'tow'hggisyj**
Assessor—Ernest A.   Smith,
publican; Charles W. Dengate, Democrat.
Tax (Collector—Adam T. Bland,
Republican, Ira E. Shoenfelt, Republican; Robert M. Isenberg, Democrat; Lloyd I. Garver, Democrat.
Supervisor—Moses S. Goes, Republican; Blair M. Rumbarger, Republican; Howard B. Dunmire, Republican; William M. Doyle, Democrat.
School Director—Charles F. Jackson, Republican; John B. Glasgow,
Republican; Harry C. Reed, Democrat; Rebecca Caber, Democrat.
Justice of the Peace—W. E. Singleton, Republican.
Auditor—John A. Fox, Republican.
Judge of Election—J. Albert
Metzger, Republican.
Inspector of Election—Robert W.
Bush, Republican.
• The contest in Antis township
wiU be for the nominations of tax
collector and supervisor.
Re-
LUTHERAN PICNIC
On Saturday afternoon of this
week, the Lutheran Sunday School
will bold their annual picnic at
Bland park. A regular -old time
picnic dinner will be served about
five o'clock. All our members snd
friends are asked to come with a
well filled basket and help to mass
the day a real Joy and one to be remembered by all who attend. We
especially urge all our little ones to
(be peasant.
- The committee in charge, with J.
C. Hunter as chairman, has made
all arrangements, so that there will
be plenty of entertainment for old
and young. Prizes will be awarded
for various contests.
AU our children who wish,'' are
asked to be at the Lutheran church
act later than 2. p. m. aad they
will be taken to tbe park in a hay
wagon. There will be hay in the
ladders to give the children a comfortable' ride. Also they will be
chaperoned by several of the committee. Any adults who have no
way down, be at the church by this
time so that provisions can be rases
to take you to the park. Remember
the time and the place and come
early and enjoy the afternoon's fun.
a e is *5*Sbb1
—Harold MerriU Cramer of S01
North Tenth street, tela borough,
has enlisted te Uncle Sam's army
service aad has been assigned to the
field artillery in the Hawaiiaa*dj|
lands. He will leave for his
pest ef doty within a few
Ms mra friends wish him
>AY, JULY 29,  1937
NO. 21
60SH0BJMS ADVANCED
| to Sneceed Dr. Sommera ag
of County Institution
[Roy Wellington    Goshorn,   a
|ef Bellwood and acting in the
of assistant superintendent
i Blair   "County   Hospital   for
Diseases    since January 1,
P^ftras named head of the insti-
ijjaK by the directors of the poor
("teaftre-j-ular meeting of the board
county   home   one day last
r, "Goshorn will succeed Dr. H.
oauner, head of the hospital for
Bsfe'thirty years aad who died a
^ks ago. The election was
ffective at once and win oon-
Itrough the life of the pre-
HSd'of directors, which will
pt existence on January 1,
save* •
lislon of the   hospital   will
Btess   to   taa' county eommis-
t and   it   will   be up to that
to    select   a superintendent.
[ requires an assistant at the
and the board of directors
appointment to the discre-
JfeSjtithe newly-elected    superin-
Utaeeting of   the   board   on
11936,    Dr.    Goshorn    was
assistant superintendent    of
\county hospital and he as-
his   duties   on Jan. 1,   this
MRe is eminently qualified by
ffend experience for the pos-
e/iBow   assumes,   having had
*B*f training in the Alienate hospital for wsatsl cases.
yOoshorn   is   p   graduate   of
Medical   co'taga    aad
graduation   became a
toier and    later    de-
Maliasji^. mental diseas-
■ePH^ at .tl
isBn,
NEW LICENSE LAW
After August 1 alt persons who
want to purchase hunter's or fishermen's license will be obliged to go
to the courthouse, Hollidaysburg,
and apply personally ta. County
Treasurer W. S. Aaron. This new
order is in conformity with a new
law. Mr. Aaron is in receipt ef a
letter from Joseph J. O'Neill, chief
of miscellaneous licenses in the office of J. G. Boardman, secretary of
revenue, in which he is informed
teat hereafter ths department of
revenue will appoint outside agents
if any are needed.
Likewise, Mr. Aaron is told that
he has no authority to issue licenses
•outside his office. It has beerj the
custom for years for the county
treasurer to name- agents where
these licenses might be secured in
every locality ia the county. Of
course, the treasurer naturally appointed his friends; that function
now passes to the state.
The provisions of the new act will
prove exceedingly inconvenient for
sportsmen who reside miles from
the county seat. Not every one can
spare the time to go to Hollidaysburg to get a license to hunt or fish.
Under former conditions the county
treasurer appointed persons at convenient places through the county,
where they could obtain licenses.
In Bellwood they were issued at the
'Commesser hardware store and all
sportsmen ta. this section availed
themselves of this convenience.
Sportsmen throughout the state
should get after this unjust law and
see that it la repealed when the next
legislature Meets.
MRS. LILLIAN M. BAKER DIES
Death came    suddenly    to    Mrs.
Lillian May Baker, wife of Roy M.
Bsh$ifejM  .her   home   at noon on
Taajgjjs|ysft-r a brief iUamm,   and
^^gBali^^;-|teaBaaaa0nOUnced
He fa a son of Mr. aad Mrs. P. G.
Goshorn ef North Second street and
his wife ia the former Miss Leone
Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Bell, also of Bellwood and
residing on Bellview avenue.
Dr. and Mrs. Goshorn will occupy
the quarters provided for the superintendent at the Blair county institution.
Hundreds of Bellwood friends extend hearty congratulations upon
his advancement and trust there are
greater things in store for him.
VOTERS GET NEW CHANCE
New opportunity has been given
voters in the boroughs and townships of Blair county, to register,
change address or political .affiliation, by the Blair county election
commission.
Two registration days already
have been held for the boroughs and
townships. A third day waa fixed
for August 12, but a new day also
has been set, August 6. In tee
meantime, any person may register
at the courthouse any day during
business hours up to and including
September 1.
The notices which the election
commission posted and which are
self-explanatory, follow:
"It appearing that more time is
required to afford registration of
voters In boroughs and townships of
Blair county, the commissioners,
acting in the capacity aa a permanent registration commission, have
fixed Thursday, Aug. 6, between
tbe hours of IS a. m. to 3 p. m.,
and from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m., as
aa additional day for registration in
boroughs and townships.
"Each registration will be at the
regular polling places."
—From all appearances the year
1987 will prove a wonderful growing season and the indications point
to bumper crops in all sections of
the state. It is said the potato and
corn crops will go much beyond the
average yield for the peat five
years, more especially potatoes.
—Erection of the first, of four
large beacons to designate the far
boundaries of the new federal emergency landing field at Martinsburg
was practically completed this week.
The first of the beacons is located
at the edge of Memorial park, tt is
of structural steel 76 feet high.
Others ate expected to be erected
within the next week or ten days,
eae of which will he oa the moun.
taia to the south of the field and ta
mt the steel forest fire
dale, Juniata county, on December
11, 1878, a daughter of C. A. and
Elizabeth (Sellers) Lauver. Her
parents became residents ef Bellwood more than fifty years sge,
and where the deceased grew to
womanhood and received her education in eur public schools. Her
father was a prominent bouse builder in the community during the
days of his activity, and also served
as justice of the peace for a term
or two. Mrs. Baker was widely
knowtt in the town and many
ftlsnds sorrow upon her sudden
death.
Members of the family Include
the husband, Bey M. Baker; two
BOBS and one daughter, Harold of
Altoona, Samuel of ICresson and
Mrs. John Belfield of Detroit,■Mich.;
also three sisters, Mrs. Ida Watters
and Mrs. Annie Myers, both of Bellwood, snd'Miss Clara Lauver of
Denver, Colo.
For a long period of years she
was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church of the borough, and was also a member of the
Tyrone lodge of the ■astern Star.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, to be conducted by her pastor, Rev. T. M. Stone. Interment
wiU follow in the Logan Valley
cemetery.
FREIGHT WRECK   NEAR  TOWN
Considerable delay in freight and
passenger train traffic .was caused
by a one-car freight wreck at 2:12
o'clock Wednesday morning just
west of Bellwood. The accident delayed ten passenger'trains from ,26
minutes to more than an hoar.
When one ef its trucks left the
rails the car of an eastbound freight
train wrecked, blocking tracks Nos.
1, 2 and S and damaging a section
of No. 1 track. The Altoona wrecking crew which had been called,
opened the, line to traffic at 0 o'clock the same morning.
—Fred Hursh, a well known
young man of the borough, has secured a position with a firm ia
Johnstown, and is now performing
his duty.
—Berry pickers who have been
out during the peat few weeks report that they are quite plentiful.
The low aad high blackberries are
said to be ia abundance, while the
huckleberry crop is large. The yield
of huckleberries on the crest of the
Allegheny mountain, in the vicinity
of Blandburg, is exceedingly large,
aad daily parties pay a visit to thia
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit tiara anti
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS BF OUR CITIZENS
Gaosta Who Are Eatertelaod by Bete
Wood Hoete—Personal Meaties ef 1
-Thee* Who Visit To sad Fro
Mrs. W. R. Dysart is visiting re»*
latives fat Altoona.
Mrs. Robert Markel of jCtaric
street is visiting friends ta Pittsburgh.
Miss Loraine Hildebrand of Boyles street, is tha-guest of friends te
Bellefonte.
Eugene Hildebrand of Boytas
street was an over Sunday visitor
among friends in Bellefonte.
Hardware Merchant John C. Corn-
messer and Mrs. /Commesser are ear
joying eea breezes    at Atantic City I
this week.
Mrs. Minnie Tille, of Washington,
D. C, spent the week end sa tha
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Feb*
ters on North Second street
Mrs. W. A. Dysart, accompanied
by her two daughters, Misses Helen
and Lois Fay, are spending the week
with friends at Turtle Creek, Pa.
Miss Helen Dysart, a registered
nurse, is enjoying a visit at tha
home of her parents, Rev. aad Mrs.
W. A. Dysart on South Fourth
street.
Miss Helen Hoover, of Detroit,
Mich,, where aha is employed, is en-
joytepr a visit at tee- home of her
pawMUi, Mr. and Sirs. Fred J. Poc*v-
er *f§t Main street.
Mrs. May Russell, after a visit ef
five days at the residence aftaSjj
sister, Mrs. Catherine Bt
Mr. aad Mia
returned to their home In Akron,
Ohio, after a visit at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Goss oa
North Second street.
Mr.    and Mrs.    H.    Cleon Moffet
and children, of    Pittsburgh,   were
over Sunday visitors at the home of ■
Mr.    and Mrs.    Mahlon    Moffet oa
South First street.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lindemuth,
recently wedded, spent the week
end at the home of the groom'a
parents, Mr." and Mrs. I. 8. Lindemuth on South First street.
Misses Helen and Ada McCloskey
of Boyles street, left Wednesday far I
a visit at the home of their brother
and sister-in-law,   Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCloskey in Harrisburg.
Mr. J. W. McElwain, Mr. and
Mrs. C E. McElwain and Mr. H. W.
Travis, all of Jersey City, N. J.,
were visiting this week at the hoseo
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. McElwain on North Third street.
Mr. John Bell Stewart, of New
York city, called upon friends in the
borough and at Tipton last Saturday. While here he expressed hie
pleasure ia knowing that Bellwood
had a wonderful semi-centennial :
celebration.
Mr. Cloyd Hildebrand, of Philadelphia, where he is manager -of oae
of the Child's restaurants, and Mr.
Lynn Hildebrand, of Emporium,
spent a day last week with their
father, Mr. Samuel S. Hildebrand oa
Boyles street.
Mr. aaa Mrs. H. J. Schell, of Cuy-
ahago Falls, Ohio, are visitors at the
home of Mrs. Schell's father, Mr. S.
J. Fagan, of West Bellwood. The
Ohio folks have also visited friends
at Blandburg aad in Franklin and '
Juniata counties.
Mr. Edgar McDermitt,   of Cleveland,    Ohio,    called upon his many I
friends ta the borough one day last
week.      While to ear office he said j
it was hit first visit to Bellwood for i
a number ef years and   that   most
all folks   seemed   strangers   in the
town where he spent   his   boyhood
days, being a son ef the late Colonel
W. A. McDermitt
Mr. aad Mrs. Charles   iCampbell,
son and daughter, Clarence ead Miss
Martha, the bitter a member of the
Franklin   couaty   corps   of   public
school instructors, were Sunday vhrni
iters at the home ef Mr. Joseph BL,
Louder   Bed   sister   Miss Marajautaf
Louder oa North First street   They ■
ara   residents     ef   Clmmfoers-ba-f-gV
where tha heed ef the bouse Is OMra
ployed ta the P. R. R.
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