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BRIEF SUmtffiT OF THE WEEK
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Mr. aad Mrs. Raymond Strunk of
South First street, became the parents of a fine baby girl last night at
the hospital ta Altoona, mother and
daughter are doing fine.
j —Mr. aad MB*. Willis .Gregory
of East Main street, are the proud
-parents of an 8% pound baby girl.
The new arrival waa born on Friday
October 1, and will be named Bar-
. bare Jane.
—The ladies Aid society of the
Presbyterian church wfll serve a
chicken supper in tee Y. M. C. A.
auditorium next Saturday evening,
from 5 until 8 o'clock. Your patronage to requested.
Mrs. Muffler and daughter, of
Jersey Shore, Pa., spent Sunday at
tiie Methodist parsonage and attended the rally day and harvest
home services. Miss Muiller is organist ta the Jersey Shore Metho-
: dist church.
—Mr. and Mra. Chester Wertz
are the proud possessors of a home
which they purchased oa North
Third street within the past week.
No better investment could be made
by anyone and the young folks will
soon take possession of, their -aew
purchase.
—The members of the Retired
- Veterans Association will meet Sat-
. urday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock in
JJKs1^^fe*^/Vetora«*a. will
pate anda social
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• -aames Ross Weaver ofadftO East
Fourth street, died sad^ily of a
heart attack Sunday sjjA*toing at
8:16 o'clock He was MMr-as Sax-
ten April 10, 1865. Members of the
-family include the wtf^^Tdm Anna
Weaver, one son, Chaiteer of Bellwood, four daughters, Mrs. Helen
Weiser of Bellwood, Mrs. Lease
Smith of Tyrone and Mrs. Lorena
Hersog and Mrs. Margaret Zitach,
both of Altoona, two brothers, John
of Williamsburg aad Jesse of
Charleston, S. C, one foster brother, Paul Wilkinson of Williamsburg,
three sisters, Mrs. Maude Gurd of
Keyser, W. Va., Mrs. Carrie Gurd
of Cuyahoga Falls, 0., and Mrs. Le-
ona Good of Manor, Pa., and five
grandchildren.
For many years the deceased was
employed ss a car repairman ta the
Altoona shops and retired one year
ago.
Funeral services were held at his
late home Wednesday afternoon, in
charge -af Rev. Thomas M. Stone,
Methodist minister, and interment
wis made ta Logan Valley cemetery.
Blair Stimer
John Blair Stimer, who was born
in the -borough many years, ago,
died at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning at tee home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry C. Williams, 1404
Tenth street, Altoona. He had been
ill for the past month. Mr. Stimer
wss born in Bellwood on June 2,
1869, a son of Samuel B. and Mary
Ana Estep Stimer. His wife, Sarah Stimer, died on Nay. 1, 1985.
Surviving are the daughter at whose
home he died and one son, William
BELLWOOD KHQfL'
Activities Is fas 3Basel . aaafpi
j   Athletic Field
» Merle Hamilton aad Olayton-
Te, two weU known football playd|||
will BOt play football    whea
wood and   Altoona   Catholic
clash on tne Cricket Field,    Fr
aight.    Th* boys both received
juries in the" Dale game last west
The girls who -want to play
ketball are supposed to    forget
about such things as pie,
dy, ice cream,   etc.     Last   tm
evening, Marjorie  Biggins went ta-j
to Hoffman's Bake Shop 'aBd ask
if they had anything   that    wasr/agsS
considered "sweets."
The girls' aew physical education, {
teacher is planning something   sB\
ferent for that period.    Instead
making the girls play games, she
going to teach them   to   do
dancing, fencing and a   variety
other-interesting activities.
The High School wants to give
vote of thanks to the freshmen boj
who made possible the bonfire
night before the Cooper   Townshii
game.      They were off at three o*
clock sad out looking for old boat
logs, and    anything    possible   Jhsg
would burn and it really   made
big fire.    Among those who hi
were .Harlan Briggs,    Vincent *lft!
Caulley,    Harlan Cox,    Samuel
more, Lynn Hunter,   fcenneth
Bar*, Louis Smith,    David    Hj
and a host of others.   We aW^-Je*^
to thank Dean Laird for   the jftrar:j
crackers.     They   were   greatlj^eni
joyed.     The   boys   who madgfcteej
dummy and Billy Sitman's ser
are also appreciated.   |
U'MIC HIGH
Miss Houck, who
c|ier in 0*»r.
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, ..^fiJOas night last week some un-
(piiBeipaled person invaded the piggery ea the Sunnybrook farm, along
the state highway IB Antis township
and stole five let shoats. Farmer
John A. Fox didnt discover the
theft until early the next morning.
The thieves worked systematically
and carried the loot away ta an automobile.
—Yesterday afternoon while the
Chief of Police, Jesse Raugh, and
Constable Frank Garland were
searching for loot from the stores
that were burglarized the night
previous, ta the woods east of the
borough tbey came across three
snakes which they killed, -and it waa
not a good day for snakes. Four
quarts aad fear pints of whiskey
were taken from the Burns restaurant, and our readers must not get
the idea that the officers "were see-
tag things" when they came across
the snakes.    ^
-—Word has just been received
by home folks that Mr. Bruce Wat-
ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norris T.
V'^tters, has been elected a mem-
uer of St. Petersburg, Florida civic
service commission, which will administer the law which recently
went into effect in that city. Mr.
Watters located ta St. Petersburg a
number of years ago, where he has
since been successfully engaged as
a jeweler. His many friends in his
old home town will Bote this advancement with -much pleasure,
knowing te-eajt the city of St. Petersburg will have a competent commissioner in Mr. Watters.
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INSPECT BELLWOOD BRANCH
Superintendent E. C. Gegenheim-
er of the Middle division and C. E.
Adams of the Pittsburgh division of
the Pennsylvania railroad mads sn
inspection trip of the Bellwood
branch and operations at Irvona,
where the two divisions meet, Tuesday morning. They planned for
closer coordination of the service to
better taa movement of freight .at
that point.
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LEGION INSTALLATION
Installation of officers for the ensuing year will feature the regular
meeting session of John M. Anderson post, No. 481, American Legion
at' 7:80 o'clock this evening.
District Commander Wilbur Van-
efssysc of Tyrone, will conduct the
installation ceremonies wtth the La-
dies' auxiliary being guest of tee
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Many years ago he was engaged
an a motormaii on the Altoona city
street car lines and will be remembered by many citizens of Bellwood.
Tha funeral will take place Friday
afternoon from the Mauk A Yates
funeral home ta Altoona, followed
by interment ta the Logan Valley
cemetery.
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THIEVES  WERE AT    WORK
Early Wednesday morning the
Burns restaurant on Main street
was entered and burglarized, the
culprits obtaining some money from
a machine and a few pennies in
change from the cash register, ss
well as some liquor. Entrance was
gained by forcing open a rear door.
The same night the Daugherty grocery store on North Third street
was also entered and looted of some
valuable goods. The authorities are
of the opinion that both jobs were
the act of local talent and that the
intruders will likely be brought to
justice before the week is over.
At the Daugherty store, twenty-
five pounds of butter and a large
radio were stolen. Beyond a doubt
the thieves used a truck in getting
away with the loot.
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LOCAL -MAN CELEBRATES
Mr. W. A. Hauth, Main street
merchant, celebrated the anniversary of hai birth oa Tuesday ta a
quiet manner at his store la the
business section of the borough. He
was the recipient of many greetings
and also a lovely bouquet of mixed
flowers.
—Mr. Karl Chelgrin has OfSBSd
an up-to-date moat market in one
of the Cornmesser rooms on South
Cambria street. Mr. Chelgrin had
leag been engaged by one of the
town's merchants and is thoroughly
familiar with th* trade. That be
aatrl**! —"■•-'rf':.
when our boy* play ArtocaaaJ	
lie High school. What will be the
outcome of her bet on our team?
We hope it will be ta Miss Houck's
favor!
Miss Houck is promising a big
surprise in her girls' basketball
team this year. There is to be a
big change, it appears, and everyone is anxious to see the outcome
of ft. The girls have an exciting
schedule this year and basketball
season is just around the corner.
The other day ta the Senior Literature class the students were
reading Baron's Essay on "Truth",
after whieh they were assigned a
project for over the weekend. The
project waa to keep from telling
any false tales and if they did they
were to keep account of them. The
results were: The pupils were either too modest to admit how many
they told or else they told too many
false  tales to  count.
Because of the distance to Dale,
few people from Bellwood were at
the game on Saturday. This Friday night Bellwood plays Altoona
Catholic High whieh is a close-to-
home game. Let us all turn out to
this game and take the Bellwood
High spirit with us. The boys will
play ta their new uniforms at this
game.
It might have been a terrible catastrophe that happened to a young
girl ta Room 8 the other day when
she slipped snd fell. Being very
tall she had a long way to fall and
she descended with an awful crash.
The professor feared an earthquake
had begun. Tbe victim wears a
splashy checkered coat to school and
is a senior.
The Senior shorthand elass has
quite an excellent pupil to ' answer
the remarks of Miss Archey while
reciting the lesson. Miss Archey
asked Psul Evans a question sad
after waiting a period of. time for
Paul to answer, she remarked:
"Well, Paul, today er tomorrow?"
Paul slowly closed his book and
answered, •Til wait until tomorrow."
One of the Senior boys has developed a habit of sleeping with his
eyes open, especially to Literature
class, Mr. Baaed asked him if ba
waa sleeping eaa day aad the bey*
yawnsd aad replied; "I doat think
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SHS*****i^jiBWfaa Friday
Tae Bellwood High School   foot-
PJMtna which   baa   been   going
jfiinee the opening of the aea-
jpQ'-play tee Altoona Catholic
Jphool squad on tee    Cricket
Friday    evening.     The locals
tptag they wttl come home the
The    Bellwood    team    is
than ever and while it has
et won a game during the sea-
hat been putting up   a   fine
of foot-ball.   A large delega-
• of Bellwoodites will follow the
to Altoona Friday evening.
, F. A. Hamilton, principal of
Bellwood High School, is ta re-
Jjpt the following letter   from
Altoona    Booster    Association,
is self-explanatory ta extend-
hearty invitation to all    Bell-
folks to    be    present   at    the
en Friday evening:
e are pleased to know that Al-
will again have the honor and
es of being host to the Bell-
High Football Teem  for   the
wtth Altoona    Catholic   High
lool at the Cricket Field on Fri-
% evening, October 8.
;We take pleasure once more on
of our citiseas   and    school
Pgithorities ta    extending    to    yon,
high school folks and citizens
ellwood, a cordial welcome   to
na on this important occasion.
As you know, the   members   of
Altoona Booster Association as
B* all of our business concerns
a deep interest ta tee athletic
tivitieg of our local high    schools
d this taterest naturally extends
the boys and girls of our visiting
JsoTe.
"Because of this interest and the
t%at Bellwood is a near neigh-
't^kjape should be a good turnout
it* to greet the boys of
}ft rthMmyfMMdme^
     dmi/mr ytaUvm
to Altoona", our business men have
been Salted to display the Blue and
White colors of Bellwood, together
wtth the Purple and Gold of Altoona Catholic High on the occasion
of your visit.
"The Cricket Field, as you know,
is easy of access whether you come
by trolley, train or automobile, With
plenty of parking space available.
"Trusting that it Will be possible
tor ydu and many of your citizens
to come with your team, we are,
with best wishes
Altoona Booster Association."
BELLWOOD "Y" SETS GOAL
The Bellwood Y. M. C. A.'s annual membership drive will start on
Monday, October 11 wtth Howard
M. Stone as general chairman of
the committees that wiU be announced later.
These workers are determined to
reach a goal of four hundred. With
the increased activities at the "Y"
and the general building renovation
and repainting, the workers feel
that they will encounter no difficulties providing the community meets
them an they did last year.
The "Y" has stood third ta the
State Fifty-point Program for a-
chievement, competing against Hollidaysburg, Lewistown, Burnham,
Altoona and Tyrone for the year.
The program put on in our "Y" last
year wss commended by the State
Y. M. C. A. and as the rating
shows against competing "Y" organisations of larger membership,
we certainly held our own-
It fa hardly necessary to announce the great benefit that comes
to Bellwood by having a well organized Y. M. C. A. in its midst. It
is aa one worthy gentleman said tbe
other day, "The boys and girls of
Bellwood and vicinity are worth
more than any money we, the citizens of Bellwood, sre putting into
this Christian Character Building
Program."
TOURING THE GREAT    WEST
Mr. aad Mrs. William H. Zimmerman of East First street left Tuesday for an extended trip through
the northwest, west and southwest.
They went by way of Chicago on
the Pennsylvania railroad, their
first stop being at Warsaw, Indiana,
where lives one of Mr. Zimmerman's, soldier buddies, who was with,
him in the Philippines. After a vis
it there, they will depart for Chicago, where they will take the Milwaukee railroad through Milwaukee
to Minneapolis, where sojourns another buddy who was with Mr.
Zimmerman in Porto Rico, ta the
person of J.. I. Lambert. From
thence they will go to Aberdeen, S.
D., and later to Monango, N. D.,
where resides some of Mrs. Zimmerman'* cousins. Further on a
stop 'will be made in Montana and
Idaho. From there they will go to
Seattle, Washington, where live Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Richards, and Mrs.
Richards will be remembered by
many of our citizens as Mis* Alma
Fern when she was a resident of
the .borough.
After spending some time ta Seattle, they will journey down to
Portland, Oregon.' From there the
Southern Pacific will take them   to
Oroville, California, where Mr. Zimmerman's brother, Mr. J. Samuel
Zimmerman resides, who, thirty
years ago was one of the tonsorial
artists of the borough, and who will
be remembered by many of our citizens. From Oroville they will
journey to San Francisco where
they will visit Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Frederick, old-time friends. At Los
Angeles they will visit their friend,
John H. Miller, a leading attorney
of that city. At Los Angeles they
will take the Santa Fe railroad for
Prescott dtp, Arizona, and later to
the Grand Canyon, aad on to Albuquerque, New Mexico and El Paso,
[Texas, where they will cross tha
PERSONAL M
they will take tee Southern
railroad to San Antonio, at whieh
point Mr. Zimmerman begun his
first experiences sa a soldier of
Uncle Sam forty years sgo in the
Fifth Regiment U. S. Cavalry. From
San Antonio they will go to New
Orleans, thencs by the Louisville
and Nashville railroad to St. Louis,
where they will take the Pennsylvania railroad to Dayton, Ohio,
where resides Mr. John Zimmerman, a nephew, whom they will visit for a few days and then return to
the Old Keystone State.
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People Who Viait Hare
Those Who Go A*e*aj»*i
MOVEMENTS OTOUR CITlZlwl
Guests Who Ar* Ei
Wood Moat.    Pai-aaaaal
Tha** Whs Visit Ts
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Mrs. Fred Harpster has returSaaK
home from a visit with Fred Price
and family ta Pittsburgh.
Mm.  William Sampson, of Upper .
Darby, Pa., enjoyed the society   of
her many friends ta   the    bseoisgfa
during the week.
Miss Clara Leaver, who spent the
summer months with her sister, Mra
I. M. Watters on North Fourth'
street, has returned to Denver; Colorado.
Borough Clerk F. D. Miller fe ****;
New York city this week, where be
-wfll witness a aumber of games ot
the World Series between the Yartks
and Giants.
Miss Sarah Mulhollem baa returned from Detroit, after a year's
absence from Bellwood, her bom*
town. Miss Sarah has a warn
ta her heart for Blair county.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Oorey, Mr.
and Mrs. John Estop of the north
side, spent the week end ta Johnstown, where they were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Barr. While
there they took fa the football game
on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Emma Sitman bas returned
home from Devon, Pa., after a prolonged visit at the home of her son-
in-law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs.
Justus Douglass. Mrs. Sitman ie
slowly regaining bar health which
for some time has been impaired.
Mra. Joha A. Kelly, of Belle*
spending same thne a
| of Mrs. George
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tion
of the
SAFETY    PROGRAM
The Logan Valley Grange, No.
664 will meet fa regular session on
Friday evening at 7:80.
In complying with the request of
James C. Farmer, lecturer national
Grange, the lecturer has prepaed a
Safety Program. The program follows: Mask by the Grange; greetings by Worthy Master H. R. Gwin
including some safety suggestions;
essay. "How to Make Our Community s Safer place in Which te live,"
Mis* Pearl Per sing; singing by -ase
iOetafi tot^ ****** safety suggestions
BUSINESS MEN WILL MEET
A meeting of all business men of
the borough will be held ta the .Community room of the First National
bank Friday evening at 8 o'clock to
consider the advisability of closing
their places of' business each Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. A thorough discussion of the subject will
be made. In order to comply with
the forty-four hour week work law
tt will be necessary to take some
action by the business interest of
the borough. It is thought that no
great inconvenience will be occasioned should the business men decide to close at six o'clock Saturday
evening, and that eventually their
patrons would adjust their buying
to hours during the morning and
afternoon. *
The merchants must comply with
the forty-four hour work week law
and by closing at 6 o'clock Saturday
evening seems to be the only way
out, however unjust it may appear.
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BALLY DAY SPEAKER
This Sunday, October 10, -will be
an outstanding day for the Logan
Valley Baptist church. At 9:80 the
Sunday School will observe the annual Rally Day with a delightful
program including an address by
Charles S." Kniss, educator, lecturer
and author. Many - will desire to
hear this address. Following the
School Rally service, there will be a
Church Bally service ta the main
auditorium at 10:45 with a special
m egg-age by the pastor and the celebration of the Lord's Supper. At
the evening service, Pastor Dooley
will begin a series on "Old Testament Heroes." The hero tor this
Sunday Bight will be "Noah, The
Msa Who Saved The Human Race."
The public fa invited to enjoy all
services.
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tola.     Mrs. Kelly was a resid
the borough for a number of
and her friends will be glad to   see
her during her stay ta town. i
Mrs. Emma Wharton, who had
been visiting friends ta Dauphin
and Huntingdon counties for the
past several weeks, arrived at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. G. A-
Wilson on Martin street, where she
will be pleased to have her friends
cell upon her. Mrs. Wharton has
not been enjoying good health for
the past few weeks, yet her friend*
will be glad to know that she is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Rightnour of South
First street, returned to their home
the beginning of the week from a
delightful trip of a week, which
took them through the Shenandoah
valley to Newport News, Virginia,
as well as many interesting places
in and about Washington, D. C.
They were accompanied on their
trip by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B.
Lowman, of Punxsutawney, former
citizens of the borough.
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REPUBLICAN CLUB ACTIVE
The Bellwood and Antis Township
Republican dub met last night te
the First National Bank building to
advance plans for the fall campaign.
President, Dr. Roy M. Goshorn, presided and a fine attendance was present.
It was unanimously decided to
retain the present officers ia order
to save the trouble of reorganising
at such a late date prior to the election. The officers are: President,
Roy M. Goshorn; First Vice President, H. R. Gwin; Second Vice
President, G. E. Raugh; Secretary,
J. L. Gilmore; Assistant Secretary's
F. W. Fleisher; Treasurer, C. F.
Jackson; Trustees, R M. Johnson, J.
A. Fox, L. M. Hample, James Big- '
gins, Jesse Nearhoof Mid C. L> McElwain.
Plans were announced for a large
rally to be held ea October Site ia
connection with the program being
scheduled by the Allied County organisations. A committee was appointed to farther plana for this
rally as follows: W. P. Bush, B. B.
West, J. E. Harvey, A. Bland, Fred
Budd, Rhody Visk, Louis Hamate,
Ernest Smith, Jerry Sharp, Cltatoa
IMcCaulley, J. A. Fox, M. Goes, W„
A. Hauth, John Glasgow, W. E. Singleton, Harry Kraus aad Harry
WhitsaL
Mr*. J.   E.   Harvey,   Mrs.
Goshora aad llM&slli