Bellwood Bulletin 1938-02-24

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VOL. XLIX
BELLWOOD, PA.
'. FEBRUARY 24,  1938
NO.491
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LOCAL NHS COLUMN
Short Items That WUl Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMRMtUOFTHE WEEK
1 fesse    Paragraph*  Concerning    the
Doing ef Onr Borough—The Col-
nmn Oar Subscribers Enjoy
'   —The     shortest     month   of   the
year will soon take its departure.
—The next event is Easter,
which will fall due in April
—Mrs.* Aubury Stewart of Stewart street is seriously ill and is
confined to the Mercy hospital in
Altoona.
—R. ***.. Burkholder, S31 S. Second street, reports that Kentucky
Cardinals, better knuwn as "red
birds", have arrived for the summer. A pair of them seemed to be
hunting a home near his house a
few days ago.
—Mrs. Walter Stevens who has
been confined to her home for the
past month is somewhat improved.
Mrs. Stevens and her daughter
Barbara left Wenesday afternoon
> for St. Petersburg Fla., where they
will remain for several weeks.
I —The good news f rom" Chambersburg reclamation plant was that on
Tuesday close to fifty of its employees reported for work, and among that number was our town boys
who are employed there. It's hoped that March 1 will see the remainder of the men at their usual places.
—Mr. George Simon, once a resident here, bow   cS Chambersburg,
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BIRDS HMEJBCH INSTINCT
Incident Related Show They Know
Where te Find Feed
"Do Birds Remember?" It is a
well known fact that robins and
ether migratory birds return, year
after year, to former nesting places
and there making their new nests
each spring. It is also,, thought that
the little birds reared in any locality will return there each year,
| along with there parents, to rear
their owa young.
But usually nobody speaks of
sparrows or starlings in this connection. However, a South side lady
tells an interesting story of a spar-
rowwhich shows this trait. It was
two years age. when the snow was
deep and there wasn't any possibility of birds reaching their usual
bases of supplies that this lady purchased feed and scattered it on the
back walk. Large flocks of sparrows and starlings enjoyed it each
day until spring laid bare the fields
and the lady thought the birds could
find their own food.
Not so one saucy sparrow. Again
and again he visited the feeding
•place. Then one day he saw his
benefactoress sitting, beside a window. Perching on a porch post
ledge, he voiced his opinion of the
closing of his boarding house in no
•uncertain tones. When she moved
to another room, he followed her,
"talking'' outside tiie window in a
manner that left no doubt as to* his
meaning.
The next winter was not so cold
or snowy, but the - birds were on
hwid   watching   tor their git%.ttt
RECORD OF THE DEI
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Persons   Who   Nave   Pasted I
Thaa to   Eternity
Mrs. Ella Mounts
Mrs.   Ella J.  Mounts,   prog;
Clearfield   county   political
and    business   woman,   died
I home in Janesville Friday nig
6:20  o'clock following   a heat
tack.    Mrs. Mounts had been
over a year.     She was strici
Dallas,   Texas,  last  summer
she was forced to spend some
in   a   hospital.      Since   her
home,   she has   been   very   ill'
bedfast for some time. Member
the   family  iticlude    her, husbg;
Samuel   J.   Mounts,   two  brotl
Henry   and Joseph   Dore,   both!
Smith Mills, and a Bister, Mrs. EH
bet Lane, of Evanaton, III.
ON THE CONSTITUTION: WASHINGTON OWNED PL UNO
James   Eugene   Ryder
James Eugene Ryder died at.-'
hrrne in Pittsburgh Saturday mo
ing at 1 o'clock   after an extes
illness.    He was 36. Members of
family Include hie mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Will
of Olanta Pa., and six brothers*.!
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sisters,   Mrs.   C.    W.   Vincent^
Uniontcwn, Mrs. J. A. Reed of
wood,   Mrs.   Charles    Wilcher,
Dorothy  Shook  and  Geraldine
Hams of Olanta and W. P. Willi,
of     Swissvale.    The     body
brought   to   the   George   E.  F*J
moTfJuary   on  Main   street,-
funeral    services * were    oo_
Tuesday   afternoon   at. 2
followed   by   intermeirt^_(*|
Valley cent*t^jr.
Held In Public Schools; Will
JSaWard   Scholarships
[.■scholarships in State univer-
■jre offered to  high and  preschool seniors in   Pennsyl-
»r the best essay on the Con-
of the United   States,   Dr.
K.   Ade,   Superintendent  of
Instruction,   announced "this
contest is sponsored by the
Meania Constitution. Comme-
Jon   Committee   appointed   by
ar George H. Earle.
■S    governing     the     contest,
fi    to    the   State's   1270   high
lis   by   Albert   M.    Greenfield,
Ban of the Committee, provide
! the contest will be open to toe,
gers of the classes   graduating
the    year    1938,   including
of the February as well as the
classes.
1-es  for  successful   contestants
|four-year   scholarships   ranging
glue for the period from   $1600
100 made available by the Uni-
of Pennsylvania,   University
ffdttsburgh,   Temple   University,
jesne University,   and Pennsyl-
State College.
five contestants whose essays
adged next in  order  of  excel-
will   receive   Certificates   of
rand will be considered   alter-
. of   the   scholarships   winners,
^in the event that any  of  the
fail  to  meet  entrance roof    the    institution   to
jjjaep.Jbave been awarded scho-
tif icates of
.become
j Records Disclose Ha Patented Tracts
In Western Counties
A warrant* map of Fayette County completed recently in the Bureau
of Land Records in tiie. Pennsylvania Department   of   Internal   Affairs
I shows that George Washington on
Feb. 28, 17S2, six days after he had
attained his fiftieth birthday anniversary, became the owner of five
tracts of land which   now  comprise
^ a part of tiie borough of Perryopo-
lis,    Secretary   of   Internal   Affairs
Thomas A. Logue said this week.
The     records     show,     Secretary
i Logue .said, that four of the tracts
were secured by Washington after
original application for warrants to
survey the lands had been issued to
other persons and later obtained,
presumably by purchase, by Washington. The fifth tract was obtained on the warrant application
issued originally to Washington.
The five tracts contained a total
of approximately 1,700 acres of
land and Washington paid to the
Supreme Executive Council of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - a
total of 238 pounds, 12 shillings and
seven pence or approximately $1,-
150.
Originally the Penns and - later
the Commonwealth owned all of the
lands In Pennsylvania and the first
individual owners obtained patents
through purchase of tracts from the
Commonwealth. These transfers became, records in the Department ef
Internal Affairs, Releases of the
same property in later.years became
matter**i ef county records. _.__.    _ijj
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here atotJ
Those Who Go Aarajr*;^
MOVEWEHTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Guest* Who Ate Entertained he* ■eaV
Wood Hosts—Personal Maetfaa ef
These Who Visit To asd Pre
Mrs. Pearl Goss, of Altoona, waa
a visitor at the A. G. Barrett hop-
on Stewart street  on Tuesday, i
Mrs. Fannie Figard, from Watts'
farm, spent last'Thursday witt. her
friends, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Barrett
on Stewart  street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Barrett ef
Stewart street entertained at dinner
on Saturday Mrs. Sarah McGregor
and daughter, Patricia Ann and Mrs.
Dorothy Wise, of Altoona. The
party was held in honor
Wises birthday.
Mrs. J. H. Patton Jr., and
Milton and Earl returned from
Canton, Ohio where they spent a
few days visiting Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Goss and Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Dunn. Mrs. Lloyd Goss accompanied them-on their return trip and
will spend a few weeks to Bellwood. C
Mr. Wynn Diller, who is now employed   at   the   railroad, plant   at
Chambersburg,- became ill -last week
and was obliged to come   home Epi'i
a few days to regain his health. Wri-I
Diller believes   in  taking  things nvMj
the start, whioh off-sets any Ihlagfn
that might be prolonged, which is. 9
wise thing to do.
Mr. and Mrs, George Orris, and
grand-son Dick, ^a^mtia*BM*t*$%t4&*
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of  Mrs.
had to relincruisb hta duties mra
few days. His many friends, here
as well as at the plant wish him a
speedy recovery.
—Mrs. F. J. Hoover has returned,
home from Detroit, Mich., accompanied by her daughter Mrs. Helen
Hoover Grass and infant daughter
Patricia Ann.. Mrs. Hoover had
been called to Detroit a month ago
on account of the' serious illness of
her daughter, who will remain at
home until she regains her good
healtil.
—The Ann of Ava Guild of the
Logan's Valley Baptist church will
present a Colonial Tea program on
fXOr
they '*ft*ve'her number" aad she
also is sore that birds hsve memor-
is and use them.
CELEBRATES   ANNIVERSARY
Well known throughout this com,
munity is the William F. Gable Co.
store of Altoona ' which celebrates
.fta 54th Anniversary heginndg
March 1st. The Gable store which
held the first Anniversary sale ever
featured by any store in the United
States take pride in making this the
outstanding event of the year by
offering values which are impossible
at  any   other  time.    Much of  the
.merchandise is priced at practically
Friday evening at eight   o clock   in (^ ^ __gt_ tt_ Gab,e st__e    And
the Sunday School rocm.    The pro-1 m    add|tton   -„-_    manMfactur„
with   whom    they    deal    regularly
gram will consist of several plays
ai ' novelty numbers followed by
reireshments. A small fee will admit you to this evening's entertainment. HHH!
—Mrs. Mary Ann Cunningham
died at her home 618 Tenth avenue, in Juniata, Tuesday night at
10:40. She was bom in Petersburg,
Huntingdon county, March 13, 1877
a daughter of Thomas and Ma-
linda Hamer. She was a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
{Ajmjong the Surviving relatives is
David H. Hamer of Orchard street,
this borough who is a brother.
i—.Benjamin Fl Cramer died
suddenly at his home in Centre
Hall, Centre county Saturday night
from a heart condition. Mr. Cramer was born in Centre county eighty
three years ago. His mother was
Christina Custenborder. His wife,
the former Sadie Ditzell, survives
with three sons, Elmer, :Charles
and William Cramer, all of Altoona,
Two sisters, Mrs. Corl and Mrs.
Mary Hoy, both of State College
end a brother, William Cramer of
Lemont, also survive. The deceased was an uncle of George W.
Cramer of  North Fourth  street.
offer them once-a-year savings making it possible for Gable's to give
bigger values at this time than for
any other sale.
In an interview with a member
of the Gable executive staff, it was!
brought out that all who register
the first day of the sale will receive
a souvenir. Parking in the three
10th Avenue parking lots will be
free. And that the store will re-1
main open until 9 p.m. on March 1st
but will then return to their regular daily hours of 9 to 5, with the
exception of 'Saturdays when the
store hours are from 9 to 6
o'clock.
tering their claims for Bnemploja*
ment compensation. With that
total and the number of other
new applieations being made' the
registrations continue to mount
steadily past the 13,000 mark for
Blair county. Each week, however, an increase in the number
of checks being received is noted.
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DISPATCHES   TO    WASHINGTON
On Friday night at 8 o'clock the
joung ladies of the Logan Valley
Baptist church will present a unique and pleasing sketch at a Washington birthday tea entitled: "Dis-
•patches to-. General Wasington".
The ladies will appear in colonial
costume. Following the sketch the
ladies will serve delicious refreshments. The public is invited to enjoy the evening.
WptsgB for eaeb 106 or fraction
thereof in the senior classes to represent his or her school in tiie finals.
FARM INCOME   RISES
In spite of the -collapse of farm
product prices which followed the
record-breaking harvest last fall
forty-one states, including Pennsylvania, report an increase in the cash
income of their farmers last year,
ta comparison with their 1936 income. According to J. Hansell
French, Secretary of Agriculture,
farm income in this State increased
13 percent last year.
mme	
 Receipt   books   for sale at the
Bulletin office, ten cents each.
-  —Every  member   of the   family
reads the Bulletin.
CAROLE    SOCKS    MARCH
Carole Lombard finally got the
chance for which she was waiting
—the opportunity to swing a right
across  to  Fredric  March's jaw.
Throughout the David O. Sels-
nick technicolor comedy, "Nothing
Sacred," the feature attraction at
the State theatre, March 1-2, directed by William A. Wellman,
Miss Lombard has been on the receiving end. She was kicked and
punched to the hotel -room fight
scenes; sea aaa pushed off a dock,
shoved tato a packing case and
{pulled hTTTBl** two v/reatiers.
VANSCOYOC—GENSAMER
Roy Daniel VanScoyoc, son of
Mr. and Mrs, VanScoyoc of Bland-
berg and Emma Luella Gensamer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Gensamer, sr., of the north side,
were united in marriage at the home
of the bride, in Bellwood Sunday
afternoon at 2:80 o'clock. The
marriage was solemnized by Rev.
S. H. Ralston, pastor of the United
Brethren church. The ring ceremony was used. Those who witnessed the ceremony were Mr. and
Mrs. • Jerry Gensamer, sr., the
bride's parents; Mrs. Maud Van-
Scntyoc, mother of the bridegroom;
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gensamer, jr.,
Paul, Frank and Richard Gensamer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis of
Altoona, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Shunk, Mrs. Mary Lauver and
Mrs. William Root <yf Bellwood,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and family
of Bellefonte, and Lutitia Delany
of Bellwood. Tho couple will make
their home at Lloydsville.
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—Advertise ta the Bulletin.
$25.00  FREE
Customers making purchases at Booster Stores
Saturday, will be given slips, each one of which
will be a chance to win part of this Cash Award:
1st Prize..:. $10.00 2nd Prize.... $7.50
3*1 Prize...        5.00 4th Prize       2.50
Members of the Bellwood Booster Association are all in readiness
for the initial Booster Sale to be
held on Saturday, February 26th.
President W. Y. Bland called a
special meeting ol the Association,
Tuesday night, in order to make a
check on last minute details. Practically all of the twenty-three members were represented and all announced themselves as being in
shape for the big day.
J. G. Cornmesser, chairman of
the Booster Day committee reported
that a "little German Band" has
been secured for the occasion and
will furnish free entertainment on
the streets throughout the afternoon and evening. He stated that
al'. arrangements were complete for
distributing the tickets for the
$25.00 Cash Award that will be given on that day. A number of business places are giving additional
prizes to lucky patrons as an added
means of helping make this big day
a success..
All the stores have outdone themselves in furnishing real values at
very special prices for the occasion
and this sale really offers real to*
ducements to local as well aa neighboring shoppers ta visit Bellwood en
Booster Day.
. The fine cooperation of all the
representative business men in
town, makes it possible to offer bargains to Bellwood shoppers, in every
line of merchandise. Furniture,
groceries, jewelry, confectionery,
lunches, in fact almost anything desired by the buying public will be
on sale Saturday.
On top of that, the fine service,
quality ojf the merchandise and convenient parking without annoying
traffie Jfegulations, will offer additional inducements for shoppers in
this trading area" to shop in Bellwood.
The merchants of the town feel
that they are well qualified to furnish merchandise of the same quality and at the same or even lower
prices as will be found elsewhere
and are instituting these Booster
Day Sales in order to acquaint
everyone with this fact.
The principal idea of this day is
to give the people an opportunity to
see for themselves just what real
buys can be made in Bellwood and
everyone is cordially invited to
come out on that day and look a-
round, whether or not they desire
to make any purchases,
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mV"Msnigntulate the committee he
appointed in not leaving anything
.undone to encourage the biggest
religious demonstration Bellwood
has ever witnessed. Many people
who would not live in a community
where there were no churches are
seldom otr ever seen at a Sunday
public worship service. Last summer Bellwood made a great demonstration of civic pride that drew
many people to our borough. It
was a big success in many ways.
On Sunday, March the 6th, there
will be a big demonstration of religious pride. It is expected that
the people, church members" and
non-church members, who live within a radicfus of three miles from the
borough will wend their way to
some Bellwood church on this big
religious day. The ministerium is
not importing any * ministers from
other cities to attract a crowd, but
is relying solely upon the local
ministers in their respective churches to preach the unadulterated
Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ for
that is the only drawing power that
is worth while and it is of perman-
ant value.
Some of the churches are planning to have the Sunday school
classes remain for the morning
preaching service. The pastors will
have a sermonette especially for the
yc-iunger folks, previous to the regular sermon. Church going is a
habit, but' a commendable habit
which the Master himself cultivated. The war torn countries of the
cast and the deplorabe economic
conditions in our own country
should be the incentives to direct
the minds of the people God-ward
and their feet to the house of God.
j It is expected there will be a record attendance at both the morning and evening services on this
day of religious enthusiasm.
Mrs. Die—oa?
remembered as the 'former Miss EMa
Ale. Mr. and Mrs. Orris have
made previous trips to the west, and
this, was another that was enjoyed
very much. They arrived home
Feburary 17th, with only one
change of trains between Los Angles and our hcjme town. We naturally would call that train service.
EVERYONE  IN CHURCH
The committee on the "Go Tte
Church Sunday" movement that has
been set for Sunday, March 6th,
asks that all the churches and the
civic organisations in town get
their members to attend divine service that day. There is no reason
why every church cannot be filled
that Sunday. It is' largely up te
the pastors and their congregations
to see that everyone of their members are present for that Sunday. J
We, ask that you count your attendance at both services on Sunday,
Feb. 27th, and also on March 6th,
that we might be able to see if anything was gained by this special
effort.
All the wide awake organizations
in our town have agreed to cooperate by getting as many of their
members to attend church as possible. They also are asked to give a
report of the pecentage of attendance they had after March 6 th.
Hand bills will be scattered all i
over town next week. Pastors ara
asked to advertise thia day to I
church, and let us all do everything
possible to have a record attendance
for that Sunday. Don't forget the
date, March 6th.
TOWNSEND  CLUB  MEETING
The Bellwood and Antis Township Townsend club No. 1, will
meet in the Knights of Pythias Hall
March's, and then regularly thereafter every first and third Thursday nights of each month at 7:30
o'clock p.m. The Knights of Pythias hall is over Heuston's drug store.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these meetings. Come and
learn, the truth about the Townsend
recovery plan. There will be good
speakers  and entertainment. -
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MISSIONARY   MEETING  HELD
The Foreign Missipnany Society
of the First Methodist church met
at the parsonage Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. T. M. Stone was the hostess.
Miss Bell gave a very interesting |
talk on the lesson. Many plans te
improve and expand mission worst
was accomplished. The society
plan to recognise the Standard Bearers and the Ught Bearers. The
mite box exercises wtil be held in
the church next month. The aoctai
ety will send a box of old muslina j
and linens to China in a few weeks
which will be used for the wounded.
Those present were Mrs. Stone, Mrs.
Moore, Mrs. Love ,Mrs. Miller, Mro»j
Balsbach, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Nae
tiie Jamison, Miss Bell and
Alma Reeder. Later ta the .
noon refreshments were served.
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