Bellwood Bulletin 1938-05-19

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LOCAL HB COLUMN
Short Items That WUl Inter-
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BRIEF SUMMARTOF THE WEEK
T*r*«    Paragraph* Concaming    aha
Doing of Oar Boroagh—The Cat.
naan Onr Snbseribers  Enjoy
—Copious rains within the past
week have greatly revived crops in
the fields and vegetables in the gardens.
—There is a prolific crop of new
potatoes down Florida way, and it
is said they are being offered at ten
cents par bushel.
—72 acre track of woodland,
three mUes northeast of Bellwood,
timber suitable for ties, mine props
and ipaper wood; will sell or exchange for a suitable plot of ground
in or near town. Inquire at Bellwood Bulletin office. ' St
' —Nothing would add more to the
beauty of our borough than to have
'the streets curbed snd macadamized.
Of course It mean* an outlay of
cash on the part of tfee citizens, but
the only way to get public improvements is through the pocketbooks
of the taxpayers.
—tMr. Lincoln Henry of South
Second street, and Mr. Harry Henry
of Clark street, were down at the
old home in Spruce Valley, Huntingdon county en Monday, being called
there due to the serious illness of
their mother, who has been alarmingly ill. for a number of weeks,
—i-The Junior banquet, with forty
seniors and the faculty of the Bellwood High School, was held Friday
night in the Festal hall of tbe Melodist Episcopal church.    The    de-
ttions were the class colors and
,amm\
quer**Bavaerveu by
of the Sunday school of the church.
—Allegheny Region Anniversary
association, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, held its annual meet-
tag In Altoona last Saturay. Attendance was fair considering the
incessant rain during the day, which
was doubtles responsible for the absence of hundreds of members, but
the meeting was a success and the
program was carried eat in detail.
—•Private room accomodations of
advanced design, including entirely
new types affording spaciousness,
convenience and comfort never before offered to rail travelers, will
be outstanding features of the fleet
ef ultra-modern, high-speed passenger trains which tite Pennsylvania
Railroad will place in operation
June 16 between its eastern and
western terminals.
—Tba Harry W. Rehm family
have become residents of Antis
township, having moved front their
home on BoylesN street, whleh they
occupied for a number of years, to
their property along the trolljyline,
a short distance from the Lowther
farm. Mr. Rehm is much interested
ta agriculture and will devote much
of hia time to farming and raising
chickens.
F—Saturday will be "Kiddies Day"
at Bland park, when this popular
outdoor pleasure raecrt will 'be officially opened for the summer season. A big crowd will likely be ta
attendance. During the winter
much improvement has been made
to the ground and the park haa Sato,
been enlarged. Mr. G. F. Rinard,
under whose management the park
fa conducted told us Wednesday
afttf^ioon, that he had booked a
nun .Jr of large picnics for tha
summer season. On "Kiddies Day**
12,000 free' tickets will be distributed to the school children.
—Mr. H. D. Hamer, one of the respected citizens of tfee borough and
residing on Orchard street, passed
another milestone on May 16, and
to commemorate tfee event his good
wife served a birthday dinner ta his
honor and ta honor of his. sister,
Miss Marie Hamer, Mr. Hamer and
Miss Hamer being twins. The son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hamer, Ermine
Hamer also shared in tfee honor of
. the event, whose birthday occurred
on May 7. Guests present were;
Mr. and Mrs. Joint Alleman, of Al-
taona; Miss Marie Ammon, of Hollidaysburg; Miss Hazel Cunningham
«f Juniata, and Mrs. Ban, of Altoona. The tfea* was delightfully
spent by the guests aad Mr. aad
Mrs. Hamer aad young son.
Y0UN6 MIHISTffl FEUCITITED
Friend* Gather and Extend Henrty
Good Wishes to Rev.  Praatrar  *
Grace Lutheran church wss the
scene of a moat enjoyable event
Saturday evening when a large
group of members and friends of
Rev. Charles Frazier met to express
their congratulations and best
wishes to him and his future bride,
Miss Frances Weaver, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. John Weaver, of
Rebersburg, Pa. The occasion was
ta the nature of a surprise to tha
honor guests. A. pleasant hour of
entertainment waa provided, including words of greeting and congratulation from the program chairman,
Mrs. J. M. Bechtol; from Rev. R.
P. Knoebel, pastor; Mr. J. F. Schmidt, Sunday School superintendent;
aad Prof. F. A. Hamilton and Miss
Kathryn   Hunter.
A group of young ladies . gave
vocal and ' instrumental selections
and T. J, Ro bison displayed fine
moving pictures taken on his trip
to the Pacific coast, also pictures
of the congregation taken on anniversary Sunday, March  27th.
At the conclusion of the Program
Rev. Frazier and Miss Weaver were
ushered Into the- parish room, where
two tables of gifts were displayed
and presented to them.
Many very beautiful gifts were
included ta this shower, outstanding
being a lovely quilt,, with embroidered pieces in yellow and white, the
gift of toe Ladies'- Aid Society and
Excelsior Sunday school class. Rev.
Frazier received' many congratulations upon his recent successes.
Tf*wo months ago he was elected
pastor of the St Clairsville Lutheran parish ta Bedford county. Last
Friday he was graduated from
Gettysburg Lutheran Theological
Seminary with the honorary degree
of Bachelor of    Divinity.    At    tbe
aid at^CTeaflleld thi*l**V«^k~ fl*aBi»*ll
be ordained into tfee ministry.
Saturday, May 21st, he and Miss
Weaver will be married in St.
Peter's Lutheran church, Rebersburg, the ceremony to be performed
by the bride's father. Rev. Charles
Frazier is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Frazier of North Fourth
street, and is a graduate cf the
Bellwood High school, class of 1981.
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NO. 18
80th C. i\, ANNIVERSARY
On Tuesday night of this week
the Christian Endeavor society of
Btair county held its 50th anniversary meeting in tite Logan Valley
Baptist church. The young people
were enthusiastic over their organisation which was founded by Dr.
Francis E. Clark of Portland Maine.
Rev. H. R. Lobb of Roaring Spring
addressed tfee meeting to the. delight
of all, on "The Widening Sovereignty of Jesus Christ." The young
people of Hollidaysburg put on a
most' illuminating missionary playlet. Remarks were made by the
president ot the Blair county Christian Endeavor Union. Miss Katherine Madara and Miss Naomi Piper
and Paul Rumbarger conducted tfee
opening service. Pastor, H. G. Dooley made the prayer and Benediction.
The male quartette of tfee Baptist
church sang very acceptably.
FOUR CARS IN MIXUP
Monday afternoon a four-car col-
lission occurred on Main street, directly in front of the William A.
Hauth newstand. A sedan descending Cambria street bridge was
said to have been traveling too fast
to properly negotiate the turn on
Main street and collided with the
rear end of Mrs. Weiss's car, which
was parked on Main street. The
Weiss car was forced into the rear
end of W. A. Hauth's car, also parked and that car was foread into the
rear end of a milk truck All cars
were slightly damaged, but no personal injury resulted.
SENIORS SPONSOR SHOW
The movie, "Hawaii Calls,'' sponsored Tuesday night by the Senior
Class ef the Bellwood High School,
proved a succes for both patrons and
the class. The movie was greatly
enjoyed by a large crowd. Mr. No-
topoulous proved himself a public-
spirited citizen by adding a nice
donation te the Washington fund,
along with the regular commission
to tfee class. Tbe students thank
tha patrons again for helping them
to go ever th* top to Waahingtoav
ANTIS SCH0rJBS_8EE
Many Obtnrve  the  Total  Eeapaf-j
«b* Moan oa Satardae Nigfel
Thirty    Antis High    school
dents and 15 visitors   from tfejP
rounding community stationed
selves on the Antis High school
letic field early Saturday    *A
to observe the total eclipse of
moon which waa watched with
*i
m
terest  throughout the world.
The student* were member^
the Antis High school Orin
which has been organized
January, 1937, and have
rapid progress under the <H
of their advisor professor,
Weiss. It was through' the «
of Mr. Weiss that the six-ineY
scope was used for the obse:
This telescope was constructed
Prof. Weiss with the assistance
experts from the Pennayl
State College and is one of the
in this section ef the state.
'At 1:55 a. m., members   of
observing party checked    tha
signs of the coming of'the eel
and by 2 a. m. the first shadow
the    moon waa   clearly    notl
without glasses.    Much interest
shown among the students aa
eclipe  gradually  neared the
At 8:18 th*   athletic field   waa
complete  darkness    as the    ed:
reached      the point      of the
eclipse.    The haze and smoke wl
hovered ta the sky during tfee a
part of the night prevented a els
view of the moon and as the ecli
became total the moon was lost
sight as it began to sink below
horizon aad. the    haze covered
completely at 8:80.    However,
members of the club stuck to
post till 5 a. m. hoping    that
clouds might clear    enough fefjjj
the celipse receeding.
The  Orin    chub    ettracte
tfee showing of eight inch mirrors
which are 'feeing ground by fhe
members of the club in view of
anticipating building a new
E-inch telescope. Many hours of
labor have been put upon these
mirrors and with the help of additional funds the club hopes to complete this new piece of equipment
ta the near future. The total cost of
the telescope will probably exceed
cne hundred dollars and "will be
one of the finest in this section.
Among the visitors who were
present to observe the eclipse were
Gerald Focht, secretary of tfee Y.
M. C. A., Miss Thelma Focht, Donald Cameron and Miss Pennal, instructors ta the Antis High school,
Lewis Myers, also of Antis High
school, Miss Dorothy Crawford of
Tyrone, Mrs. George Weiss and
Fred R. Hursh of Bellwood.
Officers of the club are president,
Donald Munn; secretary, • Blanche
Smith; treasurer, Kenneth Forshey.
Members of the club are chosen
from among advanced students in
the' mathematic  classes.
El DEPARTED
tkssed    From
Eternity
Maaley
lay, jfor forty-five
* prominent    and
«Jf Altoona, died
prialf hospital    in
unday, after    an
from pneumonia.
hunting lodge ta
Bounty a few   days
lining ' ill, and    his
ft alarming he    was
Blair Memorial hos-
fwners gap, Antis
17, 1872. he was
snd Mary Ann (Rig-
|nd a I grandson of
who was among the
county. His father
the Civil war, serv-
artillery and later In
188th    Pennsylvania
youth Mr. Manley
on thi form In An-
ttendihg the district
still .young he heir for several years,
studying law, enroll-
ent in the office of
Pun S. Hammond, then
ey id Blair county,
to the bar May 8,
time he practiced
nty fend    state    and
Z affiliations followed
ather who was one of
organized the Republi-
Blair county. •
I af years ago he served
ember of the common
ncil of tfee city ef
I, . Thomas C. Hare
udge' of the courts
intjt b* resigned the
sr.    On , Febru-
nttle mdre than a year. In May,
1*28, he was elected to a four-year
term, being reelected in 1932 and
in 1986.
Mr. Manley married Delma Gwin,
a daughter of J. A. Gwin of Antis
township, in 1895. She died a
number of years ago.
Members of the family include
one daughter, Vivian B., wife of
Donald M. Clark of Canton,' Ohio,
a grandson, J. Clair Manley of 309
Cherry avenue, Altoona, a great
grandchild, one brother. Isaac N.
Manley, and one sister, Miss Fannie
E. Manley, both of Homers Gap.
Mr. Manley was a member of the
Grace Methodist church, of the
Modern Woodsmen, of the Foresters and was president of the Logan
Camping club.. .
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, followed by Interment ta Asbury cemetery in Antis
township.
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DRY WORKERS MET
The Womans Christian Temperance union held a very interesting
meeting in the conference room of
the Y. M. C. A. Devotions were conducted by Mrs. Weight, opening'with
singing "This is My Father's World"
and "O Master Let Me Walk With
Thee." and reading scripture from
various passages. Prayer wa* offered by Mrs. Holden. The business
.session was in charge of Mrs. Beard.
The topic L T. L. and Y. T. C,
youth faces a greet tomorrow, waa
ably discusses fey Mrs. T. M. Stone,
in which she brought out many potent truths. When we pay out
$425,000 every hour, that which
affects society, affects you and yours.
Youth is the seed time and we must
plant early, such seeds aa may bring
flower* of beauty into life experience; parents teachers and christian
leaders must guide these young
travelers over a difficult road. W*
must move to th* fore if we woudd
finish this teak. The wets spent
over 28 millions ta advertising last
year over 40,000 persons were killed on the State highway. Mrs. W.
H. Moore gave an excellent discussion on education for temperance
using the following methods, absorption, personality pictures, facte
and practice. The pianist, Mra,
Hughes then favored with a pi
solo, and the meeting closed
the aronic benediction.
Mrs. Margaret Trappe
Mrs. Margaret (Daniels) Trappe
of Hensheytown, near the borough,
died Tuesday afternoon at 1.20
o'clock at tfee Philipsburg State hospital where she had been a. patient
for the past five weeks. Born in Altoona July 20, 188,4 she was a daughter of Sanderson J. and Anna
(Hewitt) Daniels. Her husband,
Henry Trappe, preceded her ta
death. Memers of the family include one daughter, Mrs. Jordon
Dearolf of Hensheytown, one sister.
Mrs. Maude Seitz of Philadelphia,
and a njece, Miss Dolly Daniels of
Hensheytown.
Sylvester T. Conna
Sylvester T. Cessna of 603 East
Fourth street, died at his home
eSfriy Friday morning of last week,
following a heart attack which he
Buffered the day previous. For
about fifty years he had been an
employe of the Pennsylvania railroad company, and at the time of
feia death waa living retired. He had
been a resident of the borough for
the past forty-five years and for a
time was employed ae night watchman oa the sub-division running
through the borough. Later he was
transferred to the Altoona shops,
where ha continued to work until
retired aad placed on the pension
list a few years ago. He was born
to Bedford county and the greater
tfjart ef his life time was spent in
Bellwood,    He waa aged about   75
of the    family    include
pad vara daughters, Clay-
MOTORISTS FIGHT FOR RIGHTS
Blair Canaty Cktb Will Continue
Efforts Far Batter Treatment
Pennsylvania motorists today are
determined to secure their rights ta
a full return on the motor and
gasoline taxes they pay, according
to William H. Fields, president of
the Blah* County Motor Club.
"As the official representative of
motorists in thht vicinity the Blair
Motor club has always watched
closely the progress of the* state's
highway system. Improvement of
highway and safety thereon is the
objective for which motorists pay
their highway taxes. They pay
them, too, to the belief that reads
suitable and adequate for the safe
movement of modern - traffic, will
be built. They are aware that satisfactory secondary and rural roads,
arterial routes though cities, bypasses of congested centers are
needed throughout the state. They
know that roads of general .use are
of first importance. That is why
they are demanding that the results of the recent state-wide traffic survey be formulated Into a
long-range program of development, whose administration and
conduct shall be wholly divorced
from politics.
"There have been instances in
Pennsylvania of ill-advised and uneconomic allocations of highway
funds among the various classes of
highways. Road funds have been
diverted under the guise of borrowings. Hit-or-miss highway construction and improvement have
been often the rule. But today the
motorist Insists that a sane, sensible road policy ia the only answer
to the highway needs of the state.
One need go no further than over
route No. 220 to Tyrone to find
justiilcation for these needs. Obsolete, worn-out stretches, fall of
face tha motorist
Ptmnsyt-
,000 motorists mast
travel, have not kept pace With the
tremendous growth of use of the
motor vehicle.
"Investigations have shown the
need for widening reconstruction of
more than 1,500 miles of Pennsylvania's main highways, improvement of 700 miles of secondary
roads, construction of some 500
miles of by-passes to relieve congested centers, elimination of many
dangerous grade crossings, aa well
as betterment of hundreds of miles
of strictly rural roads. Because of
these needs, we believe that highway funds must be apportioned in
accordance with the importance of
the roads to be improved, and that
roads must be built that will not
ea t up the motor income of the
state through maintenance costs.
Also because of the tremendous
miietagie of roads now upon the
state highway system, motor taxes
must be expanded with the utmost
economy and upon the soundest
and best engineering principles.
"The Blair Motor club, therefore,
is determined tr use its united
strength in every possible way to
see to it Jhat cur motor and gasp
line taxes are spent ta this wise, so
that the full benefits of safe, modern highways are returned to those
who actually pay the highway bill
of Pennsylvania."
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—Now that tiie primary election
is over we may expect to get some
real news in the newspapers.
—Last Monday the Keyston*.
Lumber company with a yard and
mill on North Tuckahoe street, received a car load of lumber from
the hill*' of Idaho.. It waa the finest
lumber to eome from that state.
The freight on the car load amounted to over five, hundred dollars. Tfee
Keystone Lumber company, of
which Ralph Varner is general
manager, will use it ta construction
of houses and other buildings.
ton and Lloyd Cessna, both of
Canton, O., Paul Cessna, of Bellwood, Mrs. Leo'ta Lebo of Altoona,
and Mrs. Mary Miller of Bellwood,
and one brother, Ambrose Cessna,
of Cumberland, Md., his wife Carrie R. Cessna, died Sept 6, 1937.
Mr. Cessna was a member of the
Lutheran church. Funeral services
were held Monday afternoon at
2.S0 o.clock, to charge of Rev. Russell P. Knoebel, pastor of Grace
Lutheran church, after which interment waa made ta Logan Valley cemetery.
PERS0NAL_raRA6RAPHS
People Who Visit Hero anej
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CIUZEIS
Guest* Who Ar* Rata*Island by BeU-
Wood Hosts    Peaaoaal Mectiea af
TboM Who Visit To and Pro
Mrs. Catherine Burchne-d of
Stewart street, apent Sunday with
friends in Mt. Union.
Mrs. Laura Nash, of Blandburg, la
visiting thai week at the Jeffries
■home on Boyles street.
Mr. Charles English, of Altoona,
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs-
Samuel S. Hildebrand on Boyles
street.
Mrs. W. H. Bentley, who has been
making her home with friends in
Altoona for some time past, will
now resides on North First street. ■
Mr. and    Mrs. Samuel Jones,    of  I
Harrisburg, are visiting their    parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones and
Mr. and    Mrs. John    K. Bland    on
South Second street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Yohn, of
Shade Valley Huntingdon county,
spent Wednesday with friends in the
borough and Tyrone. . Mr. Yohn la'
now engaged in farming and while
ta town was a caller at our office.
Mr. Joseph McCioskey, of Harris- I
burg, where he is employed in a
clerical capacity to the department
of revenue, with lire. McCioskey
and baby bo> -iient the week with
hia parents, Mr. and Mrs; Bey Me-*
Closkey on Boyles street. They returned to Harrisburg Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. William P. Bush snd little
son Glenn, of Mala street', have
gone to Ardmore, Pa., where Mr*.
Bush's sister, Miss Onda WslaS.    :■»
■tying eritteaHy «! at *tfe>^'*fea»**j2»t.
Mr". "TJebrge  SprSnide*  foTn^e¥~VSr*f*5
dents of Tipton.    The condition    of
Miss Wilson ia each as causes    her
friends much apprehension.
MODERN GAMBLING   CRAZE
The United States is plagued with
three distinct erases, namely: the
drink erase, the divorce craze and
tfee gambling craze. A Roman
Catholic bishop of the middle west
declares that all forms of petty
gambling to his diocese must cease.
Gambling has gripped tha American
people as it haa the people of r. i
nations. The bingo philosophy :-.?
life does not square with the W
of God.    The exhortation    of /
writ is to provide things boner in
the sight of all men. A mome. s reflection will convince 'us that, craze
is the right word inasmuch aa Webster defines a "erased" person as
mentally deranged and tfee* must be
tfe* condition of a person who will
stake his all upon playing a man at <
his own game, when the game haa
been thoroughly tested for its certainty to enrich its proprietor at tfee'
direct expense of its amateur vie*
tint; and yet today gambling exceeds all other rackets in the ■ >pe
if its menace. On Sunday ,- ght
Rev. H. G. Dooley, pastor of tfee
Logan Valley Baptist church wiU
discuss their growing evil.
BAPTIST LAYMEffS'   COUNCIL
This evening the laymen of' tha
Centre Baptist Association, comprising thirtv churches, will meet in
the Logan Valley Baptist church for
i greet mass meeting. Dr. Gordon
:-*..:/ "er, president of the Eastern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia will address the mass meeting on toe subject," The World
Challenges Maa." This speaker
possesses such outstanding ability
and his subject being so important,
that Dr. W. R. Heaton, of Philips-
burg, president of. tfee Laymens*
Council of Centre Association, invites all women to enjoy this address also. Rev. H. G. Dooley will
open tfee meeting with wore* of
welcome, and Dr. Beaton wiU then
preside. Special choir and t, rtetto
music will add to the pleas, e of
the evening, toe public ia invited.
m '*   %   —asosa.
—United action by the consumers, food afcarea newspapers, radio
stations, hotels aad restaurants during April—"Pennsylvania Big Apple
Month," created a market for 1,000-
000 bushels of surplus Pennsylvania
apples and averted aa economic loss
estimated at mora than half a milts
lea dollars.