Bellwood Bulletin 1938-06-30

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AY, JUNE 30, 1938
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LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Item* That WUl Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMARYOFTHE WEEK
Toss*     Paragraphs  Concerning     tea
Doing of Our Borough—Tba Column Oav Snbacribers  Enjoy
" —Subscribe for the Bulletin.
—Every member of the family
reads fee Bulletin.
—Aovertiae. to the Bulletin.
—Let Old Glory float to the
breese on July Fourth.,
—Home-grown raspberries have
made their appearance on the local
market.
—Take time and drive safely and
sanely on July 4, as well as all other
times.
—Bland park will be the mecca
fer our many citizens on July
Fourth.
—Bellwood expects many visitors
ta fee town on July ' Fourth and
join to our celebration.
—Mr. Samuel S. Hildebrand and
family have moved from Boyles
street, to a home on South Main
street. .' ;V*
—Celebrate the natal day at home
this week, when the citizens of the
borough will stage a worth-while
program.
—The Bellwood Calithumpinn
band took part fa the celebration
being held by the Hastings Are company Wednesday evening.
—The rains the beginning of the
week have greatly refreshened the
gardens and ever since vegetables
have been on "the up go."
—Congress has adjourned and
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BELLWOOD WILL CELEBRATE
Parade ta fee    Evania*    and Grand
Display   ei    Firaworka
The Fourth of July will not paw
by in our borough unobserved, fee
committees having in charge the
celebration have been working diligently for fee event within fee past
few days and now all plans have
been completed. Troop B 104th
Cavalry of Tyrone will be here wife
a mounted and dismounted platoon
and will stage a sham battle on tbe
Y. M. C. A. Athletic field after fee
parade. There will be other attractions, including * a concert by the
Bellwood High School band.
At 9 o'clock there will be a brilliant display of beautiful fireworks.
Everyone should arrange to stay st
home and celebrate our natal ta fee
community. The committee has
gone to much effort to make it a
worth-while celebration and all plans
have been-completed.
The following orders have been
issued for the parade which will
start at 6 P. M., - comprising three
divisions, wife general chairman,
Harold Mofflt ia command. The
First Division wiU form on South
Cambria Street, right resting on
Main street, Marshall G. R. Shaner
and John Harvey and J. M. Louder
as aides. Formation, colors and
sad color guard, mounted platoon,
dismounted platoon, fire company
Junior band, men wife white fes,
Boy Scouts, Boys Patrol, Ladies
Auxiliaries, Catholic Girls Club,
Logan Volley Grange, Bellwood Lion
Club, Booster Association, Sportsmen Association, Fraternal Order of
Eagles.
The Second Division will form on
Main street, right resting on Cambria street, at Economy 'Store, facing east, Marshall W. H. Zimmerman and E, M. Goshorn, J. W.
RELIC OF 6ETTYSBUR6 FIELD
'
Sword and Bayonets ta Possession
of Follow Townaman
When Confederate General Root.
E. Lee decided to transfer fee. activities of fee Civil war from the
hills of Virginia, hia army made
rapid marches northward fa the
latter part of June, 1863. To circumvent his invasion into Pennsylvania, the Union forces, under Gen.
Meade were fa hot pursuit and did
not overtake the dashing southern-'
ers until they met on fee historic*
hills of Gettysburg.
On the march    nQrth   from   fee
fields   of   Virginia     where    many
bloody battles had    previously been'
fought between the opposing forces^
the Union army passed through the
town  of  Littlestown,  fee  birthplace,
of our townaman, Dr. F. B. Forrest.;
It was a forced march   on the pa:
of the  Federal    forces    and    who;
they passed north of the Mason On
Dixon line they were short  of f<
and greatly exhausted.      Coming
Littlestown,    where    Dr.    Forrei
mother lived,   fee    soldiers    of t
Union army rolled a barrel  of So
into her home and    requested    thi
sbe baked bread, the request    being
cheerfully complied wife by fee lady.'
The soldiers could hardly wait untn
the bread was ready    to be   eaten,
and many of the boys in bin* scuft*V
ed for a portion of the staff of life.;
Among fe* Union forces was aw
officer, who preceded on- to Gettysburg and took part ta the bloody
conflict. After the battle he pass*
through Littlestown and calling
upon Mrs. Folio*!, presented' her
with his sword and two bayonet
which were used in the battle.
While at his oh\ home in Littlest*
seme times since, Br.. Forrest cans*
into possession of these prised/ relirte
of fee frightful    struggle.
Joseph
Pleafent    Gathering of fee
G.   Fletcher   Family
Fo*r generations were represented a*Ya family reunion held last Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. G-fPletcher, 609 N. Tenth street
_JS th* party were five children, Mrs.
(Joal Bowers, Grant C. Peltcher ana
Joseph D. Pletcher; thirteen grand-
chUdren and nine great grandchildren, the entire party, including
three, visitors, numbered 38.
Anvabundant picnic dinner, spread
on specially constructed tables on
fee spacious porch, was a special
feature of fee day. Delicious corn
'soup, made by Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
(pletcher, was enjoyed by everybody
hnd fee other items of fee menu
Jwere Equally fa favor with all, big
find little.
After   dinner,    Grant    Pletcher,
Jjomsi from   Chicago   on vacation,
brought out for presentation to his
thfr Joe,    a bit of Joe's   handi-
rk lie had found while   exploring
th*   attic.   It was   a toy   cart,
desrom two   wheels   of another
with body carefully    fashioned
Srom i a cigar   box.    It was   made
fa/hen Joe   was   about   6 years old.
Earlier the children    bad presented
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher each a handsome bathrobe and slippers.
Amusements     for     fee    children
featured   tbe afternoon,   while the
older ones chatted of times gone by.
In the evening those nearby returned to their homes, while   the other*
**> tarrie<|    until    Sunday    evening or
y  Monday.    When J. D. Pletcher   and
ily: reached their    York    county
»nej they    found    that    a cloud,
st en that vicinity had left their
omeigrife about   eight   inches   of
a the feet   floor   and   some
rk cleaning   away   fee ware
**1 te their holiday. Grant
PASSED QCT06ENARMN MARK
Long Time Citiaen    Attains to Age
of Fear Score Years
Mr. Samuel Mundorff of North
First street, became an octogenarian
Thursday of last week, when he
passed fee four score mark, having
passed the major portion of his years
in fee borough, where he is widely
known and greatly respected by all
who share fa his acquaintance and
friendship. For many years he had
been employed as a foreamn in fee
ear repairing yard of the old Pennsylvania and Northwestern rail
road at this place, and which was
later taken over by fee P. R. R. Co.
Mr. Mundorff's eightieth anniversary was not elaborately celebrated,
although an automobile trip waa enjoyed to old Huntingdon county,
where our venerable citizen was
born. In company wife his good
wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell
McOormick of Greenwood, Mr.
McOormick being a passenger engineer on fee Pittsburgh division,
and Mrs. McCormick being a niece
of Mr. Mundorff, fee party motored
te old Mt. Zion Lutheran church,
near Huntingdon, which was erected by the Presbyterians and later
leased and finally purchased by the
Lutherans, and which was built
about the year I860. In the cemetery nearby lies the body of Henry
Hite, a veteran of the war of ISIS.
Our townsman remembers having
conversed wife him in his younger
days. While there they visited Mr.
and Mrs. Bailey, the formers grandson of fee veteran of the war of
1812. They also mat a Mr. Lesher,
kin of the editor of fee Huntingdon
Monitor, a weekly newspaper published for many years in the old
town, fee two having been schoolmates fa fee years gone by.     *
leaving    fee    old    church,    fee
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS BFIbB CITIZENS
Guests Who Are Entertained by atefe
Wood Hosts—Personal false Ilea ••
These Who Visit To and Fro
Miss Helen Howe left Sunday fe*
a week of camp life at Newton
Hamilton.
Miss Edna McElwain haa returned to her home on North Third
street, after a visit among friends
in New York city. . I
Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers and
children, of Princeton, N. J. were
guests this week at the home of Mrs.
George M. Meyers on Main street.
i Misses Catherine Phterson,
Dorothy Rodgers and Elisabeth
Hoover left on Sunday to attend
fee Carrie Barge house party at
Williamsport. Mr. John L. Hillard
an officer of the district, is also attending the party.
Mrs. Levi Goehring, wife of the
pastor of the Olivet Baptist church,
was taken to fee Philipsburg hospital
one day last week, where she underwent an operation for the removal
of her appendix. Friends of Mrs.
Goehring will be pleased to know
feat she is getting along very nicely.
Mrs. Fannie Trout has   returned,
to her home on Main   street,   after,
spending   a week   as fee   guest of
her son-in-law and   daughter,    Mr. j
and Mrs.    Hubert    Lauer    at their',
grandview    cottage    at    Westwood,
where    she    greatly     enjoyed    the
mountain scenery.
Mrs. John   Fuoss   and   daugfa**JJ
Emaline of- North 4th street left 1
day fer    Wilmerding,    Ps-aj
r§K*ral upturn fa an
lines of business.
—Sower work is progressing
nicely fa the Tuckahoe street section
of the borough. Strong hopes are
entertained for completing fee project during fee latter part   of Sept.
 The cutting of   wheat   On   the
farms in Antis township wifl begin
fa a few days. It is said that the
yield will be somewhat above fee
normal, aad fee price of the grain
fee lowest fa many years.
—The regular monthly meeting
of fee borough council will be held
fa fee public building July 11, when
fee members of the body will occupy their time discussing a number
of important business matters.
—Mrs. William A. Love, who Is
enjoying fee summer wife Colorado
friends, has gone for a ten-day
eight seeing tour of Yellowstone
Park, Wyoming. A card received
by a friend shows one of the beauty
spots.
 During   fee   five   years   from
1980 to 1986, the State Department
of Agriculture reports, fe* number
of farm family members -working on
farms without wages in the United
States increased two and one-half
aimes.
 The    Bellwood    High      School
band took part in fee Coalport Firemen's carnival and celebration Tubs..
evening. Much deserving compliments were heaped upon fee members ef fee band aad iawraMa comment was received from fee readitlo*
of their music.
 . in the account of the marriage
Of Mr. Herbert L. Coulter, which
took place ta St. Petersburg during
fee month of June, the BuUetia was
mistaken when tt said he was engaged fa business in that eity. He
is in Florida for fee benefit of his
health, and where he located a num-
ber of months ago.
 Persons who have been   out OB
fea mountainous section fa quest ef
huckleberries report that the oerries
ere unususlly scarce and oaly a few
are being secured by fee pickers.
The scarcity of the berries Is due to
fee heavy frosts that visited this
section fee middle of May, when fee
bashes were fa blossom.
if Hi ai—. formation, l*r*r-
ough officials, borough school directors aad faculty, Antis school directors and faculty, and fire company
apparatus. All unite of any kind
are kindly ask to assemble promptly at 6.80 p. m. so they can be
placed In position wife some dispatch. Promptness means much to
all concerned. The men who own a
white fes will add some color to this
parade by their presence by being
attired fa white trousers, white shirt,
and black tie if convenient, but come
any how, as all are needed. Route
of parade South Cantoris street, to
North Fourth, to North Tuckahoe,
to North First, 'to Cambria, to Main,
to Martin to South Second, to Boyle,
to Mate, to ball field and disband.
Ail those who are ta command of
fe* several participating units, will
early place their commands in formation "by fours" to he placed ta
line by fee aides of fee several mar-
shalls.
mem en
toes of the greatest battle evert
fought on American soil. Yester-?
day afternoon a representative of
the Bulletin had the pleasure of
viewing the saber and bayonets, one
of the latter evidently having been
used on one of Lee's soldiers,
gave evidence of blood marks,
as it
NO ISSUE NEXT WEEK
Ip conformity wife a custom that
prevailed among the newapapers
throughout this part of fee state
to omit fee issue nearest the Fourth
of July, therefore there will be no
issue of fee Bulletin next week,
which will give ell conected wife fee
publication a brief respite from
their duties. However, fee office
will be open part of fee time for fee
transaction of business and doing
job printing. The office will be
closed all day on fee Fourth of
July. Tha nest issue of the BuUetia will be on July 14. We hope
all friends and subscribers will enjoy fee natal day and that no mishaps wiU befall them.
as a a "
—After 2,000,000 persons bad
moved back to the farm daring fee
depression year* there were still
600,000 unoccupied farm dwellings
fa fee United States, it is shown by
a State Department of Agriculture
report. While many of these abandoned houses are fa Pennsylvania
this condition is more pronounced
in adjoining States.
—Mr. Alton I, Shirk of East
First street, who bears a striking
resemblance to Abraham Lincoln,
the great emancipator, will leave
A bingo party and festival fer \ ea Sunday for Gettysburg, where he
the benefit of fee Fourth of July ! win take part te fee 75th reunion of
.fund will be held st fee public fee Blue and fee Gray* Mr. Shirk
building next Saturday evening. The has participated ta many parades
Bellwood school bond will be present and other activities and always stand furnish fee music. The eom- tfr**te attention for his striking ap-
mittee ta charge of fee edfolr desires pearance. At Gettysburg he will
that our citisens turn out and give wear hia high hat and long frock
the undertaking a big boost Jeoat.      ^tj^g||j&&    *
A GREAT SUNDAY
Last Sunday was a great day at
fee Logan Valley Baptist church,
The evening audience crowded the
church for the observance of Children's day and the daily vacation
Bible school programs. The Children's day program included a
beautiful cantata entitled, '.Rainbow
Over the Heart," which was directed
by the Misses Mary and Matilda
Cornmesser and Anna Smelker.
The children were beautifully costumed and they took their parts in
excellent fashion. The pastor, Rev.
H. G. Dooley, conducted the program
for the daily vacation Bible school.
The large audience was mystified by
the demonstration of Bible knowledge the young folks had mastered
during the two weeks period of fee
school. The pastor' presented each
teacher of the vacation school to the
audience. They were Mre. Rosealma
Talheim, Miss Anna Smelker, Miss
Naomi Piper, Mrs. Murray Bell,
Mrs. Jay Burns and Mrs. Bessie
Bah*.
included: in fee party were fee
host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Fletcher; Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Fletcher, and daughters, Elva and Doris,
Chicago, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Pletcher and son Glenn, Brogue-
ville, York county; Mrs. H. F. Harvey and granddaughter, Leah Martin, Duquesne; Mr. and Mrs. Waiter
Kennedy and children, Grace, Eileen
and Jay, McCoysville, Juniata
county; Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis
and children, Donna, Francis and
Jimmy, Lewistown; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hand and son Ronald, Tyrone; Mr. and Mrs. Joel Bowers and
children, Betty, Michael and Joel
Jr.; Mrs. Clarence Bricker and
daughters, Doris and Norma; Mrs.
Lemuel Troxell and children, Nita
Jean and Lemuel, Jr., Bellwood.
Visitors were Miss Lizzie Akers, Mrs.
Clair Rodgers and son George, Bellwood.
—Get ready to celebrate on fee
Fourth.
—Most all of fee sportsmen will
go bass fishing on fee Fourth of
July.
—The legal bass fishing season
will arrive tomorrow, and from then
on until the close we may expect
aome "tall" fish stories.
— The bass laaaffll will open tomorrow in fea state. Resent reins
have muddied aome of fee streams,
and it is said the Juniata river and
its tributaries may not be fa condition for good angling on this account.
—During fees* mid-summer days
interest in politics has not relaxed,
especially fee graft charges made
against some high officials In Harrisburg and other parte of fee state,
which is being watched with unabated interest by every votor.
—'The Bulletin force will take a
vacation next week when the
Bulletin will not be published.
—Danger lurks fa every firecracker and when celebrating on the
Fourth of July extreme caution
should he execieed by all, especially
—Every   member   of fes family
rsafjs fee Bulletin.
—Mr. George E. Fuoss, Bell-
wood's widely known mortician, who
had been confined to his apartment
on Main street for a month by Alness, is now able to perambulate fee
streets and greet his many friends,
all of whom are glad that he has
again been restored to good health.
—The old wooden awning which
has long stood fa front of what was
formerly fee Dysart hardware store,
was removed one day last week by
workmen. It is likely that fee awning had been in service for "at least
fifty years. The Dysart store room
Is now being renovated and hot
water heat is being installed.
—Ia fee Riggles gap section of
Antis township orchardists agree
feat the fruit crop has been badly
damaged by the heavy frosts the
middle of May, especially on low
lands and in some sections upland,
orchards are showing some fruit.
Strawberries were practically a
failure, along wife cherries. Grapes
are numbered fee hardest hit, but
fee vines are making a strenuous
effort in new growth.
—Drivers who "hog" fee middle
of fee road are a highway menace,
according to the Keystone Automobile Gob, which emphasises that
this type of driving stamps the operator aa a person of selfish habits,
lacking in fee elementary good manners essential to safety. The unpopularity of "road hogs" does not
seem to have caused any marked
decrease ia their numbers, bat Club
Sterols beleive that public opinion
ntually will force reform la driv<
'.,-.•.: -...   i iii - !LJ —Mat
OT three-storyvRn.
struction, and- where er** once located the post office and a general
store, and close by was a water
power mill. Thence to McAlevey's
Fort, which was need by the hardy
pioneers of the section as a shelter
against Indian attacks, which were
quite frequent in those days. A
visit was made to Greenwood Furnace, where they saw the state reserve. At Belleville they stopped
for noonday lunch. Leaving Belleville' they proceeded down fee famous Kishacoquillas valley to Milroy,
where they entered the Seven mountains, crossing to Potter's Mills to
State College and thence home.
Saturday, in company with his
daughter, Mrs. William S. Bell of
Mary Ann Forge, and grand daughter, Miss Sara BeU driving fee automobile, they were taken to fee old
.Union achool house, near Hunting-
Ion, where Mr. Mundorff attended
school. It was fee annual gathering of those who had attended this
school fa their early days and almost
one hundred and fifty were present.
with Ma*"*and Mrs. Kent
Mrs. Fuoss's son    and    ttei
law.    Wednesday they left- lit
son's automobile    for Turner,
sss, where a season    will    be spent
wife Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fuoss.
Mr. E. M. Livingston, at one time
general foreman of the Pennsylvania, railroad reclamation plant 'a* '
Chambersburg, now- of the office of
fee cheif engineer maintenance of
way of the Eastern Region at Pitta-
burgh, and his niece, Miss Herr, of
Altoona, were Bellwood visitors last
Friday , stopping on North First
street, where they enjoyed the company of Mr. George L. Holtzapple
and Mr. Joseph M. Louder, who
served under him at the reclamma-
tion plant It was just a short call,
but greatly enjoyed by the former
employes.
—Receipt books for sale at fee
Bulletin office, ten cents each.
Mr. Walter Kirkpatrick and
daughter Miss Eleanor, of Tyrone
spent the week-end at fee home of
Mrs. Margaret Boyles on South Second street
—Bellwood employes of the re-
clammatktn plant at Chambersburg,
where many are employed, may go
full scheduled force within fee next
few weeks. Work at this plant has
been at low ebb for many months.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Williamson of East Fifth street, and Miss
Kathryne Williamson drove to
Cleveland fee beginning of fee week
to attend the wedding of Mr.
Clarence H. Williamson's youngest
daughter.
Mr. Milton Doughman of Des
Moines, Iowa, arrived in the borough
on Wednesday for a visit at fee
home of bis brother-in-law and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. Elliott
Trego on North Fourth street. Mr.
Doughman spent hia boyhood days in
the borough and it la a pleasure to
get back and mingle vrith hia friends.
—William Stone, son of Rev. and
Mrs. Thomas Stone, boa registered
for fee fall term at Williamsport
Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport,
Pa. Rev. Stone is pastor of the
Bellwood Methodist church and waa
himself a member at the class of
1916 at this well known preparatory
school. Robert Peterson, also of
Bellwood, haa recently registered at
the aa*** achool far fea next achool
rear
BAS3    SEASON   WILL   OPEN
. Friday, July 1, is opening  Of tho
legal bass fishing season fa the state,
when thousands of Pennsylvania
fisherman will go te the streams and
try their luck. Reports state that
fee fish authorities have liberally
stocked all bass streams in fee commonwealth and that sportsmen may
anticipate good catches. The conditions promise to be good unless
more rain comes to muddy the
water. The sport is at its best when
fee water is slightly cloudy or clear
and that new rains will tend fe upset the calculations on fee opening
day.
Some changes have been made in
the size and number of fish to be
taken by each sportsman and they
will do well to familiarize I themselves
wife the requirements of the act of
assembly.
The State Fish Commission set
out a new record last year in prop*,
gation and distribution of small-
mouthed anl large-mouthed bass. A
total of 867,409 bass of the two
species, ranging in size from one to
1G inches, were distributed among
all approved bass water fa the commonwealth.
With the    opening   of the    baaa
season, all protected game fish may
be legally taken fa fresh water dur*|
ing   fee   remainder   of July,
trout season closes on July 81,
Other game fishes thst may Mi
taken after July 1 include, pickerel,,
size limit 12 inches, daily creel;
limit, eight; wall-eyed pike or Su**j
quehanna salmon, size limit 12
daily creel limit, six; and a*
lungs, found ta a few lakes
stream! hi north-western Pennsylvania, size limit 22 inches, dally
creel limit, two. The asaaaajjfl
those fish closes on November 80.
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