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VOL. L
BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 1, 1938
NO. 25
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LOCAL HB COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
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BBIEF SUMMABY OF THE WEEK
Teres    Pawtgiepha C—asming    the
Doing of •'Oar Borough—Th* Col-
BBSS Oav Subscribers  Enjoy
•—Subscribe far the Bulletin.
•—Receipt books for sale at the
Bulletin office, ten cents each.
—Every member of the family
reads the Bulletin.
—Miss Eleanor Shaner, who had
been seriously ill at her home on
on Main street for a week, is able
to be about again.
Mrs. Mabel Nolen and son Bernie,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith and son
Billy, snd Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Brown and son Daney motored to
Hershey last Sunday.
—Rev. Dr. J. F. Anderson, retired Methodist minister of Main
street, occupied the pulpit of the
First Methodist Episcopal church in
Altoona last Sunday morning. He
is booked to preach there again
next Sunday morning at the same
hour.
—Mr. Cyrus S. Reed for many
years a resident Of North Second
street and a retired P. R. R. employe
moved to Altoona, last Monday,
where he will reside in the future.
He has retented his home on North
Second street to DeForest. Golden,
until recently of Altoona, who has
taken possession of ths mme.
—East Freedom, one of the oldet..
villages in the southern part of tBe
county, will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary September 28
• «nd 24.    Bast Freedom   ha* an uiv
1}  historical    background.     Early
sens are planning to have a real
celebration. ' Messrs. Harry Burger
and Brady Walter, two well known
citizens of the community, are the
prime movers in the undertaking.
—Three, mora married teachers
of the city of Johnstown have submitted their resignations to the
school board, bringing the total
number to six who have resigned
at the board's request. A bill is
' now pending in the Special session of
the legislature to make It compulsory by law that when a female
school teacher marries It automatically prevents her from continuing
to teach in the public schools of the
state. There is a wide difference
of c Mnion as to whether or not-a
marnad woman should be permitted
to teach ta the schools.
—Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hunter and
children, of Oil City, were recent
asjast* of Mr. Hunter's mother, Mrs.
Elsie Hunter on Main street Last
Sunday morning while the family
waa about to leave for their home
in"* Oil City, their young son, Calvin,
was so unfortunate as to fall at the
garage of his uncle, Mr. William F.
Hunter on South Tuckahoe street
and fracture a bone in one of his
arms. The fracture was reduced by
a local physican, after which the
family proceeded  homeward.
' Dr. George Gross, formerly a
druggist of the borough, now of
Lebanon, Pa., with Mrs. Gross, tarried briefly ta the town Monday
afternoon.
—Hon. William M. Aukerman,
Altoona's representative in the legislature, doesn't like the idea of losing bis driving privilege. Aukerman
was brought up for speeding in
Houston township, Clearfield county,
last March, when he was campaigning for the Democratic nomination.
Ba waa charged with traveling at
TO miles per hour. His license privilege waa suspended in July, after
several delayed hearings. Now he
is going into court to contest the
ruling made by Governor Earle the
beginning of the year, saying there
ia nothing ta the act of assembly
giving the revenue department
authority to suspend one's driving
privilege for speeding. However,
it ia a common sense ruling of the
governor, aad if the governor has
over stepped his authority, then the
oat of assembly should be amended
nuking the speed limit fifty miles
per hour and no faster, under penalty of suspenstan of the driving
privilege. Representative Auker-
*man should be the first one to move
ta euoead the •*t»«^^
PUSH BRUSHHUNTMI ROAD
Ctttaaas Should Beats*- Themselves
mad Tab* Prase** Action
All over Blair county dosens of
road jobs are under way or are
being planned for early construction. These projects are located in
most all parts of the county, one or
two being* In the immediate vicinity,
and no doubt all are deserving. An
improvement to the highways in
Antis township which has tang been
considered by many of the active
citizens of this section, is the public
road across Brush mountain tram
the finger boards at the John A
Fox farm east of the borough. This
is one of the oldest highways In
this part ef the county and up until
a few years ago it was a near outlet for the farmers of Sinking
Valley to reach Logan Valley and
vice versa. With the advent of the
automobile and other improved
highways through the valley, It was
thought by many at the time that
the highway had outlived its usefulness and that it should be abandoned, and by and with the consent of
the supervisor of Antis township
and Tyrone* township in Sinking
valley, a petition was presented to
the Blair county court asking for
the closing of a certain portion of
the road.
The court granted the prayer of
the petitioners and now it is found
that this was a grievous error, aa it
should have been continued as a
pubfic highway and modernized,
thus giving all travelers east and
west a nearcut te their destination.
In recent weeks there has been a
desire on the part of hundreds to
have the court order rescinded and
declare the highway a public means
of convenience. This will be necessary, so we have been informed, before the authorities at Harrisburg
will  take  action.
(em taking th* neces**""**
again have this lead declared a
public means of travel and petition
the Blair county court for this purpose. When this is accompolished
the citizens will have a chance to
bring to the attention of the state
highway authorities the great conven-
ence it would be to the traveling
public to have this route modernis-
ed.
This is congressional election year
and no doubt the candidates would
be more than anxious to do something that would be of everlasting
benefit to the public There is
plenty of money flowing from the
United States treasury at Washington, D. C, and the citizens hereabout may as well grab a goodly
portion and have this proposed
road opened to the traveling public.
Bellwood and all* af And* township, as well as citizens from all
parts of the county are vitally interested in a modern highway over
Brush mountain at this point. It
might be well for the members of
the town council and the supervisors of Antis township to become
active In the project and take the
necessary steps now while there Is
a liberal distribution of public funds
being made everywhere ta the
state. To get action get busy—NOW
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HARRY R. GWIN WILL SPEAJC.
Harry R. Gwin, farmer of Tyrone
R. D. and past Pomona Grange
Master, will talk over station WFBG
Altoona, Friday evening, August
IS, in . a fifteen-minute broadcast
starting at 8:45 p.m. Eastern Standard time.
In the broadcast, Mr. Gwin will
talk oa th* subject, "Farm Program
Accomplishment.'' This is the second in a series of radio talks by
leading Blair County farmers over
station WFBG on the 1938 AA.A.
Farm Program, and how it applies
to Pennsylvania and to Blair County.
—Chief Burgess Edgar A. McKinney and Wilson Kellerman paid a
visit last Saturday to sir. and Mrs.
John M. Galbraith has been a member of the New Jersey State police
and is now a corporal. While at
the Galbraith several former Bellwood folks eame in, among them
being Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Leddy,
Mrs. Liilie Weaver and Mr. Dale
Cherry. A reunion was held, at the
Galbraith home. The entire party
went fishing on Barnegat Bay the
next day, where Messrs. McKinney
and Galbraith rap rafted * big catch
af weak fish and *oniiih**>
DOG LAW
OFFICER IS COMING
Beginning next Monday morning
a drive will be made ta Bellwood
borough and Antis township, against
all unlawful dogs, therefore persons
having dogs about their premises are
warned to at once comply with the
provisions of the Aet   of Assembly.
there is no avenue of-escape. If youj
are the owner of a dog and have not) ajfrainst
procured a license you are liable ton
a fine of from five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars and in de-1
its'
urely confined in* an enclosure
p tied so that they cannot escape
stray beyond their premises.
The state dog law enforcement
officers will be here aU of next week
pad will make a house to house
canvass in quest of unlawful    dogs,
The provisions* -af the law  are such? and all persons owing or harboring
fault of payment of fine and costs'
be imprisoned. All owners of dogs
are required to keep their    animal*.
WEDDING   ANNIVERSARY   ii
Mr. and Mrs.    Walter   Krise and
dogs will have an Information made
them and arrested. If
found guilty of the offense they
will be required to suffer the penality as provided by the Act of Assembly.    Now is the   time   for all dog
earners to comply with the provisions
ot the law. *
W. C. T. U. OFFICERS
The Women's Christian Temper-
son Junior entertained 91 guestalance union held a very Interesting
on Sunday on the spacious law* meeting on Tuesday afternoon ta
at the famous roundhouse, north of. fthe Y. M. C. A., opening by singing,
the borough, in , honor of their;
fourth wedding anniversary. Chicken and ham dinners were served at
noon and delicious refreshments
were served throughout the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Krise received many
gifts.    Those  attending were:
Mrs.      James    Melbourne      and
daughter Betty    of   Wheeling,    W,
f Christ For the World We Sing,"
scripture reading by the evangelistic director, Mrs. Elizabeth Smelker
and prayer by Mrs. Margaret Moore.
After another song, the business
session waa held, with Mra Julia
Beard presiding. Reports were
cfclled for and response was heard.
'i Election of officers   for the com-
Va., Mrs.    Easther   Lewis   and son >** fear took place at this time and
John of Akron, 0., Mr. and Mra.
Fred Henning and daughter Lois
of Pittsburgh, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Winters and children Billy and Norma of Osceola Mills, Ernest Lytle,
Mrs. George Hollingshead, Sara
Hollingshead, Alma Geneva, Ruth,
Emeline and Maxine Hollingshead
of Saxton, Rev. and Mrs. A. L.
Wynn of Six Mile Run.
Mr. and Mrs. William Settle snd
children, Betty, Billy, Dickie, lion,
nic, and little sonny, Mr. - and MroS
Hairy Kinaal and daughter Aimed*,' j
osusm^3*W,
aad" Martha, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Kinsel and son Calvin, J. L. Hagan
of Altoona. 3^i";-
Rev. and Mrs. H. Paul Cox, Dr.
and Mrs. H. C. Lovell and two sons,
Rev, and Mrs. W. A. Dysart and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William
Brenneman and two children, Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Chelgrta and two
children, Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Wertz, Mrs. L. A. Root, Mrs. Clara
Dysart, Mrs. S. T. Barr, Mr. and
Mrs. George Wentz, Mr. and Mrs.
John Detwiler, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Reed, Mr. and Mrs. George Lynn,
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Nearhoof,
Mr. and Mrs. F W. Fleisher, Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Lynn, Mrs. Roy
Kephart, Mrs. Valonda Miller, Mrs.
Edith Markley, George .Krise, Miss
Maude England, Miss Marie Daugherty, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Richardson and Mr. and Mrs'. Walter Krise
and sob Junior of Bellwood.
resulted as follows: Presidents, Mrs.
Julia Beard;    vice    presidents Mrs.
(af. M.    Bechtol,   and   Mrs.    W.    E.
ompbelt;    secretary,    Mrs.     C. S.
bite; treasurer,  Mrs.  Rose  Stiver.
Mrs. H. Pool Cox, program chair-
an, presented the    topic    for dis-
sBion, "Alcohol Education," which
a very broad subject   and should
begin    in  the * home    and    carried
through the    schools,    the    Sunday
hools and   the   church.   It is the
pose   of   the   W.    C.  T. U   to
lish the liquor traffic by deepen-
ifjh* spiritual life of the nation.
" %ere*-^pll»e^d^
thoughts oiy^he latest recommendation of Eitiily \Post,   In which   she
states that in society   liquor drinking has    become    unfashionable, is
outmoded and not   smart.    Mrs. C.
S. Waite and Mrs. J. M Bechtol conducted    a quiz   on the    results   of
liquor drinking   and    proving   that
the use  of    alcohol    increases    the
pleasures of life by    paralyzing the
critical    faculty,    weakening    self-
control, judgement and   conscience.
It was a very interesting   meeting.
REGISTER  OBJECTIONS
At a conference of Blair county
officials with State Senator Charles
R. Mallery on Monday, the majority
went on record opposing the proposed state legislation under which
the state would take control of the
Blair county hospital.
The local hospital will be one of
18 to come under state control if
the legislation is approved as
drawn up. by Senator' Henry Shapiro of Philadelphia.
Those present at the conference
in addition to Senator Mallery were
Judge Marion D. Patterson, Dr.
Roy Goshorn, superintendent of the
^institution; County Commissioners
Clair C. Fleck and Dan Brumbaugh
and County Controller John R.
Bassler. fipp!
Senator Mallery pointed out that
under the bill the county may be
deprived of management of the
hospital tt boilt 81 years ago and
since has conducted without state
interference and while the state
department of welfare takes charge
of the institution the people of the
couny still would have to pay the
upkeep. ' •";%£!
Plans were laid to have the issue laid clearly before the people
so they may act. Senator Mallery
plans to have copies of the Shapiro
bill circulated among all Blair
taxpayers as they may have a clear
understanding of the measure.
Mrs. Mahal Nolen and eon Bernie
of South Second street,   along with
a party of friends from Philipsburg,
will spead next wash at Atlantic
City and Ocean City.
—Mr. Jerome Moore has returned home from the Mercy hospital
la Altoone, where he was successfully operated on for appendicitis,
and in a short time will hsve regain-
ad his former good health.
—Jurors for the October term of
court were selected at Hollidaysburg on Wednesday. Among those
who will serve from Bellwood and
Antis township are as follows:
Antis township, L. A. Reigh;'BeUwood borough, William F. Balsbach,
J. Lynn Gilmore, Miss Jessie Anderson, A. D. Shirk, William Hample.
—A heavy electrical storm, accompanied by a heavy down pour
of rain, passed over Tyrone and
Sinking Valley Monday morning;
Gardens and fields were badly washed. At the Caum farm in Sinking
Valley lightning struck a willow
tree, killing a valuable cow fifteen
feet away, and stunning some ot the
employes of the farm.
—-Miss Lulu Mulhollem, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Scott* Mulhollem
of Boyles street, left Wednesday
for State College, where she will
represent the BeUwood 4-H club
girls. There will be assembled
many hundred delegates for three
days from the forty-five counties of
the state, who will participate in
judging the different entries, and
get many mora varied experiences
ta tha line of each one's work. We
ore glad for Bellwood's representation.
—Mrs. John A. Fox, who was a
surgical patient ia Johns Hopkins
hospital in Baltimore, Md., for the
paat month, where ahe underwent
a successful serious operation,
arrived at her home .at Sunnybrook
farm In Antis township Wednesday
evening. She was accompanied
from the hospital to her home by
her sisters, Mrs. John Evans, of
Hollidaysburg, and Mrs. James
Sheridan, of Altoona. She stood
the trip very weU and la now rest-
lag aft heme, shots aha will be
pleased to greet her many friends.
AttTIS fllP. JOJRE IS DEM
William E. Singleton Suddenly
Stricken  at  Hi*  Home
"A flash of tha lightning, a
break of the wave, man passfts from
life to rest ta the grave.** The
thought expressed by the poet was
never more forcibily realized than
ta the sudden death of William E.
Singleton, Antis. township justice
of the peace for the past eight
years, which occurad at Us homo on
North Tuckahoe street Tuesday at
noon. His illness waa of short duration, having ita onset the day previous, when he was attacked with
pains ta the region of his heart and
which culminated ta death at the
time stated.
Deceased had long been a well
known and esteemed citizen of
Antis township, his home being on
North Tuckahoe street, adjacent te
the borough. He waa born at
Greenwood Furnace, Huntingdon
County, May 18, 1875, the son of
Sarah (Gill) Singleton. He was
married to Ma Monseil at Greenwood Furnace, May 25, 1803. Many
years ago the family located ta
Bellwood and for a number of years
the father was engaged as a blacksmith to the old Bellwood shops
When the division passed out of existence he established a smith shop
here and continued to conduct the
same for aome years.
He was first elected justice of the
peace of Antis township in 1981,
and subsequently elected in 1937
for a six-year term. As juctice of
the peace he discharged his.duties
ta a faithful and conscientious
manner. He received hut education
at Stone Valley academy and a*
Juniata  college.
Members of the famUy Include
bis wife, seven sons, Eugene of
Philadelphia, Thomas of Lewistown
George   a**^ Montgomery.   Alabama,
•&r*e*m%-er*JPAm*^^
William, all at home, five daughters
Mrs. A C. Boot of BeUwood, Mrs.
Robert Confer of Tyrone, Mrs.'
John Cherry of Tipton, Mrs. W. H.
Mahoney of Lewistown and Miss
Minnie, at home, two orothers,
John Singleton of WUkinsburg, and
Harry of Lewistown, and two sisters, Mrs. Daniel Heskitt of Worth-
ington, West Vir., and Mrs Butler
Young of Lynch, Ky.
Mr. Singleton was    a member of
the  Bellwood  Methodist church.'
ANNUAL CHERRY REUNION
On Sunday, July 31, the third
annual reunion of tne family of the
late John and Anna M. Cherry waa
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale C. Cherry; 1308 North Cambria
street, thia borough. There were
forty-dour persons present, Including Lloyd Chery, one of the oldest
members; Mary Manley, Mrs. Anna
B. Cherry, of Altoona; Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Cherry, Mr. snd Mrs. Chas.
E. Hawk, Robert W. Hawk, Marilyn
Hawk, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Philips,
of Carnegie, Pa.; Mrs. Dale C.
Cherry, BeUwood; Eleanor Cherry,
North Arlington, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Cherry and daughter Betty,
Bellwood; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Cherry,
Helen Cherry, Merrill Davis, BeUwood; Mrs. Catherine Hausar, Mr.
and Mrs. Black, Clearfield; Mr. and
Mrs. John Steinburn, Harper's
Ferry, W. Vir.; Mr. and Mrs. Wiltard
Irvin, Pitcairn; Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Johnson, Charles Johnson, Jr. and
Jane Johnson, Pitcairn; Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Thompson and son Russell
Chambersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Mosel, and daughter Jane, Tyrone;
Mark Jane Weikert, Tyrone; Mr.
and Mrs. James Monroe, Patton;
Anna Margaret Gillespie, Pitcairn.
as»        i i*
While in Virginia they will motor
over the Skyline trail. They expect to be absent for two weeks.
—Work at rebuilding the concrete at the aUey on South Cambria
street, between Main and Stewart
street, was started Monday morning
by WPA men. Whan the sewer wa*
placed across the street * number
of months ago it waa found .that
it would be better to tunnel, and
which later proved impractical as
it was next to impossible to temp
back the earth in a manner to keep
the concrete from sinking below
the street grade. To overcome the
deflection ta the street aft this point
it was deemed best to rip it up and
relay the concrete. The work ia
progressingi nicely and will he completed ta due time.
People Who Visit Hera *a#l
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZEWS
Coasts Who Are Entertained by Mam.
Weed Masts    Per»eaal MsaUaa ef   i
lease Who Visit To and Pre
Mr. J. W. Jonas of Boyles street
spent a day last week with friends
in Washington, Pa.
Mra. E. B. Fithian, ef Wichita, ,
Kansas,, is visiting her sister, Mra. :■
George M. Meyers oa Main street.
Misses OUve    Taylor    aad   Julia ,
,Heffelifinger,     Mechanicsburg,     are '
August   guests   at 882    S. Second
street.
Mr. Robert Bupp, of Washington
D. C, is a visitor at the home of hte
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bupp oa
South Main street.
Miss Bertha BeU, of Philadelphia, I
is enjoying a visit   at tha   home of
her parents, Mr. and    Mrs. William
S. Bell st Mary Ann Forge.
Rev. Harry N. Walker, wife and
daughter of South Second street,
departed this morning on an ante-
mobile trip   to Maryland   and Vir.
Mrs. Clarence Grace and son
Robert, of Mifflintown, have returned home, having spent a few days
with Mr. Frank Hughes and famuy
on Railroad street.
Miss MarkeU Meyers, who has
been spending the summer with her
grandmother, Mrs. George M.
Meyers, on Main street, has returned to her   home  in Princeton, N J.
Mr. C. C. Thomas, Miss Martha
Thomas and Miss Dorothy Moody,
of Shamokin, have been spending a
few days at tha Methodist parsonage
with Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Stone and
a*a*sk
cleat assistant   in the    postotflce, ta
enjoying her    annual   vacation aad
is the guest of friends In Williamsport and other places in the ninth
era part of the state.
Miss Mary Ellen Closson and Mrs.
Si F. Dunn of South Second Street
left Tuesday morning for Atlantic
City, where they will enjoy the sa*
breezes for a few days. They expect to return home on Sunday.
Mrs. Ctar* Dysart of East Fourth
street, will leave in a few days for
Philadelphia, where she will be the
guest of her son-in-aw and daughter**** Mr. t and Mrs. Witmer Brenneman and the grandchildren for a I
month.
Misses Ethel May Goshorn and
Mary Ellen Goshorn, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Goshorn of
North Second street, spent the past "]
week with their aunt, at Lilly, Pa. j
The young ladies are about ready
for the ringing of the school bell.
Mr. Gerald Focht secretary of the
BeUwood Y. M. C. A and Miss Margaret Estep   drove   to Akron Ohio
on Saturday where    they  spent tba tj
week-end and took   in the   elimina.
tion of tha soap box derby In which ^
ever three hundred   boys   failed to I
make the grade.    They   spent mm* ■!
with Mr.    Lynn'   Focht,    who    is * i
brother of the secretary.
Mr. Gay Grazier, of Cuyohago
Falls, Ohio, circulated among old
time friends in the borough Monday
afternoon. A number of years ago 1
He was a resident of Bellwood, aad
since leaving here has been engaged
In Ohio, where he is kept constantly I
employed. While in our office he
mid business conditions in the big
city of Akron were sickening.
Mr. Lucien Jeffries spent a day
recently and Mr. and Mra. Howard j
E. Jefferies, all ef Pittsburgh, spent
the week end oft tha Jeffries home
on Boyles street, where their sister,
Miss Lillian Jeffries bad beea seriously iU. We are pleased ta note
that she has turned for the better
and her many friends hope for bw
ultimate return to good health.
Mr. George Grainer, Mr. aad Mr*.
Raymond Buxkholderand daugfctilr
Elinor wore recent visitors to Han-
cook aad Big Poo1, Maryland, aad
to points of interest aa route. They
weat via Everett, tho Lincoln highway and tin National turnpike, as
weU as connecting highways. They
were accompanied home by
Elisabeth Boeder, who had
visiting old time friend* aft HaaBifl
and BBC Pool, the former
ing th* home ef har