Bellwood Bulletin 1938-08-25

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VOL, L
BELLWOOD, PA.,
LOCAL HB COLIN
Short Items That WUl Interest Our Readers
8BIEF SUiMART OF THE WEEK
twBBO     **as***ra*a*  Ceaceralng     the
Doing ef Oa* liiaBgl    The Col-
aaa Oav Sab*«wibav* Kajay
—Jot Sale—four-piece walnut
bedroom suite, almost new. A
bargain for quick sate. Inquire at
514 Martin street, Bellwood.
, w-Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Schoe-
d*r, long residents of the borough,
moved to Middletown ,* few days
ago. The change was made in order
that they could ,be closer to their
sons, who are employed at the airport in that town.
—Add signs of approaching
autumn. Farmers and seedsmen
at* sending samples of timothy,
clover, alfalfa, wheat and other
aaada for fall planting to the Harrisburg seed laboratory of the State
Department of Agriculture for analysis.
—A' chicken supper will be served by ' the Mountaindale Baptist
congregation on Saturday evening,
Sept 10 at the nominal sum of
M cents. Bellwood folks who wish
a good meal should make a note on
their calender and arrange to attend the supper.
—The members of the Excelsior
Fir* company have rereived their
aew uniforms which were ordered
a few weeks ago from a Philadelphia firm. Tba firemen will make
their first appearance in their natty
new suits when they appear In the
Blair County Allied Firemen's
* "parade in Altoona ia September.
^Ttte annual Shirk reunion will be
*ie>lat   - safc-j'aaeAaiatfl
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\*Pm^:^auf^*^Sm^mmmmueam^^^
pMpkr will include   an o.d-fashioned
basket . picnic.     Mr. A. I. Shirk of
tt. Jwstohif, Jjr"*gi»crop6, ]4i"»*uJrtaek,r^md» sbspf-hi
TV'Tite   elewrilf grade, fruit «*try husband
this borough, ia president of the reunion association, and both hia
family, will be present. There ia
a large connection of the Shirk elan
ia the Central Pennsylvania counties.   .'!;'
—In -the fourth of a series of
broadcasts explaining the provisions
•af ahe aew Farm Act, George L.
•flaasBer, vice-president of the Blair
CanaMr Agriculture Conservation
eoasasittee, will tell of the "Signifi-
canee at Wheat Acreage Allotments
to the C unty and Nation", over
Station WFBG, Altoona, Friday
evening, aft 8:16 o'clock, Eastern
Standard Time.
A fast I ii si is being sponsored by
the Whatsoever Class of tite Methodist Sunday school Saturday evening. A plate lunch featuring
chicken-noodle soup will be served
in the festal hall from five to seven.
lea cream, cake and sandwiches
will be served on the parsonage
lawn ,throughout the evening. Come
for good eats and a pleasant
evening.    Price 26 cents.
—Master Billy Burch, son of Mr.
BBd Mrs. W .H. Burch aad grandson
of Mr. pad Mrs. Albert Pelter, had a
tonsil operation at the Chambersburg hospital test week His aunt,
Miss Helen Pelter, is a registered
nurse at that institution. Master
Billy recovered nicely from the
operation aad' was able to keep unbroken his .record of more than five
yean perfect, attendance at the
Methodist Episcopal  Church  school.
—The powerful "bad man" portrayal af Wallace Berry, the uniformly fine work of aach stellar
supporting players as Virginia Bruce
Dennis O'Keefe, Joseph Callelia,
Lewis Stone, Guy Klbbee and Bruce
Cabot, under the distinguished
direction of J. Walter Ruben have
combined to bring to the screen an
absorbing dram* in "Tba Bad Maa
at Brimstone," which will appear at
the State theatre on Main street
August 80*81.
—nCoristence Louise Hopkins,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Hopkins, blew oat two birthday
sandier ia the nursery department
at the Methodist Episcopal church
aahool teat Sunday. At the same
time aha received an award for oae
year's perfect attendance. She ia
tis*<***cond ia recent yeara to re-
***** such honor. Oa only ona
Sunday of the year waa aae absent
from bar own aahool aad on that
attended   alsewhare   aa a
CONSOUMTfOyF SCHOOLS
Enrich* i Prerenal WUl Be Provided
Far   BelaWoocLAnUs   Papal*
The Bellwood-Antis Joint school
district announces a greater variety
and enriched curriculm fer the
pupils of the new district which has
just been formed by the action of
the two boards. Five courses of
study are now offered to meet the
needs and purposes of pupils entert-
ing the new high school. «Previously the pupils entering the separate
schools were able to choose from
only two or three courses.
The courses now offered are
vocational agriculture, home economics, commercial, general, and
pie-college. The general and pre-
college courses are academic In
nature.
The vocational agriculture curriculm provides a broad and solid
foundation for the boy who wishes
to follow agriculture as a future
occupation whether he wishes to go
into that field immediately after
graduation or whether he wishes to
specialise further by continued
study in college. The' following
outline gives the course followed
during the four upper grades of the
junior-senior high school, and suggests also fields ia which a pupil
may specialize through further study
in college. In ninth grade poultry
vegetable gardening and shop are
advanced  business  course.
The general course is the regular
academic course and permits a wide
range of electives in the sciences,
mathematics, music, and art. Under
certain conditions It will enable
the student to satisfy college entrance   requirements.
The pre-college course is also an
academic course and specifically
provides for college entrance. In
addition to the requirements of the
Studied:    in. tenth    grade,    general
PBWIH6 FM ROM OPEN** TENTATIVE PUNS ANNOORCEO
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AUGUST 25,   IQ38
dry, and shop; hi twelfth grade,
forestry, rural sociology, farm
.management, rural law, and shop.
The farm shop work taken during
these four years dsals with the use
ef tools and farm machinery and
the building and repair of many
sorts of farm equipment. In addition to these requirements a project is carried during the summer
months for which the * student receives one credit toward graduation. The vocational agriculture
course and farm shop are under the
direction of Mr. Harry I. Knox.
The home economics course
under the direction of Mrs. Grace
Cole parallels for girls the vocational agriculture course for boys. In
this course the girl* study foods,
dietetics, and cooking; budgeting,
home management, and child carts
textiles, pattern making, designing,
sewing, and clothing. "*
The commercial course offers
comiriercial - arithmetic, business
science, two years of shorthand,
two years of typewriting, two years
of booking. This is pen for election
by juniors and seniors and fits the
graduate for general office practice
or lays the foundation for an.advanced business course.
The general course is the regular
academic course and permits a wide
range of electives in the sciences,
mathematics, music, and art. Under
certain conditions it will enable the
student to satisfy college requirements. 0
The pre-college course is also an
academic course and specifically
provides for college entrance, i In
addition to the requirements of the
general course two years of a
foreign language are required for
graduation in this course. Two
language* are offered; Latin and
French. Two years of either language will satisfy the requirement for
the  pre-college  students.
Other interesting and valuable
additions to the curriculum will
provide an attractive offering to
the students of the new school. For
example, Industrial arte courses
will be offered In the junior high
school for both boys and girls. In
addition, aa elective industrial arte
course will be offered for senior
high school student*. Both band
and orchestra, under the direction
of Mr. Johnson, will open fer boys
and girls of the cshool. The choruses will ba under the direction af
Miss Mock.
Careful consideration    should be
•given by parents   and   students to
Petition Will Be Presented
Blair Goaaty Ceart
After much agitation on the
of the many leading citizens
Bellwood, Antis township and
city Of Altoona, the prospects
re-opening the public highway
ing from the finger' baards at
John A. Fox farm in Antis town
to Skelp ia finking Valley ie
about to take concrete form,
road, as it wfll be recalled,
partly closed to public tnr
through- * decree made by
county court upon petition of so:
citisens, a number of yean ago
then being thought that the high
across the mountain had outlived
usefulness and would no longer
needed. Later it was seen that
grievous mistake had been maa*£
for with a modern highway acros*
the Brush mountain at thte point
it would greatly lessen the distarteji'
to point* in the east, which wopg]
prove df inestimable    advantage my
Consolidation  af tbe  Bellwooe-Antis
' School*
The first   meeting   of tile staff of
the  Bellwood-Antis   Public   Schools
maa held Monday afternoon at I'M
in    the    Consolidated    school.     At
that time plans   authorized    by tha
[joint Board of Education   were ex-
f plained to the teachers.
I! The new achool unit will  be of a
size approved    a* most    economical
y the State Council   of Education,
B the elementary and   junior high
"school there will   be four   sections
[of most grades.    In the senior  high
achool three   sections   will   be the
^characteristic      grade    else.      The
;otal enrollment in the   elementary
ades will   be 921     IB the   junior
igh school, 436; and in' the  senior
high school   260 pupils.    The  total
gmrollatent   for the' entire    school
■ait will be 1617 boys and girls.
I The scheme for the placement of
teachers will    be as   follows: Antis
jrimary Building, first    grade Miss
SEWER PROJECT NEARING END
these parts to the highway east of
Union Furnace would shorten the
distance by several miles and would
greatly' relieve    traffic    conditio
I
thousands of motorists and truckeJrsV .Dorothy Bhodes    and Miss   Martha
It Is said that   the    distance    front/ 4Jox; second grade,  Miss    Madeline
route 220 through the Logan Valley
is congested beyond safety.      rw9
For more than a year . citizens of
these parts have thought of the advantage a modern road over  Brush
mountain at thte point. would be'to
the traveling public.    This improvement has been    urged    through th*
columns of the    Bulletin    time gj
again.     Recently an article appear,
ed in these column*  concerning thai
highway, and    which   attracted th
attention of a number of oar prominent citizens, who prepared a petition and    circulated    it ia At
Bellwood borough and   all sec
ft, \ae\W. Xtfef^VS1$4&l
re-opening   of the    highway and
will   be    presented    to    the    Blair I geography,    Mrs.    Gertrude    Boyd;
Cherry and Miss Catherine Matter*,
lb the North Side Building the fat.
It. wing group of teachers nave been
stationed: first grade, Miss Beryl
Fowler; second grade, Miss Mary
Wertz; third grade, Miss Dorothy
Cunningham and Miss Harriet
Miller; grades four, five, and ate,
English, Miss Edna McElwain;
arithmetic, Miss Thelma Weaver;
history, Miss Margaret Metzger;
Reading, Mr. Douglas Dean; geogra-
Miss Ruth Snyder; health
Pearl Persing. The following
up of teachers have been assign-
to the South Side Building: first
Miss Anna Smelker; third
*, Miss Martha Hunter and
Merna Delevitt; grades four,
six English, Miss    Matilda
county court within a few day*.
The feasibility of the road is apparent to all aad all the signers
of the petition are hoping that it
will receive favoorable action from
tha judge, when the highway will
again become a public means of
travel, after which the Antis township board of supervision will be In
position to take action.
Part of the highway, being closed
by court order, the supervisors and
state highway department was without authority to modernise the
road. Once It has been thrown
back into the hands of ths Antis
township and Tyrone township
supervisors it will become pubile
property and further steps taken to
build the highway.
.Citizens in this section are anxiously awaiting awaiting the outcome of the petition onoe it is presented to court.
With a modern highway across
the mountain no doubt it would be
largely used by truckers and motorists from the east and west, as it
would eliminate some nasty and
dangerous hills, which they must encounter when traveling via Franks-
town and Short, mountain east te
Water Street, thus making it the
kgical route east and west.
reading,     Miss    Helen    McCioskey;
PEACHES   IN  ABUNDANCE
It is rumored that Chambersburg
and vicinity will harvest a bumper
crop of peaches, estimated to reach
near -150,000 bushels. The gathering of this large crop waa started
last Monday morning. It was also
stated that almost 275 railway
refrigerators cars ware lined on the
various side tracks awaiting their
luscious cargo, also trucks which included those from a* far south as
Florid*. The fancy prices are derived from the early crop which
run well into figures, but as the
market gets satisfied, the coat per
bushel Is within reach of most all
pocketbooks.
Supervisors and    teachers    may
consulted for  detailed   information,-
Thte program of study   has beei
organised to meet individual   nee<
of young people who will eventual
ly find a place In American socii
At the same time it ia ia full accoi
dance with    the    requirements
BP by    the    state    department
public instruction teat May.
e's
—Becetp*   book*   far aate at
spelling and penmanship, Miss Laura
Irwin.   .
The staff of the high school will
be as follows: English, Miss Lulu
Daugherty; Miss Marian Fleck, Miss
Mary Houck; social studies, Mr.
Donald Cameron, Mr. Chas. Hetrick,
Mrs. M. R. West; mathematics, Mr.
Geo. Weiss and Mrs. S. H. Sunderland; science, Mr. T. D. E. Dillman
Mr. H. N. Walker; literature and
French, Miss Mildred Reigh; physical education, Mrs. D. L. Cameron,
Mr. L. M. Myers; music, Miss Helen
Mock, Mar. W. H. Johnson; art, Miss
E. L. Murray; home economies, Mrs.
G. S. Colo; Industrial art*, Mr.
John Cober; vocational agriculture,
Mr. H. I Knox, geography, Miss E.
M. Colabine, Engljsh and coaching,
"Mx. Harry Dinges.
Several of these teachers were
placed at a joint board meeting to
fill vacancies which have occurred
la the staff . Mr. John Cober comes
to the school from California State
Teacher's College in western Pennsylvania. He waa a graduate in the
field ef industrial arts and mathematics. Miss Merna Delevitt, who
will teach In the South Side Bundling, comes to the school from Allegheny Township where she ha* been
teaching for some time; Mr. Harry
Dinges, a graduate of Catawba
College at Salisbury, N. C, has had
experience in the schools of Maiden,
N. C. Mr. Douglas Dean, recently
graduated by the Oswega State
Teacher's College, Oswega, N. Y.,
will teach intermediate reading. Mr.
Dean has had aome experience in
the field of reading clinic work.
The Antis Primary Building will
house two first and two second
grades of Antis Township pupils
just as heretofore. Exceptions will
be Township children who live
specially near the North Side Building and Borough children in grades
two who live near tha Antis Building. The North Side Building will
be used by Antis pupils from the
"x" or early ba* groups, a* wail as
by Township children from Reigh-
town and from the Township adjacent to the north aide of Bellwood
and by Bellwood children resident
on the north side. This school will
begin tta school day at 8:20 and
close at 2:55 with a fifty minute
lunch hoar.
The South Side Building will be
used by children of the "y" or late
ips. The South Side school wfll
its school day at »:10 an*
•* ».66 with a fifty minute
hear.
Bssanajs Imprivissial Will Soon Be
Finish**1
Th* Bellwood borough sewer
project which wa* financed by the
government under a WPA project,
ia fast nearing completion and it te
thought it will be finished and ready
for use by all who desire to tap into
it the tetter part of September.
The undertaking was begun la the
fall of 1988 and haa been the means
of giving hundreds of men employment from the borough, Antis township, Tyrone and Altoona, as many
as four or five hundred being engaged at different times. It was a
big undertaking and waa done by
manual labor throughout, although
at a certain period some modern
machinery was used, but the greater
part of the job was done by manpower, hence it took a longer time
in bringing the undertaking to a
flnlsh.
Since Jsnuaryl, 1988, the WPA
force has laid approximately 21,-
528 lineal feet of pipe, at a price
that can be considered as lew as
the private contractor could have
laid the same number of fact. Mr.
Socket has been superintendent of
the project since the first of the
year and" it has been largely through
his instrumentality that the work
has made auch excellent progress.
In a few days he will tarn in his
final report, showing that fat this
period of time the project was operated with such a scope of efficiency that a saving of well over $12b,-
000 was made, compared to previous
operating east*. This does not include tbe treatment disposal plant,
which was built aa a separate unit,
and was an entirely generate project. A lot of credit must be given
Mr, Socket, as the date allows that
he eatabfllshsjljjl system    of opersr
:,*» **** **.m-.
torn    $18.00    per
lineal foot to between five 'and six
dollars per lineal foot, which ehows
a great saving to the taxpayers.
Rev. aad Mrs. C. C, Fraater spent
the weekend at the home ef Mr.
snd Mrs. L. A. Frazier, of North
Cambria street. Rev. Fraater is
pastor ef the St Clairvilie, Bedford
county, Lutheran church.
Councilman R. A. Cherry, Mra.
Cherry and daughter, Miss Betty,
of North Cambria street, are enjoying the sea breezes at Atlantic
City this week. They also. spent
some time with Mr. Dale Cherry,
a brother of our townsman, who is
employed in New Jersey.
—Final arrangements for - participation by Blair countians in the
big statewide picnic and rally to ba
staged by the Young Democratic
Clubs of Pennsylvania next Saturday, at Hershey Park, near- Harrisburg, are being completed by Democratic County Chairman Thomas
Lawly, Hollidaysburg, following
vonferences with representatives
of the Democratic State Committee.
—Those attending the funeral of
Miss Lillian Jeffries last Friday
were: Mr. Howard E. Jeffries, Mr.
Lucien Jeffries and son Mr. Lucien
Jeffries, Jr., and Mrs. Paxton, et
Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Mclntyre and Mr. John McCormick,
of Edge wood; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Cron and son Vernon, of Elizabeth,
N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. George Bullions
and son, and Mrs Margaret Shaw,
of Swissvale.
PERSONAL PARI
Peopk Who Visit H«aij
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUB Ct
Gaart* Who Are Ealei Islaed mi$
W*ed Host*—Persaaal MaasM^i
Theee Who Visit To aae! Pro
Mr. aad Mrs.   J. Daniel  Stitt
tended the annual Path Valley
nic last Saturday.
Mr. aad   Mrs.   C. V.   Davis,
Drexil Hill, aear    Philadelphia,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John  Cor
messer at Tipton.
Mr. and Mrs.    Cleon    Moffet
sons, James Porter and   Robert, t^H
Pittsburgh hsve arrived in town taWq
a visit of a few days.
Miss  Elinor    Burkholder,    recent
high school    graduate,    is enjoying
vacation with her aunt,   Mrs. Rex
Shaffer, Lock Haven.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Bullions   aad
daughter, of Swissvale,    mete    hero
test Friday to attend the funeral of;;
their cousin, Miss Lillian Jeffries.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guest and |
young son, Joseph Jr., of Pittsburgh I
are visitors at the home of Mr*. ^
Jennie McCracken on Boyles street. |
Mr. and Mra. Samuel Blaktey and
Mrs. Garden and daughter, Pauline, 4
ot Coalport, were   visitors   at   tha
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Barrett
on Stewart street on Sanday.
Mr. Harold    B.    Coraflaaaasr,   of
Chicago , where he    is en******   ia I
the train service on one. of the trunk
lines, spent a few   days   this   week
with his brother, Mr. John G. Corn- •■
messer at Tipton.
I I**. J. M. Kirkpatrick, pastor ed;
the Centre   Hall i l****abyt*rtaB eojgj
trton,    Mrs.
JsWfr.-W-e-rTT^-eW
and Mrs. J. D. Stitt   at their  home.
GosbonvJ
Building and the South Side Building will be used for grade schools
and will contain one first grade, two
third grades, two fourth grades, two
fifth gadss and two sixth grades.
The North Side Building wfll hava
likewise one section of second
grade.
The Consolidated School will be
used for a junior senior high school.
All pupils of the joint district from
grade seven to grade twelve will
be assigned to it. It will house
both early and kite groups aad consequently will operate on an eight
period schedule; each section being
assigned either to period one to
seven, or two to eight. The school
will have a forty minute lunch hear.
The exact grade and room to
which each pupil should report will
be announced te the near future.
Ik ia suggested by ths school sathsr
ities that parents and children
watch far ths publication of lists of.
assigned ta the   various aae-  «
on Orchard street.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl
daughters Ethel Mae and Mary Elleef
of North Second street,have returned home from a pleasant visit among
friends in Cleveland, Akron, and
Canton, Ohio. They were absent
for a week.
Master Bob Shaffer, Lock Haven,
ts a guests of his uncle and aunt,
Mr. aad Mrs. Raymond Burkholder,
South Second street. The lad waa
accompanied to Bellwood by hia
parents, Mr. and Mra. Rex Shaffer
and daughters,
Mrs. Junie Glasgow, of Punxsutawney, is enjoying the sociey of
her many friends in Bellwood and
is being entertained te the home of
her sister, Mrs. Ira Estep on Main
street, Mrs. Glasgow was a caller
at our office Monday afternoon.
Mr. Harry B. Laird for many
years a resident of South Second
street, but who moved to Juniata
a few months ago, was a caller at
our office Friday afternoon of teat
week. He said he was very much impressed with his new location.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas   M. Stone
and son William,   who    have    been
visiting    friends at    Shamokin   and
other'towns in tba northern part of.
the state for the past ten   days will
arrive home the latter •part  ef the
week.    Rev. Stone wfll have charge
of the services ia the   church   next
Sunday.
^^ e
Misses Elizabeth aad Lulu Mulhollem of Boyles street, have returned to the home of their parents.
Elizabeth spent several months at
the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar McCord ia Rockvilte,
Maryland, while Lain spent the
week end with her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Beatty in
Arlington, Virginia. ''.g"B
CHANCE   TO   REGISTER
The registration    board   of Blair
county wfll   sit in BeUwood   at th*
office    of    Chief      Burgess    Edgar
Main    street,   Tuesday
6, from   10 to 12 a. au,
6 8 p.
for   the
all persona ia
Bellwood
McKinney,
September
1 to 4 aad
pose ef    registering
Antis township and
ough, who have aot yet been
tered.    This will   be the   last
to register prior to the fall ntestioa
in November.    AV voters are
te take advantage of this
ity and permanently    register.
one of voting age   untold  'jpjk$
1 chance   go by, forj*fJ^|£f
te order