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VOL. L
BELLWOOD. PA., THUfi
I SEPTEMBER  1,  1938
NO. 28
tfiGAl NEWS COLUMN
Short Items That WiU Inter-
est Oar Readers
BRIEF SUMIUBT OF THE WEEK
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—Mr. Ralph Varner ha* completed whs painting of hto home on
Bellview avenue, which to solid
white and makes a fine appearance.
—Mr. J. G. Mains, of Clearfield,
will be the speaker at the Townsend
meeting in the Knights of Pythias
hall tbto evening. All are welcome.
Coaaa.
—Mr. Raymond S. Strunk has returned to hto duties aa assistant
cashier in the First National bank,
after a vacation of two weeks. The
time was spent, along with his
family, on the Manley farm In
Antis township.
—The snake story regarding
Bland park has gone a glimmering,
to fact it died a homing. There are
no snakes to Bland park, and none
haa ever been seen since It was
open for pleasure purposes. Evidently some one ha* been "seeing
snakes."
—Motorists driving to Pennsylvania daring Labor Day weekend
will find all major highways free of
oiling operations. Secretary of
Highways Roy E. Brownmiller' ordered discontinuance of oiling from
the evening of'Thursday, September
1, to Wednesday morning, September 7.
Mr  J. Lynn Gilmore,   who had
been an   employe   of the   Bulletin
Mb* tar almost the past five  years,
SB*aisd    his'  cannection   therewith
*fijrs".M'iTilfi ii 11 - Lite will tad
Mr. Glhnere a valued addition to
hto fore*.
—The Lutheran Missionary society of the Lutheran church will
meet on Friday evening at 7:80
o'clock ta the Sunday school room
of ths church,. The topic for discussion to, "The Teaching Christ."
Mrs. Cralne will have charge of tha
progrgrd. * All members and friends
are urged' to be present.
—A goodly ' number of the Excelsior Fire company No. 1 of the
borough attended the 46th annual
convention of the Central District
Volunteer Firemen's convention held
ta Dubois last week. Our fir*
laddies participated in the big
parade and wore than* natty new
uniforms for the first time. It was
one of the outstanding conventions
pat- held by the association and aD
visiting firemen left Dubois greatly
pleaasd with the excellent entertainment
—The improvements to the south
side public school 'building,, which
hava beea In progress ever since
the schools recessed In June for the
summer vacation, will soon be completed. Most all changes have been
asada te the interior of the building,
and naw carpenters and others are
engaged ta replacing the roof. When
the building was erected * number
of years ago the roof was covered
with date, which has since deteriorated to such an extent as bo require replacement. It to thought
that all changes wUl have been contV
pleted when school opens next
Tuesday morning.
Mr Wellington Y. Bland, accompanied by Mrs. Bland of East
Fifth street   and    their   son,    Mr.
| Leonard Bland of NaSr York city,
Bad Mr. Joseph Pedro  of the  north
! side, a* well a* some   friends  from
! Williamsport,    angled   la the North
Branch ef    the Susquehanna    river
tor bass a few day* last week, and
met    with    much    success.     While
Mr. W. Y. Bland   and   Mr.   Joseph
Pedro were fishing   from   a seat in
midstream   of the   river,    a   large
eighteen* Inch  fish  leaped   from the
—ater Into the boat.   This is aot an
common act tot* the    gamey baas
4 Ms frequently   the   experience
fishermen   to see bass   leap into
boat   The   Bellwood  folks re-
iad the latter part ef  last week
greatly delighted vrith the trip. The
fishermen state they    would    hava
beea Brora successful had not muddy
|nter prevaued. ;&*"£;
RECORD IFJE DEPARTED
Persom*   Who   Have   Passed    From
Tana to  Eternity
Charles H. Graealaad
Died Monday morning at 8:30
o'clock at the parental home, 608
Lowther street after- aa illness of
seven years. He waa born oa Oct
6, 1014, a son of R. C. and Margaret
(Atherton) Greenland. Surviving
are the parents, one brother, Donald,
C. Greenland of Topeka, Kans., and
four sisters, Mrs. Harold Corbin of
Huntigndon, Mrs. Amos Englebeck
of Akron, O., Mrs. Ira G. Stoner
of Martinsburg and Mrs. Miriam
Rowan of Gary, lad.
William M. Miller
Of Tipton, died suddenly Saturday morning at his home. He wa*
born on June, 1, 1874, a son of
John B. and Mary (Barrett) Miller.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rachel
(Ramey) Miller; two sons and one
daughter, Ambrose and Clarence
Miller and Mrs. C. V. Keith, ail of
Tipton, and two brothers, Archie
T. and Andrew H. Miller of Gary,
led.
ARRANGING   FLOWER   SHOW
The Sinking Valley Community
Flower show, will be held at the
Sinking Valley Grange hall at
Skelp, on Friday, September 9. The
show is being sponsored by the Sinking .Valley 4-H Community club.
Any person residing in Sinking
Valley to eligible to display blooms.
This will also be the occasion of
the 4-H Flower Club roundup and
each member of tho club will display
at least seven varieties of annuals.
This display will be one of the outstanding features of the 'show. The
4-H club entries will be .judged at
one o'clock oh Friday, September
9. Flowers may be placed in the
show Thursday evening and Friday
toarniiig. All entrants will collect
*toVsejtf,
"of the
classes will be published later.
Sponsored by the 4-H Community
club, the community sing will be
held at the Grange hall on Tuesday
evening, September 6, starting at
7:80-o'clock.
PARK COMPANY DISSOLVED
Hon. Marion D. Patterson, president judge of the Blair county
courts, on Monday signed a final
decree for the dissolution of the
former Lakemont Park company
which was formed back in 1887 and
held title to the property embraced
within, the bounds - of Lakemont
park.
Severl years ago this company
deeded formally to the county of
Blair the entire park site and buildings and the county in turn turned
over the same to the Lakemont
Park Advisory council, a group of
local citizens which to now operating
the place for the public.
The former Lakemont Park company was an entirely - different
entity from the Central Pennsylvania Amusement company which
was a group which had leased vari-
ouB^buildings and concessions and
operated them for years at the local
park.   >
. SCHOOL REUNION
The twenty-sixth annual reunion
of* the Society of the McAlister-
ville Soldiers Orphan school waa
held at McAlisterville, Juniata
county, last Thursday, {with one of
tilt largest attendances In recent
years.
Among to* honored guests present
were Mr. and Mrs. Israel Kent, ef
Juniata county. Mr. Kent, a veteran of the Civil war, waa a hundred
years old on March 21. He told of
his trip to Gettysburg for the tost
reunion of the Blue and the Gray.
The school, which was one of the
prominent ones immediately after
Civil war days, has long since gone
toto the discard. Many boys'and
girls who were numbered among
the pupils have gone out Into the
world and made a name for themselves. Among those (who attended
the school to days gone by was Chief
Justice John Kephart of the state
Supreme Court, and Mrs. Ira
Burns of this borough was a pupil
in those days, but was unable to be
present st the reunion last week.
—We return our thanks to many
of oa* subscribers who paid their
subscription to ths Bulletin during
thaasonth of
SCDODL COM IS HJULTE1
AntU Cltiaaa*   Present   PetBsba
Aa  Injunction
la a petition presented to the I
Blair county court at Hollidaysburg j
Monday by Attorney John M. Klep-j
ser, taxpayers seek to enjoin the]
school board of Bellwood borough
in th* formation of a' joint school'
district
Tbe matter Was presented  to th*.
court   far   George   E. Fry,    D. B.
Montgomery and Charles W. Long> 1
enecker, who    claim ta the    prelim-j
inary   petition,    to represent    600]
taxpayers of Antis   township.
A temporary injunction
granted and the plaintiffs posted *1
bond ef $600, the rule being made]
returnable Tuesday, Sept. 6, at]
which time arguments of council rwiltj
he heard. In presenting the peti-1
tion, Attorney Klepser attached the!
constitutionally of. the Bet permit-*]
ting school boards to join forces.
In granting   the   preliminary   in*
junction, Judge Patterson said that;
lately the functions   of the scho
have been   taken   from* them  audi
placed   In the hand*   of one or
people at Harrisburg.
Antis    township    has   a   cons
dated school system of Its  own
a completely equipped and   modern*]
school    plant   and   citizens of   tan)
township    object    to   turning   ovesl
their new plant to a joint   distrie
that would   compel   many   of
township pupils to attend classes
the less    modern      buildings in
borough.
The   joint   school*   of Bellwc
and Antis township    are    schedn
to open Tuesday, Sept.    6, tee da
set for to* hearing   on the   ingui
tion suit    filed.      Everything    is
readiness   for   the opening   of
two schools and what the injunct
wiU' have on   the   matter   to as.
unknown.
SELLS RINfi MERRILY THORNDORY MUST FACE COURT
■pet* Tied,  Troth  Plighted
By Happy Couples
Phwht—Estep
[Tuesday   evening at 7 p. m.
'Focht aad Miss    Marguerite
were    united    in    marriage.
iding    ceremony    which in-
| the ring, waa   performed by
F. Anderson.D. D., a retired
Hto hto residence 800  Main
[Gerald E. Focht to secretary
Bellwood    Y. M. C. A.    and
that   position  during the
se  years.    Ha to the  son of
Mrs.   J. L. Focht   of Belle*-
renue, Bellwood, the   father
electrician    and   employed
. R. R. Co., to tite electrical
nnt  in  the Altoona   shops,
been so employed for many
[Miss Estep to the   daughter
|nd    Mrs.    P. H.    Estep  of
It   The attendants were Mr.
Paid Biggins, of Bellwood,
ins being the sister of the
111   four   of this   wedding
graduates    of   Bellrwood
| high school,    ann   ta addi-
[ secretary   is a graduate of
College at Harrisburg.   The
will reside ta Bellwood.
Scott—Stephen*
Elizabeth      Stephens,
of Robert   B. and    Helen
former residents of Bell-
Sherwood   B. Scott were
marriage on   August 20,
|ing having  taken  place ta
Dn-Grace Methodist church
City,    New   Jersey,  the
clergyman    being    Rev.
Ihe ring    ceremony   being
the    bride's     sister,    Miss
^phens, was maid of honor,
31yde    Loveless    wa* best
bride wore a white   lace
Veil   and the  bridesmaid
"tow dress,   trimmed with
.» large hat    FoUor*/ing
tohSs*/4>»*v**fl'U''l**"**W '"M
^ "iTiiinxpuilu WmVXiittaesm-
ennsytvanto   to in   for   a tong.TA fjfe couple at which    66 persons
hard? winter—take it from David E.mrere   present at  the heme    of the
Croll, weather   prophet  at the P**-  tride.    The newlyweds went  to the.
Women Valley, who bad to go back   Lake8 for a wedding trip, and have
60 years to find.one bad  enough to. naw gone    to housekeeping   la fur-
be worth comparison.
Croll, who has been predicting the
weather for more than 60 years and
is recognised inhis home community
as a "blizzard authority," believes
the winter of 1938-39 will be one of
the worst ta history.
His prediction is based simply on
a comparison of ths summer of 1938
with the same season in 1887—the
summer before the great blizzard of
1888.
'Well have a tote fall," Croll
predicts. "Well be having a dry
spell soon and fall will follow much
later than usual. Then winter-
There wfll be numerous snowfalls and blizzards that will rival
everything on record—-excepting the
1888 blizzard,"    Croll said.
"The summer of 1887 was as
unique as the winter that followed
it, and tbto " summer is similar ta
many ways to the season ef 60 years
ago. In 1887 there were many
thunder storms In the Perkiomen
Valley and generally wet weather
prevailed. During toe last week of
July, 1887, a thunder storm raged
over the valley for three hours, and
the summer there was a similar
storm.**
nished rooms in Union City.
WOMAN CHECK WRITER
Merchants In Bellwlood were
warned to be on the lookout for a
woman said to have been working
a n*W angle on the old cheek cashing game In Chambersburg recently.
Several merchant* there were said
to have been fleeced by the woman,
who is believed accompanied by 'a
man and three children.
State police who were notified of
the SS*a by teletype Friday and
learned that the woman made a
deposit of * |86 in a Chambersburg
bank, later making another deposit
of a $90 check from an out of
town bank. Despite warnings of the
cashier not to draw checks on the
last deposit until the checks had been
cleared, the "woman caught many
merchants by showing them the
deposits marked to her book.
—Every member of the family
rasa* the Bulletin.
—J. Hansell French, State Secretary of Agriculture, reports 476,063
cattle now under supervision to
Pennsylvania tor the control of
Bang's disease. That* aaa 201,149
tmm%m awaiting
REV. DOOLEY RETURNS
After a delightful vacation at
Ocean City, New Jersey, Rev. H. G.
Dooley will return this week to hto
post of duly and on next Sunday
the regular fall church schedule
trill be resumed with preaching -both
morning and evening. Mrs Dooley
will remain over until the middle of
next week that she may visit relatives ta the east. Rev. Dooley wfll
have two special sermons next Sunday. Morning subject,**! cannot
Let Her Got," Evening subject
"The Consecration of Conversation.
Charged With Having   Violated the
State    Secaritie*    Act
Held for violating the state securities act on two counts, Delmar
L. Thornbury, 67, of Huntingdon,
was released Monday afternoon by
Alderman Anthony O.Toqle In $7,
000 bond pending further action by
tha October grand jury.
Thornbury was brought before
Alderman O'Toole last Thursday
afternoon, but when the Huntingdon
man's counsel, Attorney John J.
Haberstroh, challenged the prosce-
cutor, Chief Investigator Eugene
A. Holland, to prove that his client's
signature was affixed to several
letters, Holland asked for an adjournment until  Monday.
At the adjourned hearing, Investigator Holland of the state securities commission, produced Samuel
J. Godorov of Philadelphia, who
identified Delmar L. Thornbury's
signature on two letters said to have
been written to Rev. Joseph F.
Anderson ef Bellwood and Attorney J. Banks Kurtz.
Investigator Holland at last
Thursday's hearing testified that*
Thornbury, through an agent, sold
Rev. J. F .Anderson and his daughter Jessie, of Main street, this borough, approximately $7,000 worth
of unregistered stocks In the Maryland Building and Loan association.
The letters purported to have
been written by Thornbury regarding the financial condition of the
company and price of the stock,
and which had been the subject of
a previous clash between Attorney
Haberstroh and Investigator Holland
wars admitted a* evidence following  Godorov's .testimony..
Attorney Haberstroh, reading the
letters line by line, challenged Investigator Holland to prove what
statements embodied
munication  regarding
lrr**s*ir*SystoP**s
falsa.
From his personal
of Thornbury and the company,
Investigator Holland stated that
"the entire subject matter of both
letter* is false a* it endeavors to
give the atmosphere of respectability to tha. Maryland Building and
Loan Association, Inc., which company exist* only in the hat of Del-
marL. Thornbury."
—And soon we will hear the
merry voices of the school kiddies
as they wend their way along the
streets to the school buildings.
—Rev. Dr. John Miller of Spring-
fiell Mass. pastor of 1st Congregational church ta that city, present-
ad a very able and Instructive sermon to toe Bellwood Methodist
congregation of which Rev. Miller
at one time was a member. Many
visiting christians from neighboring
visitinp christians from neighboring
cities and towns were present to
hear the uplifting discourse on
"Three Crosses". We believe Rev.
John Millar, the son of Mr. and Mra
Jacob Miller who are farmers esst
of town, has the noteworthy distinction of one of the youngest
ministers to have this, highest degree of Divinity.
—The Loyality Sunday achool
class taught by Mrs. L. B. Bland,
and the Doras class, taught by Mr.
Wm. Howard Moore, both adult
classes of the Methodist church,
picnicked at Bland park Thursday
of last week. There (were close to
a, hundred scholars and friends
afpund the festal board. The for-
npr class, out numbered the latter
owing te a number of the
lea husbands accompanying them
» next evening the Men's Bible
Ms with their wives, enjoyed •
boil at the park and there were
ty-seven present at this func-
Thasa church gatherings ar*
nan events and to a fine show-
ef. fellowship. Mr. Rinard,
prietor ef tbto park, haa provided
y tables which have overhead
tion and relieves the anxiety
unexpected rata and for tola
people enjoy toto aaa Bark.
in toe com-
the stability.
investigation
—(Labor Day to due on Monday,
after which the vacation season for
the summer will be at an end.
—Refreshing showers fell late
Wednesday afternoon and tost night
Tha rain came in time and was very
welcome, as the ground was dry
and dusty.
—Mrs. Alice Westley of North
Fourth street to carrying her right
arm in a bandage, due to having
injured the member, when she
slipped and fell In her cos) office
one day recently.
—School bells will ring next Tuesday morning calling the lads and
lassies to their books. Everything
is in readiness for the reception
of six or seven hundred pupils in
the borough.
—The Bellwood snd Antis township Republican club will meet in
the Community room in the First
National bank Friday evening. The
meeting will be called at 7:45
o'clock.    A big turnout is requested
—The * members ef the Bellwood Aerie Fraternal Order of
Eagles will bold a picnic and corn
boil at Banks C. Lego's cottage
west of the borough, in the near
future. It gives promise of being
a very enjoyable affair.
—Nop*/ that the summer days are
getting cooler, the campaign is
beginning to warm up, Political
party picnics and outings are the
order of the day and they bring out
the rank and file of each party,
where thousands hear the campaign
party issues discussed and it promises to be the most lively scramble
f*r office ever held la the common-
Wealth.
—Tuesday to registration day
for the citizens of Bellwood borough and Antis tofwnship, and the
place will be the office of Chief
Burgess Mgar 'McKinney in the
Hotel Windsor. Those who have
not yet attended to this important
Blatter sow have their opportunity j
to register ta order to get • vote (
' at toe November election.      Every
patriotic citiaen ihsald vote and all (
'should
pffiowjpaiinB
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS DF OUR CITIZENS
Guest* Who Are Entertained by Batt.
Weed Ho*to—Pewoaal Mention *f
Those Who Visit To aad Pre
Constable Frank Garland to to
Hollidaysburg this week, where he
is visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hedding, ef
Tyrone, spent Sunday with their
old time friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. L
Rightnour on South First street.   .
Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Jeffries,
after a visit of a few days the beginning of the week at the Jeffries
home on Boyles street, have returned to Pittsburgh.
Mrs. O. L. Weaver, after a visit
of a month at the home of her son
aad daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
CKester Weaver, of Amity, Pa., has
returned to her home on East
Fourth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando E. Leddy,
of Jersey City, N. J., are enjoying
a visit at ths home of Mr. I .eddy's
mother, Mrs. Belle Leddy and hto
grandmother, Mrs. O. L.Weaver on
East Fourth street.
Majorie Bush, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William P. Bash of Main
street, has returned home from a
vacation enjoyed with Philadelphia
friends and is now raedy fer the
opening of the school term.
Mrs. Clark Smith and son Dick,
of Westville, N. J., are visiting Bellwood friends, Mr. Smith will "arrive
the totter part of the week for a
brief visit among friends here, after
"Which they will return to their home.
I- Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Z. Foua* and
jrtoivghtor Miss fAgnes,.--'J|>' Athene,
*iy0.jtoadav rnrmm j"*jt»*a J»ow*^b4;
attended services in Ihe Methodist
church, where they heard Rev.
John H. Miller deliver a forceful
sermon.
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Ealy, of
Broomall, Delaware county, are
visiting Mrs. Ealy's parents, Mr.
snd Mrs. G. A .Wilson on Martin
street, where their son, Donald
Wilson Ealy has been spending
some time with his grandparents.
Mrs. Mabel Nolen and young son
Bernie, along with some Altoona
friends, returned to their home Monday from a visit to the Toronto,
Canada fair. This fair, is one of
the outstanding events in Canada
and is held yearly, and attended by
thousands of people.
Mr. William A. Hauth and Mr.
Frank D. Miller, the latter borough
clerk, and two well known citizens
of the borough, have returned from
a southern automobile trip which
took them into the Old Dominion.
They were greatly impressed with
the beautiful scenery ta tee southland.
Misses Mary, Matilda Coram esse*
and Miss Eleanor Cornmesser, Who
accompanied Miss Eleanor Colabine
to Asheville, North Carolina
Farm school, returned home last
Friday. The young ladies spent
some time viewing Norris dam in
the Tennessee valley, the trip being
made by automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Park, of
Pittsburgh, spent a night last week
at the Moffet home on South First
streets, guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Cleon Moffet, also visitors at the
Moffet home. Mr. Park conducts
a large printing establishment ta
the Smoky City, and the editor et
the Bulletin |was pleased to form
his acquaintance.
—Labor Hay wifl occur on Monday and being a legal holiday moat
business places In the borough wfll
remain closed in honor of labor.
—William McCioskey has undertaken the job of building a garage
in the side yard of Ida father's home
Mr. Roy McCioskey oa toil j lea
street.
—Atice, athletic, with crip, distinct enunciation aad the innate
politeness of an English boy,
Freddie Bartholomew has bean to
tola country some years but to still
typical British, to "Lord Jeff," which
comes to the State Theatre, BeUwood, September 2-8. He plays fat
English bop, Braising fer the Merchant *W*"*n Don't fail to aaa
Mat oa to* screen.