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BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 7,  1940
NO. 3
LOCAL HEIR COLUMN
Short Item* That Will Inter-
'ttt Our Readers
8BIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
Terse     Paragraph*  Concemiag.   the
Data* ef Oar Borkragb—Tha Col-
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 The fire   alarm   was   sounded
from the public building last Sunday morning at - 2 o'clock, calling
the firemen to a blaze in the vicinity of Pinecroft.
—We know of some fellows ta
the borough who art thinking of
going fishing and the only thing ta
th* way is that the ground ia frosen
a* hard they cannot dig the bait.
—Looks very much as though
winter will pay a prolonged visit ta
tha tap of spring, judging from the
large amount of snow in the mountains and hilltops in tha immediate
vicinity.
—All-automobile owners are advised to' make early application fer
license. The time limit for 1939
tags is midnight on the last day of
March. Get ta line and send for
your plated.
 The  regular monthly   meeting
of the Retired Veterans of the
Pennsylvania Railroad will meet ta
the T. M. O. A. Friday afternoon at
2:30. The members sre urged to
come out and make the meeting
one worth while.
—Mr. John Visk, one of the esteemed Italian citizens of the borough, ba* been confined to his
home on North Tuckahoe street for
the past few - weeks by illness. His
friends will be glad to know that
there is now a nice improvement in
C.ato condition.
tem^b.Bsmh9 Dxrid iSkfc 4ittei?t-us#-
of Rev. Eugene Gilland Slop, of Altoona, paid his first visit to Bellwood Wedensday afternoon. Rev.
Slep is acting pastor of tiie Logan
Valley Presbyterian church and
five weeks ago another link was
added to the golden chain ta the
person of Ronald David.
-■—The Townsend club No. 1 of
the borough will meet on Thursday
evening, March 14.. This will bt a
very interesting meeting. There
(will be some startling flash news
from Washington, and delegates to
the Blair county council and Tyrone convention will make their re-#
ports.    Everybody welcome.
V—Mr). Raymond M. Strunk, one
of the assistant cashiers in the First
National bank, is again'at his place
of employment, after being eon-
fined to hto home on Boyles street
for a week by illness. He still
shows the effect of his illness, bat
hopes to soon be back ta his old
time form. His place at the window was much missed by patrons of
the bank.
—Bellwood lodge No. 819 I. O.
Ol F. haa moved into the old quarters in the I. 0. O. F. building on
Main street, and the lodge is having interesting meetings. They are
doing degree work nearly every
night. They meet first and third
Friday evenings of each month. On
Friday evening, March 15, the first
degree will be conferred on three
candidates.
—Mr. A. L. Gobs, well known to
hundreds of Bulletin readers, who
had resided at Hiller, Fayette county, for many yeara, haa changed his
residence to Uniontown, where he
will hold forth ta the future. Years
ago Mj*. Goss was a citizen of our
borough, where he took a pronounced part ta all civic affairs
and waa a very useful citizen. All
ef Mb old time Bellwood friends
hope he will pay them a visit.
•—Work on the Martin street Improvement ia progressing despite
the severe winter weather during
the past few weeks. Truck loads
of stone are being hauled from the
Brush mountain and are being put
on the itiest, after being broken to
the required size. In th* spring
time a coating of limestone screenings wfll be applied and then the
black top. The street will be curbed fiSSl end to end tn both side*
and when this haa been accom-
thia   thoroughfare   will   ba
NOTED MINISTER COMING
Rev. Walter Hughes, evangelist
and Bible teacher "of Toronto, Canada, .is coming to tiie Olivet Baptist
church on March IB.
Rev. Hughes is nationally known
and waa one of the speakers at tht
Central Pennsylvania Bible Conference ta 1927. His messages are
Scriptural, reaching the hearts of
all who hear him. He was awarded
the first prise in tbe Moody Centenary evangelistic sermon competition.
It is a privilege to announce his
coming to Bellwood, and the Olivet
Baptist church cordially invites all
ta till* vicinity to attend the services March 19 to 31.
Some of the subjects to be used
in the meetings will be:
"How to have a real -Revival and
not a Religious Racket." "The Power of Personal Evangelism." "Is
it True that Scores of Church Members Will Go to Hell from Bellwood?" "Stopping the Sit. Down
Strike in the Church." "Other
Gods and How   to   Handle   Them.*'
'""TTrir   ly-tiTT   n| .Jlfc^Bf-n'".
Booth."    "The  Miracle   and   Mystery of the Naw Birth."
REV. POULSON COMING
Many citizens of Blair county
and especially those living in Bellwood will ba pleased to learn that
Rev. O. B. Poulson will visit here
on Tuesday evening, March 12th.
The Men's Dry League of Blair
county will hold its annual convention in the Logan Valley Baptist
church on the above date. All the
officers of the League will be present and Rev. Poulson will deliver
the annual address. He is an outstanding temperance lecturer and
he will be heard with much interest,
especially since he recently conducted so successfully the "Community Christian Crusade."
—Every citizen should- be a subscriber of his home town newspaper.
—■The Bulletin is the home town
newspaper and ft is read by every
member of the family.
—Bill Fowler, son of Mr. Wilbur
Fowler, is recuperating from a serious appendix operation which was
performed at the Altoona hospital
recently. Bill will again appear on
our streets as a paper boy.
—Last Sunday Mrs. Ralph Taylor celebrated a birthday at her
home on Orchard street. With the
exception of one son, Harry, all of
fhe members of the family participated ta tin* joyous occasion.
—Mrs. Nannie Lauver, who has
been a patient ta the Altoona hospital for some time, will return to
her home today. Mrs. Lauver has
been seriously ill and her friends
wish her a complete recovery at her
home on North Fourth street.
—Mrs. Washington Talmadge, a
grand niece of General George
Washington, whose grand father,
Samuel Washington, wat a brother
of our first president, died last Friday, agtd 9 lyears at Washington,
D. C. She was tht nearest living
relative. •
11. At tiie Logan Valley Baptist
church Friday evening the Ava
Guild Sunday school class, composed, of young ladies, presented a
"mid-winter tea" following our
first, president's birthday. Two one-
att plays were presented, following
(which tints were leadings, a piano
HAPPENINBSJ0_ YEARS AGO
ACTIVITIES OF   OUR    CITIZENS
THREE  DECADES    AGO
From the  Bellwood  Bulletin,
Aug.  23rd,   1912
J. I. Rightnour and wife, of First
street, south side,   left on Wednee-
day morning for Chicago, on a visit.
Missaa Clara Lauver and Grace'
Myers, of Cambria street, are visits
ing friends and relatives ta Juniata)
county. P
Miss Sara Trout left Thursday
cf last week for a two week stay;
with friends and relatives at Wit?
liamsport.
Miss    Katherine    Balsbach     wil
leave on Saturday for Port .Royal
where she will visit   with   relativi
and - friend*
W. F. C. Lucas is the father; oi
the only girl in town. The youn
lady took up her abode this week,
to be sister to the two boys.
P. D. Mulhollen, wife and so:
have returned home from Bait
more, accompanied by Mr. and Mi
Krouss, parents of Mrs. Mulhollen.
The fifth annual reunion of til*,
McNeel family was held at the
home of Joseph G. McNeel on Glen
brook farm, near BeUwood, ^on
Wednesday of this week. A large
number cf the family and friends
were present.
The Philathea class of the Presbyterian Sunday school, held its annual picnic at the home of its teacher, Jno. Lauver, on Logan Spring*
farm. The day was exceptionally*
fine, the provisions bounteous, the.
picnickers a wholesome, and whole
hearted bunch, and th* host and
hostess hospitable.
JcJin Fry, for many years a resident of Fostoria, died at the ho***;1
of hit daughter, Mrs. John Miljfi
on Stewart street at 9:60 o'cli
[Monday morning. He
an drTnc Ci"v"n v?4r,
age. He waa a valued citizen and
will be missed by all that knew him.
Among the survivors are his wife
and daughter.
Frank Q. Dickson, until recently
of this place, died at the Allegheny
hospital, Cumberland, Md., at 4 o'clock last Saturday afternoon, from
injuries received near two weeks
ago when he was scalded by the
overturning of an engine at. Sand
Patch. In BeUwood he was held ta
the highest regard. Among those
who survive, is Charles, of Bellwood. His funeral was Tuesday
afternoon, interment ta Logan Valley cemetery;
The BeUwood base ball club is
preparing again to meet the strong
bufnch from Hollidaysburg which
put up such a hard fight for a victory here recently, but were sent
home defeated. Now they are going to come back hot and heavy on
Saturday, afternoon of tills week at
Lee's park, and believe us there
will be something doing from, start
to finish. They are going to bring
along old reliable Duffy who pitches theb? club to victory. They are
after revenge.
These two were found in the old
edition of the above date.—A gentleman and a lady met and the former said he thought that women
should be chloroformed at sixty, as
weU as men. She agreed and further said that any women who admitted being sixty ought to be
chloroformed. The other-Two men
met and the one remarked that his
grandfather lived to be near 90 and
never used glasses. The other said
there were folks who preferred to
drink out of the bottle.  *
At 1:45 o'clock last Sunday
morning James Waite passed away.
For many years he was ta the employs of the Pennsylvania railroad,
at the time of his retirement nine
years ago, having been a track
foreman. He waa a veteran of the
Civil war having served in Company E., 104th Reg*., Penna. Vol.
Infantry. Mrs. Waite and an
adopted daughter, Miss Ethel Grata
Ryder survive. For more than 58
years this coUple traveled life's
pathway together. Mr. Waite's funeral waa Tuseday afternoon, and hs
was laid ta rest I* Logan Valley
cemetery^
*e*    M i«
FifTY YEARS_AS^ TREASURER
JOE M. LOUDER SERVES FOR
HALF CENTURY
Last Sunday morning the Logan
Valley Presbyterian Sunday school
presented a very impressive scene.
It was just like the Third Ward Alderman's   court in   reverse.    This
time they had the alderman hands
down. He pleaded guilty and guilty he was if ever a man could be.
Rev. Eugene Slep was the judge
and the Logan Valley Presbyterian
Sunday school was both the plaintiff and tiie jury. There were several charges. First, he was guilty
of impersonating a lady. The roster of the young ladles bible class
was produced ta evidence and there
it waa, as big as lift. The name recorded was "Josephine Louder."
Then there was the charge that for
half a century he had been collecting pennies from the younger members and dollars from the older
ones. It looked like a racket until
it was brought eut in evidence that
he kept a perfect account of hia
"pilfering" and the victims were
appeased with interesting Sunday
school papers and leaflets regularly, and were always served with a
big box of candy and oranges at
Christmas time.
"Then there was the indictment of
fifty years of faithful service as
treasurer and secretary of the
school and against these charges he
bad no defense, except that he bore
tiie name of * great Presbyterian
minister, wbo had served the same
church and that he had a great delight and satisfaction in serving the
Sunday school.
The judge paroled the prisoner
and turned him back to the school,
after presenting him with a fine
layer   cake   (why   didn't  some   one
tak   of   apple    pie?)    and    other
i«> tiAan a*. t.Rp. high esteem in
"which he is" held by~thos^whom
has served ao well.
No doubt he will return to Id*
eld habits and continue his nefarious business for many years to
come and for this, Joe Louder, you*
leg-ion of friends sincerely wish.—
Contributed.
RECORD IFJE DEPARTED
THOSE WHO HAVE PAST FROM
TIME   TO  ETERNAL  REST
George W. Caswell
George Washington Caswell, long
a resident of North Second street,
this borough, died Saturday morning at 6:10 o'clock at the Mercy
hospital ta Altoona, of complications, where he had been admitted
a few day* previous as a medical
patient. He waa born ta the borough June 19, 1887, a son of George
snd Mary (Updike) Caswell, and
where he has resided continuously
until the time of his death. A number of years ago he was engaged ta
tiie train service of the P. R. R.,
and recently* had been employed on
WPA jobs. He waa a well known
citizen and had many friends.
Members of ths family include
his wife, Mrs. Martha Caswell; one
son and one daughter, Clarence and
Vivian, both at home; his mother,
Mrs. Mary Caswell and the following brothers and sisters; Alvin, W.
R., Aaron Y., David and Mrs. Austin Hostler, all of BeUwood, Mrs.
B. H. Crook and Mrs. George Tartar, both of Altoona, and Mrs. Edward Longabacher of Tyrone.
The deceased was a member of
the- United Brethren ehurch on
Tuckahoe street, where funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. 8.
Ralston Monday afternoon which
were largely attended. Interment
was made in Logan Valley 'cemetery.
PERSONALJPARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here and
Those Wbo Go Away.
MOMENTS if OUR CITI2EKS
Cassis   Wbo Are Eatertaiaed by BeB-
Wlood   Host*—Pergonal   Maatioa   af
These Whb Visit To aad Ft*
Mr. Russell Miller, who spent mA
few weeks with his parents on the .
north side, has gone to Detroit, l
Michigan, where he hs* secured employment.
Mrs. Harold M. Dunn, af Canto*.'
Ohio, is spending a few wteks visit
at tht home of. her parent*. Mr.-"
and Mrs. J. H. Patton, Jr., of Ease
First street.
duet aad • piano arrangement by —The Quteen Esther Circle of
eight hand*. The program was well the Methodist church will hold •
received.    Ttaty refreshments were, bake sale oa Saturday  morning   at
1940 IS LOCUST YEAR
Not only is 1-940 "leap year" but
it is also the year when the 17-year-
Cicada or locust will appear in at
least eleven counties of Pennsylvania.
These counties are Bedford,
Blair, Clearfield, Cumberland, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Schuylkill and Union counties. It is also quite likely
says Dr. T. L. Guyton, of tht Division of Entomology, State Department of Agriculture, that these
seventeen year locusts will be scattered in some  adjacent counties. .
Entomologists classify seventeen
year locusts by broods, according
to the year in which they appear.
Those which will appear this year
are Brood 14. Other broods will
appear in Pennsylvania in 1944 and
1945.
. The Brood which will appear
here will also appear in sections of
Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio,.
Kentucky, Illinois and eastward to
Massachusetts.
It is 17 years since thi* Brood
made its last appearance in Pennsylvania and Dr. Guyton said that
"it seems certain this is ths Brood
which so startled the early settlers
in 1684, these settlers never having
seen a 17-year-locust ta their native land."
The 17-y ear-locusts are not to
be confused with the annual Cicada
or locust which appears each year
during July and  August.
Seventeen years ago the young
Cicadas of Brood 14 entered the
ground and began feeding on the
roots of trees. Late. ta May or
early in June the nymphs of the
Brood will crawl out of tht ground,
climb onto a tree or poet, burst
their skin and blossom forth into a
mature CicadaL They will breed
and die, their offspring appearing
in  1987.
—The ladies of the Log** Valley
Baptist church will hold a food sale
ta th* i Mills' store room on Saturday, March 9, beginning at 10 o'clock.     Year patronage will be ap-
WRITES FROM FLORIDA
The following letter from Kissi-
mmee, Florida, dated March 8, has
been received from Mr. J. I. Rightnour, who; with Mrs. Rightnour,
are spending the winter months in
the land of sunshine and flowers:
•-This is Sunday, March 8. It is
a real June day, like our J«*aie days
!?lr-m"™r*e™mByr»«jSr"™^"v»n^^
day school and church this morning.
The congregation is about the size
of the Methodist congregation ta
Bellwood. Had a fine attendance
and it was communion day. Thay
have this service once every month.
There are eleven different churches
in this town.
The weather during January and
February was a little cool at nights,
but it warmed up during the day.
Of course we had a few nice* days
now and than. Have had regular
summer weather now for about ten
days. We are sitting on our porch
and it is 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
The temperature is eighty degrees
ta the shade, and a delightful breeze
is blowing along the screened-in
porch. ^
We think a lot about dear old
BeUwood, yet we dislike to think
that the time is soon coming for us
to leave for our home in the old
town* There are glenty of beautiful flowers everywhere, and a great
lot of citrus fruit is going to tiie
packing' houses at this time. The
residents here tell us that the winter was the coldest in forty-five
years which was very ususual. However things are coming back again.
There are thousands of tourists on
the move. We expect to arrive
home sometime after April 1, tht
Lord permitting.
Most of th* cities and towns are
providing amusements and entertainment for the tourists. Some
are free and those who travel are
charging a small admission. We
have received the Bulletin each
week stace we came here, and are
pleased to receive it, so that we
know what is going on in our home
Down. We are wen as usual and
hope our friends and neighbors are
quite weU. Kind regards to everyone.
IMPROVING ROUTE 220
It is now a foregone conel
that the State Highway Departmt
will make some vast improvements
to Route 220, running from tiia*
outskirts of Tyrone, through Logan
Valley to a point west, likely some»j
where beyond Altoona. Within IN
cent weeks preliminary surveys1!
have "been made along the entire*
distance of the route which will b**J
improved. In some places mot
(han one survey haa been made
thus it will be seen that at the
sent there is no definite plana as
,where the road will run. Perhaps |
it may be changed quite materially.;
In the vicinity of Henr-heytowaj
three surveys have been made,
of which will encroach cloee to
number of the properties ta
village). If no change* are made
and the Une runs through Henshe
town as at present it will
necessary to move a numbt
dwellings back a rod or
perhaps more.   J&JMm
cessary at Hensheytoeriv
route crosses the Little Juniata . tth
er.
Property holders Uving aloe
route 220 are much interested as t*jj
the course the highway will take.
While the plans are far from being!
completed, being just preliminary*?
it will be many weeks before the-fri
are completed and the proposed!
changes of the rout* Advertised fori
bids.
—Persons who desire to vote at
tha primary election in April should
see that thay are properly registered at Hollidaysburg.
—Mr. Henry Fleisher, ton of tho
Councilman and Man, Frank WJ.
Fleisher of Martin street, haa been
transferred from the New York
zone of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, where he had bean employed since graduating from the
Pennsylvania State College, to Tyrone, where he wiU be engaged ta
the capacity af T. and S. inspector.
Henry will move to Tyrone just aa
soon  a* ha  can   find   a   suitable
COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL
The     following    named    person
have Ibeen appointed   by   President,
Frank   W.   Fleisher of the borough!
council to serve during the ensuing!
two years:
Highway—B, J. Estep, chairmanjj
E.  F.  Schmidt, James Biggins.
Ordinance—-J. E. Trego, chairxj
man; B. J, Estep, B. C. Lego.
Water—C.    C.    Keith,    chairmaaj
B. C. Lego, J. Ey Trego.
Sanitary,    and     Sewer E.   :
Schmidt, chairman; C. C. Keith,
E. Trego.
Light—B. C. Lego, chairman; hV]
F. Schmidt, James Biggins.
. Stationary   and   Printing—B.   Cd
Lego, chairman; C. C. Keith, E. ff
Schmidt.
Police and borough property—jj
E. Trego, chairman; James Biggmaj
B. J. Estep.
Finance—James Biggins, ahahal
man; C. C. Keith, B. J. Estep.
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•—Everybody   enjoys   reading
Bulletin.
—A fine   spaghetti   supper
served to the  Bellwood-Antis   Vs.
sity and Jay Vee   basketball
at Rossi's road house Tuesday
ing.    Th* supper was sponsored
Lou  Myers,   Harry Dinges,
Moffet, Fred Goss, Lincoln
and Frank Killen.    The   guests
the   evening,   other than the
were Prof. Kurtz,   Prof.  Hs
Mr. Hetrick, and Mr. Weiss of I
school  faculty.    At the end of
meal,   Lynn Hunter,  who
brating his 17th birthday, waa
sented with two fine cakes, one
tag baked by  his   mother  and
other by Mrs. Frank KUlen,
he promptly eut and  paaaad  ae£
his team mates and gufesta
Fields, captain ot  the   team
Senior student,   thanbad   the
mittee for the supper sad
appreciation to the team   for
fine support during   the   paat
cessful   season. .. Varalta m*gg
out ef 2*.   Jay pa