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BELLWOOD, PA., TH
LOCAL H COLUMN
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[JRIEF SUMIMMOF THE WEEK
Torse     Paragraph.   Concerning,   the
Doing   of  Our   Borlougk—Tho  Col-
Oar   Subscriber.    Eajoy
Vegetable seedlings need to be
transplanted when young to get tho
best results. If left too long te the
thickly populated seedbed the seedlings will become spindling and undesirable, say vegetable specialists
of the Pennsylvania State College.
—Dr. Campbell    Robb,    a
leader n*. . wo*nk of the Blair County Hist jrical society and a prominent dentist in Altoona for a
number of years, died suddenly aft
the home rof a sister, Miss. Margar-
etta Robb, 509 Washington street,
Huntingdon.
—The number of persons protected by the non-profit group hospitalization pi. -ti has now reached 200,
000, it is annouutt"- **-by Abraham
Oseroff, Secretary-"!}- *the Hospital
Service Association and President of
the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania. This is the plan in whieh
the hospitals .of Blair County are
participating.
—Mrs. William Senior,   and Mrs.
» C E. Dickson of Altoona, will leave
far New York Friday night to spend
P the week end with their grandson,
Charles Dickson, of the Ballet Rusee
now playing aft Metropolitan Opera
House. After the close of their sea-*
■ sen there, they will tour Canada,
tiien sail for South America on
May the seventeenth.
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have been living at Arlington, NJ.,
fe* a nunVber of years, were recent
visitor* among friends and relatives
in the borough. Some time since Mrs.
Cherry Underwent a serious eye
operation «|t the Wills Eye hospital
in Philadelphia, and her many
friends are pleased to know that she
te slowly regaining her sight
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blake,
,of Cleveland, Ohio, announce the
arrival of a new daughter, Nancy
Williamson Blake, who arrived at
the parental home March SO. It is
the first child to be born to the parents. Trie mother will be remembered by many Bellwood people as
Sallie Williamson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence H. Williamson,
fornjfer residents of the borough.
The new arrival also makes Mr. J.
E. Williamson uncle. .
—The U. S. Army Recruiting Station at 325 Market street, Harrisburg, is prepared to furnish free information to all young men interested in becoming a flying cadet of
tbe U. & Air Corps. A large number of men are to be trained as pilots at army flying schools, whieh
are conceded to be the best in the
world for training military aviators.
This training wUl also fit a man for
commercial -flying where opportunities for fine positions are daily increasing.
j —At the Logan Valley Presbyterian Sabbath School, corner Boyle
*ad South First streets, at its regular session held on Sunday, March
3rst, 1940; tbs following officers
were elected for th'*coming year:
Supt, Geo. O Weiss; Asst. Supts.,
Roh't | u*ns and Mrs.^Myers; Seey.,
Ada Ji*4? McCioskey; Asst Secy.,
Betty Cramer Tress., Alma Stewart,
librarian, Martha Hughes; Asst. Librarian, Jack Emerick; Pianist, Ida
Wharton; Asst pianist Laura Irwin,
Supt cradle roll, Mrs. C.A. Mills;
Supt. Horns Dept Mrs. H.E. Keys;
Asst. Supt Home Dept, Mrs. Stone.
—Mr. WJ\ Jackson, well known
citizen of the borough, quietly observed the 81st anniversary of his
birth last Saturday. A big dinner
was prepared and served in tiie home
of his son Bafrber Charles F. Jackson in Reightown, snd among those
present wss Mr. Thurmam Jackson,
nf Vandergrift, oldest son of oar
well known townsman. Despite his
f our score and one years, Mr. Jackson is in the enjoyment ef good
health and is able to be on the
street every day and call upon his
many friends.   All ere trusting that
TENTH MNIVMf SERVICES
OBSERVED BY PASTOR OF THE
LUTHERAN CONGREGATION
The Lutheran church had capacity audiences test Sunday at both
the morning and evening services,
when the members and friends
came to worship on the tenth anniversary of the present pastor, Rev.
R. P. Knoebel. The Excelsior S S.
Class presented the pastor and his
family with a beautiful basket of
flowers. Ten carnations and other
flowers were given by different
members of the congregation.
At the morning service Mrs.
Knoebel aad her daughter Gloria
sang a beautiful tenor and soprano
duett. At tbe evening service a ladle* quartet wss sung by Mrs. Paul
Green, Misses Nora, and Ettie
Green snd Miss LaRue Henry. The
quartett number was dedicated to
the pastor and tfft*-words were written by one of the members, Miss
Nora Green.    They are as follows:
Ten Yea* ago. yoa came to thia
'   Grace church,
To help us all along the heavenly
way
In trials hard that eome from day
to day,
You point us to the ONE who is
our stegr.
We know your courage and your
kindness too,
Tho days be dark, or when skies
are blue,
We'll pledge our help anew to yours
and you,
And pray that God will guide us
te all we do.
"Now may we all be helpful kind
and true,
And God will crown our work with
blessings new."
HAPPENINGS 30 YEARS AGO Pr^WRES FOR THE FISHERMEN
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AY, APRIL 4,  1940
NO. 7
COMEDY BY  HIGH  SCHOOL
The senior class of the Bellwood-
Antis High) school will present a 3-
jtet comedy entitled "Uncle's Rocky
Roost" at the Y. M. C. A. on April
11-12 at 8 o'clock. A completely
different east will be used at each
"night of the performance.
Rocky Roost, is a cosy, little cottage in Squantaug, Mass. Lively,
young Kenneth, nephew of the owner of the cottage, cannot refuse the
request of the pretty Miss Dorothy
Esmond, and allows her to lease the
cottage* until August, the date when
hia Uncle Alex expects to return
from his business trip. A young
pugilist, Homer Blunt, mistakes
Uncle Alex for Alexander Beecraft,
a lunatic, who has been writing letters to Blunt's sweetheart Clari-
belle. To complicate matters more,
Uncle Alex, who had told Kenneth
to close the cottage for the summer,
unexpectedly, arrives upon the
scene.. If you wish to see how
things turn out, eome to the Y. M.
C. A. on April 11 or 12.
Tickets sre now on sale and can
be secured from any student in the
district A block of seats at a
slightly higher price, will be reserved for those who buy reserved
seat tickets. The advance ticket
sale promises a larger attendance
than that of any former senior
class play.
ACTIVITIES OP   OUR   CITIZENS
THREE DECADES    AGO
From the Bellwood Bulletin,
March 28th, 1918:
Mrs. J.W), Price returned home
from Swissvale, where she was pleasantly entertained for several days
by friends.
Miss Annie Laird of the south side
returned home last week after a*
extended visit among friends in
Western Pennsylvania.
J.H. Gilmore,    wife and son,   returned   home from   a visit   at the
home of the former's sister,    Mra
Ter Hear in New York city.
Miss Phyleme Syling, of Philadelphia,   spent Easter at the home   of
her parents,    Mr. and Mrs. H.    E.
Syling on Fourth street, north side.
A new little girl made her appearance at the home of Clarence
Patton a few days ago, and its safe
to say that Clarence is as happy as
ever.      K'jsfei'*
Russel Dysart, who is a student
*t Dickinson college, Carlisle, is
spending a week vacation at the
home of hte parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W.B. Dysart iota the hill.
About seven o'clock last Saturday
night fire broke out at the home of
Calvin M'Cracken ia Reightiowta and
before it was extinguished the entire
building and contents were destroyed.
At tiie home of the brides father,
William J. Musser, at Lakeland,
Florida, at nine o'clock Wednesday
morning, the ceremony took place
uniting in marriage Miss Grace Musser and Charles Wesley Hunter, tpf
Tyrone. Their wedding trip will include Tampa and Key West, and
thru the southern states.    They will
eside -krr-TCyrfln*.
.firftit wtm.wno- oavs riuton tmn *V
On Wednesday Mrs. Abaline
Douglass, who resides on Fifth street
north side, reached the age ■of eighty
years, and in order that she might
not pass the mile stone in her journey in life unobserved, -tome friends
from BeUwood, Tyrone and other
places gathered at her borne in the
evening and gave her a birthday
suprise ajnd pound party.
Thursday evening of last week,
Mr. Percy Lynn and Miss Mary Eva
Wertz were majrried at the parsonage of the M.E. Church, tbis place,
by the Rev. Brenneman. The couple
are popular young people of the
town. The groom is employed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
In the locajr shops. The bride previous to her marriage was sales lady
in the L.W. Irwin and Co, department store. After the ceremony a
reception and ■ elaborate wedding
supper was served the young couple
at the bride's home.
SE PRESENTED BY DEAN
R. L.   WATTS
opening  day  of  the  trout
only ten days distant fisher-
fever is   becoming   epidemic.
leasant maltajdy is   aggravated
nds of early spring,   singing
1st daybreak, chirping "peep-
night, and the sight of rush-
Bind greening grass.    In-
tbe    innocent    and   furtive
orm  keeps his tryst on lawn
en   amid   ever   increasing
Hew oft he  and his are
M away'and dumped into the
of moss to "scout" that they
become   athletic   and   durable
zero hour on April 15th.
while there is  little  in  life
be fisherman between dodging
leaning   jobs   and    diverting
fa-nip funds   to   purchasing   hooks
and- pines.   Yet there is  something.
To assuage tb* apguish   of  waiting
the Bellwood Sportsmen Association
ha* arranged a program Of   special
interest for fishermen.    Dr.   R.   L.
WbKs,   eminent State  College ang-
ler,»will present colored pictures of
scenes    on    several    famous   trout
streams and tell   of   the  important
stisBss that are being made of  the
trotrjt migrations and stream condi-
Sjnce his retirement as Dean of
thS (School of Agriculture Dr. Watts
hesHdevoted much of his time to re-
seatjch in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Fish commission a|nd
the| U- S. Biological Survey. His
pictures and address will be of live-
timely interest to all fisher-
RECORD 0F_THE DEPARTED
THOSE WHO HAVE PAST PROM
TIME TO ETERNAL REST
Mrs. Martha R.  Benn
Mrs. Martha R. Benn, widow of
George Benn of Bellwood, died suddenly Monday mrorning in the office of a Coalport physician following « heart attack, at 10:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Benn was born on January
18, 1876. Her husband George Benn
disd several years ago.
Members of tiie family include
two sons, Roy of Bellwood snd Ray
of Mill Hall; the following daughters, Mr*. Delfosse of Smith-mills,
Mrs. Florence Beck, Mrs. Relia
Montgomery, Mrs. Myrtle Baum,
with whom she made her home, and
Mra. Mae McGinn's all of BeUwood;
two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Keith of
Fallen Timber and Mrs. Dora Lloyd
of Hollidaysburg. Twenty grandchildren and one great-grandchild
alao survives,
Mrs. Benn was a member of the
Logan Valley Baptist church of
Bellwood.
program committee will also
musical   entertainment   and
y. o% good apples. With a mem-
m over   400    already    for
trs^S^m^h^^^'
Sportsmen and outdoor lovers who
have been missed by the canvasers
are invited to attend and join at
this meeting Friday evening of this
week at 7:30 in Cornmesser** Hall.
Dues are very low and more memberships are heeded to help improve
and maintain the Sportsmens' Park
and dam on Bell's Run.
Mrs. Joanna Domer Reigh
Mrs. Joanna Domer Reigh died
at 7:40 o'clock Sunday evening at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oa-
car S. Berkstresser, Glasgow Crossing, near Bellwood. Mrs. Reigh had
been ill three weeks.
' Born *(n Antis township December 18, 1861, she was-the daughter
of David A. Domer and Margaret
(Nelson) Domer, both deceased
Her husband, Lewis F. Reigh, died
February  5,  1926.
Members of the family Include
three sons, Rowan C. of Bellwood;
David, BeUwood, and Maurice E., of
Alexandria; six daughter*, Mrs. O.
S. Berkstresser, at who** home she
died; Mrs. W. S.   Turnbaugh,   Mr*.
-H.
PERSONAI^WRAGRAPHS t I
People Who Visit Hera aad
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS liF OUR CITIZEK5 f  I
Gaests   Who Ar* Entertained by Ball-
Wood  Host.—Personal  Mention  of
These WTkto Visit To sad Pre
Mrs. Lloyd A. Goss, of Canton,
Ohio, haa returned to her home after speeding Bj week at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs*. J. H. Patton, Jr., of East First street
Mr, William Sitman, Sr., ha* returned from Devon, Pa., where 1*
visited hia son-in-law smd daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Justus Douglass for a
number of weeks. Mrs. Douglass
hap been in ill health for some time
past and has entered one of the
Philadelphia 'hospitals where he
(undergo an operation for the
moval of gall stones.
Rev' Thomas   M.   Stone,   the
teemed and popular pastor   ef
Methodist church, left Tuesday
Clearfield,   where   he   is   te   attendance of the annual Central Conference of the Methodist church.    Rev.
Stone haa been pastor of the  Bellwood   ehurch   for  th*  past  three
years and is a pulpit orator of much
ability.    His congregation is trusting that he will be returned for another year.
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G.AJL VETERAN  91
There wag a grald homecoming
of the children, grandchildren sad
one great-grandchild and friends of
J.B. Burket e Civil war veteran of
Warriors Majrk, in honor of his 91st
birthday last Suhday and it was a
most enjoyable occasion.
Mil Burket is in good health and
te always pleased to greet his family
and friends. The time passed before
all were invited to the dining room
to enjoy a chicken dinner.
Mi*. Burket received many gifts
and cards. Those present wet* Mr.
Burket, Mr, and Mra. J.M. Houck,
Dr. and Mrs. C.W, Burket, and Dr
and Mrs. LQ. Burket and Mr. Books
of Altoona, Mr. aad Mr* Harold
Burton of Philadelphia^ Mrs. J.W.
Mctig, Mr. **d Mrs. E.R. Mong and
daughter Evelyn and Mr. and Mrs.
W,.H. Mong of Bellwood aad Mrs.
Belle Fisher of Warriors Mark.
—Every wide-awake merchant is
ar advertiser.
—The Women's Mta-kmary society of Grace Lutheran church will
meet Friday evening at 7.80 o'clock
WILD GEESE ON THE WING
Tuesday morning of this week
many Bellwood citizens witnessed
the unusual sight of seeing hundreds of wild geese in four forma-
ations, winging their way northward to the lal^s in Canada and
Northern New^mork state. The
birds came out otthe southland and
were ; *"*t "flying hTBt. They passed
almost bfirectly over^ur town and
were •§ sight to beHd, one that
will liv* long in the memory of all
hrho saw them, as not so many hundreds, of wild geese fly at one time-
It is supposed that thay came from
the marshes te the far southland,
where they spebt the winter. When
the springtime comes the wanderlust overtakes them and they leave
their winter quarters and fly northward, where they rear their young
and in late September or October,
the southern trek is started.
It is thought the flocks that
passed over town Tuesday may have
numbered a thousand or more birds.
They were flying In the characteristic V-shape and moved along with
clock-like precision.
Other flocks of wild geese heve
passed over town during these
spring days, some having been seen
last week, when they became bewildered at night and flew to the
ground near the borough.
—Mrs. Jenftiie McCracken ef
Boyles street while not ta Florida,
has the pleasure of enjoying fresh
oranges and a bunch of arrange
which were sent  to
PATTERSON—WORTHING
Miss Louella Worthing, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Worthing, 1214 N. Cambria street, and
Mr. Jam|es E. Patterson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Patterson, of Ty-
none, R. D. No. 5, were united in
marriage on April 2, at 7:80 p. m.,
at the home of the bride's parents.
The ring ceremony was used by the
brides pastor, Rev. Russell P.
Knoebel, of the Lutheran ehurch.
The ceremony was performed in
tite presence of a number of the relatives and friends. The bridal couple were attended by Miss E. Virginia, Ctetn and Mr. David Kline, of
Lewistown.
The bride was attired in a teal
blue costume with accessories to
match and wore a corsage of gardenias. The maid of honor wore a
navy blue costume with matching
accessories and whits carnations.
Mrs. Patterson is a graduate of
the Ahtis Township high school in
class of 1988 and has been employed as a clerk in Woodhall's
store. Mr. Patterson is employed
by his father on a large dairy farm
near Tyrone.
The newlyweds have gone on a
honeymoon trip to western Pennsylvania and ta Ohio. Upon their
return they will make their borne
with the groom's parents near Tyrone. .
The guests present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Worthing and daughters Jeanette, Sylvia and Chloe, of
Bellwood; Mr. and Mrs. Steel Patterson, Miss Clara Patterson, Tyrone, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. G. V.
Chun, Lewistown, daughter Virginia, and Jean Winters; Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Ellenberger, Tyrone; Mrs.
Elsie Brickhart, Lewistown, daughters, Helen and Margaret, son William; Mr. William Frohm, David
Kline, Cleon Bailey and Mrs. Emma
Ulsh, all of Lewistown.
—The Bulletin is ths horns town
newspaper sad it Is read by every
member of ths family.
i i ■ An electrical storm passed this
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son, all of Bellwood. Mrs. Penrose
Sheeder, Tyrone, and Miss Myrtle
E. Reigh. of Martinsburg; two slaters, Mrs. Elizabeth Mattern, of
Cleveland, Miss Anna C. Domer, of
Bellwood. Seventeen grandchildren
afnd 11 great grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Reigh was a member of the
Logan Valley Baptist church for
more than 50 years. •
Martin  McCaulley
Martin McCaulley of Altoona,
died at his home at 11:05 o'clock
Saturday morning after a brief illness.
Born in Bellwool, April 4, 1859,
he was the son of John and Mary
McCaulley afnd married Mrs. Elisabeth Jane Brubaker McCaulley who
preceded him in death 17 years ago.
Members of the family include
one Idaughter, Mrs. Ida May Johnson of Numine, Indiana county;
four sons, Charles G. of Washington, D. C, William E. of Deny, Pa.,
John E. of Oakland, Calif., Howard
D. of Harrisburg; one brother, Harry McCaulley and one sister Mrs.
Edith Weaver of Altoona. Fifteen
grandchildren and three great grand
children also survive.
Mr. Miller was a retired Pennsylvania railroad conductor and was
for many years the wreckmaster at
Gallitzin and  Derry.
He was a Baptist by faith.
TAKING THE CENSUS
The taking the census of the
United States for the year 1940 is
now under way, the enumerators
having started on thier work last
Tuesday.
Census enumerators fe* Bellwood
were named as follows: Mrs. Eugene
Shaffer, Bellwood North side, snd
Mrs. Mary Hoover of BeUwood,
South side ward.
Ronald Burnham and Mrs. Mark-
ley of Antis township were named
as enumerators for Antis township,
while two other Bellwood residents,
Miss Katherine Forrest arid Miss
Alda Boyd were named as a part of
the enumerating staff for Tyrone
borough.
—The Ladies' Aid society of the
Presbyterian church ' will hold the
regular meeting on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. McCioskey
on Boyles street
.OLD PRINTING EXHIBITS
Exhibitions commemorating several hundred years of printing ar*
now oa' display hi Philadelphia and
Greensburg, Richard P. Brown, Secretary of the State Department erf
Commerce, announced.
Ihe Philadelphia exhibit ia located in  the   Mate  Entrance   Hall   of
e "■Tee library.   Tt contain* such
rare pieces of literature aa The Bay
Psalm   Book,    published    at    Cambridge in 1640   and  the  first  copy
off  the  press  in  what   is now tiie
United States; the only known copy
of the first edition of Yankee Doodle, and the   first   American   arithmetic which wa* printed by Benjamin Franklin's older   brother.    Additional   interesting  books    te   the
group   are    Washington's    Journal,
written at tbe age   of   22,   relating
the events of his trip across weatern
Pennsylvania   to   warn   the  French
to   leave;   the -first   of   Franklin's
Poor Richard almanacs, which was
issued ta 1783,   and   several   others
displayed in celebration of the three
hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the first   press  in  this
country.
At . Greensburg,   500    years    of
printing   is   commemorated   in. the
exhibition    at   Seton   Hill   College.
The library in cooperation with tha '
American Institute of Graphic Arte J
has included in the collection origi-
nals of famous old books and man*- '
scripts- a display showing  the  process of   paper-making   and   demon- j
strations of the  use   of  the  microfilm     process     te    preserving    old I
works.    Among   historical   volumes
in the group are an original Nuremberg Bible, printed te 1478,   a new
Testament printed te 1633 and for-
raerly   belonging  to  the   Duke   of
Norfolk and a   missal   leaf   printed
by hand in Perugia te 1353.
—Mr. and Mis. J. I.   Rightnour,
who left Bellwood in December for
way test night during which  heavy j Florida, expect to arrive   home  th*
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VOCATION   SCHOOL   TRAINING
It ia dangerous to keep young
people te school too long unless adequate provisions are made for vocational education and guidance,
says Dr. F. Theodore Struck, head
of the department ef industrial
education at the Pennsylvania State
College.
"If we insist upon    keeping boys
and   girls te school until they    are
16  or 17,  It te our  duty," hs said,
"to provide the kinds of instruction
thst    will mak*   them    employable, r
self-respecting^  emjd (self-sup parting j
citizens.    Young men who lack pre*]
employment    training  must    either
serve • four year apprenticeship am
follow a semi-skilled occupation."   \
Br.    Struck   added    thst    many
young   people are better suited   ted
manual  labor than to sedentary^gg
cupations,    aad   that    th*    ***%
should  prepare them for their
per field of employment
Meet* citteea should- be *
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