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BELLWOOD, PA., TWURSDAY, JUNE  13,  1940
NO.  17
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BflEFSMIBrOF THE WEEK
T*r*e     Paragraph*  Concerning,   th*
Doing of Our Bonougb—-The Col-
una   Our   Subscribers    Enjoy
—A fine girl baby arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Evans
on the   north    side    one day    last
week. The    young   Miss- has been
. named Margaret Deen.
—This section waa visited by a
heavy fall wf hail during the aDorm
Friday afternoon of last week. It
is reported that. things in t he
gardens suffered slight damage.
i—Miss Claire Buckwalter is again
at her accustomed place in the
postoffice, after an enforced absence of three weeks, due to an
injury which she suffered at her
home.
—The regular meeting of the
W. O. T. U. will be held at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Bechtol, Martin
street, Tuesday afternoon of next
week at 8 o'clock. All members
please plan to be present.
—Ever since spring weather arrived many of our citisens have
made connections with the borough
sewer main* October 1, 1940, is the
time set by the town council, and
all persons should comply with the
provisions of the ordinance and
thus svoid paying a fin* and costs.
Now is the time to tap into the
sewer.
—-Miss Mary Louise Fleisher,
daughter of Councilman and "Mrs.
'Fleisher of Martin street was numbered among the graduates from
^eUen
Miss Fleisher is also a graduate of
the borough high schoo 1 and her
friends are extending congratulations.
—Walter Emory Cox, life long
resident of Warriorsmark valley,
Huntington county, died at 6:50
Monday evening at his residence at
Spring Mount, agel 72 years. He is
raSrvived by a number of children,
among them being Rev. H. Paul
Cox, pastor of tbe Church of the
Brethren on North Tuckahoe street,
this borough.
—The regular monthly meeting
of the Retired Veterans of the
Pennsylvania Railroad will be held
on Friday afternoon, at 2:30 in the
T. M. C. A. Its hoped that the veterans will respond at this meeting
in a goodly number, as several
members who have been in Florida
and at the New York Fair will entertain with things encountered
enroute.
—This section witt visited by
heavy electrical storm* Friday and
Saturday afternoons of last week.
Several homes in the borough were
struck, but the current caused no
material damage. On both days the
rain descended in torrents, causing
smal streams of the Little Juniata
river to go on the rampage. The
rain fall was particularly heavy in
the vicinity of Tipton and Tyrone.
—Among the graduates from
State College hurt week was Mr.
Lloyd McCioskey, son of Mrs. R. L.
McCioskey of Boyles street. The
McCioskey family was present at
the graduation exercies held last
week. Lloyd is a graduate in agronomy, having taken a full four-y*ar
course. Preparatory to his graduation he had been employed for a
few weeks in one of the northern
counties of the state. All his many
friends in the borough extend congratulations. I
-—The•University of Pennsylvania
in Philadelphia,, which is observing
tts bicentennial anniversary this
year, awarded degrees in course to
more than 1700 graduates at the
commencement exercises held in
the Municipal Auditorium at 10
o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. John
G. Cornmeteer, Jr., received bachelor ef science degree in economic*.
The young man is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John G. Cornmesser, Sr., of
Bellview avenue, this borough, and
has been a student in thia well
known institution of learning for
the past few Tears. All his friends
GRADUATED  FROM GIRARD
John H. Thompson, son of Mrs.
Myrtle T. Estep, Bellwood, is
among seventy-three graduates to
be honored at ths semi-annual commencement exercise* at Girard College, Pennsylvania's famed boarding
school for fatherless boys, on Tuesday evening, June 18.
Young Mr. Thompson, made an
outstanding record at Girard College. A National Honor Society
member, he was president of the
school glee club and chemistry club.
Ho captained the varsity baseball
teami, played on the varsity basketball team, and served on the achool
athletic governing body. In addition, he played in a dramatic dub
production, served on the student
affairs committee, and won prizes
in  competitive  drill.
RECORD OF IRE DEPIRTtf HlffllNGS 30 YEARS 100
Mayor Robert E. Lamberton ot
Philadelphia will deliver the main
address to the graduating class and
some 1600 invited guests. The diplomas wiD pa awarded by Dr,
Founded under the will of Stephen Girard in' 1881, Girard College
now maintains and educates) free of
charge 1730 boys, whose fathers are
dead. Students are admitted between the ages of six and ten, receive elementary, high school, and
vocational education, and many
special service*. They may return to
their homes during the three vacation periods.
THOSE WHO HAVE PAST Fl
TIME  TO ETERNAL REST
B*v*ri-r R. Mayer
Beverly   Randolf Mayer,   fag
trainmaster     of the     Pennsyh
Railroad,   Louisville, Kentucky
ision,   and   brother  of   Vice Pre
dent W. W> Mayer of the Penn
vania Railroad, died suddenly
day afternoon   at 2   o'clock in
home    of Miss Kathryne    Willis
son,   at 618   Martin   street,   wbe
he and   his wife   have   made
home for th* past few months.
Born February 4, 1886, at Mil
lin, Pa.   he Wat the son ef Chi
Wright and Lucy  (Wilson)   May
long prominent   citizens ef  Jus
county.    He was   married   to
Minnie    Wiltinawuii    at     Bellwo
JsneJary 22, 1921.
Members    of the family    Incl
his wife and the following brot
and sifters: - William W. Mayer
.Philadelphia,   vice president   of'
Pennsylvania    Railroad;    Betty
Mayer,   of   Mifflin;   George   Lot
Mayer .of New York city; Souths
P. Mayer,   Franklin, Ohio;   Mrs.
W. Buck, of Minneapolis Minnesot
Charles W. Mayer, New York City?
Rhode U. Mayer, Mifflin.
Mr. Mayer was • member ef the1"]
Mifflin l""i*esbyte-rian church, the]
Mifflin F. A A. M, the Altoona j
Jaffa Shrine the Knights Tempjtgjj
of Harrisburg and was a first
tenant in the 144th engineers g
th* World, war.
"The remains will be taken' t*6-!
old hotfe* in   Mifflintown, .ph*f*ff\
wss born and   passed hto^
days and  farneral
held in the. Westmister
church  of which he had
a member, FrWa-jJ
•d ^*e*#*ral
WILL PRESENT PROGRAM
After a two week's session of the
vacation Bible school in the Methodists church, fitting services will
be held at both morning and even'
FLAG DAY PARADE
The general committee on arrangements for the proper observance of Flag day in Bellwood has
completed all plans and has made
preparation to handle one of the
bigge;-t parades Bellwood ever has
had. AH citisens of Bellwood and
Antis township are urged to take
part. The route of the parade
which will be held at 6 o'clock
Thursday evening, June 13, is as
follows: |
Parade forms on north Cambria
and Fifth streets and will move
south on Cambria to Stone and East
Fifth street, to Antis street, u>
Main street, going west to Boyles,
then to South First and to the Y.
M. C. A. where the program will be
held, after which the fire company
will have charge. The speaker will
be the Rev. Eugene G. Slep, pastor
of the Presbyterian church of Bellwood.
—Forty-nine years ago Tuesday
morning occured one of the most
disastrous freight wrecks ever
known on the old Pennsylvania and
Northwestern railroad, when a runaway freight train jumped the
track near Root's crossing. About
twenty-five cars loaded with coal
and other merchandise were scattered over tho roadbed and into the
nearby fields.   Three   trainmen lost
Mrs. Mary Stiver
Mrs. Mary Ruth (McElwain) Stiver died at her home at Marengo,
Centre county, Saturday morning
at 2:46 o'clock of coronary thrombosis, after an illness of one
month. Born at Marengo, March 25,
1860, she was the daughter of
Michael and Sarah (Lemon) Rhodes.
She was twice married. Her second
husband is Joseph A. Stiver to
whom she was married on April it,
1022. Mrs. Stiver was the mother
of thirteen children to her first
marriage-. A|m»ng the surviving
children are Lester and William
McElwain of this borough. Mrs.
Stiver we* * life long member of
the Methodist church and much respected tit the community where
she  had  resided.
their lives in the wreck. They were
! all residents    of the   borough   and
' their   tragic   deaths   caused   a pall
of gloom   to hang   over the   community. ,
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PULLING SHRUBS
rhe destruction of small trees
and shrubs from land without the
consent of the owner is punishable
with a $25 fine, Chas. E. Baer,
Deputy Secretary eg£*h* Pennsylvania Department of Forests and
Waterr, said this week.
(Motorists and other visitors in
the woodland of the State should
keep in mind that the $25 penalty
is fer each tie* or part thereof illegally
I. O. O. F. VISITATION
A number of members of the
Glasgow Lodge, of the I. O. O. P.
visited Bellwood Lodge No.819, last
Friday night and assisted in conferring the initiatory degree. These
two lodges will visit Huntingdon
lodge, next Friday night and assist
in conferring the first degree on a
class of candidate of their oon and
and Huntingdon lodges.
•On Friday evening, June 21, the
second degree wfll be conferred on
this class at Bellwood lodge, by a
degree team from the above lodges
and lodges from Altoona. At this
time Bellwiood lodge will be presented a silver trophy by the district deputy grand master of this
district, in honor of having enrolled
the largest number of members of
any lodge in the county, during
the past year.
[ACTIVITIES OF   OUR   CITIZENS
THREE DECADES    AGO
From the Bellwood Bulletin. June   ing services,   when   certificates will
P0th, 1918.
On Monday Squire Crisswell cele-
trated his   seventy-eighth   birthday.
ie squire didn't have any big time
the event,   but all   hoped   he
ruld   see many   more   events   of
kind. ,
Miss- Janet Laird, who is taking
course in domestic science at
tte CoQlege, arrived home • last
riday evening for the summer
ation. She will resume her
■dies in the fall.
\ In honor   of their  daughter, Miss.
Hommer,   who   on last Friday
ebrated  her twenty-second  birth-
be ' awarded to all scholars who
attended for the first time. Gold
seals will be - presented to all who
made a perfect record of attendance and blue seals to others who
missed not more than two days.
The   following    program    will be
presented    at the  morning    service
beginning at 10:80, with the beginners in charge of Mist Lizzie Akers
i and the primaries in charge of Miss
1 Clee Howe:    opening songs; prayer
I by the    pastor;   offering;    baptism
I for    children;    flag  song,    by the
primary   department;     song,    "Be
Happy"     by    the    beginner*;    our
lessons,   beginners;   solo,  by Leslie
S.   by the
t, Mr. and Mrs. Hommer very | Nearhoof, Jr.; D. V. B.
asantly entertained a number of J primary department; song, "Little
Its at their home on Main St. Birds", beginners; play let, primary
FTbe merchants have decided to, teP****"*', ««* **l*-te, beginners
Id their annual picnic at the ever and *v*taaries; "America" by the
bular Rhododendron Park, Lloyda-, c°n*™K*tion.
|e, August 6th. The crommittee in I     The «**">"* Program will be pre-
rge   has  in mind   to make  this | sented at 7:30'   D-* the   -u*-ior and
[et   the best ever held    by the | •^e^diate. ■*?*?****_ in charge
merchants.     i
lie  base ball   season   opened in
Hwood last Saturday afternoon in
ard fought   battle   between the
rood    "Y"    and the   Hollidays-
"Y".    The local    team    went
,    the score    was' 6    to i,    in
of the    team from    "Capital
f, B.   Madara,   who is   employed
fecial wtork, of the Penna. R. R.
iny'si    shops   at Fort    Wayne,
,   wa*   at the   Altoona   and
shops on Monday and Tues-
| on    company    business.    Mr.
is a brother of our towns-
Madara.
dwelling on the old McClelian farm,
near Fostoria, the family of Albert
Hetrick was rendered homeler*. The
family wae later taken to the home
of Mr.- He trick's brother, F, S.
Hetrick, where they will remain till
another hrne  is secured. ,
Last Sunday morning Bellwood
Lodge No. 391, Knights of the
Maccabees, attended Memorial services at the United Evangelical
church. The lodge was accompanied
by the Bellwood band. Very impressive ceremonies were carried
out at the cemetery, following the
service. -pi" j
The employees of the BeUwood
division shops and their friends are
now looking forward to next Wednesday, when their annual picnic
will be held at Rhododendron Park
at Lloydsville. This is an outstanding event of the season and everybody is getting tuned for the affair.
The committee in charge is making
preparations big and plenty,
A pretty home talent, a musical
comedy, 1* three acts, and under
the direction of Miss Kathleen
Balsbach,' will be produced iq the
Odd Fellow's hall,. Thursday and
Friday evenings, under the auspices
of the Epworth League of the M.
E. Church. Among those in the cast
are: Messrs Irwin, Weaver, Miller,
Wesley, Trout, Bentley and Lance,
with Misses Given, Helsel, Moore
and Mart*.
of Mrs. R. F. Kustaborder and
Mrs. Earl Goshorn, Mra. F. D. Goss
and Miss Amanda Myers. The theme
of the program is "Loyalty to
Home, Church and Country." Processional; call to worship; Response
by the choir; hymn, 379, "I Love
Thy Kingdom Ldrd"-. responsive
reading; prayer, Mr. A. F. Myers,
Supt.; hymn, 428, "Happy the
Home"; scripture lesson; hymn,
489, "America"; flag salute; responsive reading by the intermediates; announcements and offering;
offertory, "Monastery Gardens" by
Jean Thomas; pageant, by the
junior department; piano duet, by
Jean Thomas and Ethel Mae Gos-
honij-jlaylet, "The Lost Opportuni
Hes'r^,bp|r»-witermediates; vocal solo,
"My Task", Dorothy Jean Myers;
presentation of certificates and
seals; ,        •
RED  CROSS  GIVERS
American Bed Crow icwntribut-
ions for the benefit of the war
suffers in the allied countries of
Europe are being received at the
First National bank   and the   first
j report for BeJUwolod follows: Rev.
L. H.    Goehring,    church    of    the
! Brethren, the William Hunter
garage, Prof. F .A. Hamilton, *%
A.  Hauth,  each five  dollars.
Rev. H. S. Ralston, Mrs. Will
iam Howard Moore, Mrs. Elizabeth
C. Johnson, Mrs. A. C. Persing,
George H. Holtzapple. Miss Ethel
Wray, Miss Katharine Wray, M.
R. Foutz, Mrs. H. H.l Woodhall,
Mrs. Elizabeth Holden. L 8. Lindemuth, Mr* I. S. Lindemuth and Miss
Jessie Anderson,    each one    dollar.
! Total
PORTRAIT  UNVEILED
A life-sized portrait of Edgar
Boyd Kay, the first dean of th'e
University of Alabama in engineering was recently unveiled. The
beautiful gift was cordially accepted by Dr. George J. Davis Jr., dean
of the college engineers in behan
of the University. Dean Davis paid
a glowing tribute to his predecessor, Dean Kay, who went to the
University from the faculty of Cornell University in 1903. In 1907
Dean Kay was made the first dean
of the engineering faeulty which
was that year set up as a separate
college in the University. With his
appointment engineering instruction
took on new life and the growth of
the engineering college has continued with accelerating speed.
Edgar Boyd Kay is (well remembered by citizens of Bellwood, having been a resident for many years.
He took a deepand abiding interest
in the welfare of Bellwood when
the borough was in its formative
stage. He was largely instrumental
in the town getting its water works
and wa' long an enthusiastic booster for a water system. He also
established the first electric light
plant in the borough, ba<jk in the
'90's. He passed away a number of
years ago, leaving many friends
Thursday morning at the home of j who will always cheri; h his memory.
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Flick on second
CHILDREN ON  PARADE
At ten o'clock this morning one
hundred children of the daily vacation Bible school of the Logan
Valley Baptist church- paraded du
ring recess period. The route was
on Main, Cambria and South First
streets. The parade was in oomme-
oration of America's Flag Day. At
the conclusion of the parade a
patriotic service was held on the
spacious   lawn  at the   church,   con
street, their only daughter Miss
Mabel, was united in marriage to
Earl R. Mong, of this place. The
ceremiony was performed by the
Rev. Bowser of the Logan Valley
Baptist church. Their honeymoon
trip will include Olean Nl Y., Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls,
after whieh they will reside in
BeUwood. - I
Many   people   in   Bellwood   were
deeply grieved    on    Tuesday   when
they received the sad intelligence ducted by the pastor, Rev. H. G
of the death of Mrs. Bo&e Hump- , Dooley. Both the Christian and
hreya Gentry, wife of W. D. Gen- American flags were saluted. On
try, of Hollidaysburg. and daughter next Sunday night the commence-
of Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys of this ' ment exercises of the vacation
place. Most of her life was spent j school will be held when the child-
in Bellwood, where, by her kind ren will give demonstrations of
and quiet disposition, she won the their Bible work, also pageant and
love and respect of a wide circle of music,
friends. The  remains   were brought j ,•*"**    ~~~
to the home of her parents, and —The one-story building in the
after service on Thursday morning rear of the old Central hotel pro-
at tha St Joseph's Catholic church, ' perty on South Cambria street,
she was laid   to rest   in the Logan   used for many years for small bus-
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here end
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS DFJ^LIR CITIZENS
Guest*   Who Ar* Entertained by Ball-
Wood   Hosts—Personal   Mention   of
Thos* Who Visit  To aad Fro
Mr. William Cornmesser was a
Pittsburgh business visitor one dsy
last week.
Mrs.    Huldah    Love,    of    South
Second   street,   has gone   to Wash*
ington.   Pa.,    where    she will    visit]
friends for some time. ,
Master Billy McGregor,  of Alto* '•
ona, is enjoying a visit art the home
of his   grandparents,   Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. Barrett on Stewart street.
Mrs. George M. Meyers, of Main
street, who has been visiting her
son at Princeton, for two weeks,
returned home Monday evening.
Mrs. William W. Schenck, of
Howard, Centre county, is a guest
this week at the home of Mt*. and
Mrs. Glen Schenck on North Fifth
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bupp, of
Washington, D. C, are guests at the
home of Mr. Bupp's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Bupp on South
Main street. i
Mrs. Margaret Bentley, of North
Fir t  street,  left  today for  Cincin- I
nati, to spend   some time   with her
son and   daughter in law,   Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Bentley.
Misses Martha Fox and Dorothy
Rhodes, who are engaged as school
teachers, enjoyed the past few days
in Baltimore, Md., where they were
guests of Miss Marian Fox, a nurse
in John Hopkins hospital.
The Misses Mildred M. Reigh,
TJ^a^Fj^Ttfeave
M. Weaver, of the" borough, explored tbe famouls Endless Caverns at
New Market, Va., while on a motor
trip through the Shenandoah valley
of Virginia, one day last week.
Mr. W. J. MoMenkopf, of William port, was a week end visitor at
the home of Miss Claire Buck-
waiter on East First street He was
accompanied by Mr*. Mollenkopf,
who had been here caring fer her I
sister, Mis* Claire Buckwalter, who
suffered an injury to one of her
ankles a few weeks sgo.
Mr. Percy D. Mulhollem, who bl
spending the summer months with
Mrs. Mulhollem, in their cottage ■']
along the banks of Spruce Creek,
was a Bellwood visitor Monday
afternoon and a caller at our
office. They make their permanent '
home in St. Petersburg, Florida,
and will remain in the north until
the first sign of frost.
Mrr*. Francis Glasgow of South
Second street, has returned form
Cleveland, Ohio, after an enjoyable visit with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. I
Campbell. Joe Glasgow, brother of
Mrs. Campbell, motored to Cleveland and spent tbe week end
celebrating another birthday. Joe
has been located for the past
month in Forrest and Venagoo
counties as bee inspector for the
state. Cook's forest is located in
Forrert county, being a delightful
spot, among virgin pine trees.
/Mr.   A L.   Goss,   a former   well
known and   much respected   citisen  I
of the borough, now of Uniontown,
Pa., arrived in the borough Wednesday and will   enjoy   a visit for the
next    few days    among   his    many
friend;.   In years   past it had   been
the   custom   of Mr.   Goss   to spend 1
Memorial Day in  Bellwood, but this
year it was   passed   with his   sister
in  Osecola Mill , Clearfield county.
During   his stay   in that   town   he
was much   honored by the  band of
that    town which    tendered    him *
serenade    after    the    exercises,    in
which his two sisters shared fat th*
compliment    Years ago    he was   •
member of the Osceola. Mills band.
Mr. Goss will remain in the borough
for a few days, after which he will
go back to Clearfield county to continue his visit.
—Thb is Flag Week. Don't fail to
display Old Glory.
—During the violent electrical
storm that passed this way Friday
afternoon of last week, a tree at
the home of Boyd Locke of Beech.
grove was struck. Tha tree was boh