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BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1941
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LOCAL HB GOLUMN
Short Items That Will Intor-
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BRIEF SUMMBHT OF THE WEEK
Tsras     Paragraphs  Concerning,   tha
Doing  sf  Our  Boi-o««jb—Tho C*4.
•aaa   Our   Subscribers    Enjoy
-—Thai new year was ushered in
.with the firing of guns, ringing of
the church bells and sounding of
tha fire siren on the public building. &'*"&S
—Man *-ranteid for steady year
around work. Opening in this vicinity. Must live in Blair Country.
Car necessary. Write Otho Whipple,
Clarion, Pa.
—The editor af the Bulletin re-
tarns thanks to all the loyal patrons during ths year which has
fast come to a close and trusts
for a continuance of the same.
*V•fefl'here will be a important
Meeting of all metmbers of the Y.
;St(K.'.-C. A. Bowling League at the
-T. M. C. A. Thursday January t,
at 7:80 all are requested to be
present.
> r—Wa are not yet willing to
agree with a noted scientist of
New York city, when he gave his
views before the American Scientists society, held in Philadelphia
during the week, that man evolved
from the ape.
—There is a growing demand
for a shorter week that more
' workers may be employed. The
more leisure a man haa the more
good management an d self-xastra-
"to* mBl be required. It is co'mpar-
ptively easy to hasp aat of trouble
Jiyang   as one is busy,   but wit-
Pa Minnie Tills, of Washington, D. C, -writes as that her
daughter, Mra. Wanda Draheim and
sons, Donald aad Edward, of Pitc-
P tea. Pa., aad Mr. and Mrs. Ray
—■ Reinhart and Mr. and Mra. Wayne
Reinhart and baby, of Portsmouth,
Virginia, .apent Christmas day With
her in the capitol city sad had a
many time.
—Charles Dickson, -Jhe Altoona
youth of Ballet fame, spent Christmas week at his homie. While there
he had aa his guest, Mr. Autcn
Dolin, fir4 classical dancer of
Ballet T -ajr*, to New York. During his" stay Charles was the guest
«f Miss Ruth Barnes, his former
teacher, at her home Thursday,
wharf a delicious turkey dinner
WSS aerved.
—Game   "Protester     Charles    C.
I Brenneka, af Altoona,   will appear
before the January meeting of the
members   of tile   Bellwcod   Sportsmen's  Association,   will be on  Friday   evening    ta   Cornmieeser    hall
I |i sad    ahow two    thousand feet    of
films   of wild life.   This will be a
j "rare treat   for the   sportsmen of
tha community   and all are invited
I Ao be present at the meeting.
\\tpW. i—Mr. aad Mrs. Andy 0. Barrett, Who have been shut-ins at
their home on Stewart atreet during tha winter, desire through the
columns of the Bulletin to thank
Bm young. people of the different
churches of the town frr going to
their home and singing Christmas
carols. The young folks came in
three groups and sang for several
minutes, sad their renditions were
greatly appreciated by Mr. and
Mrs. Barrett.
—Mr. T. W. McCaulley and
family enjoyed their Christmas
dinner in their cosy home oa .North
K£ Fourth street, which was badly
■fr damaged by fire on October 18.
The repairing of the home was in
tha hands of the Keystone Lumber
company oa North Tuckahoe street,
Henry Figart was the painter aad
paper hanger, Clair Boyles did the
wiring sad pat ap tha lights. Tha
home presents sa attractive appe
aranee aad one could hardly beli-
V at* ft was tiie aasBs place after
tha tto* to the fall Mr. McCaulley
was a caller of crews in the employ of tha P. R. R. company, aad
la now snjoying a wall earned vacation, having been retired a fdw
years  ago, after a long period   of
Methodist
WEEK OF PRAYER
Week of prayer services will ba
held ia Bellwood churches daring
the five nights beginning with Jan.
6th, aad continuing through until
Friday evening. These services will
be union services and seven ofthe
Bellwocd churches   are cooperating.
The name of tha minister who
will preach the aenaon wttl not
b* announced ia advance. However
all sermons will ba preached by
c*_r local pastors. The place of
the service is as follows:
Jan. 6, Monday, in Church cf
Bm Brethren.
Jan.    7,   Tuesday,   In
church. .
Jan. 8,    Wednesday,
Valley Baptist church.
Jan.  9,  Thursday,   in
iaa church.
Jan. 10, Friday, ia United ,__
thren church.
All services will begin promptly
at 7:80 p. M., and all citizens of
the community are urged to cooperate wtth the ministerium.
Every church member as well as
all non-church members should
make a determined effort to attend as many ef the meetings as
possible.
THE NEW YEAR
in
Logan
Presbyter-
Bre-
Hcw shall we greet tiie new-born
year?
Courageously, without a fear—
Or falter,   ere the year's   begun—
Nineteen hundred forty-one.
True, there was much   of hate and
atrjfe sfS&t
In the past year to sadden life..
War    causes    wounds    that    never
heal-
But   hearken,   'tis   ths   midnight
peal!
If    this   aad.   world    could,  start
men—
Peace    we would have,
untold,
And  happiness   thia world
hold.
What joy
would
been filled    every-
Have churches
where—
To storm tha gates of heaven by
prayer? iVyfj
Hold fast to these: faith hope and
kve"
And    God Will send peace    from
above.
More than a thousand years ago
The   Christ-child   came   to   earth
and lo,
An angel choir  sang at his birth-
Good   will to   men—   and   peace
on earth.
O, if that choir eould sing tcday
Would warring nations   stop and
pray?
In faith   ww start—   trusting   God
still—
Let the new year   bring what it
will. •,
—Ellen Irvin.
BIRTH 6F THE NEW YEM1941
THE LAND OF THK FREE MAY lACTlVITIES OF
SEE MANY CHANGES
We found the following ia one
of our exchanges and it contains
such wholesome feed for thought
wa transplant It bodily into our
columns for the careful consideration of our readers:
With the Mrth of a aaw year
the question will naturally arias.'
"'What will it bring oa"? Will it
be peace, or war? Will it be plenty,
or want? No human being can answer that question today, though
some may make a ludicrous bluff
at d- ing ao. At no time in the life
of ths present generation   haa the.
with so much uncertainty   with
gard   to tits world in general   an
our cwn country in particular. W
all hope and pray that the pn
foreign war may end and that ttt
world   may return to aome   sembl
ance    of   sanity    and    commit
stability.   But there   is no   certain.1,
ty—   only  an  intense longing   tog
something that is not.. We are pi
ning cur    faith   to the  ability
ai—■ country to keep free from forf
eign entanglements, but again this no    certainty,    only an    abidi
faith    that may be  founded    a;
the phantasies   of our   dreams. We
are looking   and   longing    for
dsy to c me when   mien will p
HAPPENINGS 30 YEARS 160
       OUR    CITIZENS
THREE DECADES    AGO   *
From Bm BSD*sod Bulletin, Fab.
Uth, 1816.
.J. Dan Kyper, BeUwood's candidate far aonaty treasurer, is busy
these days intervening the voters
tt many precincts of tha county.
*;H. H. Carr, the dairyman, who
1ms farmed But Beard farm for a
-JtSmber of years, will have a public
JWs in a   short time and   move to
Irthe Sprankle farm near Fostoria. -
-*K:_Ir. and Mrs. Mundorff   just re-
'eerttly   arrived home   from a   visit
af several   weeks in Florida.   They j
Met*, much pleased   with the dim-
birth   of a new year been   *»*-W»-^^*_t .think    the old    Keystone
State is good enough for them.
Cess pools In tin borough wtil be
thing of the past once the proposed sanitary system of sewage
•disposal la constructed. (Ths intervening time ia past and ,ws are
fB it, both feet and our pocket
■Pp.)
M. S. Goss, of near Martinsburg,
was a Bellwood visitor last Saturday, sad a caller at tjiis office,
land from   him It Was   learned that
a family will aeon he residents
Antis township, having purchas-
med the Rininger farm near Pine-
ficroft.
Mr. and Mra. Alex. Blaine Low-
'**pn   aad daughter   Jane,   cf Will-
thii
There    ia no
anticipate a year of great cenw
cial prosperity    for tiie    peopl
ou*    own ecuntry, and It yr%
theirs if not unforseen ci
of incidents overturn   the
ity of tho nation.   But" in
 -,_., ,**»«-•* *r--ag;fj&*;_Mtf. tats
mm*lj.m^.jemiX,m*mmm*mmplill
-freed of   crttefT**"Oaa-BSMng.   Wf-M
a year of unexampled aepfity''
among the factories, and in the
fields, and in all of the marts, of
trade, but much of it will depend
upon the action of other nations
than ours. And we .are todsy a
government and a people without
friends among some ether peoples
of the earth. We have grown and
expanded and developed until we
are the richest of all the countries
of the World and yet our great
wealth ia today an actual menace
to our peace and security of the
future for tiie nation that is hungry for gold will not be choice
in' its mode of attack when the
time for invasion comes. But let
ua face the future with optimism
and with faith, with eyes open to
every essential fact and with a
firm determination to persevere and
to conquer in the face of all obstacles. Let us flare to be just and
right la all of our dealings with
nations and with individuals and
when sanity returns to the world
we will reap as we have sewn. Let
us put our own house in order by
placing the country in a state of
defense sufficient to insure us
frcm attack from without and
then let us give the world to
understand that we are a joist,
righteous people, that we seek to
do harm to no man or collection
of men and that we have nothing
in our hearts hot good will toward all people. The new year will
bring us something, but what that
something is to ba will depend
greatly upon the course we oar-
selves pursue. Never in the history
of oar country has it been pot
more plainly and emphatically and
squarely up to  us.
to butcher one another and retv-*^^^^^^^—,—. . ,
to the mors humanising pursuits'«i [lamsport, spsnt Wednesday in town
a pesstful life. Bat cur longing* \*Bm\-0*ppk% Mrs. Lowman was re-
result only in more looking ©^porning fron* a vkit at her parents
longing.    There    ia no    peace. J***j
WILL SPEND 880,000,000
Present plans of tiw Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
call for the expenditure of nearly
880,000,000 throughout the State
during 1941 for telephone construction  activities.    It will  exceed   the
1940 outlay for    construction    by
about  85,000,000.
Donald K. Phillips, district manager far the company, aaid that
in the company district which includes tikis exchange area, 1941 construction costs for replacements,
improvements and additions to
telephone facilities will total 81,-
120,000,    compared    to      8890,000
Bell construction activities ansa
accelerated during the latter part
cf 1940, doe largely to the national defense program. Present indications point to an even Wore
rapid    quickening    of the pacet    In
1941 aa Pennsylvania's great re- J States
sources are tapped more and more ! Point,
for preparedness needs. Accordingly, tiie Bell Company's-1941 construction program haa been planned
with a view to keeping telephone
service at a high point of efficiency aa contimfally greater demands
are made upon ita communication
facilities.
-—Advertise in the Bulletin.
—Congressman    James    E.
Van
Zandt inform*, us that the result
of tha 'recent civil service examination for appointment to tha United
military academy at West
is disclosed by the following designations as announced by
the board: Principal, Robert H.
Hunt, Altoona; first alternate,
John M. Bussler, Ramey; second
alternate, John Richard Gustafson,
Jr., Clearfield. Under the regulations of the United States Military
academy, candidates most report at
West Point the first Tuesday to
—Happy New Year to all. j March fer examination and tt found
' As far as the weather ia eaa- - to possess tha requisite qualifica-
' earned ths aaw year aaada a aasd tions will ba admitted to ths A*.
I start. j__l   jgjgm       j adea-y July 1, 194L
me in Mahaffey.   They still have
-warm    spot in    their hearts    for
Od and ita people.
Ht    surprise   party    was
the    home    of Mr.   L. A.
g^m_mjfiug^hg honor
to fifty,    departed    wishing ' Mrs.
Reigh many more happy birthdays.
Officals of several Altoona organizations which maintain buffets
ta their lodge homes admitted this
week that one of tiie apparent results of the Stough evangelistic
campaign has been the severance
of membership of a number of
men who have been affiliated with
them in the past.
On Saturday the Bellwood Y. M.
C. A. Juniors journeyed to Tyrone
with the intent of returning with
the game won, but on the return
they had nothing but suit cases, so
saya the "Herald" of that place
(from what the writer sees of this
Tyrone* must of won). Th'ngs do
happen that way at tin-its.
This edition gives an account of
some folks who had a hen that
persisted in laying in the coal cellar, which the woman of the house
could not understand. Her bey
aaid thats easy, I s'pose she's seen
the sign "Now is the time to lay
ia your coi-." This dial gue happened when the. two were looking
for the "days work cf the hen."
Howard Wentzel and Miss Margaret Hunter, both residents of this
place, were united in marriage on
Wednesday morning of last week
in the parsonage* of the Grace
Lutheran. church, Morrellville, Johnstown, by the pastor, Rev. W. I.
Good. The couple wsa attended by
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hunter of
this place. The newly weds left for
Philadelphia and New York. They
will reside in Bellwood.
—Is yonr subscription to tho Bulletin paid to date?
—Mr. Norris T. Watters, retired
employs of the P. R. R. company,
of East Fourth street, has placed
an electrical star on the roof of
his home. He has* received many
complimjetnts regarding the beauty
of tho star. It attracts the attention of many motorists traveling
on the state highway a mile or
more distant.
—Judge George G. Patterson,
president judge of Blair county,
Starts tiie new year with the court
business of 1940 completely finished. A report of the year's legal
work shews it was ons of tin
busiest years in the history of the
—•lair county courts, and is a
splendid and unique record for
Judge Patterson who completea
his -bat yasr.-^.?
ANTIS SCHOOLOONTRIBOTIONS
RESPOND LIBERALLY TO
HEALTH  SOCIETY
Mra. C. W. Montgomery, of Altoona, secretary for tiw Blair
Coaaty Tuberculosis Sad Health
society, sends in the following report from the Bellwood-Antis
schools, with the following comment:
Mr. Paul Kurtz, Supervising principal of i the Bellwood-Antia
Schools, whose teachers never have
failed to be 100%, reports a total
of 887.20. Of this amount the
Elementary school contributed
$51.80, and the High School $86.-
40. Special mention Is made of
Room 6, South Side building,
taught by Mrs. Margaret Blake,
Whose purchases of Christmas Seals
lexceeded $6.00, and entitles them
to a framed health bond. The
Parent-Teachers Association alao
purchased a $5.00 health bond.
The namaa of the teachers who
contributed are: Elementary- Margaret Blake, Gertnide Boyd, Madeline Cherry, Matilada Cornmesser,
Dorothy Cunningham, Mania Dele-
vett,. Beryl Fowler, Martha Fox,
Laura Irwin, Ruth Irwin, Pearl
Krider, Catherine Madara, Helen
McCioskey, Edna McElwain, Margaret Metzker, Harriet Miller, Dorothy Rhodes, Anna .Smelker, Ruth
Snyder, Thelma Weaver, Mary
Wertz, Douglas Dean, Wilbur Johnson, F. A. Hamilton. High Sehool-
El'zabeth Cameron, Eleanor Colabine, Grace S. Cola, Eleanor Daley,
Lulu Daugherty, Leanore Dick,
Edna Gemtsch, Mary Houck, Helen
Metzler, Mildred Reigh, Susan Sunderland, Virginia Wray, Donald
Cameron, T.D. Dillman, .James
Foster, Charles Hetrick, Robert
Kill*-,   Htr-fJi
EAGLES CELEBRATE
Members and friends. of Bell-
w od Aerie tfa. I860, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, with the Eagles'
Home on Main street, assembled in
th" auditorhrtrl ofthe Young Men's
Christian ascociati n lact even'sg,
it being the occasion of tiia celebration of the seventh annual banquet of the ' rgan:ration. There
was a happy thong present when
the metrbcrs and assembled guests
sat down to a big feed at 6:80,
after invocation had been effered
by Rev. Eugene Gilland Slep, the
Presbyterian minister.
Dr. Roy W. Goshorn, head of
the Blair C unty Hospital at Hollidaysburg, was master of ceremonies and when he called upon tiia
prinieipal sp.akers of tite evening,
Maurice Splain, Jr., Mate vice president of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, and Judge Gerge G. Patterson of the Blair county courts,
thay responded in -happy vein,
much to tiie pleasure and delight
of the audience.
Jack Findely's orchestra had
(charge of the music which was
furnished during the banquet and
dance. A floor show added zest to
the occasion. After ths banquet
and entertainment, dancing was
enj yed from nine -ant'l twehrev The
gathering waa one of the outstanding events of the mid-winter season and was attended by several
hundred members and friends from
here and out rf town.
RESTORING   HISTORIC   SITE
Another h'storio site in Gettysburg will bee ire a national shrine
if efforts being made by the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania
are successful.     '
Henry Luhrs. Secretary of the
organization, advised the State De--
partment of Commerce that it ia
attempting to make arrangements
to restore '-the Willis building, now
used as a business place, to its original condition. i
According to some historians
Lincoln wrote at least part of hia
Gettysburg Addreas and possibly
all of it, while a gutest of Judge
Willis on the eve of the famous
speech.
—According to tha Crop Reporting Service ths* stock of Pennsylvania Seedleaf tobacco on October
1 totalled 94,044,000 pounds of
which 90,194,000 pounds was un-
stemmed aad 3,850,000 pounds
PERSONAL PARAG
People Who Visit H
Those Who Go Awa*|
MOVEWEHTS CF OUR CITOW
Cassia   Who Are Entertained ky Bt
Weed Hosts    Personal  Me-tie*
Those Whto Visit Ta and Few
WUliam Shambaugh,   of   RoarinJ|
Spring,   spent the Christjmas Bassof
with   his grandmother   lbs.  M,
Hoppe, of East First atreet   I
Mrs. A. G. Williams and daught)
er Aline, of Alexandria, Va., tog
for home after spending tha hall
daya at 882 South Second street.
Mr.  and   Mra.  L E.  Burnheinsar
cf  McVeytown,    spent  part  of
Christmas  season  with   Mrs. Boi
heimer's sister, Mrs. Donald Cogasl
in Juniata.
Charles and Fay Sigle, who aaa,
employed in Downingtown, apent
tha Holidays with their parents. Mtv
and Mrs. Frank Sigle on North
Fourth street.
iMr. Paul. Heal,   who ia
course at Baltimore, spent But
Year day at the   homo of stents,   Mr. and Mrs. Scott Noel
Railroad atreet.
Mr.   Harold Richards,   wife
family,   of  Altoona,   waaa
at the home of Mr. and Mra.
G.  Barrett    on  Stewart street
Sunday evening.
Mr.  Fred Sharrah,  vrho ia wo
ing in Washington, D. C,   enjo;
the holidays    at tha   home of .
parents, Mr. and Mas. Job-
on South Second street.
.._fr- Desa Smith, ytbo to
Mrs. J. C m^tdgmmm¥mmm\
tors    Ids May    and    Fiances,
Chambersburg,  spent tha begins!
of the   week at the house of   MrtC;
McElwain'a   parents,   Mr. and Mw|i|l
Perry Hillard ed East Main street.; 3
Mr. J. E. Leddy, after spending 1
several days last week at tha homa.i
of his mother, Mrs. J. T. Leddy I
on South Main atreet, took hia da>jl
parti—re for Washington, D. C, \ I
last Saturday. The young man tot I
engaged by the government and?!
is meeting with  success.
Mr.     William    W.    Akers,       of'i
Beverly,    New Jersey,    arrived    *myg
tha home of Ma stater, Miaa Iisshi
Akrrs on South Second atreet Nest*
Years    morning    for a   visit   af ai
tew days. He was among our earlf*
morning    callers     Wednesday    and
being    an old  time  printer    ft
himself very much   at home in
print chop.
Dr. Frank Jamison,   head  of
Flcrida   State Horticulture   c<
of  Gainsville,    Florida,    enjoyed
few days    thia week at the
of hia parents, Mr. and Mrs. L
Jamison    en North Second
Dr. Jamison   came north to a<
a meeting of the American
lata   society,    held hi    Philad
fer a  number   of days last
when   some  advanced  thought
made by a number of noted edatifljj
ators of the nation.
Lieutentant    Wray  Noel     of
70th   Coast   Artillery,   U. 8.
located at Fort Stewart, Savar
Georgia,    and who was    prev
at   Fort Mourltrie,  S. C, left
tho former fort on Thursday,
having    had a pleasant visit
week   at tho   home of his
Mr. and Mra. Scott Noel,   on
road street    His    fHawds will
glad   to know    that hje ia
good in the armjy service.
Mr. Frank    M.    Barrett,
pahied by hia wife and son
of Johnstown, visited with hia
her, Mr. Andy G. Barrett on
art street last Sunday.  Tha 34
town brother   Is in    very
health, having suffered two
during the faU aad waa anxious
aae hia brother hi Bellwocd.
M.   Barrett wttl ba renrjembered
maay af the   older readers   of
Bulletin, having bean a resident
the borough many years ago.
stemmed.
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—Every  wide-awake