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■ ^iPSPsP y*ri.|pjppi|p^mii~i-~iHH Is 1 ii I it * VOL. LI I BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1941 Nil LOCAL HB GOLUMN Short Items That Will Intor- est Our Readers ¥ *mmJgr*St. *s?' 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. \ —Every wide-awake
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Title | Bellwood Bulletin 1941-01-02 |
Masthead | Bellwood Bulletin, January 02, 1941, Volume 52 Number 44 |
Volume | 52 |
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Date | 1941-01-02 |
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Full Text | ■ ^iPSPsP y*ri.|pjppi|p^mii~i-~iHH Is 1 ii I it * VOL. LI I BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1941 Nil LOCAL HB GOLUMN Short Items That Will Intor- est Our Readers ¥ *mmJgr*St. *s?' 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. \ —Every wide-awake |
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