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$ttllttxtt Name i *-* Indexed % % VOL. L1 I I BELLWOOD. PA.f THURSDAY, AUGUST 14*1941 NO. 26 LOCAL HB COLUMN Short Items That WUl Interest Our Readers BBIEF SUMMARJffJF THE WEEK Terse PaTti-egraphs Concerning, tha Doing ef Our Borough—Tho Column Our Subacribera Enjoy HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE COSTS -—Vacation days will soon be over for the school kiddies. •.--.Type writer paper for sals at tne Bulletin office in any quanity dsah-ed. —A much needed rain visited thia section Monday night and Tuesday. --—The Bulletin is the home town newspaper and It is read by every member of the family. —The coo] nights throughout the week remind us that Old Jack i Frost is soon due. —The primary election will occur On Tuesday, Sept. 9, tbe general < election Tuesday, Nov. 4. —The Tipton speedway races j 'will be held on Labor Day. It will be the next big attraction tm Blair j county, and many racing men trill he there with their machines. i —The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held In the home of Mrs. Mary Bechtol in the Lauver epartment on Tuesday afternoon, i August 19, at 2 o'clock. Every member is urged to attend. | —The Excelsior Fire company will attend the, district firemen's convention to be held in Bellefonte Thursday of next week. The big parade will take place at 11 o'clock in which ths local firemen will, participate, taking with them their ' fire truck. gnto-hx gajjitattire BPp[ mM"^ruea''i\^ annual state convention of the American Legion. The big event of the meeting will be the parade to be held Saturday afternoon, and it promises to be the outstanding parade events of the city. —Although grape production in Pennsylvania, due to freezing temperatures (ruling the Spring in the , Erie' section, is indicated to show a decrease of 5,300 tons below tfae 23,000 tons produced last year, pro- , duction for tfae country at large is expected to increase from 2,543,910 tons last year to 2,553,820 tons this year. —Chief Burgess Edgar McKinney returned home last Friday morning from Beach Haven, near Atlantic City, N,. J., where he enjoyed a deep sea fishing trip with a party I of friends. He succeeded in catching a number of sea fish, among them being a tuna, weighing forty-six pounds, which he, expressed home. The fish was greatly admired by all who saw it. —The members of the Excelsior Fire company responded to a false alarm of fire at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. The alarm waa sent in from the Reighstown section by some one who is not aware that there is a severe penalty prescribed by law for such an offense. If the firemen ape successful In ascertaining the name of tha party prosecution will follow. —With the announcement by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor tfaat the coat of living is showing a marked increase -with no signs of early abatement, Congressman James E. Van Zandt appealed to Howard O. Hunter, Comtmissioner of the Work Projects Administration, Washington, D. C, to seriously consider an increase in tfae WPA wage scale in effect since 1989. —In tha first 18 months of operations on a monthly payment basis, the annual rate of Federal family insurance payments in Blair county rose to $47,112. This figure was computed by C. Randall Wilson, manager of the Altoona office of the Social Security Board, on the basis of statistics jmrtr'received ffrom the office of Regional Director Wlilliami L. Dili, in Philadelphia. The sum ref Jected insurance in force aa of March 81, 1941, under the old- age and survivors insurance program of tha Social Security Act. [It did not include any of tba public assistance alls-Bam as under Federal- State OBLIGATIONS TREBLED IN PAST TIN YEARS Obligations of the Pennsylvania Department of Highway*! during Ilia last decade have more than trebled while the income of the Department from the Motor Lice nee Fund has increased only approximately 27 per cent. Officials of the Department point out that no other agency in the nation, either public or private, hss assumed such increased burdens on so small an increase in revenues without impairing its efficiency or financial standing. While the obligations of the Department have been increased chiefly through legislative enactment in tfae last ten years it has been to the benefit of local governing bodies such as counties, cities, boroughs and townships. For the 1929-81 biennium the total income of the motor fund was $180,- 841,000. In the biennium tfaat closed May 81, 1941, the total motor fund receipts wet* $170,636,- 000 or an increase of 81 per cent. During the fiscal year 1980-81 the Department had responsibility over 18,562 miles of highway. The r next fiscal year the total mileage 1 had increased to 34,026 wfai n more than 20,000 miles were added by : Bm session of 1981. It has been increased since, then to a total of 40,522 miles. ! The increase in the mileage on . tfae State highway aysttm haa da- creased tfae obligations of the second class townships for the maintenance of approximately 25,000 miles of road while cities and boroughs have been relieved of maintaining about 2000 miles. To 1929 the Department waa re-.. sponsible for the maintenance of E 4399 bridges on tfae system. Now Bm% figure has been boosted to 17-- 299 structures of which number 5824 formerly were the responsibilities of counties; 4772 taken over from townships and 629 from boroughs. In addition 1675, 8 to 10 foot spans were .removed frolm the responsibility of townships in 1981 and added to the Department's obligations. During the 1929-81 biennium counties received $9,614,000 from the motor fund and for the 1939- 41 biennium their share was $15,- 818,000, an increase of 59.4 per cent. The * share of tfae motor fund received by second class townships has increased from $5,- 877,000 for tfae 1929-81 biennium to $8,734,000 during the 1939-41 biennium, or an increase of 48.6 gar cant. Payments to other Departments "f BUILDING TO BE SOLO r 1 has gone up to 31.4 per cent from $20,861,000 In tfae 1929-81 men- nium of $87,422,000 for the biennium that ended May 81, 1941. These payments are for auch ex- I penditures as interest and sinking fund obligations, expenses of tfae Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Pennsylvania Motor Police. I The balance ojf tfae Motor Fundi was available for highway purposes. In the 1929-81 biennium that figure was $94,089,000 white in the most recent biennium, 1939- 41, tfae amount was §119,162,000, en increase of 26.7 per cent. Figures compiled ahow tfaat there haa been a recurrent saving to sec- ond class township taxpayers since the added obligations of road and bridge maintenance were assumed by tbe Department and subsidies to these municipalities. In 1930 township tax collections were $14,- 277,617. Five years later tfae amount had dropped to $6,131,280 and last year ths amount was $6,- 477,562. The Department does not keep aay records of tax collections by cities, • borough and counties to show whether tfae added obligations of th? State for roads and bridges has reflected any reductions in those municipal subdivisions. | -~a —The Blair County Agricultural Conservation Committee has called tn ths attention of wheat farmers fal tiia county that the notices recently Bant to farmers setting forth their wheat acreage allotment for 1942, as determined by the county committee, take on additional importance to the farmers, in view of the fact that Secretary of Agriculture Wicluu-d haa proclaimed wheat SUGGESTED THAT BOROUGH BECOME THE OWNER The special committee representing the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association presented to the borough council at its regular monthly meeting fai the-', public building Monday evening^) tbe question of the disposition to be; made of the "Y" building and tht plot of ground upon which it li 'located. Tfae coat of erecting the property^ back ln 1917 was about $38,000,1 and during the twenty-four yeara since its construction this cost| through careful management hag been, reduced to slightly less than. $10,000. As this community haa aa equity of $28,000 in the property! the board of directors and trustees were unanimous in the opinion that tfae community should have Bm firat opportunity to purchase it. i Borough Solicitor Richard H. GM, bert waa present at the meeting of the town council Monday evening and after considerable discussion,*, the borough council upon motion decided to submit tbe matter to the voters of the borough at the generf al election in November and, if approved, proceed at once to pay ofUf the bonded indebtedness and theft the town will become the sole owner. y -g Tfae following special committee/] Messrs. B. J. Estep, B. C Lego snap Ernest Schmidt, members of Bm council, were appointed to confer with the borough solicitor, .-, the trustees of the Y. M. C. A and a* trustee representing the bond hold* ers to work out tfae details and at the same time .avoid alt unnecessary expenss to the'borough in carrying out the transfer of the property. Here is Belhvood's opportunity hi beconrr? the owner of this valuaM| piece of property. Vte all ksft***. pa* scxiiwa ter'Has-sT**a**m rrtunity through the Y. M. C. A. during its existence in the team. Now that it is about to pass out of its existence and in order to close up its financial affairs the building must he sold, and with **T* it will cease to be a "Y." There are other prospects beside the borough and if it is to be acquired by the .town, la a matter for the taxpayers to decide at the general election in November. There are many enthusiastic citizens who think tbe borough should take over the property. e>s » HAPPENINGS 30 YEARS AGO ACTIVITIES OF OUR CITIZENS THREE DECADES AGO , From tha BeUwood Bulletin, June 7th, 1912. Misses Myra Schenck and Florence Hoover, spent Memorial Day in Harrisburg. Miss Grace Goss, has accepted a position as clerk in ths store of P. W. O. Hummel on Cambria street. Miss May Reahm, of Altoona, waa a recent visitor at the homie of Mr. and Mrs. Ubil, of the north Side. •;..•:■<-*. A. E. Barrett and J. W. Wyland, apent Tuesday night fishing along the Juniata river near Union Furnace and were quite successful, J. E. Isenberg, of Schenectady, N. Y., is quite busy at present, ita a bright new baby girl that the stork left juat recently | at his home. W. H. Zimmerman, the (popular Main street barber, haa secured the service of Oust Ettienne, of Portage, who came highly recommended as a barber. The Bellwood business men's picnic will be held at Rhododrendon park, Lloydsvilfle, on Wednesday, July 10th, and all merchants and friends are waiting the event. Miss Kathleen Greenland, a student at the Peabody Music Institution, of Baltimore, Md., is visiting at the home of har parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Greenland, Main street. Ralph L. Thompson, wife and two children, Gertrude and William, of Juniata, left Monday for Cumberland valley, ts visit tfaa former's parents at Waynesboro. Mr. Thompson also attended the convention of the Cumberland Firemen's association held there. REGORO ofjie oep»rteo|PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS INVITED TO THE FAIR Burgess Edgar McKinney, all other Blair county burgesses as well as the mayor of Altoona and other county officials have received an invitation from the management of the Huntingdon county fair to be their guests on Blair County Day at the Huntingdon county fair, Friday, August 29. Friday is tfae day Jimmie Lynch wit ibe at the fair and a full three hour program of thrills, spills, crashes, and dare-devil stunts are promised. Special invitations have been extended to two Blair county natives who have been elevated to the high court: Supreme Court Justice Marion D. Patterson and Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Baldridge, both of HolSdaysburg. ''.'■'> County officials of Blair county have not been overlooked in the scope of the Huntingdon county fair association's invitation, aa revealed by a check up. Officials of the county who have been extended an invitation include Judge George G. Patterson, District Attorney Chester B. Wray, County Commissioners Joseph Dixon, Herbert S. Bolger and Daniel S. Brumbaugh, County Treasurer Thomas E. Stewart, Sheriff 3. H. Summers, Regist- ' er and Recorder Thomas G. Peoples and Prothonotary John B. Elliott ♦ r. —Fall weather has paid this section aa early visit. But cheer up! the Summer is not over. —Mr. George Colbert, of Hollidaysburg, who had acted in tfae capacity of chief of police of tfaa borough for a few months, faas tendered his resignation and has accepted a position ia the police de- partmlent pt ths P. R. R. company ia Altoona. His successor will ba appointed within a few daya. bl the meantime Harry Miller, deputy eon- a_HMia_MatfMla#liBSSaiSfa fal of the schools of that borough, and bis wife, were Monday guests at the home of tfaeir cousin, Mrs. L. 8. Wharton. They were on their wsy home from a honeymoon. They ware married May 23rd. THOSE WHO HAVE PAST FROM TIME TO ETERNAL REST Cloyd Berkatreeaer Death came suddenly to Raymond Cloyd Berkstresser at his home near the BeUwood intersection, along route 220, last Monday morning at 3:40 o'clock, after suffering a cerebral hemmorrhage. For many years he had been engaged as a painter for the Pennsylvania railroad company in ita Altoona works, and also conducted a service station for a number of years near the intersection. He had not been previously ill and the announcement of his death came as a distinct shock to his many friends in the borough, as well as elsewhere. He was a good citisen and bore the esteem of all who shared his acquaintance. Born July 23, 1885, at Saxton, be was tfae son of John and Rebecca Berkstresser, both deceased. He was married November 8, 1906, at Huntingdon, to Miss Bessie Reed. Members of the family include his wife snd these children; Raymond Berkstresser, Mrs. Gladys Patton, Orlando, and Mra. Rebecca Holes, of Bellwood; Mrs. Gaynell Rehm of New Cumberland, Pa, and Paul, Donald, Olive and Beverly, all at home. Six grandchildren and these brothers, Frank Berkstresser of Altoona, Oscar of Bellwood, and Clarence of Virginia. He was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were held from his late home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in charge of Rev. H. Thaddlus Colvert, pastor of the * Methodist church, and were largely attended. Interment was made in the Logan Valley cemetery. People Who Visit Here an*. Those Wbo Go Awey. MOVEMENTS 6F OOR CITIZEN ALONG THE WAY In walking down the highway— I stopped below tfae bridge Across the Juniata, not to view the rocky; ridge That's almost perpendicular down to the water's edge- But just to see some flowers, and weeds and vines and hedge. I marketing quotas far tfas tgtg crop. (atable, to perfonniiag tfas It's right beside the highway that there's a small ravine— That's grown up ful of wonders with every thing that's green. In early spring there's nothing to aaa as you pass by— The snow Ilea 'deep in winter— - fho bird-song then ia nigh. But Summer brings its flowers, and Summer brings its weeds. Aad here are berry bushes [thistles tall, and reeds. There's a wild-grape vine starting— burdock and grasses green. And near the edge are flowers to brighten up the scene. —Ellen Irvin. »>«» HIS LOVE FOR PENNA. The State Department of Commerce recently received a communication, bearing a post mark of the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean, from a First Class Private in the Artillery who ia a resident of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Since many of the soldiers at the Midway Post sra from Arizona, and hava never been near the Keystone State, the author requested literature to show his co-patriots tfaat his Dove for his home State is well founded. file letter reads, in part:— "I believe that it is the bast state ia the union, with nice forests, plenty of natural resources and nice highways, snd I ain't been home in two years to (et myself a good map and convince my friends here in Midway what Pennsylvania ia Ilka." *->»«« —An unusually large crop of wi'ld blackberries in the forests of Pennsylvania this year is reported by tfas foresters in tfas Department of Forests and Waiters. One of the Forfest Rangers reports tfaat in his , twenty-three years experience be I has never seen tfas bushes so heavily ilsdened witfa berries. Jamea K. Hutchinson Jamea K. Hutchinson,_b*S*. to tfae T5o*S0e'r "ftofldv/- PeWbti township, and for many years engaged as a farmer and road builder, died at his residence at Greenwood Monday morning at 7:30 o'clock. He was born on tbe old Hutchinson homestead Dec. 13, 1869, the son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Hutchinson and spent moat of his life in •this part of Blair county, and was well and favorably known by a large numJber of people due to his' activity in road construction. Surviving are his wife and a number of children. He was of tiie Presbyterian faith. Funeral services were held at the late home of the deceased this afternoon at 2:80 oVlock, in charge of Rev. Eugene G. Slep, pastor of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church, foUowed by interment in the Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Minerva H. Gei.t Mis. Minerva H. Geist, of 285 Clark street, died at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening at her home. Born March 1, 1868, at Coll Spring, Pa., she was the daughter of Andrew and Sarah Hoffman, deceased. Members of the family include these children: Firm, of Pittsburgh; Elmer L. of BeUwood; Mrs. R. E. Conrad, Bellwood; Mra T. A. Simon, Braddock; Mrs. D. W. Hamilton, Pittsburgh; these brothers and sisters: Andrew Hoffman, Coll Springs; C. F. Hoffman, Sum- merville; Mrs. L. S. Alcorn and Mrs. J. J. Summervi'le, and Mrs. Martha Brown, Anita, Pa. ■ Mrs. Geist was a member of the Evangelical church of Bellwood. Onsets Who Are Entertained fay 1 ,__, Wood Hosts—Personal Msafjaa- et Those Whe Viait To aai Fro Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. McFarland of North Fourth street visited friends in Pottsville, Schuyldtt county, over the week-end. Alexander Loucks, who is engaged in Akron, Ohio, spent s few days last week with bis parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Loucks on Stewart Street. _ Mr. and Mrs. John G. Conunessea- and son Robert have returned to their home on Bellview * avenue, * after a visit of ten days in Atlanta* City and Philadelphia. Mr. and Mra L G. Stoner, of. Martinsburg, Pa., have just returned from a visit of a month witfa Mrr. Stoner's brother and famttly at Centralia, Washington. Mrs. Stoner. is a daughter of Mr. R. C. Green-"; land of Lowther street. Rev. R. P. Knoebel, paator sf thai Grace Lutheran church on North - Cambria street, witfa Mra. Knoebel and children, left Tuesday morning:; for their vacation. They will spend some time st Geneva-on-the-Lake, in Ohio, and from there wiB visit Chicago and also tour through Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. Rev. Eugene Gilland Slep, tfae esteemed pastor of tfae Logan Valley Presbyterian church, witch Mra. Slep and older children, are now enjoy-, ing their annual vacation, and left the beginning of tfaa week via tfae.^ automobile route, in company Rev. Step's parents, Mr. aad.: %?'aBMsT" l "•"*•■"» -^hbA-mthTt-m ^^ ivnere they wnTenJoy tnil until Sept. 1. Returning they will j cross the river and tour through Canada to Montreal, and thence ! home. Mrs. Florence McCcy has return-! ed to her home on North Fourth street after a pleasant visit witfa j her daughter, Mrs. Robett Myers, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Mrs. McCoy made the return Journey by automobile witfa her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Gray of Port Matilda, Pa. She reports that the weather was not unbearable in Silver Spring despite ttasj pioximity of that city to the nation's capital where the temper*-] a ture and atmosphere are notorious-] ly hot and humid. Mr. Wilfred W. McDermitt, ofl WJilkinsburg, .was a brief visitor in I the borough lust Saturday evening] and met many of his old time} friends on Main street. In converse-1 tion with him we learned tfaat Mai sister, Mrs. Annie Hill, of Wilkin**-] burg, who will be remembered by j many of our citisens, being a daugb- j tei of the late Colonel and Mrs. [ W. A. McDermitt, suffered a serious I loss some time ago., when her home I was destroyed by fire and she had j a narrow escape from being con- • sumed in tiie flame, having suffered third degree burns, from which she has not fully recovered. BOY KILLED BY TRAIN The body of Elwood J. Brooke, aged 12 years, was found on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks last Friday afternoon, Just a short, distance east of tfae old freight station, presumably having been - run over by a westbound freight train, which evidently attempted to hop or was ' run down, the exact cause of how he met death is unknown. The body of the lad was badly mangled. The county coroner decided an Inquest unnecessary. The boy was a son of. George A. and Eva Margaret Shaw- lay and was born here on June 12, 1923, and is survived by his parents and a number of brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held at the Fuoss chape'' on Main street Sunday afternoon, in charge of Rev. Levi. Goehring, Olivet Baptist ehurch minister, with interment in Logan VaUey cenwtery. TYRONE MEN HELD ^^ Three Tyrone men were remanded to the Blair county Jail WedneSaji day night by Justice of the Peace Edgar McKinney, to await trial on charges of burglary preferred by the state motor police as tfae result of tfae theft of 20 bushels of wheat | front! tfae farm sf Oscar B. Smith, near Tipton in Antis township, August It. Harvey Cooken, 88, of Tyrone, was suspected by Smith to be implicated in tfae burglary when tfafa wheat disappeared, because be aided in the harvesting and tfa-rarfswl ing and knew where it was stereo*.! Questioned by police, Cooken mitted taking the wheat between! 2 and 8 o'clock in tfae inOrning of | August 6, and named William Sa***V| or, 42, and John Bryan, 30, both egg Tyrone as accomplices. Smith, the proprietor of farm, ls an engineer for tfas Pearsii sylvania railroad. m*» —Trespass notices for tfaa Bulletin office, tan centa —Every citisen should- ba a aeriber at Ms hoaae t»w»
Object Description
Title | Bellwood Bulletin 1941-08-14 |
Masthead | Bellwood Bulletin, August 14, 1941, Volume 53 Number 26 |
Volume | 53 |
Issue | 26 |
Description | Weekly newspaper printed about Bellwood Borough, Antis Township and Blair County Pennsylvania |
Publisher | W.F. Balsach |
Date | 1941-08-14 |
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Full Text | $ttllttxtt Name i *-* Indexed % % VOL. L1 I I BELLWOOD. PA.f THURSDAY, AUGUST 14*1941 NO. 26 LOCAL HB COLUMN Short Items That WUl Interest Our Readers BBIEF SUMMARJffJF THE WEEK Terse PaTti-egraphs Concerning, tha Doing ef Our Borough—Tho Column Our Subacribera Enjoy HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE COSTS -—Vacation days will soon be over for the school kiddies. •.--.Type writer paper for sals at tne Bulletin office in any quanity dsah-ed. —A much needed rain visited thia section Monday night and Tuesday. --—The Bulletin is the home town newspaper and It is read by every member of the family. —The coo] nights throughout the week remind us that Old Jack i Frost is soon due. —The primary election will occur On Tuesday, Sept. 9, tbe general < election Tuesday, Nov. 4. —The Tipton speedway races j 'will be held on Labor Day. It will be the next big attraction tm Blair j county, and many racing men trill he there with their machines. i —The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held In the home of Mrs. Mary Bechtol in the Lauver epartment on Tuesday afternoon, i August 19, at 2 o'clock. Every member is urged to attend. | —The Excelsior Fire company will attend the, district firemen's convention to be held in Bellefonte Thursday of next week. The big parade will take place at 11 o'clock in which ths local firemen will, participate, taking with them their ' fire truck. gnto-hx gajjitattire BPp[ mM"^ruea''i\^ annual state convention of the American Legion. The big event of the meeting will be the parade to be held Saturday afternoon, and it promises to be the outstanding parade events of the city. —Although grape production in Pennsylvania, due to freezing temperatures (ruling the Spring in the , Erie' section, is indicated to show a decrease of 5,300 tons below tfae 23,000 tons produced last year, pro- , duction for tfae country at large is expected to increase from 2,543,910 tons last year to 2,553,820 tons this year. —Chief Burgess Edgar McKinney returned home last Friday morning from Beach Haven, near Atlantic City, N,. J., where he enjoyed a deep sea fishing trip with a party I of friends. He succeeded in catching a number of sea fish, among them being a tuna, weighing forty-six pounds, which he, expressed home. The fish was greatly admired by all who saw it. —The members of the Excelsior Fire company responded to a false alarm of fire at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. The alarm waa sent in from the Reighstown section by some one who is not aware that there is a severe penalty prescribed by law for such an offense. If the firemen ape successful In ascertaining the name of tha party prosecution will follow. —With the announcement by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor tfaat the coat of living is showing a marked increase -with no signs of early abatement, Congressman James E. Van Zandt appealed to Howard O. Hunter, Comtmissioner of the Work Projects Administration, Washington, D. C, to seriously consider an increase in tfae WPA wage scale in effect since 1989. —In tha first 18 months of operations on a monthly payment basis, the annual rate of Federal family insurance payments in Blair county rose to $47,112. This figure was computed by C. Randall Wilson, manager of the Altoona office of the Social Security Board, on the basis of statistics jmrtr'received ffrom the office of Regional Director Wlilliami L. Dili, in Philadelphia. The sum ref Jected insurance in force aa of March 81, 1941, under the old- age and survivors insurance program of tha Social Security Act. [It did not include any of tba public assistance alls-Bam as under Federal- State OBLIGATIONS TREBLED IN PAST TIN YEARS Obligations of the Pennsylvania Department of Highway*! during Ilia last decade have more than trebled while the income of the Department from the Motor Lice nee Fund has increased only approximately 27 per cent. Officials of the Department point out that no other agency in the nation, either public or private, hss assumed such increased burdens on so small an increase in revenues without impairing its efficiency or financial standing. While the obligations of the Department have been increased chiefly through legislative enactment in tfae last ten years it has been to the benefit of local governing bodies such as counties, cities, boroughs and townships. For the 1929-81 biennium the total income of the motor fund was $180,- 841,000. In the biennium tfaat closed May 81, 1941, the total motor fund receipts wet* $170,636,- 000 or an increase of 81 per cent. During the fiscal year 1980-81 the Department had responsibility over 18,562 miles of highway. The r next fiscal year the total mileage 1 had increased to 34,026 wfai n more than 20,000 miles were added by : Bm session of 1981. It has been increased since, then to a total of 40,522 miles. ! The increase in the mileage on . tfae State highway aysttm haa da- creased tfae obligations of the second class townships for the maintenance of approximately 25,000 miles of road while cities and boroughs have been relieved of maintaining about 2000 miles. To 1929 the Department waa re-.. sponsible for the maintenance of E 4399 bridges on tfae system. Now Bm% figure has been boosted to 17-- 299 structures of which number 5824 formerly were the responsibilities of counties; 4772 taken over from townships and 629 from boroughs. In addition 1675, 8 to 10 foot spans were .removed frolm the responsibility of townships in 1981 and added to the Department's obligations. During the 1929-81 biennium counties received $9,614,000 from the motor fund and for the 1939- 41 biennium their share was $15,- 818,000, an increase of 59.4 per cent. The * share of tfae motor fund received by second class townships has increased from $5,- 877,000 for tfae 1929-81 biennium to $8,734,000 during the 1939-41 biennium, or an increase of 48.6 gar cant. Payments to other Departments "f BUILDING TO BE SOLO r 1 has gone up to 31.4 per cent from $20,861,000 In tfae 1929-81 men- nium of $87,422,000 for the biennium that ended May 81, 1941. These payments are for auch ex- I penditures as interest and sinking fund obligations, expenses of tfae Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Pennsylvania Motor Police. I The balance ojf tfae Motor Fundi was available for highway purposes. In the 1929-81 biennium that figure was $94,089,000 white in the most recent biennium, 1939- 41, tfae amount was §119,162,000, en increase of 26.7 per cent. Figures compiled ahow tfaat there haa been a recurrent saving to sec- ond class township taxpayers since the added obligations of road and bridge maintenance were assumed by tbe Department and subsidies to these municipalities. In 1930 township tax collections were $14,- 277,617. Five years later tfae amount had dropped to $6,131,280 and last year ths amount was $6,- 477,562. The Department does not keep aay records of tax collections by cities, • borough and counties to show whether tfae added obligations of th? State for roads and bridges has reflected any reductions in those municipal subdivisions. | -~a —The Blair County Agricultural Conservation Committee has called tn ths attention of wheat farmers fal tiia county that the notices recently Bant to farmers setting forth their wheat acreage allotment for 1942, as determined by the county committee, take on additional importance to the farmers, in view of the fact that Secretary of Agriculture Wicluu-d haa proclaimed wheat SUGGESTED THAT BOROUGH BECOME THE OWNER The special committee representing the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association presented to the borough council at its regular monthly meeting fai the-', public building Monday evening^) tbe question of the disposition to be; made of the "Y" building and tht plot of ground upon which it li 'located. Tfae coat of erecting the property^ back ln 1917 was about $38,000,1 and during the twenty-four yeara since its construction this cost| through careful management hag been, reduced to slightly less than. $10,000. As this community haa aa equity of $28,000 in the property! the board of directors and trustees were unanimous in the opinion that tfae community should have Bm firat opportunity to purchase it. i Borough Solicitor Richard H. GM, bert waa present at the meeting of the town council Monday evening and after considerable discussion,*, the borough council upon motion decided to submit tbe matter to the voters of the borough at the generf al election in November and, if approved, proceed at once to pay ofUf the bonded indebtedness and theft the town will become the sole owner. y -g Tfae following special committee/] Messrs. B. J. Estep, B. C Lego snap Ernest Schmidt, members of Bm council, were appointed to confer with the borough solicitor, .-, the trustees of the Y. M. C. A and a* trustee representing the bond hold* ers to work out tfae details and at the same time .avoid alt unnecessary expenss to the'borough in carrying out the transfer of the property. Here is Belhvood's opportunity hi beconrr? the owner of this valuaM| piece of property. Vte all ksft***. pa* scxiiwa ter'Has-sT**a**m rrtunity through the Y. M. C. A. during its existence in the team. Now that it is about to pass out of its existence and in order to close up its financial affairs the building must he sold, and with **T* it will cease to be a "Y." There are other prospects beside the borough and if it is to be acquired by the .town, la a matter for the taxpayers to decide at the general election in November. There are many enthusiastic citizens who think tbe borough should take over the property. e>s » HAPPENINGS 30 YEARS AGO ACTIVITIES OF OUR CITIZENS THREE DECADES AGO , From tha BeUwood Bulletin, June 7th, 1912. Misses Myra Schenck and Florence Hoover, spent Memorial Day in Harrisburg. Miss Grace Goss, has accepted a position as clerk in ths store of P. W. O. Hummel on Cambria street. Miss May Reahm, of Altoona, waa a recent visitor at the homie of Mr. and Mrs. Ubil, of the north Side. •;..•:■<-*. A. E. Barrett and J. W. Wyland, apent Tuesday night fishing along the Juniata river near Union Furnace and were quite successful, J. E. Isenberg, of Schenectady, N. Y., is quite busy at present, ita a bright new baby girl that the stork left juat recently | at his home. W. H. Zimmerman, the (popular Main street barber, haa secured the service of Oust Ettienne, of Portage, who came highly recommended as a barber. The Bellwood business men's picnic will be held at Rhododrendon park, Lloydsvilfle, on Wednesday, July 10th, and all merchants and friends are waiting the event. Miss Kathleen Greenland, a student at the Peabody Music Institution, of Baltimore, Md., is visiting at the home of har parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Greenland, Main street. Ralph L. Thompson, wife and two children, Gertrude and William, of Juniata, left Monday for Cumberland valley, ts visit tfaa former's parents at Waynesboro. Mr. Thompson also attended the convention of the Cumberland Firemen's association held there. REGORO ofjie oep»rteo|PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS INVITED TO THE FAIR Burgess Edgar McKinney, all other Blair county burgesses as well as the mayor of Altoona and other county officials have received an invitation from the management of the Huntingdon county fair to be their guests on Blair County Day at the Huntingdon county fair, Friday, August 29. Friday is tfae day Jimmie Lynch wit ibe at the fair and a full three hour program of thrills, spills, crashes, and dare-devil stunts are promised. Special invitations have been extended to two Blair county natives who have been elevated to the high court: Supreme Court Justice Marion D. Patterson and Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Baldridge, both of HolSdaysburg. ''.'■'> County officials of Blair county have not been overlooked in the scope of the Huntingdon county fair association's invitation, aa revealed by a check up. Officials of the county who have been extended an invitation include Judge George G. Patterson, District Attorney Chester B. Wray, County Commissioners Joseph Dixon, Herbert S. Bolger and Daniel S. Brumbaugh, County Treasurer Thomas E. Stewart, Sheriff 3. H. Summers, Regist- ' er and Recorder Thomas G. Peoples and Prothonotary John B. Elliott ♦ r. —Fall weather has paid this section aa early visit. But cheer up! the Summer is not over. —Mr. George Colbert, of Hollidaysburg, who had acted in tfae capacity of chief of police of tfaa borough for a few months, faas tendered his resignation and has accepted a position ia the police de- partmlent pt ths P. R. R. company ia Altoona. His successor will ba appointed within a few daya. bl the meantime Harry Miller, deputy eon- a_HMia_MatfMla#liBSSaiSfa fal of the schools of that borough, and bis wife, were Monday guests at the home of tfaeir cousin, Mrs. L. 8. Wharton. They were on their wsy home from a honeymoon. They ware married May 23rd. THOSE WHO HAVE PAST FROM TIME TO ETERNAL REST Cloyd Berkatreeaer Death came suddenly to Raymond Cloyd Berkstresser at his home near the BeUwood intersection, along route 220, last Monday morning at 3:40 o'clock, after suffering a cerebral hemmorrhage. For many years he had been engaged as a painter for the Pennsylvania railroad company in ita Altoona works, and also conducted a service station for a number of years near the intersection. He had not been previously ill and the announcement of his death came as a distinct shock to his many friends in the borough, as well as elsewhere. He was a good citisen and bore the esteem of all who shared his acquaintance. Born July 23, 1885, at Saxton, be was tfae son of John and Rebecca Berkstresser, both deceased. He was married November 8, 1906, at Huntingdon, to Miss Bessie Reed. Members of the family include his wife snd these children; Raymond Berkstresser, Mrs. Gladys Patton, Orlando, and Mra. Rebecca Holes, of Bellwood; Mrs. Gaynell Rehm of New Cumberland, Pa, and Paul, Donald, Olive and Beverly, all at home. Six grandchildren and these brothers, Frank Berkstresser of Altoona, Oscar of Bellwood, and Clarence of Virginia. He was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were held from his late home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in charge of Rev. H. Thaddlus Colvert, pastor of the * Methodist church, and were largely attended. Interment was made in the Logan Valley cemetery. People Who Visit Here an*. Those Wbo Go Awey. MOVEMENTS 6F OOR CITIZEN ALONG THE WAY In walking down the highway— I stopped below tfae bridge Across the Juniata, not to view the rocky; ridge That's almost perpendicular down to the water's edge- But just to see some flowers, and weeds and vines and hedge. I marketing quotas far tfas tgtg crop. (atable, to perfonniiag tfas It's right beside the highway that there's a small ravine— That's grown up ful of wonders with every thing that's green. In early spring there's nothing to aaa as you pass by— The snow Ilea 'deep in winter— - fho bird-song then ia nigh. But Summer brings its flowers, and Summer brings its weeds. Aad here are berry bushes [thistles tall, and reeds. There's a wild-grape vine starting— burdock and grasses green. And near the edge are flowers to brighten up the scene. —Ellen Irvin. »>«» HIS LOVE FOR PENNA. The State Department of Commerce recently received a communication, bearing a post mark of the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean, from a First Class Private in the Artillery who ia a resident of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Since many of the soldiers at the Midway Post sra from Arizona, and hava never been near the Keystone State, the author requested literature to show his co-patriots tfaat his Dove for his home State is well founded. file letter reads, in part:— "I believe that it is the bast state ia the union, with nice forests, plenty of natural resources and nice highways, snd I ain't been home in two years to (et myself a good map and convince my friends here in Midway what Pennsylvania ia Ilka." *->»«« —An unusually large crop of wi'ld blackberries in the forests of Pennsylvania this year is reported by tfas foresters in tfas Department of Forests and Waiters. One of the Forfest Rangers reports tfaat in his , twenty-three years experience be I has never seen tfas bushes so heavily ilsdened witfa berries. Jamea K. Hutchinson Jamea K. Hutchinson,_b*S*. to tfae T5o*S0e'r "ftofldv/- PeWbti township, and for many years engaged as a farmer and road builder, died at his residence at Greenwood Monday morning at 7:30 o'clock. He was born on tbe old Hutchinson homestead Dec. 13, 1869, the son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Hutchinson and spent moat of his life in •this part of Blair county, and was well and favorably known by a large numJber of people due to his' activity in road construction. Surviving are his wife and a number of children. He was of tiie Presbyterian faith. Funeral services were held at the late home of the deceased this afternoon at 2:80 oVlock, in charge of Rev. Eugene G. Slep, pastor of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church, foUowed by interment in the Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Minerva H. Gei.t Mis. Minerva H. Geist, of 285 Clark street, died at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening at her home. Born March 1, 1868, at Coll Spring, Pa., she was the daughter of Andrew and Sarah Hoffman, deceased. Members of the family include these children: Firm, of Pittsburgh; Elmer L. of BeUwood; Mrs. R. E. Conrad, Bellwood; Mra T. A. Simon, Braddock; Mrs. D. W. Hamilton, Pittsburgh; these brothers and sisters: Andrew Hoffman, Coll Springs; C. F. Hoffman, Sum- merville; Mrs. L. S. Alcorn and Mrs. J. J. Summervi'le, and Mrs. Martha Brown, Anita, Pa. ■ Mrs. Geist was a member of the Evangelical church of Bellwood. Onsets Who Are Entertained fay 1 ,__, Wood Hosts—Personal Msafjaa- et Those Whe Viait To aai Fro Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. McFarland of North Fourth street visited friends in Pottsville, Schuyldtt county, over the week-end. Alexander Loucks, who is engaged in Akron, Ohio, spent s few days last week with bis parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Loucks on Stewart Street. _ Mr. and Mrs. John G. Conunessea- and son Robert have returned to their home on Bellview * avenue, * after a visit of ten days in Atlanta* City and Philadelphia. Mr. and Mra L G. Stoner, of. Martinsburg, Pa., have just returned from a visit of a month witfa Mrr. Stoner's brother and famttly at Centralia, Washington. Mrs. Stoner. is a daughter of Mr. R. C. Green-"; land of Lowther street. Rev. R. P. Knoebel, paator sf thai Grace Lutheran church on North - Cambria street, witfa Mra. Knoebel and children, left Tuesday morning:; for their vacation. They will spend some time st Geneva-on-the-Lake, in Ohio, and from there wiB visit Chicago and also tour through Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. Rev. Eugene Gilland Slep, tfae esteemed pastor of tfae Logan Valley Presbyterian church, witch Mra. Slep and older children, are now enjoy-, ing their annual vacation, and left the beginning of tfaa week via tfae.^ automobile route, in company Rev. Step's parents, Mr. aad.: %?'aBMsT" l "•"*•■"» -^hbA-mthTt-m ^^ ivnere they wnTenJoy tnil until Sept. 1. Returning they will j cross the river and tour through Canada to Montreal, and thence ! home. Mrs. Florence McCcy has return-! ed to her home on North Fourth street after a pleasant visit witfa j her daughter, Mrs. Robett Myers, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Mrs. McCoy made the return Journey by automobile witfa her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Gray of Port Matilda, Pa. She reports that the weather was not unbearable in Silver Spring despite ttasj pioximity of that city to the nation's capital where the temper*-] a ture and atmosphere are notorious-] ly hot and humid. Mr. Wilfred W. McDermitt, ofl WJilkinsburg, .was a brief visitor in I the borough lust Saturday evening] and met many of his old time} friends on Main street. In converse-1 tion with him we learned tfaat Mai sister, Mrs. Annie Hill, of Wilkin**-] burg, who will be remembered by j many of our citisens, being a daugb- j tei of the late Colonel and Mrs. [ W. A. McDermitt, suffered a serious I loss some time ago., when her home I was destroyed by fire and she had j a narrow escape from being con- • sumed in tiie flame, having suffered third degree burns, from which she has not fully recovered. BOY KILLED BY TRAIN The body of Elwood J. Brooke, aged 12 years, was found on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks last Friday afternoon, Just a short, distance east of tfae old freight station, presumably having been - run over by a westbound freight train, which evidently attempted to hop or was ' run down, the exact cause of how he met death is unknown. The body of the lad was badly mangled. The county coroner decided an Inquest unnecessary. The boy was a son of. George A. and Eva Margaret Shaw- lay and was born here on June 12, 1923, and is survived by his parents and a number of brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held at the Fuoss chape'' on Main street Sunday afternoon, in charge of Rev. Levi. Goehring, Olivet Baptist ehurch minister, with interment in Logan VaUey cenwtery. TYRONE MEN HELD ^^ Three Tyrone men were remanded to the Blair county Jail WedneSaji day night by Justice of the Peace Edgar McKinney, to await trial on charges of burglary preferred by the state motor police as tfae result of tfae theft of 20 bushels of wheat | front! tfae farm sf Oscar B. Smith, near Tipton in Antis township, August It. Harvey Cooken, 88, of Tyrone, was suspected by Smith to be implicated in tfae burglary when tfafa wheat disappeared, because be aided in the harvesting and tfa-rarfswl ing and knew where it was stereo*.! Questioned by police, Cooken mitted taking the wheat between! 2 and 8 o'clock in tfae inOrning of | August 6, and named William Sa***V| or, 42, and John Bryan, 30, both egg Tyrone as accomplices. Smith, the proprietor of farm, ls an engineer for tfas Pearsii sylvania railroad. m*» —Trespass notices for tfaa Bulletin office, tan centa —Every citisen should- ba a aeriber at Ms hoaae t»w» |
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