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BELLWOOD, PA.. THURfDAY, DECEMBER 25,  1941
NO. 43
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LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Items That Witt Interest Our Readers
Bl" SUMMhHY OF THE WEEK I
NEWS
HAPPENINGS 30 YEARS AGnf STORE THIEVES ARE CAPTURED
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 A very Merry Christmas to ever-
body.
—Everybody enjoys reading the
RnH#>»-rn.
—Be temper*** ia all thing's, even
in your eatinr oa Christirwis day.
—All places of business in the
bB?ough will be closed oa Christmas.
—Let us hope that there will be
no tragidies occur) over the Yulctide
season to bring sadness into homes.
-L-Imprestsiva  Cbristma*!   serv^aes j
were he'd ia the churches of l)he boa<-
ough last Sunday and were    laregj'.y
attended,
—There will be many family
gal her infra in the barf.iugh on Christ-
mas. Many who are away and live
elljewhere are home t or the joyous
cccassion.
—Rent or Sale—Frame house, six
rooms, closed ia front and rear porches, good garden, lots of fruit;
lot 60 by 112. Inquire of J. H.
Hanee. Altoona Rd. S, box 143.
—From office window thia morning its look very much as though thiis
aectioa will experience a green Christmas, yet the Yuletide spirit remains
intact and it will be properly observed in many homes in the borough.
'His Natal Day," a Christmas cantata, was rendered by the choir in
the First Methodist church last Sunday afternoon between the hoars of
4 and 5 o'clock and many^wef^ pre-
TTwiditioTi.
—The Christmas spirit predominates in the community, even through
the mountains and bill sides are not
covered [with "the beautiful." Snow
would have added more to the occasion, but as it ia not here we have to
bt: content Without it.
—Thousands of fi^Kng-mad
Americans-from fifteen to sixty-have
besieged Navy recruiting stations
day and night since the Japenese
attack.oi Pearl Harbor. And, what
is mora important, a high percent*
age of applicants is being accepted
for enlistment.
—Sinking Va'ley grange, No. 484,
Patrons and Husbandry, will hold
its annual installation ceremony and
and sauer kraut supper at the grange
hall on Wednesday evening, December 31, starting at 7 o'clock The
ncjwly elected officers of the grange
wii.l be installed by John S. Lots,
master of the Blair County Pomona
Grange.
—In view of the increased demands
upon the railroads and their facilities
which have followed the entrance of
the country into war, the Pennayl-
brnia railroad is calling the attention
of passengers to the effect this situation may have upon the anticipated
hehviy civilian travel over tile hoti-
day period. Under the beading,
';**HoBiday Travel During tht National
Emergency/' notices in poster and
other forms are being distributed
throughout the railroad.
—The Salvation Army of Tyrone,
Envoy J. W. Smith in charge, announced that it wou'd appreciate it
very much iif the poor and needy
(families who have sent their names
for Christmas baskets, would come
into our oiffice, as it is imposible for
' us te investigate these cases other**
wise some one ma* i be (Teftl without
their Christmas dinner. Also those
who care to contribute to this worthy
cause kindly send check or money to
Envoy J. W. Smith 17 Ea«t 10th
street. Tyrone, Pa.
YOUNG MAN DIES
Chalmer O. Weaver, a well known
young man of the borouc-h, died at
his   home on    Kast    Fourth   street
Tuesday evening of a heart condition,
A compromise agreement making
all mien from* 20 to 44 y fears ctf age
•subject to active military duty won
swift approval la both the house ana
Senate last Friday. The House had
advocated retaining the present mkn-
lmcrm age of 21 years while the
Senate supported President Roosevelt's and the War Department's
pleas to start the draft for mi'itary
duty at 19 years. Conferees cif both
branches og Congress compromised
the issue st 20 years and the respective Houses accepted the compromise
without debate or a record vote.
The new selective service plan now
provides that every man from 18 to
64 years of age will be required to
register; thereby giving the Gover-
ment a complete inventory of the
Nation's man-power. While the
measure to settle the difference-
arising over the minimum age was
under consideration, legislation was
introduced ia the Senate to incease
the authorized strengh of tJht Navy
from 300,000 to 500.000 and to raise
the Marine Corps strengh from
60,000 to 104, 000 men. The' Navy
contemplates increasing the strengh
of that branch of the service through
enlistments without resorting to the
newi'y acquired authority to draw Uj.
50,000 selectees to man the Fleet..
Tbe departure of over 200 German
diplomats and German Embassy employees was the occasion last Friday
for the gathering of a crowd (of; onlookers as six targ^ buses and otne
limousine began the journey from
WaaiuBg&h to White Sulphur Springs, West; vu-ginia.    The limousine
ACTIVITIES OF    OUR    CITIZE1
THREE   DECADES     AGO
From the BeUwood, Bulletin W
8th, 1912.
Mrs. R. D.   Robb   and
Gienngail, are visiaing her    parens^
Rev. snd Mrs. J. F. ShuHz of
BUSINESS PLACES LOOTED    OF
VALUABLE PROPERTY
I A Bellwood man paid sn    unsea-
eonal vfcit to bis   cotuage in   Antis
,   township   Sunday night,    found    n.
crowded with from anything    from
yfgb. 'radios to groceries, which then   led
statje motor    police    detectives    bo
ggpad ap two BeUJwood youths who
merchandise
•about   #800   wortSvifrom     BeUwood
.stores sad were stjoring it for their
use. '":;' :'
The bo-yk, who police said,   were
st.ntown.
Mra Elmer Watson, of Newport
is spending the week with her? parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tweed*
Main street.
Miss Mattie Gheer, has   return
home from, a visit of several rmnimj^f jwenife ages, did not expect Carl
at the home of her taster, Mrs. Pauls iMcCaulley to return to his   cottage,
Bevan, Evanston, BL J»lf*t' a half mile from town, during
Miss Clara Humphreys, of Fourthvtjhe winter, and thereby made no
street, north side, ia homle after sev4 [move to dispose of sny of the loot,
eral months visit with friends in the   State Motor Police Privates    R.    J.
•states of Utah and Missouri.
Daley and A. A. Verbitski said that
YtH ng been 01 for south time
1 *rft wss born June 16, 1910, la ths
♦viving members oif the family include
borough, tils son of James (deceased)
and Annie Graybil Weaver. Sur-
his mother, aad four sisters, Ma>.
Marguerite Zitch. ef Altoona; Mrs
Clarence W. Heraog, of Aftoona;
Mrs. Carl Smith, of Chester, and Mra
«*aaass Wiser of this community.
agent had aa its occupants Charge
d'affaires Hans Thomsen and his
wife, while the remainder oif tiie
Embassy personnel filed the large
buses to capacity. Trunks and suitcases f-olowed In trucks, while employ fees of the Swiss Legation took
down the sign that read; "Germany
Embassy". Nojwi the sign on the old
red brick building in the 1400 block
of Massachusetts Avenue reads;
"Swiss Legation, in charge of German
Embassy Affairs". This is the same
location from which Ambassador
Count Bernstiorfjf departed as a prelude to our .entrance into the World
War in 1917. The group will be detained under guard at White Sdlphur
Siprinks until arrangements are perfected for tihe'r return to Europe in
exchange for United States diplomats
n|ow in Germany. The decision to
send the German diplomats to White
Sulpher Springs results in complete
reciprocity for treatments according
to our diplolmate in Germany who'
are now detained at a southern re*
sort town in Germany. In the Japanese Embassy are [former Ambassador Nomura and Saburo Kurusu, the
super-envoy. Armed guards prohibit them Ifrom Heaving aba    grounds
Migration of thousands of Gover-
ment employees is underway following orders from President Roosevelt
that many Goverment agencies must
vacate Washington to make room (for
defense workers and the full prosecution of the |w»r., Some of the Departments will be moved to St.
Lcuis, and while it is regretted that
thousands of families will be greatly
inconvenienced the pressing problem
of winning this war is the paramount
question at this time.
Many Washington observers are
of the opinion that the sale of automobile tires for passenger cars may
be curtailed for sometime. Shortage
of rubber Is not the only reason given.
The Arvr.iy needs to occupy the entire j
present capacit"/ of tire manufacturers for sometime it is said. Some
expect a long term project of oss-
ible 25 millions of dollars for rubber
plantations In Texas, California and
New Mexico with the thought that
it would be at least four years before
much rubber could be gathered, from
such a source.
Mrs.* McCord and  daughter. Mra.   virtually all of the stolen goods wfes
Sherwood and baby, all of   Berwhv   recovered (from McCaulley'e summer
dale, were recent visitors at the homo  i
of Mr. and Mra Rightnoar. (,
Mrs. A. E. Barrett and Mrs. A. P.
M*y»;rs and children, were called to
Irvona the past week on account
the illness of their mother, Mrs G. IPS
Lee.
As is his usual custom. Rav^mond
Schultz opened the hunting season uj.
bringing heme a wiCd turkey from
Tussey mountain. Raymond generally is in the lead.
Mrs. Williamson of the north side,
and her guests, Mr. and Mrs. Cherrjr.
of Goldsboro, Md, visiting tho for*
star's daughter Miss Williamson at
Kittanning Point last Friday.
LeRoy Fleming,    assistant    supervisor, Penna, R. R.    at    Bbursvilie,
was transfered to a like position its]
the West Jersey snd Seashore R. B.
snd wiU be located at Woodlburg, N.
Or Nov. 1st, 1»12,
president of the Aran Arhor R.
Toledo, Ohio, uhe other from the
office of the vice president sad general manager of tiie Manistique and
Lake Superior company of the sam*
city. They refer to Mr. W. D. Holli-
day who is appointed general super-
inteendent, effective the above date,
with  headquarterr at Owosso.  Mich
»—Type writer paper for Sale at
trie Bulletin office in any quanity
desired
—* Mr. George M. Meyers of Main
street is spending tihe Christmas season in the home of her son Mr. George
Robert Meyers and family at their
home la Prinoetoa N. i.
FIRST CHRISTMAS ROSE
Ancient Legend of the First Christmas Rose. The story) of the birth ot
the first Christmas rose, a legend of
tiie 14th, century is this.
On the night when the Angeffe
sang to the shepherds of Bethlehem
"Glory to God in use highest and on
earth peace,' good wif.l toward men
"a little girl stood by the shepherds
and listened as they said one to
another "Let US go even into Beth,
lehem and see the thing jwhich has
come to pass, which the Lord has
made known unto us". She followed
and, when she behei'Jd the wise men
gathering at the Inn. and saw them
present gifts of gold,' franklnsence
and myrrh to the Chifd and Mother,
she hung her head timidly back Ski
the edge af the crowd, far her hands
were empty. The Hook of joyi on the
face of .the Mother and Babe filled
her (with wonder, and she 'longed' to
show her love. Having nothing to
offer, she turned away and went
silently out into the starry night ©la
across the silent hif lh oif Judea. As
she journeyed towards the flocks S
light suddenly shone about her ana
a low, uweat voice said "Little otoe,
why do you carr-J sorrow In your
heart " The child answered "Because I could carry no joy to the
child of Bethlehem". The Spirit,
whose robe was like marten silver,
and |whose locks were like the sun,
waved a li'y, and suddenly the ground
was white with Christinas roses.
The child knelt and fifed her arms
With flowers, then hastened again
to the Inn. where peop'ie made way
far her, looking with wonder at tba
burden she bore. As she reached
the manger, the Hotyf One. turning
from tiie gold of the magi, reached
forth Hia tiny hands for! the blossoms and smiled aa the shepherds
heaped them all about Him.
This is the story of the black hellebore, or Christmas rose, ss related
on the medieval Christmaases in the
centuries of tihe past
—Miss Annabel Taylor of Philadelphia, accompanied by her fiance, Mr.
George J. Moffett of the Mate oa>
spent) the week end ia uhe home of
Miss Taylors psreato, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph F. Taylor aa Orchard
Now imprisoned    ajwaiting    court
etion, the pair1 unraveled   a   com-
sion to the detectives that cleared
a nuimber of bfurglaries in    Bete-
since December 8.
fOn that night tile young thieves
beed entrance to W. K.    Hescox's
eneral store aad    decamped    with
in money and merchandise.   Two
lateri, two stores were looted.
First the J. G. Cornmesser hard-
re store atari a department   store
•rated by S. D.    Woodhall   were
ken into and large hauls   made.
go duo visited the same stores last
a bur (lay night and successfully ear-
off more valuable material.
aaid the boys   carried   the
I merchandise ia bags, toting1 it
McCauBay's. cottage for storage.
anCHajsd radios,    guns,    shoes,
gc^oe]rjL..aimon
both"
Bellwood residents, were taken before Justice of the Peace Edgar
McKinney Monday afternoon and
accorded s hearing, having been
arrested by the state mo-or police,
and were remanded to the Blair
county jail to a(wait trial befoi|e the
colurt. The amount -if *jft3 loot recovered will total", a va'uc of :-.!.no: i
three hundred snd fifty dollars.
MISS   TAYLOR  ADVANCING
Miss Annabel Taylor, daughter ot
Mr. and Mra Ralph Taylor of 600
Orchard street, who for the past five
years BBS been associated |withl Dr.
Feldman In the operation of the eye
clinic at St. Christopher's Children's
hospital in Philadelphia, has accepted s position 'aa a medical social
worker at the W$!ls Eye hospital in
ths same city.
At St. Chiiatopher's, Miss Taylor
conducted the orthoptic division of
the cliftic. la her new position, she
will conduct a clinic and follow up
cases of glaucoma. She was selected
and recommended for this position
by she Philadelphia Committee for
the prevention of Blindness. Inc.,
tnd the honor came unsolicited
She Is a graduate of the Altoona
High school in the class of 1929 and
of the Episcopal Hospital school of
Nursingi in Phildelphia. She attended Hood College and Temple Uni-
versitp and haa done research work
and studies on the eye at Graduate
Hospital
She will enter upon her new duties
on January 2, 1942.
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P. O. RUSH SUBSIDING
III has been mighty busy days it
the postoffice for the past week incident to the Christmas mailing.
Thousands of post cards sad Christmas letters as well as hundreds of
Crfstmas packages have gone
through the local postiffice, incoming and outgoing, and Postmaster
Dysart and his competent force have
been equajl to the emergency and
have handled all mail matter exped-
iciously and with mluch care. So great was the volume of business this
Christmas that it wss necessary to
engage'a haa* dozen assitants, who
rendered good service and assisted
Ilka post master in getting' the mail
through on record breaking time.
However, the rush is now subsid-i
ing sa sse Christmas day draws near,
yet there will be some belated mall
coming in from distant points.
METHODIST CHURCH
First Methidist chcreh, Rev. H.
Thaddeus Covert, minister. Services
cor Sunday aa follows; Church
school 9.30; morning worship 10.45,
"A New Year's Vowr" a very important meeting of tiie youth fellowship
B* 6.30 p. ink, and all young people
are urged to attend; the evening service ai| 7.30 when the intermediate
and junior departments of the church
w]l present a Christmas prograimi.
The efffcial board will meet on the
last Wednesday of this month, after
prayer meeting.
♦ se
-—The Bulletin is the  hams town
newspaper aad it is   read   by every
at \mtema*.
UNITED BRETHERN CHURCH
Bellwood United Brethern church,
Rev. J. S. Colledge, minister. 9.30
Sunday school, T. E. YingVing, Supt;
10.45 worship service, sermon theme,
"Days Should Speak;" 6.30 Christian
Endeavor; 7.80 worship service sermon theme, "Now;" Wednesday 7.30
p. oi. prayer meeting and Bible study.
WANT NAMES OF SOLDIER BOYS
To All Religious, Fraterna'j, Civic,
and Patriotic Organizations in BeUwood and Antis Township.
The Bellwood-Antis Patriotic Club
is endeavoring' to obtain the names
and addresses of af 1 boys who have
gone into the service di our country
by enlistment or by draft. This is
for the purpose of enabling the com.
lijttee to send each boy each week a
copy rtf the Bellwood Bulletin.
Your Gopper&tion ia needed them
fere, in making this project successful. We will need your he'p In
three  repects.
See that the names and addresses
lanjpana.J^fepm you .know   in   tht
mall or phono to Mr. George D. Weiss.
This should be done as early aa possible* As soon as we get tiie information nenesaary the paper will be
sent each week.
Week by week news items should
te left with Mr. Hauth or at the
Bulletin office. These items should
include anything which might be otf
interest to any boy in the service
whom you might knoiw. No item is
too trivial. It will take the heH*p of
every one in the community to make
the weekly columns of news for the
boys a real "letter from home" ifor
them. This is one way in which each
one of us can do his bit.
Your help is needed to get this information around to every one in the
community. Therefore, talk it up
and help to get the word around.
THE    COMMITTEE
—Type writer paper for sale at
the  Bulletin  office.
Good egg production usually con-
thices only as long as the body
weight of, the bird is maintaineu.
When insujfficient feed causes body
depletion, the hen continues to lay
but a short time; then she goes oat
of production and begins to rebuild
her body, say extension poultrymen
of the Penn State College.
—-Charlie Noble is the sailor's
nautical name for the galley smoke
pipe.
—A well known citizen of tills
town who had been away for a few1
days was being driven home one evening by some friends. He began to
apologise for the town as they drove
down Tuckahoe street toward 'Main
street. He regretted that thia town
had no community spirit and no
Christmas decorations but when the
car turned west on Main street Ms
face turned red as some of the lights
that appeared above hhn. He thought he was on Times Square New
York and bad Up stand considerable
ribbing from hia friends before he
reached his home.
—Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ca'tiweU
of West Main street have received
word from their son Chester Caldwell who is stationed with the United
States Army at Scofield Barracks
in the Hawaiian Islands that he is
safe and well. While the area in
which Chester is located wss not ia
the area of the Japanese attack, It
Was not far away and he haa probably seen some service in and around'
tbe affected district. The letter received by Mr. Caldwell was severity
censored so thst sB that can ha
known ia that hs ia alive and we.
whidb ia good Basra to everbody   la
aawsJUi
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here end
Those Who Go Away.
IMEHTS DF OUB CITIZEHS
flettti   Wbo Are Entertained by Beit-
Wood   Heats—Personal  Meatiesi   ef
Those  WlkB  Viait  To  and Fro
Mrs. Mabel Allen, af Waahington,
D. C. has arrivied at the   home   et
her parents Chief Burgees and Mra.
Edgar A. McKinney on Main street I
for the Christmas season.
—Mr. John S. Miller of Pitttbvngu
general sales manager for the Millar
Pork Products Company of Pssait
burg, is spending the Yuletide Season
with his sister, Mra Martha Jamison,
at her Orchard street residence.
Corporal Geo. Holtzapple, of tha
5th, M arioes, stationed at New
River, N. C, is spending a week at
his home on South Third, street.
Its been two pears since he was home
having enlisted ia June, 1989. He
has been stationed st Pan-is Island,
Quantico, also at Puerto Rico.
- Miss Louise Williamson, first year
student st Hood College, Frederick,
Md.; Jsmee G. Wiliamson, student
Valley Forge MiMtary Academy* and
Mr. and Mra. Jack Williamson, of
Baltimore, Md., with Mrs. O. F.
Grant, ef Pittsburgh. wiB form a
Christlmaa party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Edgar Williamson an
East Fifth street
—Mrs. Margaret Grant ef Pitta-
burgh is spending the holiday season
as a guest oif her niece and husband,
Mr. aad Mrs. J. Edgar WiSJa*r»on
at SptBkc home on East Fifth strike**
Mrs. Grant who haa travelled ex-
teianvelj', ia sn «tereatinjr__
e present coivflict) in
esst. She vividly recaJts her ea
iences in Hong Seas; sad Hawaii
which she visited only a law years
ago, under much more pleasant circumstances than could be found there
today.
Roland M. Caldwell, now a third
class petty officer on the U. S. Cruiser Philadelphia is spending a fifteen
day fur'ough with his parents, Mr.
snd Mra Roland Caldwell Sr., at their
Main street home* Rolands newt
assignment will be on the new Destroyer Hobson Which is soon to be
commissioned Seaman CaVdweil by
sheer herd work and application has
advanced rapidly since being mustered into service at Newport R. I. on
November 13 th. 1989, where after s
few months training he wss chosen
ss one of sir men to be selected from
a group of two thousand gobs sad
sent to the Navy Electrical Training
school at San Diego California. He
is looking wei and likes the service
and we are glad to kno(w that another
Bellwood Boy is forging to the front
in his chosen profession-. The Bulletin congragu"ates this young man on
his rapid advancement,
CHRISTMAS  SEASON     PLAY
At the evening hour of worship
7;30 p. iw. in the Presbyterian church
Sunday evening, December 28th,
the Drama Guild will present the
play, "The Secret Christmas'' by
Keren E. Waite and Eihert M. Hop-
penstedt. The cast of characters is:
Mother, Jean Stone, Father, Jack
Emerick, Sonia, Roberta Stone. Peter,
Raymond Strunk, Jr., Iyan, Morrow
Mills. Modern Russian family Comrade, Anna Lorina, uhe teacher Rati!
Messner. Aunt Irina. Virginia Davis,
Richard, Robert Bunks, Jsae, Nsncy
Jane Slep. American Visitors ta
Russian  Family.
Choir, SINGING CHRISTMAS
CAROLS.
There will be services at the Presbyterian church on Christmas day
starting at 9:00 a, m. The service
will be repeated every fifteen minutes
during the hour. Come and warship
with us. You can come and! ITS
whenever you Bike. But COME.
Sunday the services start with
church school at 9:30 a. m. with
classes far aU ages.
Morning worship service in charge
ef the pastor. Tha subject af the
sermon la "Come Let Ua Reason TO*
gether." Tha Matin chair wflD sing.
The Young People's society will have
resoCtation meeting/. Wednesday
evening at 7:80 p. m. the last prayer
sad praise service of the year 1941
wirl beheld. Come aad bring your
Bible aad *■*•>* friends te. this   o%%
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