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VOL. LIV
BELLWOOD. PA., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1942
LOCAL IM COLUMN
Short Item* That Will Inter-
art Onr Readers
BRIEF SUttMARYOF THE WEEK
Tame     Pai»grap_*   Coaeeraiag.   Ae
Doing  ef  Oar Bonoagfc—The  Col-
•a*   Our   Subscribers    Enjoy
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—The  employees of the Pennsylvania    railroad    company   received
"•"•ob-ir semi-monthly pay tloday. ,
—The entire Cornmesser block on
Main street and South -Cambria street
is being treated to a coat ef new
paint It makes a noticeable improvement.
—The members of tbe Logan Valley Baptist church are holtdingtheir
annual picnic at 0Ua*aua" park, Tyrone, today. There la a large number
in attendance.
—-Bazaar and supper plans for
October 10, are now occupying attention of. the iMethodist Woman's
Sanlue organisation. Details will be
announced later.
—Officers for the United Brethren church on Klbrtlh Fourth street
will be electadi tbe first Wednesday
nigbti in* August, and the election
of Sunday School officers will be held
in two weeks.
—Dr. W. H. Morrow, well known
practicioner of this borough fer more
than fifty years and Who bad bean
confined to tiie Altoona hospital for
tke past two years, ie now at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Weiss
on Main Street.
—Mr. Leroy MrcCloekey of South
SeedM Strejet, an employe of the
P. R. R. company ta its Shops in Altoona, suffered the fracture af a
bona ta one of bis arms one day last
- -Jfj-eek while engaged at work. He is
now carrying the injured member in
la sling. The injury has caused him
to take an enforced vacation.
—Joseph F. Brickley, Chief of the
Bureau of Weights and Measures of
the Departrnenib of Internal Affairs
•today reported to Secretary William
S. Livengood, Jr., tbat bis Bureau ta
the past fiscal years condemned 9308
mote ot scales of various types and
76,881 other measures, pumps and
containers.
Penn State, one of the colleges
selected aa a oesitler to promote Pan-
American spirits, will hold a Latin-
American fiesta Fridlay, July 24, ac
cording to the Stat* Department of
Commerce. The Commercial Museum
of Philadelphia will send an exibit of
mineral arte and crafts, metal-work,
tapestry, clothing, and other Latin-
Americana. The    Pan-American
Union will also offer a display.
—A card waa received at this office Tuesday afternoon from Rodie
C. Visk informing us that he had
been transferred from Parrie Island,
S. C, when ha had been assigned
rafter -enlisting ta tbe marine service
/two months ago, to Quomset Point,
Rhode Island, ami for the next fetor
weeks will he at the JN|aval Air station
there. Ha requested tiie Bulletin to
give hia regards to all ifriends "back
home."
—Since Bell run wen stocked with
trout two weeks ago, sportsmen are
making this stream their fishing place
and tt ia related that some nice catches have been mads. The fish came
from tbe Reynolds-dale state hatchery
in Bedford county and it is said they
come readily to fly and bait Brook
trout ware planted ta tiie stream and
ranged from eight to fifteen inches
ta length. Some big ones have bean
taken by tba spua'to-Msn,
—Possibly one of the beat bookings at the State) thestrs this season
twill be the engagement at Polly Jenkins and ber Musical Ploughboys at
State theatre for an engagement of
one day only, Tuesday, July 28. With
Pally aad tba Ploughboys ia Good
m old "Uncle Dan," who ia too well
known to go into detail. Dan is the
same good-vntmahl old rural bey
who has a million Jokes u*-. hia sleeve
aad knows bow to pans them out at
the right time. (Dan's comedy baa al-
Jenam been plma and wholesome and '
never geto on the "Bkie Side" of the I
HIGHWAY  TRAFFIC   DECLINING
Figures compiled by the i/lartmrng
survey division ta the Department of
Highways shown that tha decline ta
motor vehicle traffic due to gasoline and tine rationing la accelerating.
Tabulations made from 30 permanent traffic records indicate that
ta June traffic waa 81.6S percent
under that of a year ago.
Data compiled from the recorders
dhow there was an increase of 1.7
percent ta tha volume of traffic for
January aa compared with the core-
spondfing month of 1041. The tre-nd
started downward ini February when
the drop was 7.71 percent under a
year ago.
In March the decline vote 10.60
percent and during April it stumped
to 16.75 pe-rcewt under that of April
1941. In May figures showed- a drop
af 22.52 percent, and km June it was
81.65 percent below the corresponding month of last year. ,
Tba decline cf traffic ta Pennsylvania is higher than tbe national average according to figures supplied
the planning survey division from
federal authorities. Tba last month'
for which national totals are avail
able ia April when tiie decrease ta
traffic waa 15.8 percent aa compared
with 16.75 percent lit Pennsylvania.
The drop ta New York state for tbat
month waa 16.6 percent.
Studies mada by tiie planning survey division of the data gathered
from the recorders indicate that a
great part of mm* decrease in traffic
is tbe lesser use of passenger cam.
The figures also show that the greater percentage of the dncrease occurs
over weekends.
RECORD IF THE OEPAI
HELP WIN THE WAR
We love thee, America-
Sweet land of liberty—
And there's a job before us—
"Help gain the victory."
Let us try to do our bit...
And observe rules- to keep fit.
If we cannot buy war bonds
Why sure, we'll buy some stamps—
Anything to keep our land
Free from yon tyrant scamps.
Do not then stand idly by—,
Help our soldiers—must they die?
Let us then, be not content
Unless we do our best.
Junk is needed—save tba scrape...
Dont fail to make tha quest.
Let us work and save—and pray
For God's ghidance, day by day
—   ELLEN IRVIN
LADY FRACTURES ANKLE
Sunday evening while Mrs. Zoe
McCloskey of Boyles street waa walking in her yard at her home, she
made a misstep or else tread upon a
round stone and in falling was so unfortunate as to fracture a bone ta
one of frier ankles. Calling for help
she waa assisted to her home and Dr.
Webb summoned, who -examined the
injuries and later she was taken to
one of the Altoona hospitals, where
she was a patient for a few days.
Mrs. McCloskey had just returned
from a delightful camping trip of a
week at Cypher Beach. Her many
friends are trusting that she will have
an early recovery. She ia now at her
home.
VALUE OF GAS RATIONING
In order to correct some apparent misund^r-atanrfi'ngisj regarding
the value of tha various gasoline
rationing units, Paul T. Winter, Blair
county rationing administrator, baa
announced that the values are: A, B
and C units, 4 gallons each; S 1 and
S 2, 5 gallons each: E, 1 gallon: Wb
gallons.
Dealers are asked to acknowledge
the special form for additional gas,
OPA form R-544, when presented
by amy members of tbe army, navy„
marines or coast guard. The form
must bo signed, however by the officer in command of the applicant's
unit. It is an acknowledgement of delivery and entitles the dealer to get
replace gaa sold to military authorities.
NO. 22
THOSE WHO
TIME  TO
HAVE PAST FpMi
ETERNAL REST
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WILLIAM T. ISENBERG i
William T. Isenberg, promme-nt
retired employe of the Pennsylvania
railroad -company from the Ju*$iata
shops, wbjene) he haa been a faitiiful
and loyal worker fer many ytera,
died at tiie Altoona hospital at*:45
o'clock Sunday morning. He had peon
ta declining health fer the past
and had been confined to the
pital for four months, death
caused from a complication of
eases. Hie was born in Hunt*
county. January SS. 1870, the
Pater and EHen (Warfel) Isen
and with hia parents came to
-borough in bis youth, where he pon-
tiniued to reside until death. His dife,
Elizabeth Isenberg, preceded hh-k in
death ta 1928. Surviving members
of the family included two apns,
Robert M. and William T., JA, a
daughter, Mrs. Harold Croyle, all of
tiie borough. Also surviving sre
brothers, Alderman Walter I.
berg, Altoona; Alivim Isenberg,
sutawney; Arthur, Lewistown; Di
Brooklyn; John, State College;
grandchildrein and three great-i
children. -Most all of hia life bs
a member of the Bellwood Methl
church"*, and waa retired forgefoan
for the railroad company, hs wig
been ta the company service for fhe
past forty years. When he ret red
from the railroad Service s few_ji (*»—
ago, he devoted his time to cutytva-
ting a number of acres near his heme
in which he waa greatly interested.
He waa an enthusiastic sports&an
and delighted in angling for tjeut
and bass.
Funeral    services were held
Us kite   home can East Ninth
near tbe borough. Tuesday
at 2:80 o'clock, ta charge of
Thaddeus Covert, pastor of the
odist    church, end   intermeatr '-w_*
made in the Logan Valley cemetary.
WENT OVER BIG *
A happy throng of several hundred persona gathered at Bland park
Thursday of last week to join ta
the celebration of the annual community picnic cf Bellwood and Antis
township. The weather waa ideal and
added zest to the occasion. Early in
the morning hundreds of citizens had
assembled ta the park to take part
ta the activities of the day. The big
event was the dinner at the noon hour
and well-filled baskets of provisions
were to be seen everywhere and the
many tables ta the park were well
occupied. The usual contests prepared
by the committees in charge were
pulled off and many prises, contributed by the merchants, were palled
off. Dancing on tha large pavilion to
the music of an excellent orchestra
occupied the attention of many during the afternoon and evening. It was
a big day for tiie Bellwood and Antis
townahlp folks and all are looking1 forward to the picnic next year. Many
former citizens from distant towns
and cities were here to enjoy tba
day and' mingled with old friends.
—The weather last Sunday and
Sunday night waa sweltering hot eed
it was with, difficulty that a cool spot
could ba found. It was the' hottest
day of the summer season and eg ette
period the thermometer danced above
the ninety mark. Theie were no Heat
prostrations locally, but ta tile heev-!
fbj populated areas many deaths ac-,
coned dm to iaataata UN*. I
SECOND DIMOUT SUCCESS
Last night, Ball wood citizens, ee
well as other communities ta Pennsylvania, witnessed its second dimout.
At 9 o'clock the alarm was sounded
from tha whistle on the Keith ice
plant and everything ta town went into darkness for half an hour. The emergency policemen, under the direction of Chief of Police M. T. Epler,
Ware out ta different sections of tbe
borough to see that the blackout was
rigidly observed and no "slackers"
have been reported this morning.
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WAIVES HEARING
R. A. Meek of Altoona, charged
with aggravated assult and battery
and driving while under the influence
of liquor by state motor police ta
connection with the accident near
Bland park Saturday night ta which
four Tyrone people were injured,
waived a hearing before Justice of
tive Peace, Cloyd W. Colyer of Green
wood, Tuesday evening. He was held
in 81,000 ball. At the Altoona hospital the condition .of tiie four injured persons was reported aa greatly improved.
HAPPENINGS J0_ YEARS AGO
ACTIVITIES OF    OUR    CITIZENS
THREE DECADES    AGO
From the Bellwood Bulletin, Jan.
23rd. 1914. ] j^T.;
Mrs. W. D. Harvey, Mr*. J. T. Cris-
well, Mrs. D. H. Hamer have been reported ae being somewhat indisposed.
Mias Martha Gheer. left on Tuesday evening to visit at the home of
her sister. Mra. Paul Bevan ta Chicago.
Misses Laura Craft and Mary Hel-
man, school teachers of this place,
were resent visitors at thefa* homes
in Coalport.
J. J. Irwin, superintendent of tba
Kerbaugh Plant, left on Tuesday for
Cumberland, Md., where with the officials started on an inspection tour
of tbe company's big contract ta that
section.
At a special meeting of the board
of health, Wednesday evening tide
week, with reference to lifting the
ban, it waa concluded that furtta:
action would be taken on Friday. Several new cases of the smallpox was
reported.
(According to a law which went into
ef feet ta Penna. the first of the year,
just weights and measures must be
meted out by persons engaged ta
commerce and trade. A pound and a
bushel will be just what they are,
both capacity and weight. Tba strictness of the taw can be evaded only
by criminal enred-essness.
This edition gives an account of
tba first Pullman car ever run in this
country, J. L. Bsrree of Canute,
Kan. was the conductor. It ran over
the C. and A. from Bloomington to
Chicago, IS. The inventor, Mr. Geo.
M. Pullman, and several others were
passengers. It was a remodeled day
coach with four upper and four lower berths. After a conference of tbe
passengers after the fiitst ride it was
decided that nothing- would he gained
by presenting Mr. Pullman with a
gold headed cane .recognizing his
marvelous ingenuity. The people of
Bloomington were conspieious by
their absence the day the car's premier moved away in solitary grandeur, candle lighted, little knowing
that history was in its making. The
above conductor retired as division
superintendent of the Athhison, To-
peka and Santa Fe R. R. to 1910.
CURTAILING PASS PRIVILEGE
Pennsylvania Railroad company
employes in Bellwood and over tiie
entire system have been requested to
cooperate in aiding tbe company's efforts to mee. adequately the transportation demands that have been
placed on the railronde bcause of the
war.
Letters rent out at tbe direction
of the comit.-a-iry's operating officials-
request active and retired employes
to join "the railroad family ta voluntarily restricting, the use of our
pass privileges, both on-line and offline, to jo-umfye undertaken only
for nee i *aiy purposes. So far as
possible, tri~:. should be confined to
mid-weel; days—Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday*-'—instead of the
week-end periods, Friday to Monday,
inclusive; also travel shou1-*" be avoided over those holiday periods which
come ta mid-week." ,
The company in its request to
curtail pass travel says:
"Our passenger train facilities, ta
particular, are being taxed to the
utmost to handle military movements
and the greatly increased civilian
travel incident to the war effort
These demands are especially heavy
over  week-end and holiday  periods.
"In common with all other Americans, railroad men and women are
being called upon to make many sac
rifices and changes ta our way of
living during these times, end it ia
expected that all employee and members of their families will patriotically and willingly do their part,**
Roasting ears have made their appearance on tiie local market, and
from new on- until the middle of
September it will be eaa of the tooth*
aosae artteles ef diet oerj a_a_qr taftiea.
STAKE THE TOMATOES
Gardeners who planted their tomatoes close now have the job of staging and pruning them. Penn State
vegetable specialists aey that stakes,
6 feet tall, am placed 6 inches from
the plant. Small branches are pinched
orr to allow a single stem to grew,
and this is tied to the stake witb soft
twine.
—It is never too lata to advertise.
-Just like a letter from home-the
Bellwood BuBetta.
TEMPERANCE WORKERS MET
Tbe    members of    tbe    Woman's
Christian Temperance Union met at
the home of Him H. Paul Cox an the
north side Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
John F. Chilton had charge of the
devotions. She read the second chapter ot Titus. Mrs. Love read a -prayer,
invoking God's care for* the boys ta
the service and His guidance of us aa
a nation ta -this great crisis. All members then joined in praying the Lord's
prayer. The hymns. "America, The
Beautiful," and "This is My Father's
World," wem sung by the assembly,
with Miss Campbell very ably presiding at the piano. ,
Mrs. Charles S. Weight, the president, conducted tine business session
during which all the old officers
were re-elected. Very gratifying reports were given as to the finances,
membership amdl visits to the sick, as
wall ss gifts of bouquets and clothing.
(Mrs. W. H. Moore had charge of the
program and discussed "Radio and
Publicity." She deplored the advertising of drink over the radio and
called attention to the alluring ad-
vertisemerf« of drink. Mrs. H. Paul
Cox presented a petition for all to
sign. It asked for the removal of
drink from -tba army camp environment and for total prohibition for
the duration. Thia was the sixth petition Mrs. Cox is having filled and
sent.
Mrs. Cox attended a convention recently ta which Mrs. Ella Black, state
W. C. T. U. president, wa_ tbe speak-
er. Mrs. Black advises that all petitions be sent direct to President
'Roosevelt, since hs gets everything
he wants. She says the boys who
must fight ta the war and clear up
the trouble are not the ones who
caused it.
Mm. William Linn who in the past
five years has had thirty different
children cared for by tbe Blair County Children's Aid society, gave a very
interesting talk. She aaid ta tba majority of cases the parents are separated and did so through strong
drink. Tha benediction closed the
meeting. Mrs Cox served1 delicious
refreshments.
IS YOUR HOME SAFE?
Is your home safe from fire Or
is it alive with hazards,
Think twice before answering those
questions. For most homes contain
definite and critical fire dangers
which their owners never think about.
A survey made in Milwaukee testifies to that. A large number of homeowners were asked if their homes
were safe and the great bulk of them
said, Yes. Then the homes were im**
spected by experts, and the great majority, serious, obvious and easily
eliminated hazards were unearthed'.
Basements, attics, and closets are
prolific with fire hazards. Old clothing, furniture, piles of discarded- news
papers and magazines and similar
rubbish are responsible for fire dam
age running into tha tens of millions
each year. Go through every storage
place, dean it out and call the junkman or your favorite charity.
Garages and workshops constitute
still another greaiti potential danger.
Paint, varnish, solvents, cleaning
fluids and other inflammable liquids
rhowld be stored ta tightly cloeed
comtainers— and kept well away from
furmces and heaters. A neat, clean
garagge is always safer than a dirty,
littered garage. Look around yours
today.
Many a serious fire baa been started from shorts cauasd by frayed
lamp cords—or by electric equipment
which has been damaged end improperly repaired by amateurs. Check
your exposed wiring-end when anything goes wrong with your gadgets,
take them to a qualified repairmen.
It wone cost you an much-and it
may save a home and' a life.
If aU Americans weald go through
their homes from roof to celar looking for fire hazards, we'd substantially reduce thia country's disgraceful fire loss.
SHIP PULPWOOD BY RAIL
Many palp companies are encoura
ging the shipping of wood to their
plants by rail, report Penn State far-
eaters. The producer should try to
load a fait carload of oae class of
wood, which can ba untaoded with
machinery into chipper*.
—Tbe f lint U. S. Marine to receive
the Congressional Medal af Honor
waa flirgiajg* fMlmtaa R. Vnaghan
in IMS.
PERS0NALJMRA6RAPHS
People Who Visit Here ead
Thoae Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS¥fHIR CITIZEBI
Guests   W-*> Are Entertained by 1
Wood  Meets—Personal  Mention   ef
These Who Visit Te aad Fro
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Mr Glenn Schenck of North Fourth
street,   spent today ta Lock   Havet*, •
where he   visited a brother whs*   is
sick.        *
Mr. and Mrs Frank Miller of Martin street, visited Mr. and Mm. Geo.
Simon ta BelAir, Maryland, a few
days ago.
Mr. C. T. Balsbach, ef Port Royal* ■
Pa., is   visiting et the home of   bid
brother, the editor of the Bulletin on
Boyles street. ,
Mr. Howard E. Jeffries, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Guest and Mrs. Agnes
Jeffries, of Pittsburg, ware Friday
and Saturday visitors at tbe home of
Mrs. Jennie McCracken on Boyles
street.
Master Ronald Bingman, of Bridge'
port, West Vir., is visiting at the
homes of his grandparents, Mr. and
Mra Glenn Schenck on North Fifth
street and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bingman of Antis township.
Mr. Paul B. Smith, of Akron-, Ohio,
and Mm. Oh-abner Schenck, of Philadelphia, were at the home of their
parents recently on account of the
serious illness of their sister, Mrs. A. 4
R, Planner, of Tyrone.
Mrs. Nettie Golden, Warfordsburg,
Pa.; Mrs. S. M. Andrews and sen —tae***-
ray and Miss. Dorothy Crooks, Hen-
cock, Md.,' were recent guests at 332
S. Second street. They were accompanied to Hancock by Miss Elizabeth
Reedier, who will visit her childhood
home.
Mr. Joy Campalongo, who was inducted into 'the service of Uncle Sam
a number of months ago, ia enjoying
s furlough of a weak at home. For
some time past he has been stationed
at Fort Meyer, near Washington.
Joy was a caller at our office Monday
morning and from alt appearances
army life is agreeing with him. He
will return to camp the latter part
of the week.
Professor David. Isenberg, of New
York city, where for the past thirty-
one years he has been supervisor of
physical elements of engineering in
Pratt's Institute, was here this week
to attend the funeral af his brother,
William T. Isenberg. It was his first
visit to the old home town where he
was born in a number of yearn Pro
fessor Isenberg is a graduate of State
College, class of '08. He is -the son of
the late P*_tor and Ellen Isenberg,
fifty years ago well known citizens
of the community. Before leaving ha
was a caller at our office and during
the conversation that embued it was
related that there are but a few) per
sons of his youthful days now living
ta town. *
FLAG CEREMONY CHANGED
The .date for the flag raising program at Greenwood has been changed from Sunday, July 26, until Aug.
9 at 3 p. m. The plan to have a parade haa bean given up. James E. Van
Zandt will be tho speaker. All music
is under the direction of the-Middle
Division band.
Greenwood has four men ba the
military service from the family of
Edward Ammerman. They are: Porter AmmernuMa. Arthur Am merman,
Edward Ammerman and Clair Am*
merman. There are three Swandea
boys from East Altoona, in tba miB-
tary service. They are: George Setae*;
der and Jacob Swander.
On the day of the program there
is to be a flag on display tbat cam
from France covering the -gasket
which contained the body of lHcb-fj
ard G. Fisher ot the 321st field a-tj
tillery medical detachment. Richard
Fisher was killed in action on Sept,
12, 1918, the first day of the gifeat
St. Mihied drive.
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