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BELLWOOD. PA., TI
sY. JANUARY 21, 1943
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Short Items That WiU Interest Oar Reader*
BHtEF SUilMBT BF THE WEEK
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Hka a letter from fcssas tea
BeUwood Bulletta.
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aa admUss—a1 te Ilia Banetta.
—The Bulletin goes into several
hundred af homes in tea borough
each week.
.-—Type writer paper far sale at
tee Bulletin   offiee   te any quanity
•—The circulation of the Bulletin
is greater today than ft aay time
to Us a-tatanes.
-"Bend yoar news items to the
Bulletin office, and please do so as
early In the weak aa possible.
—Mrs. Reuben H. Colabine, of
Williamsburg, formerly of the bor**
ough, Is a patient in tea Altoona
hospital.
—If you have aa article ef
•which yon desire to dispose, insert
an advertisement ta the columns
of the, Bulletin.
—Mr. Walter Stevens has been
confined to had st his home on
"Stewart street for tha past ten
beys, suffering from a severe attack af asthma.
—Many citizens of the borough
•re planning to attend the Dr.
Stanley Jones meetings in the First
Methodist church fo Altoona to be
held all of next week.
—The many friendds of Mra Ella
Givin of Maple avenue, will regret
ta know teat aha is bedfast at has
-tome, but remains .bright and ch-_~-
fal     sua*   -wi j op-     ..mi ■■-!■■«     -vrMSr
friends who aatt to sea bar.
■ nam J. Houston, 520 Main
street, who recently entered military service, haa arrived at the Engineer Replacement Training Center at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for an intensive training program ta preparation for combat
engineer duty. Training will include
basic subjects Haa close and extended drill, manual of arms, rifle
marksmanship and combat principles
as well as tha functions of military
engineering—use of tools and equipment, building of fixed and floating
bridges', demolitions and construction of roads and obstacles. Soldiers
go from here to tactical units or to
special training or officer candidate
schools.
—Private William Donald Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Johnson of Boyles street, and
grandson of Mr. and Mra Charlee
E. Figard of North Fourth street,
who enlisted to tho armed forces
ef tea nation and later sent to the
Solomons, where he saw much action, being savsrly wounded fo one
of the actions, is now confined in s
Tssspital te one of the cities of
California, and where he is doing
• as well aa could bs expected. The
young soldier hss many friends fo
Ml home town and wa suggest that
they mill him gab well and greeting cards. No doubt the young man
wiH ba pleased to receive tee cards
aad tbey will be an inspiration to
him while ha is recuperating to the
hospital.
—The Victory tax was   imposed
upon basin est by a Congress which
feared to pass a sales tax. It ia aa
abortion af tea sales   tax,   having
nana of tha advantages of tha sales
tee and many    disadvantages.      A
sales tea is   fair,    just,    equitable,
easy te pay, easy to collect, assy to
administer. It Is a tax on spending
It does not tax    money    paid    on
debts, Ufa Insurance or savings.  It
costs tha employer no bookkeeping
expense.   The Victory tax will cost
every employer extra    bookkeeping
expense at a time when he is   try-
tag to reduce    overhead,    due    to
shortage of man power. It will tax
-*    money ysid on debts, Hfe insurance.
war\ bond purchase and savings accounts.     Tha Victory tax was not
asked for by the Treasury.      It is
the net et a Congress thst   lacked
Hw tatestfoal investiture to pass the
sales tax. Tha first act af tea new
W. C. T. U. MEETING
'The members of* the Bellwood
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union held their regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Mary
Bechtol fo .the Lauver apartment
on Railroad street, Tuesday afternoon. Mra C. 8. Weight, the president, was fo charge. The membera,
conducted devotionals daring (which
ton verses of First Thesslonians
were read and the members sang.
"Oh, Master Let Me Walk With
Thee." During the business session
five dollars were contributed to the
AntWSaloon League. Reports on
sick visits ware gratifying, and also
food given to the hungry.
Miss Taylor had charge of the
program and Was assisted by tbe
following: Mrs. Love read a poem
entitled, "A Guide For tha New
Year." A very instructive pamphlet,
"Alcohol Education fo the Church,"
waa read by Mrs. Mary ' Bechtol.
Mra. John F. Chilton gave a summary of the money apent by tee
nation as follows: The church costs
six millions and for every dollar
given to the church fifty dollars is
spent en the brewers, gamblers and
other vice. Motto of the month was
read by (Mrs, Beard, "Spiritual Life
Versus The Liquor Traffic" 'whs
given by Mrs, McCoy. Miss Taylor
then gave an interview of Vice
President Wallace as given by
Frank S. Meade, Visa President
Wallace is a vary religious msn
with a vision oft the future. He
said, "If we are to have a decent
peace, religion must expand, bat
we mast win the war first. Men
must have religious faith fo this
world as fo the next. Religion at
the best must be a religion that
takes fo all men regardless of eolor
or nationality. A new order mast
be created fo which there is nc
hunger or nakedness.
Two visitors,
OF TK OEM
IS 30 TEWS 100
Mrs.    .
villa,
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the meeting-
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MAILING   ORDER   PROTESTED.
Congressional   mail reveals an in-
ceasing number of protests against
the recent    order    forbidding    the
shipment of parcels to members oi
the armed    forces unless the parcel
is   requested    by    tho    serviceman
and    approval secured from his immediate Commanding Officer.      The
basis of the complaints against such
a prohibition Is   that It   tends   to
undermine the morals of the    man
fo tha service.    Many are reluctant
to accept   the explanation that tbe
space is    needed    for    other    merchandise and supplies, the assertion
being made that many    globe-trotting Americans are given space . on
Clippers   and    vessels who have no
important mission  to perform    but
to make the headlines of the    Nation's periodicals.    Then, too, it is
pointed    out   that   thess    so-called
travelers take thess tours at a time
when gnat difficulty is being    experienced   by many boys fo receiving mail from    home    because    of
lack of space   on   outgoing   craft.
The War Department    is    besieged
with requests    from    members    oi
Congress to reconsider the ban imposed and make an early effort   to
recind it.
THOSE WHO HAVE PAST PI
TIME  TO.ETERNAL REST
Mrs. Aaale "teagstistg
Mrs. Annie Skagerberg, who
fared a cerebral hemmoraga   l
shopping fo a store fo Altoona
her   husband,   Charles   A.
berg,   died   at   her home oa
Fourth street at 6*40   o'clock   1
day morning of last weak. She 1
born in Sweden    May 9,    1870,    II
daughter    of    John    and    Helens;
Smith   snd    came    to the'   United
States ta early life.    In July, 181
she was united    in marriage    with]
Charlee A. Skagerberg.    She is sur-j
vived by her husband;   three   sons!
and two daughters;     Mra    Charles]
Pifer, Bellwood;   Mrs  Rosella Eck-
mj, Sacramento,    California;    John
A.,    Chillicothe, O.,      Richard    Oi
Johnstown, and   Walter J., Cresson-J
eight grandchildren   and two brottaf
ers, Charles 'Smith, Juniata, and Edward,    Fostoria.      Mrs. Skagerberg I
was a member of Grace    Lutheran!
church.    Funeral services ware held.i
at her lata home Sunday aftemooaj
at 2:80,    to charge of Rev. Rut
P. Knoebel, pastor of Grace Luther*j
an church and interment was  made,
fo Logan Valley cemetery.   The d«
ceased   was   a wall known lady
the borough and waa highly re
ed by friends and neighbors.
• Allied Chssij'
Alfred Cherry, a well known s
sen of Antis township,   died at
home  at Tipton    Sunday    evenii
sfter an illness of ons week
was born March 11, 1884, fo A
townahlp,    tbe son of John E.
Rachel   (McCaulley)   Cherry,  wh
he spent hia entire life.     His
proceeded    him    in death Sept.
1941.      Surviving are tha fo!
Joseph   or        _ •-___-_■
Howard of Gra-iorville;. Arthur af
Columbia; Mrs. Pearl Dean aad
Mra. Harvey Oyler of Altooa; Mra
Louis Henchey of BeUwood. Thirty-
eight grandchildren and IS great
grandchildren and the following
brothers and sisters also survive;
David and George Cherry of Tipton
and William Cherry of Altoona R.
D. 8; Mrs. Catherine Craine of
Marietta, and Mrs. Clair Johnson
of Tipton. Ha was a member of
the Riggle'a Gap Church of the
Brethren. Funeral services were
held at his late home Wjednesday
afternoon at 2:80 te charge of his
pastor, Rev. P. R. Bratton.
should l» Is -repeal
LET US HEAR  FROM YOU
For tha past year tea Bulletin
has been mailed each wash to* possibly forty soldier boys of the: borough and Antis township, tha subscription in some instances being
paid by tela parents, while a well
known organisation of the town
has sponsored others. Tha editor of
the Bulletin would like to know if
tha paper is received regularly
each week by tha boys, and if
it is, we would be pleased to have
an acknowledgement of the same.
It is not necessary to write a
lengthy letter, just a few lines say*
teg that the Bulletin ia being received by them te their camps.
This desire is also shared by ths
organization sponsoring a number
of the subscriptions.
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'   NOW   UEUTENANT   COLONEL
Word   has   been   received   teat
' Major George A. Finley,    now stationed te Hawaii, has been promoted to    lieutenant   colonel    ta   the
corps oi engineers.    Mrs. Finley it
tea    former    Marjorie    Edmiston.
    daughter et tea lata Jamas A. Bites   miston and   tea Elisabeth Edmia
[tats,   •
Mrs. Helta- Lenlao Focht
Mrs. Helen Trfiniss Focht, wife of
■Robert M. Focht who is ta ths
armed forces somewhere in England, died at 12:41 p. m. Monday
at Mercy hospital. She resided at
Charlottesville, near Tipton. She
wss born .Jane 7, 1910 fo Bellwood,
the daughter of Howard C. and
Effie sWerts) Foust. Surviving are
tbe parents, the husband, one
daughter, (Judy Ann and four sisters, Mrs. Bernard Focht of Fuoss
{Mills; Mrs. Joseph Dorn, Tyrone
R. D.; Mrs. George Kirkpatrick oi
Tyrone; and Miss Jails Foust at
home.
She was a member of the Facet
Mills Christian Missionary Alliance
church.
IS OF   OUR    CITIZENS
IEE DECADES    AGO
the Bellwood Bulletin, July
m
Miles   and   sister   Mta
recent    guests    among
Altoona.
ndsay   and   daughter An-
Auburn, N. T.   sra being
et   the   home   of Rev.
Cowan.
sr and Mrs. Tressler and
Xathryn, of Washington
■ guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Their niece Miss Toomey
_ort, is also their guest,
(lumber of girls of the eight-
club, instructed hy Miss
Laird, bald a moonlight pic-
Tuesday evening at Hunt-
woods. Twenty-four hoys and
made up the crowd. They
chaperoned by Mrs. Robt.
snd Miss Laird. Games were
and plenty good eats were
sd>
Caroline Orris   was   hostess
Saturday evening    at an infor-
porch party which waa a prst-
ssr affair.      'Sixteen  young
made up tha crowd.   Refresh-
In a dainty style    was   later
TEAR 1*48 WILL BREAK
HOG RAISING   RECORD
The marketings and slaughter of
hogs in 1948 for Pennsylvania wiU.
be far above those   te   aay   other I People Who Visit Here
lines of the Penna. Railroad
carried  87,000,000    passen-
,-tetween    Jsa.  1st    and July
|R}4. In tha calendar 1918 its
"-Seat    of    Pittsburgh    carried
|000 passengers. This system
^29 miles of Una aad 26,198
track.   Mara than 118,000
trains sre operated every
8,766 trains a day, and aa
a freight trains.    On ths
of Pittsburgh no passeki-
baan killed in a train ae-
1908.
Mrs. Elisabeth Vaaga
Mrs. Elisabeth B. Vaugn, 218
Clark street, Bellwood, died suddenly at her homo at 4 o'clock Tuesday evening from cerebral hornor-
rage after 12 hours illness She was
born January 4, 1882 at Antis
township, the daughter of John
and Amelia Kustaborder. Her husband, Cely Vaugn proceeded her to
death fo 1906. Surviving are three
brothers: W. A. Kustaborder of
Zephyr Hills, Florida; George C.
sad W. C. Kustaborder of Bellwood;
one sister, Miss Emma Kustaborder
and a niece, Ella, bote at the
family home. She wss a member of
tha Logsn Valley Baptist church to
Bellwood. Friends will be received
at the Fuoss mortuary after jjoon
Thursday.
**r -' .    .. '■     —-=  -
Atoona hospital, where ha had baas
a patient.
—Word has been received fo
Bellwood by Mrs. Fred J. Hooves
of Main street that Sergeant Frank
Hughes, who enlisted fo the armed
forces of tee nation is now in Algiers and desires to be remembered
to all of his home town friends.
Anyone desiring to send him a
card should address it to Sergeant
'Frank Hughes, Company A, 762,
R. R. 8, care of Postmaster, New
York city.
—Writers and speakers have been
urging, in a futile sort' of a way,
that people should stay at home
more, and ride less, and restore the
home to its former aad intended
status ss a gathering place for the
family. The rationing program
may accomplish what the press and
the forum have been unable to gat
done. With gasoline and tires and
sugar and coffee and a dosen other
things rationed it is easier to remain at home ■ than it ia to take
a supply of rationed items along
on long trips to the friends and kin
fonts.
—Oakley 8. Havens, farm security administration supervisoi
for - Blair and Centra counties,
urges all unemployed and underemployed men and women ta thia
area to register 'for good farm
jobs. Every hand that can be obtained to help Uncle Sam win the
food phase of tea war ia needed.
Farming is every bit as important
as shouldering s rifle or working
In defense industry. Now that we
are faced with the necessity of
feeding onr allies and countries
from which the Axis is being driven, farming is one of America's
most essential war industries. Ap
plieaats from this section should
apply at the Tyrone postoffice oi
at 1109  lite street, Altoona.
year aad farmer's income from
hogs will set a new all time record
according to tbe Federal-State Reporting survey issued by the State
Department of    Agriculture.
The 1942 fall pig crop, most of
which will be marketed ta the
Spring and Summer of 1948, is ST
percent larger than the previous
record fall crop-of 1941. The indicated number of sows to farrow
ta tele Spring season of 1948 is 86
percent larger than the previous
record Spring farorwfos of 1942.
The number of hogs more than six
months old in last December 1 was
much larger than a year earliei
and was the largest recorded on
that date.
The number of pigs saved to tha
Fall season of 1948, June 1 to December 1, la estimated at 57,000
head. The number of sows, farrowed in the Fall season of 1942 waa
up about 27 percent from last
year. Tha average number of pigs
saved per litter of 6.7, the same aa
ta 1941, waa larger than ta any
other year. Tha increase af 8? per
cent in Fall litters agrees substantially with ths 89 percent Increase
indicated by reported breeding
intentions, as shown in the June
pig' crop report.
The combined Spring and Fall
pig crop of 1948 is estimated at
1,831,000 head. This number exceeds the -combined crop of 1941 by
about 98,000 head or 23 percent.
The" number of sows to farrow
fo the Spring season of 1948, December 1, 1942 to June 1, 1948,
is indicated at 98,000, an increase
over tha 1948 season of 26,000
.sows, or 36 percent. '
^tjfi^-*-*s*ed..upon preeuiu* »•_•*--»••-», —
.-_*- I reported about December - **«•
upon the relationship between
breeding intentions and subsequent
farrowing fo other years when hog
prices were relatively high and the
hog-corn price ration quite favorable for hog production.
PERSONAL PARAGRAI
preceeded hhn in death nine yean
age. Surviving are four children
Mrs. M. L. Gable, Arthur R. Lovell,
William R. Lovell and Mra. J. C.
Metiger. He was a member of tht
Blandburg Lutheran church.
AndraW Cartia Level
Andrew Curtin Love-H, wall
known resident of Blandburg, died
at Us home Sunday night at • sll
o'clock. Death waa attributed to
a heart ailment.     Mr. Lovell   waa
LIONS MEET AND DINE
The members of tha Bellwood
Lions club was entertained fo the
Parish house of Grace Lutheran
church on North Fourth street one
evening last weak by -Sergeant Albert Fisher, Sergeant John B.
Herlt and Private Gilbert Fisher of
the Altoona induction center. They
displayed a number of sound motion pictures outlining the training
of young men to the air service.
This entertainment followed an
elaborate banquet prepared by the
ladies of tho Lutheran church.
Daring the business session, Lion
J. L. Shirey requested the support
of the elab in establishing an airplane spotting station tn the borough. Lion Raymond Shriver, instructor fo the State college center,
advised the elab of new educational
courses that ara open far defense
workers. Lion George Weiss invited
the club to attend the Parent
Teacher meeting which was being
conducted by the student council.
Thia following guests ware present: Rev. Russell Knoebel, Floyd
Cassidy, Robert Cornmesser, H. H.
Meyer, C. F. Werts and Sherift
John H. Harvey.
The meeting waa fo charge ot
Lion J. G. Cornmesser.
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WORK FOB 1000 WOMEN
Approximately 1000 women will
be employed by Sylvania Electric
Products, Inc. when the company
expands its production facilities fo
Pennsylvania for the eighth time,
the State Department af Commerce
announced fo its weekly industrial
roundup.
The Slyvania Company, formerly
known aa Hy grade Sylvania Corporation, haa taken over a modern
industrial building In Altoona In Us
latest expansion mora Whan renovations aad additions ara completed fo about 60 days, the firm
will employ mora than 1000 people,
with more than 86 per eaat of the
personnel composed of women.
Sylvania Corporation's Altoona
plant will ba devoted   entirely    tc
Those Who Go Away.
MOrTMEHTS CF OUR CITIZEI
Casals   Wis Are Entertained by I
Wised  Hosts—Personal
These Who Viait  To aad Wtrrn
Mrs. Mary Bechtol of tea Lauver
apartment, spent last week visiting
friends fo Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. Edward Dunn aad Master
Sonny Dunn of the hill section ol
the borough, left Friday morning
far a few days' visit with Mrs.
Dunn's sister to Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard
Carr have returned to their "home
near the borough, after having enjoyed the past two months fo St.
Petersburg, Florida.
Mr. Paul Biggins and young son,
James Paul, Middle River, Maryland,
enjoyed a visit of few days at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jamas Biggins on South Tuckahoe street. ■-»
Mr. Ed)wiard Hoppe, who had
been home for the past two
months, caring for his sick wife,
laft the beginning of the week for
Baltimore, Maryland, where he is
employed. ■ -am
Mr. and Mrs. Norris T. Watters
of East Fourth street have returned from Mew York city. While
there tbey spent the time with
their son, Mr. Bruce Watters, of
St Petersburg, Folrida, Who was to
the city on a business mission.
Private Kenneth N. Estep of
Johnson Field, North Carolina, waa
called to Bellwood last week to attend the funeral of his grandfather
Howard M. Estep,    whieh waa held
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CHRISTIAN   MISSION   IN 	
ALTOONA METHODIST CHURCH
It hss been necessary to transfer
the place of holding the Christian
misssion meetings fo Altoona from
Jaffa Mosque, scheduled to ba held
January 24th to January 29th, to
the First Methodist church, of that;
cRy.
Tha Altoona   and   Blair   County
Ministerium have engaged the weU
known    evengelist,    Dr. E. Stanley
Jones   to conduct the wash's mast-
ing.    Needless to say it will be SIM
cessary to go early to gain   admittance.      The services, will begin at
7:30 o'clock each evening.    A large
augmented choir will sing. The Bell-1
Iwood churches ara cooperating with-
tbe Blair county   churches   of   all
Protestant faiths in    this   unprecedented    mission.      Dr.    Jones   will
broadcast each evening over station
WFBG at 7:46 o'clock.
There will be a great youth
movement at 2:80 with Dr. Jones
speaking* The theme of the meeting is "Christ Is the Answer." Thia
mission is to be followed ap by s
visitation evangelism campaign
throughout the entire county.  -
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Mar-ta Gaa* Boyles
Marvin Gene Boyles, the son of
Arthur and Roth (Campbell!
Boyles, died at tee home of hie
parents    at    Reighs-toin.    ah 8j80
o'clock Monday morning.      Hs WSS	
born June 18, 1942. Surviving are j the production of war products. Ths
lis    parents,    and    tha    following
—Mr. Wellington T. Bland of
East Fifth street, is homo from the
Altoona hospital, where hs had
been under observation fot : a
(week. : j
—Mr. Delmar Leech of East
First street, son-in-law of Mr. Alton
I. Shirk, is recuperating from «u»
appendix operation, performed to
one ef the Altoona hospitals two
weeks ago.
—Mr. Joseph H. Patton, Sr., one i
of the well known P. R. R. retired;
employes of Main street, * has been
very ill for some    wanks    and    his
condition, due to his advanced age,
does not show any improvement.
—Lieutenant Lloyd MeClossajM
who is stationed at Clovis, NeSH
Mexico, reports to home folks teatl
he is well and had a vary happy*!
Christmas ta camp with many petm
ties for tha service men whieh ware
enjoyed by alL
—Private . William     CornsM
son of Mr. and Mrs. J«ihn G.
niesser,   who   had been .in a
near St. Louis,    Mo.,    since his
duction lata    the    service,    is
stationed at Salt Lakh City,
for a month, and In) a letter to
brothers aad sisters: Louise, Arthur
>_ Maxine sed Pstey.
Sylvania Company    operates pleats   home   folks states be Bkec his
te six other Pennsylvania    comma-, location and report! h* is
nitiea.
army Ufa.