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BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,  1943
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BBIEf SUMMWY n> THE WEEK
Terse     Paragraphs  Concerning,   the
Doing   of   Our   Bormugh—The   Col-
u'ran   Our   Subscribers    Boies
—The Bellwood and Antis Townahlp Townsend club |will meet this
evening in the Community room of
the First National bank building.
Every member present. •
. —The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will attend the
morning preaching services in the
$Iethodist church next Sunday at
10:45. All members are urged? to attend this service together. Come to
the church to form.
There wiil be a story hour in the
r - J-sihodist church next Sunday after*
■'moon at 2:30 o'clock for all boys
and girls of tbe community. The
meeting ia under the supervision of
the children's division of the Second
District  Sundlay  School  association.
—Four hundred and three dollars.
haa been received'for gifts for hoys
in he armed service of the nation
from BeUwood and Antis township,
and the he*xt group to leave towr
1- iM he on March 8, so a big send-
off is .being planned for March 5. in
the Legion' rooms, of which more
details will be given next week.
—Mrs. Ada Dora Loueks, widow
of Harry Loueks, died Tuesday
morning at the home of her son.
Herbert K. Loueks in Altoona. She
was a member of the Apostolic
church in Altoona. Surviving are
a number of children. For many.
years the deceased resided in the
borough and will be (remembered
by many of oar citizens.
_^se .tag ■reton*. .ef.. juttse**?-.
and residents of the United States
are required by law to be made on
or before the 15th day of the third
month following1 the close of the
taxable year, which for most individuals is the calendar year. According,
ly, returns for the calendar yeat
1942 must be filed not later thai.
midnight of Monday, March 15 1943.
Miss Zella O'Shell, a member of
the WAAC*and located in Philadelphia, with headquarters in the Hotel
Walton, is enjoying a furlough at
tbm home of her mother on North
Tenth street. Previous to entering
the service Zella |was the linoiyp*-
operator in the Bulletin. She likes
the service and her friends will be
glad to know that she is getting
along very nicely.
—A very heavy fog hung ovei
Li «-an Valley Tuesday morning and
;ly impeded travel on the highways. One bad automobile accident
occurred on route 220 in Antis
Wwtiship,. near the home of Moses
Goss, in which twelve automobiles
and trucks were involved. None of
tha occupants of the vehicles were
v ijured, although there was considerable property damage.
—Townsend National Headquarters in Washington are engaged in
* checking the membership of Con-
grees to determine the sentiment
for the new Townsend Bill, H. R.
1649. Congressional support is being,
organized through the steering committee in the house and plans are
being made to poll the various state
delegations to obtain accurate information as to the number of
Townsend supporters in the 78th
Congress.
—Saturday evening, March 6, is
the date the P. T. A. asks Bellwood
and Antis township citizens to keep
in mind and to come out to an old
time social. Tha ehairlady of the
hospitality committee, Mrs. Reuben
IL. Hostler, is being ably assisted by
Mrs. Shriver and they are working
to make the evening a grand success. They ask the parents of ths
community who have boys and. girls
in the service, to co-operate and
send the names and branch of ser
vice to Mrs. Hostler as a colorful
and patriotic number (will be dona
„-*> to honor these boys and girls from
Bellwood and Antis township, and
aaeh name will be called out. This
fine and unique number will be well
worth tha nominal fee charged, but
the program will be varied, such as
a grand march and cake walk and I
other forma of entertainment. The
i asks for your support-.      I
INCREASE YOUR FOOD
PRODUCTION FOR  1943
I     Oakley Havens,    Farm    Security
Administration supervisor for Blair
1 and Centre counties, announced to-
' day that his office now ia prepared
to make loans "for virtually   every-
[ thing needed to increaaa food pro-
j duction in 1943."
"Credit should not hold back any
patriotic farmer from doing the all-
out production job the Government
asks him to do," Mr. Havens declared. "Farm Security is prepared to
make loans to those who produce
the food we need ao badly; and,
what's more, we make loans to
people who cannot get reasonable
credit- elsewhere."
He'said thst farmers may make
application for loans between 8:80
a m. and 5*30 p. m. at his office,
Post Office Building, Tyrone, any
(week day, including Saturday or at
the Post Office Building, State College, on Fridays between the hours
of 1:00 p. m. and 5:80 p. m.
Farm Security loans may be
made for anything from a new
farm to small pieces of equipment
Regular standard operating loans
at five percent interest repayable
over a period of from one to five
years, are made for such items as
seed, feed fertilizer, livestock, equipment, land rental, rencing, building
repairs and for home requirements
such as canning, equipment, clothing, necessary medical care and
santitation facilities.
Co-operative loans, at three percent interest and repayable in
three to five years, are made to
individuals and groups for euCh
items as sires sire services, machinery, farm and home supplies and
r-prketirig facilities. These loans
mav also be made for means oi
conserving food or for transportation and storage facilities,
"Farm Security does not establim
cooperatives, where existing organi-
•Wtions* do,the. job, peadt**Ml**^S A | ■■s*_a,,l-jiff^s-|i Thumps-m
Havens       explained
borrowers,
"Where existing cooperatives do not
satisfy the wants of borrowers, we
are only too glad to help them set
up organizations that can take
care of all their purchasing and
marketing needs.
"With rationing what it is, cooperative purchasing is becoming
more and more important. It is
only logical that groiips, rather
than individluals, be given preference when available machinery
must serve the needs of the great-
eat number ;of fighters on our
food  front,"
FSA will lend up to $150 to any
responsible boy or girl agricultural
club member to buy chickens,
calves, pigs or rabbits or to plant
any of the foods needed in a world
at (war.
"The Future Farmers and Four-
H clubs are doing more and more
important work as the war goes
on," said Havens. "In many areas
these club -loans have enabled patr4-
otic youngsters to make a real contribution to America's war effort.
We expect them to make this a
banner year."
Tenant Purchase loans can be
made to a few skilled farm tenants
and laborers in selected counties tc
buy their own farms. They are repayable over a period of 40 years
at three percent interest.
Farm owners may also borrow
from Farm 'Security for farm enlargement or farm development
purposes.
Farm Enlargement loans are
made to farmers to produce food
to the capacity of their ability. The
Government feels that now parti©-
ulary all1 farm families should have
land resources enough to fully employ the entire family.
Farm. Development loans arc
made to improve the property when
such Improvements — whether it
be soil conservation or repaired
fence—are essential to increased
pioduction.
The county supervisor urged
farmers needing loans to applj
soon.
"The good farmer will prepare
early this year for tiie biggest and
RECORD OF THE DEPARTED
THOSE WHO HAVE PAST FROM
TIME TO ETERNAL REST
Joseph H. Patton
Funeral rites for Joseph EL Patton, Br., were held at Ids late home
318 Main street Monday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, in charge of Rev.
H. Thaddeus Covert, pastor of the
Methodist church. Many [were in attendance at the obsequies, He had
fong been fan ill health and had been
confined te his home for a number
of months and part of this time,
was bedfast. Dissolution took place
Thursday morning of last week. He.
was born March 11, 1862, in Bell**:
ville, Mifflin county. Mr. Patton was,
tfwtice married. Hia second wife, Han*.
nah, Raugh Patton, he married' June
10, 1915. He resided in Belllwood.
for 34 years. Mr. Patton is surviveo
by his \\%e, Hannah Raugh Patton,
and these children by his first marriage: C, H. Patton, Mrs. Naomia
Lindemuth, J. H. Patton, Jr., all of
Bellwood; Mrs. .Ruth Orr of Altoona, and three sisters: Mrs. WiU
Mam Mutchler of Bucyrus, Ohio;
Mis. Blanche Lantz of Belleville,
Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Kline, of Altoona* 25 grandchildren and lit.
great-grandchildren. Mr. Patton was
a retired ele-etricial engineer, retiring in 1981 from the P. R. R.
after 45 years of service and having
the remarkable record of never
having been late, never losing time
because of an accident, never having been reprimanded and never
having had a quarrel .with his fellow workers. He was a well known
and highly respected citizen and en-
joyed a large number of friends.
He was a member of the Methodist
church and of the Jr. O. U. A. M.-
of Tyrone. Interment was made in
the Logan Valley cemetery.
.Capt, John  T.  Shaffer
NO. ti
M. C, son of the late Dr. 0. :wj
Shaffer, one-time chief of staff of
the Altoona hospital, died suddenly
Sunday at Kellog field of the United
States Army. Dr. Shaffer was born
in Altoona in 1904, and formerly
resided at 1216 Twelfth avenue He
was graduated* fiom the University
of Pennsylvania in 1929, and, following graduation practised in
Philadelphia. He left Altoona in
1918. Before .entering the army
lust summer, Dr. Shaffer .practised
medicine at ■Sellersville, Pa. His
mother, Dr. Mary Thompson, a native of Lamont, was the first pathologist at Altoona hospital. His
father, Dr. 0. H. Shaffer, died
some years ago. The father of Capt.
Shaffer will be remembered by
many of the older readers of the
bulletin. He was the son of the
late Fre.ll Shaffer, during nis life
time a successful farmer of Antis
township, owning the farm now
known as Sunnybrook. An aunt.
Mrs. Rebecca Price of Boyles street,
is among the survivors.
Miss  Mary  Jane) Harner
Miss Mary Jane Harner, who
had made her home for the past
five years with two nieces, Dorothy
and Hazel Cunningham, Juniata,
died at Altoona hospital Saturday
morning at 11:35 o'clock. She was
bom in Huntingdon county, Maji
15, 1868, the daughter of Thomas
and Malinda (Waldwnitfa) Harner.
Surviving' are a twin brother,
David Hewitt Harner of Bellwood;
two sisters: Mrs .Emma Johnson, of
Mooresville, and Mrs. William G.
Ammon, of Harrisburg. Also a
number of nieces and nephews survive. She was a member of the
Methodist church of Mooresville for
many years.
Mr*. Mary A.  Turnbaugh
Mrs. Mary A. Turnbaugh, died at
her home, 522 Lojwther street, Bellwood, Monday morning at 7
o'clock. She was born March 13,
1867, in Antis township, the daughter of James.and Susan Truman
Parks. Mrs. Turnbaugh ia survived
by    her husband,    Allen  A. Turn
baugh; three daughters, Mrs. W.
toughest job he's undertaken," he I R- Park and Mrs. H. V. Megahan
said. "Nothing— particularly credit   of Pinecroft and Mrs. E. R. Cox of
should stand in his jway."
Bellwood; a brother, Ira M.    Parks
of    Williamsburg; 11 grandchildren
and  15    great-gvandchildren.    ■ She
-If you have an article for sale try   wag R y^-. mcmbw of the gai^
SR advertisement la the Bulletin.       (fctftfaeran ehurch.    Funeral  service-
—Mrs. Junie    Moffit    of    South   -were heM at her lata home Wednea-
First street is tha proud posessor of   day afternoon at 2:30    o'clock,    fat
a tox terrior dec. .*-__*_*; ) charge ot Rev. Russell P. Knoebel,
ENIN05 3D YEARS '60
jyCT4VITIES OF    OUR    CITIZENS
PS: THREE  DECADES    AGO
Prom -the Bellwood Bulletin, Aug-
m- 27th, 1914.
•Miss    Maude    Price,    of    Boyle
it, is enjoying the sea breezes at
tic City.
■Miss Anna Crieghton, of Mackey-
91ey is *a guest of ber friend, Miss
by Lowther.
Mr. and   Mrs.   Lawrence     Milllei
It yesterday morning for Philadel-
f -where they' Will spend several
-**■
Misses Marie-and Helen Stineberg
•a" being entertained at the home
v3lr. and Mrs. R. A. Hoiden.
Miles Bower of Blain, Perry coun-
, is a guest at the home of his
_ cle, Merchant W. M. Bower, First
net, north ride.
R. D. Bell, wife and children,
n and Sellers, are home after a
h days visit at Atlantic City.
Mrs .Edith Bauer, of Cleveland,
|o, is visiting at the home of
uncle, Mercant L. W. Irjwiin,
[-.the hill.
»t.. W.  Price, wife and    children,
if visiting at Swissdale, with Palm-
Bu'.lioiis and wife,    former res';
kr'of the borough.
Miss Mildred Walker, of Chestei,
a., ia visiting with the    Misses
na  and  Marie  Hoiden,     of the
fa side.
eming  Holli-day, who represents
Burrow's Adding Machine  corn-
in New York City/is spending
cation at the home of his par-,
Mr.   and  Mrs.     Holliday,     on
"hill.
iss Florence  Hoover, the gener-
elivery clerk at the post    office,
k at her accustomed place, af-
two week vacation at Newton
ton and friends at Saxton.
,et {Wedding,    pretty    in its
at the home
and wife, of Bellwood, last Thursday evening at 8 o'clock when their
oldest daughter, Miss Sara Ruth,
became the bride of Robert Franklin Kustaborder. The ceremony was
witnessed by the immediate* relatives
and close friends.
—Mrs. Thomas Price of South
Third street is lying seriously ill at
her rcei'e-c-. and her children from
a (.''stance have been summoned' t<
lui- bed-fide*.
Mrs. I \<lia Klrkpatrick of South
Third street is confined to bed suffering Hnith a heart attack, but we
are slad to report that she is improving.
—'Miss Battle Dunn, daughter of
Mr. ah'ci Mrs. Calvin Dunn of the
Bellwood intersection, was admitted
to the Mercy hospital in Altoont.
U-faei-e she underwent an apj^ndi-
eiti:- Operation.
Feaman Firat Class Everett De-
lozier, formerly^-pf Glasgow, arrived
in town early Wednesday morning
to spend a five-day furlough at the
Mu.'jolle.n home on Boyles street
Hie wife was formerly Lulu Mulhollen.
— \ number of townspeople attended the meeting held in the
First- Methodist church in Altoona
Sunday evening to listen to the address made hy the noted commentator, llilmar Robert Baukhage. He
spoke on "The World Today," and
the many problems facing the nation and how to solve them. He
devided his discourse into three
grou'H and expanded to some
length. He then gave a short tall*,
on his visit with the works manager, George Grimshaw to the great
car shops and paid a magnificent
compliment to the performance of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
in which he said if the government
could be run (with the same *$reei-1
sion and efficiency it would be one
hundred per cent. Slips of panei i
were distributed to those who wish- ■.
ed them in tho audience and questions were answred by the commentator, which proved highly instuctive
and entertaining.
pastor of - Grace Lutheran  church, t
followed by      interment    in    Antis
cemetery.
Death of .an Infant
Merle    Kephart,    six-weeks - old
son of Merle and    Esther Rep-hart
of Bellwood,  died Saturday evening
at Mercy hospital. Surviving are the <
parents    and    a brother and sister,,
Howard and Ethel. .
GETS ADVANCEMENT
Mr. Norman G. Hostler, format
Bellwood boy, who for tha past five
years has been assistant manager
of railjway salea of tile Gulf Oil
company at their main office in
Pittsburgh, has accepted a position
as lubrication engineer for the Tide
Water Associated Oil company with
offices at 17 Battery Place, New
York. Mr. Hostler will be in charge
of the industrial sales engineering
department and will cover lubrication problems arising in the eastern
half of the United States for hie
new employer.
Mr. Hostler, who is the son ol
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben L. Hostler oi
North First street, graduated from
the Bellwood High School in the
class of 1982 and from the Altoona
School of Commerce in 1934, aftei
whieh he entered the U. S. Army
and for two years was stationed in
Panama with ' the Quartermaster's
Corps. While there, he became ar
intimate friend of ColoWsl Dick
Montgomery but did not discovei
until the very end of his enlistment
that both -were from Blair County.
Returning to the states in 1986,
he entered the employ of the Neville Company in Pittsburgh from
which he went to the Gulf Oil
'Company with whom he was employed until the time of accepting
his new position with the Tide
Water Company. - During the employment at the Neville Company,
he attended classes at Carnegie
Institute;. In 1937, he married Miss
Marie Murphey, of Pittsburgh, and
they have two children, Norman,
Jr., 8 years of age; and Nancy, 1
year of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hostlei
have taken up their residence and.
are now living at' 828-24 Men tone
Avenue, Laure'.ton, Long Island.
Norman's many friends in Bellwood
are mueh pleased to learn of his
splendid advancement.
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Now eligible for an advancement
in rating in the Navy, John A.
Caswell, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Y. Caswell', 480 North 3rd
street, was graduated from ths
school for fire-contrplman at the U.
**-. Naval training station at Great
Lakes, 111. on Monday. . He awaits
assignment to active duty with the
.icet or at a shore station.
The bluejacket has completed 16
weeks of instruction under the su*
■ii-rvision of an experienced petty
officer in his branch of work. He
Was specially selected to attend
the school upon tha basis of aptitude tests taken during his recruit
training. Courses in 19 of the 49
trades used in the U. S. Navy are
taught in service schools at Great
Lakes.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here end
Those Who Go Away. •
MOVEMENTSi-tf OURClffllS
Guests   Whs Are EntsrUinod hy Belt-
Wood   Host*—Personal   Mention   ot
These Who Visit Te and Wee
"Boney"  McCaulley     and    Junie I
Moffit were in Harrisburg on Washington's birthday.
Mr. and Mrs.    R. J.    Bauer,   of
Akron, Ohio, spent tile week-end at
the  home of    Mr.  and  Mrs.  E. E. 1
Goss on North Second street.    ***|B
Mrs. Beverly Mayer haa returnee  I
to Cleveland,  after  spending    some
time at the home of Miss Kathryne   .
Williamson on Martin street.
Corporal David Snyder    of    Fort
Wi nf red Scott, California, now ator j
tioned    at     Shenago     replacement
Center, Greenville Pa., has returned I
after a few days furlough at   tha j
home of Mrs. Elsie Dunn, hill section.
LIONS   MEET  AND   EAT
Members of tha Lions club and
their ladies enjoyed a dinner meeting on Thursday evening at the
Methodist church and the event was
in keeping with* the Washington's
birthday season.
Attractive table decorations of
red, white and blue added color to
the occasion and were arranged by
the ladies of the club membership,
The sumptuous chicken repast was;
served by the women of tiie churchi*
The committee in charge of arrangements comprised F. D. Miller-,
chairman; George Weiss, Frank W.
Fleisher and  W. A.  Hauth.
Musical entertainment included
renditions by a quartet   from   the
the    members      comprising
VACCINATES OVER 2000
More than    2000    students    and
ii'.culty members twere vaccinated
last month in the Health Service at
the Pennsylvania State College, according to Dr. J. P. Ritenour, director.
The.smallpox epidemic in Central
and Eastern Pennsylvania was responsible for the large number of
vaccinations. In all, the College Dispensary hand.ed 9,891 calls during
the  month of January.
-Infirmary calls also showed an
increase above normal. Students
spent 257 hours on the sick list as
compared to 174 in January, 1948.
Typhoid inoculations numbered 84,
while 74 X-ray pictures were taken:
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SCHOOL HOUSE BUILT BY
LOCAL MAN BURNS
The handsome new school house
at De fie nee, Bedford county, was
destroyed by* fire Thursday of last
week. It was a large and commodious building with a big" auditorium. The fire is thought to have
started from coal gas in the bssa
ment. The building was erected in
1936 by Contractor Banks C. Lege
of this borough. It contained tan,
rooms and the auditorium. The
school authorities of that borough
carried Insurance on the building
and a ne|w one wUl be erected
within the next few months.
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—The roadside stand whieh was
located at the highway Intersection
at Hall's Log Cabin Inn, and which
served the public several years ago
while the new highway waa undei
construction, has been moved by its,
owner, Mr. Gilbert S. Wattts, to
his farm to be converted into a
garage. ciitm
comprising
Strunk, Casey Beers, High Wind
Cox and Cy Burns Trego. Miss
Jean Thomas played the piano accompaniment and Casey Beers led
the assemblers in singing populat
numbers.
Dr. Robert Dively, club president
presided. Forty persons attended
the function. At the close of the,
dinner, the group repaired to the I
J. E. Williamson home for a social
time.
The club's next meeting   will be I
held on    March 4 and thrill  be   ia ;
charge of Dr. B. B. Levengood and
B. C. Lego.
RED  CROSS   DRIVE
The Blair County Red Cross chapter's quota in the nation wide war
fund' drive, which will open next
Monday and continue through March
will be $112,000, according to announcement by F. G. Grin-thaw,
general chairman.
Mr. Grimshaw pointed out that
this drive was the second limiii tlietJ
drive and that it is needed mora
badly than ever before for the organization to continue its war time
obligations. All fund contributions
collected and handled are subject
only to the American National Red
Cross and this chapter
—The Win-A-Chum class    Washington birthday annual banquet was
a grand success.     A fine meal was I
served by the Ladies Aid    of   th« -f
church at 5:00 in the Grange Hall
After the doxology was    sung    by I
the group Robert Burns offered the
invocation and grace.    Class president Morrow Mills gave the address
of welcome  The fathers who were
present had their names put into a
hat  and  the  name  drawn  waa the
father to respond to the address of -
|wtelcome given by the   class    president.    The father chosen. waa    Mr.
Russell Woodhall. Hia response was
greeted   with  a round of applause.
Mr. Lewis Steele was then introdue-
ed and notified that he   had    bean
chosen as tha honorary, president of
the class.      Thia too    wpa received
with cheers and much    applauding.
Coach «Burkholdar of tike local high
school was the    principal    speaker
and gave a grand ta}k that waa to
the point and vary helpful.      Tha
entertainment af the evening    was
supplied  by    Professor McDermott,
of Altoona.  His feats of magic    is
the talk of the assembly.    Hie gave
a good performance. Tha moot mystified of all was "Junior.** Tha
"stss closed with anvote    of
to the women aad benediction
the teacher Rev. Sto*