Bellwood Bulletin 1923-02-22

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VOL.. XXXVI.
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMHRYOF THE WEEK
terse Paragraphs Oeaesralsg tbe Deists
ef Oar Borough—Ths Column
Oar Sassoribsrs -a's-.
-—Trespass notices for sale at
this office, 10 cents each.
—If you find dinner on both
.sides of jour vest, remove the
spots with Blue Devil.
■—The epidemic of measles
wh'ch has been prevalent in onr
b-trough for the. past few weeks,
still continues, although the
disease is last running its course.
—Samuel w. Baker has been
confined to his home on the hill
for tbe pas* week hy illness. His
many friends will be glad to
know that he is on tbe mend. ,
—Cbaries E. Figard, tho we'l
known painter and decorator, is
now tbe possessor ot a special
Studebaker six, which he pur.
chased in Altoona a few days ago.
—Clyde R. Greenland is lying
quite sick at lit residence on tbe
, hill ami has been confined tor the
psst ten days. His triends are
hoping that there wiil soon be an
iniprovemt-ot   in   bis   condition
—A firce Hue fire whieh gave
promi!***r to result in a dlase,
oalled the fit emeu to the hone ot
Erauk Wesley on the north side
*flafc*trleven o'clock last Saturday
night. It was  extinguished with-
U BELLE THEATRE WILL QUIT
■sts Strsst Playhoasa  Will  Oesse to
Exist la s Fsw "Dsys
Tba La Belle theatre, Bell-
wood's .modern playhouse, will
close its doots with tbe performance Tuesday evening of next
week, at least as lams the present
management is concerned. This
unpleasant announcement was
made a few days ago to a reprt-
8t ntativi- ot the Bulletin, and it
is iieedli-Hs to sny that it was a
vary unwelcome piece of news.
Mr. Descutner, the present manager, eame to </ur town last fall
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for'8 were not rewarded to the ri
nancial extent ae they should have
been, he finds it expedient to ear
render his lease.
The La Belle iheutre was built
a i O'iple ot years ag<» by Altnnt a
ptrties, and was ejected espe lnlly
tor 'he motion picture but-ine-**,
It is one ol the host buildings to
he 'ound in towns the.size ol Bell**
wm nl, am his modern in every par
tictd.ir riui it is regrettable ■ hut it
has.nut p.1 >ven a financial undertaking. This largely li due to the
bosine-s conditions in  our town.
It is rumored that the theat e
-qnipmenr will be removed and
the first floor converted mt" business rooms.
irom Mc-Difrttd, Pa., and hae
'iven tbe tlflutie-going publio
food, clean sh'ws, but as   his   ei*
("range Meeting oa Saturday
The next   regulsr  meeting   of)
Logan's   Valley   grange   «iil ba
beld  on   Saturday   nfternoon at
****^'    "The progruni folh'"W^J_&
GRAIN SHIPMENTS ME HEAVY
Product of    Western Paras Is Being
Snipped to Foreign Ossstriss
The movenent of grain over
tli* lines of the., Pennsylvania
Railroad, to the seaboard for ex-
p nt, is continuing at a valune
exeeeding all previous records
for.the handling of this form of
traffic.
During January, 10,858,700
bushe s were delivered at Philadelphia aud Baltimore for shipment abroad. This constitutes the
heaviest movement of export
grain ever recorded for the Penns-
y vania Railroad in a single
month, and compares with 6.320,
800 bushe , bandied in" January,
1922. For the first two weeks of
February, the export grain shipment- to these two ports have
amounted to 3,511,000 bushels, as
against 2,878,000 bushels in the
corresponding period of last year.
The first shipment of ex- ort
grain ever made over the Pennsylvania Railrad via Norfolk, Va.,
was rei en ly completed. It con-'
sifj'ed of 280,000 bushels, moving
from Butfa o via Harrisburg, Pa.,
Perry.ville, i Md, aud Cape
Char es, Va., thence by car feiry
to N rfold, where it was beliver-
ed to the ne v munisipal elevator
which h-n-} been ie-»- ed by a large
grain exporting firm, to whom
this shipment was consigned.
Every efiort is being made by
the Pennsylvania Railroad to expedite   tbe  handli- g   of export
grain, owing t>   the importance;^
°i thi**' k-iod. \ts1 ,.&»faa   to..«
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BELLWOOD, PA., THlfltSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1023
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FIVE-MINUTE SERMON
pfal'l*fff.*».'WWg
insorofl last Saturday afternoon,
due to a blaze on a root s dwelling bouse. It was extinguished
before tbair arrival. The fire had
made a good start and wa* just
right for making of a good blase.
—The Bellwood High School
basketball players won a double
header last Satarday evening on
tba Y. M. C. A. floor, the girls
having a long end of a score, 17-
18, io a game with Cresson, and
tha boys own over Gallitzin high
aehool boys, 26-24.
—Tuesdsy evening eleven members of the W. C. T.| U. met
and held a monthly meeting et
at the bome of Mrs. Guietwhite
on Martin street. After the
businaas a memorial was held for
Fiances Williard, who twenty-
five years ago on tbe 17th inst.
pasaad to her reward. She was
one of tba greatest emancipators
and ber statue is the only wo-
matis in the nation's capital.
quire at 8choo.*f***: Mrs. Martha
'Paa, Mrs. C. A. Craine: "Are tie
People of the Country Mote Careless of Tbelr Health Than City
People?" Mis. Grant Taylor and
Mrs Stella Richardson; reading,
Elisabeth Stapleton; "Names
Whieh Will Live in the History
of the World War," people—Meda
Mauley, places—Rodman Levengood; "What Are Some of the
Best Magazines tor the Home?"
Mrs.. H. F. Cox and Mrs. H. B
Stevens; recitation, Mrs. Nellie
Cherry; "What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Fall
Plowing?'' John A. Fox and H.
E. Hagerty;" What is Norma Icy?"
Edith Millet; ''Life ot Washington," Agnes Oswald.
visitors From tte lorth
A large flock ot horned larks
was seen Tuesday disporting in
tbe snow ou the Highland Hall
campus at Hollidays'mrg, making
a very interesting sight, as these
birds are seldom fonnd in tbis locality, being residents oi the higher-northern latitudes. The larks
enjoyed themselves in the snow as
mnob as a flock ot summer birds
bathing in a pool of water in July,
flying about uttering tbeir musical chirping.
The horned lurk is fonnd in
Canada and,other northern.slimes
and only occasionally comes as far
Sooth as tbe north temperate regions, sometimes doing so when
tha northern winters are unusually severe. This bird is so named because it bas erectile feathers
on the head tbat when raised,
give tha appearance of small
boms. These feathers are generally erected wben the bird is
alarmed. There is another species of borosd lark that is found
in tba west and is known as tba
prairie horned lark.
Veteran Gets Pension Increase
Thomas Long, one of 'the lew
surviving veterans ot the Civil
war, residing on Clark street, has
received work Irom Congressman
John M. Rose that tbe pension
Irom $60 per month to $72 per
month, the maximum allowed
under tht act. The increase dates
trom October 22, 1922. Comrade
Long was enlisted in a Centre
county regiment of volunteers,
and ihe increase allowed by the
government will go along way
toward smoothing out the  rough
plnCeS Ot lile.
Old Age Pansloas
Senator Vare has introduced a
hill at Harrisburg providing for
the paymenti* of old age pensions
and appropri ttiug $2,000,000 for
(tensions as a starter. It is understood ibat t-imilar bills have been
introduced iu several other state
legislatures, tbe idea being props
gaiel hy the Fraternal Order of
Eagles. Ii- discussing tbis project
tbe Johnstown Tribune suggests
tbat while its purpose is altogether admirable, ther is little
likelihood that the present legislature will do more with Senator
Vare's bill than to give it amicable consideration. Oor con'ein
porary believes the idea is a reasonable one ami that in due time
it wiN he a part pf tbe program
of every state iu tbe anion. Probably so.
Be *Sllts4
Wilt thou take her* tor thy
*'pard," lor better or for worse;
to have, to In hi, to fondly guard;
till hauled oft in tbe hearse?
Wilt th it let her bave her way,
conault her many wishes, mske
ihe fires np every dav, and help
her with ihe diodes? Wilt thou
give her nil the "s'ufP' Ler little
purse will pack, buy her a fancy
boa aud muft, a little seal skin
sacqi-e? Wilt thou comfort aud
support her father, mother,* Annt
Jemima, Uncle. John, thirteen
sister? and a b-other? And bis
face grew - pate and blank, it was
to late to jilt; as through tha
chapel floor he sank he sadly said
••I wilt."
■st Not bo Getting Hers
A critics1 young lady was recently heard expatiating vigorously against the sdly way that
women have of kissing each other every time they get together.
She i-aid: "If twenty women were
to meet iu the street every last
one of them *»ould have to kiss
the other mneteen, and there
would be—let me see—380 kisses
worse than thrown away, for
probably in ten minutes the whole
party woutd separate into squads
and go off taking about each
other, when you see one of these
violent mi-reel aneous, kiss-every-
things-in-sight kind of women, it
is safe to set her down as a fraud,
which she generally is. If I had
my w«y, kiasiug would be confined to family uses and for me-
dicina purpnses."
—The banks of the boroagh
will obsrrve Washington's birthday by remaining closed all day.
Tbs usual holiday hours will prevail at tbe postoffioe.
—The condition of many side
.And (He), being assembled to-
gWber with them, comfaanded
tJkto that they should not depart
frsjto Jerusalem, but wait for the
pffomice of the Father, which
saith He, ye have heard of Me.
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•We must take only one step at
a|ime.   At the time the discip-
were gathered with the  Low!
bre   His ascent to the right
" of the Father, many per-
ing questions arose.   Little
($tle, it seems, the very fact
lis resurrection had permeated
thjfjr minds and  hearts, so that
twf understood that it was our
I-hfd    himself   who  addressed
them.     When they got convinced of this, ma-iy questions throng
etftin.   demanding   answer,  yet
there was but ot.e way of pro-
ceedure and that was by accepting the will of God and working
tbat Divine Will out in human
action just one step at a time,
j.pk.fe.v  of the questions were:
How will the kingdom  be made
manifest to the world? And, to
tell the truth many of us Christians have not grown beyond ask
ing that question today, especial-
lylf our own church does not cut
as big a swath   as   we   seem to
think   it should.   We are   not
centert to   take one step at a
time and abide the  Will of the
Father.     Since we are   sure  of
thtp loving preaense of the Mas-
are do w e go from here?   Tha
pet had been warning the dia-
i of the appearances  of im-
cry:*,,XrOOk here !*or.
look there!" and the preaense of
false doctorines in the air, and of
the nasil of waiting on tbe Will
of God in the Spirit to be sure of
what to do aud how to  do it.
and we are in dire need of just
such council today, for there  are
many    who   would   administer
mnch of tbe church's business
according to worldly expediency,
yot fill tbe air with cries of sanctimonious warning to those without the fold.   Then, undoubtedly
came the question: If this separation must take place, when will
the time of the "coming again "
take place?   And tbis was no
new one, for the disciples had
asked our Lord the same question in Jndaa some time before,
for they were anxious, as all active christians are, at heart, about
the parousia of our Lord.    But
he tells them to wait tbe Will of
tbe Father—one stop at a time!
And we are sure of the outcome
so for as the Will of God is concerned, for tbis stands revealed
forever in tha person and character of Jesus   Christ our Lord!
.What, tben, is our part in the
progression of the  work -of the
kingdom?   To    stay   onr hand
from any good work, folding our
arms in complacency and waiting
like    Dickens'    McCawber   for
something to '■turn up? "   The
parable of ths Faithful Steward
should help us in   decidi' g  our
course in this.   Yet we sre sure
the Steward was faithful because
he waited on tbe will of the Lord
following    his   instructions,   or
wheu beset by any difficult*}*, doing as be honestly thought bis
Lord would have him do.   And
oao the Christian do any better
in the view of bis Lord's absence?
Tben we should not worry, but
continually aaak   to  serfs   our
Lord, watting ou  His will   con-
walks in the borough   are  in   a j tiaually, in prayer seeking His
,. ■> ..  . guidance daily,
slippery coudition auq it behooves " HE Bower
the occupants ot the   bom*** on  „	
which tbey front   to   clear away      —Sweeten   the   disposition of
tba ice as aoon as warmer weather your rafngerator-with Blue Devil
mktet. :j$M Cleanser. .;:s*r*'_$l
SUDDEN DEATH OF Ll IRWIN
Bellwood Shocked by Announcement oi
SaauM-as of L. W. Inrla
Not for a long time has onr
town been so shocked as by tbe
announcement of tbe death of L.
W. Irwin, wbiob* occured at his
home at Maple avenue at 6.50
oclock Thursday evening of last
week. He became alarmingly
ill the night previous, due to a
cerebral hemorrhage and lay in a
uomotose condition until death
relieved him at tbe time stated.
He bad been in failing bealth for
the past few yeara, yet was able
to be about and looked diligently
after his business, being senior
member ot tbe Arm ot L. W. Irwin & Co.
Deceased Was born July 7.1856
a son of John and Anno Grazier
Irwin, botb deceased. In his
youth be became a clerk iu tbe
store ot tbe late D. L. Wray,
(now tht Lupfer & Bower location) wheie lie remoined nntil the
year 1892,° when, in cm-fbuction
with W. P. W»'ay_~apartner8h*p
was formed and the firm opened
for business on the corner of Main
and and Cambria streets'! conducting a general meioantile business.
A uumbtr ot years ago Mr. Wray
retired and the business ■*- as taken
over by L. W. Irwin & Co., and
the firm has been very scccessful.
He was reared a Presbyterian
snd in early life became a member of the church ot this ph ce,
and at the»time of bis death wae
an older of the church, wbloh
pi si tion he filled for a long period of time. ,. He was faithful aod
eonsT-fottfYn'W8~chti fcb, and Tba
congregation aas lost ao exemplary member and tbe town one of
its best citizens. A number of
years sgo be entered largely into
the civic aflairs of the town* and
at different times served as a
member of the borough council
and also on the school board. He
lived to eee our town grow from
a village to a thriving hustling
borough and always had tbe welfare ot the town and community
at heart. He will be mucb mis
sed. He was also a member ot
several fraternal sooities.
The wife of his youth, Miss
Hattie Homraer, passed away
many years ago, and surviving
are two sons and tbree daughters:
Robert E. of PotttJtown; Jobn ot
Bellwood; Mrs. C. M. Smith of
West-field N. J., Mrs. Glen S ark
and Mrs. Evaline Keely, ot Los
Angeles, Cal. Later he was married to Miss Ida Henshey, who
survives with these children:
Dorothy, Willard, Mary aud
Laura at home. Two sisters,
Mrs. Edith Bowers, ot Detroit,
and Miss Emma Irwin ol Bellwood, survive and a half brother
and sister, Roy McCloskey. and
Mrs. J. F.   Briggs, of Bellwood.
The funeral.occured from his
late home Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at. d was largely attended by triends trom all sections. Tiie services were in
charge of Rev. Samuel Barber,
tbe Presbyteiian minister. Interment was made in Logan Valley cemetery.
Big Engines Moving.
Quite a number ol heavy type
Lehigh Valley and also some
Erie railroad engines have been
going over the Perkiomen the
last lew weeks en route to tneir
bome roads most of'which had
been sent away for repairs. The
Erie engines bave been traveling
under tbeir own steam.
PERSQNAL_raRAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here and
Tha— Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Gtassts Who An Bstsrlstaei ky Istlassd
Itssts  Psrinsai Seettee et tbem
Whs Travel Te sad Fro.
Mrs. Rosie Stiver bas returned
bome from a pleasant week's
visit with friends at Philipsbnrg.
Mrs. Charles Wertz will return
home Saturday trom a visit of
two weeks with friends at Brownsville.
Mi»8 Nellie Givin, a member of
the Clearfield high school faculty,
spent over Sunday with homo
folks on North Second street.
Corporal William Sitman, a
student in^be Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, was boms over
Sunday. Tbe corporal will finish
the course in June.
David Hollenbaugh, ' of Glasgow, was a Bellwood visitor on
Tuesday. He said all tbey had in
his bailiwick wss winter.
George Sunday, of Hood River,
Washington, ia the guest of bis
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. snd
Thomas J. Frazier, at their residence ou South Maio street.
Mre. C. W. McDonald and
little daudhter, Peggy, of Ames,
Iowa, left for thsir home on
Tuesday of this week. A stop witt
be made at Rochester, Pa., where
Mr. McDonlad'd parents reside.
-fMOial Oa-c-urU I
Bellwood council met Monday
evening in adjourned session to
hear sny.one having objection to
proposed grades for improvements
to Csmbria street, between Main
aod South First streets. Pr.s-
ideut Williams was in tba chair
and all members present bat
Lots and Wolf. Solicitor Meyer** was present. Messers Jonathan
Cornmesser and H. L. Steels asked information and gave approval alter explanations by president Williams, Tbe ordinance
establishing the grades was reported out of committe snd passed on first reading.
The proposal to pave Cambria
etreet from Main to South First
waa presented to an ordinance
providing for the collecting of
two-thirds of tbe cost from abutting prope-ty owners, and tba
clerk was authorised to post
legal notices that any- objections
will be heard at the regular meeting ou March 5 at 8 o'clock.
Engagement Announced
Ten young ladies bsd sn enjoyable time at a valentine party
at the home of Missas Reda and
Freda Hursh, wbich was a quite
a pretty, function. A delicious
luncheon was served, tbe favors
being red baskets iu whioh ware
concealed rings, pulled out with
strings. Tbat of Miss Reda
lluash, one of tbe popular teachers in the North side schools,
contained a diamond and her engagement to Mrs. Carl' Chase, a
State college graduate, now in
Pennsy employ st Philadelphia, <
was thus announced.
The evening was   enjoyed in
playing bridge  and 500.  Misses
Helen   Wilsou,   Arvilla    Moore,.
Helen Campbell, Harriet Wesley.
Beatrice Rowe, Margaret Neely,'
Hilda  Goes,   Reda   and Freda.
Hureb and Mrs. Howard Stone
made up the party.
—The coldest weather ot winter was sxperianesd in there
part*.
—O winig to a holiday coming
on oar regular publication day
tha Bulletin is issued Wednesday
afreruoon of thia week.
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