Bellwood Bulletin 1923-07-12

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PR1MIES1 SEPTEMBER
BRIEF SUMMMYOF THE WEEK
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•—For Ssle—Oue . Dockash
range, in good condition Inquire 606 N. 4th street. 3t
—Albert Barber, sou   of Rev.
and    Mrs.  Samuel Barber, bas
accepted tbe position of  assistant
principal of tbe   Orbis<inia-R*ek
bill consolidated echo ds.
Master William Levengood.
son of dr. B. B. and Mrs. Levengood of Main street, sustained a
badly ant arm laat Saturday by
falling on a glass to in bier be was
carrying. Be ia now getting along
as well ae could be expected
—Tbe Logan's Valley daily
vacation Bible school begins its
sessions ou July 16, and will
coutinue for two weeks. Tbe
sessions begin at 9 a. m and close
st noon every day but Saturday
A>1 children not otherwise connected will be cordially welcomed.
—Word bas just baaa. received
in Bellwood of tbe death of
Wesley Spires, wbich occurred
in Columbus, Obio, fast No-
vember. He was aged 90 years,
a veteran of the Civil war, a retired empli-ye of   tbe   1'.   R.   R.
ElfWny. A number op" children
ind-cbildren survive
IMS ma-jy** expected in-
lUlOU'Tl'ejri"
Sunday as tollows: Sunday school
at 9 80 a.m.; preaching at 10. 45
a.rn. and 7.30 p.m., by the pa-tor;
moruing subject, "Prisoners ot
Hope;" evening sudject, "A
Threefold Growth in Christ."
All are cordially invited to join
in these services.
—Wednesday afternoon ot next
week at Blank park, tbe scholars,
teachers aud ffficersof the junior
department ol tbs Methodist Sunday school will picnic. The parents and triends of each one are
also invited to attend. Superintendent Frank Wertz will find
transportation for al! of the baskets if tbey are placed in front of
tbe church at 1.80 o'elook.
—At high noon J uly 8, at the
home of John W. Gray aod wite,
near Landisburo-, Perry 'county,
Miss Margaret Neely, of Median
burg, one of the efficient members
of tha Bellwood bigb school faculty, officiated aa one of the
bridesmaids at the wedding of
Samuel Woods Eberly, of Trenton, N. J , to Sara Louise Gray.
—ThS Harrison reunion association mat st the Baptist parsonage, as arranged on July 5. Visitors were present from Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Wilmington, Mt.
Union and Hollidaysburg. Tbe
following officers were elected:
Presideut, De Forrest Harrison,
Pittsburg; vice president, Sherman Shaffer, Altoona; secretary,
Mrs. H. K. Bower, Bellwood; treasurer, Samuel Mu ndoiff.
—Bbur County Road Drivers'
association have "unanimously
agreed to merge with tbe new
speedway now in course of erection at Tipton, The speedway
ia fast looming op and it is
thought that it will be completed
ia time for the holding ot the
first automobile race on Labor
Day. The buildings at tha driving
park will be removed to tbe
speedway snd altar this year the
Blair connty tair will be held
there. The speedway track will
measure one mile and a fourth
when completed. Inside of this
track will be the race oourse for
horses and it is said tbat it will
make ooe of tbe finest tracks i
tba state.
Ths Osesty Frlwsr- BlssWsa Is »sw sa,
Bsvtaf Oyeast Taseiay
Tbe primary election campaign
in flair, oounty wss officially
opened on Tuesday,, on whieh
data Candidates begun tbe circo-
lation'of petitions for obtaining
signatures of citizens, praying
tbat tbeir names be jrfhited on
the official primary ballot. The
last day for filing petitions is
August 21. Tbis applies to all
offices, oounty, townships and
boroagh of all character.
Candidates  for   county offices
must bave  100 names on   their
j papers, tbe persons signing to ba
affiliated with the psrty of tbe
candidate.    For instance, a Republican candidate must have all
Republicans   on    his    potiti m.
those signing must be qualified
voters    Tbe blanks tor the candidates are procurable at tbe offioe
of ths ciunty commissioners, free
ot   cost.   Those   deniring   more
than one  blank   for themselves
will be obliged to purchase   the
extra ones.
The county wide Office to be
filled are district attorney, tbree
county commissioners, register
and recorder, two directors of the
poor -sad a county surveyor.
In the boroughs aud townships
there wi'l be sobool directors,,
ciuncilroen in the boro ighs and
supervisors of tbe road-* in the
township, some justices ot the
peace, constables snd minor officers. For tbe smaller offices
imly ten names are require! An
ihe candidates petitions. ;«_j__$B
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BELLWOOD, PA.
IRSDAY, JULY 12, 1023.
IF THE GRIM REAPER ft SAME PRESERVE MADE
ness Wae lavs Boos Oallod fe Jets las
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MICHASL D. BOWERS
At his home on North Cambria
street, Michael D. Bowers died at.
6.10 Wednesday morning, of diseases incident to advanced years.
Be waa born August 14, 1844.
During the Civil war he .was ia
the onion army and was wounded -in   one of the   battles.   Mr.
Bowers waa also a Pennsylvania
railroad veteran   employe.   Surviving are hie wife and the following children:    Mrs. Mary Davis and Mrs. Ida Moore, of Pittsburg; Mrs.  Mintie Keller, Mrs.
Fred Loucks, Mrs. Margaret Davie, Mra.  Clair Parks,  William,
Daniel, and Joel all of Bellwood,
Bobert, of Altoona;  and Emma
at home.   There are quite a num-
df   grandchildren   and   several
great-grandchildren. Funeral service will beheld at bis late home
at   11 o'clock Friday morning.
Interment in Logan Valley cemetery.
tatamiRfitQ **iyv.*y*j**l$c*gpfr
pie should bear in mind that, they
cannot sign any more petitions
tban tbere sre pets-ms oi that offices to be chosen. Tbe signing
of a petition carries with it no
promise tn eoppoit tbe person
whose petition is signed.
Tbe signing of a petition is
but a matter of form, to get tbe
name of the person who is a candidate printed on tbe ballot, tbe
obtaining ot more names tban the
law requires is usually for naught
as the papers are filed and are
never again seen unless some per
son wants to make an inspection
ot them.
Iu tor borough there will be
three counctlmen chosen, and as
our towu is about to enter upon
an era of improvement it beho-
oves us as voters and taxpayers to
be casting about for representative men to fill these offices. As
we have been informed none of
tbe retiring oooncilmen will be
candidates to succeed tbemselves,
therefore others will be chosen.
A constable will also be chosen
to serve tor four years. Two
sohool directors will also be chosen. Petitions for these offices are
now in order. As a citizen snd
taxpayer you should do your utmost to place in office men who
servo the interests ot tbe town in
tbe best possible manner. Now
is tbe time to do your thinking.
As previously stated August 21
is the last day for filing petitions.
8osw   Sudsy  SoktrOl  Figaros
. ThS following are some figures
taken   irom tbe   report .of tbe
committee   from  tbe   Methodist
church     to   tbe   thirty-seventh
annual Sunday school convention-
held   at   Martinsburg    recently:
There are 185 Sunday schonla is*
the oounty, 156 of whitth reported^
There are 45,692 scholars enrolls
and 85   per cent  in attendan
There are 47 teachers' ti
classes and 885 oggpised
■■is Uses' Psr PrsssistaSB si Saull
htsss te Jstlsrsea Oeastv
lifter more tban three years of
lotiating and title dearing, tbe
i mon wealth of Pennsylvania,
purchased the "Sandy Lands"
liver and McOalmout towa-
Ips in Jefferson county   for a
ie preserve to be used for pro-
ition ot small animals,
"he   conveyance • embraces 8,
seres ol   the original 6,000
t tract and is covered with sec-
growth timber. Miner rights
te not included in the purchase.
TOe tract was the last to be in-
t*d by Dr.  Joseph Ealbtus
l*E. Woody Kelley, of the state
ie   com mission,   before  they
Ire killed in   a   grade crossing
idfiutfour years ago, and the
-otiations have been under way
that time,  peculiar compli-
Hoo in the title causing the de-
tn completing the purchase,
cas necessary to go   deep into
Hudson Bay country, to find
of the owners, while another
■a minor in Massachusetts, for
torn it was necessary to  wait
years until be could legally
»ch hie name to tba deed.   In
meantime Germany aod Swit-
land were searched for Madam
le Von  Boeklin   and the
roness    Rulekin    von    Kleist,
lose names  were  needed  for a
|tclaim    on     a     somewhat
lowy interest in tbe tract.
CHAR6ES WILL BE PREFERRED
<*£
classes,
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a*anej
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Forty-three     schools'
graded lessons,   and
primary teachers,
tbe bome
—Logan's Valley grange No.
664, Patrons of Husbandry, will
meet Saturday evening at 7.80
o'oloek in Cornmesser's hall. A
class will receive tbe first and second degrees at this time.
—Joseph F. Tripplett, a
promiuemt citizen and miller of
Pleasant valley, Bedford oounty,
was fonnd dead in bed by
members ot his tamily Monday
morning. Ha had attained to the
age of 76 years and all bis long
useful lite was spent in Bedford
oounty. He was a relative ot W.
I. Davis snd wifo of South First
street, wbo attended tbe funeral
whieh wss held Wednesday
afternoon, with interment in the
Everett cemetery.  '
churches,
teach tbe
there are 260
aHth 2812 enrolled on 	
departmeut. There are two million
Sonday school scholars in Pennsylvania and tbe s-ate is 96 and a
fraction efficient in its work. The
Sunday school hour is the best
time for a teachers' training class
to convene. There are 18 standard
Sunday schools in Blair oounty.
The budget of oounty Sunday
school wot k is $4250, and it was
recommended that tbere should
be 10 cents per capita to meet it.
The ten cents is used in thisw ay-
three cents for tbo district, three
cents for state and"four cents for
county work. Tbe statesende
aportion to tbe world's association, which goes to the end of
the earth. The Sunday school
must save the world.
■reeks teg
BUte eight
be-
was pass-
Distriet Altsrss- let Aet sa Patsj Ac-
oldest Osss TsiST   '
District Attorney Marion D.
Patterson stated Tuesday night
tbat be expected lb have sufficient
information to warrant preferring
criminal charges in connection
with the fatal automobile accident
at Kettle Road and Pleasant Valley Boulevard Sunday   evening.
"There was no exouse for tbe
accident,*' Mr. Patterson stated.
Tbe state police who sre investigating still hsve several witnesses to see sud their report is incomplete. When 1 bave it complete I will know agaiust whom
to start proceedings. More than
one person may be held responsible.
Miss Edna Gladfelter, oue of
tbe accident victims, is still iu a
serious condition at the Altoona
hospital. Tbere hss been bot
slight improvement in her condition since she was admitted to
tbe institution.
Donald Mulhollen, aged 2,
whose mother was killed, ie making favorable progress toward recovery.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZERS
Oaosta Wke An Batsrtsiasi sr
■eats  Psrssasl Ueettee st
Wke Travel Ts sal Pre.
Oilts lor W. C. T. O. Pond
At the Bellwood bank tke
following gifts were received for
the W. C. T. TJ. fund to aid
Governor Piuobot in enforcing
the dry law: H. E Syling, $1;
Mrs. W. F. Balasbach, $1; A. H.
Armstrong, $1; 8. W. Baker, $8;
Mre. G. A. Jami-ion** SI; J. W.
Lowther, $5. T. P. Gheer $5
which makes the total from
Bellwood thus tar $17. It will
take a good many, more dollars
to reach tbe quota.
—Next Sunday at Logan's Valley Baptist church, Bible sohool
at 9:30, church services 10:46 and
7:30, morning subject, "A Good
Listener," evening subject. "Fundamentals, eleotion," B. T. P. U:
6:80. At Tipton, Bible school at
2:30, preaching 3.80.
—In a slugging contest on Y.
M. C. A. field last Saturdsy
afternoon, in which the local ball
toaeers featured, Bellwood downed
Claysburg by tbe score of* 9
5. The game was witnessed by
several hundred people, some of
whom oame io at the rear.
jag a'ong Cambria street, near
the residence of Engineer Ed-
vrard Cherry. The street at
this point haa been in process of
t/fe'-ng improved for the past ten
dat*8 and a curb had been recently
erected, over which Mrs. Prion
foil and fractured the bone in ber
left l<g between the knee and hip
beside being bruised other wise.
She was taken to the home of
Mr. Cherry, and Dr. T. L. Wilson was oalled. She was taken
to her home on South Third
street, where an examination revealed the fracture, whioh was reduced the following morning.
Olivet Baptist Ohuroh
9.30 a. m. Bible School with
glasses for all. 10.45 a m. "What
was Christ's attitude towards tbe
Scriptures? Did He use them as
an inspired record or as a mere
compilation of folk lore" You
will find tbis subject a sound sn-
tedote for modernism. 7:80 p. m.
A good rousing service of song.
Special Object lesson tor tbe
young people. Sermon Topic:
•"The man wbo wore no wedding
{garment." Tuesday 7:80 Bible
Class. Tbe Prophet Zecbarish.
{Wednesday. 7.80 p. m. Mid
week meeting tor Prayer and
; Meditation.
Edwin O. Colbeck, Pastor.
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-Mrs. Grace Musser, well
(known to"many ot our citizens,
being a niece ot Mrs. Annie M.
Weaver of South Third street, is
lying dangerously ill with typhoid
fever at her home in Charleston,
West Vir.
—The annual picnic of the
members of tbe Preabyterian
oburob will be held at Bland park
Wednesday of next week. Bland
ark will ba alive witb bluestockings on this occasion.
Miss Msry Bechtol, a student
nurse st tbe Woman's hospital
tn Philadelphia, is st tba home
ot hsr parenta, A. D. Bechtol and
wifo oo tbe sonth side, for a vacation of two weeks.
-atksraa Ohoroh Motes
Tbe Ladies' Bible Class entertained tbair husband*) and families with a bam and egg supper
at Bland's Park on Wednesday
evening. The Women's Homo
and Foreign Missionary' Sooiety
will bold tbeir regular meeting
at tbe bome ot ftps. J. A. Hagerty on Friday evening at-7:30; Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Mr.
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ing worsbip. Christian Endeavor
at 6:46 p. m. Meeting led by Dr.
H. C. Lovell. Topic tor discussion
"The Inner and the Outer."* Worsbip at 7.45 p. m. subject, Critical
Moments. Prayer servioe at .7:-
30 Wednesday evening. The
regular service at Salem in the
morning, Sunday School at 9:30
The Holy Communion at 10:80.
Have you ever opened your
Bible as the autoist opens his
blue book to find the way out
and on? It is well to do so some
times. Vou will always find tbat
God cares for man. But what
does man care for God today?
We bave come to very critical
moments, with our world-wide
discoveries, our great inventions,
and our many complex achievements. Man has achieved "glory
and bonor," but we fear he -has
forgotten God tbe Giver of all
these things to man.
Let us consider together the
present Critical Moments, in the
light of the Bible this Sunday
evening and see if we are guilty
of dishonoring our God.
You will always find a friendly
greeting at the Grace Lutheran
church. You are invited to worship with us this Sunday. Come
and thus honor your God and
yourself. What -would you do
if you actually knew this was
your last Sunday upon earth?
and it will be the last for many a
one, and you may be included
among those. Who knows but
.tbat your critical moment is near
at hand. So come so that we may
worship together.
Harry N. Walkbr, Pastor.
W. L, Thompson, for a number
ot fears tba tailor af Bellwood,
bot who has been located in the
Pittsburgh district for tha past
fifteen years, while returning
from Shippensburg, where he
had been called to attend the
funeral ot a sister, spent Tuesday
aad Wednesday here aad was ths
guest ot his son-in-law Fred Goss
aad wifo on Bellview avenue.
Mre. Nannie MoFarland, ot
Huntingdon county, is enjoying
a visit with Mrs. Ella Givin and
family on North Seoood street.
Miss Catherine Price haa   returned boms from a visit ot ten
daya at Swissvale, where she was
the guest ot Pslmer Bullions and
wife.
Miss Jans Jeffries has returned
to her home io Pittsburgh, after
a delightful visit of two weeks
at the Jeffries bome oo Boylos
street.
Mrs. J. J. McMullen, of Concord, and Mrs. Nannie Funatoin,
of Johnstown, spent a couple dsys
of tbis weak at the home of Mra.
8. J. Feganou   the  north   side.
Mrs. Clarence Daner ahd two
ohildren, Helen and Chester, have
returned to tbeir home in Canton,
Ohio, after a pleasant visit at tho
home of Abram Goes on North
Sixth street.
Master Roy Bechtol of Martin
street haa just returned bome
from an eighty mile motor trip
to Green Burr, Clinton couuty,
where he Visited bis grandmother
and others. He reports a fins time
B. M. MoCord and wite, who
have made Boston their head-
overland route and ara moat
guests of Mrs. McCord's mother,
Mrs. Matilda Price on Boylos
street.
Frank A. Myers, county goose
warden, of Altoona, was in town -
Monday forenoon and called at
oor office. He will be a candidate
for tbe nomination of county
treasurer on the Republican
tioket and as be is well known
in all parts of the oonnty, will
prove to be a string competitors
for the prize.
Mrs. Paul A. Bevan and two
children, nntil recently ot Lowell,
Mass., are guests at tbe T. P.
Gheur and G. W. Bevan homes
on tbe bill, having tarried here i
for a tew days and later will go
to Wilmerding, where the husband has recently secured employment with the Westinghouse Air
Brake oompany.
F. M. Zimmer, until a tew
yeare ago a resident ot tbe borough, wheo be was employed In
the passenger train servioe on tho
Bellwood division, now of Akron
Ohio, where he is engaged io one
of the rubber plants, with his son
Don, and father, spent a day last '
week iu town calling on old time
friends and neighbors.
George Hetrick, son of Policeman Frank S. Hetrick, who had
been engaged for a number of
months in the plant ot tho Ball-
wood Steam Shovel company ssa
machinist, left Tuesday morning
for Detroit, wbere he will secure
employment in one of the
automobile works. He made tbe
trip overland in  a  motor  cycle.
Samuel H. McCullougb and
wife, of Clevelaud, Obio, while
making the way overland to
-visit friends at Gettysburg, stopped in Bellwood laat Saturday
evening snd were guests at the
Charles MoFarland home oo
South First street for a fow daya. j
They were former residents of
the borough, when Mr. McCullougb was employed in a eterioal
capacity  in tht railroad offices,
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NO 21
PERSONAL_niflAGRAPHS
People Who VUt Here and
Those Who Go Away.