Bellwood Bulletin 1923-12-06

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VOL. XXXVI.
BELLWOOD, PA.,».TH|
LOCAL MEWS COLUMN
Short Items That Will Inter-
eet Our Readers'
.Y, DEG EMBER 6, 1923.
NO 83
HEF SUMMMOF THE WEEK
Terse Paragraphs OoaosraiBi the Dolags
et Oor Bereagh—The Oelasu
Oar Rnbscnbers Ealey.
-— Typo writer pupor for sale at
this office ie eiiy quanity.
—Heve yoa received your title
to your automobile?
—Trespass bonces for sa'e at
this office, 10 cents each
—Sis big sets ol vaudeville st
the **Y" next Tuesday evening.
—Some people think twice
before acting) and then forget to
e-t.
—Fur Sale—Li'ge osk side
board in good conditions at a> re-
a-onab'c |ni e. Inquire 425 Sou'h
First stre-t.
—A. V. Dively, tor mure tbau
"&*ty »ears, one o' the prominent
lawyers before ihe Blnir county
bsr, died at las boms in Altoons
■Sunday afternoon, after an illness
ot t» o yeare.
—-Soy tteclito', sou of J. M.
SVchtol and wife oi Martin street,
is a victim ot diphtheria We
are glad to leiirm that be is only
a itferiug u mid foi in and bids
TrrljMoflh early re<ove>y.
—Darl Smith, son ol W. W.
Smith, who bas been in ill helath
lor some linn-, was taken to the
University hospital in Phile-'e'-
P8**1^ beginning  of the week
ICE!! PtJlNTATHUNTINGQIlN
Alsiesl OoaBpleted sai Wkaa FlalsasS will
Is Dsai la ths Ssrlag
One ot the largest and most modern icing plants in   tbe country
will be pet into operation by   tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad System, at
Huntingdon, Pa., early   next  Spring. Tbe oompletion of this station,
st      a    cm    of   approximately
$900,000., will   greatly  facilitate
tbe handling* of the large volume
of frei-h meats, fruits, aid other
perishable products moving over
the Pennsylvania to the Atlantic
Seaboard, together with tbe heavy
seasonal   crops  from  Maryland,
Delaware, Virginia and the South,
destined to points in the Wert.
Two 700 toot -'island"  platforms
will be provided at the new station
one tor tbe eeetbonnd end the
other for tlie  wcB'b.iund move
ment Track* will be laid on both
sides ot these platforms, making
it possible for each plurform  to
accommodate .two trains at one
time.   Entire  trains   will   move
directly to tbe platforms on maiu
ranoing tracks, the  cars will be
iced on an iverage of one a minute,
sud tbe trains continue 1  to destination wi'h >nt break np or cha •
ge ol engii er. Delays incident to
switching and reclussifiuation will
tburi     be    entirely     eliminated.
Working to capacity, the new
plant will   manufacture  226  tons
of ice   daily,   with   facilities  tof
storing 4,000 ton*. Weter used in
making ice will be of a very high
stan lard, obtained from carefully
tested well*.
CHAUTAUQUA BY HOME FOLKS? KEMBER COUNCIL MEETING RRST VICTIM ON HEN ROAD
wctmmsl.
bopeing for IfSc -mplete recovery
—Tuesday tight about ten
o'lock while a large track containing n fli'ting, was endeavoring to
negotiate the tarn near the home
of Rev. G P. 8;trvis, a short
distance s <uth of the borough, it
-narrowly escaped cashing into
the building. The driver drove
the track quite close to the p>rch
and it waa by mere good fortune
that tbe buildinz was not struck.
Atter getting bis btarings the
driver proceeded to Altoona*.
—The Buckhorn Hunting club,
> members of which went into
camp on Ooe mountain, or.e of
the ranges of tbe Seven mono
■tains, last Saturday, ere meeting
with much success, and the reports from t iosj w.io have visited
the camp are to tbe effect that
the campers are having a greet
outing. Up until yesterday the
club bed secured two deer, one
shot by   Harry  Laird  ot South
. Second street, and the otber by
E. Gepui.rt of south Third street.
The members of the club will
r. maiu tbioughout the sear-on
will return home Saturday of
ne» week.
—Since the deer * heeling  season opened last   Saturday    hundreds of bucks hsve been shot in
roost all sections Of Ibe state. The
logal season of  killing elks also
opened on Saturday.   There is a
large drove ot elk in the southern
portion ot  county, estimated to
contain seve al   hundred   and a
i.umoer of tbem were taken  by
the bantes   Quits  a   number of
does snd bucks whose horns  are
under i be legal requirement bsve
been killed, hta having bean shot
ie different sections of tha county.
Tne neat bas been  sent to the
different hospitals in tbe couuty.
Deer banting is e great event- for
the   gunners  end  thousands of
man are scouring   the   ranges of
-   the   mountain . It   is slid tbat
many narrow escapes from  being
killed have been made by the hoe
LTear'.-*'--e*w*»a*jWM DOEJEV a_W-  -      f*m-       «-t-
__i_h Q^^^pp^^Kaariq
Evungelist H. E. Shade and
Chorister Paul E. Williams, the
form* r of Pittsburg and tbe latter
nf Oh C go ere conducting a series
of meeting at the Logan Valley
Ha,-fiat ohurob. Sermons by tbe
ivangelist sre gaining wider at
ten ion eaoh event- g His theme
t night will be "The Face in tbe
Crowd.'* The chorus choir and
orchestra are doing fine work-
Fi iday evening, will be Young
People's iigh*. There will ba
specie! service and tickets'a ill be
distributed.
tee Leet sf ths Isrlss sf EnUrtalai
Tssssev Evsalag T. 1.0. A
The   thirl   and  last series J
Chautauqua by Home Folks
be given in the Y. M. C. A. nejttJ
Tuesday evening, commencing atj
eight o'c-ock, sharp.-   The eveoA
{fig's entertainment  will be given j
over to vaudeville and will con
sist of six sets. This is under tip
supervision of Dick flinch aa\
from all indications will be equal,
ly as en'crtaining   as the prec d|
ing. program's.
Tbo first number will be e ma|
sical selection bv the recently orj
ganized orchestra compost d
local people. In succession Wfl
follow "Tbe Chatterboxes," Mi
and Dorothy Jam is m. "The |
zoo band," composed of ThotxH
Hirscb, Q. E. Focht, Paul m\
snd Lyman Holltnger, will renc
a bit of jess.
Mies Naoma Stevens and
bert Holden  a* "A Pair of Lu|
ties," will have tbe  right of i
fi-r (jbe fourth number.   Next |
order will be^flie Dutehma*i
the Tramp.'* a bit of talk a»d|
tton by H. C. Emerick  and
Bechtol.
Tbe q.iartette composed  o|
F. Strunk, J. A. Sherry, Johj
Irwin snd Wm B. Simpson i
be next in order.   As the
wood Four'' swings through!
select on> we realize that nr
bination of music is Defer
good male quartette.
The fuel number of 4
gram will  be tbe plej
R\^JWsiLl>_o_Je^o'iT_u'
sf tha Ooaimlttess Heart aad
Hootiaa Bsslsan TraBsaetia*
lllwood  council had chiefly
Ine business Monday evening
Went M. P. Williams was le
pbair and all members were
Bnt    except H.   B.      Lotz.
(ess Ba'sbach rep rted  tines
I licensee   $20.50      turned
tn treasurer.   No   report
treasurer
jirovement in lighting will be
i with i n next few days accord
!' report  trom   light  com-
The im-andescent. light
by Orchard street residents
■placed this week at iuter-
ot   Sonth   Second   and
_j&t*e>a.  Are  light at
.Bft". M. C A.  corner    at
'First street, will be raised
tt, to make it more effective
si outag. s were reported tor
iber.    Water     committee
m routine work  to tell
Highways committee has
ing streets scraped, sewer
id on North First street
street bas been cleaned.
strive bas been placed in
kens hall by the police
igh property committee.
gre.it satisfaction.
lountingto   $600 were
lid Snd council adjonrn-
ss   Concrete Highway,
tetter  and   wife *gh
|e» their wsy by aotajj
S-spoghter; Mn.'shi
Tuckahoe
Olrl Sooal laws :*3a
Girl scouts will hold thsir weekly meeting Thursday evening at
Scout hall. Tbe hour is 7 o'clock.
The troop wiil carry oot a physical program in oharge of Marian
Cramer, Betty Cramer, Johnnie
Dolin and Charlofe Wharton.
The first patrol of the Girl Scoots
will hsve e cooking lesson in
class at the home of Mrs. H. M.
Thomas this evening at 6:30
School Boart Organises
As required by the school code
Bellwood school boardmet yesterday end organized by electing
Dr. W. H. Morrow president and
Rev. Samnel Barber vice president
Both are reelected. Tbs |secretsry
aud treasurer are elected in July.
As the meeting was celled simply
fit the organisation there wasn't
any othsr business transacted
—Two hours of entertainment
at the "Y" next Tuesday. Admission fifty cents.
•—Olivet Baptist chorcb, Rev.
Edwin O. Colbeck, pastor. 9.30
a. m., Bible school; 10.45 e. m ,
"Now abideth these three, faith,
hope aud love, but the greatest of
theae is love." 7.80 p. •*., evangelistic meeting, special service of
edy.   The charae'ers in this nura
ber will t-e the Misses Betty Berber and Lucille Dolan, Messrs. R.
H. Isenberg, D. E. Wentzel and
J. M. Lupter.
Dick has packed more lenght
in the entertainment than there
are tears in an onion. Single admission 50 cents.
■srs Bad Stock Bsraso*
Bellwood triends ot S. A.
Rupert, soma years ago a black
smith on tbe South side ot town,
will be sorry to learn of bis heavy
losa in the recent burning of the
barn at bis home in Oneida
townsbip*n>Huntingdoa coanty.
Mr Rupert's barn "was a frame
building Five h*»ad of cattle and
two horses met deeth in tbe
flames, and all the contents, hay
cornfodder and corn, were destroyed. Implements in an adjoining shed were also burned. Loss
if about $2,500, with $500 insurance, ape fire was of incendiary origin and tho structure wss
a mess ot flames wheo tbe tire
was discovered. Mr Rupert and
family bave. many triends in
Bellwood. Bellwood firemen
will especially sympathise with
them, as Mr. Rupert was a memb
er nt the compsny.
m\y evening near Bellwood
from which both suffered painful
injuries. Tbey had polled to the
road side to allow Mr. Osstetter
to mske some adjustment and he
was in front ot the ear when
another driver, trying to pass a
third car at a high speed swerved
suddenly and struck Mr. Osstetter
knocking hiu into ihe air and
causing bin to fall heavly to the
ground. He suffered numerous
braises but no broken bones.
Mrs. Costetter was seriously
cut about the head aud bruised. A
passing sutoist brought her to
Bellwood, to ber daughter's home
Mr. Thomas went to tbe rescue
of his father-in-law and towed the
damaged  car   to Bellwood.
OSS ■saEillaS aaa* Five Others Bart si
■err aee Parts Star Bereagh
Thst portion ol tbe new concrete highway which wes last
week placed in servioe from
Beeck Grove sohool house to
Greenwood, claimed its first victim last Sunday eveoing about
10.40 o'olook near the W. S. Bell
home at Mary Ann Forge, end as
e result of the accident one msn
wss killed snd tour others
seriously injured.
The deed msn:
Herbert Werner, aged 22, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Werner,
ot 1508 Fittb avenue, fracture of
the skull.
Those injiiTed:
Leonard Werner, aged 20,
severe lacerations of the right
contusions of the baok, aud lacerations of tbe face.
Owen   Riee,  aged   about  20,.
1614 Fourth avenue, lacerations
of the face, and of tbe back ot tbe
bead,  coniuiiou   oi   the    right
shoulder.
All are  resident   ot  Altoona.
Tbe party bad been on a joy ride
and were returning  to   the city,
and when attenpting to make the
detour st Msry Ann Forge and
while traveling   at tbe   rate ot
thirty miles an hour, so it is said,
their  machine crashed into the
concrete mixer which was on the
highway and being used as a bar-
ricedf^,a protection ottbej»gh-
J^$Vm was not in efted^ns
Ip-^yi^-r^llof.the aseh tiHtjpwn
fro^r,^ho | tm^hiebJ$S*e  h|41y
ft^ng---i___M_
JHT
injnreo* ana
Altoona hospital.
Ssssssstss Mad* ta tho Shops
About one hundred and twenty-
five men, mecbanioe and laborers,
were indefinitely suspended trom
the local shops of the P. R. R.
company*' beginning Thursday
morning. Tbe suspension leaves
but few men at wotk,in fa-t there
is not much more than a corporal's
guard in the shops. The force
has also beeu reduced iu. the car
repairing department. Just how*
long tbe suspension will prevail
is undetermined. Tbe suspension
is not hero alone, but all the line
men have been laid off.
PERSONAL
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Awey.
MOVEMENTS OF OOR CITIZENS
Sassta Whs Are Batat-lalaoS hy
Hoota—Parssssl Maatiea si
Whs Travel Ts so* fie.
Freight Wrack, os the Moantaia
A freight wreck occurred at
Rock Outlast Siturday evening
in whioh seveu cars were thrown
over the embankment. The Bellwood wreck crew wss oalled oot
and they had sn all night job and
part of Sunday e'eauiug away tbe
wreck. Fortunately none of the
trainmen were hifrt.       **
—Joseph C. Welch, of Orchard
Crossing, near Tyrone, tather of
seven children ranging in age
from 17 years to six m *nths, was
Door Roam Osr Streets
Teesday evening just as dusk a
bock,dine specimen of the dec-
tribe, paid a visit to tbe borough
ambled around at South Boyles
street for a few- minutes. Tbe
deer came from the woods at tbe
edge of tbe borough aud had
evidently been driven trom its
haunts on the mountain by
gunners It was seen by a n umber nf women and boys, the
Istter of whooe were greatly
surprised to see a live deer and
especially in town. 1'lumber W.
W. Glasgow, Wbo resides on the
bill section of the borough stated
in oor office la*>t evening tbst
since the opening of tbe season be
bss seen a number of deer near
bis place.
Mrs. Joseph McFarland of '
North Fourth street, and Mrs.
Fred Harpster of Sooth First
street, spent Tuesday ss the guests
of J. O. McFarland and wife of
Beaverdale ,Pa.
Miss Leone Bell, after enj tying
the Thanksgiving vacation with
home folk*, returned Snnday
evening to the Mergaret Morrison school in Pittsburgh, to
-resume her studies.
Albert Barber, after   spending
the Thanksgiving vacation at tbe/
home of his parents, Rev. Samuel
Barder aud wite at the Presbyter- .•'
ian manse, has  returned   to his
duties as   assistant   principal r«tfc
tho Orbisonia publio schools.
Edware B. Bentley, of Spriirg-    >
hsld, Ohio, where he is employed
by tbe Ohio Electrical  compsiku>_{
after enjoying the sooiety ot /a*js, .£*
msny friends in Ibis place for ■■*•$§
few days,   his  returned    to ',.l*-i$
theatre of activity. ,,   - ;.
j   Mrs E B Fithi 1 'Iwftifl
er, Miss Maragsjret, and MMM
Alice Knhn,aftei*iS!j*'ieaBant*l»«^¥
Pa three weeks ftS   jfg rastdefMJfli
ot t_^s*^Afoiiif
rai__nl A
rs. ismma specK, oral
don, and Mrs. Alice Hoop, of
Saxton, were Thanksgiving guests
of George W. Wiley and wife of
North Oambria street. Tbe tbree
ladies were girl chums fifty-five
years ago and tbeir reunion end
visit was one of thanksgiving snd
pleasure to them.
J. Charles McFarland, cashier
ot the Beaverdale Deposit bank,
witb bis wife and son George,
enjoyed the society of Bellwood
friends over Sunday. Mr. McFarland was a caller at our office and
cays Beaverdale is a tbiiviog
ooat mining town and greatly
enjoys bia uew position.
song. Object lesson, the danger | instantly killed at 7.46 o'olook
of iudulging in secret sin Bar-' Saturday evening wben he -wee
mon topic, "How a woman   who [ run down   by a   shifter engine.
been reported.
bad  been  divorced   five   times, Tbe sceident occurred   near   his j of the buildiug.
tl triaA haanninaaa."  Other SOT.
Hoaey la Obnroh Watts -
Some time sgo it was mentioned that Col. T. D. Bosl, of Boals-
burg, bed purchased tbe village
of Scotia, e prosperous ore mining
town mote than twenty years ago.
Among tbe building1' was a little
church. Within the psst tea days
au investigation was made that
revealed a large quantity ot honey
between the outer and inner wslls
It -is estimated
tars.   Thos for no fatalitiea have I (baud true happiness." Otber ser- [ home shoot s mile    this side of} the honey weighed not less tben
vices ss Qsoal.
Tyrone.
55.Q pounds,
—■-The Riob Mios Poor" at the
Y. M. O. A. next Tuesday eve
ning.
—Thursdsy evening tbe superintendents and teachers of the
junior departmrnt ot the Methodist Sunday school will partake
of an oyster supper st tbe home
ot tbe pianist and teacher, Mrs
Tiessa 'ilbomas Reed at Fostoria.
—One evening last week e
lady from Altoona while driving
an automobile through the village
ot Hensheytown, the "critter"
became unmanageable when in
front of the home ot W. E.
Shaner and ran into the ysrd and
onto the front porch, knocking
pert of it down, aod before it
could be stopped broke iu tbe
Iron! door. It seems the driver
completely lost hsr nerve.
—-Appearance of the highway
patrol is creating considerable interest in many parts of tbe state,
owing to announcement by the
highway department tbat the men
were going to enforce the high*
way hfws. There bad been stories thet like the Japanese beetle
police and the so-called potato po
lice in the quarantines this year
they would not hesitate to look
St contents ot cars which might
be used to scoot through the Volstead let and lews passed is oon
sonen-e therewith;      |S,3"
-■yi  Died si Plaoerolt '
At her home in Pinecroft, Mrs.
H. S. El way died on Wednesday
morning at 5 o'clock, of old egs.
Sbe had not been   ill,   but since
Saturday had been eimply "tired."
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abr
am Beyer one of tbe old   families
of this region, she was born April
16,1837. For twentysix sbe and a
daughter had conducted a store
at Pinecroft. she was   a member
ot the Evaugelioal ehuroh at pine
croft Surviviug are tbree daughters and a son —A.  B. El way, of
Pittsdurg* Mrs. C. E.  Blackwell.
of Dayton a, Fla; Mrs. Fred Msuk
of Grand Rapid, Mich; Miss Mary
V.  E'way    at  bome    Funernl
arrangements are delayed, pending arrival of hjer children.
—The net socks for holding
Christmas goodies which were
made by the ladies ot tbe Bellwood W. 0. T. U. have been sent
snd will be filled at tbe Philadelphia hospital for the invalids
soldiers. Ths box whioh tbe
local uniou will send next week
to the some bospitel will bs peeked
at the home of Mrs. John W.
Colobine, and it is this lady's
wish thet eaoh one contributing
cookies, candy, fruit, etc., will
bave tte seme et her residence
not Inter then Tuesday ol *ms<L
tnhhm.
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