Bellwood Bulletin 1924-01-03

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VOL. XXXVI.
BELLWOOI
PAY, JANUARY 8
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B„E(SUfwMARY OFTHE WEEK
Tares FaraaraBh* Coucerning Ike Dolags
al Oar Bsrsesh—Ths Oalasn-
. Oor Sabaaribars EbIot.
—Tie*ptiss iio'icos for siiif. at
this office. 10 rents ea«*h
—-A flue fire-at   tha   home of
R >bert   Dolan   on  North Fifth
street     gave the   firemen e   run
/-n Tuesday moroing.
—Revival servic 9 have begun
in the United Brethern church.
t' c first of e serifs of cervices
being held Sunday evening There
will be a song sei vice each evening at 7 15 and a plain Gospel
message is to be --iven at each
eefvice hy the pastor, t\fv. C. H.
Rhodes, wbo is to be his
evangelist.
—Olivet Baptist chur--h,   Rev.
Edwin O. C*>lhi*c!<.  pus'or.   9.80
\'A m., Bii.li! school, 10.45 a.   to,,
••The man  who dart d to  tell a
1 King just   what   he   thonght."
7 80 p. m.. tbe first sermon in the
Males entitled, "Simple Studies in
kthe Book of the Revelation." The
week of prayer will be  observed.
[■Services every evening at 7.80.
—Miss Borah . J.   Rider,   f r
fa enty   years    tit-test   agent at
, Farnorsmark, died at her bome
fen that pluee one day last   week,
_d 64 years. For a   tew years
iri'-'is   lo her death she bod
in-i-ajiaf^fjjfl
•WTtiends an«Iq^ifilotai_os
Vs?*ais place.      All  ber life fhe
•Was a member ot tbe   Presbyter-
ian chorcb.
Death st Sts. Ssorga V. Beese
At her home, 722 Sixth uvenue,
-Juniata.    Catherine   D.   wife of
George W. Reese, died of a com*
plication of d'-seaaes, after sa illness of two months, at 8:80 Wednesday morning. Mrs. Reese was
horn March 15, 1868, at Jenning-
sville, Wyoming ooooty. She was
united io marriage to M**. Reese,
January 4,1901.    For a nam ber
of years thtir homo was at Bellwood, wbere eh<* was a faitnfal
member of the Methodist Episcopal chorcb, holding membership
there at the time of her  death.
Surviving s**e tour brothers aud
three sisters: J.   J.  Da Witt,  of
Mehoopnm; William, C.  W. eod
Mrs. H. H. Friable,  of Jennings-
ville; G rover 0 , of Juniata;   Mrs.
W. E. Rea, of LeRayssille, Mrs.
fm E. Pi 1 er, of Beaver City, Neb.
Funeral services will be   beld   at
.   ber late homo at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev.
8. 8. Career', a former pa«tnr. Interment will be.made in   Logan
[v*Valley cemetery.
Plaaa are ■elai LaM Far taaOaaatrae
Msb si ■sssn Boat tp Bell's Bap
■    Within   tbe past   two weeks
^pronounced interest has developed
in the building of a atate read
from tbe borough line through
Ants township   to  tbe coanty
Hue spring ap Bell's gap, where
the supervisors of  Reade township, Camb'ia couuty, propose to
eod  with   a   modern highway,
which hss iti beginning at the
railroad bridge in tlie village  of
Blandburg.   To furthtr interest
in the undertaking from this end
of the line a meeing has been
called to which ell tbe oiiiseos ot
Amis township    and  Bella ood
borough are invited and urged to
attend, and which will be held ia
Cornmesser's ball Monday evening at 7.80, where preliminary
pl-ins * ill likely be laid for the
?_£_ 1 construction of • he high way.     It
***-1 isj-roposed tha* a state aid road
Be bnilt, wbich means that It wit
be constructed of either  concrete
or brick.   Due 11 tbe condition of
tbe oou "try   through which the
road tiaver-es it is through best
that brick should be laid.   How
ever, this    is s mst'er  that will
be ileterm ned later.
*   This a proposition of vital c n
corn to 1 he borough aod all road
hoosti rs   ar*- *  arg»-d      to    be
pre ent    a- d    ■ami   a  I and   n
the undertaking. With a modern
highway   through tbe Bell's gap
it wi uld link this   part ot Blair
coumy wih a v*.st area in Cambria aud Clearfield counties and
would reso^in jaoch
aways     /would* hat" only mean
that n*e**y tourists would come
our w«y, but wou'd be a great
means of bringing coal from the
ere»st ot the A leheny mountain,
furnishing a subs'an < ial highway
that would be a boon  to the farmers of Antis township and those
who engage in hauling coal.
By ali means be present at the
meeting to be held 10 Ooramet-ser's
ball next Monday evening.   .
Oeatral Plaits Ba* 349 «li
tat   Last "Vest
Three hundred  snd £
mines "along    the Pen
railroad in*4he central pa
bW* were idle each  day
tba Week ending Decern
while only    fifty    mines id
whole field worked tbe entir
days, according to a bulletin
ued by the Central  Pena-ylv
Coal Producers association.
Of the number idle, 116 mi
were located along the Tyr.#J
division, sixty-five acre on the
Pittsburg di vUiou, middle distriot;
forty-eight were on tbe €hvsson
division, O. T. and D. branch;
thirty-six were oo tbe Cresson
division, Bellwood branch; twenty
foar were oa tbe South' Fork
branch; twenty one were ejk tbe
Pittsburg division, E .st E-id, and
thirteen, were oa tbe Tyroj'e division Snow Shoe Irai ch.
A summttry of the number of
days worke I by tbe mines sho vs
that to ity-two worked one day
daring the week; fifty-three
worked two days; seventy-five
foar days; thirty-three, five day-*,
and fifty-two worked six days.
For tbe week ending December 22, the oumber ot oars liaded
with coal in tbs Central Pennsv-
Ivania fields totaled 16,435 as
against 15,246 f>r the preceding
week. Up until D.cemter 22
tbere bad beeo loaded at the
mines 47.520 cars—almost 6, 500
ears more than tor the seme dat
io Novemb r.
Name
indexed
sss
NO 87?"*;
ONION PRAYER SERVICE NEXT
it aa Sealh lata Street QrssslBs.
 BaasltlaOflB Death
eh. {rightful   accident occurred
*the   croaaiog leadiog   to   the
»k of the National Steel Con
lotion    comdany   on    South
in street  st aboat 2 o'clock
ifeday afternoon of last week,
which a Logan Valley Electric
ay compkny car bound for
itoona and a large track loaded
sand, figured, aod io wbich
psndo Moore Reed,amotorman
the Tyrone division lost bis
[e and a number  ot passengers
jured,   some  jot    them   quite
iriously, as follows:
James   Denny,   conductor,   ot
Jtootia, tractured of the left  Kg,
Altoona hospital, resting well.
Miss Ninu M. Burns, aged 33,
Bellwood, injuries of baok and
rs,   suffering   from   shock at
toona hospital.
-."Phillip   Kepner, ot Bellwood,
trhejure  of Kit shoulder blsde,
fracture   of left  knee   csp snd
fracture of the   right thigh, at
Altoona hospital.
'Miss Helen Hew ell, of Tyrone,
bruises, at bome.
-"Harry li. Longenecker ot   216
East Filth avenue, Alioona, eats
abont bead and body, treated at
Bellwood.
j-idiss Vera Sullivan, North Fifth j
PMU6IUPHS
WtU la BaM la ths Okorehss Baglaalai
■sals?, afaaaary 7th.
Tbe annual week of-union prayer services for 1924 will be held
uext week, begining on Monday
evening Jaa. 7, and continuing
until Friday evening Jan. 11.
The ministerium at its regular
meeting compiled the following
schedule of leaders, churches, and
subjects:
Monday evening, Rev. V. C.
Holsinger in the Presbyterian
Oborob, Subject, "Thanksgiving
and Repentance."
Tuesday evening, Rev. F. T.
Bell in the Lutheran church. Subject, "The Church Uuiversal."
Wednesday evening. Rev.
Harry N. Walker iu the Baptist
oburcb. Subject, "Nations end
Tbeir   Leaders."
People Who VioH Hata and
Those Who Go Awsy.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Quests Whs aie
sf
■asMssst
WhsltsvelTe aas Pre.
■SSS BsspaBBlOaU SB IBS Bailroad
Thirty-five mea in the oar   repair ood shop force of the Cresson
division   received   furlough   notices  on    Wednesday.   Twenty*
eight are in  the Bellwood force
aod seven at Cresson.   Like tbe
previous layoff notices these were
furloughs   and   not   discharges.
1 Officiuls say they do oot believe
ths depression will continue long.
The force is now at its iowsst ebb
and unless the depression in traffic continues abnormally, recruit
log will soon   be  doe to begin.
•Officials alao deny  rumors es to
plans for closing tbe shops at this
■lace.   The fact that mea
Bava ProaHsai Lay ally
The employes of tbe National
Steel Construction ompany, a
promising industry ot oor town,
bave promised their loyalty tp
the management, and in a signed
statement to tbe superintendent
and general manager, R I. Moty-
sek, says as follows:
We, the employes of the
National 8teel Construction company, at a meeting in tba' shop
daring noon boar, Jaa. 1, 1924,
adopted and signed ths following
Resoiuti m:
Resolved, that we the employes
of ths Natiooal Steel Construction
compaoy, wiil render honest,
effiecient and intelligent service,
eod do oor best io hslpiog the
oompaay to make this year a
prosperious end soccesfal year,
sad make this shop a plessaat
plsce to work;
R 8. Stiver, 0. S. Hooter, H.
H Woodhall, C. L. McElwain,
J. 8. Stiver, Maunel Claar, J. O.
Hyner, E. P. Goss, John Torek,
R. T. 8iugleton, E. W. Ramsey,
R.E. Dewitt, W. A. Estep, W.
D. Estep, Arthur Nier, W. E.
Singleton, Wilmer Confer, M. E.
Reigh, Elijah. E»tep,
Bof'a aisery
'■Bird*' a valuable dog owne
by James Cornelius, who lives
northwtst of the boroagb, weat
mad ooe day recently, and, tor
the safety 01 the family and to
pat en eod to tbe dog's misery it
was shot by Mrs Cornelias. It
bad been acting queerly tor two
months, taking fits and running
tor cover. Tbe day on wbich it
Was killed the dog took three fits
io less then twenty minutes. It
then went into tbe bome and Mrs.
Ootuelius could not get it oat,
sven wtth force. The dog was
foaming .at the mouth aud looked
savage. Tbree smell children
were in tbe kitchen with-the
mother, who were afraid ths dog
woald bite tbem. Mr . Cornelias
took down a small ritle "and shot
the dog through ths hesd. Tbe
animal will be greatly misse i be
ing a pet and good house deg, as
well ts a genuine rabbit and fox
hound. m
fijreet, Bellwood, braises, treated
OibiBflllwood.
H  Diber*, Sooth Second
Bellwood, cuts aod braises,
||*t Bellwood.
rie Dibert,  6 years old,
It face ^-jgrnmrnX    B-L
s Forshey,     Mrs.
_____ McOMlen and Mrs.
Ernest Hardy, all of Bellwood,
bruises.
Tbe trolley car was leaving
Bellwood when the track loaded
with sand ian onto the crossing
leading from the road known as
tbe back road to Bellwood. In
the collision the vestibule of the
street car was smashed back
against the body of tbe car and
the truck was shoved some
distance.
Reed,    the      motorraan,   was
caught in   the   vestibale  ot   tbe
Thursday evening there will be I
two meetings. Rev. F. H. Fobs in
the Methodist ohuroh end Rev.
H. H. Bower in the Church of
the Brethern. Subject, "Foreign
Missim s."
Friday evening, Rev. Samuel
Barber in the Evangelical church.
Subject, "Families, Schools, Col
leges and tho Young."
Meetings will begin each evening at 7:80.
These are union services and
it is hoped tbey will be attended
by every person in Bellwood. It
is tbe churches that makes it
possible tor you to live io Bell-
wood. Come and j> in in the services. Ev.ry person iu Bellwood
is invited to atteo'
A. F. Myers and family were
week-end visitors witb relatives
at Irvona.
Jobo B. Stewart speut port of
the holiday season at A mea,
lows, wbere l-.e was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McDonald.
Misses   Lillian snd   Virginia
Leddy of Main    street   ere   at
Clarendon, Vir, where   tbey are
.guests     of tbeir   sister,     Mrs.
I Charles   W. O'Brien
Jobn G. Forrester aud wifo have
returned to their bome ia   Pitts
burgh, after being guests for a fow
da) s of their   niece,   Mrs. J.  E.
Williamson .on the bill.
Mrs. Cloyd Beatty and son
Billy, of Niles, Ohio, ere enjoying
a short visit at the home of Mrs.
Matilda Price on Boyle street.
J. D. Stitt and wife ot Sooth
Seoood street, over the Yuletide
season enjoyed the society of Mr.
Slitt's mother and sisier, who
reside iu Franklin conuty,
Paal Smith, wifo and baby
daughter Jane, have letUamod lo
tbeir home in Akron, Obio, after
a visit at tbe home ot Glenn
8chenol*_s__Lwife on North Fifth
Osri si Masks
To the meny friend* who assisted as during the illness snd
death ol our dear husband and
hither, for tbo expressions of
sympathy, the acts of kindness,
the flowers, the automobiles, we
wish io this msnner to express
our sincere thanks.
Mas. Thomas Beard and
Children
Hodssts SI Bobm For Iks Bolidaya
Tbe following Bellwood  students who sre attending different
schools and   colleges  spent the
holiday season with their parents:
Carmen Boyd, Goacher college,
Baltimore, Md., general coarse;
Msry Lowther, Lottie Yohn and
Margaret  Kapha-1, all of Hood
college, Frederick, Md., all takiug
geoeral   cou's-s;     Leone    Bell,
Margaret Morrison school, Pittsburg, Pa., home economics; Rath
Wilson and Catherine  Gearhart,
Indiana   Stats   Normal    school,
Indiana, Pa.,   teaching   courses;
Anna Smelker, Oberlin College,
car and in addition to the internal
injuries had his right leg crashed
snd bis back injured.   Denny, the
conductor ot   tbe   car, had jast
gone tb the front of the car to
collect tares when the collision
occurred. Phillip Kepner, a  pas-
senger, was sitting at the ft ont of
the car and he and Reed  were
covered by tbe   sand   from   the
track aa'l had to be dug oat by
the people attracted by the crash
Superintendent    John   Condo,
Ot tbe street, car company, wee
on bis   way to osllwood 'on en
inspection trip end after arriving
at tbe scene of the "accident the
cor emptied and hurried ran with
the seriously injured made to the
Altoona  hospital.   The   injured
persona    were atteuded  on   the
way to the hospital by Dr. Forrest
of Bellwood,   while    tbe    less
seriously injured were treated iu
Bellwood  by   Drs. Wilson snd |
Levengood
' —Logan Valley Baptist church,
Rev. H. K. Bower, pastor. Bible
school 9.30 a. m., w orsbip with
preaching, 10.46 a. m. snd 7.80 p.
m. Morning subject, "Walking
wtth God;" evening subject,
"What is Hell?" Young Peoples' union 6.80 p. m.
extra dispatcher.
The    unfortunate    motorman
was born at  Chester,  Delewate
county, August 15,1868.   He was
united io marriage on April  28,
1887, and is survived by bis wife
and the following children: Mrs.
Bessie Berkstresser of tbis place:
Mrs. Pearl Cooper and Orlandb
Reed of Altoona, and Paal end
Elta at home   For   twenty-two
years ha wss a conductor 00 the
Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad, aud in 1909 went to Altoona
and later entered  tha employ ot
tbe street ear company. He wss a
member ot tbe Cbarch ot God.
He is also survived by two brothers, Walter of this place, residing
oo North   Secood    street,  and
I Howard of Pittsburg
~rJKtr*y HwW aU' mltti
Depaty Howard F. Fox. wite ood
Mrs. Parnell, all of Logao Valley
graoge, were visitors at tha Scotch Valley graoge installation on
Satarday.
Mrs. Irvin aod daughter Miss
Sara, of Marion. Ohio, mother
and sister ot J. J. aad H. P.
Irwin, sre visiting at their respective home in the boroagb.
Fourteen years ago they were
resident ot oar town.
Miss Phylenc Syllog, of the
Cook teachers' agency, Pittsburg
was a Christmas visitor st tbe
home of her parents, Mr. eod Mrs.
Syling, of Martin street. She was
en route to Philadelphia, where
she atteuded the state educational
meeting, eod stopped again 00
her return from the eastern city.
She will resume her work this
week.
Dr. and Mrs. Paal   N.   Jordan
bavo  returned from  McDonald,
Pa., where they bad baaa spending the holidays.   They were accompanied to the Pittsburgh suburb   by  Dr.   Jordon's brother,
Howard   Jordon,  of   Columbia,
Mo., and   together   the brothers
had the opportunity to attend the
church io whioh their father had
been psstor during their boyhood
days.
1
Anna Smelker, Oberliu uouege, ■•*"---——   —
Oberlin Ohio, kiudergertoo course; I ******* avenue Altoona, was
**-"***mm*A-.*A  Q7A.fl aVlOVSd fo
The  truck,   driveu  by Long-1
enecker who  lives at 216 East
badly
uaot wtahss
The Natiooal Steel Construction Oompaay through the col-
umos of ths Bulletin, desires to
express to all its patrons and
triends the compliments of the
season aud hope all will have a
prosperous year, upon which we
were have entered
evidence
irloogbed, tbey say, »
tbey wttl be cellod book.
R. I. M0TV8BK,
Dorthy Irwin, Penn state college,
domestic science coarse; Samuel
Bell, Gettysburg college; Frank
Jamison, Penn state college,
agriculture course; Cleon Moffet,
Uuiversity of Pittsburg; pre-law
course, Pittsburgh. Pa, Raymond
Fooss, Harvard college, ohenistry
coarse, Cambridge, Mass.
—Mrs. W. E. Hoi linger it oon-
fined to her home on Sonth First
All of the Bellwood
damaged. It was shoved for some
distance ahead of the car, Reed
beiog aoable to couttol the brakes
owing to his injuries and tbe sand
thrown into the   car  trom the
truck.   The   street    car didnot
leave tbe
t ike into the oar baro. un
owe power.
Denny  eras  working   on the
1 _*one aor a* an extra conductor,
regular ran being on Holliday
President and General Meuoger  street by illness,
  citizens
injured in the wreck are still in
ths Altoona hospital, and arc
getting along as well as ooald be
expected.
Philip Kepner ie tbs well known
shoemaker, with   ian  establish
meat la the   Reynolds   property
I   street    car _ib_   oo Main    atreet,   and   since the
track  ahd wes lately  accident bis place ot business has
der its   beeu dosed ood likely will oot
be opened for business  until ha
Dsstfcsf sTsBtk
At the bome ot  hia paraots,
Willian^R. end   Ide   Baab,   at
Lowther'B Mills,  Bellwood,  Edward Morrow Bash dial after a
two weeks'Illness, at 10:50 s. m.
Wednesday.   Ha was bora February 10.1915. Surviviog era the parents, three brothers ead a sister:
Robert W., Charles F. and Mies
Mabel, at home; Leroy, Of   Pioo-
oroft.   Tbe boy wes a member of-
tbe   Baptist  Saaday   sohool
Bollwood,   aod his   pastor,  the
Rev. H. K. Bower,  will ooadact
funeral servioes at the hosae Friday   afternoon  at   2*.80.;s-fatar*
ment ia Logan Valley oemetery.1
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.Una end he aim worked as ihe depot
tally   recovers.
Miss Nius Boras hi tbe millio-. . ______ ______■
er io the Hoover boildiog, near ]|   -Vtoawntm **£»* **** *
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