Bellwood Bulletin 1924-03-20

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VOL. XXXVII.
BELLWOOD, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924.
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LOCAL Nflfl COLUMN
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BfllEF SUMMMY OF TOE WEEK
Terse FarssraBBS Conceralag the Dolags
oi Oar Beroaah—The OelassB
Oar Subscribers Ba]ey.
—The boys are on tbe town
lots playing ball v
—Tbe robins, the first harding-
er of spring, have mads their
appearance.
—And now it comes to our
ears that a number of dwelling
bouses will be erected in the
town during tbe coming summer.
—The Pennsylvania Railroad
company a ill conduct an excursion to Philadelphia on Sunday,
Apro 6. The announcement
appears in another colum.
—Mrs Margaret Moore, sister-
in-law of Rev. G. P. Sarvia ot
South Main street, died suddenly
of "heart trouble at ber home in
Altoona on Monday. She was
born in St. C lair vi lie, Bed lord
county, June 9,1855.
—Olivet Baptist church, Rev.
E lwin O. Colbeck, pastor, 9.80
a, no., Bible school; 10.45 a. m.,
"The Relation between the kingdom of God and tbe Church."
7.80 p. m., "Heaven, what kind
of a place is it aud who goes
there?"
—C. Schill, tbe tailor, informs
'o s that   he  has no intention ot-
disposing   ot bit Jhj
aad
NOT LIKED Bll MUBDEB JURIES
OflslsBslOwarlOtileUUbTastWeaeB
ShsaM BeBxeaeed
While the law permits women
to serve on juries ia murder eases'
none of the number included ia
the list called for duty at the criminal court term last week was
permitted to take a seat in tha
jury box when two murder trials
were held.
AH the women oa tbe panel
were summoned bat were either
excused by the court or challenged bf the attorneys on either side.
During the second trial, that of
Domintck Nsgnito, the court instructed the c'erk to call no more
women, stating that he deemed it
improper to ask women to sit on
murder cases.
Tbe consensus of opinion among
court officials and attaches is that
women should not be included in
murder juries as tbe duties ar j - of
such a trying and unpleasant na
turethat they shou'd be spa-ed
the strata.
PUNS MUCH IMPROVEMENT
Bis Betara Forecasted
"Congressman J. Banks Kurtz,
who is now serving tha Blair-
Bedford district, has done a noble
work in Congress. Ou the Jud-
ioiary Committee—one ot the
strongest of the-House—he had
brought the legil training of
years. Yet it has not been only
in that committee that ha bas
served bis people, but in every
other Hoe. Usually congressmen
are eutitled to two terms, that Is
why Congress man Kurtz is fore-
national
tor eater to the interests of all
who desire clothing at his stand
on Main,street.
—One day last week twenty-five
ladies of tbe Olivet denominstion
met at the home of Mrs. John
W. Price on Boyles street and
spent ths day ia quilting and feasting of tbe good things which each
lady bad a share in preparing.
The quilt was finished.
* —The mountain peaks are
/Covered with snow, there is yet
much of the "beautilal** in the
valley, and a well known weather
vane informs us that as long as
conditions exist, winter will linger
in the lap of spring for a tew
Weeks.
—We are starting a (1.00
payment plan and wish to get
started by April firet. We will
have a line of sll kinds of
Jewelry, watches, Diamonds,
Silverware. We have no rent to
pay, do all our work aad can
save you dollars. Come in and
1 find oat.
8t Bakrbt, Jeweler.
—Tuesday evening the Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union met at the borne ot Mrs. H-trace vterta on Blair street. Tvsen-
ty-one members were present.
•The percentage of attendance cf
the local union ranks first ot any
union in the county. The next
meeting win be more varied,
one member is listed to give a
readings-while a number oi tbe
members will study the state manual report.
—Mies Frances Holtzapple wss
hostess at a St Patrick's day
plfcty on Monday evening. Cards,
radio mus'o and dancing were the
feat u res of .the evening. At a late
hoar dainty refreshments wars
served. MisB Holtzapple bai Ss
ber guest Misses Matilda (Two*
meatar, Catherine Price, Adeline
I Barber, Erma Glasgow, Mildred
k Fo uss, Violtt Hostler, Madeline
Holtzapple; John Myers, Lee
Myer*, Raymond Wallace, Lynn
Fooht, Ralph Walker.Paal Grose
tud Alfred Mills.
dodbt     sertBFT MinT*— Altoona
Tribune
Ths same sentiment exists
throughout the entire district.
Congressman Kurtz should be
retnrne I. As Lincolu said, ''It is
not vise to swap horses in tbe
middle of the stream." and as
Mr. Kurtz bas faithfully represented tbe district during bis first
term, tbe voters will do a wise
act by returning him. It is sn
indisputedJaot thst Congressman
Kurtz is one of the" ablest representatives we ever had. Ha
should ha returned.
THE OBOCER'S BBBaJs
Last evening I was talking
With a grocer aged and gray,
Wbo told me of a dream he bad,
1 think'twas Christmas Day.
While anooalng in. his office
The vision came to rtew.
For be saw an angel enter,
Dressed In garments white and new.
Said tbe angel: "I'm from Heaven.
The Lord |ost sent ma down
To bring yon np to glory
And pnt on yonr golden crown.
You're been a Mend to everyone
And worked hard night and days
Yon have supported many thousands,
And from few reoleved year pay.
So we want yon up in glory.
For yon nave labored bard,
And tbe good Lore is preparing
Yonr eternal last reward,"
Thau the Grocer aad tbe angel
Saw ted np to glory's gate.
Bnt when passing close to Hades,
The angel murmured "•Waltf"
I have a place to show yea
tt'a the hottest place In H—
Where the ones that never paid yon
In torment always dwell."
Aad beholdl the grocer saw there
His old customers by tha MOM,
And gradding np a ohair and .fan,
He wished for nothing more:
Bat wee bound to alt and watoh them
As they'd stasis, singe and burn.
And bis eyas wenM rest on debters
Whichever way they'd Mm.
Said the angel,   "Come on, grocer!
There's tbe pearly gates to see."
Bat the grooer only mattered,
"Thii ia heaven enough for me,"
Serlai Opealag
M. Daogherty aad sister now
have on display a nice line ot
spring aad summer ba's for
women sad children. Ladies
call and see them.
BeilTlsv aveaae Bay Be OrsSei-Oea-
Beetles With Slate Highway
That Bellwood will  witness a
number of street improvements
within ths  next few mouths is
almost  a  foregone    conclusion,
should    the    plans  now  being
considered    by     tbe    borough
council be put into effect.   Serious consideration is being given
to the grading of Bellview avenue
from the intersection of South
First  street   through   to South
Boyles   street,  at    tbe  extreme
southeastern end of tbe borough.
This means that  the "bluft" at
the Bell property on South  First
street will taken off to the property
line and a permanent grade eetab-
lised throughout Bellview avenue,
which is tbe most irregular street
ia ths borough.   With the grade
estsb'isbed,  council    will   then
bend   its efforts   toward  having
walks laid on   e?oh  side of the
avenue from South Firet street.
Should the plans of council be
realized it will greatly    improve
this  section    ot tbe town   and
mean    much  to    the   property
owners.   Residents    ot  tbe bill
section have long felt the needs of
better walks to reach their homes
and should tbe proposed improve- [
ments be made it will enhance
values of reality in this portion
of tbe borough.
Another matter that has been
occupying the attention of council
for a number  of months is thsj
laying  of a stretch
connecting Main si
fb^bighway eaeii
*®T*61uff*a»^
proposed  improvement  was introduced in council last fall, bat
"died abourning," due to the fact
tbat tbe  members   were not a
Salt on   the  undertaking.   The
hill has been lying in committee
ever since and  it  is now   proposed to reseurreotit aud it will
likely come up for consideration
ot the borough   fathers   at the
April meeting.   Two routes have
been-proposed, one leading from
Maiu street over Tuckahoe street,
and tbe other up   Antis  street.
Petitions have been presented by
citizens living along the proposed
streets, yet council  will decide
the" most desirable  street.   One
route    would    lead    past    the
Methodist choroh on Tuckahoe
street, the other at Antis street.
The matter of additional ways
of  crossing   the    Pennsylvania
railroad has long been discussed
by the citizens of tbe borough,
There is now but one means for
vehicular   and other traffic   to
cross from one side ot the borough
to tbe other and that is by means
of tbe Cambria   street bridge,
and when traffi j is heavy  congestion occuis.   It has been suggest
ed thai another bridge be erected
and it is thought the most desin
ble   point would    be  at Antis
street.   Should this be   realized
many think tbe   proper course
tor counoil  to pursue with th<
proposed   connection   with   th«
William Penn   Highway at thi
eastern section  of the borough
would be over Antis street.   Tbi,
wou'd   give   motorists a direc
route from tbe»St*te highway t< }
the other parts of the borough
The matter of building a mod
CONFERENCE COMES TO CLOSE
Sessioas Held la Williamsport Cbaroh
Baa With   Announce meats
The Methodist Episcopal  Central Pennsylvania   conference a t
Williamsport closed its  sessions
is Pine   street choroh   Monday
ternoon with the reading of the
poiutments. Bellwood is especially interested in changes   in  the
letrict.
The Rev. E. M. Stevens, D. D.,
ho made his twentieth report ss
Strict superintendent, was relie-
d of district work, in accordance
ith a promise«made last year by
Bishop McDowell, and was given
lighter work at Mifflioburg. Bis-
Hop McDowell, in  making* an-
rfboncemeot of tbe change, stated
that it was done becauae   of the
promise.   At the same tithe he
reappointed the Rev. Edgar   R.
Heckman, D. D., Ilarrisburg district despite tbe resolution asking
IBs Biz-year limit for district sup*
syintendents.
tgFbe   Rev. James McKendree
#eilfey goes   to   Altoona district
JTom Sunbury. He is well known
Va  Alt oona, being a son of the
*tlte William McKendree Reiley,
wbo was pastor at  fifth . Avenue
lAetbodist cboreh 1896-1900.   He
licensed to   preach   by   the
a Fifth Avenue church while
was a newspaper reporter in
itoona. Later be studied for ths
ministry    at    Drew  theological
iminary.   He is a brother-in-law
James W. Lowther, cashier or
■kttwood bank:
KlDb> J. F. Anderson, a tor-
it!" esteemed  pastor  o:
iSTfo Saxton  for  another  year.
Rev. F. T. Bell will continue to
'sinister to the spiritual wants of
'.he Methodists of Bellwood, hav
ng been reassigned tto his charge
—There is a nice improvement
in the condition of Funeral Director Q. E. Fuoss, wbo bas been
confined to his room on Main
street for the past few weeks, a.
victim of neuritis.
—While at work at the plant
of the Bellwood Manufacturing
company on Monday Leroy Laird
met with an accident whereby a
number ot his teeth were broken
and was rendered unconscious
for a time.
 The girls wbo compose  the
dookpio team of the P. R. R. Y.
M. C. A. were given a tryout at
Cresson on Saturday. Miss Ethel
Givin, last year's champion,
-rolled 861 for three games, exceeding her best record of last
year.        v
The members of the Excelsior
Fire company were given a hurried call to the borne of Martlo
Bricker on NortaTackahpe street
a few moments after one o'clock
Wednesday a'ternoon, where a
flue fire was in progress. ' The
roof of the building bas become
ignited and for a time the fire
presented a threatening appearance.
H. A DOUGLASS IM THE SOUTH
Hss Bssa la Iks Service el Oaels Sam as
SafsrlatsndsBl et CoastraetloB
H. A. Douglass, formerly a
well known Bellwood young
man, for a number ot years in tbe
service of the Government, writes
us from Little Rock, Arkansas,
where he has been located for the
past few months. Among other
things he says:
"Here 1 am as usual and hope
you sre enjoying the cold winter
weather in old Pennsylvania,
while I am in tbe sunny south
with sunshine and rises, but we
we had the first snow storm and
bizzard of the season on March
18."
A clipping enclosed from a
Ilarrisburg paper, tells of bis
activity as follows:
"Major H. A. Douglas, formerly
attached to the State Highway
Department, wbo went into the
World War a captain and had
an important part in the building
of tbe depots at New Cumberland
and Middletown near Harrisburg
ss he previously had in the con
struotion of tbe Enola railroid
yards, is at Fort Logan A. Roots,
North Little Rock, Ark., in charge
oi hospital building fof the
Veterans Bnreau. Major Douglas
is in the Quartermaster's Ri serve
Corps as superintendent ot construction for Veterans' Bureau
Hospital No. 78. In a letter to a
friend be says tbat tbe Fort, built
as an army post about 1880 and
later daring the Spanish-American
War as a traning post and as an
officers'   training   camp in   the
to tbe bureau and sell
ting up for that branch 8 large
buildings to be used in connection
with the older structures for tbe
treatment of shell-shocked and insane veterans. It is in a fine,
healthy location, about five miles
oat of Little Rock," he writes,
"near tbe Ozarke. We are about
200 feet above water level. There
are now about 400 insano and"
shell-shocked soldiers here and
tbe buildings we are putting up
will accommodate about 425.",
i Major Douglas was promoted
irom Captain November 1,1928,
having served since tbe war in
Quartermaster Construction Service until transferred November
7 to the Veterans Burean Construction Servi c'e."
PERSONAL^PnRAGRAPHS
People Who Visit Here and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Guests WSS Are Entertains! ftf
Bests—r*wrseasl ■sattea et *rasae
Who Travel Te sal Pre.
—For Sale—Modern dwelling,
all conveniences, fireplace,garden,
good neighborhood, price 44600;
terms. Inquire ot C. R. Stewart
Bast Third street.
em highway up  through Bell'
gap to connect with the Cambri .
county roads,   which   sre not
being improved with a concret
route, has long bssa considers]
by the Antis towuship board < |
supervisors and this improvemer t
"may be made at no distant  dat 3
Improved and modern highwa  ,8
means additional   trffic aad tl  0
present means at hand tor cros
ij^-rtaMittfii
the borough would prove inade
quate for the proper handling of
the same. The necessity tor
additional mesas of crossing the
railroad could* not then be
questioned. However, these are
matt eras that may be brought to a
successful conclusion in the
tuture, yet tbey should now be
given some consideration.
Bellwood cannot stand still.
The proposed improvement to
Bellview avenue and the concrete
connection with the William
Penn Highway should be put
through during the coming
summer. Give it a boost I Get
oft snd push!
Bests Clstias W. Collins Laird
W. Collins Laird, who died at
bis home on Clark street, March
18, brief mention of which was
made in these colums last week,
WSS one of tbe well known and
industrious citizens ot the borough. He was ill just one week,
having been stricken with a stroke of apoplexy and lingered in a
semi-conscious condition until
death relived bim. He was a sub
stantial citizen and for a long period of yesrs had been employed
by tbe Bellwood Manufacturing
•company, first as a moulder, and
'later tender at tbe cupolo.
A son of John  Stewart   and
Anna Elisabeth    Leftard Laird,
both deceased, he was born January 21, lMT,ts> Hartalog Valley
Huntingdon county.   In 1904 he
wss united in marriage to  Miss
Sadie Gebhart, who survives him
with eleven children:   Mrs Edna
Lewis, of Tyrone; Leroy, Earl Bd-
win, Bertha, Et ma, Herbert, Alioe
Donald, Clarabelle, Merrill, all at
home one grandchild survives and
these brother* and sisters: Mrs. G.
tag the Pennsylvania railroad in
Stoke, ot Altoona; Mrs. William
Henderson, C.   Clyde,    Harry
E., aa4 John W., all of Bellwood
Mr. Laird was a member ot the
Fraternal Mystfo shale at Tyrone.
Funeral service were held at h is
late home Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock conducted   by tbe  Rev.
Samuel  Barber,   pastor of the
ohuroh.  Interment
Miss Irene Love, one of tha
successful school teachers of the
borough, spent ths week sad with
friends in Baltimore.
Assistant Foreman W. L. Davis in tbe local shops and wife of
Martin street, spent Sunday with
friends in Harrisburg.
Mrs. L. Palmer   Bullions, ot
Brabdock, was a recent visitor at'
the home of her sister, Mrs. John
W. Price on Boyles street.
Mrs Samuel Gates is visiting
ber brother, Harry McKinney, at
East Liverpool, O. She is accompanied by  her  danghter,    Mrsx|
Margaret Greiner, of 100§ FtratJ
avenue, Altoona.
Walter Skagerberg, of Creesoa
wbere be is assistant cashier of
tbe First National bank of that
place, was an over Snnday visitor
with friends in the borough.
White in our office Saturday
evening be said Cresson and
surroundings was covered with
a foot of snow.
Druggist George R. Gross aad.
Fred Sitman motored to Lock
Haven on Saturday, where Dr.
Gross spent a few days with heme
folks. Mr. Sitman   went oa
hamokin and -rajbagj
iam Sitman, who 'is
a large drug store in  Shamokia.
Mrs. Charles E. Figard of North ;
Fourth street, and daughter,
Mrs. W. D. Johnson, of Altr ona
and sister-in-law, Mrs. G. N. Egan
Of Lakemont, have returned from
a trip of a tew days with friends
at Syracuse, N. Y. While away
tbey enjoyed a tamily gathering.
They also report much cold weather and snow iu that section.
Walter, Paul and Arthur Fleming, all of Detroit, Mich., arrived at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Fleming, of
Sooth Second street, esrly Sunday
morning. One of their sons,
Harry,of Brownsville, bad jost
left for home after a few days ia
Bellwood, bot on Sunday there
wera nine of the eleven children
of the tamily at home.—The three
son who live in Detroit; Malcolm,
of Washington, Pa; Charles, at
home; Mrs. Mattie Haruer, ot
Bellwood; Mrs. Blaine Williame
and Mrs. Earl Housner, of Altoona; Mrs. Roy Shirk, ot Tyrone.
Mrs. Fleming has been quite lit,
but is now improved
much enjoyed having
ren come to see her.
and very
her child-"
—It you have headache, have-i
your eyes examined and a pair eta
glasses fitted, at Barrett's,:
Optmoetrist, Bellwood.
—A representative of the |
State Agricultural Department
at Harrisburg was in the borough^
on Monday and made a numbers
of arrests of persons who hsstj
failed to comply with tbe dog la*sV§
by having unlicensed canines atf
their premises.
—The school board st a
meeting accepted the resignat
of Miss Harriet Swarfs,  ona
Junior high school teachers
elected  Mrs.    Harriet   Weals
Doran to fill the vacancy.  Scho
will   close  on    May   80.
baccalaureate   sermon    will
wsrv.
I cement will be oa Jane I*