Bellwood Bulletin 1937-06-17

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VOL. XLIX
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BELLWOOD. PAagii
SDAY, JUNE-17, 1087
NO.   tM
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN ™ afi^_t€RHiE p.ne
Short Items That Will Inter-
eat Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMaBY OF THE WEEK
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—The choir   of    the    Methodist
chnreh '•rill meet for   rehearsal   at
t'j* church   on Friday   s***a*Rg   at
//:S0.   All members are asked to be
asat
—Mr. Scott W. Mulhollem has
about completed the building of a
new garage oa the rear of his home
an Boyles street.
Mrs. J. H. Gilmore returned Monday after spending several weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. Leroy Miser in Hackensack, N. J.
pa* A number of women ot the M. E.
church met last Thursday evening
at their   church   aad organized   a
, society to he known as the "M. E.
Service Guild." Election of officers
was held and the following were
elected: President, Mrs. Naomi Lin-
dafeutb;   first vies president,   Mrs.
'' Jtllia Smittie; second vice president, Mrs. Edward Cherry; secretary, Mrs. Hannah Patton; assistant
sat rs tail1, Mrs. Earl Goshorn; treasurer, Mrs. Nellie Given; «-fr*T*Tflt.
Mrs. Merrill Doran. Tha first meeting waa held last evening immediately after prayer service. 'All members who signed for this society ate
Urged to be present Future asset
ings will be held after asayoi service, every third Wednesday of
each month.
Mr. J. Frank Gilmore aad wife
aad daughter, Sarah, visited Sunday
. at the home of h*s brother, J. *gV
Wanes aad' faa*t*fc e* Sooth First
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The iMwtagii ef Miss Margaret
hyper, daughter af Mrs. H. M.
Kj&er, of Colonial Acres, and Tho-
mal;. A. Gummo, son of Mr. aad
Mrs. William Gummo, 559 South
Tenth street, Harrisburg, took place
am June 6 in the Paxton Presbyterian Church with the pastor of the
church, the Ear. Dr. Harry B. King,
officiating. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Mildred Sheesley Goho
gave aa organ recital.
The bride, who was attended by
her sister, Miss Marian Kyper, wore
a white gabardine suit and white accessories. Her flowers were yellow
roses, delphinium and gypaophila.
Miss Kyper was attired in rose
beige, with which she wore brown
accessories. Her flowers ware talisman roses sad marguerites i
Richard Rothenberger, a brother-
in-law of the bride, was best man.
The mother of the bride wore a
gown of navy blue lace, with shell
pink accessories, and wore a corsage af pink rates. The mother of
the bridegroom was gowned in navy
.sheer crepe aad her flowers were
talisman roses.
After a wedding trip to Atlantic
City, Mr. and Mrs. Gummo will reside ia Colonial Acres,   Harrisburg.
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At the regtaar raeetiag af the
borough council held Monday night
ia the municipal building, it was decided ta lag the aiatter of extending gas service to residents ef the
northern extremity of the borough,
ia taa hands of the solicitor to present to the Public Utilities Commission.
Council felt that they had doae
more than their share sa far ss the
gas company wss concerned and
thought the attitude of the company was unjust ta expecting the
borough to set ss solicitors for
them to gain consumers. As pointed oat, the rate granted the gas
company which ts twice that ef the
consumers in Altoona, eight miles
away, aas based on figures far piping the entire town and no excase
should be found ta withhold this
service from some of the residents
of the north side of town.
The water department announced
that the Blair Gap Water Company
is by-passing the large 36-inch
blow-off pipe at the reservoir, into
the main stream which will eliminate a repetition- etg the damage
caused last month by opening this
large volume of water into the borough intake. They also have agreed
to arrange this by-pass so that it
will drain off same swamp . water
that has been running into the borough dam.
Engineer Murray gave a detailed
report on progress being made oa
the sewer and stated that a fine increase was made ia the amount of
work accomplished during the past
month. His figures placed the total amount of pipe lata at 48%
with 62% of the excavation work
finished. ■'Jfbjo makes tee entire
SP* 'amnlaatn'    .The
chinery will he installed soon.
Aea bills wets ordered paid aad
council adjourned until the next
regular meeting which will be held
July 9th 'nates rl of the 12th, on account of the Semi-Centennial celebration.
BAPTISTSfHOl
Local Otu-s-ch OiWving
100th AnniTeraary of
FouiKling With
Celebration
The members of the  Logan
ley Baptist  church   under the
ership of their   pastor,   Rev.
Dooley, have arranged an elafc
program of addresses by distil;
ed men  and sacred    music   foci
Centennial celebration of the chu
on Thursday    aad Friday    eve
Jaas 24th and 26th, aad the •
ing and evening   of Sunday,
27th.       j
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Thursday evening is Centre;
tist Associations! night when
al pastors   of  the Association
speak.     They   are:   B.   E.
Johnstown, Moderator of the
ciation;   Dr.   J. 8. Bromley,
daysburg; Rev. Paul M. Hums
Huntingdon; W. R. Heaton,   TjH
of Philipsburg, representing the)"
mens*, movement of the Centr*\
sociation and Dr. Carey S. Th
Altoona.    Miss Madalene Shaft's.
Altoona and a male   quartette
sing.
Friday evening Is "Home
Night",  when all present   rot
and all who have taken their i
to other    churches    and all
will enjoy an evening of excef
features.     Greetings   will bat,.
in person  by Chas. F. Werts,.
gess; Professor F. A. Hamiltoji
principle    of the Borough
the   pastors   of the    several-':
churches and two former
the Baptist church, Rev. ***ffj
sr, Danville,   Pa.;   and
Meyer, Meadevilie, Pa.
On Sunday morning
greetings from Dr. Milt
CENTENNIAL VAN ZnNDT 10 SPEAK HERE
jfa^y4;.H. G. DOOLEY
Pastor Logan Valley Baptist Church
LANDS NICE   POSITION
Harry N. Taylor, ana of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph F. Taylor af 600 Orchard street, Bellwood, will leave on
July 1st to accept a position as Engineer of Research at the Whiting
Laboratory of ths Standard Oil
Company, Whiting, Indiana. The
young man received the degree of
Bachelor ef Science in Mechanical
Engineering at the Pennsylvania
Bute College, June 7.
Mr. Taylor graduated from the
Altoona High School as an honor
student la the class of 1982. At
Penn State he has been active ia
engineering circles. He is a member af Tan Beta Pi and Pi Taa Sig-
aia, national honorary engineering
fraternities, and was asi lesatg' of
student branch of the American society af Mechanical Engineers. The
young area was also a member of
the varsity swimming team.
A* Penn State, Mr. Taylor participated in the research af fuels and
lubricating oils sponsored by the
Pennsfivauiia Grade Crude Oil Association aad directed by Profattat*
gestae*, head of the raecluinicaJ, Engineering deasajrtBMBt. ia his new
the yeeag sum will ha mt-
_J**jS*s»portunity for eontiaa-
his wees ia thai faelA   ^
BIBLE SCHOOL WILL CLOSE
Methodist Episcopal Daily Vacation Bible school will close its sessions on Friday morning, after a
successful two weeks continuance.
This gear's courses were all new,
with more and more stress aa Bible
work and a number of memory
hymns were included. Especially
interesting handwork was taken
with the course.
A public demonstration will he
given at the Children's Day services
oa Sunday. The morning service
will begin at 10:30 and will be featured by baptism of children. There
will be special music by a chorus
from the primary department, under the direction of Miss Alma
Reeder, superintendent. Beginners
and nursery department children,
will give the program. At the evening service, 7:80, primary, junior
and intermediate departments will
give some of the things they have
learned.
The school, which had an enrollment of 151, had as its dean, the
pastor, the Rev. Thomas M. Stone.
Mrs. J. L. Hillard, director of religious education; R. M Baker, member of the religious education committee; and the following superintendents weie in charge: Intermediate, Mrs. W. H. Thomas; Junior,
Mrs. R. F. Kustaborder; Primary,
Mildred Reigh; Kindergarten, Lissie
Alters and Mrs. Fred Miller. Teachers-Mr*. T. M. Stone, Mrs. Roy
Goshorn, Mrs. Robert Love, Dorothy Mitchell, Cats Howe, Winifred
DeReamer, Mrs. Lincoln Henry,
Dorothy Rodgers, Dorothy Shirey,
Sophia Pickens, Jean Shirey, Esther
Figard, Mrs. Ralph Rerick, Mm Robert Gwin, Dorothy Hoover, Eileen
Waifert.
In addition to the teachers ia the
Kindergarten, Mrs. Basel Kauffman
BBS been director of luncheons and
the following aides assisted with
luncheons, recreation sad handwork—Elisabeth Hoover, Dorothy
Davis, Helen Hows, May dene Fet-
terraan, lTatheriae Patmtaatx, Blanche
Wakefield, aad Laura <sattsni1 Ladies ef the Wlsst-so-ever class far-
Biahed the huebas thtstjgg se dear
*e taa Issarts af the
isburg. The Centennial sermon will
he delivered by the powerful pulpiteer, Bev. R. B. Deer ef Philadelphia, Executive Secretary of the
Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention. His subject will be, "A Hundred Years by the Grace of God."
The Sunday evening service will
be a fitting demonstration for a
church with a record of one hundred years of faithful gospel
preaching. The speaker will be Dr.
Rittenhouse Neisser, member of the
faculty of Croser Theological Seminary, who will speak on the subject,
"The Church." The music far this
service will include vocal solos, male
quartette, organ, piano, violin and
cello. The public is cordially invited to enjoy all the services of the
entire celebration, from Thursday
to Sunday.
Historical Sketch
The Logan Vadley Baptist church
which is probably the oldest meeting house in Bellwood aad the adjacent community, had an interesting
beginning. The first Baptist minister who preached ia the Valley was
Rev. James Philips in the year 1820.
He baptised converts in the river
near where Mary Ann Forge now
stands. Rev, Thos. E. Thomas followed and his labors resulted in the
organization of the Baptist church,
June 24th, 1887 with gg members.
Between 1837 and I860 the church
was located two miles from the present location, oa the William Penn
highway. During divine service on
Jan. 30th, 1856, the church was destroyed by fire. The present build-
lag' on Main street, was erected the
same year at the cost of only $6426.
In 1848 the church formed a society to aid in tiie spreading of the
gospel among the heathen. This
became an auxiliary to the American Baptist Foreign Bible society.
Pastor Bingham waa chosen Secretary and William A. Dysart, treasurer. In 1844, A. K. Ball was
elected minister for the church. Ia
1850, the church adopted articles of
faith aad church covenant that commonly are known as The New Hampshire articles. Joshua Manila Ills
and Ms wife, Judith, were received
by fatter from Warriors Mark Baptist chnreh  ia 1861.    Oa July 1st,
CHILDRENS' BAY SERVICES
Next Sunday night at the Logan
Valley Baptist church there will be
a grand Childrens' Dag celebration
to which everybody fa invited. The
ssrvice will be of a duel nator*.
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58, a committee of four,  constet-
of W. R. Dysart,   D.    Henshey,
-Bell,   and J. B. Meadvitle   were
elated to arrange for the builder a new   meeting   house   and
agreed upon the  present  site.
1853 A K. Bell offered fats resig-
he    was   appointed    an
sat for the University of  Lewis-
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*Ih 1856 the  church   decided   to
a frame meeting house at Tip-
btt, 32 x 40 feet,    to cost $1000.00.
' this amount $580.00 was pledged
fore the meeting adjourned.    On
ber 3, 1866 arrangements were
J*f*a> open the meeting house for
jjjomhip ot God at Bell's station
bd an the 16th the house was dedi-
tej£ with solemn   services.     April
!g*S68, H. F. King, a licentiate,
sired   by fetter   from   the
church in Clarion   coun-
tST*i, George Weight waa elected
deacon. S. F. Forgeus became paster on Oct 1st, 1880 and served until 1892. For nearly gg years sister
Jane E. Beighel, who became Mjrs.
Abram Irwin, taught aa missionary
among the freedmen of the south.
She lived to celebrate her oae hundredth birthday. In 1844, Miss
Florence Dysart was appointed by
the* Women's Baptist Home Mission
society, a missionary among the
freedmen in Texas. The first Sunday schools organized in the Valley
were through the influence of pastor Wm. B. Bingham in 1841. For
26 years deacon Martin Bell was
vice president of tiie Pennsylvania
Baptist Educational society. And
through tiie infatigable labors of
Rev. A. K. Bell, D. D., the present
permanence financially of the University of Lewisburg, now Bucknell
University, has been largely secured. The Bellwood church virtually
buglt the church at Tyrone at a cost
of $2,600. The parsonage at Bellwood was built in 1854 costing
#L600.
The longest pastorate of the
church is that of Rev. H. G. Dooley
who began his labors in 1926. Die1
ing this pastorate there has been a
Steady growth numerically and spiritually. Taa prayer meetings grew
from eigbt in attendance to am
average of sixty-five. It was in the
year 1929, four years after Rev.
Dooley's settlement that the church
suffered an unprecedented hardship
when eleven of the church officers
and leaders were claimed by death.
These included Deacons James V.
Smelker; J. P. McKnight; U. S.
Flick; H. K. Dunn; George Burns;
golf it Holden and Mrs. W. A,
Ford. Their places have not been
filled UP to the present hour. The
Influence of the Logan Valley Baptist church aaa been a dominent one
ta all that pertains to aggressive religious snd civic work and holds an
honored place ia the estimation of
the community.
The celebation of the Centennial
of this historic church on June 24th
to 27th will be a memorable occasion. The church looks forward to
another hundred years of still greater service ia the kingdom of God
sad the moral tone of Bellwood.
Nationally Eases Figure ta Feature
lasglna Day
James Vaa Zandt, National Post
Commander of thavV. F. W. has accepted aa' invitation to speak hers
on Legion Day during the Semi-
Centennial celebration, it was announced last night at a meeting of
the Legion Day committee. Although his time is heavily taken up,
Mr. Vaa Zandt has arranged to
make this visit to Bellwood, just
one week prior to his sailing for
France, in order to help make this
day a huge success. ''Jimmy'', as
he fa known throughout the entire
United States, fa am orator of marked ability and big subject, "Communism", of whieh he is avowed for,
promises a real treat for everyone.
Other notable guests for this big
day will include: Philip A. Burket,
State Commander of the V. F. W.;
State Western Commander Stirling
af the American Legion; Dr. John
Gal&raith, District "Commander, of
American Legion; Vice Commander
Van Scoyac and Hite of the 21st.
district.
The program will start st 2:80 p.
m. with a baseball game between
two Junior League teams.
This will be followed by a banquet for the guests of honor, held
in the Methodist church at 5 o'clock.
The parade will be held at 7 o'clock followed . by the address of
Commander Van Zandt.
Following this the drills and competition will be staged at the ball
park. Prises will consist of; Senior
Corps, $176, $80 and $20. Bands
sponsored by veteran organizations,
$60. Junior Craffs, $15 and $10.
Girls Corps, $15 and $10. Flood
lights will be installed to furnish
illumination.
.The Legion Day committee, under the direction of H. M. Stone
have been doing a fine job in ar-
aad allJa-f
dicatiohs point to a huge success.
The organizations that have signified their intentions of coming
are: Altoona V. F. W., the Cooties
with their tank, Altoona American
Legion, Altoona German American
Legion, Tyrone, Hollidaysburg, She
Mile Run, Roaring Spring, Bedford,
Portage, Beaverdale, State College,
Williamsburg. Troop B, Tyrone
and Troop C, Altoona, 104th Cavalry and four units of the 110th Infantry of Altoona.
PERSONAL H
People Who Visit Here
Those Who Go A-tnty.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR GfTIZEM
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(try the Baptist denomination entitled "The Greatest ef These." Second, the scholars of the daily vacation Bible school will give a dem-
ogggUalius of their Bible instruction
during the two weeks and they will
certificates of honor. jo-M
ANTIS TOWNSHIP IS HOST
The Vocational Department of
the Antis Township School District
wss host to a group of seniors from
the Pennsylvania State College on
Monday, June fourteenth. Dr. C.
S. Anderson from the department
of Rural Education brought a group
of gg graduates to the local district
to study project work and the problems of project supervision as conducted by the boys enrolled in the
vocational course under the direction of Harry Knox, the Agricultural supervisor of Antis. The group
arrived at 9 a. m. and spent the day
in a tour of the township inspecting
projects in poultry, vegetable gardening, bees,    livestock,    and fruit.
The group of graduates are soon
to go out to organise similar departments in other parts of the
state. A high degree of interest
wsa manifest by the students in the
problems of the district. Dr. Anderson commended the officials of
the local district upon the high
standard of project work carried on
in the township, and upon tiie efficiency of the new department in developing rural interest and leadership. Ekcellent comments were re-
Iceived—upon the schools organisation and facilities.
On Thursday, June 17th, Mr.
Knox fa taking a group of 12 boys
from the local district to State College to eater in the state-wide vocational judging contests. Members
of the group will judge poultry,
livestock, corn, potatoes, and enter
contests of skill in shopwork and
horsemanship. There will be nearly one thousand bosa entered hi the
contests from various points in the
state.
—Liens will be filed this month
on all unpaid county sal poor tax
for 1984. As these see fjled on
each property separately at a east
af $2.20 each, the advantage of escaping these filings is easy ta see.
June 28 fa the time est far making
the list. Personal tax it
to employers.
Oasstg Who Asta
Wood Haita   PaeggBal
Thoea Warn Visit Ts
Mr. George F.   Greta,   a
graduate    of    the    Altoona     HigJ
school, elass of '$7, I* visiting at
home of  his   grandparents,    W. Fv
Balsbach and wife aa Boyles Stisst,'
and Mrs. Ella Gixin on Maple   avenue. . JIM    M
Mr.    G.    E.    Balsbach   and atTaatJ
Annie    Balsbach,    of   Port    Royal,
were guests last week fee a eeasie
of days of the editor aad his Oafs at-
their home en Boyles street.
Miss Barbara Stevens af Stewart
street   left last   Saturday   for St.
Petersburg,    Florida,    where she ie
the guest of her brother-in-law aaa!
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Watte**.
The Watters are   taking   a iullage I
at Passes-Grill oa the Gulf of Meed-,
co for a month, and Bobby ejuseets
to join them there for a sojourn af .
two wreaks.
Mrs. Walter  Stevens   ef Stewart
street spent   Saturday   and Suaaay'
in Washington, D. C.
Miss Betty Baish,  of Altoona,   fa"
the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. J
snd Mrs. Walter   gBsasiis   at their
home on Stewart aire st.
Mr. Edward Leddy and Miss
Francis O'Brian, of Washington, D.
C, were week end guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John T.,
Leddy on Main street On Tuesatay
Mr. and Mrs. Leddy an niBBBl3rl
the Washington folks to their Iwrae
where they will visit for a couple of |
weeks.
, Miss Bath i-atton, of
atree**rVa%a>gBBla tuft-wctf*
ton, Ohio,   visiting Mr. and WMT'
A. Gees   aad Mr.   and Mrs.   at ***□
Dunn of that city.
The La bbss Bible class of the Ua-
theran church will hold their elass
meeting Thursday evening. St the
home of Mrs. Blair Craine oa North
.Second street at 7:45 o'clock.
Miss Eleanor Carr, a senior nurse
at the Children's hospital, Philadelphia,   is spending   her vacation   at .
the home of her   parents,    Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Carr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walters
and daughter of Robesonia, Pa., returned to their home Monday after
spending the past week visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ar>
drey. Mr. Walters ia employed at
the Wernersville state hospital.
The Jane group of Logan Valley
grange will hold a round and square
dance in the grange hall, Friday
evening, Jane 18.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smittie, ef
Center, Colorado, arrived ia Bell-
weed one day last week and as*
guests of Mr. Robert Greenland
and Mrs. Hulda Love on South Second street, the latter being a cousin of lira. Love aad merchauit
Smittie of North Tuckahoe street, I
who is an uncle.
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MRS. MARY J. BAILEY
Mrs. Mary Josephine Bailey, widow of William Thomas Bailey, died
at her home at Grazierville, Snyder
township, Sunday morning at 8: IS
o'clock. Mrs. Bailey had been ia
fairly good health until Friday
wbea she suffered a heart
her condition gradually
lautat until she passed away.     | I
Map. Bailey was a daughter eC
Silas and Mary Jane (Hazlett)
Farland, and wsa born at
ville, Antis township, on October *, '
1861. She resided ia the vicinity af
Grazierville all her life. Oa March
17, 1870, at Johnstown, Pat, gee
was united ia marriage with *ft*aV'
liam Thomas Bailey, waa died fat
1919. v
She it survived by these tliiiilitgi'
Miss Vanetta Bailer William Faat
Bailey, Miss Gladys Miriam Baiasg,
at home; Blanche Elisabeth, wife ad
John Fuoss, Bellwood; AlbertCecil
Bailey of Baltimore, Md., and
Ermine Bailey of TtBasii illls
eldest son, Charles Bailey, eaTa*gtl
number of years at*5>. She If
survived by one brother, Silas
Farland of tliaslsssgle
Sba was a itasaajaar  eateM,