Bellwood Bulletin 1922-04-20

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VOL. XXXV.
BELLWOOD, PA.
,J    JRSDAY, APRIL 20, 1922.
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Short hems That Will Interest Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMARY^F THE WEEK
fsrss Paragraphs Concerning the Doings
sl Osr Borongh—Tbe Column
Osr Subscribers En|oy.
—Hol'idaysbtirg's health officer has decree! that pig pens
mast be cleaned np.
—Seed potatoes tor sale.—Inquire of John A. Fox, Sunny-
brook farm near Bellwood.
—The W. C. T. U. met at the
home of Mr?. Robert Holden on
Blair  street    Tuesday   evening.
—The coirl strike throughout
the country still continues witb
odds slightly in favor of the
strikers.
—John B. Sky leu, a prominent
citizen of Morrison's Cove, died
at bis home in Martinsburg
Tuesday. For a number of yeats
he .bad a leaeing merchant ot
that town, .as   well as a bunker.
—Word bas just reached Bellwood to tbe eft'--ot tbat a fine girl
baby made ber appearance at the
home of Eay Ford in Detroit
Mich., laat week. *?y the arrival of tbe tittle girl the honor ot
grandfather and grandmother ie
again conferred upon Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Ford.
—Under the auspices of the
Blair county. Sunday school association, Walter Myers, ot Erie,
Pa.,.will deliver a live message
-Jroa m Bas statu eLJimu Qtea'aer-
"*"""*!!*'* ^r^^l^.^yy^fhtVBBiaT*'
v.fl _E"-(.^ehifrfe- on Tuesday
evening, April 25 at 7.45 o'clock,
on tbe subject, Home Extension
and Parent Training.
—Olivet Baptist Church, J.
Wilson Brown pastor. Subjects
for Lord's Day Aptil 23 as follows;
Morning worship 10:45 theme.
Baptism, evening 7:30, evangelistic meeting. At this meeting
the pastor will preach the eighth
sermon of tha series on the prophecy of Daniel, the subject being
-The Ram and G >at Vision"
special Music; Everybody invited.
—Go to the Y. M. C. A. audi
torium Sundsy afternoon at 3
o'clock, and bear Prof. H. J. Barrett* A. M. superintendent of tbe
Hollidaysburg publio Schools,
who will deliver a present day
temperance address. This rally
is held under the auspices of the
seventh district Sunday schools
and will be interesting to thoughtful voters.
—Tyrone lodge of Elks recent
ly held a gay social function.
The caterer at the event was Howard Walker ot Beech Grove, and
the Tyrone Herald ssyi of tbe
si rvioe ss follows: ""The manner
in which Mr. Walker served tbe
large crowd was most commend
able, and Tyrone should feel
proud to bsve s caterer ot his
ability* who csn succesefully serve
as he did in bis capable maimer
on tbis occasion."
*—Rev. Russet Dysart, pastor
of ths Birmingham charge of tbs
Methodist church, accompanied
by his brother, Rev. William A.
Dysart of this plude, fished iu
Spring creek at Bellefonte Mon
day and  Tuesday.   Rev.  Russ--]
Stste Ollieall Haass Bsbm Sagaestisas
TewsrS lis Blisilsstisa
Committlonttr N. K uuller.s suggestion, mado before ths Outral Pennsy I
Vanla Piah sud Game OtteeefarstiAii aa-
sociilion Monday r»euinu, l< r 'b<a ores-
liou of se Industrial Waster roinmi«sioo,
to deal srlts ib» problem <>f a r fas pel
lotion, le blgb I; In ten sting.
Aa Ml Buller aaja. tbe pur fioatioo ol
tbe streams ot PeuuSylvsoia ia aqnsstion
uot on j ol prim-i iinportaood to I he flsh
ouliunai, bui to larmers aid p t<ple In
g'-ueral. Uui it is aUo true, he aays ita
poltutiou b s become so it-Vo'v-d wltb
Ibe ioBua* 11 al li'a of tbe s'ate that freeing
ibe nt si from i ju'i. us ns-tes le aot
eo simple as it sound*. Io other to da
hS believes It to be an engineering proMtat
oslllog fir the osisfol slody of t-x^erts,
snd lo tbat be is tight.
Cussing lbs stream polluter Is s favor ■
ie oat di or sport daring tbs B»b<ng ses.
bod'aud s few meetings ot sugleis oso
adj -urn with out tbe afloption of KSolO
tiona oondemuiug tbe ooal companies,
tbs powder faotorica, the paper mills,
the dve works, tbe blwseberles, the tan-
n-Tlt* sud o'her Industries thst pmr
(heir poison wastes loto publio waters
Aod they are rteservi. g nf all tbe wrath
thst Is poured upon thnu But lo a oer-
tsiu seoss every one of us lo Harrisburg
st least, Is guilty ol stream pollotioo
All of oar waste sol sll of our sewage
ws drain loto ibe Surquebai oa river lo
to the rx ent bt hundreds o* tbousai At
ot gal ons a day. So wben It comes
down to tbe buestinn of purifying tb>*
rr i ks srd rivers of lbs oom mon wealth
we of tbe Capital Oily base sosoeib'tM*
to oooslder beside* oust mines and ehem •
osl I  dUHtriea.
This is uot lo aigue, either, that »■ team
pnilarlon should bs oouoteoanoed or thai
it'pa sbou d ont be taken to oorreot
ihe evil, but to   illustrate the   •zteutsod'
• ops of the problem.   Some suob  plsn
ss   Mr.   Holler  contemplates  mast   be
• orkedo.it.   bat la   the mean   time tbe
Oiggest   tbl a   that    the   oot servetIon
sa <elaitoae em do le to see to lr tbst tbe
s reams sre still  pure aod   ■*• eontamlo
MegMpH.
Alter Meetlag This Bralsi
Attorney General George E.
Alter, who is one ot the Rspubli
can candidates for the nomination
for governor, will be in Bellwood
tbis evening at 5 o'clock, along
with a number of prominent Republicans from all sections of tbe
county. He will meet the voters
st the corner of Main snd Cambria streets. Mr. Alter is touring
the county today and a public reception will be held at tbe Logan
house in Altoona this evening at
8 o'clock. All Republicans, men
and women, who are favorable to
his nomination are requested to
turn out 'this evening snd meet
bim wben be comes to our town.
—The interior of the post office
is being repapered. ' The work is
being done by Harry C. Corn-
cornmesser, which goes without
saying that it will be well  done.
—W. Y. Bland, son Willisrd,
Charles BaFiRard, George Hopkins of.this place, and Dr. Kins
ley, ot Altoona, spent tbe first
two days of the week angling for
trout on Fishing creek, Clinton
county, and returned with one
hundred and nine of tbe speckled
beauties. Tbe largest one wss
taken hy Master Williard Bland,
having caught one tbat measured
fourteen inches.
—Sunday eight years ogo,Frank
Hohl' the celebrated baudit,.who
was later killed, escaped from'the
Blair County jail, where be bad
b-en confined lor robbing tbe
Union Bank at Altoona Tbe
Easter Sunday on wbicb Hohl
escaped, was just snob a day as
Sunday with bright bine sky and
Candidate For Governor Mais Briel
dress on Street Corner
Blair county is signally hone
ed this week by the visit of tfl
distinguished gentlemen of Stat
wide fame.   First  came Giftbi
Pinchot,   until  recently coramiis]
sioner  of  forestry in   Goveruoi
Sprout's official fsmily, wbo pais)
tbe oounty a visit on Wednesday!
He held forth iu Altoona most
tbe   time,   wbere he made   tsf-j
addresses, one at noon, when
spoke to the women voters and fa]
tbs evening  at   tbe Penn Alto.'j
Tbe latter  assumed the   propor-1
tions  ot  a   public   reception  at
which the   candidate   spoke and
gave his views on important mat!
tera confronting   the   citizens of
tbe state.   It was largely attended   by   Republicans  throughout]
the couuty.
During the afternoon, in conf]
psny with a number of Repuhli-J
cans, Mr. Pinchot mads .a trip tof
Tyrone, stopping briefly st thai
oorner of . Main and OambrmJ
streets, where he made a few 11
marks and greeted the voters vi
hsd assembled. After the tall
he Was hustled off to Tyrom
where a delegation ot citizer
were ready to meet the distil
guished guest.
Attorney General Alter, who*
also a candidate tor the Reput
can nomination, is in the coon
today, and will tour all the pr
cipal towns. He will be here tl
evening at 5 o'clock.
mSrlA SeteA BatastMser
tBp^fBjSgAg^g^A^
l   Ereoted,  Homes    Roofed  and
Other improvements
»eie   is a spirit of activity
Unghout oar  town    noted hi
Improvement to many homes
inywhere in tbe borough  and
will
1HIS WEEK IN BELLWOOD PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Minor   Happenings    Daring    the   Pas
Seven   Days
—Garden making received a
set back this week, due to the
rains and cold weather.
—A heavy frost visited us last
People Who Visit Her* and
Those Who Go Away.
observe   carpeuters at  8unday  morning,  yet according
Ik many most any kind ot im-
jtemeuts to the home of dwell-
This activity begun just as
as the weather conditions
litted a few weeks ago, and
the exception of' when it
unfit for outside work, tbe
have been steadily engaged,
fhis indicates two things—
pile work has uot been plenti-
[within tbe recent past, those
were frugal, saved part ot
tr earnings and are now aping it toward making their
les more comfortable and caus-
; them present an attractive ap-
ranee. Tbis speak? volumes
tbeir thrift and a desire to
ce home surroundings attract'
leading contractor  informed
londay  morning tbat  while
Hdu't have a contract tor bouse
Iditig yet there was much small
\k anticipated  and from  tbe
fers he bad uow on hand would
him and bis foroe  engaged
number ot  weeks  to come
tfso stated that  many  were
amplating    tbe    erection  oi
les, bu*. were postponing tbe
tertakiug   nntil   some     other
f, not on acoount of the scar-
»f funds, due to tbe prevail-
bricvs.at  present, thinking
"•ceflWiftni p»dOpr«*r
teres'ed in better things tor Bellwood should not iail to hear
Prof. Nathau N. Keener of Susquehanna university, who comes
to the Y. M. C. A. auditorium
tomorrow, Friday evening at 8
o'clock. Prof. Keener, wbo Byron King says, is one of his finest
pupils, is coming in the interests
and under the anspices of tbo
local, chautauqna committee.
He gives a high class recital of
humorous and other readings and
and an evening's fun and interesting entertainment is in store
tor those wbo attend. A deficit
ol approximately $250 00 is still
hanging over from the firet year's
chautauqua. The second year
was self supporting. Those who
have made themselves responsible
tor the deficit are
anxious that by these various entertainments it may be made up.
The project deserves the hearty
support pf every good citizen.
aaiiootisi^erred  until j j 11 —11 ■* sM| |frffti||li. n~»-
\stef they can. build cheaper.
Howeoer, one contractor bas in
dicated to us that tbe prices of
lumber and other materials en
tering into building will be higher.duringthe middle of the summer aud early tall.
Dysart, came oft* tbe stream with sunshine. The peacefulness of the
the largest and finest fish yet day was greatly disturbed by the
brought to town during the sea- escape of the bandit,ibe jail being
son, having hooked a California
trout tbat measured twenty inches and weighing two pounds aod
ten ounces. The fish was placed
on exhibition in the Dysart hard
ware store, where it wsa viewed
by many ot oor citizens,
a beauty.
tbe centre of attraction tor the
whole couoty, the space about the
bastile being crowded with excited
people all day long. Many persons who went to the jail, wbere
so much absorbed with tbe daring
It was escape'tbat they forgot to go to
1 church.
Ms Fatalltlaa Is 1081
Tbe Cresson Division of the P.
R. B. Allen S. Cuthbert, superin
tendent is one of nine Divisions
of tbe Pennsylvania System tbat
went through the entire year of
1921 without a fatality, a test that
the employes should be prood of,
asit demousfratei tbat thsir super
lot officers are ever on the alert
for tbeir safety, and are constantly providing means of safeguarding tbeir lives, by making working conditions better trom a safty
standpoint-
—Tresspass notices for sale at
tbe Bulletin office.
—Rev. H. R. Sbipe, who has
been psstor of Grace Lutheran
Church of this place for tbe past
few years, will leave about May
1 for his new field of labor at
Borwick Pa., where he wili become pastor of the Grace Lutheran church. Many friends ta
and out of tbe church regret to
see Rsv. Sbipe and his esteemed
family leave us, bnt wish tbey
abuodant success iu their aew
field ot activity.
to the   orchardings,   no  material
damage   was   done   to tbe buds.
—A fine boy baby arrived at
the home of John Campbell on
tbe hill. It is tbo first one in
the family circle and tbe little
fellow put in an appearance the
beginning of the week.
—The buildings at Blinds
park, the popular summer reset,
along the state highway at Tipton,
have been painted within the past
tew days. The work was done
by William Closson and John
McGliusey and son..
—The benefit shows given in
the La Belle theatre Monday and
Tuesday evenings for John Wesley Colobine post No. 843, Veterans of Foreign Wars, was well
patrooised by our citizens, and
the post has added a nice sum to
its treasury.
Corporal William Sitman, who
is a student in the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy, after spend
ing the Easter vacation at the
home ot his parents, William
Sitman, Sr., and wife on South
Boyles . street, returned to* the
Quaker City on Tuesday.
—The trout fishing season
opened last Saturday under very
unfavorable eouditions.    Witb a
Easter is tbe Churches
Easter was observed iu all the
churches witb ftoweis and music
and special sermons or programs.
Reports have been received from
tbe Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal churches.
Io tbe Lutheran church there
was a large attendance at tbe 6:80
service, when special music was
rendered by the choir. Sunday
sobool attendance showed an in
crease. Tbe communion was the
largest in tbe history ot the church
and was continued in the evening.
Fourteen were received into
church fellowship,including seven
by confirmation. Ten children
were baptised. Tbe whole day
was a joyous one to Pastor II. K.
Sbipe and his people.
The early meeting in the Methodist Episcopal church was the
most largely attended the Epworth League has yet had at 6
o'clock. There were special
musical numbers by the Juniors.
At Sunday school atteudance was
523, running above 500 last Sunday also. Tbe cburoh seivice was
marked by the1 reception of twelve
Into full membership and two on
probation. One child and tbree
sdults were baptised and tbe p- e-
tor, Rev. F. T. Bull, gave a brief
E ister sermon full of comfort snd
inspiration. The cantata by the
choir with Mrs. C. II" Williamson
F. K. Acklin and John strong as
special soloist, was well received
being the fine music beautifully
rendered.
t G. A. Jamison, manager of the
Bellwood Furniture company,
left Wednesday afternoon lor
Philadelphia, where he will transact some important business. He
will return the latter part of the
week.
violet that almost resembled a
torrent, filling the brooks to overflowing and making it disagreeable for fishermen, not many
large catches were recorded.
Many of our fisherman had made
preparations for tbe opening ol
the season and had anticipated
going to other sections, bnt when
tbe. rain came Friday afternoon
and increased in volume with
each passing hour, the excursion
were cancelled and many remained at home. Some, however,
braved the elements and went
forth and returned with varied
luck.
5,000 Gams Law Breakers
Almost 5,000 prosecutions for
violations ot tbe t-tate game laws
were brought during tbe last two
years by the state game commission, Secretary Seth E. Gordon
has announced. In addition
game protectors arrested 376 peV-
sbns for violation the state fisb
laws and arsis'ed in 1,400 prose
cutiot b brought for violations of
the dot; law.
Since 1916 the commission has
been self-supporting, defraying all
expenses out of. the income received from hunters' licenses.
The last legislature appropriation
was made to tbe commission in
1918 for the two appropriation
years ending July 1,1915.
Besides enforcing the game laws
and co-operating with the fish,
forestry and agricultural department the commission also looks
atter the enforcement of the law
protecting song birds. Expend_
itures tor enforcement of this law
arejdefrayed out of the receipts
from licensss paid by hunters the
same as the otber work of the
department.
In 1920 arrests for violation of
the game laws were made as follows; Proaeoutions by regular
salaried officers 1,339, by special
depnty game protectors, 296"; by
local officers, constables ann individuals 10. by state police, 81;
total, 1,895.    .
In 1621 arre ts were as follows:
regular salaried officers, 1.791;
special game protectors without
division ot penalties, 417; special
game protectors receiving half of
penalty collected. 844; state polioe
118; otber officers, 178; indi-ridu-
als, 40; total, 2,884.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Onsets Wbo Ate EatertaUeS by BellweeS
Hoata—Personal Meatisn el Tbsss
Who Travel Te snd Pre.
Merchant R    II.    Hursh, wite
and   family    visited   friends   in -
Cresson last Sunday.
Freight Agent J. U. Leftard
and wjfe spent last Sunday with
triends a* Port Royal.
Druggist George R. Gross was
in Uloomsburg the beginning of
the week attending the funeral ot
an uncle.
James Ubil and wife, of Cresson, spent last Sunday at the
home of Thomas Ubil and wife
oo North Fourth street.
Orrville Moore, wite and little
daughter. Mary Ellen, of Roselle,
NJ„ are gueste at the J. F. Gilmore borne   on  Railroad   street.
Mrs. Scott Mulhollem and little daughter Elizabeth of Boyles
street,are at Nile.., Obio, where
they are guests of Cloyd Beatty
and wife.
Thomas Robinson, wife and
baby daughter Dorothy of A1-
toona, spent the week end at the
home af J. W. Rice and wife on
the north side.
Mrs. Ella Givin of North Second street was called to Tyrone
last week to care tor Miss Nan
Givin, who is bedfast with an
-wCtaek \,t p|»utj»j.  - t'JOtiXftki**!
Merchant O. L. Weaver and
wite spent Easter at Washington,
Pa., guests of Ghester Weaver
and wife, who recently left Bellwood st)d located at tbat place.
Miss Nellie Colburn, wbo bas
been at Alexandria for the past
tew months, is spending the
Easter vacation at. the borne of
George Miles and Mrs. Annie
Ream.
Miss Britamart McCloskey has
returned from Cleveland Obio.
where she bas been for the past
few months, will spend tbe sum*
mer with her auh*. William McCloskey and wile on North Cambria street.
Miss Mary Cornmesser, a sto- *
dent at the state normal school at
Indiana, Pa., returned to her studies on Tuesday Rafter spending the
E-ister vacation at ber home on
Sooth Cambria street.
Jobn II. Ewiug, ot Newton
Hamilton, speut a tew hours in
town on Tuesday greeting old
time triends. He was a reeident
of our borough tweney yesrs sgo
when he was employed by W. B.
Dysart, the hardware maa,
Thomas Beard and wife, wbo
speut the winter at St. Peters
burg, Florida, returned to their
home on North First street Toes-
day evening. They greatly en-
joye \" their stay in the suuny
southland, and it will be good
news to Mr. Beard's many friends
to know that his health bss been
somewhat improved.
Absm   Holtzapple' of  Mount-
oursville, and his brother Samuel
D. Holtzapple, of Elmira, N.Y.
returned to their homes Monday
morning, after   spending a few
days      at    the     residence     ot
George Holtzapple and fsmily on
North First street.   Theee gentle
men   had tor   msny years   been
faithful employes ot the Pennsylvania   railroad   com pan jr,   ia the
shops at Elimra, aod  some time
since were placed oo the retired
list.   They were callers at oor
office oo Saturday.