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jlf^|PpS"fPP^ OS 2 -*W' MBi VOL. L LOCAL NEWS COLUMN Short Items That Will Inter- ' "• ■:: oat Our Readers BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK ■ Terse l*a*ag»ap"s Csasaietas the Doing of Oav Beroasb The Cet> ussa Oav Sabsstlbsrs Enjoy Mrs. Annie Lenhart, of Liverpool, Perry county, is fee truest of bar sister, Mrs. F. A. Hamilton on South First street. —An examination for substitute villiage carriers of main from Bellwood postoflsces will beheld' In fee borough high school next Saturday. —The membership committee ef fee "What-So-Ever" class of the M. E. Sunday fltflssol is desirous of all members being present at Sunday school sad church services on Easter Sunday. —Three young men of Antis and Pinecroft enlisted wife fee CCC camp at Lary, Va., on Thursday They are Cecil Schandlemier of Antis, Robert Musselman ahd Raymond Stonebreaker of Pinecroft. - —The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of fee Methodist Episcopal church will hold s market In fee furniture store, Saturday, April 16, at 10 a. m. Turnout and make food discoveries which will be on sale. —The General Finance corporation, Huntingdon, has been Incorporated with a capital stock of $250,- 000, fee states department reported. Incorporators are W. Emmert Swig- ert, John W. .Swigert and James Thompson all' of Huntingdon. -ajjrax collectors in boroughs and totvaships of Blair county are receiving their duplicates for fee year "l938. * - lis' •fhlplierrtes were prepar- ^«i?n h? fee jjtenafar. ^cnwrniBBensrs' ""JlsZ^aL^y'aTO^iw'r^™* iiinrTnSr county, poor, road and school tea levies. Aa interesting table ef figures, computed by fee commissioners' clerks, reveals the total assessed valuation of property to be $21,812,450. This is entirely exclusive of Altoona. —M. A. Dively, Superintendent of fee Blair county public schools, will serve for another terra. Professor Dively at fee quadrennial meeting of fee Blair County school Directors' association, held Tuesday at the court house in court room No. 2, wss unanimously re-elected to this post. After being elected, Professor Dively named J. E. Butts of Martinsburg as assistant "superintendent. This appointment WSS unanimously approved. At the annual congressional meeting of fee members of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church of the borough the following were elected to serve aa elders: A. M. Wesson, Maiden L. Moffet, three years; Dr. W. H. Morrow, J .D. Stitt, two years; C. L. Wallace, Ralph F. Taylor, eae year. Trustees, J. Gilbert Watts, five years. At this meeting fee method of electing elders was changed from fee life tenure to that of the i rfctary system. The meeting was largely attended. A probationers class, under instruction ef fee Rev. T. M. Stone, was received Into full membership In fee Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening! wife impressive ceremonies. The class numbered 20. A large audience heard fee pas- tee's sermon on "They Launched Forth,'* and witnessed fee reception. Special music by fee choir included a quartette number by Prof. W. H. Johnson, Mr. sad Mrs. D. W. Mesas and Mrs. Delmar Leach. Under fee pastorate ef Rev. Stone during fee pest year, fifty-two new members have been taken into fee church. Congressman Don Gingery has been notified feat the President has approved an allotment ef Federal funds in the sun ef $18,270 to tew prove Route 890 in Frankstown township, Blair County, by constructing stone base roadway, surfacing, shaping berms, excavating, constructing culvert, installing drainage system, snd performing incidental work. This is net a part of fee Federal Aid Highway system. No taxes or estimates will be levied to cover fee amount of Federal funds expended ea this project This la township owned property ead is sponsored by the Fiaakstown super- CELEBMTIBHOF_ROLY WEEK Special Sorvie** Will Be Hold la Lbsjbb Valtay Esptlit Church Never . has the world beheld s pageant of such sacred magnihood as that which took place ia fee Holy Land for seven days between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. The central character in the pageant was Jesus Christ fee Eon of God and the worlds Redeemer. The chronological order of events during Christ's butt week on earth Is as follows: Christ weeping over Jerusalem, cursing the fig tree, the spectacular driving of the money changers out of fee temple, the blind and fee lame are healed, fee condemnation of fee hypocritical Scribes and Pharasees, fea easting of the widow's mite Into the treasury, fee parable ef fee ten virgins and the talents, the agony in fee garden of Gethsemane , fea arrest of Jesus, Peter cuts off the ear of the servant of fee High Priest, Peter denies Christ, Judas hangs himself, the trials before Caiaphas, Herod and Pelate., fee release of Barabbis a criminal, Jesus is whipped, stripped and crowned with thorns and is mocked and spit upon, Jesus now /carries his cross up Cslvry's hill and then the crucifietion. Now we hear the seven farewell messages from fee cross: ''Father forgive them for they know not what they do;" "Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise;" "Woman behold thy Son*" "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"; "I thirst;" "It is finished;" "Father into Thy hands I commend My spirit." Lots are now cast for his garments; the disciples flee; darkness covers the earth; the vail In fee temple is rent in twain; fee rocks are rent; fee tombs are opened; saints are raised from the dead; the legs of the two thieves, are broken; a spear pierces fee heart of the Master; Je- BELLWOOD. PA., PARADISE TO OPEN Lcxeu RSDAY, APRIL 14, 1938 funeral procession begins snd fee crucified body of the Lord is laid in Joseph's tomb and sealed tight with a Roman seal. What a week that was! Could more have been crowded into it? The pageantry of those seven days eclipses any other pageant. The outstanding day of this Holy week was Friday, fee crucifietion day when Christ paid fee penalty for oar sins and fee sin of the world. Tomorrow, Friday April 15, fee community Is invited to assemble in fee Logan Valley Baptist church at 1.30 o'clock for fee sacred Good Friday services when fee local pastor will deliver five minute addresses On the seven sayings from fee cross. The choirs of our eight churches will assist in singing fee hymns for fee day. Everybody, so far as possible is urged to be seated by 1.80 o'clock. The meeting is scheduled to close at 3 o'clock. REV. H. G. DOOLEY, President of fee Bellwood Ministerium. TROUT SEASON TOMORROW The legal season for taking the "speckled beauties," fee aristocrats of fee brook, will open In Pennsylvania tomorrow and thousands of anglers will -be out along the many streams. The streams in the nearby sections-—Tipton run, Bell run, Sandy run, and others in Centre and Huntingdon counties have been heavily stocked by fee State Fish Department. Word has been flashed about feat Spruce Creek was never in better condition and has been quite heavily stocked in recent weeks wife all species of trout rang, ing from six inches to a foot In length. Spring Creek, in Centre county, will be the mecca for hundreds of sportsmen and many will leave fee borough this evening in order to be on fee stream early. REPUBLICAN CLUB MEETING An important business meeting of fee Bellwood and Antis township Woman's Republican slab will be held Tuesday evening, April 19, a o'clock, at the home of the president Mrs. W. Y. Bland, 586 South fifth street. Ward chairmen are asked to see members In their respective districts snd urge them to attend fee meeting. New members are always welcome. As this will be the last meeting of fee club before fee primary election, Tuesday, May 17, a large attendance Is desired. •*?* teethe Famous Spring CraoTk ' Flaking jest Will Be Ready Far S The Fish Commission's Sprint Creek Project, better as "Fishermen's Paradise" 1 on Spring Creek about four Brdl above Beliefoate, Centre Counfy, will be opened fer fishing this year on May 10, Commissioner of Fisheries C. A. French baa announced. The project will close on July 9. Noted for the giant trout frequenting its Improved stretches 'jjjgt fishing water, Spring Creek year holds promise of thrills aple with fee additional likelihood considerable broken tackle, asb: and rainbow trout up to 8 poun weight are now to be observed Be its pools. Opening time on May 10 and every day thereafter, excepting S«s> days, during fee special season _ be 8 o'clock In fee morning. Star* ard time, and dosing time 8 p. Standard time. The daily limit permitted a flu, erman will be two trout, each over 10 inches in length, in fee men's section; 10 may be caught, 8 ef which must be returned to the water. '..'..J Only artificial flies with barbless hooks may be used and no spinners are permitted. In fishing barbless hooks, regular hooks wife the barbs bent down will be permitted. In the section reserved for ladies, trout over 7 inches In length may be retained, fee seme daily Creel limit of 2 applying as well as the 10-a-day catch limit. All anglers holding a Pennsylvania Fishing License will be permitted to fish Ave days in fee Projecct. It was stressed that individuals fishing wife or having in possession any live bait, meat, liver or other bait While In tha Project would be violating the rules. Noj^pifey will be permitted. sea ■ !■■ SPOKE TO THE VETERANS The meeting of fee Retired Veterans of fee Pennsylvania Railroad held last week had as a guest speaker the Rev. H. Paul Cox, who gave a strong address, and having been in the employ of fee greatest government on the globe snd the greatest railroad in the world, be could and did, emphasize on fee "Stop, Look, and Listen," on fee veterans' autumn of life, and as they had been prompt when fee whistle blew, and when bringing the train to fee schedule, he asked them to be ready when the Master summons them to make their last run., Messrs. Figart, Steele, Moses and Troxell, as a qaurtette, and Mrs. Hughes at fee piano, rendered three selections. Through fee kindness of our eon- genial secretary of fee "Y", Budd Focht, at the next meeting of fee Retired Veterans of fee P. R. R., 400 feet of western films home movies, will be presented by Thos. Robison, which will be looked for wife much interest by fee veterans. Arrangements are being marie for fee use of fee main auditorium, and to this meeting all railroad men, active or retired, will And a cordial welcome. WILL GO TO HUNTINGDON Bellwood will lose one of its well known business men this week when Mr. M. H. Daugherty, who has been connected wife fee Main street store of the Shaffer company for many years, will sever his connection and leave for Huntingdon, where he will engage in the mercantile business under his own name, having purchased a long established and well known place of business in that borough. Mr. Daugherty is one of our prominent business men aad has been engaged here most all Ids life. He is a member of fee Belt* wood school board, having been elected last year, and previous to this official office he was a member of fee town council ' fer four years. His long years of experience in met- entile pursuits well qualify • him for the undertaking. The bast wishes of his friends go wife him in his new field of endeavor. . -<-On Tuesday, April 88, st 7.45 p. m., fee wonderful new motion picture wife sound music, "Tha Lite of Christ," from fee Nativity to fee Ascension will be presented in fee Methodist church, sponsored by fee young people's department of the church school. A silvering wW be tehee. COUNCIL METMONOAY NIGHT Appoint Regular Water Secretary aad Sewer Chairman The borough council met in regular session Monday night with all members present and President R. A. Cherry, presiding. Most of fee business concerned plans for completing the is worses system. Engineer, Raymond Murray submitted 'a detailed report oa fee progress to date and while gratify* Ing results are being made, fee present allocation will not be sufficient to complete the project. Another project has been submitted to WPA to cover fee cost of completing the job and Mr. Murray urged eouncil to contact Harrisburg officials and endeavor to have this new project approved, as the present appropriation will only carry fee work on until fee last of June and will leave about 16,000 feet of pipe remaining to be laid. Council appointed W. I. Davis, water secretary-for a two year period. This position has been held open since, the first of fee year to await developments and Mr. Davis had been serving in a temporary capacity. J. E. Trego, chairman of the police committee, asked permission to secure an extra policeman, as the regular man has had no relief days for a number of months. Council instructed Mr. Trego to secure applications for this special work. N. Q. Lauver asked to have his resignation accepted as chairman of the sewer committee, which was accepted and President Cherry appointed F. W. Fleisher to fill the chairmanship and added J. E. Trego to fee committee. The water committee wss instructed to secure information on a modern chlorinating plant for fee water system **., fee jptaafsat ejant is ments ani dance. Other general business wss transacted, fee current bills ordered paid and council adjourned to meet again at the next regular session on May 9th. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED Mrs. Charles L. Bush, who recently entered on her twentieth year as president of fee Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid society, had a recent birthday celebrated by the society. The social affair was held at the church, after Lenten service. Mrs. Bush -was called to the social hall, and a goodly number of the society members were present, to enjoy the birthday party and partake of delicious refreshments served by the ladies. A handsome quilt, with fancy pillow to match, was presented Mrs. Bush. It had been quilted a few days previously and those concerned thought they had quite a joke on Mrs. Bush in that she had helpea with fee quilting not having any idea of the future ownership of fee quilt. She "thought" it was property of one of the crowd, and was allowed to cherish her own conclusions, until time for the surprise. The party adjourned, wishing Mrs. Bush many happy returns of the day, as well as many more years of service in fee Ladles Aid Work, in which she has proven so efficient. HALL-VANDEVANDER Before fee alter of the Eavngeli- cal church on North Second street, Friday evening, April 8, Mr. Theodore J. Hall and Miss Almeda Pearl Vandevander were joined In fee bonds of holy wedlock, fee officiating clerfyman being Rev. H. C. Klef- fell, the pastor of the congregation, fee ring ceremony being used. The ceremony was witnessed by a number of close friends of fee parties. The groom is employed by fee Hoffman Ice Cream company of Altoona. The bride is the daughter of Mr. snd Mrs. Charles A. Vandevander of North Second street, and is a graduate of fee Bellwood High school class of '24. The will establish a home la Juniata in fee near future. NOTICE The proposed budget for fee 1938-89 school term of the Antis Township School District has been prepared snd is available in the office of fee supervising principal at the Consolidated School budilding, where can be seen by all interested persons. g&*''V M £.|*-jAjCa^«**, • jjMkft Secretary. RECORD OFJNE DEPARTED Parson* Who Have Passed From Tbae to Eternity Mahton L. Moffet Mahlon Lightner Moffat, for the past thirty-four years s resident ot this borough, passed sway suddenly Monday morning at 9.80 o'clock at his home on South First street. After completing his high school education Is fee Petersburg schools, he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad company in 1898, and continued In its service actively until December, 1933, when, due to failing health, he was forced to semi-retirement. He was born In Mooresville, Huntingdon county, March 7, 1878, the son of Hiram and Lydia Fleming Moffet. He was the last member of his family, three brothers sad a sister having preceded him to'. fee grave. His ancestors settled in the upper Shaver's Creek valley before the Revolutionary war, snd were among the pioneer settlers in Pennsylvania. ate Members of his family have been identified with the Presbyterian church for many generations, to which faith be was a sound adherent, and served for fee past several years as a trustee of fee Logan Valley Presbyterian church. Just recently he resigned fee presidency of the trustees end at the recent congregational meeting was eletced an elder In this church. On June 19, 1902, he was married to Elizabeth Armstrong Porter, of Petersburg, who survives him, as well as two sons, Cleon Moffet, of Pittsburgh, and Mahlon Moffet, Jr., of Bellwood. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2.80 o'clock, in Logan Valley Presbyterian church. Interment will be made iavthe Logan Val- Jesse M. Waits*** Jesse ML Watters, aged 68, of 518 Sixth avenue, Altoona, an engineer on the Middle division of the Pennsylvania railroad, died suddenly at 9.26 o'clock Tuesday morning after he had been taken ill while engaged at his work at Huntingdon. Mr. Watters was engineer on the daylight shifter in fee Huntingdon yards and he complained of illness to fellow workers, who accompanied him to fee office of Dr. Fred R. Hutchison in Huntingdon. The engineer died at fee physician's office shortly after reaching there. He was employed by the company for thirty-five years, entering the services as a fireman on Nov. 7, 1900, being promoted to engineer on Aug. 18, 1905. He held the daylight position hi fee Huntingdon yards for some time past. Mr. Watters was born at Honey Grove, Juniata county, on May 18, 1875, a 'son of John and Nanny (Milligan) Watters. Surviving are his widow, Etta Laura Watters and two children, Mrs. Ellen Kruez and 'Charles M. Watters, both of Altoona. Two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Wertz of Bellwood and Mrs. Rose Berkstreseer of Piti&urgh,j also survive. Mr. Watters was a member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church in Altoona and of the B. of R. T. EASTER AT BAPTIST CHURCH The members of the Logan Valley Baptist church anticipate a glorious Easter Sunday. During the past few weeks there has been a quiet work of grace manifested. Without any special meeting or high pressure methods a large number have decided to openly, and courageously confess Christ as Saviour. These converts will publicly confess their newly -found Saviour In baptism by immersion. The scriptural form, on Easter Sunday, morning and evening. Pastor H. G. Dooley will officiate st fee baptismal service snd will deliver special Easter sermons st both the morning and evening the order of this glad day. The fee odrer of this glad day. The public is cordially invited. TARZAN CALLS The jungle rears wife new thrills, fierce tribes charge in battle, hundreds of wild animals fight fer their king and a glamorous girl answers fee call of tore in fee exalting new **Tarr*aa*S Revenge," fee Twentieth CemturyJPox release which comes April 14, to fee State theatre. PERSOMUVRJaf People Who Visit Hat* Thoea Who Go Away. MOVEMENTS OF PUB fl Guest* Who Asa Ea**H*Ie*d by Weed Horn* P*rseaal Tbese Who Va* Te ead I Mrs. Howard E. Jeffriees, Joseph Guest and young son, Ji of Pittsburgh, were smeste on Wednesday at fee Jeffries home oa Boyles street. Mrs. J. R. McElwain and sea Kenneth, of Chambersburg, were week end visiters at fee home Mrs. McElwain's mother, Mrs. Hillard of East Main street. Mr. and Mre. EL G. Buisbeawj end Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Womer, effj Jersey Shore, were Bun day vlritotwj et fee Methodist parsonage, guests ' of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas M. Stone. * Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Bland aa^| Miss Clare Buckwalter, the latter, the assistant In the posoffice, were at Lock Haven on Monday, where they attended a funeral of a cousin. Mrs. J. H. Leffard of Orchard street has returned from a trip of a month spent in Florida, and reports a very enjoyable time. Miss Myrtle Pettit, a sister, ef Harris* burg, kept things going at the Leffard home during her absence. Mr. aad Mrs. Edward Higginsand two children, of Rahway, N. J., returned home Sunday afternoon, after having enjoyed a visit ef *r few days wife friends In fee borough and Tipton. Mr. Higgins was a caller at our office during his brief stay. He will be remembered ss a- local amateur boxer when-%\*hreal- dent of our borough. Messrs. fee reclamation plant at burg, where they were fouue*% ployed, fee former on business, the latter going along as company, and to once again see bis "buddies." They were accorded a hearty welcome by general foreman L. L. Lafferty and his office staff. They re- ' turned by auto,' in company with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heckman and Misses Georgia Holtzapple and Kathleen Bard, who sojourned over the week end. SUPERVISORS OUT OF DEBT At a recent meeting of fee rotad supervisors of Antis township, composed' of Messrs. John A Richardson, Blair Rumbarger and Joha Hol- len, fee millage for road purposes was reduced from five mills te three milk. The supervisors closed the year wife a good cash balance in the bank. Within another year it is hoped that the supervisors will be able to further reduce the millage and feus save the taxpayers of Ah- tis township much money. A few yean ago eleven mills were paid for road purposes. In recent years fee state has taken over many miles ef Antis township highways, feus reducing the cost of upkeep on the part of fee citizens. POSITION ON BALLOTS Position on fee ballots for assembly, state senate and congress iin Blair county, has been announced this week from Harrisburg, aa follows: Blair county.: Assembly—First district, Democrat, Ralph Norton; Republican, Charles A. Auker, Francis W. Kel- ley, William H. Burd, William N. Decker, Andrew F. Heltman; Second district. Democrat, Charles S. Kniss, John P. Bonner, Fred J. Wood; Republican George E. Jones, Paul E. Forsht, John S. Fair, Daniel H. Erb, D. Raymond Sollen- berger, Raymond A Hagerman. a e> g ■ SHRUB LAvy WARNING Attention of motorists and suiters has been celled by J. Hansel! French State Secretary of Agriculture, to State laws making it unlawful te destroy, remove or injure shrubbery or trees without fee consent of fee owner. The penalty for vtelsliiig this statute is a fine of eat leas than $88 or imprisoment of one day tee each dollar of the fine. Secretory French urged the public to protect aad save tee others Pennsyfvaaia'B wild Ufa, which he said baa n*> sap- errior la ahe«Blted States rfer VarnV, ety feheajajeb iiiijj^^i^f** wWi-K-
Object Description
Title | Bellwood Bulletin 1938-04-14 |
Masthead | Bellwood Bulletin, April 14, 1938, Volume 50 Number 8 |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 8 |
Description | Weekly newspaper printed about Bellwood Borough, Antis Township and Blair County Pennsylvania |
Publisher | W.F. Balsach |
Date | 1938-04-14 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Blair County; Bellwood |
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Title | Bellwood Bulletin 1938-04-14 |
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Contact | For information on the Bellwood Bulletin, contact the Bellwood-Antis Public Library, 526 Main St., Bellwood, PA 16617. Phone: 814-742-8234 E-mail: bellwoodantispubliclibrary@gmail.com |
Full Text | jlf^|PpS"fPP^ OS 2 -*W' MBi VOL. L LOCAL NEWS COLUMN Short Items That Will Inter- ' "• ■:: oat Our Readers BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK ■ Terse l*a*ag»ap"s Csasaietas the Doing of Oav Beroasb The Cet> ussa Oav Sabsstlbsrs Enjoy Mrs. Annie Lenhart, of Liverpool, Perry county, is fee truest of bar sister, Mrs. F. A. Hamilton on South First street. —An examination for substitute villiage carriers of main from Bellwood postoflsces will beheld' In fee borough high school next Saturday. —The membership committee ef fee "What-So-Ever" class of the M. E. Sunday fltflssol is desirous of all members being present at Sunday school sad church services on Easter Sunday. —Three young men of Antis and Pinecroft enlisted wife fee CCC camp at Lary, Va., on Thursday They are Cecil Schandlemier of Antis, Robert Musselman ahd Raymond Stonebreaker of Pinecroft. - —The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of fee Methodist Episcopal church will hold s market In fee furniture store, Saturday, April 16, at 10 a. m. Turnout and make food discoveries which will be on sale. —The General Finance corporation, Huntingdon, has been Incorporated with a capital stock of $250,- 000, fee states department reported. Incorporators are W. Emmert Swig- ert, John W. .Swigert and James Thompson all' of Huntingdon. -ajjrax collectors in boroughs and totvaships of Blair county are receiving their duplicates for fee year "l938. * - lis' •fhlplierrtes were prepar- ^«i?n h? fee jjtenafar. ^cnwrniBBensrs' ""JlsZ^aL^y'aTO^iw'r^™* iiinrTnSr county, poor, road and school tea levies. Aa interesting table ef figures, computed by fee commissioners' clerks, reveals the total assessed valuation of property to be $21,812,450. This is entirely exclusive of Altoona. —M. A. Dively, Superintendent of fee Blair county public schools, will serve for another terra. Professor Dively at fee quadrennial meeting of fee Blair County school Directors' association, held Tuesday at the court house in court room No. 2, wss unanimously re-elected to this post. After being elected, Professor Dively named J. E. Butts of Martinsburg as assistant "superintendent. This appointment WSS unanimously approved. At the annual congressional meeting of fee members of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church of the borough the following were elected to serve aa elders: A. M. Wesson, Maiden L. Moffet, three years; Dr. W. H. Morrow, J .D. Stitt, two years; C. L. Wallace, Ralph F. Taylor, eae year. Trustees, J. Gilbert Watts, five years. At this meeting fee method of electing elders was changed from fee life tenure to that of the i rfctary system. The meeting was largely attended. A probationers class, under instruction ef fee Rev. T. M. Stone, was received Into full membership In fee Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening! wife impressive ceremonies. The class numbered 20. A large audience heard fee pas- tee's sermon on "They Launched Forth,'* and witnessed fee reception. Special music by fee choir included a quartette number by Prof. W. H. Johnson, Mr. sad Mrs. D. W. Mesas and Mrs. Delmar Leach. Under fee pastorate ef Rev. Stone during fee pest year, fifty-two new members have been taken into fee church. Congressman Don Gingery has been notified feat the President has approved an allotment ef Federal funds in the sun ef $18,270 to tew prove Route 890 in Frankstown township, Blair County, by constructing stone base roadway, surfacing, shaping berms, excavating, constructing culvert, installing drainage system, snd performing incidental work. This is net a part of fee Federal Aid Highway system. No taxes or estimates will be levied to cover fee amount of Federal funds expended ea this project This la township owned property ead is sponsored by the Fiaakstown super- CELEBMTIBHOF_ROLY WEEK Special Sorvie** Will Be Hold la Lbsjbb Valtay Esptlit Church Never . has the world beheld s pageant of such sacred magnihood as that which took place ia fee Holy Land for seven days between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. The central character in the pageant was Jesus Christ fee Eon of God and the worlds Redeemer. The chronological order of events during Christ's butt week on earth Is as follows: Christ weeping over Jerusalem, cursing the fig tree, the spectacular driving of the money changers out of fee temple, the blind and fee lame are healed, fee condemnation of fee hypocritical Scribes and Pharasees, fea easting of the widow's mite Into the treasury, fee parable ef fee ten virgins and the talents, the agony in fee garden of Gethsemane , fea arrest of Jesus, Peter cuts off the ear of the servant of fee High Priest, Peter denies Christ, Judas hangs himself, the trials before Caiaphas, Herod and Pelate., fee release of Barabbis a criminal, Jesus is whipped, stripped and crowned with thorns and is mocked and spit upon, Jesus now /carries his cross up Cslvry's hill and then the crucifietion. Now we hear the seven farewell messages from fee cross: ''Father forgive them for they know not what they do;" "Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise;" "Woman behold thy Son*" "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"; "I thirst;" "It is finished;" "Father into Thy hands I commend My spirit." Lots are now cast for his garments; the disciples flee; darkness covers the earth; the vail In fee temple is rent in twain; fee rocks are rent; fee tombs are opened; saints are raised from the dead; the legs of the two thieves, are broken; a spear pierces fee heart of the Master; Je- BELLWOOD. PA., PARADISE TO OPEN Lcxeu RSDAY, APRIL 14, 1938 funeral procession begins snd fee crucified body of the Lord is laid in Joseph's tomb and sealed tight with a Roman seal. What a week that was! Could more have been crowded into it? The pageantry of those seven days eclipses any other pageant. The outstanding day of this Holy week was Friday, fee crucifietion day when Christ paid fee penalty for oar sins and fee sin of the world. Tomorrow, Friday April 15, fee community Is invited to assemble in fee Logan Valley Baptist church at 1.30 o'clock for fee sacred Good Friday services when fee local pastor will deliver five minute addresses On the seven sayings from fee cross. The choirs of our eight churches will assist in singing fee hymns for fee day. Everybody, so far as possible is urged to be seated by 1.80 o'clock. The meeting is scheduled to close at 3 o'clock. REV. H. G. DOOLEY, President of fee Bellwood Ministerium. TROUT SEASON TOMORROW The legal season for taking the "speckled beauties," fee aristocrats of fee brook, will open In Pennsylvania tomorrow and thousands of anglers will -be out along the many streams. The streams in the nearby sections-—Tipton run, Bell run, Sandy run, and others in Centre and Huntingdon counties have been heavily stocked by fee State Fish Department. Word has been flashed about feat Spruce Creek was never in better condition and has been quite heavily stocked in recent weeks wife all species of trout rang, ing from six inches to a foot In length. Spring Creek, in Centre county, will be the mecca for hundreds of sportsmen and many will leave fee borough this evening in order to be on fee stream early. REPUBLICAN CLUB MEETING An important business meeting of fee Bellwood and Antis township Woman's Republican slab will be held Tuesday evening, April 19, a o'clock, at the home of the president Mrs. W. Y. Bland, 586 South fifth street. Ward chairmen are asked to see members In their respective districts snd urge them to attend fee meeting. New members are always welcome. As this will be the last meeting of fee club before fee primary election, Tuesday, May 17, a large attendance Is desired. •*?* teethe Famous Spring CraoTk ' Flaking jest Will Be Ready Far S The Fish Commission's Sprint Creek Project, better as "Fishermen's Paradise" 1 on Spring Creek about four Brdl above Beliefoate, Centre Counfy, will be opened fer fishing this year on May 10, Commissioner of Fisheries C. A. French baa announced. The project will close on July 9. Noted for the giant trout frequenting its Improved stretches 'jjjgt fishing water, Spring Creek year holds promise of thrills aple with fee additional likelihood considerable broken tackle, asb: and rainbow trout up to 8 poun weight are now to be observed Be its pools. Opening time on May 10 and every day thereafter, excepting S«s> days, during fee special season _ be 8 o'clock In fee morning. Star* ard time, and dosing time 8 p. Standard time. The daily limit permitted a flu, erman will be two trout, each over 10 inches in length, in fee men's section; 10 may be caught, 8 ef which must be returned to the water. '..'..J Only artificial flies with barbless hooks may be used and no spinners are permitted. In fishing barbless hooks, regular hooks wife the barbs bent down will be permitted. In the section reserved for ladies, trout over 7 inches In length may be retained, fee seme daily Creel limit of 2 applying as well as the 10-a-day catch limit. All anglers holding a Pennsylvania Fishing License will be permitted to fish Ave days in fee Projecct. It was stressed that individuals fishing wife or having in possession any live bait, meat, liver or other bait While In tha Project would be violating the rules. Noj^pifey will be permitted. sea ■ !■■ SPOKE TO THE VETERANS The meeting of fee Retired Veterans of fee Pennsylvania Railroad held last week had as a guest speaker the Rev. H. Paul Cox, who gave a strong address, and having been in the employ of fee greatest government on the globe snd the greatest railroad in the world, be could and did, emphasize on fee "Stop, Look, and Listen," on fee veterans' autumn of life, and as they had been prompt when fee whistle blew, and when bringing the train to fee schedule, he asked them to be ready when the Master summons them to make their last run., Messrs. Figart, Steele, Moses and Troxell, as a qaurtette, and Mrs. Hughes at fee piano, rendered three selections. Through fee kindness of our eon- genial secretary of fee "Y", Budd Focht, at the next meeting of fee Retired Veterans of fee P. R. R., 400 feet of western films home movies, will be presented by Thos. Robison, which will be looked for wife much interest by fee veterans. Arrangements are being marie for fee use of fee main auditorium, and to this meeting all railroad men, active or retired, will And a cordial welcome. WILL GO TO HUNTINGDON Bellwood will lose one of its well known business men this week when Mr. M. H. Daugherty, who has been connected wife fee Main street store of the Shaffer company for many years, will sever his connection and leave for Huntingdon, where he will engage in the mercantile business under his own name, having purchased a long established and well known place of business in that borough. Mr. Daugherty is one of our prominent business men aad has been engaged here most all Ids life. He is a member of fee Belt* wood school board, having been elected last year, and previous to this official office he was a member of fee town council ' fer four years. His long years of experience in met- entile pursuits well qualify • him for the undertaking. The bast wishes of his friends go wife him in his new field of endeavor. . -<-On Tuesday, April 88, st 7.45 p. m., fee wonderful new motion picture wife sound music, "Tha Lite of Christ," from fee Nativity to fee Ascension will be presented in fee Methodist church, sponsored by fee young people's department of the church school. A silvering wW be tehee. COUNCIL METMONOAY NIGHT Appoint Regular Water Secretary aad Sewer Chairman The borough council met in regular session Monday night with all members present and President R. A. Cherry, presiding. Most of fee business concerned plans for completing the is worses system. Engineer, Raymond Murray submitted 'a detailed report oa fee progress to date and while gratify* Ing results are being made, fee present allocation will not be sufficient to complete the project. Another project has been submitted to WPA to cover fee cost of completing the job and Mr. Murray urged eouncil to contact Harrisburg officials and endeavor to have this new project approved, as the present appropriation will only carry fee work on until fee last of June and will leave about 16,000 feet of pipe remaining to be laid. Council appointed W. I. Davis, water secretary-for a two year period. This position has been held open since, the first of fee year to await developments and Mr. Davis had been serving in a temporary capacity. J. E. Trego, chairman of the police committee, asked permission to secure an extra policeman, as the regular man has had no relief days for a number of months. Council instructed Mr. Trego to secure applications for this special work. N. Q. Lauver asked to have his resignation accepted as chairman of the sewer committee, which was accepted and President Cherry appointed F. W. Fleisher to fill the chairmanship and added J. E. Trego to fee committee. The water committee wss instructed to secure information on a modern chlorinating plant for fee water system **., fee jptaafsat ejant is ments ani dance. Other general business wss transacted, fee current bills ordered paid and council adjourned to meet again at the next regular session on May 9th. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED Mrs. Charles L. Bush, who recently entered on her twentieth year as president of fee Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid society, had a recent birthday celebrated by the society. The social affair was held at the church, after Lenten service. Mrs. Bush -was called to the social hall, and a goodly number of the society members were present, to enjoy the birthday party and partake of delicious refreshments served by the ladies. A handsome quilt, with fancy pillow to match, was presented Mrs. Bush. It had been quilted a few days previously and those concerned thought they had quite a joke on Mrs. Bush in that she had helpea with fee quilting not having any idea of the future ownership of fee quilt. She "thought" it was property of one of the crowd, and was allowed to cherish her own conclusions, until time for the surprise. The party adjourned, wishing Mrs. Bush many happy returns of the day, as well as many more years of service in fee Ladles Aid Work, in which she has proven so efficient. HALL-VANDEVANDER Before fee alter of the Eavngeli- cal church on North Second street, Friday evening, April 8, Mr. Theodore J. Hall and Miss Almeda Pearl Vandevander were joined In fee bonds of holy wedlock, fee officiating clerfyman being Rev. H. C. Klef- fell, the pastor of the congregation, fee ring ceremony being used. The ceremony was witnessed by a number of close friends of fee parties. The groom is employed by fee Hoffman Ice Cream company of Altoona. The bride is the daughter of Mr. snd Mrs. Charles A. Vandevander of North Second street, and is a graduate of fee Bellwood High school class of '24. The will establish a home la Juniata in fee near future. NOTICE The proposed budget for fee 1938-89 school term of the Antis Township School District has been prepared snd is available in the office of fee supervising principal at the Consolidated School budilding, where can be seen by all interested persons. g&*''V M £.|*-jAjCa^«**, • jjMkft Secretary. RECORD OFJNE DEPARTED Parson* Who Have Passed From Tbae to Eternity Mahton L. Moffet Mahlon Lightner Moffat, for the past thirty-four years s resident ot this borough, passed sway suddenly Monday morning at 9.80 o'clock at his home on South First street. After completing his high school education Is fee Petersburg schools, he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad company in 1898, and continued In its service actively until December, 1933, when, due to failing health, he was forced to semi-retirement. He was born In Mooresville, Huntingdon county, March 7, 1878, the son of Hiram and Lydia Fleming Moffet. He was the last member of his family, three brothers sad a sister having preceded him to'. fee grave. His ancestors settled in the upper Shaver's Creek valley before the Revolutionary war, snd were among the pioneer settlers in Pennsylvania. ate Members of his family have been identified with the Presbyterian church for many generations, to which faith be was a sound adherent, and served for fee past several years as a trustee of fee Logan Valley Presbyterian church. Just recently he resigned fee presidency of the trustees end at the recent congregational meeting was eletced an elder In this church. On June 19, 1902, he was married to Elizabeth Armstrong Porter, of Petersburg, who survives him, as well as two sons, Cleon Moffet, of Pittsburgh, and Mahlon Moffet, Jr., of Bellwood. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2.80 o'clock, in Logan Valley Presbyterian church. Interment will be made iavthe Logan Val- Jesse M. Waits*** Jesse ML Watters, aged 68, of 518 Sixth avenue, Altoona, an engineer on the Middle division of the Pennsylvania railroad, died suddenly at 9.26 o'clock Tuesday morning after he had been taken ill while engaged at his work at Huntingdon. Mr. Watters was engineer on the daylight shifter in fee Huntingdon yards and he complained of illness to fellow workers, who accompanied him to fee office of Dr. Fred R. Hutchison in Huntingdon. The engineer died at fee physician's office shortly after reaching there. He was employed by the company for thirty-five years, entering the services as a fireman on Nov. 7, 1900, being promoted to engineer on Aug. 18, 1905. He held the daylight position hi fee Huntingdon yards for some time past. Mr. Watters was born at Honey Grove, Juniata county, on May 18, 1875, a 'son of John and Nanny (Milligan) Watters. Surviving are his widow, Etta Laura Watters and two children, Mrs. Ellen Kruez and 'Charles M. Watters, both of Altoona. Two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Wertz of Bellwood and Mrs. Rose Berkstreseer of Piti&urgh,j also survive. Mr. Watters was a member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church in Altoona and of the B. of R. T. EASTER AT BAPTIST CHURCH The members of the Logan Valley Baptist church anticipate a glorious Easter Sunday. During the past few weeks there has been a quiet work of grace manifested. Without any special meeting or high pressure methods a large number have decided to openly, and courageously confess Christ as Saviour. These converts will publicly confess their newly -found Saviour In baptism by immersion. The scriptural form, on Easter Sunday, morning and evening. Pastor H. G. Dooley will officiate st fee baptismal service snd will deliver special Easter sermons st both the morning and evening the order of this glad day. The fee odrer of this glad day. The public is cordially invited. TARZAN CALLS The jungle rears wife new thrills, fierce tribes charge in battle, hundreds of wild animals fight fer their king and a glamorous girl answers fee call of tore in fee exalting new **Tarr*aa*S Revenge," fee Twentieth CemturyJPox release which comes April 14, to fee State theatre. PERSOMUVRJaf People Who Visit Hat* Thoea Who Go Away. MOVEMENTS OF PUB fl Guest* Who Asa Ea**H*Ie*d by Weed Horn* P*rseaal Tbese Who Va* Te ead I Mrs. Howard E. Jeffriees, Joseph Guest and young son, Ji of Pittsburgh, were smeste on Wednesday at fee Jeffries home oa Boyles street. Mrs. J. R. McElwain and sea Kenneth, of Chambersburg, were week end visiters at fee home Mrs. McElwain's mother, Mrs. Hillard of East Main street. Mr. and Mre. EL G. Buisbeawj end Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Womer, effj Jersey Shore, were Bun day vlritotwj et fee Methodist parsonage, guests ' of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas M. Stone. * Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Bland aa^| Miss Clare Buckwalter, the latter, the assistant In the posoffice, were at Lock Haven on Monday, where they attended a funeral of a cousin. Mrs. J. H. Leffard of Orchard street has returned from a trip of a month spent in Florida, and reports a very enjoyable time. Miss Myrtle Pettit, a sister, ef Harris* burg, kept things going at the Leffard home during her absence. Mr. aad Mrs. Edward Higginsand two children, of Rahway, N. J., returned home Sunday afternoon, after having enjoyed a visit ef *r few days wife friends In fee borough and Tipton. Mr. Higgins was a caller at our office during his brief stay. He will be remembered ss a- local amateur boxer when-%\*hreal- dent of our borough. Messrs. fee reclamation plant at burg, where they were fouue*% ployed, fee former on business, the latter going along as company, and to once again see bis "buddies." They were accorded a hearty welcome by general foreman L. L. Lafferty and his office staff. They re- ' turned by auto,' in company with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heckman and Misses Georgia Holtzapple and Kathleen Bard, who sojourned over the week end. SUPERVISORS OUT OF DEBT At a recent meeting of fee rotad supervisors of Antis township, composed' of Messrs. John A Richardson, Blair Rumbarger and Joha Hol- len, fee millage for road purposes was reduced from five mills te three milk. The supervisors closed the year wife a good cash balance in the bank. Within another year it is hoped that the supervisors will be able to further reduce the millage and feus save the taxpayers of Ah- tis township much money. A few yean ago eleven mills were paid for road purposes. In recent years fee state has taken over many miles ef Antis township highways, feus reducing the cost of upkeep on the part of fee citizens. POSITION ON BALLOTS Position on fee ballots for assembly, state senate and congress iin Blair county, has been announced this week from Harrisburg, aa follows: Blair county.: Assembly—First district, Democrat, Ralph Norton; Republican, Charles A. Auker, Francis W. Kel- ley, William H. Burd, William N. Decker, Andrew F. Heltman; Second district. Democrat, Charles S. Kniss, John P. Bonner, Fred J. Wood; Republican George E. Jones, Paul E. Forsht, John S. Fair, Daniel H. Erb, D. Raymond Sollen- berger, Raymond A Hagerman. a e> g ■ SHRUB LAvy WARNING Attention of motorists and suiters has been celled by J. Hansel! French State Secretary of Agriculture, to State laws making it unlawful te destroy, remove or injure shrubbery or trees without fee consent of fee owner. The penalty for vtelsliiig this statute is a fine of eat leas than $88 or imprisoment of one day tee each dollar of the fine. Secretory French urged the public to protect aad save tee others Pennsyfvaaia'B wild Ufa, which he said baa n*> sap- errior la ahe«Blted States rfer VarnV, ety feheajajeb iiiijj^^i^f** wWi-K- |
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