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BELLWOOD, PA., THyf-UgftY, FEBRUARY  18,  1043
NO. 52
LOCAL MIS COLUMN
Short Items That WIU Inter-
est Our Readers
BRIEF SUMMMYfJF THE WEEK
■Tarse    Paragraphs  Concerning, .the
Pelag  et Oar  Borough—The Col-
ansa  Oar   Sabtcribers    Eajey
Ber. Eugene G. Slep, paator of
ths Presbyterian church, will be
the guest speaker at a father and
son banquet to be held fat the First
Methodist church, Altoona, Monday.
February 22, at 6 o'clock.
—Monday and Tuesday mornings
ware the coldest of the winter,
(when tha thermometer played hide-
and-go-seek at about six degrees
below ssro. It was biting cold and
it was necessary for early risers
; to wear heavy clothing aa they
went off to their places of emjloy-
ment.
—We are pleased to note ' the
progress of Sergeant Harry Millar,
son of Painter and Mrs. Harry Miller of North Tuckahoe attest. Sergeant Miller has recently returned
from Hawaii, where he (was located
fer a number ef months and has
entered the officers' training school
at Miami, Florida.
—Mrs. Lillian (Sitman) Weaver,
of Mt. Holly, New Jersey, in becoming a yearly subscbriber of the
Bulletin, among other things says;
"Find enclosed a dollar bill for the
Bellwood Bulletin for one year.
Everytime we go to Cora and Dale
Cherry's or they come to see us, d
always get their paper, and believe
me, I read it from cover to cover.
I will ba waiting patiently fer my
jiaper."
—Mr. William Loueks of    Reigh-
bmoktfbm.
•*-#>-**fi-fs\
"who Is enlisted is the armed" tetb
of the nation, ia missing to action.
This word was communicated to
the father in a telegram from the
war department at Washington
last Saturday and nothing further
has been received. The young man
enlisted In the service a number of
months sgo.
—Mr. John Atherton, Bellwood's
venerable and most aged citizen,
who passed tha ninety-fifth mile-
atone in hia Journey through life
last September, is getting along
very nicely from an accident that
toefel him a few Masks ago, when
he was so unfortunate as to fall
and receive painful injuries. For
tha past few years thia fine old
. gentleman has been making his
home with Mrs. Clyde Greenland,
■ his daughter, who resides on Low-
ther street. Until the accident be-
fel him ha made •frequent trips to
the business part of the town and
has since bean mueh missed.
—In all of the Blair county
schools that come under the super-
visioa of the eounty superintendent,
plans have been comgdeted for war
rationing book No. 2. Principals
and teachers of tha Bellwood-Antis
joint district and Snyder and Tyrone townships met with the Tyrone
borough teachers test Monday evening for instruction for registers
The schedule arranged for the BeUwood-Antis district ia: In the high
school, Monday aad Wednesday, 9
a. te. to 9 p. m.; Thursday and
Friday 6 to 8 p. m. only. All Interested parsons should observe the
schedule.
—Bills are nouf" pending In the
Legislature at Harrisburg, dismembering the Congressional districts
ef the commonwealth in conformity with the 1940 census, and if
enacted Blair eounty will loan its
identity with tha present 23rd district, Blair, Centra and Clearfield.
The bills propose to tack Blair onto a part ef the 18th district,
which would embrace four or   Ave
' counties — Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, Fulton, Centre and Mifflin
counties. Tha result in the' passage
of either bill would    throw    Con-
m giessman Janes E. VanZandt and
Congressman Richard W. Simpson,
ef Huntingdon, into the same district, whieh means one of them
(would have to retire. While Pennsylvania has 33 congressman at
present, there ara but 82 districts,
eae being -chosen ta tha state et
teres.      The   apportionment    will
99TH  ANNIVERSARY
TO BE OBSERVED
j    Nfext Sunday marks Urn 99th anniversary ef the founding of Meth-
! odists in    Bellwood and the   47th
j anniversary  of the present church.
This anniversary (will  be    observed
in connection with tha annual layman's day,  tha program  being arranged by the minister and Mr. W.
P. Bush, the local lay leader.
In the morning service the
guest speaker Will be Mr. Russell
B. Madden, of Mount Union. Mr.
Madden is the associate lay leader
of tbe Altoona district. He will
have a message tbat should be
heard by every member of this
church. The service will begin
promptly at 10:46 following the
church school session which ia at
9:30. J*"
In the evening at 7j30 the Girls
Chorus of tha Bellwood-Antis High
school will be iptresent and render
a musical program.- This is one of
the finest musical organisations
of our community and is always
well received wherever - tbey go.
The chorus is under the direction
and supervision of Miss Miller. A
most cordial invitation is extended
to all who can, to come and enjoy
this musical program.
The regular monthly meeting of
the W. S. C. S. will be held on
Monday  evening at 7:80.
RECORD IF TIE DEP»RtElilPPENIN65 10 TEARS 100
FATHER AND SON BANQUET
The annual father and son banquet of the Win-A-Chum class of
the Logan Valley Presbyterian
church will be held at the local
Grange Hall thia coming Monday
evening, Friday 22nd at 5:00 p. m.
The speaker for the banquet will
ue Coach Lamont "Duke" Burkholder of the Be'Jljw-ood - Antis High
School. His subject will be "True
Values". Professor McDermott of
flw^lftcujtfcef th/l 'iSmWb*    High
magic. OTOup singlng~wflr Wled
by choir master Raymond Strunk.
Address of Welcome will be given
by the president of the class, Morrow Mills.
The committee in charge of the
occasion are the officers of the
class ' Morrow; Mills, Raymond
Strunk, Robert Burns, Jack Burns.
The reception committee will be
James Taylor and Kenneth Wood-
ball..
The Ladies Aid of the church
will do the serving. The dinner will
be served at ofiO p. m. and the
banquet will be over at seven because  of other engagements.
The fathers of the boys are to
be the honored guests. The response
to the welcome of Morrow Mills
will be given by one of the fathers
who will not be selected until the
time of the banquet. This will display to the boys how good their
dads are at speech making.
CONTRIBUTED LIBERALLY
The contribution for funds foi
gifts to the boys of BeUwood borough and Antis township in the
armed service of the nation, a-
mounts to the snug sum of three
hundred and eifpty-six dollars and
sixty-three cento to' date. Commander James Shirey of the American
Legion and his aides are deeply
grateful to the citizens and hope
for continued support. Next Tuesday evening a committee meeting
wfll be held and a big turnout is
asked. The following named persons
are serving on it:
L. F. Henry, F. D. Killen, Root.
B. Greenland), George M. Givin, J.
Irvin Rightnour, Rev. H. T. Coven,
Rev. H. G. Dooley, Rev. Russell P.
Knoebel, Rev. Eugene G. Slep, Rev.
Levi Goehring, Rev. Clyde Bush,
Rev. Father Smith, Rev. C. O. Mickey, Mrs. Merrill Dbran, William A.
Hauth, Fredd Budd, Mra J. L. Truitt, John G. Cornmesser, Mrs. John
Estep, A. I. Shirk, Mrs. Thomas
Burkholder. Oran Wharton, Prof.
George Weiss, Harold Moffett, Merrill Doran.
ia the state.
—Just like a-detter from borne—tba
Bellwood Bulletin.
—Pennsylvania te tha leading
state in tbe expenditures snd mileage of programmed snow removal
sad ice control, 'lbs exptemdjttures
sre greater than for any of the
thirty-six statea in the enow belt.
During the past ten years this
service has coat tea commonwealth
aver 136,000,000.
THOSE WHO HAVE PAST
I       TIME TO ETERNAL REST
George Bah set 1-oaoe
Illness from which he had beew
1 suffering for a month proved fatal?
' to ffsaiga Robert Shaner at the
1 Altoona hospital Thursday afternoon
I of last week. Almost all of hia en-
] tire adult life was spent hi the
' community and hence ha had a
| large acquaintance and his passing
1 wss received with much sonde) by
' all who shared the friendship of
1 this excellent citizen.
He waa   born   at   Mount   Etna
February 87, 1874,    a bob of John
and Mary Isenberg Shaner, the fte.
ther being a Civil war veteran. HIS.
wife  Gertrude     Shultzberger    died
one year ago. • •
|     He is survived by- five sons'
(three daughters,    James R. Shaner,:
1 BeUwood;    William L "Shaner,
rone;    Mra Clarence Widney*,
1 rone; George Shaner, Tyrone; Mra*;
Madeline  Wagner,    Altoona;    Mrs**
Samuel Stetter, Bellwood; John    R.
Shaner,    Camp    Atterbury,    Ind.;
Cheater   L.     Shaner,    MartinsburgC
Three brothers also    survive    ae
follows:      Jamas   Shaner,  Altoona;
Charles  and  W„ E.   Shaner,    .BeU-*;
wood, also seven grandchildren. '•
The deceased was a member
the Methodist church of the boi
ough, (where he took aa active
part, and of Tyrone ledge No. 494;:
Free and Accepted Masons, and
was one of the oldest, being a
member of the Excelsior Fire cons*
pany of the town, and during his,
early years took a lively latere
in the organization Fired
a patriotic zeal, along with a num
ber of other young men of
borough, when the Spanish-Am
can war broke out fat 1898,.
listed with company C, 48rd
J?JtJW*\i -gtetes Sbmeieet..
Philippines. During one of the' 'MM
gagemente he waa boloed with a
sharp instrument by a Filipino ana
came near losing one of his arms.
However, the injury received the
best of attention from the army
surgeons and his arm (was saved,
although amputation was advised by
the physicians. He was a member
"of Dewey post, United Spanish Wsr
Veterans of Altoona. For many
years he •aaa engaged as a blacksmith in the Juniata shops of tiie
P. R. R.   company.
He was a good citizen, always
active in all that was for the betterment of the town and community and gave freely of bis time to
all civic undetakinga. He Was always in line of march on Memorial day and frequently acted as
marshal! of the parade. Many wilt
regret the passing of George Robert Shaner.
Funeral services (were held at
his late home 618 Eaat Third
street last Sunday afternoon at
2,00 o'clock, in charge of hte pastor Rev. Thaddeus Covert of ths
Methodist church. A military and
Masonic funeral was conducted In
Logan Valley cemetery, where interment was made.
IPflllfsis OF   OUR    CITIZENS
THREE DECADES    AGO
'From tha Bellwood Bulletin, Aa-
20,  1914.
id,. T. Merideth,  of Altoona, and
<"S.   Williams,  of    Tyrone, - Were
ram here Tuesday afternoon,
iidy Barrett,    wife and daughter e visiting friends    St   Rer-
Clearfleld county.
hf-st. Rothenberger, and two sons
home from a visit of   a   few
among    friends ' at    Akron,
•Ward Canaan, wife and sons,
errisburg, are spending some
at the home of Mrs. Cannon's
•r,  Mra.* VanZanddt.
M. Cox, of Hensheystewn,
st week for    Braidwood, 111.,
l-he is visiting hte sister.   He
Chicago and.ether pointb
*his return home.
praBace Wray, mas-
nic of the P. R. R. shops
H$rady, spent    a few days
Tat the home of his mo-
Hy***aroline Wray, Railroad
Shaffer,   of New  York
at the home-0fjub
||. Price,  ifWe
returned trfpn    a
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PERSONAL PARA6RAPHS
Those Who Go "Awee*
MOVEMENTS GF OUR GlTiZLNS
HEALTH AND MEDICAL
TEMERANQE '
,  Mrs.  George P. Orals of   North    ^mmmmmm^mmr. _•_-___■_-_-_■_■
First street entertained the mem- J
ben of the Bellwood Women's People Who Visit Here en»
Christian Temperance/Union at her
home Tuesday afternoon In honor
of her guest, Mrs. Beard, of Lewis-
town. Mra. William Linn had charge
of devotions and read excerpts
from a number of books of the
Bible. The members sang, "O, Master Let Me Walk With Thee"' sad
the 23rd Psalm, and Slso took part
in sentence prayers and all united
in reciting the Lord's prayer. The
president, Mrs. Charles Weight, eon-
ducted the business session. The
treasurer reported a doodly sum in
tbe  treasury.
It Wsa decided to have a temperance sermon preached in honor
of Mine Frances Willard and the
members to attend the services . in
a body. It was decided to ask the
ministers of our town to keep the
temperance cause before the people
by piaaching scVsal temperance
sermons during tha year.
The topic for the program was,
"Health end Medical Temperance,"
and mm **n charge ft Mrs.Lovte.
Khewseid in part, "Sin ia the cause
of jteraffearing, both ptiysfcal and
menS(y_4Jcohol and syphilis have
comf
The
id cause much suffering.
^various ways of sen-
■f-dteeases and... One
me)*, b. to drink out
Hlw9eeh' used^-by-
B*_*^enjJK
r W^^hnmm
washed- mem
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(Charlee P. Raugh
When the announcement was
made in the borough test week
that Charlee P. Raugh, had died at
his home in Bellvua. Ohio, it
shocked many old time friends who
had known him his entire lifetime.
Hie death was sudden Sunday afternoon, February 7, while in his
home in his adopted city of Beil-
vue. He had been in ill health
since last December, but his sudden
passing was a shock to his family
and friends. He !was born March
12, 1869, in Blair county, the son
of the late Sellers and Susan Isenberg Raugh. The family came to.
Bellwood more than half a century
ago and where the deceased spent
his youthful days, being at various
times engaged in different activities. In April, 1897, he want to
lOhio and started to work a month
later with the Nickel Plate railroad
as a passenger brakeman and worked continuously for the railroad
until October 10, 1939, when he retired -after a set visa of 42 years,
having attained to the position ot
passenger conductor when hia services terminated. Survivors are his
wife, one son, Allen of Pittsburgh,
a grandson-, Charles, and one great-
granddaughter, three brothers, William and G. K. e^JrtUjjfr bash
thstr **_aaay Irlenda. "
Another Veteran gone. Death
came suddenly to Elijah Estep, a
well knojwn veteran of the Civil
War, and one of the esteemed citizens of the north aide of the borough, while partaking of the noonday meal last Saturday. The deceased was born in Huntingdon
county in 1842. He enjoyed an excellent record as a soldier, waa a
member of G. A. R. and a retired
veteran of the Pennsylvania railroad.
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MARRIED  IN  THE SOUTH
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Isenberg of
Locust Grove farm, near the borough, announce tbe marriage of
their son, Robert Jr., of Jackson,
■Miss., to Miss Melba Griffis, of
Villa Rica, Georgia. The ceremony
took place February 10, at noon,
in the Galloway Memorial church at
Jackson and was performed by the
Sew*. Clair Clifford Jones, Jr., of
Jackson. The bride looked charming
In an aqua blue .suit with brown
accessories and -Wore a corsage of
white carnations. Mrs. Jones was
attired in a gold suit with blue accessories and Wore a corsage of
iris.
The bride is a gr-arluate of
Georgia State College for Women
and prior to her marriage was
stewardess for Delta Air Lines.
Bob Is well known in Blair county
fer his swimming and bowling activities. He is a gaduate of Bellwood-
Antis High School and attended
Penn State college. He holds a rev
sponsible position as chief dispatcher for Delta Air Lines Iwith headquarters at Jackson. Mr. and Mrs.
Isenberg will be at home to their
many friends in their newly furnished apartment at West Capital
street, Jackson, Miss.
■    e*e
—Exercises appropriate to the
birthday anniversary of George
Washington, our first president,
will be held in our .public school
next Monday.
Pe"	
the disease
pSTbte being the    aawiVereafl^weil
_mpn Willard'a home going, part of
gjfjjte^{>rogram was devoted    to   thte
Jgble womaa5s;^p»ying».
yOs^mmmmLi
fliel
reform." She aaao said, "Sometime
it will be looked upon as a relic of
our primitive barbarism that children were taught the names of
'rivers in Tibet, but were not taught
the wonderful lajws on which their
bodily happiness is based." As an
actual warfare the goal to single,
although there are many branches
of service, so the objective of ths
Natioal Women's Christian Temperance Union is a liquorices world.
Miss Taylor, Mesdames McCoy,
Mitchell, Chilton and McElwain all
took part in various parts of the
program. At the conclution of tha
program the hostess served delicious
refreshments.
David of Altoona; three sisters,
Hannah, Bses and Grace, of Bellwood. He was a member of St.
Paul's Evangelical and Reformed
{Church and served as a member of
the consistory for    19 years.      He
wasi ateo a member    of the    B. of , JapeneBe prtaon compound,.
BL T. sad the   Woodmen    ofj-he. gjta   J*^  *jm   we. ^^
passing,' b**B eonsidered dead, aad    totters
WILL TALK OM    WORLD PEACE
When he appears here Thursday
evening, March 11, to speak before
the Bellwood-Antis Parent -Teacher
Association, in its regular monthly
meeting session in the Martin street
building, William Robert Fuoss. Tyrone World war veteran and widely
known lecturer, will discuss a theme
of great moment, his subject being,
"Can There Be World Peace After
Victory; le This The Time To Plan
It?" Mr. Fuoss' theme is of current
interest and should bring out many
interesting points as have to do
with the kind of world men and
women will want after victory. The
address given here is the third in *
series of seven addresses the Tyrone
man ia delivering in a four-county
area—Blair, Centre, Clearfield and
Huntingdon counties—in which Mr.
Fuoss treats of the broad subject,
"Victory and the Post-War World".
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—Type writer paper far sale at
ine Bulletin office in any quanity
■teebad
—The cold weather the beginning of the week caused a slowing
up of activity in    business  circles.
—The streams in nearby plaees
sre covered with a heavy coat of
ice, for the first time during the
present winter.
—News from the fighting fronts.
•was overshadowed by the test definite word on the fate of scores of
Pennsylvania soldiers unheard from
since early 1942. According to messages received by families In nearly 50 Pennsylvania ** communities,
these "missing"    fighters sre being
World.      AD his old time
,iM    Bellwood regret his
Interment waa  made    in
BelWue' *°    ^Mn>  w***  ** tern died through
I the American Bed Cress>   .
Cucsta   Wh* Ara Entertained hy Bell-
Wood Hosts—Personal Mel-lea  •#
Tboae Whe Visit Te aadF-o . |
Mrs.  Harvey Yarnell, of
recently spent a day with hs*JE
ento,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   George vfMffM
on North First street.
Mm WilUs Beck, of Hunting-Ifo*, >
has returned to her home after a I
visit with Mr. sad Mrs. George ■
Wents on North First street.
Mrs.   Scott  Noel left    yesterday
for Syracus,  N. T.  to speed  some
time with her daughter, Jfra    John 1
Taylor.  Mr.    Taylor  is m  defense
worq there.
Mr. Fred, Schalles, prfao is nns|»,--e
bered'among Uncle Else's big army, I
te enjoying a furlough at the home\;
of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Henry :
Schalles on South First street. Am B
other eon, James, expects*, to De
transferred to foreign soil within*
the very near future.
Mr. Louis A.    Frazier of   North
Cambria street, returned home *aji
Monday, after a visit, of two wbqM|
with his son and daughter*- in-l
Rev. and- Charlee Frazier  at
ettsville,    Franklin  county,
3|ev. Frazier is pastor of the
ruChurch of that place.
'"■Pr.  Merris  Q. Lauver,    ea
feft'lfce   past    few    months.   sX_
large -fjyvernment project at Cha*fe
ttarstaarg,  spent the week-eft^ wH»-
t-%^famiiy-. on North Third
While in our office Mondeg.
'MM
with tha Harrison Construction Co.'
of Pittsburgh, and was stationed at
Knoxville, Tenn., is now at Hot
Springs Ark., where he was ordered
just lately. The Harrison Ce. is
in the aluminum business, and Rue
sel is making his mark, with his
company.
Paul Schalles, who has been an
instructor in the navy school at
Memphis, Tennessee for the past
three months, is enjoying a furlough at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schalles on
South First street, He will be at
home until March 8. when he expects to report for engineering
training at the Chunnte Field, Illinois. Paul was a caller at our office
Wednesday afternoon.
—If you have an article for sale try
an advertisement in the Bulletin.
-—The Bulletin goes into several
hundred of homes in the borough
each week.
—Burgess McKinney Informed
us this morning that the salvage
committee is putting on a drive fot
old keys and bolts and any kind of
copper or brass or iron keys. We
are asking the boys and girls of
Bellwood and Antis township to
gather such scrap materials about
their homes and turn them in at
the office of the burgees. Two kegs
will be placed on the porch ia
front of the burgess's office. Please
deposit them in the kegs marked
"steal" or "copper" or "brass".
The money derived from the sale
of the same will be turned over to
the service men's present committee
to help our bo-pts In the service. :
Any kind of small brass, copper or
iron will be thankfully received.
—The Alderman and his sistai
are finding time to send tiie soldim
boys a few lines and some papers
which they have answered with
rousing letters, pictures and a pillow. The pillow came from . their
neighbor boy Bob Clark, now at
Camp Maxey, Texas. He also sent
his picture. Bob te with the 108 j
Q M. Co. of the 102 Inf. Div. and
he writes real letters whieh ara
finding a real welcome. The otfcad
Bob they send greetings to ia Bob j
Mann, and hte home is in Reigte
town. Bob is with the 196th Field
Artillery, Battery C, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. His photo has also came with
some snappy letters*, and a piece of
poetry that we are going to give
you later. „,.-__H