Bedford Gazette from Bedford, Pennsylvania • Page 1

GAZETTE VOLUME 123 NO. 30 BEDFORD, MARCH 30,1928 ESTABLISHED 1805 WILLIAM J. LATSHAW The Bauline Construction of Miss Louise Cessna and Fred Defi- Keyser, W. was the low bidder baugh were married in Hagerstown, will i am j. Latshaw," New Paris, on the grading work to be done on i on Friday.

Miss Cessna is a the Narrows Road in Bedford daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Cess- to the boundary line between Snake na and the bridegroom is a son of Spring and Colerain Twps.

The bid I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Defibaugh of between $21,000 and $22,000. The road is to be 18 feet wide, five feet on each side for ditching, making 28 feet full width of road. A group of the Senior Class of New East Pitt Street.

Miss Cessna has been employed at the office of the Gulf Refining company at Everett. Robert Baylor of Altoona spent the week-end here with home folks. Paris High School will give a play Mr. and Mrs. Charles U.

Grouse entitled "Slats" ax. Imler in the of Altoona spent Sunday with rela- Union Church, Friday, March 30, tives here. Admission, Cloyd F. Goad, who is employed in Altoona, spent the week-end here. Corle McLaughlin of Hollidaysburg spent Sunday at his home here.

Mr. and Mrs. "William Long spent Sunday with relatives in Saxton. Mrs. Art Fletcher and daughter, Catherine, spent several days in Altoona last week.

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Moorehead of Pittsburgh spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.

C. W. Moorehead. Enoch Logue of Fossilville spent Monday in Bedford. A group of the Senior Class of beginning at.

8 o'clock, 20c and 30c. Daniel Grouse of Hyndman spent Friday in Bedford. Charles A. Willoughby, of Al- toiona spent Friday with relatives toio Jifere. Rev.

C. R. Allenbaugh of Burnham spent Friday at the home of W. S. Arnold.

H. I. Harclero'de has sold his store at Imlertown to a Mr. Thompson, of Central City, who has taken possession. Mrs.

C. C. Bar ley of Hyndman spent Friday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manspeaker of West Pitt Street.

Mrs. William Dotterer r.ru. son of Bedford County, died in the J. C. Blair Memorial hospital, Huntingdon last Friday.

He born at New Paris, April 24, 1869, a son of Abram and Sarah Cuppett Latshaw. Surviving are one brother, Harry, of New Paris, and three sisters, Mrs. Winter Davis, New Paris; Mrs. Annie Carbaugh, Bedford; and Mrs. Samuel Slick, Johnstown.

The body was removed to the home of his Mrs. Winter Davis. Funeral services were held in the Evangelical church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. T.

Smith. Burial was made in the Reformed cemetery, New Paris. MISS ELLEN BURKET 9 Miss Ellen Burket, died at the home of Mrs. Anna Boone, of Otis Indiana, March. 18, 1928, death being due to Erysipelas.

She was born (By James L. 5 cnlcy, Defiance, Pa.) --0-For about 45 years I have been a resident of this District which consists of hills and mountains most of which is forest land. In former years very little, if any. attention was paid to forest fires. For was not an uncommon occurance for certain owners to purposely have sot 'flro to larsrp tracts of timber from whinh the rock oak WPS to be jf you desire to see Bedford advance and prosper, you should belong to the Chamber of Commerce.

One thousand individuals wishing for the advancement of the town can accomplish little or nothing; a few hundred god citizens working for the advancement of the town represent a iorce it would be hard to measure. The Bedford Chamber of Commerce is the one institution which can mould individuals and their wishes into an organization whose stock in trade is ACTION. Citizens of the Bedford district Tp.pled in order to protect the b'ark should be members of the Chamber from being burned and without tak- to protect, adjoining tracts. n3 were bufn- Tl forpgt fir 0 to burn on mountain sidps for a woek 'hnfnfn if Tir! or before nny attention eriven it. Verv littip.

and rorniy was at Johnstown, on March 26, 1S47, the daughter of Mr. and New Paris High School will give a Mrs. Israel Burket, both deceased. play entitled "The Man of Yesterday" She is survived by Mrs. Catherine at Fishertown Grange Hall, Slack and several sisters in the West.

March 31 at 8 o'clock. Admission, Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Akron, returned home on Sat- I 20c and 30c. urday after spending several days United States Senator, Woodbridge the home of Mrs. Belle Colvin, at at the home of her mother-, Mrs. O.

S. McMullen, of Kicharu Street. Mrs. George Knre of Buffalo Mills spent Saturday in Bedford. Karry Barefoot of Altoona spent Saturday with relatives here.

Blair Carl, who is employed in Altoona spent several days here last -week. Miss Ethel Kinton of Hyndman spent Saturday in Bedford. Misses Margaret Lessig and Nell M. Tiller cf Altoona spent the week-end -with friends here. N.

Ferris, Democrat of Michigan Schellsburg, with Rev. Thomas died in Washington, D. the latter R- Gibson officiating. Interment was part of last week. He will be sue-j made in the Schellsburg cemetery, ceeded by a Republican since the governor of Michigan is a Republican and the law provides for an appointment until the next election.

Baltimore reports "only 15,473 idle." The way Baltimore authorities put it you would think that was She came to the home of Charles Williams when about 12 years old and lived with them until their death when she made her home among the children having lived her whole life with the Charles William's family. They mourn her death as a foster a negligible quantity but if the same mother being loved by all. proportion would exists the country over there be four and one- half million people idle in these The Bedford County Game, Fish i United States. Thats an appalling figure during these Republican times. Philadelphia would have 35,000 idle and Altoona would have 1200 idle and everybody knows that Altoona has three times that many idle workers! on tiie" same basis would have 56 idle workers.

James Tuttle and Howard Franell the boys who robbed an Altoona Bank, were sentenced to from 16 1-2 to 33 years in the penitentiary. The OO -were unfortunate, they should liere with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. iave killed some body in the attempt and Forestry Association will give free picture in the Bedford theatre to-night (Friday, March 30) at 7:30 to all sportsmen, of Bedford County. Vyilms depicting wild Outdoors, dlaer 'wild turkey and will be shown in their native also a comic picture and musical entertainment.

No children under hunting age admitted. All sportsmen are urged to be present. Orville Amick spent the week-end Sherman Amick of Wolfsburg. Miss Mary O'Shea of Hollidaysburg spent the week-end here with home Miss Dorothy Bortz, who is a student in Pittsburgh, spent the weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

John Bortz. Mrs. Clarence Diehl and daughter, spent Sunday with relatives in Manns Choice. Mr. and Mrs.

Earl McDowell and children of Hollidaysburg spent Sunday with Mrs. McDowell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F.

Statler. and they would have gotten off with 5 to 10 years. Can you imagine such ent lav. in an eiilighted country? Two youths steal $5,000 and get 161-2 to 33 years in confinement. Two people deliberately kill another and get 10 years confinement with a chance of having the sentence commuted.

The trout season opens Monday, April 16. The State estimates a large catch of trout in Pennsylvania this year. (Continued page four) MB; GEORGE MESSERSMITH George Messersmith, Friends Cove Bedford county, a veteran of the Civil war, dropped dead in front of the Bedford County Trust company building, Bedford, Tuesday afternoon. He was removed to the Timmtas hospital bnt before being admitted. Mr.

Messersmith was born in Friends Cove, December 20, 1846. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ida V. Diehl, Friends Cove, with whom he made his home; Mrs. Sara R.

Efllared, Ackersville; and Mrs. Mary V. Diehl, Hancock, Maryland, and four sons, Nathan of Pitman; Oliver of Johnstown; John of Robinsonville, and Harry G. of Columbus Ohio. He was a member of the Mehto- dist Churteh.

Burial was m'ade in Shreves chapel near Clearville. 1 milpRS it rtanr the or- ton some farmer TIP irl to r1 to porno a 1 rn 1 "-c- of rail for 1lf1n nf Trjitr ploTlEf th font inrl ould be on fire bv snarl-q from the railroad pnTinoR and wonlfl burn to the ton of fho Tiills or THOU "to fl" POOP be. As a result of these fires rl of nf timber was de- and thp DEEDS RECORDED COUNTRY PEOPLE Barefoot to Edwin C. Former Governor John M. Slaton, Landta, Bedford lot, $1.00.

of Georgia, speaking before the Geor- S. Grimes to Joseph Dibert, gia Products dinner recently said: Snake Spring 3 tracts, $7500. i No country ever lasts long with- John E. Knisley to Edgar Feight, out coun ry people. They afford the Hopewell tract, $775.

strength of the church; they main- David J. Lybarger to Levi D. Ly- tain tte sa credness of the family tie; "barger, Bedford tract, $2250. they supply the reverence for eternal Amos Hann to Jennie L. Thomas, principles not to be found in con- E.

Providence lot, $1.00. gested communities. They think for William Zeigler to George W. Fer. themselves and no fad E.

St. Clair parcel, $750. -v vee them from the lasting paths Joseph W. Howsare to Asa Karns, truth. From them comes the Rainsburg lot, $700.

Bertha Kauffman to Rudy C. Cris- King lot, $.100. Herbert Shaffer to Julia Hixson Shaffer, W. Providence 2 lots, I Charles S. Gogley to Laura M.

Potter, Woodbury lot, $1.00. Frank Oaks to Mission Board of the German Baptist Church, Middle District of Broad Top Twp 1 parcel, $175. Bertha Martz to Clarence L. Dixon, lot, $3,000. Rann Whetstone to Jacob E.

Everett 2 lots, $800. Samuel W. Koontz to Dennis E. Koontz, Colerain tract, $6,000. strong fresh blood that dominates and enriches commerce, industry an4 the professions." MRS.

CATHERINE NICODBMNS Mrs. Catherine Margaret Fouse Nicodemus, wife of Jacob C. Nicodemus, Woodbury, Bedford County, died at her home last Friday, of pneumonia. She was born at Shelleytown, January 16, 18S5, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Daniel Fouse. She was married December 7, 1907. Surviving are her husband, four sons, Harold, Frank, Glenn and Eugene, and an infant daughter. She was a member of St. John's Reformed church, Martinsburg, and the Aid Society of the Woodbury Methodist church.

Funeral services were conducted in the Martinsburg church at 2:30 p. m. Monday. fences xvere burner' alon? the top (ft mountain. A having a lot of fire fighting to do myself to save my fences.

naturally became interested in literature and laws pertaining to forest Therefore, when earned through the columns of a newspaper that a law had been enacted authorizing the County Commissioners to appoint Fire Wardens, I made application for and was appointed FireWarden for Broad Top Township Jwrar tire- admonitien -that keep the matter very quiet as it cause some exnense to the I "do not know whether or not the State paid of the expense, but if I remember rightly, the warden's pay was 12 cents an hour and the pay of the men was 10 cents an hour. I can not say how long that law was in force but later there was a law passed making the Constables Fir.e Wardens which law proved to be utter failure. Some Constables lost considerable money. I have one on my force that lost $60.00 or more besides his own wages. The County Commissioners claiming that they had no available funds out of which to pay these bills.

Then in the present law that the State should appoint the Fire Wardens which ushered in MRS. MARY O. HOFFMAK Mrs. Mary Over Hoffman, wife of Henry B. Hoffman, Woodbury, died at her home at 6 a.

Sunday, of complications. Enlightened leadership will always She was born a). Woodbury, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus A.

of Commerce because they will re- to be the truly representative group among the people that make up the Bedford district. You should belong because it will a Herd a means of making YOUR efforts effective. One man, working alone with many hours of toil and many thousands of dollars, can accomplish little in the face of our community problems. One man adding his efforts and his resources to the efforts of a large number of others may be just the added influence that is needed to make the Chamber's efforts successful along some particular line. We often dream of the big things we would do if we had money, or influence.

If we were only in. rive the benefit of its activities. In- come i ar er field if we only had creased trade, increased industry, i time -if we were his or if we were and increased civic advantages will that- We will never be held to ac accrue to Bedford from the efforts I coun for what we would have done of the organization. Member and IF-WE must give a strict accounting non-member will be benefited alike, only a we did with a we and if one citizen who can afford it iad here we were. withholds his support, aiiothar citizen must bear the burden for the two, and do so in the face of a bad example set by the non-member.

Members Serve the Community You should belong because membership in the Chamber of Commerce Everyone who lives, does business is unmistakable mamiVstadou of or earns his living in Bedford by our ood ery Cham- cboice, should be a member. The fact 1)3r member his place among that cue chooses to live here implies a unselfish company which puts ihe existence of a debt to the com- lhe happiness of mankind above his munity own personal desires for profit and advancement. Members will derive Bedford affords to its citizens ad- a great mora i satisfaction: the knowl- vantages they can derive from res- edge a in the nal book of life Jdence in no other place, else many their membership in an organization of them would not live here. Bed- devot ed continuonusly to the welfare lord as a whole should receive a re- of others will be recorded as a fac- turn for these advantages. It de- tor on the credit i de of their ac- serves some voluntary reward from count Membership is an indication.

its citizens, and the only compre- an ind i i dua determination to forget for the moment his own all-engrossing affairs in an effort to do his part toward alleviating the factors of life which are retarding the advent of the millenium. A thing to remember is that the Chamber of Commerce will work for hensive medium through which this reward can come is the Chamber of Commfsrce, which will strive constantly to build up and improve the community. Members Are Good Citizens You should belong because membership in the Chamber of Commerce the community and all of its people, carries with it the distinction of good citizenship. The only qualification for membership is that of good cit- rather than for any- group. In other words, the members, who will be the Chamber of Commerce, will work for izenship, and its members are certain everybody, and not for themselves.

WHOJUBSAMS DESTRUCTION OP LIFE AND PROPERTY DUB TO TRIVAL ACCIDENTS A common torm of thriftlessness gave quite a talk to the persons'pres- ent, the talk being of particular interest to the young people in attendance. The meeting on Tuesday, April 3rd. consists in lack of care. The loss will be at Everett and on Tues day property the destruction of human April Ladies night will be ob life, the slowing down of personal serve d. The attendance prize was progress traceable to trival instances awarded to Kiwanian Ross Diehl.

i of carelessness reach a prodigious o- CHICAGO'S UNEMPLOYED MARCH TO CITV BUILDING total i nthe course of a year. An insurance company, making a study 01 accidents in homes, estimated that the total in this county during the last year was 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Of these, resulted in the deaths of persons. Other thousands were rendered helpless for the rest of their clays. Strange as it.may seem Persed by the police at busy State the chief causes of deaths from ac- and Madison streets today, and then cidents in the homes were poisoning rallied and marched to the city hall, Chicago Mar. ban- mjrs bearing the words "We want work and bread," about 100 unemployed men and women were dis- the area of the beginning of forest toy Jplants, insects or infections, protection.

I made application, and received the appointment of Fire destroyed by the last year Warden of Broad Top Ttownship. more than 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 was trac- where the police again interfered and Of nearly 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 worth of dispersed them, after arresting three banner bearers. The banner carriers later were released. able to accidents which could have As the crowd started for the city been prevented with a little care. hall, leaders announced their inten- make the interests of rural life one of its chief cares.

Agriculture hss right to be as prosperous, as secure as pleasant as other vocations. MRS. NANCY D. MILLER Mrs. Nancy D.

Miller died at the home of a son, George at Woodbury, at 8:45 a. m. Monday, of complications. She was born at Henrietta, March 3, 1857, a daughter of Frederick and Joseph S. Bayer to G.

Wm. Bayer Barbara Dllling Hoovfer. Surviving Woodbury tract and lot, G. William Bayer to Joseph" S. Bayer, S.

Woodbury lot, $1.00 Everett Cemetery to W. Scott W. Providence lot, $1.00 Moses Lippel to Asa Diehl, Bed- lord lot, $500. James O. Hammond to Wilson P.

Imler, E. St. Clair $3000. Lewis D. Hallock to Samuel Shaffer, W.

Providence lota $1.00 are one son, George of Woodbury, and two sisters, Mrs. J. Tresse and Mrs. David Metzgar, of Roaring Spring.She was a member of Woodbury Church of the Brethren. Funeral services were conducted in the church at 10 a.

m. Wednesday. Interment was made in Diehl's cemetery, Woodbury. George Snowden and daughters of Ellerslie, spent Saturdar yin Bedford. Over.

Surviving are her husband, three brothers, John A. Over, Altoona; Howard of Woodbury, and George of Waterside, and one sister, Mrs. Dessa Caulton, Philadelphia. She was a member of the Replogle Brethren Church, Funeral services were conducted in the Woodbury Methodist Church at 2:30 p. m.

Tuesday. From then on we began to receive instructions from the State. Mostly, I believe, through our able and efficient District Forester, Mr. W. L.

Byers, and also through Mr. Wirt, Chief Forest Fire Warden. At first there was some trouble for the Warden to secure men to help in to the thousands each year. fight fire for the reason that a lot Such a list might be prolonged I of them had received no pay for ser- indefinitely if we were to take into I PISHING FORBIDDEN IN vice rendered while Constables were consideration accidents due to auto- Fire Wardens. It became necessary mobiles, railroads and electric lin-; for me to bring prosecution against es Thousands of accidents, many of According to the announcement a person refusing to fight fire.

I be- them fatal, come from carelessness of N. R. Buller, state commissioners liove this was the first prosecution among hunters campers, picnickers of fisheries, fishing is forbidden on all brough in the State to enforce the and Persons engaged in new law. rts Then came the appointing of In- Tne elimination of this tremendous of state game refuge No. 26, in Union More than 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 workers are tiou of forcing an audience with May- injured in industry in this country or Thompson and demanding work each year.

Between 3 0 0 0 0 0 and and food. 3 5 0 0 0 0 of these are minors. Deaths; (Editor's it be possible and injuries due to falls run high tllat these things- happen under a i Republican Administration?) NURSERY STREAMS athletic streams and their tributaries within I the confines of the wire enclosure JOHN B. SMITH ti jj ir TM Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock a resident of Bedford Jiving on Lincoln Highway at the Fair Grounds came down to Bedford to cut down a tree for Mr. E.

H. Blackburn, on East Penn St. When he arrived to do the work he remarked to Mrs. Blackburn that he wasn't feeling well and sat down against the tree to rest. He sat only a few minutes and he fell over and died, death being due likely to heart failure.

spectors to take charge of the Fire waste of life, limb and property must Wardens under the direction of the rest almost entirely with the indi- District Forester. From this time on vidual. The installation of safety the fires became less in number and devices and the enactment of laws smaller in area. And we all acted and regulations can only partly solve more promptly and more efficiently tlie Problem. must which is due-- first, to the organiza- learn more and more the advantage tioji that has been built up to take an valu of bein careful in every- care of the forest fires and secondly, thin not taking chances- of keep- to the constant educational activities ln their wits with them at all times of keeping the matter before the cultivating cinstant habits of public, so that the vast majority of watchfulness.

To do this is a splendid persons now realize the damaging example of effects of a forest fire and are more KIWANIS CLUB NOTES careful with fire and act more intel- ligently. Posters, talks, newspaper The Bedford Kiwanis Club met articles, etc are means of creating at The Fort Bedford Inn on Tues- publicity. Hunters are jbining in the day, March 27th at 6:30 o'clock work and are some of the most active The meeting was Fathers and helpers in combating forest fires. Sons night, quite a large number of They realize that the more forest sons both large and small were In fires there are the less ground there will be on which to hunt and fish. attendance accompanied by their fathers or friends.

Numerous Klwanls songs were and Greenfield townships. Bedford and Blair counties. This refuge has been set aside as nursery streams, and closed to fishing for five years, beginning April 15, 1928. The law will be enforced, according to Mr. Buller, and a fine of $100 will be imposed on violators of the restricted streams.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Paul S. Cook, Cessna, and Carrie L. Griffith, Cessna, Pa. Begin April by going to church on sung and quite a musical program records that she had 26,618 lives were lost in the United States last year through automobile accidents. When a young man or woman breaks an engagement the other takes it to court instead of to heart.

One movie actress whose secretary wasn't very accurate, found from her more di- first day. was given. Klwanian 3. Albert Eyler vorces than she had weddings, NEWSPAPERS IB.