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PAGE NINE Officers of the S-4. VENANGO CITIZEN-PRESS, WEDNESDAYS-DECEMBER 21, 1927. MAKE IT A CHRISTMAS HE WILL REMEMBER! GIVE HIM AN OVERCOAT OR SUIT FROM OUR FINE STOCKS AT THE SPECIAL FEATURE HOLIDAY PRICES $O50 $OQ75 $35 OVERCOATS OF MERIT Every Coat is an example of fine fabrics, tailoring and styling. There are the new collegiate single and double breasted models in the longer lengths or the more conservative shorter lengths. Fancy fabrics.

Blues and Oxfords. SUITS Here are the officers of the sunken S-4, all of whom went down with their ship. Above, left to right, are Lieut. Joseph McGinley and Lieut. Commander Roy Jones; below are Lieut.

Graham Fitch (left) and Lieut. Donald Weiler. GENERATE MILLER DEALT AT HIS HOME, AGED 84 OF FINE FASHION Suits of one or two trousers. Beautiful plaids and stripe effects. Plain Blues, Oxfords.

Single or double breasted. They are tailored the T. A. P. way which assures the utmost in style along with increased service.

They are certainly rare gift values or economy suits to buy for personal wear. Alterations on suits and overcoats will be given attention before or after the holiday. (Continued from Page 1.) for many years. Tlien when competition with other roads developed and automobile traffic curtailed receipts, the passenger service was finally dropped. Chairman of American Steel Foundries.

interest in its welfare. His first appointment to that office was in 1S71. Charities received his attention, and no worth-while appeal ever fell upon a deaf ear so far as General Miller was concerned. He was president of the Y. M.

C. A. for many years and saw that institution weather several crises. He not onlr sminorterl it ac Onera! Miller's interests of late Franfcfln, tively as an official of the organization but was a heavy contributor financially to its welfare. It was at his suggestion that the third floor was added, the money being provided by a mortgage which has since been paid off.

It provided dormitory rooms which made the institution almost self supporting, besides adding a great convenience for many men of the city who are obliged to find rooms. When he was at the height of his business career, he was especially fond of seeing young men gain advancement, and followed their careers with interest. During the last few years of his life, the projects with which General Miller was identified failed to achieve the degree of success that his early as- u.uvua uuu uruugiic anout, out un- flaggingly he tonlr nn nntU-a in them. have centered in the Jamestown, Franklin Clarion railroad, of which he is president. The business on this road was only nominal when he obtained control.

Through his efforts, however, real development came about in the coal industry and manufacturing industries, and the road is now on. a 'Substantial basis. This road operates the line from Ciarion to Summerville. For 25 years General Miller has been actively identified with the American Steel Foundries. He was chairman of the board, and regularly month attended the meeting of the directors when they convened in New l'ork.

Remembered for Night School. For many years General Miller maintained at his own personal expense a night school in Franklin which proved the starting point for many successful business careers of young men and women. The advantages of this school were numerous and were available without any cost whatever to the students. Many of the graduates later found places of profitable employment in the Galena-Signal offices, while others went from Franklin and almost invariably became successful business men and women elsewhere. General Miller's interests in the city generally were so widespread that 20 years ago there was hardly a large industry in the city with which he was not connected in some capacity.

1 The development of Miller Park wast one of his outstanding achievements, and it has often been acclaimed as one of the beauty spots of Pennsylvania. lie was president for many years of the General Manifold Printing and was president of the Evening News Printing Co. until its merger with The Venango Daily Herald in May of 1919. With the Franklin Manufacturing Had Literary Talents. General Charles Miller had oniv a common school education, but he made me most or it.

Probably no other man in Franklin with the same degree of training attained the literary and scholastic distinction which he acquired through self improvement. He became a great reader of books and his library today is one of the finest to he found anywhere. He became Railway Oil Co. and the Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion railroad. He was for many years the principal owner of the Hotel Latham in New York City.

His private car, "Franklin," on which he made trips to other cities for a considerable time, was one of the few private cars in frequent use in the country and a special car shed was constructed for It, near Buffalo and 10th streets. For about 25 years General Miller financed the trips of the local Civil War veterans to national encampments. L'p to two or three years ago, when infirmities prevented many of the veterans from parading, he led them on foot in their Memorial Day parades and had a leading part- in the ritual services at the monument. General Miller is a man who will be missed. His heart was ever with Franklin in any thing it aspired to do.

He. made many friendships, and his record in the business world is one to which few men attain. Death came to him after many accomplishments had been crowned with success. Present at Sheasley Presentation. General Miller's last pjiblic appearance at any gathering was on the occasion of the.

presentation, November 15, of the International Petroleum Exposition medal to Jacob, Sheasley. This ceremony took place in the Chamber of Commerce, offices, and General Miller made a brief' telling several incidents of the development of the oii industry. General Miller was twice married. His first wife was Ann Adelaide Sibley, and to this union were born five sons and two daughters, of whom the following survive: J. French Miller, of Franklin, who is secretary-treasurer of the Galena-Signal Oil Clarence A.

Miller, of Franklin and Major C. J. S. Miller, of Venles les Roses, France; Mrs. Metta Miller Rochester, of Tar-rytown, N.

Y. and Mrs. S. A. Megeath, of Ardsley-on-the-Hudson.

Leroy Miller, another son, died a year ago last June. One son, Henry, died in infancy. He was the last of several children, his brother, William Miller, dying three or four years ago. Member of Legion of Honor. General Miller was designated as a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of Franco, a coveted decoration, and he was ever proud of this distinction.

His loyalty to France and his patriotism for America were outstanding traits of his character. General Miller was a member of the Franklin lodge of Odd Fellows, the Franklin Club, of the Union League of Pittsburgh and belonged to several Masonic orders. He was a 32d Degree Mason. The funeral services are to be held Thursday afternoon at o'clock, at the First Baptist church, interment following in the Franklin cemetery. TEA TABLE "GOSSIP.

Do you know that to give him a Gladstone is to relieve him of all luggage worries? D. Custer Moore. 20Deelt You give wisely and give well if you give leather goods from D. Custer Moore's. 20Declt -rYoti can't make a mistake if you give Hartman trunk or, case for Christmas.

D. Custer Moore. 20Declt Don't forgef to look at our new Hartman wardrobe trunks today. D. Custer Moore 20Declt A son was born at the Franklin hospital on December 17 to Mr.

and Mrs. Wallace McCnne, 415 Grant street. a cupame pu'bJic speaker and his keen analysis of human nature and his frequent talks before his Bible class, ai well as before young men in the Y. C. A.

and at other public gatherings, stamped him as one of the leading sneakers of the city. He had a wonder-, fill memory for stories and these went far to add interest to his addresses. In tlie early days of the Prohibition movement he was enthusiastic in its support and left his busy office work to make addresses in neighboring township halls. General Miller attained his title of Major General in the Pennsylvania National Guard, serving two terms as commander of the Division which includes all the troops of the State. 37 Years Slays Post Commander.

He was a veteran of the Civil War and for 37 year consecutively was commander of Mays Post, No. 220, Grand Armyof the Republic in Franklin, a distinction not held by any other Civil War veteran. He was a student of military affairs and his interest in the National Guard unit from this section never waned. When it seemed to him that the National Guardsmen of Pennsylvania were being kept at EI Paso months beyond their scheduled time during the trouble with Mexico, he headed a committee of local citizens and urged their return. In this demand he Incurred the enmity of the officers Ifith Pennsylvania Infantry who declared that they were only following ihe government's orders in remaining on (he border, but the incident illustrated once more the constant interest which General Miller took in' this community and the trouble to which he would go in its behalf.

jl Ei 'liT C0U convey a finer more lasting mvi ffl VY expression of your Xmas sentiment than Radiola? Ml IKa 1 It makes the home a veritable fairyland. It brings a tt fft world of pleasure and thrills right to the fireside. It gP ffep makes the whole world a stagethe "home an audience. fk It catches the soul-stirring melodies of old masters, Jljlllfl 'M mmm filling the home with an indescribable charm. flHF 9( ml Si If Down through the years your Radiola gift will always Ut fflL Pi Pi be remembered because it is ever present a constant jp Jxl BOi reminder of your good judgment and good will.

Vl ken t0 yur Radiola Dealer Note the beautiful yl iff ifi cabinet work by master craftsmen Listen to the tonal mmm ItlL beauty. Then you'll realize Radiola is the gift supreme. Mn fi iL k1l9 Available from $69.50 up J1H Wi mHW Co. and the Grant Tool works ms interests were many and varied. The Miller and Sibley stock farm in the late 90's and early part of this century was one of the leading farms of its kind in the country.

Eight or nine years ago the site of the stock farm was donated to the city as a public Playground by General Miller and Joseph C. Sibley, his former partner, and ihe place to this day bears their name and is known as the Miller-Sibley Field. Rosemont Farm His Hobby. During recent years General Miller lias conducted the Rosemont Farm, adjoining Franklin and his home Miller Park. It has figured almost every or so in high grade tests of the American Jersey Cattle Club as excel -in? in production of butterfat and high Irlde milk.

The farm has a number r. times sent out carloads of cattle which visited fairs in many places in this and other states and carried off Tenemf Miller always maintained his interest in and love of flowers and greens. surrounding his spacious and elegantly furnished home in Miller frank have long been the source of ad-miration to many visitors. In the First Baptist church, of which he was one of the founders, h. an active interest until bis failing health of the last two years prevented him from engaging actively in th, Caching of his Men's Bible Class.

Led Miller Bible Class. The Miller Bible Class at one time had more than a thousand members and was known throughout the nation if one of the outstanding organi.a-ifous of its kind. In the teaching of this class General Miller took personal delight and frequently hurried home from important business engagements in New. York City that he might be on hand to teach the class at o'clock Sunday afternoon. For more 50 years He was the teacher of this class.

In connection with it there was formed an orchestra which comprised the best musical talent In Franklin and Oil City, and frequently concerts by this organization are still a pleasant memory. For 53 consecutive years he was Miperintendent of the Baptist Sunday School, personally taking an active H. R. POPE He was a man of unusual physical strength and energy. Until within the past few years, he was as active about his business affairs and office work as a man of 55 or CO, and many with whom he came in contact could not realize that 'he had really passed the 80-year mark.

His mind was clear and he had a keen grasp of business essentials. He gave to Franklin the first modern hotel it had, the one now known as the Park, the original name being "Alsace" after the French province in which he was born and the memory of which he always held sacred. Built Evening News Building. The Evening News building was erected during the time that he was president of the Evening News Printing Co. and was constructed of the same brick as that used in the Park Hotel.

The Miller Apartments, originally the Odd Fellows Building, is his property and contains the offices of the Franklin 228 Uth Street, Franklin, Pa. Authorized RCA Dealer ly a dozen of the two hundred motor-1 ftciently to allow a caravan of tourists who were snowbound in a garage ists' automobiles to resume their jour- Sleighs broke through the 15-foot drifts last night bringing food and medical attention to the trapped tour ROTARY PLOWS CLEAR WAY F0R T0URISTSt neys to all parts of the country. and two hotels In this section since last ists. Many of them were Ohio Here and there along the roadside were tranod automobiles whoss owners had dared the monntatn-hlgh snowdrifts afoot to reach railroad stations. Saturday afternoon remained here today.

Rotary ploughs, working all night long, had cleared the roadways suf- CAUGHT IN BLIZZARD EVANS, N. 20. (LP) Hard The Ideal gift to ue who likes to read is a Library ticket. This will keep them supplied with reading matter for a year. ists on their way from New York state to Erie, en route home..