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The Record-Argus from Greenville, Pennsylvania • Page 10

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The Record-Argusi
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Greenville, Pennsylvania
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i d' paralytic ot Jadob and Jfckelvey, and Allegheny "County, Ded. her, mrtrtlage to Lebn 2B, 1908, she estab- jakVd'r-es'idencs In Mercer where she resided. She attended the church of Mercer and resident of ifie' community. her are her hUsband and i' Lieut. Richard C.

Blatt, of Harrison, Indianapolis, Roland, at home; a sister, Atitia M. Ayres, Philadelphia: a William B. McKelvey, Can. Pa. services will be held on afternoon, at 2 p.

In the filler Funeral Home, Mercer, Conducted by her pastor, Rev. Law- 1 ronce'E. Fisher. Interment will be nVthe Mercer Mausoleum. Family Will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 7 to 9.

John Kenveney Funeral services for John Kea- yency, aged 46, of Forker Sha- 4'ron, who died today In Buhl Hospital, will be hold at 9 a. m. Tuesday I'at St, Joseph's Church. Mr, Koaveney, manager of Tie "bowling department at St. Joseph's died olio lingering, illness.

Tho body, is at the Funeral Home, East State ''Street leaves his wife, Mary nine Austin, Margaret, John, Kathleen, Monica, Mary, Eileen and Joanne all at homo; his motr-jr, "Trs. Katherlne Keaveney of York; four brothers, Austin and Aiden of New York, Patrick of and Joseph of Scotland, a-sister, Mrs. Agnes Rush of Scotland. Mrs. Mary McConncll Bell Mrs.

Mary McConnell Bell, aged 81, of George H. Bell, of South Water Avenue, Sharon, died at 6:45 p. m. Sunday in Buhl Hospital. Mrs.

Bell was taken to Buhl Hospital on Christmas Day with a fractured hip. She was the last of the family of George and Martha McICnab McCon- Jiell, pioneer residents of that section. She was born on Aug. 20, 1859 West Jefferson Township. Mrs.

Bell had lived here for 10 years, hav- Jt.fr formerly lived In Wheatland, Grove City, Pittsburgh and New Castle. jlrs. Boll was a member of United PJ esby terian Church. Thr body has been removed to the Funeral Home where sor- 1 vices will be held at 2 p. m.

Wednesday, Burial will' bo Mn Zahnlser at 4 6'cl6ck jSaturday' Jfafi, 6, 1940, In the Warren, She was born In BHdgeton, 6ii October 24, 1898. Survivors include her husband, one daughter, Frances Johnson of Stowe, 0., and one slsten' Hazel L. Harfof Cleveland. Funeral services will be held at the Balrd funeral home on Wednes- day afternoon at 2 o'clock, conduct- i ed by Rev, H. W.

filrch. Interment will bo made In Shenango Valley Cemetery. Clifton II. Kngttsh Clifton B. English, of Easton.

a former resident of Greenville, died suddenly Sunday, evening, Jan. 7, 1940. He was driving his car at the time, returning frota a trip out of town, when he was stricken and died Instantly, Apparently, he had been in his usual good health, and he had had remarkably good health all his life. Mr. English was a son of the late Sylvester and Frances Morrison English and was born In Sheakley- vllle, 62 years ago.

His father Was an oil barrel stave manufacturer and later the family home was In Greenville, n. e. corner Columbia Avenue and Plum Street. The family then moved to Lexington, Ky, Clifton 'English attended and graduated from Cornell University, majoring in mechanical engineering. While there he was active In athletics, being stroke oar of the win- nlng freshman team under coaching i Spencer D.

Irwln, associate editor and foreign affairs columnist of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, will be guost speaker when the Civic League and the Thiel Woman's Club meet jointly Tuesday evening, Jan. in the Lutheran Parish House. ship. 1922. Her husband died Deo.

22, Mrs. Sldley, a member of Jackson Center Presbyterian Church, was active In church work. Slfe Is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Amos, seven grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday, Jan.

10, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Amos, In charge of Rev. William J. Organ and Rev. Fred T.

Dent Interment will follow In the Pleasant 8.054&61' Stilts" 'and eoranSons 1.66- Sheep flOO: market 26 Cents od to choice lambs" fftiedlunl to food 8.60'9.00j^6ttt^ bs d.OO.lfiOj ewes 3.00*166$ 4.00'4.60< ietit Woman 1 al.C W. Kremla, as chief jiferk In off ice. Is credited by her as being tnofe thoroughly with the details of the together with to the operation of flces, than ahy other Ihdivl- the. county. In many in' over the past score of years proved an able tio'unsellor to others -who Mavd come Wt6 'the of ffce" making It easier for them to tmnsform themselves Into IK Coiinul Kloss.

Conrad Kloss, aged 80, of Pine Boulevard, Hickory Township, died at his home at 9:10 a. Sunday. He was born on Sept. 23, 1853 in Germany and had lived in Sharon rnpst of his life. He was a retired coal miner, having at one time been employed in mines fn the Sharon vl- dinity.

He was a member of St. Paul's 1 Evangelical and Reformed Church. He leaves his wife, Caroline; a sister, Mrs. Mary Kllnk of Sunbury, five sons, Jacob R. of Youngstown, Harry A.

of New Virginia, Elmer Frank W. and John of Sharon; two daughters, Mrs. Catherine of Sharpsville and Mrs, Michael Nolan of Sharon and 21 grandchildren. Funeral services will held at 2 p. ra.

Wednesday at the home of his son, Frank, 101 bridge Avenue. Burial will be In More.fleld Cemetery. it Mrs. Alexander Collins Mrs. Alexander Collins, aged 93, pj Espyville, died at-her home at 6 Sunday, Jan.

7. Mrs, Collins was a lifelong mem- ber of the South Shenango United Church and a charter jnember of the missionary society of'the church. Surviving are her husband, Alex' a'nder; two daughters, Mrs, Charles -JJayes and Miss Alice Collins, and son, Fred, all of Espyville; three grandchildren and two great-grand' cbJJdren, Fuperl services will be at 3 p. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Peterson's funeral Home In Llnesville In of Rev, G.

Montgomery If i with interment In the Linesville of the noted Courtney. After graduation he was united in marriage with Anna Laura Barker of Clayton, N. who was a member of the same graduating class. He held Important superlntendencies of cement plants In the Easton-Allentown area and was in the coal business at Carnegie for some time. Of late years he has been In the sales department of a New York concern making heavy crushing machinery.

was a member of the Episcopal Church and prominent in the laymen movement of that denomination. He is survived by Mrs. English and their two daughters and four sons. Mrs. J.

W. Magown, of Lexington is a sister. Funeral services will be held at Easton, Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Mary Annotta Haymaker Mrs.

Mary Annetta Haymaker, of 930 Oak Knoll Avenue, S. Warren, died at 7 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 7, 1940, in the Warron City Hospital.

She was the widow of E. C. Haymaker and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.

T. Bortz of Kent, O. Mrs. Haymaker had many friends in Greenville. Services from the White funeral home In Park Avenue, Warren, will be at 1 p.

m. Wednesday, Jan. 10, with interment in the Standing Rock Cemetery at Kent, O. I Hill Cemetery, John Will John Will, aged 53, died at his Andrew Cereli Gereb. aged gg, died at home pf his parents, Mr.

and a Andrew iGereb of 149 Orchard Mbaron, an illness of weefea wfth complications, bom in Sharon and, was from Sharon High School his. parents he Jeeves, his brothers, of Broobfjcjd. hel4 8 Mrs. C. C- Chnse Funeral Funeral services for Mrs.

Chauncey C. Chase (the former Narcissa Wakefleld) of Erie were held at the Loutzenhlser funeral home here Sunday afternoon conducted' by Rev. David 'R. Jones. Interment was made Monday morning in the Shenango Valley Cemetery.

Services were also held at Erie, Saturday afternoon. Pallbearers were Earl S. Conway, T. R. Thome, S.

J. Orr, Dr. S. F. Shakely, F.

C. Sheparson and J. Morrison. Out-of-town attendants were Mrs, James McClead, of Glenshaw; Ralph Wakeficld, of Pittsburgh; Frank C. Layng, of Meadvllle; Miss Evelyn Layng, of Slippery Rock; Mr.

and Mrs. Fred C. Dale, of Grove City; Mr, and Mrs. Albert Gilson, of Youngstown; David Chase, Westminster College, New Wilmington. Francis Baxter Francis Baxter, aged 71, died in Buhl Hospital, Sharon, today, Jan.

8, at 1:00 as the result of a stroke suffered three days ago, Mr, Baxter was born in Brookfleld July 30, 1868, and has made his home for the past year with a son, Ford Baxter, of Masury, He had been a lifelong resident of Burghill and Masury. He married Rachel Owen who preceded him in death Sept, 30, 1933. He Is survived by two daughters, Mrs, Bertha Beach, of Burghill and Edith Sherwood, of Hornell, two sons, Orio Baxter, of Burghill. and Ford, of Masury; two brothers, Alexander, of Masury, and Thomas, of Youngstown; four sisters, Mrs, Jeap Wilson, Mrs, Agnes Mrs. Mary Qffensend, of Masury; Mrs.

Elizabeth Hodge, of Riverside, Calif. Funeral services are to be held homo 108 Emerson Street, Farrell, at m. Saturday after an illness of two months. He was born on Nov. 16, 1886, In Jugoslavia and had lived in Farrell for 33 years.

He had been employed as a checker at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation plant. He was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church, of which he, served for 15 years as treasurer. He leaves his wife, Maria Polder Will; daughters, Mrs. August Quarterson of Hickory Township; Mrs, James Kennedy of Clarksville Mrs. Charles Rust, Sharon-Greenville road; Mrs.

Paul Goda of Farrell and Katherine at a son, John Mi Will of Sharon; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Help and Mrs. John Will efficient aides for the various elected officials. She Is'an efficient and Is frequently called to serve as court stenographer, when assisting Judges 'are slitting, She has served In many, other capacities briefly, such as a', the official Vote return board and'- other temporary posts. While her experience and longest tenure'of office makes her deanslilp outstanding, there are quite a num- bor fn the various offices whose experience Is a valuable asset io well tax-payers.

The the first to eSytUat 'the competence of their supporting', sta'ffs'j Is a largo factor and efficiency of It has been any, office handling Vmany thousands of transactions and' dollars, can do so only with 'efficient organizations. Efficiency, rather- than politics, enters Into the selection of capable high percentage of cases. While the average visitor to the court house sees quite sizeable staff of aides, HJs to be remembered that xbe county's business Is a sizeable one, running Into the' hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. EJnch office, of course, -is controlled by law and many of the activities could he carried on with a somewhat curtailed staff were It not for fact that the thing often described as "red tape" surrounds the 1 work done In each office, ever, this so-called Usually, Is very, largely for the protection of the tax-payer In the handling of county business and public money. Officials may be censured for acts which seem unnecessary, but inmost of Europe; three brothers.

Fred of they conforming: Sharon and Michael and Frank of Europe and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 V. at Grace Lutheran Church. airs. Lewis Addis Mrs.

Mollie C. Addis, aged 66, of 400 Negley Street, Farrell, died at 1:30 a. TH. today at her home after an illness of six weeks. with a well-established precedent based in the law.

Each official is cvcouutnblo to not only the public, but to the auditing board, the various state departments with which they', may be bonding companies, etc. In any event, a "county job'' bo elective or appointive, is no "picnic," according to those who hrtvf served In one capacity or She was born Oct. 30. 1873, term of yoans. While Connellsville and had lived in Farrell for 35 years.

i Mrs. Jones likes her work she prob- I I ably wit lagree that their are easier She leaves her husband, Lewis; thnn county and many three daughters Mrs. Monroe New- others will echo the sentiment. man of Knoxville, Mrs. Geo.

H. Person of Providence, R. and Mrs, William S. Brown of Sharon; two sons, Llndsey and Ernest at home; two brothers, James and Councilman Takes Oath of Office in Hospital Ernest Beatty, of Dickerson Run, two half-brothers, John Beatty of Smithfleld, and George Beatty of Dickerson Run; and. four grandchildren.

Funeral services Will be held at 2:30 at'the home. I A. Dunmire, Grove City business man will take tho oath as borough councilman today in Bashline-Rossman Hospital. Ho was rushed there after both legs had i been fractured when he was struck by a sklddlnk automobile. OTHER DEATHS It fas C.

Dnwes Chicago, Jan. Rufus C. Dawes, president of Chicago's a Cen- Hungry Robber Gets into Sharon Ice Boxes Ice box. thieves troubled residents tury of Progress Exposition and northeastern section of Sharon brother of former Vice President last night, A ham was stolen from Charles G. Dawes.

died today, Ho' the AIbert Parton Delaware was I Street, while Mrs. Fred His secretary said he died sud- Reed street( re po ted a quantity of denly at his home. Buffalo Livestock Buffalo, N. Dept, 3500; market not fully established; scattered sales, weak to 10 good and choice 180-210- Ibs. 6.40, some firmly held 220-230 Ibs, trucked- Ins 170-850 Ibs, 5.76-6,25, Cattle 1300, including 250 Canadians; market rather slow, steady to ocaslonally lower; steer and yearling quality unattractive; odd-head choice steers 11.00; good heifers 9.50;.

bulk including dians eligible around 9.00 and under; common to medium steers and heifr era beef cows 8.00s cutter- and -common weighty, sausage to 7.00; lightweights' 6.60-6.25. vealers active, firm; 'good and common and medium 8.50^12.00. Sheep 2300; -lambs moderately calves liver taken, Sharvatz frightened the burglar away before ha could carry off "other articles. I Commissioners Fail to Act on Vacancy Mercer County: commissioners met in regular session today at the court. house to transact routine county business.

No announcement was made the appointment of a county pealer of weights and The office formerly was held by Joseph A. Martin pf town. Thursday, Jan. ll, at 3 fronprflve, mostly-steady; good and choice the Methodist Church at M.asury, In charge of Rev. 1 C.

kandfear. with interment following in the Cemefery. fcyong lire, fcyon of Joseph of her daughtejy J. of 4ay Jan. 8, at 'W at $fte 79 years jnwtJw.

pulley Jjad poor health. JhB jiasi seyeraj she fracjiijred fttt.W* J. 9.35. to largely 9.50; medium and mixed Jots 8.00-9.00; inferior throw outa around 6.00. Pittsburgh Livestock Pittsburgh, Jan.

hogs SQ Jo, dry IQ.JIHI.J5; to- good Pittsburgh Prodwce Plttsbvjrgh, Jan. (tj, S. and Pa, DepV Produce demand Apples, 5 cars, market about Steady. -No, i bushel baskets and bushej Isrates New York, paldwlns and Mclntosh Wealthles and Icings 75-85, Delicious l.g Penn- sylvaqla West Rome Staymans Virginia Delicious, Beauties, 145. Potatoes, 18 market steady.

N.O. 1 100 lb. sackjj Maine Green Mountains and Katahdins 9.10-25; Pennsylvania flurals J.60, Round Whites Russet Durbanks lb. sacks Maine Green MountaAfl9 an4 35. putter fjraj an4 unchanged; eggs steady and.

unchanged; unchanged; poultry steady 'and except fresh Hiljed 31; SOMjtWINC A 6 1 hearts arc in ihc ihlpeeiy6tlr. dld Pvt. Marry Nell of the Essex Stiftt- llsh regiment at Windsor, Ontario, heavy Canada has already sent one of v- soldiers Some 100, Americans were In this, A tho first Sldtcg' Australia. dljilbmalb foldUons tha States htiVo Just bqcn efltabl'l Previously Australia 1ms trftfti diplomatic busincsA With this eminent through tho British bassy. 'Police Looking -T: for Theft of tho automobile of CV Redfoot, of 20 South Race was reported to over The i a 1037 coupe tratlon plates 7-Y-906 about 8:56 front of Redfoot's VAIN BATTLE TOSAVE A I battle, during which Dr.

'George Coplin (left) breathed into baby's mouth until oxygen tanks arrived, proved futile this son, of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Dahl died next day boy was almost lifeless afcbirth, in Elizabeth, N. breathed nor. malJy a short time.

A nurse stands near anxious father watching still-alive infant. Harvard Professor to Head Ohio State Columbus, 0., Jan. Upward' Bovis, Ifar'vard fessor and former' Ohio Court' judgei was elected president of Ohio $talo Bevls," 65, succeeds Dr. Rlghtmire, retired, at tho 'holm tho fifth largest university nation. ADDITIONAL SOCIETY ij West Middlesex Couple I Announce Betrothal Tho engagement of Miss Welch, daughter.

of and Mrs. Harry J. Welch, of Plttsburgh Rev. Stewart-W. Presbyter- Ian minister at West Middlesex, 'has been announced.

Miss Welch member of the "West Middlesex Hlgfi School faculty. A r- Two Seta of Shades Why not have two seta of shadef for your windows 7 Summer shadea soften the glare of the sun. -Winter shades should a warn glow indoors. Decorators are -emphasizing tints of coral from paw pink to deep rose. 'One, manufacturer ia 'featuring' new window ahades of a warm, rosy color blends nicely with tones of green, ecru and gold aa well aa the popular coral huea.

The; material is closely woven, unfilled and may be washed with a damp cloth or a sponge, lukewarm water and a mild soap. Farm population of tho -United, States as of January 1, 1938, tlmated at 31,819,000. TABLETS OR A R'S PICTUREALBU the sagas of the sea must be added the story, of the 'Nazi's pocket battleship, the 'Admiral Graf Spec, secn'24'hours it had been-blown' up and scuttled (Dee. 17) near With the alternatlveifof'a naval battle or'Intern-." ment the Spec was sunk, presumably-lest her secrets fall into Allied hands. In Purfrle Bog.

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