Explosion in Noblestown Henry HIGHFIELD, 43 years of age, and W. E. AVERY, aged 45, were terribly cut and bruised and are in a serious condition as the result of the explosion of a gas engine at the pumping station of the Midland Oil company, a mile from Noblestown, late Thursday. HIGHFIELD and AVERY were working some distance from the station when the engine stopped. They hastened to learn the cause, and just as the entered the building the explosion occurred. Both were blown from the building, their clothing aflame. Other workmen came to the rescue and cared for the injured men. The fire destroyed the station and much valuable machinery and tools. The loss will aggregate several thousand dollars. The cause is a mystery.

ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, OCTOBER 11, 1923. MEUTE-SUMPTER Anna Bernardine MEUTE To William Charles SUMPTER Parents; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Meute, Washington, PA Mr. and Mrs. Frederick N. Sumpter, Swissvale October 3, 1923 St. Brendan's Roman Catholic church Rev. Father T. J. Conlin Attended by Valerie Meute, sister of bride, and Joseph Gorham Will reside in Swissvale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STAMPFLY-O'SHEA Christine STAMPFLY To Vincent C. O'SHEA Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Stampfly, Sr. Mrs. Mary O'Shea, Pittsburgh October 9, 1923 St. Alphonsus Catholic church Rev. Father Joseph A. Burgoon Attended by Gertrude Maxwell, Oakdale, and D. J. O'Shea, brother of groom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, OCTOBER 18, 1923. GOODHEW-McBRIDE Nancy E. McBRIDE To Walter GOODHEW, Wilkinsburgh Parents; The late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McBride September 27, 1923 Parsonage in Candor Dr. G. M. Kerr Will reside in Carrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ McAFFEE-BRANNAN Margaret McAFFEE To John O. BRANNAN Parents; Mr. and Mrs. James McAffee, Crafton Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Brannan, McDonald October 13, 1923 Manse of Hamilton Presby. church, Hamilton, OH Rev. J. B. Cavitt Will reside in Midway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KOHKOWSKI-PISTARKEY Anna KOHKOWSKI To Michael PISTARKEY Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Alec Kohkowski, Sturgeon Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pistarky, Oakdale October 15, 1923 St. Patrick's church, Noblestown Rev. Father Cox Attended by Mary Precuch, Teresa Dutzler Anna Harallia, Bertha Matthieu, Sophie Kohkowski, Anna Maruziak, and Michael Wingar Will reside in Sturgeon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Spark Causes Explosion In a powder explosion at Sturgeon, three miles from here, Wednesday morning at 6:30 o'clock John MULGREW, aged 45 and his wife aged 38,were fatally injured, and their home burned to the ground. The explosion was the result of a spark from the kitchen stove falling onto a keg of powder. MULGREW was in the act of pouring some of the powder into a can to take with him to the _____ when the explosion occurred. He was hurled through a window and landed ** feet away. His wife was thrown some distance and her clothing ignited. She was rendered unconscious, and by the time neighbors arrived she was almost nude. Dr. DOUGLASS was summoned and relieved the sufferings of the injured until the arrival of a train for Pittsburg, when they were taken to the Mercy hospital. Every window in the neighborhood was shattered by the force of the explosion. MULGREW died Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock, and his body was taken to the morgue. The hospital physicians hold little hope for the woman's recovery.

The printing is quite blurred, I couldn't make out the last letter of the name very well. ERNO or ERNE John ERNO (or ERNE), aged 62, a native of Switzerland, and a barber by trade, shot himself through the temple at his home in Midway at 11 o'clock Friday morning, dying instantly. He was ill in bed at the time he ended his life. The revolver he used had been concealed between the mattresses of his bed. It was an old fashioned German weapon, the like of which is seldom seen in this country, and the dead man had often shown it to his friends who never thought that the once jolly Swiss would eventually end his days with the weapon. ERNO (or ERNE) had been a resident of Midway for 14 years and as a barber and as a citizen he stood well in the community. Five years ago he was divorced from his wife and since that time he had lived in rooms in the rear of his shop doing his own cooking there and passing a quiet lonesome life. A year or so ago he began to fail in health and his friends noticed a steady decline. ERNE (or ERNO) was inclined to look upon his condition in a philosophic way for a while and finally got to joking about the probable length of his days. Three months ago he told several people he did not think he would live long and he went so far as to pick out the nine, who, he said, were to act as his pallbearers. Very few people took him seriously and his talk along this line was not regarded as of any consequence, but subsequent events shows that ERNO (or ERNE) was not jesting. About three weeks ago ERNE (ERNO) was stricken with locomotor ataxia, and had been almost helpless ever since. He suffered a great deal and was unable to go on with his regular work. During the past few days friends and been taking care of him and Friday night two neighbors remained in the house with him. These men were Mr. KLINE and James MCFARLAND. Friday morning they made up his bed and while they were thus engaged ERNO sat in a chair, melancholy and depressed. The picked him up and laid him in bed and retired to another room, when in about a minute they heard a report from a pistol and rushing to into the bedroom they found ERNE dead and the pistol lining beside him, where it had fallen from his hand.

MCFARLAND Wm. MCFARLAND, brother of Mrs. John YOUNG of this place, was one of the unfortunate five who met death in the explosion in Catsburg mine, near Monongahela City last week. He was 32 years of age, and is survived by wife.

FARRAR, BOND, SIMS, MCCAULEY At her home in Cherry Valley, on the 10inst., Mrs. Elizabeth FARRAR, widow of Robert FARRAR, aged 75 years. Deceased is survived by seven children: Henry, of Primrose; Samuel of Midway; Rob't. C. of Hickory; Mrs. James MCCALMONT, of Washington; Mrs. Robert SCOTT, Midway; Richard and Jennie at home. At Sturgeon on the 12th, John Arthur BOND, aged 26 years. At Bishop, child of Mr. SIMS. 7 mos.-old child of Richard MCCAULEY

ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, SEPTEMBER 6, 1923. DEAROLPH-KARSH Louise DEAROLPH To Charles KARSH, Weirton Parents; Mr. and Mrs. William Dearolph, Bavington August 20, 1923 Wheeling, WV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIBERT-HORTY Nancy B. DIBERT To J. Frank HORTY, Johnstown Parents; Mrs. Clara B. Dibert, Napoleon street Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Horty, McDonald September 1, 1923 Our Mother of Sorrows church, Westmont Rev. Stephen Ward Attended by Mrs. Bennett A. Brande, Johnstown, and C. Leo Horty, Parkersburgh, WV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923. REED-AHR Myrtle AHR, Carnegie To Clarence J. REED, Carnegie Parents; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Reed, formerly McDonald September 15, 1923 Home of Dr. W. D. Irons Attended by Naomi E. Covennen, Corliss, and Clyde LeRoy Koecher, Carnegie Will reside in Carnegie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HENNON-TRIMMER Grace B. HENNON To C. Elmer TRIMMER Parents; Mr. and Mrs. George Hennon, McDonald Mr. and Mrs. John Trimmer, McDonald September 12, 1923 Home of Rev. W. D. Irons, D. D. Attended by Florence Hennon, sister of bride, and Lynn McCullough, Venice road ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ McALISTER-KUHN Lois M. McALISTER To Kenneth ZAHN (Sic), New York Parents; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McAlister, Washington, PA "Wednesday evening" McAlister home Rev. Dr. W. D. Irons, McDonald Attended by Mrs. Guy R. Day, Washington, Dorothy Fletcher, Butler, and David McAlister, brother of bride Will reside in Rutherford, NJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1923. Marie FLOOD To George MILLER Parents; Mr. and Mrs. James Flood, Noblestown John Miller, Sr., McDonald September 26, 1923 St. Patrick's church, Noblestown Rev. Fr. Cox Attended by Adelaide Corcoran, Pitttsburgh, and Victor Miller, brother of groom Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MOTTE-HEINRICH Rose Elizabeth MOTTE To Frank L. HEINRICH, Oakdale Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Hilaire Motte, McDonald September 20, 1923 Home of Rev. W. D. Irons, D. D., First U. P. church, McDonald Attended by Julia Motte, sister of bride and Walter G. Pettit, McDonald Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

McCAUSLAND-ANDREWS Laura M. ANDREWS, McDonald To John A. McCAUSLAND, McDonald March 28, 1901 Rev. Dr. Irons

DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF PAPER OR DATE. SMITH-BELLAERT Agnes BELLAERT, McDonald To Patrick F. SMITH, Laurel Hill

I thought that these made good companion pieces. Jan. 10, 1903 McDonald PA Outlook Old Church Dissolves: Affairs of Miller's Run Congregation Being Closed up. The Miller's Run Presbyterian church, near Venice, will son be of the past, the committee appointed to dissolve the organization having issued letters to the few remaining members. The church was organized 125 years ago, and the congregation was one of the most flourishing in the community, but it had gone back gradually of late and the remaining members refused to meet the bills. The presbytery decided to dissolve the church. The Rev. Dr. William SMITH preached to the congregation for ** years. Most of the Miller's Run congregation have united with the McDonald church. Country Church Being Restored Near Venice By James F. MULLOOLY (There are several photos and drawings associated with this article.) Dec. 22, 1960 McDonald PA Record-Outlook Like the legendary "Sleeping Beauty", the Miller's Run Presbyterian church has been recently awakened from a 60 odd year lethargy by the kiss of the carpenter's saw and hammer. The "Prince Charming" is the Miller's Run Cemetery Association, headed by William A. LINDSEY of R. D. 2, Washington-an octogenarian of rare memory and an indomitable urge to preserve this historic jewel nested in a sylvan section of Cecil Township, just outside Venice. Two years ago the rural meetinghouse had all but receded into the underbrush, but through the efforts of the association mentioned above, it has emerged as a showplace for those who care to inspect this specimen of early pioneer workmanship. The building was erected in 1836 in the eventful period of President Andrew JACKSON's administration-and it saw the groundwork laid while Abe LINCOLN and Jeff DAVIS were united in a common cause-the Blackhawk Indian War in Wisconsin. This not only the story of Miller's Run Church, but also the story of Will LINDSEY, a man who has helped restore the tiny house of worship to what it used to be in the days of his youth. Here it was that Will was born and reared on an adjacent farm-and it is with the help of his excellent memory that details of reconstruction were made possible. Will LINDSEY recalls the many Sunday mornings-the air filled with the crack of harness leather, the sharp neigh of impatient horsed, and the soft clump of a bay, shifting a fore leg. These were the sounds mingled with the choir voices, as they perhaps sang the hymn, written by Dr. William S. PITT which so aptly describes the wee kirk-"Come to the church in the wildwood, oh, come to the church in the dale-no spot is so dear to my childhood, as the little brown church in the vale." But let Mr. LINDSEY tell you of the Miller's Run Church, as he remembers it from his boyhood in the area: "Miller's Run Presbyterian Church, located five miles north of Canonsburg, and one mile south of Venice, and a half-mile west of Rout 980 in Cecil Township, Washington County, was built in 18** to replace the first meeting house, which was a log structure erected between 1790 and 1800. "The most authentic history of the church was read at a celebration on May 14 and 15, 1873, at which time Dr. William SMITH delivered an address wherein he gave the story of the congregation from its beginning. This was the 50th anniversary of the settlement of William SMITH, D. D., who was pastor of the church from 1823 to 1873. "Here is an excerpt from the address of the Rev. William SMITH.the Miller's Run congregation was organized about the year 1800, as the name appeared for the first time in the records of the Ohio Presbytery of that year. It was in this year that the Rev. John WATSON was ordained and installed as pastor. He died in 1802 and was succeeded by James DUNLAP, who preached until 1812. "Rev. Andrew WYLIE served as pastor from 1813 to 1817 and was succeeded by Rev. William MACMILLEN who was pastor until 1823." "All the ministers named above were presidents of Jefferson College at Canonsburg and Dr. William SMITH was professor of languages at Jefferson College for 44 years during his pastorate of 51 years at Miller's Run Church. Dr. SMITH further related that he was ordained into the office in 1824 but never formalized as pastor of the congregation. "The following are the names of the Elders when he (Dr. SMITH) commenced his ministry: Alexander MCELROY, John AIKEN, William SIMPSON, John LINDSEY, Andrew VANEMAN and James JERVIS. "The first meetinghouse was very uncomfortable and when the weather was favorable the congregation preferred to meet at the tent in the grove a little below where the caretaker's house now stands. The tent, as it was then known, was made of large split white oak logs hewn smooth on one side and was the universal furniture for seats, communion table, and an elevated dais for the pulpit from which the minister delivered his sermon. "There was no roof over the tent, but great oaks, walnut and hickory trees and other magnificent forest trees of that time gave them protection and shade. "Across the road from the church was a grove of great oaks where the church-goers tied their horsed before the services. These trees have all been cut down in recent years and all that remains are the stumps, some of which measure up to six feet in diameter. Counting the growth rings of these stumps indicated that these monarchs of the forest, when cut, were from 175 to 200 years of age. "No services have been held there since the year 1896, and over the span of the many decades the church building disintegrated to a very poor condition. "The church property consists of 8 ½ acres of ground and was incorporated in 1888 as the Miller's Run Cemetery Association, under the management of five directors elected annually. Annual stockholders meetings were held each year from 1888 to 1830 for the election of directors and officers. Since that time, some of the directors and many of the stockholders have passed on or moved away. "The corporate books and papers were lost and new generations of descendants grew up and all trace of the church history forgotten. However, one or two stock certificates found among old papers led to the discovery of the books and stockholders of the association. "At a meeting of stockholders in January, 1959, a new board of directors and officers were elected. At this time they took immediate steps to rebuild the old church and improve the manse house and property in general, all of which were in a deplorable condition. "The current board of directors, elected for 1960, are as follows: William A. LINDSEY, president, John W. HERRIOTT, vice president; Miss Milocent HERRIOTT, secretary-treasurer; Miss Laura ROBB, and George THOMPSON. Such is Mr. LINDSEY's account of the church history-much more can be said of the church's interior, but if the reader wishes t be transported back to the early days of this structure-all he needs to do is drive out to Venice and view the quaint pews and lectern-also the cuspidors, circa, 1835-a large hole beneath each pew to accommodate the tobacco-chewing members.

ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, AUGUST 16, 1923. MASQUELIER-AVRIL Isabelle MASQUELIER To Leon AVRIL Parents; The late Mr. and Mrs. J. Masquelier, McDonald Leonard Avril, Sharon, PA, formerly Sturgeon August 13, 1923 Sharon, PA Rev. Ralph Martin Will reside in Sharon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POLISHEN-TURNPACK Annie POLISHEN, Noblestown To John TURNPACK, Oakdale Parents; Mr. and Mrs. John Polishen August 7, 1923 Home of bride's parents Rev. Fr. D. J. Cox, Noblestown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, AUGUST 23, 1923. WILLIAMS-FONDERSMITH Rena A. WILLIAMS, McDonald To Charles R. FONDERSMITH, Columbia, PA Parents; Mrs. H. A. FonDersmith, Columbia August 22, 1923 Chamber-Wylie church, Philadelphia Rev. T. Rehr Taggart, uncle of groom Attended by Mrs. T. B. O'Steen, Lakeland, FL, sister of bride, and groom's mother Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MASQUELIER, RETZER Maurice Jules MASQUELIER, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jules E. MASQUELIER, died at ten o'clock Monday morning, February 26, 1917, at the home of his parents in Valley street. Death was due to pneumonia. The boy had been sick only two days. Besides his parents one sister, Aline Elizabeth, survives. Funeral services were held at the French church Wednesday afternoon in charge of the Rev. Dr. Alexandre MAGE. Interment was in Hilldale cemetery. W. Walter RETZER, aged 36 years, a prominent merchant of Hickory, died at five o'clock Sunday morning, February 25, 1917, following a brief illness due to a nervous breakdown. Though he had been indisposed for several days he continued to look after his business until Friday night, when he was forced to take to his bed. His condition rapidly became critical and death followed inside thirty-six hours. Mr. RETZER was born near McConnells Mill on February 21, 1881, and was a son of Charles and Mary RETZER, his mother surviving. He was identified with his father in the general mercantile business at Hickory, and upon the death of his father about one year ago he took complete charge. On December 27, 1911, Mr. RETZER was married to Miss Nellie BOSOLD of Caldwell county, Ohio, who survives with two children, Helen and W. Walter. Besides his mother the following brothers and sisters survive; Charles, Ralph, Roy, Clyde, Lawrence, Florence and Mary RETZER, all of Hickory. Mr. RETZER was a member of Richard Vaux Lodge No. 454, F&AM of Burgettstown, and of the IOOF lodge of Avella. He was a member of the Mt. Pleasant United Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a Republican. A Masonic funeral was held Tuesday afternoon in the Mt. Pleasant United Presbyterian church, conducted by the Rev. Charles STUNKARD. Interment was in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery.

ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, JULY 5, 1923. McCLAIN-FEREDAY Margaret McCLAIN, McDonald To Thomas P. FEREDAY, McDonald June 27, 1923 Home of Dr. W. E. Selmons, Washington, PA Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROBERTS-ROY Norma E. A. ROBERTS To Ralph A. ROY, Noblestown Parents; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Roberts, Roosevelt avenue June 27, 1923 Manse of French U. P. church Rev. Alexandre Mage Unattended Will reside in Noblestown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRYOR-BUTLER Nerissa PRYOR To Thomas Monroe BUTLER Parents; Mr and Mrs. Sandy Pryor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Butler June 27, 1923 A.M.E. Zion church, Oakdale Rev. F. S. Anderson Attended by Mrs. Harriett Coleman, sister of groom, and Alfred Bolling Will reside in Jeannette ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GAITENS-McCAFFERY Margaret M. GAITENS To Francis McCAFFERY Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gaitens, Sturgeon Mr. and Mrs. James McCaffery, Laurel hill June 27, 1923 St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, Noblestown Rev. Fr. D. J. Cox Attended by Mary Gaitens, sister of bride, and Francis Maloy, Harmarville, cousin of bride Will reside in Sturgeon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REED-REICHEL Olive Marian REED To Dr. Frank Hartranft REICHEL, Elizabeth, NJ Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Marsh Reed, Morgantown, WV, formerly Oakdale Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Reichel, Saegerstown, PA June 19, 1923 Home of bride Rev. Oran H. Baku, First Baptist church, Morgantown Attended by Elizabeth Reed, sister of bride, and William C. Denny, Oakdale Will reside in Crawford, NJ, then Elizabeth NJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, JULY 19, 1923. KIGHTLINGER-REYNOLDS Bernice Winifred KIGHTLINGER To Samuel Willerton REYNOLDS Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kightlinger, Oakdale, PA Mrs. Catherine Reynolds, Bon Air, Pittsburgh July 9, 1923 First Presby. church, Pittsburgh Rev. Jones Attended by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boss, she is sister of bride Will reside in Bon Air, Pittsburgh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, JULY 26, 1923. WASHABAUGH-STEWART Emma Irene WASHABAUGH To Cloyd Ray STEWART Parents; The late Mr. and Mrs. George Washabaugh, Cleveland, formerly Oakdale Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Stewart, Cleveland July 17, 1923 Federated church, Cleveland Rev. E. Wright Will reside in Cleveland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. George ZIEGLER, Sr., of Venice celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Wednesday, February 21, 1917. In September 1866 George ZEIGLER and Miss Gertrude HURGIE came from Kurheasen, Germany, to Pittsburgh. They were betrothed, and came to the New World with the hope of gathering up a competence before they married. On February 21st of the next year they were married by the Rev. Dr. Carl WALTKIER, pastor of the German Evangelical Protestant Church, in Pittsburgh. They have lived in the Pittsburgh vicinity ever since. For six years Mr. and Mrs. ZIEGLER lived in Pittsburgh, then moved to Midway, Washington county, and there thirteen years. They then went to Bridgeville where they lived for fifteen years. Since 1900 they have lived at Venice. Ten children resulted from their marriage, of whom nine are living. There are twenty-nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Ziegler is aged 72 years and his wife is 69. Their children are: Henry ZIEGLER of West Park, Mrs. John LUTZ of Venice; Mrs. Carl OLDOERP of Marysville, Ohio; Mrs. John SCHMIDT of Mt. Washington, George ZIEGLER, Jr., of Sturgeon, Mrs. Caspar PAUL of Green Tree, John ZIEGLER of Mt. Washington, Louis ZIEGLER of Canonsburg, and Mrs. Arthur GRAHAM of Sheraden. An elaborate dinner was served at noon, the table having as a centerpiece a three-tier wedding cake. The sons and daughters presented the couple with fifty dollars in gold and fifty red roses. They also received sixty-five dollars in gold and many other gifts. Besides the children and relatives many other guests were present.

ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, JUNE 7, 1923. McKISSICK-KAHL Mrs. Elizabeth McKISSICK To Lester M. KAHL Parents; Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kahl, New Castle, PA June 2, 1923 Manse of Presby. church Rev. W. D. Lewis Will reside in Oakdale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SJODEN-GEDEON Edith Wanda SJODEN To Peter Lewis GEDEON Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew John Sjoden Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Gedeon, formerly McDonald June 2, 1923 Home of bride's parents, Titusville, PA Will reside in Titusville ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KLEINNAN-IRONS Edna Blanche KLEINNAN, Coraopolis To Dean M. IRONS, Coraopolis June 2, 1923 Home of bride's parents Rev. W. D. Irons, D. D., McDonald Attended by Ruth Anna Getty, Groveton, PA, and Charles M. Gardiner, Buffalo, NY Will reside in Coraopolis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, JUNE 14, 1923. POWELSON-MITCHELL Hannah Bell POWELSON To John Edwin MITCHELL Parents; Mrs. Elizabeth Powelson, Midway Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell, Midway June 12, 1923 Bride's home Rev. R. W. Nairn, Midway Will reside in Midway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEIR-McGREW Hazel Serelda WEIR To Fred C. McGREW Parents; Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Weir, Third street Charles C. McGrew, Third street June 6, 1923 Home of bride's parents Rev. B. B. Harrison Attended by Alda Margaret Weir, sister of bride, and Allen R. Reid,Carnegie Will reside in the Weir home for the present ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, JUNE 28, 1923. FISHER-AYERS Athalia FISHER To Fred AYERS, Pittsburgh Parents; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Fisher, Oakdale June 20, 1923 First Presby. church, Pittsburgh Will reside in the Roy Kahl home, South side, Oakdale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIMPSON-WEIR Norma E. SIMPSON To Leroy M. WEIR Parents; Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Simpson, Oakdale Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Weir, Evanston, Ill. June 19, 1923 Home of bride Rev. Weir and Rev. W. R. McMunn, Oakdale Will reside in Evanston, IL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ McCAFFERY-JONES Nell E. McCAFFERY, Crafton, formerly McDonald To William JONES, Crafton June 26, 1923 St. Phillips church, Crafton Attended by Catherine Harrington, Pittsburgh, and Joseph R. Gonnley, Crafton Will reside in Crafton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STILLEY-CONNELLY Grace Emma STILLEY To James Sinclair CONNELLY Parents; Mrs. Jennie Stilley, McDonald Mr. and Mrs. J. Connelly, Steubenville, OH June 23, 1923 Rev. W. D. Irons, D. D. Attended by Jennie Stilley, sister of bride, and Samuel Stilley, Rochester, PA, brother of bride Will reside in Cleveland, OH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PAUL, JOHNSON, DEMPE Michael PAUL, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph PAUL, died at nine o' clock Tuesday morning, February 20, 1917, at the home of his parents at Reissing, near Cecil, of acute nephritis. He had been in failing health three years. His father is a coal miner and the boy, too, had worked in the mine to some extent. Besides his parents, three brothers and a sister survive. Funeral services will be held this (Friday) morning at nine o' clock at St. Patrick's Church at Noblestown. Interment will be in the Noblestown cemetery. Pneumonia that developed from a cold contracted when he was forced to flee his burning home at Sturgeon three weeks ago, resulted in the death of George JOHNSON, aged 83 years early Friday morning, February 16, 1917. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph P. HAMPSON, at Laurel Hill with whom he had been residing since his home was burned to the ground. Mr. JOHNSON was a resident of Sturgeon for twenty-four years. Besides his wife, the following children survive: Mrs. J. I. SUTTON and Mrs. E. P. FREDERICK of Chicora, Mrs. J. P. CUNNINGHAM of Ambridge and Mrs. HAMPSON, at whose home he died. Funeral services were held at the HAMPSON home on Sunday afternoon, in charge of the Rev. O. A. EMERSON. Interment was in Robinson's Run cemetery. Julius DEMPE, aged 81 years, a well-know resident of this section, died at his home in Sturgeon at 11:30 o'clock Monday morning February 19, 1917. He had been failing for some time owing to the infirmities of old age, and had never recovered from the effects of a stroke sustained five years ago. Mr. DEMPE was born in Germany December 5, 1835, and came to this country thirty-seven years ago. During all that time he had lived at Sturgeon, where he was employed as a miner and where he conducted a little store. Fifty-six years ago he married Miss Anna ROTTH*** and to them born thirteen children, of whom four survive besides his wife. These children are: Fred DEMPE of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Anna BURKE, at home with her mother: Joseph DEMPE of Imperial and Peter J. DEMPE of Sturgeon. There are also thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church at Noblestown on Thursday morning in charge of the Rev. Father D. J. COX. Interment was in St. Patrick's cemetery, Noblestown.

ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, APRIL 23, 1923. MAURIN-CHEVALIER Odetta CHEVALIER, formerly Coraopolis To August MAURIN Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Maurin, Valley street April 18, 1923 Washington, PA Attended by Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Holder Will reside in Valley street ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KORZINSKY-NOVAK Stella NOVAK To Walter KORZINSKY Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Novak, East Lincoln avenue Mr. and Mrs. Frank Korzinsky, Queen street "Tuesday morning" St. Alphonsus' R. C. church, McDonald Attended by groom's sisters, Camille and Anna Korzinsky, and Joseph Sank, Armstrong, Wisconsin, and Joseph Golaski, Cecil Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, MAY 10, 1923. LACH-STEWART Susie LACH, McDonald To William R. STEWART, McDonald May 1, 1923 Home of Rev. W. D. Irons, D. D. Attended by Mary Simonik, McDonald, and Peter Arthur Bennett, Sturgeon Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, MAY 17, 1923. LANNING-RUMBAUGH Ruth Annetta LANNING To Guy Albert RUMBAUGH, Barr street Parents; Mr. and Mrs. George Lanning, McDonald May 9, 1923 Parsonage of Robinson's Run U. P. church Rev. Richard B. Johnson Attended by Geneva Lanning, sister of bride, and Edgar Rumbaugh, brother of groom Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RANK-MALOY Lydia M. RANK To James A. MALOY Parents; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Rank, Sturgeon Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Maloy, Barr street May 9, 1923 St. Alphonsus' church Rev. Fr. Joseph A. Burgoon Attended by Mary Maloy, sister of groom, and Warren Scherer, Clairton Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD OUTLOOK, McDONALD, PA, MAY 31, 1923. WELCH-STEWART Mary M. STEWART To Vincent B. WELCH, Houston Parents; Mr. and Mrs. John P. Stewart, Hickory May 19, 1923 Home of Rev. H. F. Harkey, Houston Will reside in Houston ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WALLACE, MALOY Mrs. Mary WALLACE, aged 76 years, died at her home on Third street, Tuesday, August 5, after a lingering illness extending over a period of several weeks. Funeral services were held from the late residence, Thursday, at 11 o'clock by Rev. CONNER, assisted by Rev. JORDAN and Rev. LHEUREUX, and from the Venice Reformed Presbyterian cemetery. The deceased is survived by three daughters and two sons, Misses Elizabeth and Agnes at home, Mrs. Justice GIFFIN of Arabella street, Robert and J. W. WALLACE, of near Bishop. Miss Bridget MALOY, aged 30 years died at the Mercy hospital, Friday at 2 a.m. where she had been taken last Friday. The remains were brought to the late home in the East End this Friday evening. Funeral services Sunday. Interment at Noblestown. She is survived by two brothers, James and Hugh MALOY, of Miller street, East End.

Sturgeon Boy Lost in Fire One dead, two badly burned, and others les seriously hurt were the results of a fire at Sturgeon at 1:30 o'clock last Friday morning, February 2d, which destroyed four buildings and all the contents. Four families were routed out and lost all their household goods. Gustave DELMONTAGUE, aged 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Areille DELMONTAGUE, lost his life in the fire. The charred remains were found next morning. Mrs. DELMONTAGUE was badly burned and was injured by jumping from a second story window. Her ten-year-old daughter Marie was also badly burned. Both were taken to the Passavant hospital, Pittsburgh. Mr. DELMONTAGUE and three other children were slightly burned. The fire seems to have originated in the DELMONTAGUE home. Mr. and Mrs. DELMONTAGUE and their five children were sleeping in one room upstairs. Two rooms on the first floor were occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Peter EDWARDS, Jr. The inmates of the house were awakened by doors falling down. Access to the stairs was cut off. Mr. and Mrs. DELMONTAGUE gathered their children together and dropped them from the roof of the front porch. The oldest boy, evidently thinking others were still in the house, broke from his father and went back into the room. His mother dashed after him but could not find him. His body was found next morning at the window. The fire spread to the home of Tony CENIS, which was burned to the ground. All these properties were owned by Polidore LEUNIS. A house owned and occupied by George JOHNSON and his wife, aged people, was destroyed. A small store between the DELMONTAGUE and JOHNSON houses, owned by LEUNIS, was also destroyed. Sturgeon has no fire department and on account of the bitter cold night the fire was fought with much difficulty. Only a bucket brigade was used to check the flames. The remains of Gustave DELMONTAGUE were interred in Robinson's Run cemetery on Saturday with short services by Rev. J. B. CAVITT. Besides his parents he is survived by one sister and three brothers: Marie, Joseph, Raymond and Albert.

SCOTT, GARRETT, BEST, COBBETT, YEATS Mrs. Mary A. SCOTT, aged 78 years, widow of John P. SCOTT a former president of the McDonald Savings & Trust Co., died Sunday night, February 4, 1917, at the Hillsview Sanitarium, Washington, following a long illness. Mr. SCOTT died June 26, 1907, and since that time Mrs. SCOTT had spent most of her time at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James R. WHITE, in the Brush Run valley, near Canonsburg. She was a daughter of the late Robert COOK of Cecil township. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and for many years worshiped with the Venice congregation, in the welfare of which she and her husband were intensely interested, Mr. SCOTT having been a member of the building committee that had charge of the erection of the present substantial edifice. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. SCOTT moved to McDonald in 1897 into the handsome brick residence in West Lincoln avenue which they had built and which is now occupied by W. S. WORK and family. Mrs. SCOTT was the mother of five children: R. C. SCOTT, deceased; John Elmer SCOTT, who lives on the home farm near Venice; Dr. W. L. SCOTT, physician at Raccoon; George W. SCOTT, deceased, and Mrs. J. R. WHITE of near Canonsburg. Funeral services were held in the Venice U. P. Church on Wednesday afternoon. The interment was in the cemetery near the church. Harry Martin GARRETT, aged two years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred GARRETT of Noblestown, died at the family home at 5:45 o'clock Tuesday evening, January 30, 1917. He had been ill from noon Monday. Funeral services were held by the Rev. H. G. HOWELL on Thursday afternoon, February 1st. Interment was in Robinson's Run cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. George COBBETT were called to Fishers, Ohio, on January 25, 1917, by the death of Mr. COBBETT's brother-in-law, William BEST. They were also called to Bruin on account of the death of Mr. COBBETT's mother on February 2, 1917. Mrs. Mary Ann YEATS, wife of Anthony H. YEATS, died at her home at Gladden at four o'clock Monday morning, February, 5, 1917 in her ** year. Funeral services were held at the late home on Wednesday afternoon.