BOOKHAMMER, SMITH, TRAUBERT, MCCALMONT, SMITH, GREGG, FARRAR Feb. 27, 1914 McDonald PA Record Frank J. BOOKHAMMER died in Lakeland, Florida, Friday, February 20, at four o'clock p.m., aged 48 years. He had been suffering for several months from congestion of the lungs, and he and Mrs. BOOKHAMMER left on January 8 for Florida where, it was thought, his health would improve but he grew gradually worse until his death last Friday. Before coming to McDonald in 1891, Mr. BOOKHAMMER had been a gauger in Butler County for about two years, and he held a similar position with the Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines Company here during the twenty-three years of his residence in McDonald. Shortly after his arrival in McDonald, in 1891, he married Miss Ida BURNETT of Oil City. Mr. BOOKHAMMER was born and raised in the vicinity of Oil City. His father was the superintendent of one of Oil City's manufacturing plants. Mr. BOOKHAMMER too had considerable capacity for business, and had the state of his health permitted he would no doubt have answered the call to larger fields of usefulness. In all he did he was painstaking and accurate, and his grasp of affairs was that of a master mind. For four years he was secretary of the borough council, during a period when much public work was done. Not only the members of council but Borough Attorney CORE and Engineer BURNS found him a valuable aid. He systematized borough affairs, and set a high standard of efficiency. Mr. BOOKHAMMER was constant and loyal in his friendships and hated deceit and shams. On reaching Florida, sick as he was, he took quite an interest in selecting fruit to be sent to his Northern friends and said he expressed the wish that it were possible to send everyone he knew in McDonald some of the luscious oranges that had ripened on the tree. He is survived by his wife, one brother, William of Tidioute, and one sister, Mrs. OLIVER of Butler. The body was taken direct from Lakeland to Oil City. Mrs. BOOKHAMMER being accompanied by an uncle who has a cottage in Florida. The train was an entire day late because of the storm below Washington, D. C. They arrived in Oil City Tuesday noon, and the funeral was held at 2:30 o'clock from the home of Mrs. BOOKHAMMER's brother, George BURNET. The services were in charge of the Rev. W. H. L. BENTON of Crafton, rector of the McDonald Episcopal Mission, of which Mr. BOOKHAMMER was a member. Interment was in Grove Hill cemetery, Oil City, where P. L. COULTER also is buried. At 6:30 o'clock Saturday morning occurred the death of Mrs. Margaret SMITH, at the home of her son, Frank C. SMITH, in Orchard street, in her 83rd year. Her death was due to infirmities of old age. Mrs. SMITH had made her home in McDonald for about eighteen years. She is survived by her son, Frank C. SMITH, and one daughter, Mrs. Anna DAVIS of McDonald and one brother, John SCOTT of Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in charge of the Rev. J. P. JORDAN. Interment was made in Hilldale cemetery. Charles TRAUBERT, the fourteen-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. TRAUBERT of Wellsburg, W. Va., died suddenly February 16, 1914. Mrs. TRAUBERT was formerly Miss Grace DENSMORE of McDonald. Mrs. Cassie COCHRAN and son Matthew attended the funeral of the former's little niece, Elizabeth MCCALMONT, in Moon Run on Friday. Loretta SMITH, aged ten years, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick SMITH of Barr street, died Friday morning, February 20, at 9 o'clock after a short illness of scarlet fever. A sister, Margaret, survives besides the parents. Short and private funeral services were held Saturday morning. The interment was in the Noblestown cemetery. The death of Mark Kelso GREGG occurred on Saturday, February 21, and funeral services were held on the following Tuesday, in the Valley Church, the Rev. W. J. SNYDER officiating. Mr. GREGG had been in poor health for over a year but ate dinner on Saturday as usual, pushed back his chair and expired. He was aged 68 years and leaves his son Charles at home, Alexander of New Mexico and Harry of Hamilton, Missouri. He is also survived by one brother, Ellsworth GREGG of Calla, Ohio, and three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth SCOTT of Burgettstown, Mrs. Emma MCCALMONT of Xenia, Ohio, and Miss Esther GREGG of Pittsburgh. His boyhood days were passed near North Star on the farm of his father, John GREGG. Mark was the oldest son, his brother, Levi GREGG died several years ago after a fall from the Hill church near Willow Grove. Mrs. GREGG died March 2, 1909. Mr. GREGG was a kind man to the unfortunate and always had a cheery word for everyone. *Imperial column. Ethel, the fourteen-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. FARRAR, former residents her but now of Beaver, died Thursday morning of last week of membranous croup. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon. Interment was at Beaver cemetery.