BARNES, CREESE, ROYLE, YORKE, PROUDFIT, MAWHINNEY, DUBOIS, MCFADDEN, MATCHETT, ELLIOTT Margaret BARNES, aged 2 1/2 years, daughter of Lee and Margaret LAING BARNES of Cecil, died at four o'clock Tuesday morning, February 8, 1927, of pneumonia. Besides the parents, there are nine brothers and sisters in the home. Funeral services wee held at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning in the BARNES home, conducted by the Rev. William M. DOIG, pastor of the Cecil mission, assisted by the Rev. Mr. CARSON, pastor of the Gladden U. P. church. Interment was in the Oakdale cemetery. Eugene CREESE of Longmont, Colo., a former Oakdale resident, who accompanied the body of his father to Sewickley for burial, visited with Oakdale friends recently before returning to his home in the West. *Oakdale column William ROYLE, 80, formerly oil operator in the Washington and McDonald fields, died of pneumonia Friday, February 11, 1927, at his home in Bruin, Butler county. Patrick YORKE, aged 74 years, who inventions and innovations advanced oil and gas drilling, died in his home in Washington, Pa., Saturday, February 12, 1927, after a lingering illness. The first pair of steel bits were manufactured for and used by Mr. YORKE, eliminating fishing jobs caused by imperfect welding of the iron and steel bits used in the early days. He was the first driller to realize that the twist in rope cables would sufficiently turn bits in the hole. He first used steel cables in drilling and invented numerous types of fishing tools. His last contribution to the industry was the steel portable derrick. John Pressly PROUDFIT died Saturday, February 12, 1927, at 10:40 p.m., at the home of his sister, Mrs. W. J. MCNARY in Burgettstown. Mr. PROUDIFIT was a son of Robert and Sarah PORTER PROUDFIT and was born near Bavington. He had spent his entire life in the Burgettstown community. He was twice married. His second wife died five or six years ago. A daughter, Miss Etheline PROUDFIT of the Southside, Pittsburgh, and a son, Russell PROUDFIT of Irwin, survive. He leaves also eleven grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon. Interment was in the Fairview cemetery, Burgettstown. Mrs. Martha MCPEAK MAWHINNEY, aged 76 years, wife of John F. MAWHINNEY, died at 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 15. Her death was due to pneumonia. She had been ill one week. Mrs. MAWHINNEY was a member of the Venice United Presbyterian church and had been active in the affairs of the congregation. Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Joseph C. MAWHINNEY of Philadelphia and Albert MAWHINNEY of Cecil, and two daughters: Mrs. Carrie HUTCHINSON of Cecil and Mrs. Anna BELL of Thompsonville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. this Friday in the Venice United Presbyterian church. Mrs. Arsene DUBOIS, aged 77 years, died at three o'clock Friday morning, February 11, 1927, in the county home at Arden. Death was due to complications due to her advanced years. Mrs. DUBOIS was born in Belgium. It was there she was married, and she and her husband came to the United States about forty years ago. Mrs. DUBOIS had lived in McDonald about thirty-five years. Mr. DUBOIS was killed twelve years ago in the Bulger mine. Three years ago Mrs. DUBOIS went to the county home at Arden. There are no known relatives. The body was brought to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. CHARLIER in East Lincoln avenue, where funeral services were held at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. M. BETTS, pastor of the McDonald Methodist church, assisted by the Rev. Auguste DEVOS, pastor of the French U. P. church. The choir of the Methodist church sang. Interment was in the Robinson's Run cemetery. Miss Ella MCFADDEN died on Monday, February 7, 1927. Funeral services were held the following Wednesday evening. Interment was on Thursday. (From another column, the funeral was in Sewickley.) *Montour Valley column L. T. and C. B. BURNS attended the funeral of Alexander MATCHETT Tuesday. Mr. MATCHETT was a former Clinton resident and lived in the house now occupied by the ROADMAN family. His death occurred last week after a long illness of dropsy. The end came suddenly, apparently from a stroke. He was a resident of Hollidays Cove, W. Va. and was well know as a carpenter of lifelong experience. He leaves his wife, who was Miss CAROTHERS of Frankfort, and eight children. Interment was in the Frankfort cemetery. *Montour Valley column William ELLIOTT, aged 82 years, died recently at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. C. SIMPSON, in Hills Station, after an eight months' illness. *Muse column