Borough of Etna - Centennial Festivities Yearbook (Etna, PA)

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ln the Lina congregational Church are two large and beautiful paintings. These are the work of the late Charles Heusey. of 23 Mt. Hope Street. These paintings have been viewed by judges of the Carnegie lnternational Exhibition of Art and pro- nounced masterpieces. Charles Heusey was born on November 3, 1891 in Etna. Mr. Heusey died ,luly 28, 1955. HUGO HOBURG Hugo Hoburg was born in Bavaria in 1833. Among his six children were the three sons with whom he established a flourishing Etna business. About 1888 Louis and Fred opened a hardware store in Sharpsburg. About 1895 Hugo and his youngest son, Richard. opened a feed store in Etna. ln 1905. the present Hoburg Building was built and the two businesses moved in. hardware on one side, grain on the other. The big floor scale over which farm wagons drove, is still well remembered. Vlfhen fuel for travel became gasoline rather Lhan hay. the two businesses combined. Hugo Hoburg died in 1909. JAMES M. HOLTZ. MD. Dr, James Holtz was born February 10, 1849. in Fairview, Ohio. About 1891 he. his wife and son came to Etna. He is reported never to have sent out a bill, and that when approached for the amount owed, to have gazed at the ceiling. I 34- N .lAMES M. HOLTZ, M.D. The Holtz home was the house at the lower corner of Vilsack Street on Grant Avenue and his office in the building where Mr. Fred Moyer ha.s his watch repair shop. Mrs. Holtz was the mother of Morty Henderson who managed the old Helma Theatre for many years. SUSAN LEOTA HUNTER fEdmondsl Susan Leota Hunter was born in O'Hara Township, 1870. She married Andrew E. Edmonds, who had grown up nnext doorf' She was a Gray Lady. beloved at the old Veteran's Hospital. where she worked five days a week for many years. She spent many years with the Red Cross. After the 1936 flood. she and a daughter of one of the affected families went to Wlashington. UC. to bring Etna's tragedy to the attention of Congress. ,1s..J.. Q. A- IBVINE

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JUDGE THOMAS J. FORD Thomas Ford was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 3, 1856. He was just five when his father joined the Union Army and gave his life. Thomas was educated at the Soldier's Orphan Home in Union- town. Mrs. Ford came to Etna. At twenty-one Thomas came to Pittsburgh, earned his law degree, and was admitted to the Allegheny County Bar in 1880. He married and lived and practiced at 376 Butler Street, Etna, before moving to Aspinwall. He was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1907 and again in 1917. .... of Butler and High, later in the offices now occupied by Dr. McHugh. He was graduated from Knoxville High School, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. At various times during his 35 years of private prac- tice he served on the staffs of Magee Eye Sz Ear, and Presbyterian, and St. Francis Hospitals. For some time he was also Etnals school doctor and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Pitt Medical School. Dr. Griffiths died Jan. 4, 1962, in St. Petersburfz, Florida, where Mrs. Griffiths still resides. L I.. iii' e l 'Q Y . v it-. -, 0, . ISAAC HARTUNG Isaac was born in Butler County in 1845. He came to this area about the time of his marriage to Emma Elizabeth Braun, 1870. They had nine chil- dren. Two of their grandchildren still live in Etna. EDWARD P. GRIFFITHS, M.D. For 35 years Dr. E. P. Griffiths maintained an office in Etna, first in the Johnston building at the corner ll, Xt X X The Hartungas had a butcher shop and lived first where the Record Rama record store is now, then across the Plank Road, and finally they built the house at 638 Butler Street. P CHARLES HEUSEY '33

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f J.Q.A. Irvine, who came to the Etna schools in 1881 as Assistant Principal to Professor Robert Malone, served in this capacity for three years when he was made Principal. He remained in this position until his death in 1914. He was born in Butler County. In 1875 he graduated from Wesminster College. Mr. Irvine served for many years as secretary of the Sharpsburg and Etna Building and Loan Association. He was a member of the Heptesoph Lodge, the Junior Order of American Mechanics and the Elks. He served as a director in the Schoolmaster's Club. There is an old maxim, Wear integrity as a coat of mail. He did. DR. WILLIAM E. JOHNSTON Dr. William E. Johnston, physician and surgeon, was born in Cranverry Township, Butler County, Pennsyl- vama. He studied law one year and taught school for a short time. After working three years as a merchant, he entered Jefferson Medical College and graduated in 1882. He came to Etna and began his practice in the Speer home, on the site of the present Speer Building. His next location was below the B Sz O tracks next to the old Chessman House. Finally, he moved with his family to 389 Butler Street and remained until his death in January 1907. KENDRICK TALFRED Sz KINl Alfred, a skilled machinist, arrived from England in 1886 with his wife and daughter. Twenty-seven years of his life in America, until his retirement in 1913 were spent as gauge maker in the shop at 'fthe Mill . The Kendrick family and Spang Chalfant Mills maintained an almost unrivalled association for con- tinuous service for a total of 204 years. QC' i. V . ,V ,. , 1, ,-1 -.ia W l ALBERT JONES Born May 26, 1876, Al lived almost his whole life in Etna. His first job was at the old Company Store. I-Ie was last Cashier and Pay Master of the Etna Office of Spang. Al Jones served on the board of the Peoples Savings S: Loan for 57 years. He was a charter member of the Elks. He died on May 26, 1058. and Mrs. Jones on June 8, 1933.