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

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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.

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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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- 8' . X JOHN WENDELIN KRAUS John was born near Fall Run in 1874. The older Krauses, ,lohn's father and mother, settled in the old brick house behind Koeberlein's Garage. Much of the property from near Martha Street to Crescent Avenue and between Wilson Street and the creek, was Kraus property. It was their pond on which many used to skate, where now the younger generation parks to buy Dairy Queens. Among the oldest members of All Saints Parish, it was they who donated land for the first church. John, among others, was on the board to plan its building. Victor Spaeti, another old Etnaite, was its builder. They then built the well remembered Kraus home where the parking lot now is at the corner of Wendelin Street and Wilson. John Kraus died on October 22, 1933 and Caroline this wifel on March 31, 1964. W. B. KROESEN, M.D. W. B. Kroesen, M. D. was born in 1839 in Allegheny, Pa. He graduated in 1865 and practiced at Talley Cavey for a number of years. He graduated from the Medical College of Physicians and Surgeons in Cincinnati in 1873. ' 1... ,:. - ' 2-giisskr' f , . l .-'JT 1 321- .1 .A , , . , . as . I. A It ' r,i. t.f: 5-,j-5' - f 'fi' .-- '-a , r , , f u T ggjxw .,, gg.. .1 ,L gm D y A . in , A , 1' , . ,, ' V '77 1 ' . YQ? . , r Q v- 'ff .fi W ,,p. I 0,1 , 5 ' . A I 1- -wt 3 fp- : A 1 3 136 He located in Etna and married. Dr. Kroesen served in the Civil War from 1860-1864 as second Lieut. of Co. K. He was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks. In 1888 he organized the first Fire Dept. of which he was chi-ef. He organized the G.A.R. Post No. 38 and was a member of numerous organizations. JOHN P. LADESIC John P. Ladesic was born in Etna on Oct. 10, 1901. He attended All Saints grade school, Etna public grade and high schools, Duquesne University, and American Institute of Banking. He is a -member of Etna Elks Lodge 932, Croatian Lodge 9694, Etna Eclips Rod and Gun Club, the Eagles, Croatian Room Committee of Pitt University, the Croa- tian Fraternal Union. He is also the present director of Conference of Northeastern Allegheny County Com- mittee. John was a delegate to three Democratic Conventions, 1928, 1940, and 1964. He has been Chairman of Etna Democratic Party since 1923, and is presently sewing his thirty-sixth year as a member of the Etna Borough Council. LOUIS PHILLIP LEHR Mr. Lehr has lived in Etna for 69 of his 98 years. He graduated Baltimore City College in 189-1. His first employment in the area was with the Daum 8: Helm Hardware Co. on Northside. Later he was clerk in the Ochsenhirt Store in Millvale. He married the proprietor'S daughter Kathryn. ln 19041 he built his home at 17 Vilsack Street. He was a member of the Etna School Board, served as a Director of the Peoples Building Sz Loan Associa- tion of Etna, was Secretary of Zeradatha Masonic Lodge KNO. 4418. He served as a cashier at the Bank of Etna f0l' 3 lime. Aff-'T-?v7W7n7WYAW t i . l 4