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

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THE JOSEPH E. PUNTURER1 FAMILY Joseph and Mary Zatterio Puntureri settled in Etna in 1918. Their present home and shop is at 21 Grant Avenue. Joseph was born in Ardore. Italy on July 12, 1885. He arrived in America on May 3, 1911. Mrs. Pun- tureri was born in Beaver Falls and grew up there. Together they have raised three sons: Anthony I. Puntureri, M.D., Samuel D.. chemical engineer, and Hugo, who is teaching in the Etna schools. MATT SEGINA The first Croatian to come to Etna and settle here is said tn have been Matt Segina. His home, 137 Butler Street. has since been demolished. l I38 Mr. Segina wasii'BoTrr-SeptemlJer 20T1863j' in Yugos- lavia. He migrated to Lawrenceville. A labor agent brought him across the river to the Isabella Blast Fur- nace. He was the father of five children. Matt Segina, while still working at the Furnace, started making Croatian bologna and barbecueing young lamb. He sold these at a nominal price to his Croatian neighbors who savored them as a homeland delicacy. He was an organizer and active member of the C.F.U. He died in his 87th year. C MAVRO tMORRlSH SPELIC Mavro tMorrisl Spelic of 69 Maplewood Street came to America in 1902 at age fifteen from Croatia, Yugos- lavia. He got his first job at Isabella Furnaces. At the age of nineteen he was promoted to Hhot blast- man. ' Later Morris Spelic was made Assistant Super- intendent of the Furnaces. He and his '4Queen Isabellaw retired in 1953 after fifty-two years together, she to oblivion and he to other activities. Mr. Spelic has served as a trustee of St. Nicholas Church. Millvale. and is a member of Etna Lodge No. 4- of the C.F.U. Mr. and Mrs. Spelic celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 8. 1969. WILLIAM STEWART Professor IVilliam M. Stewart for many years served as Etna's Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Stewart was born in 1372 and grew up in the vicinity of West Sunbury. Pa., attended Westminster College. and graduated in 1899 with a B.S. Degree. Later he earned his M.A. Mr. Stewart never married. N

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Aff 2-Ina: ,ff DANIEL LEWIS Born at 16 Criesmere Street December 19, 1887, Dan well represents the Welsh community in Etna. Many families originating in the little country south of England came here and settled, a goodly number of them, on Goat Hill fMt. Dawlisj. When just fourteen, Dan went to work as a water boy at the Mill. He also worked as delivery boy for Boggis. and Buhl. All his adult working years were spent with Spang-Chalfant. On December 31, 1918, he married Olive Jones. In 1924- they moved to Mt. Hope Street. Dan died on October 23, 1957. At the time of his death, Dan was President of the Peoples Savings 81 Loan Association. SOLOMON MANN M.D. Dr. Solomon Mann was born in Austria, Hungary. In 1921 he came to the United States. He became associated with St. Margaret Memorial Hospital. He lived for a number of years at 378 Butler Street where he maintained his office throughout his many years in Etna. ELMER FRANCES MCHUCH M.D. Elmer F. McHugh was born in Youngstown, Ohio and spent his growing-up years in Virginia and West Virginia. He earned his M.D. at the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond. His internship and residency in cardiology were spent in St. Francis Hospital. He also spent a year in research work at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. In 1950 he came to the offices formerly occupied by Dr. E. P. Griffiths at 367 Butler Street. X X MBS. ABRAHAM MORGAN Mrs. Abraham Morgan, nee Clara Skelley, came to Etna at the age of seven from Fayette County and lived here for eighty-four years. Philip Skelley, her father, ran the '4Dinkey,' engine at The Mill. The double house at 610 Butler Street was their home. Clara Skelley married Abraham Morgan, a member of Etnais Welsh Community. Mr. Morgan spent many years in Ex-Service, Cold Star and Legion Auxiliary activities and was most interested in work in her church. At the time of her death, 1966, she was the oldest member of that church. George Pfaub was born on March 30, 1865, in Law- renceville. As a young man, he came to Etna and was in the grocery and feed store business. 'gNick,,' served as Tax Collector, as Borough Treas- urer and as a member of the Etna School Board. Mr. Pfaub served as tipstaff in the Allegheny County Courtsg he was a member of Zaradatha Lodge No. 448, F. and A. M., Masonic Veteran's Association, and a charter member of Lodge No. 932, B.P.O.E. He died August sl, l944 and Mrs. Pfaub on March 28, 1957. l37

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ln 1918, he came to Etna and served as superintendent until his retirement due to ill health in 1934. He died in the following year. It was durinff Professor Stewarfs regime that the high school buillding was built. E GEORGE A. SPEER 1Vl.D. Dr. Speer was born in Robinson Township on Feb- ruary 18, 1859. He graduated from the University of Western Penn- sylvania in 1899 and opened his first office at 351 Butler Street in the little house where Dr. Wm. ,lohnston had practiced. He played violin in the Y.lVl.C.A. Orchestra, and was a member of council and elected burgess several times. For twenty years he served on the Etna School Board. Dr. Speer was a member of the Royal Arcanum Lodge, The Foresters, and a charter member of the Etna Elks. Of his eight surviving children, three still live in Etna. H. ALBERT STOLL H. Albert Stoll was born and lived ,his life in Etna. He was born in 1878 in the building at the corner of Butler and Freeport Streets, then the Union Hotel, owned by his father. IT f, His chief interests had always been mechanical, his first business venture a bicycle shop. Mr. Stoll served as Superintendent of the Etna Water and Light Plantg operated the hotel his father had built, had his own trucking company, and served as an engineer for the Pgh. Brewing Co. lVlr. Stoll was a director of Peoples Savings and Loan Assn., serving as its president for 14 years. He was also a charter member of the Etna Elks Lodge 4932. He was a director of the Etna Public Schools for 18 years, serving as president for 10 years. MRS. ANNA SMITH WEBER lVlrs. Anna Vlfeber was born in Wales in 1891 and came to America in 1912. She worked on the North Side when she met Fred Henry Weber, a native of Etna, born here 1887. They were married in 1916 and had six children. Two of their sons, George Lee and lra Smith, were fi . N ' 'wfltfi-Z - - eff ,IL-jf f lr . . -Eg!!! fr if Wi ,, killed in World lffui' Mrs. Weber lim-f 1111 15111111 Avenue with her daughteris family llVlr. aml rlplllfrlllfli Dukes and Gwen and Lesliel and her s1111. Elf. llarry Weber. 139