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Vol. IV
SEWICKLEY,  PA., SATURDAY, JUNE  15,1907
No. 42
High School
Commencement.
The evening of* Flag Day was a
happy occasion for many at the
Auditorium. The High School
commencement was never better
done, and the big audience was delighted.
The programme began with the
processional, Kipling's immortal
verses with the refrain "Lest We
Forget." Miss Field was pianist.
After the invocation by Rev.
Gharles Glazert, of the Lutheran
church, original essays followed.
"Ghild Labor." Its evils and its
remedies we're delicately, but aptly,
set forth by Elizabeth Lambie.
Mary Wolcott's essay on "Our
National' Sin" possessed a ponderous title, but it was devoted to
an arraignment of "Too*-Much
Hurry" as being this country's
greatest sin; The audience agreed
with the fair young essayist.
A notable production was given
in Edna Gibb's recitation, "The
Nightly Review," by Von Zedlitz.
It was presented *in German, and
is based upon Napoleon's midnight
review of the spirits of the soldiers who fell in his army.
The high school singers gave
Lohr's four-part song, "Out On the
Deep," in capital style.
An essay by Ruth Walker on
"The Education a Girl Should
Have," was a good treatise on
character building.
Marjorie B. Pyfer's essay was
"Architect's of Fate," and was
Well handled.
Gharles Drynan gave a thoughtful essay on " Modern Spirit of
Reform," taking the ground that
modern exposure of evils inspired
opposition and reformation.
The instrumental club, a dozen
musical lads, with E. W. McGabe
as the able leader, gave the "Tri-
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THE LATE DAVID GALHOUN HERBST.
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A long, active and useful life
came to an end in the death, on
Saturday evening last, of David
Galhoun Herbst, one of Sewickley's oldest and most respected
residents, The end took place, at
9 o'clock, at Tucson, Arizona,
where Mr, Herbst was visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Percy S. Rider.
The time of his passing away is
equivalent to 1 A. M, Sunday,
Pittsburg time. The deceased, who
was 80 years and five months of
age, had been serisusly ill for
months, yet bore his sufferings
bravely and with the spirit which
characterized his active life. He
was an able, great-hearted man,
land his passing away'is deeply regretted in Pittsburg, with whose
business interests he was identified
for'over half a century. The remains were due from the far west
on Friday morning, and the funeral
services will be held at 5.50 this
(Saturday) afternoon, at St. Stephen's Episcopal church. Mr.
Herbst was born in New York,
Dec. 21, 1826, the family coming
to Pittsburg in 1855. For 25
years the deceased was a resident
of Sewickley, his home, being on
Broad street for twenty years in
the residence now occupied by
Mr. Severn P. Ker. The later
home of Mr. Herbst was the fine
residence  at the foot of Ghestnut
street,   commanding   a   beautiful
view of the Ohio, and occupied by
Mr. and  Mrs. H. G. Gampbell, and
known  as the "Old Orchard."    In
1847,   Mr.  Herbst   married   Miss
Jane Barker, daughter  of William
Barker,   of   Pittsburg.    After 58
years of  happy wedded   life, that
noblest of wives and women, Mrs.
Herbst, passed away on April 25,
1905, a bereavement which hastened   the   end   of   the  deceased.
Over fifty years  ago  Mr.  Herbst
conducted   a mercantile  business
in a store on  Second  avenue, in
which the   Republican  party was
created, and the deceased is the
very last of the delegates who attended the historic convention held
in old Lafayette hall, Wood street,
when,   in   1856,   the   Republican
party  was   formally formed.    Mr.
Herbst was not politically inclined,
but devoted  his life to business,
and was the  oldest of oil  dealers
and producers.    With the firm of
Warden   &c Oxnard, he manufactured Elaine oil, the famed illumi-
nant.   It was this oil which, over
25 years ago, became used in the
lights placed  then along the Ohio
and  Mississippi rivers by the Government  as  aids to   pilots.     Mr.
John Warden, business partner of'
the deceased, was also a resident
of Sewickley, where he died, years
ago—the family residence being at
the corner of Beaver and Peebles
streets.
Mr, Herbst is survived by his
three daughters — Mrs. H. G.
Gampbell, Mrs. P. S. Rider, and
Mrs. Robert Taylor, of Philadelphia.
Mothers' Jewels.
The Mothers' Jewels of the
Sewickley, M. E. church will have
their annual festival on Thursday
June 20,1907. Mrs. F. W, Ward,
Mrs. Moore, Mrs. E, Gook and Miss
Ruth Galey will be in charge.
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