Sewickley Herald

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" Pear no man, and do justice to all men,"
Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1904.
No. 42
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AN INTERESTING SKETCH OF CAP-
•   TAIN JAMES SHOUSE, THE OLDEST   LIVING   PILOT  IN
THIS  SECTION.
The Herald man had a very
interesting chat recently with our
neighbor, Captain James Shouse,
of Beaver street, who has the distinction of being the oldest living
pilot  in   this  section.    His   mind
CAPTAIN JAMES SHOUSE.
[Photo by Diehl.
is ripe with reminiscences of the
good old balmy-days on the river,
and he can also speak of many
other interesting events that have
transpired in this section in years
gone by.
Gaptain Shouse was born on
August 30, 1831, at Steubenville,
0.., and was a son of Jacob Shouse,
a pioneer of this section of the
country.
About thirty-three years ago the
Gaptain was united in marriage
to Miss Rosabella Welshons, of
Pittsburg, who is related to Golonel George H. Welshons, of that
city,,   Mr.  Shouse is   a true-born
American citizen for three generations on   his father's side.    His
mother's ancestry dates back  to
the Knickerbockers of New York,
his maternal grandmother having,
lived to the age of one hundred
and seven.
Gaptain Shouse is the father of
nine children, six of whom are living. Mrs. Prince, of Ambridge;
Mrs. Walter Bruff, Miss Hettie,
and Messrs. Richard, George and
Frank Shouse.
Mr. Shouse has been a riverman
all his life, having bee« a pilot at
the age of seventeen. His father
and grandfather were shipbuilders
when that business flourished on
the Ohio river a century ago, and
had immense docks at Shoustown
(which"was named after them)
when that town was flourishing.
The firm constructed boats for
Andrew Pulton, having built the
first boat west of the Allegheny
mountains. They built among other
boats the "J. M. White" and "The
Great Republic," the latter of
which was the largest vessel that
ever floated the Mississippi river,
and did service in the Givil war.
There were twelve children in
Mr. Shouse's family, seven daughters and five sons. Four of the
brothers followed the river, and
the fifth, Gharles B., is manager of
the Los Angeles and Gape Nome
Mining Go. Gapt. Shouse was in
the packet service for many years,
holding positions from pilot to
captain, until a few years ago,
when his health failed and he was
forced to quit.
Mr, Shouse enlisted in the ninety-
day call for volunteers in 1861,
and„ served for some time afterward in the government transport
service. He has never identified
himself with the Grand Army or
any other military organization.
Mr. Shouse has had a long experience in inland marine matters,
and is often consulted by members
of his craft, who place great re
liance in his judgment and experience. He has a rich fund of reminiscence gathered in the many
years of his lifetime on the rjver.
School Board Meeting.
A special meeting of the school
board was held on Monday evening
to elect teachers for the two vacancies remaining in the faculty. A
good many applications were presented, and the two teachers
chosen were Miss Ada M. McDer-
mott, of Scranton, Pa., a graduate,
of Syracuse University, and Miss
Margaret L. Young, of Golumbia,
Pa. Miss Yonng is a graduate of
Franklin and Marshall Gollege.
This completes the faculty for
the coming year, and the board
considers it the best that Sewickley has ever had, and looks forward
to a successfule year.
Sewickley Valley Gun Club.
The first regular shoot of the
club was held last Saturday. A
club trophy has been offered for
competition, and a schedule of nine
fortnightly shoots has been arranged to contest for the trophy.
Twenty-five targets will be the limit
for any competitor at one shoot,
and the three highest scores for the
season will be counted for any contestant. At Saturday's event the
score was: Joseph A. Knox and
George A, Sommerville, tied at 18;
G. M. Southard, 16; W. G. Lang, 14,
and Paul McJunkin, 11.
A special shoot will be held on
Monday, July 4.
Very Much Needed.
The steam ferry recently purchased by Ghris Becker & Son and
Samuel Anderson is lying "up at
Merriman's, and if the present stage
of water continues the owners will
soon be able to put the boat in
operation at this point, where it
will render a very important service in facilitating traffic across the
river,
Mr. Way's Young Men's Bible Glass
Will Hold an Interesting Session To-Morrow Morning.
ALL MEN WILL BE MADE WELCOME.
Mr. Way's Young Men's Bible
Glass, which has been meeting with
marked success recently and which,
as a class, under the leadership of
Mr. W. K. Brown, is endeavoring
to carry out the plans and keep-up
the high standard established by
the founder of the class, Mr. John
Way, Jr., who has gone to his reward, has decided to hold a riligious
patriotic service on Sunday morning, July 3, at 9.30 o'clock in the
Y. M. G, A. building, and,with this
end in view the teacher enlisted the
services of Major W. W. Scott, who *
has succeeded in securing some
very interesting speakers for the
day. They are all veterans and
prominent in Pittsburg professional
and business life. They are: Frank
L. Blair, Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, Post No. '162, G.
A. R.; John W. Moreland, One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers, Post No. 151, G. A. R.;
GampbellStanton, Seventy-seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Post No.
162 G. A. R.; Andrew S. Miller,
Esq., One Hundred and Twenty-
third Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Post No. 162 G. A. R.
Messrs. Joseph A. Knox and
Gharles A. Rice, of the music committee, will have a good orchestra
on hand and you can spend a pleasant and profitable hour.
The assembly room, in which the
sessions of the class are held, is a
pleasant place and every man in
the valley, and especially the old
comrades, are cordially invited.
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