Sewickley Herald

              tOMlg
AUG 26    1905
Ketufh
..
Pear tio man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. II
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 26,1905
No.   50
Death of Christopher Becker, a Prominent Merchant,
and James Shouse, an Old Riverman.
Ghristopher Becker, a well-known
business man, died at his home on
Beaver street, Sunday evening.
He was born in 1849 at Geissen
Hesse, Darmstat, Germany, coming to this country when he was 19
years of age. He was a meat
dealer in the Pittsburg market for
12 years then for 15 years in Allegheny. At the time of his death
he was the senior member in the
firm of Chris. Becker & Son. Mr.
Becker was a member of the
Juniata Street Evangelical Protestant Ghurch, Allegheny, and
belonged to the Royal Arcanum
and the United Workmen. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Lena
M. Becker, and the following children: E: W. Becker, William J.
Becker and Miss Bessie Becker, of
Sewickley; Mrs, George H. Helle-
gan, of Pittsburg, and Mrs. H, B.
Parker, of Bellevue. Two brothers,
William Becker, of St. Louis, and
Philip Becker in Germany, also
survive,
The .funeral services were held
at his< late residence on Tuesday
afternoon and were conducted by
Rev. Ph. Whittich. The pall bearers being Messrs. Gharles Breit-
weiser, A. H. Miller, W. A. Seiling,
John Hanley, of Allegheny, and P.
P. Knapp and S. B. Handy, of this
place. Interment was made in
Rosedale Gemetery Bellevue.
GAPT. JAMES SHOUSE. *
Gapt. James Shouse, one of the
oldest river pilots in the Pittsburg
district, died Monday night at his
home on Beaver street, after an
illness of three months. Born in
Steubenville, Ohio, in 1831.    Gapt.
Shouse took to the river when 12
years old. and' followed it for
60 years. For over 50 years
he was a licensed pilot, and regarded as one of the best navigators on
the river between Pittsburg and
Louisville. In fact he held it as a
subject for much pride that in a
half-century's service piloting river
towboats, he had not lost a single
boat, a record which is said but one
or two other men who ever ran out
of Pittsburg could equal.     Gapt.
Shouse was in the United States
transport service during the Givil
war. He remained hale and hearty
even after he quit the river two
years ago, until about three months
ago when he had a stroke which
ultimately brought on his death.
He had been a resident of the Sewickley valley for 30 years. His
wife and six children, as follows,
survive: Mrs. O. W. Prince, of
Ambridge; Mrs. W. U. Bruff, of
Sewickley; Richard E. Shouse, of
Goburg, Ontario. Ganada; George
B. Shouse,of Steubenville, Ohio,and
Hettie and Frank Shouse, at home.
He is also survived by a brother,
Gharles B. Shouse, of Toledo.
Gapt. Shouse had been for many
years a leading member of the Baden German Lutheran church.
Services were conducted on
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
by Rev. Geo. D. Grissman, of the
M. E. Ghurch, and Miss Ethel
Ritchey. Mrs. A. G. Thacher and
Dr. J. R. Hood, assisted in song
service. Interment was made in
the Sewickley Gemetery. The
pall bearers were Messrs. Adam
VonHofen, A. G. Walker, James S.
Gray, Ghas. A. Rice, A. L. Mould
and James M. Stinson.
Business Men's
Association.
A Permanent Organization Formed
on Monday Evening—Officers
Elected and Other Business
Transacted.
SIXTY-FIVE MEMBERS ENROLLED.
On Monday evening, in the hall
over Mr. E. B. Gray's meat market,
was held a meeting of the business
men of this place and a permanent
organization formed, to be known
as the Sewickley Business Men's
Association.      There   were   some
forty odd business men in attendance and not a little interest manifested.    The roster of this Association contains the name of nearly
every business man in the  town.
There are sixty-five members at
present and several who have made
application for membership.   There
are bright prospects ahead and the
Association stands for the advancement of the town from every viewpoint, not only   taking concerted
action upon business affairs, but by
taking an interest in civic affairs.
When once the organization gets
into good working order there will
be much to be derived from it by
its members and the entire community will reap a benefit.    Once
a year there will be a day set aside
and known   as ''Sewickley Day,"
and it will be given over to a relaxation from business cares.
The Association is not a trust
formed to maintain high prices or
to deprive any citizen of his rights
—but is quite the contrary.
Through uniform action the indiscriminate granting of credit and
the minimizing of bad accounts can
be controlled if not eradicated,
and such perplexing problems as excessive express rates and high insurance premiums can be taken up
and oombatted in an intelligent
manner, which will undoubtedly result in good for the members of the
Association.
"M !i
'"$
(Continued on page 7.)