. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. tile business sometime after or in1907. He conducts an up-tc-date lit-tle store and supplies the people inhis immediate community with gro-ceries. Irovisions, He is a mem-ber Gf the Methodist church. :,l;o theMaccabees. He ip the father of 4children: Clarence, Harry C. Russelland Carrie. HOWARD POSTLETHWAITE Howard Postlethwaite, one of thecoal dealers of Mount Union, wasborn in Long , Mifflin CountvPa., Nov. 12. He is a son ofFisher Postlethwaite, one of onrOldest residents, mention of whom ismade on page H2 of th
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. tile business sometime after or in1907. He conducts an up-tc-date lit-tle store and supplies the people inhis immediate community with gro-ceries. Irovisions, He is a mem-ber Gf the Methodist church. :,l;o theMaccabees. He ip the father of 4children: Clarence, Harry C. Russelland Carrie. HOWARD POSTLETHWAITE Howard Postlethwaite, one of thecoal dealers of Mount Union, wasborn in Long , Mifflin CountvPa., Nov. 12. He is a son ofFisher Postlethwaite, one of onrOldest residents, mention of whom ismade on page H2 of this book. Ho-w-ard Poitletliwaite spent his earlvdays in Mo-ant Union and vicinitv,Grown into manhood, he soent about10 years in Philadelphia, about F>years in , was in DenverCol., and in Tex^as :or about and some time was spent also Robertsdale and in RockhlH inthi3 county, in 1895 Mr. Postle-thwaite was married to Miss AldaLane, in Kansas, He has been a resi-dent in Mount Union priincipallvsince 1901. when he became assistam r,(V). Howard PosLkthwaite to his father in the coal Postlethwaite took sole charge ofthe business in 1903, and since thattime his brother Richard, bas beenhis chief helper. He handles both hardand soft coal, having his coal yard tothe east end of town. Mr. Postle-?thwaite is a member of the ModernWoodmen. C. P. McCLURE C. P McClure was born in Johns-town, Pa, .July 9, 1SG4 Mr. McClureconducts two stores in Mount Union,, 510 one in the stand formerly occupiedby E. M. Rhodes as a drug store, andthe other in the Stratford building onShirley Street. Mr, McClure deals ingroceries, confections and greengoods. He resided in .Johnstown forabout 10 years, after which he spenta portion of his life in and In Braddockhe was employed at the Steel Works,and in Pittsburg he learne-d the jewel-ry business. In t!:e fall of 1884, hewent to Newport, Pa., where he con-ducted a jewelry store for s-ome
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