. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. 1, 1903, Three or four managers pre-ceded Mr. Grie^t in ,rge of thismercantile house. The Vulcan peo-ple have 8 stores in this, which isknown as the northern division, thegeneral manager for this division be-ing- W. J. Usher of Clearfield. Thereis also a southern division of stores,hence the Vulcan Trading Co., con-Iroils an extensive business in differ-ent parts of this country. PriTicip?.ll5^they have charge of the trade of theHarbison-Walker Brick Plants scat-tered throughout different parts ofthe United States. B. W. REEDER B
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. 1, 1903, Three or four managers pre-ceded Mr. Grie^t in ,rge of thismercantile house. The Vulcan peo-ple have 8 stores in this, which isknown as the northern division, thegeneral manager for this division be-ing- W. J. Usher of Clearfield. Thereis also a southern division of stores,hence the Vulcan Trading Co., con-Iroils an extensive business in differ-ent parts of this country. PriTicip?.ll5^they have charge of the trade of theHarbison-Walker Brick Plants scat-tered throughout different parts ofthe United States. B. W. REEDER Bruce W. Reeder, tinner and plumb-er, whose establishment is locatedon Division Street, and who is suc-cessor to H. W. Harrison, was bornnear Blairs Mills. Pa., June 15, is a son of M. L. Reeder, and upimtil 15 years Old Mr. Reeder spenthis time ujion the farm, the sametime attended the rural schofols. came to Mount Union Dec. 8,1902, when he entered into the em-pVoy of E. H. Welker in the butche.•bhop. Two year*^ were spent at this 414. B. W. business, after which Mr. Readerworked for a while in the brickvvorki, a-id later, Aug. 15, 1906, en-tered the employ of H. W. Harrisonin the tin shob. Mr. Harrison soldout to Mr. Reeder on May 10,190!), atwhich time th- entered intothe insurance business i:nd the lattertook exclusive charge. The this sketch is a member of thePatriotic Sons and also of the Meth-odist church, He is kept quite busylooking after the tinning and plumb-ing business. 415 The Messrs. Harrison, starting withthe father, F. H. I-lArrisnn, have beenassociated with the tinning businessin Mount Union from a very early6ay. The tiither relinquishing thebusiness, it finally passed over intothe hands of his sens. Mr. Reedercontinues then ths tinning establish-ment, which was started bv F. :-nd which long flourisheden Water street. W. W. PETERSON W. W. Peterson, until recentlyone of Mount Unions energetic but-cher
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