. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. en. He is .a member ofthe Lutheran church, also superin-tendent of the Lutheran Sabbath-school at the present time. He the instigators in the erectionof that house of worship. Prior tothe establishment of the Lutheranchurch here, Mr. Faust was closelyassociated with the Presbyterianchurch, an-d for many years was su-perintendent cf the. primary depart-ment of the Sabbath school. Hestands high in the masonic order,having become a member of Lodge No. 300 F. and A. M.,in 1875. In 1877 he took the chiapterdegrees in t
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. en. He is .a member ofthe Lutheran church, also superin-tendent of the Lutheran Sabbath-school at the present time. He the instigators in the erectionof that house of worship. Prior tothe establishment of the Lutheranchurch here, Mr. Faust was closelyassociated with the Presbyterianchurch, an-d for many years was su-perintendent cf the. primary depart-ment of the Sabbath school. Hestands high in the masonic order,having become a member of Lodge No. 300 F. and A. M.,in 1875. In 1877 he took the chiapterdegrees in the Standing Stone Chap-ter. H. R. A. M. No. 201. He is alsoa member of the Huntingdon Com-mandery K. of T. No. 65, aud he isa life member of Syria Temple O. N. M. Pittsburg, Pa. is also a member of the OddFellows. Mount Union lodge No. was married on Jan. 6, 1870 toMiss Caroline Herrman, daughter ofi-lenry Herrman of Horsham Town-ship, Montgomery county. Mr. Herr-man came fro^i Germany. Mrs. Faustwas born Feb. 11. 1849. Their chil-. 370 dren are as follows: IMstilda, Z\Irs. Longaci-e, of town,, Richard J.,or New York City, and John E., ofMount Union. Mr. Faust was 17 years a schooldirector, the schools being graded un-der his administration, He has beenJustice of the Pesce since Gov. Patti-sons term. THE JUNIATA OAK EXTRACT CO. The ])lant of the .Juniata Oak Ex-tract is one of the newer manu-facturing establishments of MountUnion. It is the out£;-owth of the SaltilloTannery. It is operated also lisclose connection with the MdiUntUnion Tanning Co. whose large described elsewhere in this issue,,although each plant is operated sepa-rately. This illustrates the trend of mod-ern leather making. During recentyears the impoitant tannin bearingbarks, such as the oaks and hemlock,have become so scarce from the cut-ting down of our once great foreststhat the Irrge tanning industry had*to search in other directions for asufficient supply of
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