The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
"AULD ACQUAINTANCE"
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home here, although we feel
somewhat disappointed when we
do not find news from the north
ern end of the County. We trust
that some one in, or around, New
Grenada, may come out OF his
hiding place before the eel-toads
begin to squeak, or the Father
ooms or Bloodenouns sing their
bass solos along the banks of old
Sideling Hill creek, and go to
it" and send a weekly letter to
the people who have gone out
from New Grenada and vicinity
and are depending upon the
NEWS for that Letter from
home"
From the fact that am always
interested in the descriptions of
places given by writers in differ
ent parts of the country, have
been led to believe that many of
the NEWS readers would be in
terested in learning more about
this hustling Rubber City,"
During the past four years / have
been in Akron ''tinkering
around" Meals Millinery store,
owned and conducted by my SON.
in-law Ellis w. Neal. During
this time, l have had an oppor-
tunity to learn much of the city
and its industries. / am not the
only one here from Fulton coun-
ty, and there are many residents
here that were born in the old
Keystone state.
Last Sunday afternoon when
more than 5000 men were
in attendance at the Scoville tab
ernacle, those from the keystone
state were asked to stand, and to
my surprise, fully one-third of
the great audience arose. There
are number of persons here
from Wells Valley and adjacent
territory. Those whose names /
readily recall are Miss Bessie
Willett, teacher in the public
schools; Miss Mabel Edwards,
music teacher; Bruce Willett,
carpenter; Mrs. Belle Markley
Davis, Miss Jessie Mason, teach
er, of McConnellsburg; Miss
Stella Gracey, Mt. Union, soon
to graduate from the Actual Busi-
ness College; Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Satterfeld, Sixmile Run
Mrs. Satterfeld was Susan RAM
sey, formerly of New Grenada.
Mr.. Satterfield clerks in an Acme
store, and Mary and Susan, in a
Department store. Miss Alma
McClain, of New Grenada, is
here at this time. 1t is very
pleasant to meet these friends.
There may be many more from
our part of Pennsylvania, but, as
the population of Akron is 10O,-
600, it would only be chance that
| should meet all of them.
Akron, sometimes called the
Rubber City, because of its man.
ufacture of rubber goods-es-
pecially automobile tires-is situ-
ate in the northeastern part of
Ohio, and is not without historic
interest.
Rubber City? yes,-twenty-
three or more rubber factories
making almost anything imagin-
able in hard and soft rubber.
One factory alone has the output
of 10000 automobile tires in
single day.
There are two large Quaker
Oats plants, where flour, feed,
and cerrals are manufactured in
immense quantities. The Inter-
national Harvester works, Whit
man & Barns Co., large pottery
and sewerpipe works, machine
shops, planning mills, concrete,
salt, and ice plants, iron found
ries, and many other works go to
make up the city's industries.
Three trunkline railroads-the
Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and
Ohio, and the Erie-and good
electric lines furnish transporta-
ton. "a graded schools, &C
churches, one each Masonic and
Odd Fellows temples, 130 miles
electric lighted streets, Is parks,
20 lakes bordered with summer