The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-31
50" CALLED FOR CAPT. L|SBY,
VETERAN NEWSPAPER PRESSAAAN
PYrKIAN FRATERNITY OF WHEEL
ING LOSES ONE or IT'S MOST
LOYAL MEMBERS AND
WORKERS.
ING TO ATTACK OF PLEUErSY
FOLLOWING BRIEF ILLNESS.
BURIAL AT STEURENv-lLE MON
DAY IN CHARGE OF ONO VAL
LEY COMPLIMENTARY
ESCORT

4 Inc body OF Captain Frank b. lAsD!.
| head pressmsn In the press rooms o.
| he Wheeling News and Wheeling Intel
| ligcnc"r. whose dea ia occurred Thursday
morning. December so. Will ne taken on
| Saturday evening 10 St-ubrnril,e Ohio.
where funeral services will be held md
'nt"rment Viii lee made IN Union cemc-
terry on Monday. The remains vii! have
4 military escort from the Mcndc! com
pany chapel, l"lc ChapIlnc E:rcot. 70 tho
Pennsylvania railroad station. COur do
Leon company No. J. Uniform Rank
knights OF PythiaS. ~ which he was
captain for many years. acting as thu
escort. Tho burial service at Stouben-
Vile Monday Will be in charge OF Ohio
Valley lodge No, 81, knights OF Pyth!as
or Wheeling. and delegations probably
VIII attend the services representing all
OF tho other Pythian subordinate lodges
Of Wheeling. as well rs a big r"Nresen-
tat!on or pahna temple No I64. Ora
matte Order knights OF KhoraSsan.
Services a. ;h~ Mcudcl chapel hero at
O'Clock Saturday. and a. tho residence OF
William G. Fisher. 1322 Oregon avenue.
StcuHenv!!!". at $50 o'clock Monday.
Captain Lisby expired at his residence.
NO. % Fourteenth street. shortly after
O'Clock Thursday morning Hc had
been I'll only Il short while OF pleurisy
contracted eight days previous TO his
death. II was not generally known that
his condition was serious and the an
nouncement OF his death came as q So
we're shock to his host OF friends and as
s""lhtcs n newspaper circles, fraternal
organizations and among tho citizenship
o: Wheeling at large.
For 4 period OF nearly 50 years Car
:an l4Sby had been continuously con
tlcct"d with tn" press rooms Of the rart-'
GUS Wheeling newspapers and was one
or III" veterans In the p:lr,!ng business
IN the community. No man IN his call
Ing VAS held In higher esteem. and
hundreds OF people keenly feel the loss
II" community has suffered In his death
And IN his death tho Pythan fraternity
"t Wheeling has lost Il man whose llfe
Was most exemplary or Tho orders
.H9ChiMES. and WHOSE To- Mas de lntnN
largely 10 tho advancement OF the order
n THIS Ohio valley.
Born IN WensburY.
captain L'shy was born IN Wel;shurs. a.
W. Va. August |. 1858 Whom he was OF
quito young his family removed To- 8,
Stcuhcrv!llc and no received his early h.
'ducatio in the Steubenv!le public e
schools. N"rT early "a l!fe no began az
york with tine Steuhenv!le Herald, then nj
inder tho ownership and manaEcmen, =!
}: the lat" i. II. Conn. Hrs; carrying a Il,
QUITO. later working in the rreSs room.
nd then becoming FRESHMAN for tina; b,
NJ
In lN'9, Captain L'Shy married Miss ! IN
lnry Fisher, Of Steuhenvlle. and IN III
SSI Mr.. and Mrs L.sby removed t.
whore Mr.. L"shy took a po. 7
lti"n n thN job press room Of tho
Vest Virginia Printing Co 4 crv
ears later n" took charge Of the news 1
8per presses of the West V!rKin!a -
rmins Co.. and ah"u, 1896 accepted a
'm..ur position with Tho IutellgAncer
uhi,ShlmE c." He continued IN this
"rk until! 1905. when he became head
rnSsman OF thu press room Of the
Heci'ng News and the Wheeling In
'.ig"n""r. IN which capacity he had Ri
'ntinued until the present time
captain l!SDy has ben a severe SUI
'r"r from asthma and bronchitis during
J." .aNt SIX or seven years and during N,
he l:tst two years. his health has
""d considerably. However no con-
Nu"d I" discharge his daily duties and
~ NJ work IN tho News ur"sS room
MI few days ago. He contracted ny
We're cold which developed into plcu- 30 M,
~. and on account Of his weakened No
"d'ton. lie was unable to resist ,he WI
vance Of the disease. In spite Of a.! DAY
n skilled medical attention aid loy. III
& car" could do Cor him he u.ys.d Ger
irtly away. ,S
NeEJ AoIlVo Pythtan- and
ap'aiu I..Aby was q very ACTIVE. mani. in
;; ri the knights "c Pyihips and took
Keen Interest IN all OF the affairs q, Tor
a. order II" was member Of tho ~,
% Na""y Lodge. X. OF =. and was Frs
number ~ years commander Wa
Leon '''nnany No. Uniform Ranl, gro
i 'rc""iI! hc was Instrumental IN cam
rsnniz.ng 'hs local branch Of tn. D-a- \
NC Order "f ;hc Knights ~ IIhnra-- on,
!. n "hich n" took .rnG;ng par. onl,
Try recently ClrtHin LlSbv was M. mos
cd chuicmHr cr tho bu!lilnr com G.sr
,s. " 81 all NJ III" local K az =. LODGE an
n! unde" way plan cor the crrr- '0 IVA
IN ( 4 substantial new HON. ro- III! ",
II n organizations IN this vicinity, X {
~ |, deeply Interested In this work. Stce
to 'as 4 Is" an ar'iv" number oC heal
80 y Lodge a. - I. W. AlthuIyb rr4G
~ ahurch member he was II ,l.vrrt II! ~
lTlSihn gentleman. esteemed To-. was
Ne hncps OF heart by nil vhn L,,.,. hiEh
tH"nS the younger ,ncnhCrs o. hu'
O., ta,uS fraternity IN Wheeling Cpp- 'h;i
~ az vas looked upon with r"a3r1- vi
IL intproaChinG vencratlon. and HE !oGn
"a, hrt was always nn"rted in . MSr'
" hud inspiring way the
y Ms l5ShE !s survived only by mem
- tn" ~" children "v"r hlrsacd stat
az and ~ CAPTAIN and Mrs Lisly, ii"n
- iamt tho Other members Of his ION
US preceded him "a the grnve va.
Ri,= Deeply pepIore-. m,HnS
p,th:or lodge No. 70. knights % ~.
e. = meeting las; evening Srhn,