The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
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OBITUARY Z

CHARLES KNOWLES

CHARLES KNOWLES
Charles Knowles, 63, of 831 Cadmus
street, died in the City hospital
Thursday night. Mr.. Knowles lost
control Of his car on the top of Cad
mus street hill and crashed to his
death when it hurtled over SO foot
bank.
Mr.. Knwles was widely known in
district and national pottery circles
and was head Of the shipping depart
ment of the Edwin M. Knowles China
Co. in Newell. He held this position
there since the Knowles, Taylor and
Knowles China Co. closed in 1929.
Mr.. Knowles was born in East Liv-
erpool and began his career at ID in
the packing department of the
Knowles, Taylor and Knowles plant,
later he advanced to plant manager
and then salesman until the plant
closed, when he went to the Edwin
M. Knowles China Co.
He was member of the Riddle
Lodge 315 of the Free and Accept
ed Masons, the Crystal chapter 100
and Lodge 379 of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and of the l.
o. o. F. encampments 107 and Canton
Rhodes 72.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Margaret Ann Brown Knowles, at
home; two sons, Robert B. Knowles at
home and Kenneth E. Knowles of New
York city; two daughters, Mrs. Ernest
c.. Koehn of Bay City, Mich, and Mrs.
John w. Greene of East Liverpool,
and one sister, Miss Carrie Knowles
of East Liverpool
Funeral services were held in the
Martin Funeral home Sunday at 2:3O
p. M, with Rev. M. Rudolph Miller of
the First Presbyterian church in
charge.
Interment was made in Columbiana
County Memorial park.
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MARY E. HARGREAVES
Mrs. Mary E. Hargreaves, SO, wife
of Allen James Hargreaves of Cain
Heights, died at 9:3O a. m. Wednesday
in City hospital after brief illness.
She was born in Beaver, Pa, a
daughter of the late David and Mel
issa Hunter Bruce. She was men,
ber of the Methodist Protestant
church.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by five children, Mrs. Vera X.
Smith of East Liverpool, Mrs. Bessie
Elliott of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Charlotte
Haffill of Wellsville, Miss Roberta
Hargreaves and Bruce Hargreaves Of
East Liverpool; a sister, Mrs. Frank
Grubert of Bloomfield, and five grand
children.
Funeral services will be held Sat-
urday at p. m. in the Martin Funeral
home in charge of Rev. J. F. Dimit,
pastor of the Methodist Protestant
church. Burial will be in the United
Presbyterian cemetery of Calcutta.
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JOHN KIRK ALLMON
Du Bois, Pa.-John Kirk Allmon,
of the Hotel Logan, a designer at the
Jackson China Company's plant in
Falls Creek and a resident of Dubois
for 20 years, died on Sunday in the
Maple Avenue hospital following an
operation. He had been in ill health
for several years and was bedfast for
three months.
He was born in Springfield, Ohio,
on August 6, 1877, and was a men,
ber of the Presbyterian church, of
Wheeling, w. Va, and former men,
ber of the N. B. of o. P. He is sur
vived by his wife, Hazel Waterhouse
Allmon, of Washington state and two
daughters, Mrs. James Lail, of Wash
ington, D. c., and Mrs. Frank Cuni-
han, of Wheeling, w. Va.
Funeral services were held at Paul
J. Shorts Funeral Chapel at o'clock,
standard time, Tuesday afternoon,
with Rev. ]. A. Lyons, officiating.
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AUGUST E. LAUDRILLE
August Earl Laudrille, 46, of 225
Louisiana Avenue, Chester, died Mon
tyday in City hospital at 4:45 a. m.
County Coroner Arnold w. Devon is
investigating.
Mr.. Laudrille, a jiggerman at the
Homer Laughlin China Co., has been
a potter for 35 years. He was men,
ber of Local Union No. IL, National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters and
the Chester Methodist Episcopal
church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Bessie Laudrille; his mother, Mrs.