George Harger;a resident of Belle Vernon for a number of years;died early Thursday morning;March 13;1941;in the Veterans Hospital at Aspinwall;a few hours after he had been admitted. He had been ill for some time. The family resided at 33 Wood street. Survivng is his mother;Mrs.Mary Hager;three sisters;Mrs.G.R.Ackard of Monessen;Mrs.Nellie Lane and Mrs.Olive Stone of Belle Vernon and two brothers;H.G.Hager of Greensburg and Richard Harger of Belle Vernon. Mr.Harger served as a private with Company A;28th Division;A.E.F.;and later was employed for a number of years at the Pittsburgh Steel. Friends are being received at the Toner Funeral Home;Broad avenue;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev.Mundy;pastor of the Belle Vernon Baptist Church;officiating. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Suffering a stroke Thursday evening;Mrs.Sylvania L.Hough;well-known Washington Township woman and widow of Johnson Hough;died at 8 o’clock Friday morning at her home;near Gillespie. Death came without the victim regaining consciousness. Mrs.Hough was a native of Washington township;being born 82 years ago;the daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs.Denton Lynn. She spent her entire life in that district. Her husband during his lifetime;was engaged in farming in that area. Mrs.Hough was a charter member of Col.Andrew Lynn chapter of D.A.R.in Uniontown and the First Presbyterian Church at Fayette City. She is survived by the following children;Lloyd and H.D.Hough;Washington township;Mrs.Edward Dreyer;Belle Vernon;and Mrs.A.B. O’Neil;of Charleroi. Also surviving are a number of brothers and sisters;Mrs.John Gray;Belle Vernon;Mrs.Olive Lackey;Uniontown;Mrs.Clyde Boyd and Mrs.C.L.Everett;both of Belle Vernon;Charles;Joseph and Miss Martha Lynn;all of Washington township.

James S.Hare;died Saturday;July 22;1939;at 5:30 p.m.at his home on Graham St.;Belle Vernon following a lingering illness. He was in his 80th year. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Olive Hare;one son;James Hare of Fairmont;W.Va.;and a daughter;Mrs.Hazel Saunders at home. Two grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. Friends will be received in the late home until 2 o’clock the afternoon of Tuesday;July 25;1939;when funeral services will be held;Rev.G.Meade Dougherty of the Belle Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church;officiating. Interment will be made in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director in charge.