Joseph Moors of Fallowfield Township;Charleroi;R.D.1;died at his home;Friday;April 13;1956;at 4 p.m. He was born in Belgium;August 22;1878;and was a member of the F.O.E.Lodge;390;Charleroi. He came to Charleroi in 1911 from Belgium. He was retired;and before becoming manager of the Sharon Department Store in Sharon;was an employee of Greensboro Gas Company. He is survived by his wife;Augusta Baus Moors;one son;Herbert Moors of Bedford;Ohio;one daughter;Mrs.Howard (Nellie) Gollick of Charleroi;R.D.1;one sister;Mrs.Pauline Deltour of Akron;Ohio;five grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Friends will be received by the family at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Monday;April 16;1956;at 3 p.m.;in charge of Rev.John F.Bellville;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock is the funeral director.

Mrs. Ethel E.Morrison McClain;66;of 1005 Hill street;Belle Venron;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;on Sunday;February 26;1956;at 7 a.m.  She is survived by her husband;Richard McLain;one son;Harold of Quaker City;Ohio;four daughters;Mrs.Elmer (Helen) Fee of Uniontown;Mrs.John (Savilla) Noel of Belle Vernon;Mrs.James (Ruth) Wheatley of Charleroi R.D.1;and Mrs Andrew (Naomi) Sedok of Monessen;two brothers;J.George Morrison of Hopwood;and Dr.W.R.Morrison of Oberlin;Ohio;seventeen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.  Services will be held there February 29;1956;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.George Guest.  Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Victor Massey;73;of 510 Third street;Monessen;died at his home;Saturday;February 24;1956;at 8:10 p.m.  Mr.Massey was employed in the blast furnace department of Pittsburgh Steel company in Monessen until 1925;and then operated Massey’s Confectionery at Third street;Monessen;until 1951.  He then became steward of the Franco-Belgium club;and in 1954;retired from this position.  He was a charter member of the Franco-Belgium club.  He is survived by his wife;Augustine Guibourdanche Massey;one son;Gustave;of Monessen;a brother;Herman of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Lewis (Louise) Morreau and Emily Massey;both of Monessen.  Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.  Services will be held there Wednesday;February 29;1956;at 2 p.m.;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Edwin Melenyzer is the funeral director.

A well-known retired Belle Vernon barbaer and former member of the North Belle Vernon School Board; Conrad Metz;
died at the age of 90 at his home on Monday;Februar 13;1956.
Born in Hesse Darmstadt; Germany on Nov. 28; 1865; Mr. Metz
came to Belle Vernon at the age
of 16 where he opened a barber
shop. He was in business there
for 54 years until his retirement in
1936.
He resided at 314 Fayette street.
He had served as a member of
the Board of the Belle Vernon Cemetery for 30 years and was active
in the First Presbyterian Church
and held memberships in the following organizations:
Belle Vernon Lodge 643; F. and
A. M.; Uniontown Lodge of Perfection; Syria Temple of Pittsburgh and the Monongahela Caravan.
He was preceded in death by
his wife; Jesse; on Feb. 15; 1953
and his daughter; Kathryn; last
April. Kathryn had been a teacher in Monessen public schools for
many years.
Surviving are a brother Wilhelm; in Germany; two nieces;
Ruth Browneller and Mrs. Bonnie Latimore and one nephew;Clair Browneller;all of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received at the late home where funeral services will be held Thursday;February 16;1956;at 2 p.m.in charge of Rev.George Clarke of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in the Belle vernon Cemetery. Masonic services will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. Charles L. Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral directors.