A Belle Vernon area teenager was shot and killed as he and two companions finished hunting in Rostraver Twp.late Tuesday afternoon;July 2;1974. The victim was identified as Thomas Campbell Hepple;17;of 921 Brown St.;Belle Vernon. He was pronounced dead at the Charleroi Division of the Monongahela Valley Hospital at 7:30 p.m. With the victim at the time were David Michael Macko;18;of Belle Vernon R.D.1 and Joseph Nicholas Hepple;15;of Pricedale. According to authorities;the three boys had just finished groundhog hunting in the vicinity of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.slag dump off Route 201. As they were unloading the guns;a 12-gauge shotgun discharged striking the victim in the right chest.

Charles Howarth;78;of 76 Main St.;Pricedale;died on Tuesday;May 22;1973;at 3:10 a.m. in Brownsville General Hospital. He was born in England on January 31;1895;and was a retired coal miner;having retired from Victoria Coal Co.;Pricedale;in 1955. Mr.Howarth had lived in Pricedale since 1936. He was preceded in death by his wife;Elizabeth Morgan Howarth;August 4;1970 and by a son;Harry Charles Howarth in 1944. Surviving are two sons;John J.Howarth of Monessen and George P.Howarth of Pricedale;one daughter;Mrs.Joseph (Margaret) Lisser of Cleveland;Ohio;seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 10 p.m.Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in charge.

Ernest Horn;83;of 29 Knox Ave.;Monessen;died Tuesday;May 15;1973;at 6:15 a.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He had been ill the past month. Mr.Horn was born in Clarksville on Dec.14;1889. He was the son of the late David Newton and Elizabeth Fulton Horn. He retired from the Irvin Works of United States Steel. He was a member of First Baptist Church;Monessen. He was preceded in death by a son;Eugene;in 1962. Surviving are his widow;Robenia Duncan Horn;one son;Fred Horn of Monessen;two daughters;Mrs.John (Dorothy) Lender of Monessen and Mrs.Burton (Marjorie) Hazlett of Bryan;Ohio;three brothers;Frank and Leslie E.;both of Amity;and Carl of Waynesburg;one sister;Cora Horn of Amity;11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;after 2 p.m.Wednesday. Visiting hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.in the chapel of the funeral home with the Rev.Edward A.Pollock Jr.;pastor of First Baptist Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge.