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.

Albert Lee Hewitt;infant son of Albert Lewis Hewitt and Sandra Yelletz Hewitt of Camp Lejune;Jacksonville;N.C.;died Saturday;May 5;1973;at 3 a.m. in the U.S.Government Hospital at Camp Lejune. He was born October 1;1972. In addition to his parents;he is survived by a sister;Dorothy Mae;at home;paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Albert Lee Hewitt of Fayette City;R.D.1;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Dorothy Yelletz of Bentleyville and maternal grandfather;Joseph Yelletz of Monessen. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Atney Dickerson of Bible Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director in charge.

Edward Halinka;51;of Gibsonton;Belle Vernon R.D.2;died Thursday;April 19;1973;at 1:10 p.m. in McKeesport Hospital. He was born in Donora on May 15;1921;and was a veteran of service with the U.S.Army in World War II. Mr.Halinka was a member of First Baptist Church;Monessen;and the Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Dept. He had resided in Gibsonton the past 12 years. He was employed at the Fisher Body Plant in West Mifflin and took a sick leave in january;1972. Due to illness;he then retired in January;1973. Surviving are his widow;Gladys Stewart Halinka;three sons;Lloyd E.Halinka of Charleroi;Jack T.and James R.Halinka;both at home;three brothers;John Halinka of Monessen;Donald Halinka of Fairhope and Robert Halinka of Gary;Ind.;one sister;Mrs.Helen Pitkin of Los Angeles;Calif.and one granddaughter. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Saturday. Visiting hours on Sunday will be from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Prayers will be recited Monday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home;followed by services at First Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Edward A.Pollock Jr.;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in charge.