NEWS: STIFFLER Family Reunion, 1918, Blair County, PA

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STIFFLER FAMILY MEETS IN REUNION

  Officers were reelected and a program of addresses and sports 
featured at the annual reunion of the Stiffler clan, held at Dell 
Delight park, Hollidaysburg, on Saturday.  The crowd was the largest in 
recent years, members of the family being present from New York, 
Pittsburgh, Clairton, Clearfield, Conemaugh, Derry, South Fork, 
Morrellville, Osterburg and other towns.
  A big dinner was served, after which a program of addresses was 
rendered.  W. H. Stiffler presided. Elder Joseph Wilt of Juniata 
conducted the devotions.  D. Elmer Sell of Altoona welcomed the members 
of the Stiffler family and gave a history of the clan.  The family 
descended from Jacob Stiffler, a native of Germany, settling in McKee's 
Gap.
  G. R. Stiffler spoke in behalf of the absent ones and the names of 
the members who died during the year were read. J. C. Sell spoke of the 
Stifflers in politics. Mrs. G. R. Stiffler spoke of the war record of 
the family. W. H. Stiffler of Hollidaysburg and J. Roy Stiffler of 
Conemaugh spoke of the family as merchants, and James A. Sell handled 
the subject of Stifflers from the "cook" standpoint.
  Officers were reelected as follows:  President, W. H. Stiffler; 
secretary, Olive T. Stiffler, and treasurer, A. L. Stiffler.  The 
officers will announce the time and place of the next reunion.
  Those present were:  W. H. Stiffler, wife and family of Duncansville; 
Harrison Tyler Stiffler of Canoe Creek, G. R. Stiffler, wife and 
daughter Olive of Geeseytown; James A. Sell and Esther Sell of 
Leamersville; J. C. Sell and D. E. Sell and wife of Altoona; John 
Rosensteel, W. R. Rosensteel and wife of Clairton, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. H. 
L. Schwing, Johnstown; J. I. Kenney, Johnstown; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. 
Keedy, Johnstown; George G. Core and Charles Gore, Johnstown; Miss 
Margaret Treese, Roaring Spring.
  Henry Champeno, Milford Henderson and Margaret Henderson of Massena, 
N.Y., Elsie Bratton and John W. Bratton, Clearfield, Pa.; Mrs. Emma 
Replogle, Martinsburg; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilt of Juniata, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ray Albaugh of Conemaugh; John M. Noffsker and Mrs. A. V. Burleigh, 
Roaring Spring; Mrs. Nancy Curry, Martinsburg; William R. Stiffler and 
Carl Stiffler, Pittsburgh; H. B. Curry, Altoona; Katie Dodson, Queen; 
Mrs. Fred Corle, Fred Corle, Hattie Corle, Lillie Corle, Barton Corle, 
Jessie Claar, Mrs. Elias Corle, Mrs. Catharina Stiffler, Edna Stiffler, 
Mamie Claycomb, Harrison Ickes, Russell Dodson, all of Claysburg; Mrs. 
Charles Kist, Derry.
  Mrs. W. H. Lawson and Margaret Lawson of Latrobe; Mrs. J. E. 
Stiffler, South Fork; Mrs. Lizzie Stiffler, Vinco; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 
Kirkham and children, Fred, Paul, Ruth and Mary of Duncansville; Mr. 
and Mrs. J. Roy Stiffler and children, Elda, Ruth, Irene, Katharine and 
Fred, Conemaugh; Mrs. Sarah J. Forsht, Duncansville; Mrs. Sarah 
Metzgar, Martinsburg; Mary Blankenbaker, Vinco; W. H. Stiffler and wife 
and children, Grace, Mabel, Sara, Arthur and Wilford of Duncansville; 
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Stiffler, Mrs. Leroy Ambrose, Robert Ambrose, Mary 
Emma Stiffler and Thelma Shaffer, Morrellville; M. W. Sell and wife, 
Roaring Spring; H. M. Stiffler, wife and daughter Ruth Stiffler, of 
Cross Keys; Lewis Stiffler, Canoe Creek; Mrs. J. S. Hite and Mrs. 
Winnie Piper, Duncansville; Edith Parker, Pittsburgh; John Beegle, 
Osterburg; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stiffler, Gallitzin, and Harrison Tyler 
Stiffler of Canoe Creek.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., July 21, 1918, page 3, cols. 3-4