BIO: George H. SLOPPY, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 725 & 726.
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  GEORGE H. SLOPPY, proprietor of one of the largest and most modern hostelries 
of DuBois, Pa., the Hotel Logan, which is centrally located at No. 120 N. Brady 
street, is a representative business man of this borough and a member of one of 
the old Clearfield county families.  He was born at DuBois, Pa., July 26, 1879, 
and is a son of Milton J. and Mary (Hout) Sloppy.
  Milton J. Sloppy was born in Clearfield county in 1855, his father having 
located here in his early manhood.  Milton J. Sloppy operated the stage line 
between DuBois and Curwensville before the railroad was completed and was 
probably as well known as any man in this section.  He also filled out a long 
service as town constable, for eighteen years being the only officer of that 
kind at DuBois.  His death occurred on New Year's Day, 1906.  He married Mary 
Hout, who still survives, making her home with her son, George H.  She was born 
in Jefferson county, Pa., of German parentage.  To Milton J. and Mary Sloppy six 
children were born, namely:  Willaim, Harry and George; Baryl, who is the wife 
of John Irwin; Grace, who died in infancy; and Lela, who is a student in the 
DuBois High School.
  George H. Sloppy attended DuBois public schools and after leaving the High 
School entered the employ of John E. DuBois, and worked in the latter's box 
factory for five years and while there was given the nickname of Dudley, by his 
comrades, by which he is known to many of his friends.  From the box factory, 
Mr. Sloppy went to work in the tannery operated by Mr. DuBois and A. R. Van 
Tassel, where he was employed for nine years, after which he accepted a position 
as clerk in his present place of business, the hotel being then under the 
management if James Chambers.  In 1906 Mr. Sloppy became manager and owner and 
in 1909 he remodeled the entire building and equipped it with all modern 
improvements.  It is now a beautiful brick structure, with fifty-five sleeping 
apartments, one of the finest lobbies and writing rooms in any hotel in the 
place, with a cuisine that is unexcelled and with close attention paid to the 
comfort of every guest.  Mr. Sloppy is very moderate in his charges, his rates 
being from $1.50 to $2 per day.  He is an active citizen, being a member of the 
DuBois Business Men's Exchange and is interested in everything that promises to 
add to the commercial advancement of this prosperous borough.  Politically he is 
a Republican and fraternally he is identified with the Elks and the Eagles.