BIO: Elmer C. SHILEY, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 208.
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ELMER C. SHILEY
Mount Union, Pa.

Superintendent:  Born at Mount Carmel, Pa., January 3, 1882, and 
received his preliminary schooling at the Mount Carmel graded schools.  
Emanuel Shiley was his father.  The mother before marriage was Mary 
Curran, of Chambersburg, Pa.; the father died in 1928; the mother in 
1889.  Mr. Shiley is superintendent of the coal washing plant of the 
East Broad Top Coal and Iron Company.  This method cleans and washes 
range, furnace and stoker coal by the use of sand and water by specific 
gravity, and has a capacity of five hundred tons per hour.  Prior to 
coming to Mount Union, Mr. Shiley was the outside foreman for the 
Stannon Colliery, at Mahanoy Plane, a subsidiary of the Madeira Coal 
Company.  Mr. Shiley is the inventor of a vibrating screen for 
separating coal, and it can be adjusted for the segregation of 
limestone, sand, cement, and general use.  These vibrating screens are 
now being built by the Pittsburgh Coal Washer Company and are much in 
demand.  These machines are wonderful in that the finest particles are 
absolutely separated.  During the World War, Mr. Shiley was foreman of 
the Installation of the Marking and Labeling of spare parts at Hog 
Island, Philadelphia, Pa., this requiring considerable care.  He 
belongs to  the Woodmen of the World, of Frackville, Pa.  Is a 
Republican in politics.  He has three brothers:  Howard Milton, of 
Camden, New Jersey; Charles Wesley, Nashville, Tenn., and Arthur James, 
Philadelphia, Pa.  Mr. Shiley was married to Katharine Welch, of 
Frackville, Pa.; they have four children, Rita, Elmer, Grace and 
Leonard.  He is a member of the Evangelical Church.  A pleasant man to 
meet; has the confidence of his fellowmen and well liked by all who 
come in contact with him.