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caused an embarrassnient of the firm and the business w as closed out by creditors. The A ll W ear Shoe Company is composed o f D. J. Finkelstein, president; L. C. Mensch, treasu rer; and C. E. K rcischcr, secretary. The factory is fitted with modem shoe machinery, housed in a fine concrete block building near the Reading tracks, built in 1905, and produces a medium grade o f M cK ay sewed shoes for misses and children, five hundred and fifty pairs per day being the product, and eightyone persons employed. The superintendent of the factory is A. C. Boyer, and the office man is K. D. W eiser. The old factory in 19 14 w as remodeled into a dwelling. M ereanliU Prominent among the representative busi­ ness houses in Catawissa is the department store owned and conducted by H. S. Grove on Main street, which was established in 1902 by M r. Grove. T he premises occupied consist o f a b rg e tw o-sloiy fram e building, with the entire first fioor and part of the second in use, and containing upwards o f five thousand sfjuarc feet o f floor space. A t the front of the store is the well stocked dry goods department. The grocery department is modemly cq u ip p ^ and stocked with groceries and fam ily provisions. On the second fioor are footwear, kitchen uten­ sils and men’s furnishings. T he furniture trade in Catawissa is well rep­ resented by Thom as E. H arder, whose fine store on Main street occupies a six-story build­ ing, built in 1 ^ 3. at a cost o f $15,000, having a fioor space o f twenty-five thousand square feet. It is fitted with all conveniences and stocked with the best makes o f furniture and house furnishings, including carpets, rugs, cur­ tains. etc. It is the largest .<(ore o f this char­ acter in this section and the best equipped and appointed, the entire building being used in display and for storage purposes, hfr. Harder is also ail undertaker and embalmer, carries a full line o f caskets and other funeral requisites, and owns his own funeral car. T he Catawissa Marble and Granite W orks was established in 1871 by Frederick B. Smith, who is the pioneer marble and granite worker in this section. M r. Smith came to this coun­ try from Germany, where he learned his busi­ ness. o f which he is a past master. He erected the Soldiers’ monument at Catawissa, which is considered one of the best pieces o f work of the kind in this part of the countiy. and com­ pares with the work o f great sculptors. H e is

an artist of the old school, few o f which are now found. The merchants o f Catawissa include the fo l­ low ing: Clothing— Paul R. Berger, D. J. Finkclstcin, H. M arks, O. F. Miller. S h o « — E. G. W alter. General Stores— H. R. Baldy. J. R. Deimer, Charles Pohe. Saloons— Daniel E. Fcgciv, L. P. Hausc, J. D. Yeager, D. P. Kistler. Pool Rooms— A. Hollinshead, E. E. Longenbcrger. Restaurants— A. E. Baer, P. B. Erw in. Druggists— J. F. Fisher, John W at­ ters & Co. Confectioneries— C. A. Baker, P. B. Erw in. G. W. Yetter. Meat Markets— O. P. Kostenbauder, W. II. Roberts. Jun k— M orris Engle, Jacob Liptzcr. Feed— W. A. McCloughan. Undertakers— T. D. Bem inger & Sons. L ivery— M. J. Grim es & B ro., J. E. Roberts. Stationery— A. S. Truckcnm iller, H. R. VanDorstcr. Tinners— K. S. Clever, W ar­ ren Rhawn. Coal— E. B. Guic, D. F. l^ it t lc. Autos— Gunther & Knittle. M. J. Grimes & Bro. Jew eler— David Hons. Milliner— Q a ra Hamlin. H ardware— S. E. Young. Finanetai The First National Bank ot Catawissa is a successor to the CaU w issa Deposit & S avin gs Bank, incorporated M ay 26, 18 7 1. The present title was a<loptcd the following year. John K. Robbins w as made president, and B. R. D avis, cashier. The capital stock has alw ays been $50,000 up to the present. In 1891 the bank received its national charter. T he present handsome quarters arc owned by the bank, and the officials in 19 14 a r e : J. T. F o x, president; W. M. Vastine, cashier; Luther E y e r and W. H. Roberts, vice presidents; J. M. Vastine, C. E. K rcishcr, Wilson Rhoads, K. P. R eifsn yder. directors. T he bank has a surplus and undivided profits o f $t6,ooo and deposits to the amount o f $240,000. T he other financial institution is the C ata­ wissa N,ational Bank, chartered A pril 30, 1904, with a captui of $50,000. It has now a su r­ plus and undivided profits of $26,000. and de­ posits to the amount o f $310,000. T he first officials w ere: C. J. Fisher, president; C. P. Pfahlcr. vicep re sid e n t;C. S. W. F o x ,c a sh ie r; N. P. Vastine. assisun t cashier: C. j. Fisher, C. P. P fah lcr, Lloyd Burger, .Ambrose Shu­ man, Jerem iah Kester, John L. Kline, I. H. Seesholtz, directors. The same officials are still in chatgc, with the exception o f directors K line and Seesholtz, d e c e a s^, whose places arc filled by W. T. Creasy and Irvin K rcisher. T he bank erected the fine brick building on

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