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o i a cha|>el. T h is building w as dedicated in Ju n e, 1908. A tablet placed on the front of (he building gives (he purpose and object of the work. It reads as follow s: "ICnst End Mission clupeb A chapel dedi­ cated to the w ork o f helping men, women and children to a l>ettcr and a purer life and where a free scat and a cordial w ckom c aw*ait a ll; the most humble and the most sinfu l, and where the teaching shall alw ays be Jesu s Christ the crucified.” On Ju ly 5, 1907, the session of the Mahon­ ing Ercshytcrian O turch adopted (he follow­ ing resolution: "R esolved, that the Resolution ]>assed Ja n u ­ ary 7th, U)02, by the Session of the Mahoning Presbyterian congregation, Danville, Fennsylvania, authorizing the establishment o f what is known as the E ast End Mission be rescinded and that from now on the said congregation be no longer responsible in any w ay fo r the w ork and support of the said E ast End M ission." T he work of the mission, from its organiza­ tion, w as self sustaining, and no part o f its cost w as ever {>aid by the Mahoning Church. From Ju ly 5, the w ork has been carried on independent o f any church organization and has been nobly helped hy people o f all denom­ inations. 'riie interest in the work has in­ creased each year and many have been liel(>ed to a higher and better l i f e . " In the year 1 9 1 1, when it liccame necessary to c n b rg c (he building, the walls were torn out and new classrooms added, furnishing com fortable quarters to a large and growing prim ary school a s well a s to intermediate classes. 'I’hc property has cost some $3,000, a large portion o f which has l>ceii contributed by the citizens o f (he town who have realized the good w ork that is t>cing done to a class of l>coplc heretofore neglected. Services arc held every Sunday afternoon at 2:0 0 o ’clock and on Tuesday evening at 7 :45 ' IIO TF .L S

T h e earliest and most fam ous of the old taverns of D:inville was the Rising Sun, a red fram e house at the foot o f M ill street, with a large walnut (rec Ik*fore the door. I'h e I’erry T avern w as first occupied by George Barnhart. T h e Jackson T avern, on M ill street near Mahoning, w as conducted by MlIiam Clark,

a Kevolutionary soldier. H ts sign Itorc the likeness o f General Jackson^ at that tim e a liero of the public. T he Cross K e ys T a v c m stood on th e river l>ank on the site of the present B r y a n restdm cc. It w as llr.n>>rictors of the old tavcm were W illiam Colt, 1 ohn Moore, E. N. Doan, C D. W harton and E lias IIow cll. A nother prominent resort in those early days o f Danville's history was the F ra n k lin Court, an old-time eafc, which w as the scene o f many interesting events. It stood o n (he 5|K>1 now occupic Goodman in 18 18 . H e bad previously kept the old Pennsylvania H ou se. Ilis card in the town paper w as inserted a.s fo llo w s: PBIUP CO tiM O AK in form s liis (rieiuh and the public that he cam nienccil keeping tavern in his new brick hoose, sign of the Golden O lobc. M ill Street, in the town o f O anritle, tw o do o rs South of the C ourt house, w here by hts attention and superior accom modation as to house room and stabling, he hopes to m erit a share of the public patronage. D anville. Ju ly pth, iS iA

T h e house w as occupied by M r. Goodman fo r several years, but the building of the house, together with a line o f stages operated by him to Pottsville, swamfKtl him financially. He movetl to O wcgo. N. Y ., where he afterw ards died. In 1836 W illiam H cnrie purrhasetl the hotel. H e made a number o f improvements and changed (he name to Union H all Hotel, the name l>cing suggested by his son, Arthur, a brave young soldier who died soon a fte r the war. M r. H cnric successfully conducted (he hotel fo r ihirty-five years, ft enjoyed great popularity under his administration. Joshua" W . Com ly boarded at this hotel for some thirty-seven years. In 1886 the hotel w as purchased by T. C Hcddctts and the name changed to the Heddens House. M r. Heddens is still the proprietor o f this hotel and enjoys a large share of the public patronage. The hotel is noted for its good meals.

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