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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES tctn rooms* has been completely modcniizcd* and is surrounded by a beautiful lawn o f six aeres* well kept and doited with llower beds. In a prominent place upon the lawn stands an ancient log hut, buth In i^Oo* which Mr. Boocly has had prcscr^ed with reverent carc in all its hoar>* dignity. It is o f quaint appearance and affords an interesting contrast to the more commodious and modern structures around it. M r Boody is a lifelong Dcmoi'rat and has held the position of school director but his many immense interests pKclude his taking any more direct {>art in politics. Ills strengtli o f character and ability wilt* however, soon be applieil to the uplift o f political conditions in the county, and it is ]>ossibic that he will round out his career in some office o f dignity and ]K>w‘cr wnthin the g ift o f his fellow towns­ men. H A R V E Y A. M c K IL L IP, attorney-at-law* Bloomsburg, was bom in Martinsburg, Pa.* son o f Charles A. and Delilah (S k yle s) M c­ Killip. He attended the common schools* clerked in a general store, engaged in the photographic tosiness, read law. and was admittc<l to the Columbia county bar in 18 9 1; has been in practice since that time. M r MeKilUp im rricd M ary C raig M cK clvcy, daugh­ ter o f D r Jam es Boyd and M ary E. (A bbcit) M cKelvey. In politics M r. M cK illip is a Republican, and active in the (xirty in his section. He is a memlier of the several Masonic bodies, an active member of the Grand Cross, U . S ., and a thirty-third iltgrce Mason. C H A R I.E S A N D R E W R A S E L E Y, job printer and publisher, o f Berw ick. Colum­ bia Co., Pa., was to m at W est Berwick, in Briarcreek township, Columbia county, Feb. 1873. son o f Charles and Sarah Ann (E n g le) Raselcy. Henry Raseley, the grand­ father, w as an early settler o f Northampton county* Pa., and farmer. Charles Raseley, son o f Henry Raselcy, was a tailor by trade, but a fte r coming to B riar­ creek township he became a farmer, and he died on his homestead at the age o f seventyeight years. During the C ivil w ar he scr%*eany D. 3d Penn­ sylvania Regiment, with which he scn*ed until the close of the war. A fte r his discharge he loc.nicd at Nanticoke. Pa,, later coming to C o­

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lumbia county* where the rcnuindcr o f his life w as so usefully spent. His w ife was torn near Easton, i^a.* and her parents remained in that vicinity. H er death occurred March 30* 1 9 1 1 . Mr. and M rs. Raselcy had live chil­ dren: (*lara, who is now living at W est Ber­ w ick; .Mary Alice, also o f West Berw ick; H arry, who lives a l West B erw ick; Cltarles A ndrew; and one that died in infancy. Charles Andrew Raseley was bom at the old homestead in Briarcreek township* now the borough o f West Berwick. He attended the public school near his home during the winter months* and at the age of fourteen left school and entered the office of the Berwick Independent as a printer's apprentice. A fte r an apprenticeship o f three years he obtained a position with the Berwick A dvertiser, and later started a job printing office o f his own. A fte r .successfully carrying on that business fo r about a year, he was ambit iou.s to become a publisher* and launched on the sea o f jo u r­ nalism a small weekly known as T h e B eriviek Enterprise. T his new paper struck the public fancy from the b a n n in g, increased in size and rapidly attained a wide circulation. In Ihe spring o f 1900 M r. Raseley purchased the building where his office ts now located and continuc<] the ]HibIication of the weekly ncwspajicr and the business o f job printing until April, 1904. when he decided that the time had arrived fo r the inception o f a non-ptirtisan and non-sectarian, independent daily nevvsfiajKr. with many o f his fellow citizens sug­ gesting and encouraging. In conscqucnco the D aily Kertvick Hnterprise, the first daily news]>apcr in the borough a|>]>eared. T his slieet W'as several times cnlargtxl and its facilities fo r news gathering and news giving increased. T h e mechanical facilities were tikcwdsc atigmen ted. T lie first type was set by hand, hut this method w as soon found to be entirely inaclc<[uate, and a new* two-magazinc. MergenIhalcr linotype w as installed—the only ty liesetting machine then between W ilkes-Barre and Harrisburg. A large press was also added to the equipment and the Doxiy Enterprise soon took its place as ,a progressive reliable journal. f.atcr Mr. Raseley purchased the tien v ic k ffVcW v Independent, with its entire plant, and consoHdateeratecl by electric power, his plant is one of the largest an<l best c<|uip])ed in Colum­ bia county. On Ju n e 14, 1889, M r. Raselcy was married