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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES the building in which that concern was lo­ cated. manufacturing all kinds o f wooden household novelties, and the company for many years did an enonnotis business, also conducting a branch house at Wi!Hams(>urt. In 1895 Mr. .Angle purchased the M onlour Am erican, which was founded Dec. l l, 1855, by D. I f. B. Brower, who w as succeeded by ocl S . Bailey and Cliarles Cork in 1864. Mr. Irower again became the owner in 18 7 1 and disposed o f it to W. I L Bradley and Lew is Gordon. T hey conducted the paper fo r a few years, and were succeeded by Edward C . Baldy. W illiam B . Baldy, and finally by Bennett & Frick, from whom M r. .Angle pur­ chased the establishment. Under his success­ ful guidance the plant has been improved and modernized and has pro.spcred accordingly. In September. 1897. he established the M orning N etvs, which has had an exceedingly rapid growth. M r. .Angle is a man o f medium stature, o f fine personal apjiearancc, and by the plcas.'int and courteous manner which he m anifests toward everyone has become very popular and has made many friends through­ out his section of the country, M r. A ngle married Sue Robison, daughter o f Theodore Robison, o f Ea.ston, Pa., and they arc the parents o f two sons, nam ely: Theo­ dore R. .Angle, o f Danville, and Frank Pursel -Angle, o f Xlilton. In his religious views Mr. Angle is an Episcopalian, a member o f Christ (M em orial) Church.

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T H E O D O R E R O B IS O N A N G L E, eldest son o f Frank C. .Angle, and now associated with him in the newspaper business, was bom at Danville Ju n e 20, 1885. He received his preparatory education there, graduating from the high school in 1900. after which he went to Cheltenham M ilitary .Academy. Ogontz, Pa., for a year’s study, graduating in 19 0 1. H e then took a course in electrical en­ gineering at his father's alma mater, Lehigh University, at South Bethlehem, Pa., which he .attended fo r three vears. He has since been associated with his father in the publication of the Danville M orning X n o s, o f which he is managing editor. H is connection with the paper has given ncw impetus to a business al­ ways conducted along vigorous lines and with the policy o f not only keeping abreast of the limes, but leading the thought of the com­ munity on subjects o f vital interest. Mr. Angle is a member of the Friendship F ire Company, and sustains his interest in college matters by his mcmljcrsliip in Eta chapter of 39

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the Psi Upsilon fraternity. H e belongs to Christ Memorial Episcopal'Oturch. On Oct. 12, 1908, M r. Angle married Martlia .Adella llarjiel, daughter o f Dr. Francis Eugene und Kuphemia (B rad e r) H ar­ pel, and they have one child, Theodore Robi­ son, J r ., bom M ay 12, 19 10. JO H N I^ M .A CD O N A LD, who has been engaged in business in Berwick for a number o f years, w as liom in Allegheny City, Pa., .May 3 1, 18(11;, and is a direct descendant of the celebrated Clan!>;>nald. H is family coat o f arm s is as follow s: Q uarterly, first, argent, a lion ramjiant, gules armed and langued azu re; second, argent, a dexter hand coupcd fcssw ays holding a cross crosslct fitchcc iu pale, g u les; third, or, a h'mphad, sails furled, flags flying and oars in action, sable; fourth, vert, a salmon naiant proper; over all, on a fcss sable an eagle's head, couped argent, beaked, gules, between two sprigs o f three leaves o f maple, or. Crest, a dexter arm in armour grasping a dagger proper. Motto, "Pcrsevcrantia.” T he branch of the fam ily from which John L. Macdonald is descended w as early reprcsCTtcd by John Macdonald, who with his w ife, Em ily (Cam eron), and two sons, settled in the Slate o f New Y o rk in 1785. T hey pur­ chased a tract o f land in Saranac county, near the .Adirondack mountains. T hcir family con­ sisted of the following children: Jam es, Charles, John, Colin, Duncan, Catherine (who married Charles M cEw an. and died near Gananoquc, Canada), M argaret (who married David Auchinvole). j ^ i l y (who married John M cM illan), Charlotte (w ho married Joshua L cg g c), Ciiristine and Jane. Charles Macdonald, in 1 8 1 1, removed to Gananoque, Canada, where shortly after his .arrival he married the only child o f Col. Joel Stone, the founder o f Ihe village. In 1 8 17 he was joined by his brother John, and with him formed the firm o f C. & J. Macdonald, In 1826 the fim i built a flour mill, which was one of the most complete in Canada, shipping thcir products direct to England. TTiey were later joined by Colin Macdonald, who became a member of the firm in 1828, and so continued until his death in Cuba, in 1842. John Mac­ donald was active in politics and served as a member of the Lc^ stative Council o f upper Canada. H e died in 18O0 and w as burled at Gananoquc. Charles Macdonald died in 1826, and was buried near Gananoque, in WillowInnk cemetery. H is son, William S. M ac­ donald. became a member of the firm above