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(1933 penciled at top)Sent in by Don Stanton
Troy was immeasurably shocked and saddened this Thursday morning when
Lawrence D. Ballard, prominent and popular young business man, for many years
with the F. L. Ballard store, took his own life by shooting between 8 and 9.
Last seen as he crossed from the Carpenter & Pierce Co. store but a short time
before his act was discovered, he locked the Ballard store, went to a rear room
and put a bullet through his head. Henry C. Sherman and Rex Brown becoming
suspicious that all was not well, got in touch with Mr. F. L. Ballard, who
unlocked the store and Mr. Ballard, still alive was found. He lived until
about 12 without regaining consciousness. He was a fine young man, whose
death is mourned by a legion of friends in Western Bradford.
He has been in ill health for some time following two operations.
Son of the late Dix Ballard and Mrs. Ballard, who has made her home with him
for the past few years. Lawrence D. Ballard attended Troy High School, a
veteran of the World War, a member and former Commander of Brooks-Flick Post,
No. 49, American Legion, Trojan Lodge, No. 306, F. & A. M., and other
organizations.
He was born on May 14th, 1895, in Troy Township, married Miss Mary McGee,
who survives, together with one son, Robert, his aged mother, Mrs. Dix Ballard,
and one brother, Harry S. Ballard, all of Troy. Funeral arrangements are
incomplete as we go to press.
Dec. 27, 1934
Sudden Death of Harold L. Jones Shocks Troy (Sent in by Don Stanton)
Troy friends of Harold L. Jones were immeasurably shocked and saddened last
Sunday morning, December 23d, by news of his unexpected and untimely death,
which occurred at 3:30. One of the best workers and most active members in
Brooks-Flick Post, No. 49, American Legion, he had been at the Legion rooms in
the evening and had complained of indigestion when he arrived at his home on
High Street. His death, which came very suddenly, is thought to have been
the result of typhoid fever from which he was seriously ill in the Spring.
He was 41 years on Oct. 19th last, a native of East Troy, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Jones. He began his business career here in the
McGlenn, Smith & Company, Ltd. Clothing store. He left Troy to enter the
employ of the late George McGlenn in Elmira and, after service in the U. S. Army
during the World War, he became connected with the passenger station of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He left the Pennsylvania Railroad to enter the
employ of the Grange National Bank and was assistant Cashier there when it was
absorbed by the First National, where he was a valued employee at the time of
his death.
Mr. Jones gave much of his time to Legion work. He was Finance Officer
or Treasurer at his death and had served in that capacity for many years.
Members of the Legion attended the funeral on Wednesday afternoon in a body and
he was accorded the highest honors possible for a Legion member. The Rev.
L. F. Basford officiated and the Legion service was read at the burial in
Glenwood. His place in Troy and in the Legion will be hard indeed to fill.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Orcutt Jones, and the following brothers
and sisters: Judson Jones, Elmira; Marion, Denver; Grant, Michigan; Robert,
Michigan; Willard, East Troy; Miss Lena Jones, Denver; Mrs. E. A. Foster. Troy;
Mrs. W. A. McDowell, Rochester, and Mrs. Louisa Hughes, Lowman, N. Y.
Warren Seeley
(1938 penciled at top) Sent in by Don Stanton
Aged 44 and a former Troy resident died Saturday, October 1st, in the U. S.
Government Hospital, Hampton Roads, Va. Mr. Seeley was employed here for a time
in the condensery and Mrs. Seeley, the former Emma Canfield, was a clerk in the
Harry S. Mitchell furniture store. He was a foster son of the late James and
Sarah Baxter Seeley, Elkland. He served in the U. S. Army with the
Pershing punitive expedition into Mexico and was gassed in the World War. While
in Troy, he was a member of Brooks-Flick Post, No. 49, American Legion.
After leaving Troy, he operated a general store in Austinville for some time.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Emma Canfield Seeley, whom he married Jan. 1,
1921: five children, Helen, Harold, Alice, Ann, and Richard; his mother and a
sister, Mrs. Harry Williams, of Elkland. Prayer service was held Wednesday
at 3 p. m. at the Besley cemetery, Columbia Cross Roads. The Rev. Charles
N. Ouderkirk, Pastor of the Mansfield Methodist Church, officiated. Austin-Cox
Post, American Legion of Mansfield had charge of the service at the grave.
Several local Legion members attended.
Death of L. Roe Smith Great Shock to Troy
(1931 penciled on bottom) Sent in by Don Stanton
Seldom has a death caused such widespread grief in Troy as that of L. Roe Smith, prominent young business man, which came with stunning suddenness in the Robert Packer hospital, Sayre, last Saturday, August 22d, at eleven o’clock, after an alarming illness of only five days. He submitted to an operation Tuesday night and failed to rally to recovery. He was born at Lawrence Corners, Rutland Township, Tioga County, on October 3, 1893, oldest son of Merritt W. and Effie S. Smith, and spent his boyhood in Tioga County and Troy. He attended the local schools and was graduated from the Bowman Technical School in Watchmaking and engraving at Lancaster Penna. He was employed in the F. L. Ballard store until his enlistment in the United States Army on June 9th, 1917, being one of the very first of the local young men to answer the call to the colors made urgent by the entry of his country into the World War. He was sent overseas on March 6th, 1918 and returned on August 10th, 1919, seeing active service in the Anould Sector from July 12th to August 22, in the St. Mihiel offensive from September 12 to 17th and in the Argonne offensive from October 5th to November 11th, 1918. After his discharge from the service at Camp Dix, New Jersey, on August 18th, 1919, he was for some time employed in the Bally jewelry store, Elmira, returning to Troy to form the firm of Smith Brothers in 1920, a connection that existed until his untimely death. He married Marcella Manley Goyette, of Canton, on January 1st, 1927. She survives him together with his parents and three brothers, M. Lee Smith, Troy; Dr. G. Leslie Smith, Troy; and Dr. Wilson N. Smith, Towanda. He was a member of Trojan Lodge, No. 306, F. & A. M., Troy Royal Arch Chapter, No. 261, and the Corey Creek Golf Club, Mansfield. He was an enthusiastic golfer and admirer of many sports and had a most unusual understanding of animals, being able to attract and hold the affection of many pets. That he was very popular with his fellows in attested by the very wonderful floral tribute paid his memory and the funeral, one of the largest of recent years in Troy. The Rev. L. F. Basford officiated, assisted by the Rev. Waldo Manley, of Washington, a brother of Mrs. Smith. Burial was in the family plot in Glenwood cemetery.
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