Lewis, Robert Rathbun Esq. Hon. b. 1 Aug 1880 Duke Center, Otto, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Sep 1961 Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Lewis, Robert Rathbun Esq. Hon.

1880 - 1961 (81 years)

Name	Lewis, Robert Rathbun
	20201225HAv- THE LOST HISTORY OF CAMP MOXIE THE PHOTOGRAPHS Robert R. Lewis examines a Leica camera, after 1930. Self portrait. The Eloise Wrean Lewis Fiebig Private Collection Most of the photographs used in this history were taken by Robert Rathbun Lewis and have been annotated ``RRL.´´
Suffix	Esq. Hon.
Birth	1 Aug 1880	Duke Center, Otto, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Education	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [2]
	Grade school 1878- 1918.
	20260115NYC- Coudersport Remember When Lanny E. Nunn · Favorites · 15 January 2026 · Grade school 1878- 1918. Glass Negative. comments John C Wetzel Ross Jones, physician in waiting? So many familiar names, a very productive classs. I am related, way back, to Hollenbecks. I wonder who _?_ Hollenbeck was. 51m Reply John C Wetzel Coudersport High School—1896 ???? Top Row (Left to Right) Edna Rennells John Olmsted Ward Snyder Robert Olmsted Edith Olmsted Bert Reese Arch F. Jones Edna Corwin Lucy Butler Mae Butterworth ?? Fifth Row (Left to Right) Dorothy Lyon Aurelia Cobb Mina Raymond Frank Metzger Ross Jones Claude Allen Robert R. Lewis Agnes Kelly _______ Hollenbeck ?? Fourth Row (Left to Right) Roy Orcutt Burdette Abson Cyrenus Rennells Alice Berfield Albert Lyman Fannie Fickler Mattie Frink Clara Dingee Louise Peck Mary Groves Nettie Knox ?? Third Row (Left to Right) Walter Joerg Floyd Sturdevant Anna Chastain Lena Pease Fannie Dingee Myrtle Clark Grace Clark Chloe Haugenberry ?? Second Row (Left to Right) Miss Jessie Woodruff Edwin Kohl Theodore Stroup Nellie Benson Lillian Allen Flora Breunle Edith Reese Mayme Erlbeck Mabel Clark Lida Galusha Zalmon Robinson W.F. DuBois ?? First Row (Left to Right) Marshall Benn Guy Crosby Henry Daniels Alice Metzger Nella Pearce Lois Butterworth Lula Glace Ruth Pratt Gertrude Perkins Mabel Hubbard Laura Joerg Cora Glace 58m Brenda Kenealy Williams I found this several years ago on one of the sites. My grandmother born in 1881 is in this picture along with Robert Lewis future judge. Identifications follow May be an image of text 7h Brenda Kenealy Williams May be an image of text 7h Kenneth Cole Brenda Kenealy Williams Outstanding, Brenda. 2nd row, 5th from the right, Mayme Erlbeck would be my Grandmother. 1h Bryonna Mann Where was this? 1d Paul Lynn Gardner Rising contributor North West Street 15h Jeff Fisher Rising contributor Great! That would be where my grandmother Hazel Harris, born in 1899, would have gone to school. 1d Edited
activity	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	CHS group? - Robert Lewis, - Vernon Dieffenbacher, Katherine Knox Covey, - Marian Thompson Stocum, - Gegorie (Georgie) Stebbins Smith, - Ross H. Jones,
	20190712HAv- Lanny Nunn?Coudersport Remember When Visual Storyteller · July 10 · 2019 - Robert Lewis, - Vernon Dieffenbacher, Katherine Knox Covey, - Marian Thompson Stocum, - Gegorie (Georgie) Stebbins Smith, - Ross H. Jones, - - - - - 18You, Holly Heymann Seltz, John Leete and 15 others 2 Comments Like Comments Pat Burrous Neat picture Like · Reply · 1d John Christy Wetzel Another literary group, Coudy HS? They were all born ca 1879. Like · Reply · 1m - Robert Lewis, - Vernon Dieffenbacher, Katherine Knox Covey, - Marian Thompson Stocum, - Gegorie (Georgie) Stebbins Smith, - Ross H. Jones,
		Coudy group bca1879 Lewis etal FB190710LNCou 20190712HAv- Lanny Nunn?Coudersport Remember When Visual Storyteller · July 10 · 2019 - Robert Lewis, - Vernon Dieffenbacher, Katherine Knox Covey, - Marian Thompson Stocum, - Gegorie (Georgie) Stebbins Smith, - Ross H. Jones, - - - - - 18You, Holly Heymann Seltz, John Leete and 15 others 2 Comments Like Comments Pat Burrous Neat picture Like…
activity	very active at Camp Moxie
	20201225HAv- Lanny Nunn / Coudersport... December 22, 2020 · Moxie. Comments Brenda Kenealy Williams Judge Lewis. Was very active at Camp Moxie. · Reply · 2d Pat Northeimer · Reply · 2d
		Lewis, judge re CampMoxie FB201222BrendaKenealyWms 20201225HAv- Lanny Nunn / Coudersport... December 22, 2020 · Moxie. Comments Brenda Kenealy Williams Judge Lewis. Was very active at Camp Moxie. · Reply · 2d Pat Northeimer · Reply · 2d
Residence	1900	Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Residence	Between 1910 and 1950	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
census 1910	26 Apr 1910	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
	Age: 29; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head/ward 2
	20190104HAv- Charles Vater in the 1910 United States Federal Census date: 26 April 1910 enumerator: Walter L. Gordinier Name: Charles Vater Age in 1910: 37 Birth Year: abt 1873 Birthplace: Austria Home in 1910: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania Street: Mill St House Number: 207 Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1880 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Myrtle Vater Father's Birthplace: Austria Mother's Birthplace: Austria Native Tongue: English Occupation: jeweler Industry: Own Shop Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account Home Owned or Rented: Own Farm or House: House Naturalization Status: Naturalized Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Years Married: 9 Out of Work: N Number of weeks out of work: 0 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Charles Vater 37 Head Aust/Bohemia... M1/9 1880 NA jeweler, own shop Myrtle Vater 34 wife NY NY NY M1/9 4/3 Manai Vater 6 dau PA Aus NY S Franklin Vater 4 son PA Aus NY S Thelma Vater 2 dau PA Aus NY S Robert Vater 22 bro PA Aus/Boh S jeweler, 1198 shop William Phelps 39 Head PA PA PA M1/14 jobber, woods Marie Phelps 36 wife PA PA PA M1/14 0 Robert Lewis 29 Head PA PA NY M1/2 partner, law office Margaret Lewis 27 wife NY PA VA M1/2 0 Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1415; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1375428 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
Event	4 Apr 1911	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Signing contract for new A.A.S.R. cathedral 4/4 1911
	20181221HAv- Lanny Nunn?Potter/McKean County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Visual Storyteller · December 19 · 2018 13You, Patricia Neilly Vella, Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh and 10 others 1 Comment Like Comments John Christy Wetzel John Christy Wetzel Wow! Fantastic to see actions in the construction of landmarks I grew up with. Pretty cool! 1 Like · Reply · 2d - Signing contract for new A.A.S.R. cathedral 4/4 1911 Coudersport, PA - Dr. Aschraft, - M. Potter, - Carl Breunle, - Geo. Abson, - M. Thompson, back: - Dr. Skinner, - Walt Swetland, - Robert Lewis. Picture taken in Mr. Lewis' office - East Second St. Coudersport
		Coudy AASR cathedral contract 19110404 FB181219LN 20181221HAv- Lanny Nunn?Potter/McKean County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Visual Storyteller · December 19 · 2018 13You, Patricia Neilly Vella, Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh and 10 others 1 Comment Like Comments John Christy Wetzel John Christy Wetzel Wow! Fantastic to see actions in the construction of landmarks I grew up with. Pretty cool! 1 Like ·…
Event	6 Apr 1913	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	AASR consistory cathedral ground-braking
	20190111HAv- James White? Potter/McKean County, Pennsylvania Genealogy January 8 · 2019 16You, Grace Titus, Patricia Neilly Vella and 13 others 4 Comments Like Comments Wayne C White Almost looks like Great great grandfather White in the center. Like · Reply · 2d Nicole Taylor Any information on this image James? Like · Reply · 2d Gerry Hamilton I also have the picture post card version of this photo, which I inherited from my mother’s collection. The caption in all-capital white lettering on the front: “Breaking ground for new A.A.S.R. cathedral 4/6 1913. Bliss photo 2854” but am not sure of the 6 in 4/6. A one-paragraph newspaper clipping is pasted on the back: “The Coudersport Consistory was once the home of the Isaac Benson family. The mansion was built in 1887 and was deeded to the consistory in 1913.” In a search at newspapers.com, I was unable to find the paragraph. If the clipping was published after 1977 in The Potter Enterprise, it would not be available at newspapers.com. Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s NEWSPAPERS.COM Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s 2 Like · Reply · 2d John Christy Wetzel The guys in this photo, posted in December by Lanny Nunn, are probably in there: - Signing contract for new A.A.S.R. cathedral 4/4 1911 (1917?) Coudersport, PA - Dr. Aschraft, - M. Potter, - Carl Breunle, - Geo. Abson, - M. Thompson, [M.S., died 07 Aug 1911, 4 months after the signing in this photo, so Melville Sirilus Thompson definitely NOT in ground-breaking above.] back: - Dr. Skinner, - Walt Swetland, - Robert Lewis. Picture taken in Mr. Lewis' office - East Second St. Coudersport Edit or delete this Image may contain: 8 people Like · Reply · 13m · Edited
		Coudy AASR cathedral 19130406 FB190108JasWhite 20190111HAv- James White? Potter/McKean County, Pennsylvania Genealogy January 8 · 2019 16You, Grace Titus, Patricia Neilly Vella and 13 others 4 Comments Like Comments Wayne C White Almost looks like Great great grandfather White in the center. Like · Reply · 2d Nicole Taylor Any information on this image James? Like · Reply · 2d Gerry…
Occupation	1917	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	a Director of the Citizens Safe & Trust Company
	20190115HAv- I posted this pic in this Howard Stone photo thread: Lanny Nunn?Coudersport Remember When Visual Storyteller · Yesterday · 14 January 2019 Take it he was the owner. 11Jay Pinsince, Oliver Fry and 9 others 1 Comment Like Comments John Christy Wetzel I haven't connected him yet with the Dodge Clothespin Company, but he was a director of the Citizens Safe Deposit and Trust Company in 1917, along with O.G. Metzger and several other familiar names we've been following in Lanny Nunn's FB groups. I'm surprised I haven't found much on the clothespin company, in Coudersport anyway. No photo description available. Like · Reply · 1m
		Coudy 1917 Directors CitizenSDTCo HStone etal 20190115HAv- I posted this pic in this Howard Stone photo thread: Lanny Nunn?Coudersport Remember When Visual Storyteller · Yesterday · 14 January 2019 Take it he was the owner. 11Jay Pinsince, Oliver Fry and 9 others 1 Comment Like Comments John Christy Wetzel I haven't connected him yet with the Dodge Clothespin Company, but he was a…
activity	May 1940	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [3]
	Scouting is carried on in Coudersport District Area through the efforts of - Willis K. Elliott, vice president of Potter County; - Harry Elliott, district chairman and chairman of advancement committee; - Willard Hauber, district commissioner; - A. W. DuBois, finance chairman; - Dr. Ross Jones, member of advancement committee; - Gerald Thomas, publicity chairman, and - Judge R.R. Lewis, honorary vice president and owner of the property at Seven Bridges which is used by the entire council for organized camping.
	20240321GHLn- Boy Scouts 30 Years of Age, Thanks to Jas Covey, Dr Richards, G Martin, EP Huntington, UD King The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania • Thu, May 16, 1940 p1 CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc • 21 March 2024 • BOY SCOUTS NOW 30 YEARS OF AGE Coudersport Area First Had Part in Organized Movement in 1926. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Since the start of the Boy Scout movement on Feb. 8, 1910, nearly nine million boys have enjoyed the thrilling adventures, the benefits of outdoor life and the opportunities for giving assistance to others which Scout work provides. Today, there are more than 40,000 troops of Boy Scouts and 800 organized camps located in every territory and possession of the United States as well as every state in the Union. Coudersport district area became an official part of the McKean-Potter-Cameron Council, Boy Scouts of America, at a meeting of the executive board held July 29, 1926. With the advent of this territory the area was McKean-Potter Area Council. Those men responsible for this progressive step in Scouting were James Covey, Dr. R. W. Richards, George Martin, E. P. Huntington and U. D. King. The units or ganized consisted of Troop 24, Austin; Troop 28, Shinglehouse; Troop 29, Roulette; Troop 30, Ulysses; Troops 31 and 32, Coudersport, and Troop 33, Galeton, with a total enrollment of 78 boys. Through the years some of these units have fallen by the wayside and boys in certain communities have been denied the privileges of the program. It is a sincere desire that those interested in this program lend their efforts to the cause of giving every boy in every community in our area the opportunity to become a Scout, then, too, in an effort to increase the number of years a boy stays in the program, we have to look toward the organ ization of a senior program, namely Sea Scouting or Explorer Scouting. The younger boy program for boys 8, 10 and 11 years of age, known as Cubbing, does not exist anywhere in this territory with the exception of a few Lone Cubs in the area of Ulysses. The desire for Cubbing prevails and this program, too, we desire to stimulate. Scouting is carried on in Coudersport District Area through the efforts of - Willis K. Elliott, vice president of Potter County; - Harry Elliott, district chairman and chairman of advancement committee; - Willard Hauber, district commissioner; - A. W. DuBois, finance chairman; - Dr. Ross Jones, member of advancement committee; - Gerald Thomas, publicity chairman, and - Judge R.R. Lewis, honorary vice president and owner of the property at Seven Bridges which is used by the entire council for organized camping. The troops existing in this area are: - Troop 31, Coudersport. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. R.E. Mosher, Scoutmaster, and Paul Moran, chairman. - Troop 32, Coudersport. Sponsored by the Methodist Church. Ralph Johnson, Scoutmaster, and John Roth, chairman. - Troop 29, Roulette. Sponsored by the Roulette Methodist Church. Rev. Henry Andresen, Scoutmaster, and Olen D. Dexter, Chairman. - Troop 43, Galeton. Sponsored by Octogon Post, No. 291, American Legion. W. Gale Lush, Scoutmaster, and D.C. Chamberlain, chairman. - Troop 57, Shinglehouse. Sponsored by the Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist Church. Alford Dibble, Scoutmaster, and R. Lloyd Jones, chairman. - Troop 24, Austin. Sponsored by the Bailey Run Hunting Club. Rev. H.W. Witchey, Scoutmaster, and W. G. Haupt, chairman. - Troop 44, Gaines.Sponsored by the Pine Creek Sporting Club. Harry P. Dewey, Scoutmaster, and C. W. Rexford, Chairman. In addition to the troops listed above there are Lone Scouts and Lone Cubs in the Ulysses area. UNITED IN MARRIAGE In an informal ceremony performed at 8:00 o'clock Friday evening, May 3, in St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Williamsport, Miss Elsye B. Rossman became the bride of Charles H. Updegraff, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Updegraff of Williamsport. The single ring ceremony was performed by the pastor, the Rev. Ira S. Sassaman, in the presence of rela tives and friends. Mrs. Sassaman presided at the organ, playing the traditional wedding music. ; The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a dusty rose red-ingote ensemble with blue accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of pink rose buds and lilies of the valley. Her only attendant, her sister, Miss Jane Rossman, was gowned in a blue street length dress with dusty rose accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of white rose buds and forget-me-nots. Clarence Updegraff was best man for his brother. Immediately following the ceremony a reception for members of the family was held at the home of the groom's parents, 841 Diamond street. Mrs. Updegraff is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rossman of Coudersport and was graduated from Coudersport High School with the Class of 1934. For the past two years she has been employed as clerk by the City News Company. Mr. Updegraff is a graduate of the Williamsport High School, Class of 1933, attended Williamsport Junior College and was graduated from Pennsylvania State College in the Class of 1938. He is a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Updegraff will make their home in Coudersport, where he is associated with his father in the natural gas business. At present they have an apartment in the George Mitchell home on Fifth street.. United States Pennsylvania Coudersport The Potter Enterprise 1940 May 16 Page 1 Boy Scouts 30 Years of Age, Thanks to Jas Covey, Dr Richards, G Martin, EP Huntington, UD King
Land	Boy Scouts- honorary vice president and owner of the property at Seven Bridges which is used by the entire council for organized camping.
	May 1940 in Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA; Scouting is carried on in Coudersport District Area through the efforts of - Willis K. Elliott, vice president of Potter County; - Harry Elliott, district chairman and chairman of advancement committee; - Willard Hauber, district commissioner; - A. W. DuBois, finance chairman; - Dr. Ross Jones, member of advancement committee; - Gerald Thomas, publicity chairman, and - Judge R.R. Lewis, honorary vice president and owner of the property at Seven Bridges which is used by the entire council for organized camping.
Military Draft Registration	1942	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation1	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	judge
		Lewis, Robert R, Atty later judge PotterCo FB181025LN 20181025HAv- Lanny Nunn?Potter/McKean County, Pennsylvania Genealogy July 14 · 2018 10You, Patricia Neilly Vella and 8 others Like Comment
		Lewis, judge re CampMoxie FB201222BrendaKenealyWms 20201225HAv- Lanny Nunn / Coudersport... December 22, 2020 · Moxie. Comments Brenda Kenealy Williams Judge Lewis. Was very active at Camp Moxie. · Reply · 2d Pat Northeimer · Reply · 2d
Race	White [1]
Burial	1961	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	12 Sep 1961	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	age 81
Words of Gold	13 Jan 2016	Ulysses, Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
	The library, and librarians: I was certain that I had landed directly in Paradise all those years ago
	20201106HAv- Words of Gold, Jeannette Morley Buck Favorites · January 13, 2016 · I was certain that I had landed directly in Paradise all those years ago when, as a very clueless third grader I was allowed to walk down the hill from the Ulysses School with other classmates, cross two streets and climb the steps to the Ulysses Library. I had been given Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women by my teacher in the Gold one-room schoolhouse the year before. I knew, after I read it, that books were the closest thing to magic on this planet and that I wanted to read more of them. And, here I was, smack in the middle of shelf after shelf loaded with books, every single one of which held new worlds and new adventures enclosed between the two covers. The two ladies who were serving as librarians back then, Mrs. Nina Whitney and Mrs. Laura Daniels soon recognized a budding bookworm and did their level best to guide me to books which they felt were appropriate for me. This past December, as 2015 drew to a close, the Ulysses Library celebrated one hundred years of service to the town and the surrounding communities. The Ulysses Library Association was formed in April of 1915. Donations of books were received and a building on Grove Street which had been B. J. Cushing’s photography studio was rented for storage until a permanent place was available. An appeal to the State Library Association brought Miss Helen Rockwell to Ulysses to train workers how to properly catalogue the books and in the operation of a library. In October of the same year, Robert R. Lewis of Coudersport offered to erect a building as a memorial to his father, Willis Irving Lewis who had been born in Ulysses. A site was chosen on the corner of Main and North Streets where a store owned by Seth Lewis once stood. Seth Lewis was one of four Lewis brothers who were among the early settlers of Ulysses. Also in October, 1915, the Ulysses Library Association was incorporated and chartered. The brick and cement building was completed in December of 1918 at the cost of $4,000 and dedicated as the Willis Irving Lewis Memorial Library on June 2, 1920. Althea Hopkins was the first librarian, followed by Nellie Eaton Jones. Later librarians were Minnie Mulford, Nina Raymond Whitney, Laura Daniels, Geraldine Newcomb, Elsie Mills, Delores Bristol and Sheri Graves, who began the job in 1984 and is still ably filling that position. She is assisted by Bonnie Merkey. The Ulysses Library Association joined the Pennsylvania Library Association in February of 1926 and 20 years later, in April of 1946, they became a member of the American Library Association. The original building was estimated to have the capacity to hold 5,000 books. In the year 2001, there were 14,000 catalogued items and four computers. The old structure was sadly showing its age and the Association decided that a new building would be more cost effective than an attempt at renovating the old one. Money bequeathed to the library by Laura Lewis, widow of Dr. Clifford Lewis, formed the basis for the building fund and First Citizens National Bank donated property adjacent to the original building. Construction was begun on October 27th, 2001 and by the end of April the following year the move to the new library was completed. Many local people donated gifts, time and labor to the effort. Over the years several incentive programs for students have been introduced and well-accepted. The “holding count” of the library now contains 20, 090 items which includes cassettes, book CDs, tapes and DVDs both for adults and juveniles as well as the standard shelves of books comprising a wide variety of subjects and authors, both fiction and non-fiction. On December 5, 2015 a celebration of the Ulysses Library’s centennial was held with over 100 people in attendance. Mr. Elery Walizer, President of the Board of Trustees, gave the dinner speech. Elery Walizer, who has served as president of the board for twenty years, stepped down this year and Benjamin Olney was elected to the position. Mr. Walizer, retired teacher from Northern Potter Schools, has for many years been a strong supporter of the library as was his wife, Carolyn Chelgren Walizer. The Willis I. Lewis Memorial Library is operated under the auspices of the Ulysses Library Association. Closed on Sunday and Monday, the library is open all other days of the week. The website is www.ulysseslibrary.com. No matter the many modern conveniences of the twenty-first century, for many of us there is still nothing quite as satisfying as reading a good book. Check it out, my friends. See Less Comments Rebecca Ahearn Sunderlin You always make it an adventure, great article. · Reply · 4y David Johns Terrific article about the history of the Library, Jeannette. Credit & thanks surely goes to the hard-working, dedicated Library volunteers, employees & supporters of the Library fundraising efforts. (Dave & Cindy) · Reply · 4y Author Words of Gold Thank you! and you are right, so many work to support the library. · Reply · 4y · Edited Write a reply... Shirley Fair Great history...Glad you t ook the time to write this well.... · Reply · 4y Jane Potter Hilfiger Very nice article about the History of the "Ulysses Library"! Thank you Jeanette! · Reply · 4y Write a comment...
FSID	LH6X-VP6
Name	Robert R. Lewis Esq. [1]
	20180319 RVA- http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/NewspaperExtracts/PCVS_L.htm Early Potter County Vital Statistics Note: These are newspaper notices, not official Vital Records. LEWIS, Lydia (Colgrove) Death 10-04-1919 Mrs. Lydia Lewis of Coudersport died Oct. 4, 1919 at Boston, Mass. Lydia Colegrove was born 70 years ago, daughter of W. J. Colegrove of Smethport. Married in 1872 to John S. Ross who died Dec. 14, 1882 in Jersey Shore. Married in Aug. 1885 to Willis I. Lewis. Survived by a step-son, Robert R. Lewis of Coudersport.
Occupation	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	attorney
Person ID	I53032	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	Lewis, Willis 'Irving' esq, b. 18 Dec 1852, Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Aug 1913, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Rathbun, Lucretia Anne, b. 4 Jun 1848, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA
Relationship	natural
Marriage	4 Jun 1879	Cohocton, Steuben, New York, USA
Married	4 Jun 1879	Corning, Steuben, New York, USA
Family ID	F37179	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Father	Lewis, Willis 'Irving' esq, b. 18 Dec 1852, Ulysses Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Aug 1913, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Colegrove, Lydia Sophia, b. 19 Jan 1849, Smethport, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 4 Oct 1919, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)
Relationship	Stepchild
Marriage	6 Aug 1894 [5]
	20180319 RVA- http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/NewspaperExtracts/PCVS_L.htm Early Potter County Vital Statistics Note: These are newspaper notices, not official Vital Records. LEWIS, Lydia (Colgrove) Death 10-04-1919 Mrs. Lydia Lewis of Coudersport died Oct. 4, 1919 at Boston, Mass. Lydia Colegrove was born 70 years ago, daughter of W. J. Colegrove of Smethport. Married in 1872 to John S. Ross who died Dec. 14, 1882 in Jersey Shore. Married in Aug. 1885 to Willis I. Lewis. Survived by a step-son, Robert R. Lewis of Coudersport. Lydia's 2nd marriage
Family ID	F37178	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Wrean, Margaret M., b. 5 Apr 1883, Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA d. 18 Jan 1964, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)

Marriage 17 Jul 1907 Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA

20190104HAv-
Charles Vater in the 1910 United States Federal Census
date: 26 April 1910
enumerator: Walter L. Gordinier
Name: Charles Vater
Age in 1910: 37
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1910: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: Mill St
House Number: 207
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1880
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Myrtle Vater
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: jeweler
Industry: Own Shop
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Farm or House: House
Naturalization Status: Naturalized
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 9
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Vater 37 Head Aust/Bohemia... M1/9 1880 NA jeweler, own shop
Myrtle Vater 34 wife NY NY NY M1/9 4/3
Manai Vater 6 dau PA Aus NY S
Franklin Vater 4 son PA Aus NY S
Thelma Vater 2 dau PA Aus NY S
Robert Vater 22 bro PA Aus/Boh S jeweler, 1198 shop

William Phelps 39 Head PA PA PA M1/14 jobber, woods
Marie Phelps 36 wife PA PA PA M1/14 0

Robert Lewis 29 Head PA PA NY M1/2 partner, law office
Margaret Lewis 27 wife NY PA VA M1/2 0

Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1415; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1375428

Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

Children

	1. Lewis, Willis Irving II, b. 24 Jul 1910, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Aug 1962, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Lewis, Virginia Wrean, b. 1912 d. 1985 (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Lewis, Margaret Rathbun, b. Abt 1912 d. 1986 (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F39625 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Education - Grade school 1878- 1918. - - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	activity - CHS group? - Robert Lewis, - Vernon Dieffenbacher, Katherine Knox Covey, - Marian Thompson Stocum, - Gegorie (Georgie) Stebbins Smith, - Ross H. Jones, - - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1900 - Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
	Marriage - 17 Jul 1907 - Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA
	Residence - Between 1910 and 1950 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	census 1910 - Age: 29; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head/ward 2 - 26 Apr 1910 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Event - Signing contract for new A.A.S.R. cathedral 4/4 1911 - 4 Apr 1911 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Event - AASR consistory cathedral ground-braking - 6 Apr 1913 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Occupation - a Director of the Citizens Safe & Trust Company - 1917 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	activity - Scouting is carried on in Coudersport District Area through the efforts of - Willis K. Elliott, vice president of Potter County; - Harry Elliott, district chairman and chairman of advancement committee; - Willard Hauber, district commissioner; - A. W. DuBois, finance chairman; - Dr. Ross Jones, member of advancement committee; - Gerald Thomas, publicity chairman, and - Judge R.R. Lewis, honorary vice president and owner of the property at Seven Bridges which is used by the entire council for organized camping. - May 1940 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Military Draft Registration - 1942 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Occupation1 - judge - - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Burial - 1961 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Death - 12 Sep 1961 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Occupation - attorney - - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA

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20180319 RVA-
http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/NewspaperExtracts/PCVS_L.htm
Early Potter County Vital Statistics
Note: These are newspaper notices, not official Vital Records.

LEWIS, Lydia (Colgrove)
Death 10-04-1919
Mrs. Lydia Lewis of Coudersport died Oct. 4, 1919 at Boston, Mass. Lydia Colegrove was born 70 years ago, daughter of W. J. Colegrove of Smethport.
Married in 1872 to John S. Ross who died Dec. 14, 1882 in Jersey Shore.
Married in Aug. 1885 to Willis I. Lewis.
Survived by a step-son, Robert R. Lewis of Coudersport.
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THE LOST HISTORY OF CAMP MOXIE
THE PHOTOGRAPHS
Robert R. Lewis examines a Leica
camera, after 1930. Self portrait.

The Eloise Wrean Lewis Fiebig Private Collection
Most of the photographs used in this history were taken by Robert Rathbun Lewis and have been annotated ``RRL.´´ Those photographic prints now in the possession of Eloise Wrean (Lewis) Fiebig (Robert Lewis´s grand daughter) have been additionally labeled. When the author discovered (in an exchange of emails early in 2007) that Wrean had three scrapbooks of family photographs, a course was plotted whereby she could make these available. Wrean acquired them as a result of settling her Aunt Margaret´s affairs in 1987 and brought them back on the plane from Arizona. It was a fortuitous moment, as very little of the Lewis memorabilia was made available to the grand children of Robert and Margaret upon Margaret´s death in 1964. Other, similar, collections of Judge Lewis´s photographs and his many reels of motion pictures of Coudersport are believed to have been snapped up by the ``collector´´ market at the Lewis Estate public auction in 1964.
Wrean very graciously let the author personally examine and select those prints that would best illustrate the story of Camp Moxie on her visit to Coudersport in April 2007. She and her daughter, Gretchen, traveled here to consult with various local officials in preparation for Gretchen´s application to the federal government to have the Lewis property classified as a Historic Landmark. When I met with them at their motel room and saw the complete collection of prints I was overwhelmed. It was at that moment I realized the story of Camp Moxie could be more than a brief historical footnote in the local historical archives.
But the problems were manifold. Not a single print was labeled or dated. Most were stoutly glued to the stiff, cardboard-weight pages of the scrapbooks. And Wrean, understandably, could not leave them behind. Fortunately, Wrean, like her grandfather, was not adverse to using the technology at hand. She offered to scan, organize and ``burn´´ the images to computer disks and mail them to me in that form. A few weeks later I had received 75 images, a great many of which had never been seen by the public.
In October, 2007, Wrean made another trip to Coudersport and I was able to take a second look at the photo albums. I located and scanned another 28 photos, some of which related directly to the history of Camp Moxie, bringing the total of original Robert R. Lewis photos retrieved to 103. Without Wrean´s enthusiastic support this presentation would not be nearly as complete.
It is safe to assume that Robert Lewis was probably one of Potter County´s earliest amateur local photographers. Not only did he have the means to acquire the latest darkroom equipment and cameras of the time, but he was a skilled craftsman in his own right (woodworking, metalworking, gardening were among his many avocations). Consequently, some of his photographic work ranks with that of professionals. Many of the prints are one hundred years old. They have withstood the test of time very well, a testament to Lewis´ darkroom techniques. Sadly, some have been used without attribution by amateur historians and other organizations.
With what we know and remember of ``Judge´´ Lewis as a meticulous and orderly person, combined with his historical interests, it is almost a certainty that the he probably compiled an index to the family photo albums his granddaughter luckily retrieved. Alas, there is no mention by any one, anywhere, of such documentation.

MADE BY M. G. SCHNECKENBURGER´´
(Reverse of prints at the Potter County Historical Society. Note that the ``2 col.´´ inscription positively identifies this print as one used in the Boy Scout program printed by the Potter Enterprise in 1929, which document was not catalogued and incorrectly filed for over 10 years at the PCHS before the author discovered it in 2009)

Martin George Schneckenburger II was born May 21, 1884 in Lancaster, Erie Co, NY, and died June 26, 1950 in East Aurora, Erie Co, NY. [DW] Schneckenburger was an East Aurora, NY professional photographer whose clients included the Elbert Hubbard´s Roycroft craft studios [DC]. In 1929 he was head of the photographic department of the Buffalo Museum of Science. At that time he was persuaded by Joseph C. Galloway, owner of Eden Nurseries, in Port Allegany, Pa., to undertake a tour of Potter County with the then editor of The Potter Enterprise, William D. Fish. Camp Moxie was included in the itinerary. It is assumed that all of his photographs of Camp Moxie were taken on that trip. The photographs were subsequently serially published in the Enterprise and were also used in the special 20-page promotional booklet (see caption above) printed by the Enterprise prior to the Seneca ceremony [JG].

Deck Lane

Deck Lane was one of the best-known photographers in Pennsylvania in the early years of the 20th century. He was born in Roulette, Pa. on July 21, 1878. His studio in Ebensburg, Pa. was founded in 1908. His pioneering work in the nascent field of photography covered all aspects of the craft. His panoramic photographs of scenic sites in the state were in great demand. One, the Overlook on State Route 44 near Cherry Springs State Park, was named after him, as was the trail that leads downhill into the West Branch from that spot. The photograph of this overlook was later reproduced as a large panoramic landscape painting by the artist William Wild and now hangs in the Cathedral at the Coudersport Consistory. Active in outdoors affairs, he was a charter member and on the Executive Committee of The United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania, Ebensburg, Camp No. 114, a sportsmen´s club [CC]. He was also a member of the Coudersport Consistory, where, undoubtedly, he was acquainted with Robert R. Lewis, also an accomplished photographer [DL]. He took several documented photographs at Camp Moxie and it is assumed he was present for the Seneca ceremony, perhaps in charge of photographing the event. He died suddenly of a heart attack while attending a meeting of the Consistory on October 16, 1930.

Photographic color print, ``The Summer Road,´´ by Deck Lane hangs in the Reception area of the Coudersport Consistory William Wild´s ``Coudersport Pike´´ based on a photograph by Deck Lane

The Potter County Historical Society (PCHS) Collection

The Society, over the years, had accumulated approximately 53 photographic prints relating to Camp Moxie. These include The Seneca Ceremony, some Lewis family snapshots from the 1920s, a series on completing the Mess Hall, a few Deck Lane and some of the Schneckenburger photos. None had been labeled, nor was there any information at the Society on where they had come from or who the photographer was. By comparing these with the original prints from the Fiebig collection, and by examining the image format and the back of these prints, I was able to organize them and supply some tentative identification. These images are labeled ``PCHS´´ in this publication.

Culbertson

Melissa Menschel Culbertson of Colorado, who is a niece of Ruth Barrie (wife of Ken Barrie, asst. Scout Executive of Scouts at the time of the Boy Scout Camp at Camp Moxie) offered to let me examine several Barrie artifacts and family photographs in the early stages of research. These images, annotated in this publication, have never been seen by the public.

The Author´s

These are prints, slides or digital images from my own Moxie scrapbook, starting with my first camera - a simple fixed-focus Argus Pioneer box camera when I was a pre-teen. Other slides and prints in the late 20th century were shot with a 35mm Fujica ST307. Today I carry a Fuji FinePix 2650. How lucky young people are today to have the wonderful inexpensive digital cameras to record their lives. How much better this collection would be if I had had such technology in my youth!

_______SOURCES_____________

DW - West, Dale R., Simon Family Genealogy Forum, Re: Mary Ann Simmons [Simon] Mickel 1820, posted January 02, 2003
http://www.genealogyboard.com/simon/messages/694.html
www.genealogy.com

DC - Cathers, David, ``The Museum in the `Bungle House´.´´ American Bungalow Magazine © 2002
http://www.americanbungalowmagazine.com/AmBungalow/bunglehouse.htm

JG - Galloway, Joseph, ``Port Allegany Naturalist and Buffalo Photographer Take Trip in County. `` The Potter Enterprise, August 22, 1929

CC - Creery, Clark, ``Miscellaneous: Sportsman Club, 1900: Ebensburg, Cambria Co, PA: Ebensburg, Camp No. 114´´ USGenWeb Archives, clark312@metrolink.net,
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/cambria/xmisc/sport0001.txt

DL - ``DECK LANE EXPIRES SUDDENLY WHILE AT COUDERSPORT EVENT.´´ Tribune Bureau, Oct. 16, 1930, courtesy of Cambria County Historical Society, Ebensburg, Pa., Kathy Jones, Curator

Sources

[S2060] census 1910 USA PA Potter Coudersport, Year: 1910; Census Place: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1415; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1375428.
Record for Charles Vater (31) facts
Record for Robert Vater (5) facts ............. (35)
Record for William Phelps (10) facts ............ (44)
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Charles Vater in the 1910 United States Federal Census
date: 26 April 1910
enumerator: Walter L. Gordinier
Name: Charles Vater
Age in 1910: 37
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1910: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: Mill St
House Number: 207
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1880
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Myrtle Vater
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: jeweler
Industry: Own Shop
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Farm or House: House
Naturalization Status: Naturalized
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 9
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Vater 37 Head Aust/Bohemia... M1/9 1880 NA jeweler, own shop
Myrtle Vater 34 wife NY NY NY M1/9 4/3
Manai Vater 6 dau PA Aus NY S
Franklin Vater 4 son PA Aus NY S
Thelma Vater 2 dau PA Aus NY S
Robert Vater 22 bro PA Aus/Boh S jeweler, 1198 shop

Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1415; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1375428

Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
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Charles Vater in the 1910 United States Federal Census
date: 26 April 1910
enumerator: Walter L. Gordinier
Name: Charles Vater
Age in 1910: 37
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1910: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: Mill St
House Number: 207
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1880
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Myrtle Vater
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: jeweler
Industry: Own Shop
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Farm or House: House
Naturalization Status: Naturalized
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 9
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Vater 37 Head Aust/Bohemia... M1/9 1880 NA jeweler, own shop
Myrtle Vater 34 wife NY NY NY M1/9 4/3
Manai Vater 6 dau PA Aus NY S
Franklin Vater 4 son PA Aus NY S
Thelma Vater 2 dau PA Aus NY S
Robert Vater 22 bro PA Aus/Boh S jeweler, 1198 shop

William Phelps 39 Head PA PA PA M1/14 jobber, woods
Marie Phelps 36 wife PA PA PA M1/14 0

Robert Lewis 29 Head PA PA NY M1/2 partner, law office
Margaret Lewis 27 wife NY PA VA M1/2 0

Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1415; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1375428

Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

census 1910 USA PA Potter Coudersport w2-111_11A Charles Vater.tmp
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Charles Vater in the 1910 United States Federal Census
date: 26 April 1910
enumerator: Walter L. Gordinier
Name: Charles Vater
Age in 1910: 37
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1910: Coudersport Ward 2, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: Mill St
House Number: 207
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1880
Relation to…

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Coudersport High School—1896
???? Top Row (Left to Right)
Edna Rennells
John Olmsted
Ward Snyder
Robert Olmsted
Edith Olmsted
Bert Reese
Arch F. Jones
Edna Corwin
Lucy Butler
Mae Butterworth
?? Fifth Row (Left to Right)
Dorothy Lyon
Aurelia Cobb
Mina Raymond
Frank Metzger
Ross Jones
Claude Allen
Robert R. Lewis
Agnes Kelly
_______ Hollenbeck
?? Fourth Row (Left to Right)
Roy Orcutt
Burdette Abson
Cyrenus Rennells
Alice Berfield
Albert Lyman
Fannie Fickler
Mattie Frink
Clara Dingee
Louise Peck
Mary Groves
Nettie Knox
?? Third Row (Left to Right)
Walter Joerg
Floyd Sturdevant
Anna Chastain
Lena Pease
Fannie Dingee
Myrtle Clark
Grace Clark
Chloe Haugenberry
?? Second Row (Left to Right)
Miss Jessie Woodruff
Edwin Kohl
Theodore Stroup
Nellie Benson
Lillian Allen
Flora Breunle
Edith Reese
Mayme Erlbeck
Mabel Clark
Lida Galusha
Zalmon Robinson
W.F. DuBois
?? First Row (Left to Right)
Marshall Benn
Guy Crosby
Henry Daniels
Alice Metzger
Nella Pearce
Lois Butterworth
Lula Glace
Ruth Pratt
Gertrude Perkins
Mabel Hubbard
Laura Joerg
Cora Glace
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Brenda Kenealy Williams
I found this several years ago on one of the sites.
My grandmother born in 1881 is in this picture along with Robert Lewis future judge. Identifications follow
May be an image of text
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Brenda Kenealy Williams
May be an image of text
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Kenneth Cole
Brenda Kenealy Williams Outstanding, Brenda. 2nd row, 5th from the right, Mayme Erlbeck would be my Grandmother.
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Where was this?
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Rising contributor
North West Street
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Jeff Fisher
Rising contributor
Great! That would be where my grandmother Hazel Harris, born in 1899, would have gone to school.
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[S292] newspaper: Potter Leader Enterprise-, Thu, May 16, 1940 p1 • Boy Scouts 30 Years of Age, Thanks to Jas Covey, Dr Richards, G Martin, EP Huntington, UD King; Chas H Updegraff married. 20240321GHLn-.
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Coudersport, Pennsylvania •
Thu, May 16, 1940 p1
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• BOY SCOUTS NOW 30 YEARS OF AGE
Coudersport Area First Had Part in Organized Movement in 1926.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Since the start of the Boy Scout movement on Feb. 8, 1910, nearly nine million boys have enjoyed the thrilling adventures, the benefits of outdoor life and the opportunities for giving assistance to others which Scout work provides. Today, there are more than 40,000 troops of Boy Scouts and 800 organized camps located in every territory and possession of the United States as well as every state in the Union.
Coudersport district area became an official part of the McKean-Potter-Cameron Council, Boy Scouts of America, at a meeting of the executive board held July 29, 1926. With the advent of this territory the area was McKean-Potter Area Council. Those men responsible for this progressive step in Scouting were
James Covey,
Dr. R. W. Richards,
George Martin,
E. P. Huntington and
U. D. King.
The units or ganized consisted of Troop 24, Austin; Troop 28, Shinglehouse; Troop 29, Roulette; Troop 30, Ulysses; Troops 31 and 32, Coudersport, and Troop 33, Galeton, with a total enrollment of 78 boys.
Through the years some of these units have fallen by the wayside and boys in certain communities have been denied the privileges of the program. It is a sincere desire that those interested in this program lend their efforts to the cause of giving every boy in every community in our area the opportunity to become a Scout, then, too, in an effort to increase the number of years a boy stays in the program, we have to look toward the organ ization of a senior program, namely Sea Scouting or Explorer Scouting.
The younger boy program for boys 8, 10 and 11 years of age, known as Cubbing, does not exist anywhere in this territory with the exception of a few Lone Cubs in the area of Ulysses. The desire for Cubbing prevails and this program, too, we desire to stimulate.
Scouting is carried on in Coudersport District Area through the efforts of
- Willis K. Elliott, vice president of Potter County;
- Harry Elliott, district chairman and chairman of advancement committee;
- Willard Hauber, district commissioner;
- A. W. DuBois, finance chairman;
- Dr. Ross Jones, member of advancement committee;
- Gerald Thomas, publicity chairman, and
- Judge R.R. Lewis, honorary vice president and owner of the property at Seven Bridges which is used by the entire council for organized camping.
The troops existing in this area are:
- Troop 31, Coudersport. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. R.E. Mosher, Scoutmaster, and Paul Moran, chairman.
- Troop 32, Coudersport. Sponsored by the Methodist Church. Ralph Johnson, Scoutmaster, and John Roth, chairman.
- Troop 29, Roulette. Sponsored by the Roulette Methodist Church. Rev. Henry Andresen, Scoutmaster, and Olen D. Dexter, Chairman.
- Troop 43, Galeton. Sponsored by Octogon Post, No. 291, American Legion. W. Gale Lush, Scoutmaster, and D.C. Chamberlain, chairman.
- Troop 57, Shinglehouse. Sponsored by the Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist Church. Alford Dibble, Scoutmaster, and R. Lloyd Jones, chairman.
- Troop 24, Austin. Sponsored by the Bailey Run Hunting Club. Rev. H.W. Witchey, Scoutmaster, and W. G. Haupt, chairman.
- Troop 44, Gaines.Sponsored by the Pine Creek Sporting Club. Harry P. Dewey, Scoutmaster, and C. W. Rexford, Chairman.
In addition to the troops listed above there are Lone Scouts and Lone Cubs in the Ulysses area.

UNITED IN MARRIAGE
In an informal ceremony performed at 8:00 o'clock Friday evening, May 3, in St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Williamsport, Miss Elsye B. Rossman became the bride of Charles H. Updegraff, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Updegraff of Williamsport.
The single ring ceremony was performed by the pastor, the Rev. Ira S. Sassaman, in the presence of rela tives and friends. Mrs. Sassaman presided at the organ, playing the traditional wedding music. ;
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a dusty rose red-ingote ensemble with blue accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of pink rose buds and lilies of the valley.
Her only attendant, her sister, Miss Jane Rossman, was gowned in a blue street length dress with dusty rose accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of white rose buds and forget-me-nots.
Clarence Updegraff was best man for his brother.
Immediately following the ceremony a reception for members of the family was held at the home of the groom's parents, 841 Diamond street.
Mrs. Updegraff is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rossman of Coudersport and was graduated from Coudersport High School with the Class of 1934. For the past two years she has been employed as clerk by the City News Company.
Mr. Updegraff is a graduate of the Williamsport High School, Class of 1933, attended Williamsport Junior College and was graduated from Pennsylvania State College in the Class of 1938. He is a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Updegraff will make their home in Coudersport, where he is associated with his father in the natural gas business. At present they have an apartment in the George Mitchell home on Fifth street..

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Words of Gold, Jeannette Morley Buck
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I was certain that I had landed directly in Paradise all those years ago when, as a very clueless third grader I was allowed to walk down the hill from the Ulysses School with other classmates, cross two streets and climb the steps to the Ulysses Library. I had been given Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women by my teacher in the Gold one-room schoolhouse the year before. I knew, after I read it, that books were the closest thing to magic on this planet and that I wanted to read more of them. And, here I was, smack in the middle of shelf after shelf loaded with books, every single one of which held new worlds and new adventures enclosed between the two covers.
The two ladies who were serving as librarians back then, Mrs. Nina Whitney and Mrs. Laura Daniels soon recognized a budding bookworm and did their level best to guide me to books which they felt were appropriate for me.
This past December, as 2015 drew to a close, the Ulysses Library celebrated one hundred years of service to the town and the surrounding communities.
The Ulysses Library Association was formed in April of 1915. Donations of books were received and a building on Grove Street which had been B. J. Cushing’s photography studio was rented for storage until a permanent place was available. An appeal to the State Library Association brought Miss Helen Rockwell to Ulysses to train workers how to properly catalogue the books and in the operation of a library. In October of the same year, Robert R. Lewis of Coudersport offered to erect a building as a memorial to his father, Willis Irving Lewis who had been born in Ulysses. A site was chosen on the corner of Main and North Streets where a store owned by Seth Lewis once stood. Seth Lewis was one of four Lewis brothers who were among the early settlers of Ulysses. Also in October, 1915, the Ulysses Library Association was incorporated and chartered.
The brick and cement building was completed in December of 1918 at the cost of $4,000 and dedicated as the Willis Irving Lewis Memorial Library on June 2, 1920.
Althea Hopkins was the first librarian, followed by Nellie Eaton Jones. Later librarians were Minnie Mulford, Nina Raymond Whitney, Laura Daniels, Geraldine Newcomb, Elsie Mills, Delores Bristol and Sheri Graves, who began the job in 1984 and is still ably filling that position. She is assisted by Bonnie Merkey.
The Ulysses Library Association joined the Pennsylvania Library Association in February of 1926 and 20 years later, in April of 1946, they became a member of the American Library Association.
The original building was estimated to have the capacity to hold 5,000 books. In the year 2001, there were 14,000 catalogued items and four computers. The old structure was sadly showing its age and the Association decided that a new building would be more cost effective than an attempt at renovating the old one.
Money bequeathed to the library by Laura Lewis, widow of Dr. Clifford Lewis, formed the basis for the building fund and First Citizens National Bank donated property adjacent to the original building. Construction was begun on October 27th, 2001 and by the end of April the following year the move to the new library was completed. Many local people donated gifts, time and labor to the effort.
Over the years several incentive programs for students have been introduced and well-accepted. The “holding count” of the library now contains 20, 090 items which includes cassettes, book CDs, tapes and DVDs both for adults and juveniles as well as the standard shelves of books comprising a wide variety of subjects and authors, both fiction and non-fiction.
On December 5, 2015 a celebration of the Ulysses Library’s centennial was held with over 100 people in attendance. Mr. Elery Walizer, President of the Board of Trustees, gave the dinner speech.
Elery Walizer, who has served as president of the board for twenty years, stepped down this year and Benjamin Olney was elected to the position. Mr. Walizer, retired teacher from Northern Potter Schools, has for many years been a strong supporter of the library as was his wife, Carolyn Chelgren Walizer.
The Willis I. Lewis Memorial Library is operated under the auspices of the Ulysses Library Association. Closed on Sunday and Monday, the library is open all other days of the week. The website is www.ulysseslibrary.com.
No matter the many modern conveniences of the twenty-first century, for many of us there is still nothing quite as satisfying as reading a good book. Check it out, my friends. See Less

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Rebecca Ahearn Sunderlin
You always make it an adventure, great article.
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David Johns
Terrific article about the history of the Library, Jeannette. Credit & thanks surely goes to the hard-working, dedicated Library volunteers, employees & supporters of the Library fundraising efforts. (Dave & Cindy)
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Words of Gold
Thank you! and you are right, so many work to support the library.
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Shirley Fair
Great history...Glad you t ook the time to write this well....
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Jane Potter Hilfiger
Very nice article about the History of the "Ulysses Library"! Thank you Jeanette!
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Words of Gold, Jeannette Morley Buck
Favorites · January 13, 2016 ·

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