From the Wyoming County Press Examiner, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania in April of 1891:

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  Our West Springville correspondent says:  "On Friday Olin Risley met with
a very painful accident.  As he was sawing wood with a circle saw the hand
of the wheel broke.  Someone tried to stop the machine and the wheel flew
into pieces.  In trying to save his horse from injury his hand came in
contact with the saw and his thumb was nearly severed.

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From a Montrose, Pennsylvania newspaper dated April 20, 1895:

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Springville Nuggets

Chas. Lake has arranged to keep all beekeeper's supplies for sale.

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From a local newspaper in March of 1905:

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At Auburn Center, Arthur Harrison recently purchased an Edison Home phonograph
of Chas. Lake, of Springville.

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From the Wyoming County Press Examiner, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania in November of 1910:

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  The marriage of Charles Lake and Miss Lina Risley of Springville Township
took place at Binghamton last week.

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From a Montrose, Pennsylvania newspaper in November of 1911:

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The neighbors of Joseph Risley made him a surprise wood bee last week.
Byron Tyler and Charles Lake brought down their gasoline engine, and sawed
enough wood to last all winter.  It was a complete surprise to Mr. Risley,
and he feels that he has reason to be grateful indeed, as he is quite old
and his health is not the best.

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From a Montrose, Pennsylvania newspaper in May of 1912:

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In Springville, C. H. Lake is installing a modern bath room in his house,
also putting in hot water.

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From a local newspaper in March of 1915:

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  Springville - C. H. Lake has recently become the owner of a new Maxwell
car and is busy these days teaching it to be good.

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From a Montrose, Pennsylvania newspaper dated January 26, 1917:

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Springville

C. H. Lake met with a very painful accident on Friday.  He was sawing wood
using a buzz saw, when the belt came off and as he started to replace the
belt he missed his footing and fell on the saw, receiving a bad cut on
his left hand between the thumb and first finger, which severed the bone.
Dr. Lathrop was called and dressed the wound.  It was only good fortune
that prevented the loss of the whole hand.

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Probably from a newspaper local to Wyoming County, Pennsylvania in September
of 1936:

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Terrible Auto Wreck Kills Two, Injures Seven.
  Ray Ace, aged 18 of South Auburn and Clifford Lake age 21 of Springville,
were killed in an automobile head-on collision between 11 and 12 o'clock
on Thursday night of last week.  The accident took place at the foot of
the hill on the curve near the residence of Saxon Shaner between Rushboro
and Lawton on Route 267.
  Seven other young men in the two cars were critically injured.  They were:
Albert Smith, aged 26 of Springville, William Bennett aged 17, Francis Bennett
aged 22 and Harold Bennett aged 18 of Auburn township, Fred Hitchcock aged
20 of Lymanville, James O'Brien aged 31 of Endicott and Floyd Newhart aged
22 of Whites Pond.
  The latter although seriously injured was taken to his home but all the
others were taken to the Ideal Hospital at Endicott, as was also Ray Ace
but he died while on the way.
  The reports from the hospital on Sunday and Monday were that all six were
making satisfactory recovery but most of them will be maimed for life with
face and body cuts.
  All of the nine men had been attending a dance at Thayne's Jolly Time
Inn at Rushboro.  The car going toward Lawton was a Dodge Coupe owned and
driven by Albert Smith and four were in the vehicle including Mr. Lake,
the man killed outight.
  The other car was a Ford two-door sedan owned by Mrs. Mary Lance Abrams of
Meshoppen, and was driven by her half-brother, William Bennett and in that car
were five of the unfortunate men including Ray Ace the one fatally injured.
They were coming from Lawton.
  Both cars were like two piles of junk, the left side and front of both
autos being caved in and appeared like you might suppose they would if hit
by a mammoth pile driver.
  Just how the collision happened none seemed to be able to explain, but
it is evident that one or both of the drivers were across the center of
the road and both autos were moving at a rapid rate of speed.  The cars
were taken to a Rush garage and on Monday were brought to the Commonwealth
Garage at Meshoppen.
  The body of Ray Ace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ace was removed to the home
of his grandfather, Andrew Mericle from which place the funeral was held
at the Jersey Hill M. P. church on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock p.m.,
being in charge of Rev. F. V. Thomas of the Skinners Eddy M.  E. church,
with burial in the cemetery adjoining.
  The funeral for Clifford Lake was held from the home of his parents,
Charles H. Lake and wife at Springville on Monday at 11 a. m., being in
charge of Rev. F. K. Abbott of the Meshoppen M. E. church.

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From the Montrose Independent, Montrose, Pennsylvania dated September
17, 1936:

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Funeral of Clifford Lake

  The funeral of Clifford Lake was largely attended from his late home
on Monday morning.  Clifford was one of the victims of the tragic motor
crash which occurred near Lawton early Friday morning.  He was 21 years
old last March and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lake.  Besides his
parents he is survived by a half-sister, Mrs. Ralph Place, of Montrose.
The funeral service was in charge of the Rev. F. K. Abbott, of Meshoppen,
assisted by the Rev. DeLoss Smith.  Interment was in Tyler Cemetery.
The casket bearers were Theron Palmer, Merton Bunnell, Edward Burns,
Francis Donlin, DeWitt Smith and Ronald Lee.  The flower bearers were
Clifton Palmer, Clifford Palmer, Walter Lathrop, Stanley Maxwell, George
Farley, Henry Strickland, Minot Riley, Howard Swackhammer, Bernard Pierson,
Francis Arnold, Arthur Arnts and Clarence Coddington.  The many gorgeous
floral tributes bore witness to the popularity of the young man as did the
hundreds of friends who visited the home previous to the day of the funeral.
He will be deeply missed by his large circle of friends and companions.
During the past summer he had been employed in the garage of DeWitt Smith
in Springville.  Deepest sympathy is extended to the bereaved family.

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From Angeline Leona Place in about 2000:

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Charles loved to tinker and invent things, none of which remain.  He was
a talented photographer and watch repairer.  When his son, Clifford, was
killed, Charles' world came tumbling down around him.  Two years later,
his step son-in-law, Ralph Place, came to manage the farm.  The two
step-grandchildren, Angeline and Shirley, gradually filled a tiny bit of
the emptiness left at Clifford's loss.

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From Angeline Leona Place in about 2000:

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Off the top of my head: I can share a story or two about Charlie and Lina
as she was called.  To begin with, I was named for her.  She was named
for Great Aunt Angeline Blakeslee.  When I was sixteen, Grandma gave me
a bible with my name in gold on the front.  I was so pleased but then
disappointed when I discovered she had spelled it Angelina (with an a on
the end).  I thought at least she should have known my name.  When I found
her marriage to Elmer Compton, I saw they has misspelled her name - Angelina.
Then I got the divorce decree also made out to Angelina.  Our family bible
showed it with an a.  Her marriage certificate to Charlie is made out to Lina.

I worshipped Clifford who was only eight years older than I.  He was the
big brother I never had.  Clifford never really found his place in life but
those who knew him, loved him.  He wanted to play the guitar so he sent away
to Sears and got a steel stringed guitar.  He practiced until his fingers
bled from those steel strings.  He was always singing.  He was working in
Avery's garage in Springville at the time of his death.

Charlie Lake was a photographer of some note.  I have his camera and
some lens.  There is a picture of Clifford which he entitled "the smallest
lake in Pennsylvania".  Clifford never married.  There is a lovely photo
of Clifford as a boy eating an apple which would win a prize today.

Charlie was a gentleman farmer.  He hired people to run the farm.  He sold
deep well pumps, fixed watches and clocks, and was the county tax collector.
He loved to tell stupid jokes or repeat little rhymes, such as, "My nose
runs and my feet smell.  How did I get so mixed up?"  "It's not the hack
and the cough that carries you off.  It's the hack and the coffin they
carry you off in."

I sort of took Clifford's place toward the end and, in his last illness,
he would only let me take care of him.  I had graduated from high school and
was itching to go to college but had no money.  After he died, Grandma Lina
gave me enough money to pay the tuition for business school in Binghamton.
I worked for my room and board with some cousins (Great Aunt Florence
Swackhammer married Andrew Sylvester Van Scoten.  She was dying and lived with
her daughter Florence.  The Van Scoten's supposedly came from New Jersey, 
too, although that is not my direct line.)  I digress.  After this business
school and working two years, I finally got to PSU. (college, at the time)
Charlie had a hupmobile, the pride of my life.  The little garage on the
farm was too short so part of it stuck out.

I was born in the Lake home, and married from there, and deplored its going
down hill after it went out of the family.

Searle Lake and I were in school together at South Montrose at least from
5-8th grade.  I do not remember him at high school in Montrose.  I see he
married a Geraldine Oakley.  There was a GO in the class before mine in
Springville High.  A South Montrose Classmate, Kathryn Linaberry, wrote
that Searle had died.

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From "Springville Township 1800 - 2000, Book 2" by Susan Bennett-Dyson in 2010:

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Springville High School Alumni

Class of 1940

Angeline Place

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