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912	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
Mr. Mulhollen was married July 6, 1920, to Miss Gertrude Moyer, the daughter of Adam and Eva (Stormer) Moyer, residents of Portage. Mr. and Mrs. Mulhollen have two children: Charles Francis, Jr., born April 11, 1922; and Marie Louise, born Aug. 15, 1923.     Walter Rogers Thompson, editor and owner of the Ebensburg Mountaineer-Herald, was born at Ebensburg, Oct. 20, 1867. He is a Republican and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ebensburg; Summit Lodge 312 F. & A. M., also of Ebensburg; Johnstown Lodge of B. P. O. Elks No. 175; Speer Orr Camp, Sons of Veterans, Johnstown; Mountain Forest, Tall Cedars, of Ebensburg; is publicity manager of the Ebensburg Kiwanis Club and secretary of the Ebensburg Rifle Club.     During the World War Mr. Thompson was captain of a company of 70 riflemen, affiliated with the National Rifle Association, and formed at Ebensburg for national defense and the drilling of young men for the front. This company embraced many of the best marksmen of the mountains and they were active until the close of the war. This organization was known as Company A, Cambria Rifles, and was commissioned by Gov. M. G. Brumbaugh. The late Robert Scanlon was first lieutenant; Ira Bloom, second lieutenant, and F. C. Sharbaugh, first sergeant.     Walter R. Thompson has been editor of the Ebensburg Mountaineer-Herald, with the exception of an interval, during the administration of President Taft, when he was postmaster of Ebensburg.     On Feb. 14, 1891, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage with Miss Anna Frederick of Ebensburg, and their family consists of eight children, as follows: Frances M., born June 12, 1892, wife of Sergt. Robert W. Leech, an electrical engineer, who spent over two years in the World war

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