John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.970

You are here: Cambria > Books > History of Cambria County, V.2

History of Cambria County, V.2

970 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY

covering a population of 250,000, half in Cambria County, all of Somerset County, and part of Indiana and Westmoreland counties.
    On Oct 11, 1901, Mr. Rutledge was married to Miss Maud C. Smith, a daughter of John C. and Mary E. (Cogan) Smith. John C. Smith was a son of Lyman Smith and was born in 1846 and died March 4, 1890. He was by occupation a carpenter. Mary E. (Cogan) Smith was a daughter of James Cogan and was born 1839 and died March 3, 1874. They are both buried at Huntington, Pa. To Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge two children were born: Dorothy Belle, a graduate of Johnstown High School and Indiana Normal School, a teacher in the public schools of Johnstown; and Campbell, Jr., born in September 1912, a student in Cochran Junior High School.
    Mr. Rutledge is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, in which he is a deacon. He is a Republican and has served in the select council of the Firth Ward one term, and one term from the Eighth Ward. He is president of the Shade Tree Commission of Johnstown, and a member of Johnstown F. and A. M. No 538.

    Prof. John L. Steiffer, proprietor of Steiffer's Dancing Academy, the home of refined dancing in Johnstown, is well and favorably known throughout Cambria County. He is identified with the International Association of Dancing Masters and the National Institute of Social Dancing.
    Mr. Steiffer was born in Germany, in November 1891, and at an early age came to this country and settled in Johnstown, where he was educated. He became interested in a theatrical career at an early age and in 1902 was a member of the newsboys' quartet of Pittsburgh, Pa. He has traveled on the Keith and Orpheum circuits, and has been a member of the company of Montgomery and Stone, the Al G. Fields Minstrels and Oscar Hammerstein's play, "Somebody's Sweetheart." He has studied dancing with Theodore Kosloff, Sarge Marinoff, and in 1925, took a teacher's course at the Ned Weyburn School of Dancing, New York City. Mr. Steiffer has been located in Johnstown since 1920, having conducted a studio in the Schwartz Building on Main Street until 1926, when he opened his new academy in the Capitol Building, at Franklin and Vine streets. He conducts classes here three evenings each week, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, has classes in Altoona, Pa. He is assisted by his

Title Page

Index

Image

970	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
covering a population of 250,000, half in Cambria County, all of Somerset County, and part of Indiana and Westmoreland counties. On Oct 11, 1901, Mr. Rutledge was married to Miss Maud C. Smith, a daughter of John C. and Mary E. (Cogan) Smith. John C. Smith was a son of Lyman Smith and was born in 1846 and died March 4, 1890. He was by occupation a carpenter. Mary E. (Cogan) Smith was a daughter of James Cogan and was born 1839 and died March 3, 1874. They are both buried at Huntington, Pa. To Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge two children were born: Dorothy Belle, a graduate of Johnstown High School and Indiana Normal School, a teacher in the public schools of Johnstown; and Campbell, Jr., born in September 1912, a student in Cochran Junior High School. Mr. Rutledge is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, in which he is a deacon. He is a Republican and has served in the select council of the Firth Ward one term, and one term from the Eighth Ward. He is president of the Shade Tree Commission of Johnstown, and a member of Johnstown F. and A. M. No 538. Prof. John L. Steiffer, proprietor of Steiffer's Dancing Academy, the home of refined dancing in Johnstown, is well and favorably known throughout Cambria County. He is identified with the International Association of Dancing Masters and the National Institute of Social Dancing. Mr. Steiffer was born in Germany, in November 1891, and at an early age came to this country and settled in Johnstown, where he was educated. He became interested in a theatrical career at an early age and in 1902 was a member of the newsboys' quartet of Pittsburgh, Pa. He has traveled on the Keith and Orpheum circuits, and has been a member of the company of Montgomery and Stone, the Al G. Fields Minstrels and Oscar Hammerstein's play, "Somebody's Sweetheart." He has studied dancing with Theodore Kosloff, Sarge Marinoff, and in 1925, took a teacher's course at the Ned Weyburn School of Dancing, New York City. Mr. Steiffer has been located in Johnstown since 1920, having conducted a studio in the Schwartz Building on Main Street until 1926, when he opened his new academy in the Capitol Building, at Franklin and Vine streets. He conducts classes here three evenings each week, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, has classes in Altoona, Pa. He is assisted by his