John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.1040

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History of Cambria County, V.2

1040 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY

of Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, Pa., and now residents of Johnstown. Mr. and Mrs. Franke have a son, Robert Louis Franke, born Jan. 26, 1903. He was educated in the public and high schools of Johnstown, attended Dickenson College for three years, and received his degree from Lehigh University. He is now a student in the law School of the University of Pennsylvania.
    Mayor Franke is a member of Johnstown Lodge, No. 538, F. & A.M.; Portage Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Cambria Council, royal and Select Masters; Oriental Commandery, Knights Templar; Syria Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and in Scottish Rite Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree, Pennsylvania Consistory. He is a member of Linton Lodge, No. 454, Knights of Pythias; Vestal Camp, Woodmen of the World, and in religious faith is affiliated with Trinity Lutheran Church.
    During his long term of public service as an official, Mayor Franke has been most progressive and efficient.

    Charles William Gould, deceased, was for many years identified with the business development of Johnstown and Cambria County, He was a son of Charles and Ann Elizabeth (Wilmot) Gould and was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, on May 14, 1862. His father died in Ohio in 1880 and his mother at the Gould home, this city, in 1912. Mrs. Flora (Gould) Banner, only sister of the deceased, died at Somerset in 1896. Charles W. Gould and Miss Annie Brant were married at Somerset in 1892 by the Rev. D. R. Ellis, a minister of the United Brethren Church who served on the Monitor during the Civil war. Mrs. Gould survives her husband, with a daughter, Dorothy, wife of James J. Zimmerman, of Reading, and three sons-Charles Neal and Donald Brant Gould, who were overseas during the World War, with the United States Ambulance Corps, and James Wilmot Gould, all of Johnstown.
    Mr. Gould was educated in the schools of Ohio, where he later taught for a period of 12 years. Later he became a cheese maker and came to Pennsylvania from New York State about 1886 to take charge of the Shanksville Creamery for the Somerset Dairy Company, whose president was the late George H. Love. Some time later Mr. Gould traveled for the Somerset firm, coming to Johnstown following the flood to engage in business. He organized the Keystone Butter Company, in partnership with

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1040	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
of Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, Pa., and now residents of Johnstown. Mr. and Mrs. Franke have a son, Robert Louis Franke, born Jan. 26, 1903. He was educated in the public and high schools of Johnstown, attended Dickenson College for three years, and received his degree from Lehigh University. He is now a student in the law School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mayor Franke is a member of Johnstown Lodge, No. 538, F. & A.M.; Portage Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Cambria Council, royal and Select Masters; Oriental Commandery, Knights Templar; Syria Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and in Scottish Rite Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree, Pennsylvania Consistory. He is a member of Linton Lodge, No. 454, Knights of Pythias; Vestal Camp, Woodmen of the World, and in religious faith is affiliated with Trinity Lutheran Church. During his long term of public service as an official, Mayor Franke has been most progressive and efficient. Charles William Gould, deceased, was for many years identified with the business development of Johnstown and Cambria County, He was a son of Charles and Ann Elizabeth (Wilmot) Gould and was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, on May 14, 1862. His father died in Ohio in 1880 and his mother at the Gould home, this city, in 1912. Mrs. Flora (Gould) Banner, only sister of the deceased, died at Somerset in 1896. Charles W. Gould and Miss Annie Brant were married at Somerset in 1892 by the Rev. D. R. Ellis, a minister of the United Brethren Church who served on the Monitor during the Civil war. Mrs. Gould survives her husband, with a daughter, Dorothy, wife of James J. Zimmerman, of Reading, and three sons-Charles Neal and Donald Brant Gould, who were overseas during the World War, with the United States Ambulance Corps, and James Wilmot Gould, all of Johnstown. Mr. Gould was educated in the schools of Ohio, where he later taught for a period of 12 years. Later he became a cheese maker and came to Pennsylvania from New York State about 1886 to take charge of the Shanksville Creamery for the Somerset Dairy Company, whose president was the late George H. Love. Some time later Mr. Gould traveled for the Somerset firm, coming to Johnstown following the flood to engage in business. He organized the Keystone Butter Company, in partnership with