WILLIAM H. NEFF, ice cream manufacturer and dealer in ice cream, confectionery, and the proprietor of the "Neff's Restaurant," on Upper Main street Slatington, was born Dec. 16, 1870 at Neffs. When seventeen years old he learned the baking trade at Allentown and continued to follow it in Allentown until 1893, when he located at Slatington and worked in the slate industry until in 1901. He then engaged in the present business at 627 Main Street. He enjoys a large trade in the wholesale ice business and supplies the upper end of the county with a superior product, and he conducts and up to date eating restaurant and ice cream parlor.

Mr. Neff is active in church and Sunday school work; is an official member of the Baptist Church and has served the Sunday school at its superintendent and the B. Y. P. U. as its president. Socially he is a member of the P- 0. S. of A., the Knights of Friendship; the Royal Arcanum, and the Modern Woodmen of America.

On March 25, 1899, he married Molly E. Jones, a daughter of John and Mary (Williams) Jones. They have two children, viz: Ruth I.. and Ethel M.