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(M ikell) Black, both o f Scottish descent. Mr. Fisher remained with Mr. Belmont during fhe construction of the great New Y o rk sub­ w ay (underground railroad). In 1903 he w*a$ elected secretary of the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company, organized to construct the subway, and in 1904 secretary of the Interboroiigh Rapid Transit Com {»ny, organ­ ized to operate both the subway and elevated railroads o f N ew Y o rk City. In 1905 he was elected secretary of the New Y o rk & Queens County Railroad Company, controlling the railroads in the Borough o f Queens, and in 1906 secretary of the Intcrborough-Metropolitan Company. During 1907, 1908 and 1909 he was elected a director o f all of the above comnanics, as well as sccrctar)* of the Subw ay Realty Company. Subsequently, in 1 9 1 0 ,1 9 1 1 and 19 12, he w as elected, in addition to the above positions, secretary of the New* Y ork Railw ays Company, a director of the Metro­ politan Securities, New Y o rk Transportation and F ifth Avenue Coach Companies, and sec­ retary and director o f a numlicr o f subsidiary conqxmies composing part of the New Y o rk R ailw ays System. M r. Fisher is a member of the Montauk Club. Brooklyn, the Countr)*, Park and Park G olf Clubs, Flainfield, N. J ., and the Pennsyl­ vania Society o f New Y ork. H e recently pur­ chased the homestead in Main township, and aside from his other dutic.s is intcrcstcti in scientific fanning and in raising the standard of the schools in that district. Politically he is a Democrat, although o f independent tendencies. J o h n L. FtSfiEa, o f Bloomsburg, Pa., son o f William S ., w*a$ bom on the liomcstead in Main township, Aug. 23, iSf'iy. H e received his education in the district schools o f his neighborhood and fitted himself for agricul­ tural pursuits. In 1895 he married Relic Vohe. o f Mifflinville, P a., and b ^ a n farming in Main township, Liter purchasing the farm nnd bringing it to a high state of cultivation. In 1909 M r. Fish er sold his farm and moved to Bloomsburg. purchasing and rebuilding the pro|)eriy at No. 370 East .street, where he now resides. Having rctireeacc, ami fraternally he belongs to

the P. 0. S. o f A. and the O wls organiza­ tions. W j l i. i a m C F i s h f .», o f Brooklyn, N. V., .son o f William S ., was bom on the home­ stead in Main tow*nship on Ju ly 7, 1883. He w as eilucatcd in the public schooU o f his dis­ trict and Bloomsburg State Normal School. shich latter scliool he entered in 19 0 1. graduat­ ing in 1904 in the regulation course, and in 1905 in the college pre|>aratory course. During his course in the normal sdiool he was promi­ nent in all branches o f athletic sports, includ­ ing football, basketball, track and g)*mnastici. winninjg the all-around individual athletic championship in 1905. He entered Syracuse U niversity in the fall o f 1905, taking up the course o f mechanical engineering, and gradu­ ated in the class o f 1909. During his course at Syracuse U niversity he played football four years on (he 'V arsity team, and was chosen fo r the All-.American team in 1908. He was also a inemlier of the 'V arsity basketliall team and navy crew* fo r four years, row­ ing in all the races during this period. He w as chosen captain of the 'V arsity crew for the spring o f 1908, having been a member of the crew which w*on the intcr-collegiatc cham­ pionship the previous year, defeating Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Geofgetown at the Poughkeepsie regatta. Mr. I'isher is also a graduate of the Brooklyn Polytechnic institute, class o f 1 9 1 1, in elec­ trical engineering. H e is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, the M onx Head Senior SoclcU*, the Senior Dinner Club, the T au Della Sigma F.iigiiicering Society of Syracuse University, ami the Alumni .Associa­ tion o f N ew Y ork. Since his graduation from (he a1>ove institutions he has l>ccn con­ nect eu{>erinlcndcnt. H e is a nKm* licr of the .National Electric Light Association, sccrctar)* of the Technical Society o f Brooklyn I'luon (ias Com]>nny, and a member of the I'ark Club, Plainfield. N . J ., and of the Penn­ sylvania Society o f New York. R E V . H E N R V F U N K w as bom near Hagerstown. Md., M ay 7, 18 16, and w as des­ tined from childhood for the ministry. He w as educated in the public schools o f H agers­ town and at M arshall College, Mcrcersburg, Pa., from which institution be gradtiated in 18 4 1. He immediately entered the theological seminary of the Reform ed Church, spending altogether about nine years in the two institu­ tions. H e w as licensed to preach and first