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Title: A history of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania : from its first beginnings to the present time, including chapters of newly-discovered early Wyoming Valley history, together with many biographical sketches and much genealogical material
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Harvey, Oscar Jewell, 1851-1922 Smith, Ernest Gray
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Publisher: Wilkes-Barré : Raeder Press
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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areoutstanding in his case. He has many friends,for he has been known and observed in thisdistrict from his boyhood and has been pro-nounced a young citizen of ability and soundcivic interest in whom the community takespride. He was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania,March 9, 1899, a son of Charles Sudnick, anative of Russian Poland, now a retired mer-chant of Schuylkill County, and of Anna(Alberts) Sudnick, a native of the samecountry. Following the regular course in thepublic schools of Shenandoah, with two yearsof high school, he attended Wyoming Semi-nary, from which he was graduated with theclass of 1920. He then obtained a positionin the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, where he remained until 1923, when hetransferred his services to the Plains StateBank and was made assistant cashier, a posthe held until February 1, 1928, when he waspromoted to be cashier and assistant secre-tary, the posts he holds at this time. He isa member of the Republican party and at- Sy.^-^i^r:litiM^
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j^^^^z.^^ 0 ^,€5;^^*CJ^ 665 tends St. Marys Catholic Church. Fraternally,he IS affiliated with Lodge No. 109, Benevolentand Protective Order of Elks, of Wilkes-Barre. Joseph J. Sudnick married. May 22, 1927,Kathryn Zawoiski, daughter of John andMary Zawoiski, of Plains, Pennsylvania. ASA ARTHUR RUTE—Like many otherhoys of the Wyoming- Valley who began theirlife work at the coal breakers and rose todistinction, Asa A. Rute, of Freeland, foundhis way up the ladder of success by a nativeperseverance and keen intelligence in har-monious accord. Personalities such as hiscannot be kept at low levels, for they bearthe force of optimism in conjunction with in-defatigable industry, two attributes that areconducive to success. Aside from tliese, thisboy grew to manhood with a firm determina-tion to win the just reward of constant ap-plication, never departing from the principlethat there is always room at the top for himwho climbs with persistency and skill. Stepby stop he rose, eventually

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