Harold L. Romberger
Mr. Romberger is a native of Elizabethville. He is associated with his father, Daniel W. Romberger, in the hide and tallow business. He is also a director of and manager of the Elizabethville Silver Black Fox Company, Inc. At the election of 1921 he was chosen Chief Burgess of the borough by a very large majority. He is a member of the protective department of the Pennsylvania State Game Commission. Harold is a young man of Elizabethville, but one of its very progressive citizens. He is married and has two children.
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Daniel W. Romberger
Daniel W. Romberger was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 23 February 1870, a son of Samuel Romberger and Sarah [Brewer] Romberger. He was brought up as a tanner and farmer, attended public school, but stopped at an early age to work in his father’s tanery. In 1883 he came to Elizabethville with his father; on 5 December 1891 was married at Elizabethville to Sadie A. Gottshall of Pillow, Pennsylvania; in 1892 went into partnership with his father in the hide and tallow business; in this business he is still engaged; is also the owner of the rendering plant and is owner of the Fox Ranch located on his farm. Mr. Romberger holds one-fourth of the stock of the animals of this ranch. Mr. Romberger is a very successful business man of Elizabethville and has done a lot for the town and its citizens, To Mr. and Mrs. Romberger five children were born, all of them living:
Melvin C. Romberger;
Harold L. Romberger;
Lawrence U. Romberger;
Faye O. Romberger; and
Daniel W. Romberger Jr.
Mr. Romberger’s wife died at Elizabethville, 11 June 1917. He has at all times assisted in civic and community enterprises and is one of the very respected citizens of Elizabethville.
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From: “Who’s Who in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,” Lykens-Williams Valley History-Directory and Pictorial Review, by J. Allen Barrett, published in 1922.
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