John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.1021

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Otto and Maude M. (Landers) Hoffman a son was born, Kenneth L., born Feb. 9, 1905. He was educated in the public school of Cleveland, Ohio, and, Vintondale, and in 1921 was graduated from Mercersburg Academy and in 1926 from Lehigh University. He now attends Harvard Law School. He was senior class president at Leigh University, chairman of the board of control of athletics, manager of the 65 piece band, vice president of the Y. M. C. A., and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He has served at Camp Meade, Maryland, in the Citizen's Army Training School, is a second lieutenant in the Officer's Reserve Corps. at Leigh University. He is also a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, national all-campus honorary activities society, and of the Scabbard and Blade Society, Lehigh University.
    Mr. Hoffman is a Republican and has served as president of the borough council for 12 years. He has always taken an active interest in the welfare of Vintondale and during his residence here has been instrumental in making it the progressive and prosperous community that it is. Mr. Hoffman holds membership in the Presbyterian Church, F. & A. M. No. 498, Cleveland, Ebensburg Golf and the Sunnehanna Country Club, Johnstown. He and his family have a wide acquaintance throughout the county and are representative of the best citizenship in the community.

    T. L. Aitken is a veteran of the World War and a leading young business man of Colver, where he is identified with Ebensburg coal Company as mine foreman. He was born at Linlithganshire, Scotland, Feb. 13, 1896, and is a son of William and Janet (Shaw) Aitken.
    T. L. Aitken spent his boyhood at Webster, where he attended the public schools. During the World War he enlisted in Company K, 320th Infantry, 80th Division, but was later transferred to company D, 305th Infantry, 77th Division, with the rank of second lieutenant. He served in France for one year and engaged in several important battles of the war, including the Meuse-Argonne defensive. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. in June 1919. Mr. Aitken then went to Marianna, Pa., where he was employed by the Union Coal & Coke company until 1921, when he went to Dillonvale, Ohio, as mine foreman for the Clarkston Coal Mining

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY	1021
Otto and Maude M. (Landers) Hoffman a son was born, Kenneth L., born Feb. 9, 1905. He was educated in the public school of Cleveland, Ohio, and, Vintondale, and in 1921 was graduated from Mercersburg Academy and in 1926 from Lehigh University. He now attends Harvard Law School. He was senior class president at Leigh University, chairman of the board of control of athletics, manager of the 65 piece band, vice president of the Y. M. C. A., and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He has served at Camp Meade, Maryland, in the Citizen's Army Training School, is a second lieutenant in the Officer's Reserve Corps. at Leigh University. He is also a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, national all-campus honorary activities society, and of the Scabbard and Blade Society, Lehigh University. Mr. Hoffman is a Republican and has served as president of the borough council for 12 years. He has always taken an active interest in the welfare of Vintondale and during his residence here has been instrumental in making it the progressive and prosperous community that it is. Mr. Hoffman holds membership in the Presbyterian Church, F. & A. M. No. 498, Cleveland, Ebensburg Golf and the Sunnehanna Country Club, Johnstown. He and his family have a wide acquaintance throughout the county and are representative of the best citizenship in the community. T. L. Aitken is a veteran of the World War and a leading young business man of Colver, where he is identified with Ebensburg coal Company as mine foreman. He was born at Linlithganshire, Scotland, Feb. 13, 1896, and is a son of William and Janet (Shaw) Aitken. T. L. Aitken spent his boyhood at Webster, where he attended the public schools. During the World War he enlisted in Company K, 320th Infantry, 80th Division, but was later transferred to company D, 305th Infantry, 77th Division, with the rank of second lieutenant. He served in France for one year and engaged in several important battles of the war, including the Meuse-Argonne defensive. He was discharged at Camp Dix, N. J. in June 1919. Mr. Aitken then went to Marianna, Pa., where he was employed by the Union Coal & Coke company until 1921, when he went to Dillonvale, Ohio, as mine foreman for the Clarkston Coal Mining