John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.1058

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History of Cambria County, V.2

1058 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY

City Planning Commission. As the president of the Municipal Recreation Board he was largely instrumental in placing recreation under the proper supervision and directing this important work for the benefit of all the people of Johnstown. Mr. Stroup, with Thomas Nokes, Charles H. Meyers, secretary of the school board, Harry Hesselbine, and Anderson H. Walters, organized the Municipal Recreation Board in 1918, this being the foundation of public recreation under municipal control, and Mr. Stroup was president by reason of his office as superintendent of parks and public property.
    During the World war Mr. Stroup was a Four-Minute Man, and holds a Certificate of Honor in recognition of loyal and devoted service as a Four-Minute Man of the Committee on Public Information.
    In November, 1923, he was elected to the Johnstown School Board, for a six-year term and has served from the beginning as a member of the building committee, throughout the extensive building program of the board of education, which erected the Cochran Junior High School, Central High School, and the Garfield Junior High School, besides several new grade school buildings. He is also chairman of the textbook and supply committee, which has charge of all furnishings of all new school buildings as well as the old ones. He is chairman of the proposed college extension course connected with the schools of Johnstown.

    Dr. Herman Grove Difenderfer, a capable physician and surgeon of Cambria County, who is successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at Beaverdale, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born at Milton, Aug. 9 1885, and is the son of William and Mary E. (Grove) Difenderfer.
    William Difenderfer, deceased, was born at Kelley Point, Pa., and was a farmer during his entire life. His widow was born at Lewisburg, Pa.; Dr. Herman Grove, the subject of this sketch; Grace, married Charles Wagner, lives at Lewisburg, Pa.; and Edith at home.
    Dr. Herman Grove Difenderfer received his early education in the schools of Northumberland County, Pa, and attended Bucknell University. He was graduated from Medico Chirurgical College, Philadelphia in 1911,

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1058	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
City Planning Commission. As the president of the Municipal Recreation Board he was largely instrumental in placing recreation under the proper supervision and directing this important work for the benefit of all the people of Johnstown. Mr. Stroup, with Thomas Nokes, Charles H. Meyers, secretary of the school board, Harry Hesselbine, and Anderson H. Walters, organized the Municipal Recreation Board in 1918, this being the foundation of public recreation under municipal control, and Mr. Stroup was president by reason of his office as superintendent of parks and public property. During the World war Mr. Stroup was a Four-Minute Man, and holds a Certificate of Honor in recognition of loyal and devoted service as a Four-Minute Man of the Committee on Public Information. In November, 1923, he was elected to the Johnstown School Board, for a six-year term and has served from the beginning as a member of the building committee, throughout the extensive building program of the board of education, which erected the Cochran Junior High School, Central High School, and the Garfield Junior High School, besides several new grade school buildings. He is also chairman of the textbook and supply committee, which has charge of all furnishings of all new school buildings as well as the old ones. He is chairman of the proposed college extension course connected with the schools of Johnstown. Dr. Herman Grove Difenderfer, a capable physician and surgeon of Cambria County, who is successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at Beaverdale, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born at Milton, Aug. 9 1885, and is the son of William and Mary E. (Grove) Difenderfer. William Difenderfer, deceased, was born at Kelley Point, Pa., and was a farmer during his entire life. His widow was born at Lewisburg, Pa.; Dr. Herman Grove, the subject of this sketch; Grace, married Charles Wagner, lives at Lewisburg, Pa.; and Edith at home. Dr. Herman Grove Difenderfer received his early education in the schools of Northumberland County, Pa, and attended Bucknell University. He was graduated from Medico Chirurgical College, Philadelphia in 1911,