Of York, Pa.

John Arthur Frick, vice-president and general manager of the Allentown and Bethlehem Gas Company, is a native of York Co., Pa. He is the son of John Jacob and Mary L. (Myers) Frick, was born in York, Pa., Sept. 6, i88o. He was educated in the public schools and the Collegiate Institute, graduating in 1897. He became an apprentice in the plant of the York Manufacturing Company, where he acquired practical business ideas, then he entered the Lehigh University at South Bethlehem, Pa., graduating in the class of 1903, as an "M. E." He then secured a position in the Philadelphia Gas Co.'s works, as a cadet engineer, and at the end of two and one-half years, he entered the employ of the Consumers' Gas Co., of Reading, Pa.

In 1907' he became general superintendent of the Savannah (Ga.) Gas Plant, and in 1909 he came to Allentown and accepted the superintendency of the Allentown Gas Company. He has served as vestryman, and is a member of the Episcopal church, of Allentown, Pa. Mr. Frick has membership in the following bodies:
American Gas Institute.
Natural Commercial Gas Association.
Past Pres., Pennsylvania Gas Association.
Livingston Club, Allentown, Pa.
Bethlehem Club, Bethlehem, Pa.
Catasauqua Club, Catasauqua, Pa.
Engineers' Club, Philadelphia, Pa.
Chi Psi Fraternity.
Lehigh Country Club. Rittersville, Pa.
Jordan Lodge, Masons, Allentown.

John Arthur Frick was married Jan. 29, 1908, to Ruth E. Linderman, of Fountain Hill, Pa., daughter of Robert P. Linderman. I-.