BIO: Joseph Walter ECKLEY, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dave Wilson Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************************** __________________________________________________________ McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 53. __________________________________________________________ PROF. JOSEPH WALTER ECKLEY Mapleton, Pa. Instructor: Education is a nation's best defense, and justly so, and in order to obtain the elements of an education one must necessarily begin at the public schools. Mapleton Borough is fortunate in having such an able instructor as Professor Eckley. He was born in McALevy's Fort, Huntingdon County, and at the same place he acquired his first schooling. He has a mixture of German, Spanish and Scotch-Irish. A strong strain of ancestry. His father is S.A. Eckley, now living at McAlevy's Fort. His mother is deceased. His early education led to the grade and high school a McAlevy's Fort, at which he matriculated. Later on that citadel of learning, which has turned out many brilliant men, Juniata College, at Huntingdon, Pa. For nine years has this professor been instilling into the minds of the youths the value of an education. Two years in Jackson township, one year at Mill Creek borough, two years in Robertsdale, and four years as Principal of Schools in Mapleton borough. He served in France during the World War in Transport Motor Corps, in 1918-19. A member of the State Police from 1921 to 1923. A member of the I.O.O.F., No. 171; P.O.S. of A.; is a Republican in politics. Two brothers: S.S. Eckley, of Huntingdon, Pa.; McKinley Eckley, State Forest Ranger at Charter Oak, Huntingdon Co., Pa. A sister, Nana at home. He was married to Leah Marie Johnson, Dec. 28, 1926. Prof Eckley has been very successful in his endeavor to uplift the standard of education to a higher plane, and his efforts have not been in vain. He is a member of the Lutheran Church. Hunting and baseball are his favorite sports. The photo of Mr. Eckley was posed for in France.