BIO: Chalender Hall LESHER, 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 134. __________________________________________________________ CHALENDER HALL LESHER Huntingdon, Pa. Printer and Publisher: The subject of this sketch was born in Monroe township, Snyder County, two miles north of Selinsgrove, and here he resided and attended school until the age of twenty. Meanwhile he had learned the printing trade in the office of his father, who was editor and publisher of the Selinsgrove Times, which was established in 1822. It still is in prosperous existence. The years from 1906 to 1910 were spent in traveling over the United States, having crossed the country to the Pacific Coast twice. In March 1910, the father purchased the Huntingdon Monitor and the subject of this sketch arrived in Huntingdon on March 6, 1910, and has resided here ever since. J.G. Lesher was appointed postmaster under the Wilson administration and was the postmaster when Huntingdon's new post office was built and dedicated. Chalender H. Lesher was married to Maude Logan Simpson, daughter of John Glasgow and Anna (Logan) Simpson, on October 7, 1915. One son, Chalender Lee Lesher, was born to this union on August 18, 1917. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and is affiliated with the following organizations: Rotary Club, of Huntingdon; P.O.S. of A.; Juniata Lodge No. 117, I.O.O.F.; Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 300, F. & A.M.; Standing Stone Chapter No. 201, Royal Arch Masons, and Huntingdon Commandery, No. 65, Knights Templar. He and his father comprise the printing firm of J. G. Lesher & Son, publishers of the Huntingdon Monitor, and conduct a commercial printing establishment in connection. They have been in business in Huntingdon for over twenty years and their newspaper is the oldest established in the county, having been started in 1862. During the almost seventy years of its existence the Monitor has been consistently Democratic in its party affiliations. Once during the Civil War the office was sacked by Republicans and most of the contents thrown into the old canal. However, the proprietors were undaunted and continued to carry on.