BIO: Denver PARK, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 174.
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DENVER PARK
Three Springs, Pa.

Proprietor of Three Springs Book Rental Library:  The readers of the 
Huntingdon Daily News have read with interest the poems under the 
caption of "On the Air," "Spirit of Adventure," and "Spring Fever," but 
few are aware who the author is.  Denver Park was born at Three 
Springs, Huntingdon County, Pa., May 5, 1903.  A son of Scott and 
Minnie (Heeter) Park.  Schooling at Three Springs; correspondent and 
contributor of poetry for the Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa.; manager and 
owner of Three Springs Rental Library, containing over 1500 volumes of 
fiction, travel, and juvenile stories; books are rented at ten cents 
per week; membership $1.00 per year.  He is tax collector for the 
borough of Three Springs, Pa.; belongs to Methodist Episcopal Church.  
A pupil in the Sunday School; has served on election board.  Republican 
in politics.  Secretary to Clay Park, banker, and interested in large 
business and agricultural interests.  Has three brothers:  Orin Park, 
of Three Springs; Ivan Park, proprietor of Park's Meat Market, Three 
Springs, Pa.; Norman Park, High School, Orbisonia, Pa.; graduated Three 
Springs Schools.  Sisters are:  Mrs. N. L. Eberly, Three Springs.  
Their children are Thomas, ten years; Phyllis, twelve years; Robert, 
four years, and Mrs. Hugo Tacchi, Harrisburg, whose child is Virginia, 
one year old.  Denver Park is an industrious man, a brilliant writer 
who uses much thought; his poems are of a crispy nature, and depict 
life as it is.  His poems are widely read, and being a young man he has 
a further field to explore in the realm of poetry.