OBIT: Howard T. WALSWORTH, 1967, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOWARD T. WALSWORTH
  
    Howard T. Walsworth, 56, of Oak Knoll, Hollidaysburg, vice
  president of the Altoona unit of the Great A&P Tea Co., died
  unexpectedly at his home, Tuesday, Jan. 3.
    Born in Danville, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1910, he was a son of William E.
  and. Mary (Taylor) Walsworth.
    He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Caroline Sharp, and
  a sister, Mrs. William Leadbitter, Castleton-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.
    Walsworth was a member of, the First United Presbyterian Church,
  Hollidaysburg, where funeral services are being held today
  (Thursday), in charge of Leslie Axe Funeral Home of Altoona.
    A graduate of Rochester Business Institute, he joined A&P in
  Rochester, N. Y., in 1931, as sales manager of the Atlantic
  Commission division.  He was named vice-president of the Altoona unit
  in September 1965, coming from Columbus, Ohio, where he was
  vice-president and unit head since 1962.
    He served throughout the six state territory of A&P's central
  division as divisional produce merchandiser, and was store
  superintendent in the Pittsburgh unit before moving to Columbus.
    Walsworth served as vice-president of the Pennsylvania Chain Store
  Council, and was a member of the American Business Club of Altoona
  and the Blairmont Country Club, where he was recently elected to the
  board of directors.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, January 5, 1967
  
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