ALVIN S. HAINES

HAINES, Alvin S., a Representative from Lehigh County; born in Bowmanstown, Carbon County, Pa., March 21, 1853; clerk, general store (1870-1871); weigh master, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company (1871-1879); department store proprietor (1879-1918); United States Patent holder, secure mail bag (1887); school director, Slatington (1890-1891); manager and owner, Provident Slate Company, Slatington (1891-1918); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1905 and 1907 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1909 term; died, January 16, 1918 in Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.