Tucked into a box of one of my grandmothers’ things, I found this political advertisement for Dick Reed from Houtzdale, PA, running for Register & Recorder in 1951 for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. This little slip of cardboard is advertising him for the primary election on Tuesday, July 24, 1951, an election that he won. He was running on the primary against two others, George A. Lukehart, and Ralph J Smith. Here’s a clipping from the newspaper, announcing his candidacy.
During the election on Tuesday, November 6, 1951, his name appears on the sample ballot printed in the newspaper, and the final, official count posted a few weeks later shows he won his election.
He served four terms as Register & Recorder for the county until he lost his election in 1967 to Louise Mahaffey. Searching through Ancestry.com shows he passed away in October of 1986, and his full name was Richard George Reed (born 31 Oct 1904). Dick Reed doesn’t appear to be related to any branch of my own family, but I found it interesting that this little piece of advertising was tucked away for over 70 years in a box of correspondence that grandma saved.