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- Mount Carmel Item, 22 Mar 1940
Judge Herring Dies At Home In Orangeville
BERWICK, Pa., March 22, (U.P.)-President Judge Clinton C. Herring died at his Orangeville home yesterday of a heart attack superinduced by influenza. He was 64. The jurist, who was president of the 26th Judicial District comprising Columbia and Luzerne counties, was stricken with the heart attack last Friday night. He had served on the bench two years and three months, having taken office Jan. 1, 1938. Judge Herring also was president of the Orangeville National Bank, a trustee of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College and an active Mason. Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Elizabeth, who lives at home, and Mrs. James Freenway of Drexel Hill, Philadelphia. Judge Herring was admitted to the bar in 1900. His successor to be appointed by Gov. Arthur H. James will serve until January, 1942. Born at Orangeville Feb. 17, 1876, he was educated at Orangeville Academy and Bloomsburg State Normal School. Judge Herring, who was Democratic County Chairman of Columbia County 30 years ago, was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Philadelphia in 1936. [1]
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