Mayor of Akron, 1942-1943.
Massillon Evening Independent, May 21, 1945:
Former Akron Mayor is Dead
AKRON -- Last rites for State Representative George J. Harter, 62, mayor of Akron in 1942-43 and one-time widely known newspaperman here, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cunningham mortuary. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
Mr. Harter died at 9:50 Saturday night in City hospital, where he had gone Feb. 11 to make his last fight against a liver disorder from which he had suffered several years.
First elected to the Ohio general assembly from Summit county in 1932, Mr. Harter had triumphed over total blindness with the help of Mrs. Harter. His constant companion in his long public career, Mrs. Harter was at his side when he died.
Mr. Harter died in his sleep, without ever having learned that his only son, Tech. Sergt. Edward, 21, had been lost on an air mission in Italy early this year.
He was returned to the lower house in the last election for his sixth term. He ran unsuccessfully for re-election for the mayoralty post in 1943.
Mr. Harter was Akron's first mayor ever to be elected with the backing of organized labor, defeating Lee D. Schroy, republican, in 1941 when Schroy sought his fourth two-year term.
Massillon Evening Independent, May 21, 1945:
Former Akron Mayor is Dead
AKRON -- Last rites for State Representative George J. Harter, 62, mayor of Akron in 1942-43 and one-time widely known newspaperman here, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cunningham mortuary. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
Mr. Harter died at 9:50 Saturday night in City hospital, where he had gone Feb. 11 to make his last fight against a liver disorder from which he had suffered several years.
First elected to the Ohio general assembly from Summit county in 1932, Mr. Harter had triumphed over total blindness with the help of Mrs. Harter. His constant companion in his long public career, Mrs. Harter was at his side when he died.
Mr. Harter died in his sleep, without ever having learned that his only son, Tech. Sergt. Edward, 21, had been lost on an air mission in Italy early this year.
He was returned to the lower house in the last election for his sixth term. He ran unsuccessfully for re-election for the mayoralty post in 1943.
Mr. Harter was Akron's first mayor ever to be elected with the backing of organized labor, defeating Lee D. Schroy, republican, in 1941 when Schroy sought his fourth two-year term.
Mayor of Akron, 1942-1943.
Massillon Evening Independent, May 21, 1945:
Former Akron Mayor is Dead
AKRON -- Last rites for State Representative George J. Harter, 62, mayor of Akron in 1942-43 and one-time widely known newspaperman here, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cunningham mortuary. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
Mr. Harter died at 9:50 Saturday night in City hospital, where he had gone Feb. 11 to make his last fight against a liver disorder from which he had suffered several years.
First elected to the Ohio general assembly from Summit county in 1932, Mr. Harter had triumphed over total blindness with the help of Mrs. Harter. His constant companion in his long public career, Mrs. Harter was at his side when he died.
Mr. Harter died in his sleep, without ever having learned that his only son, Tech. Sergt. Edward, 21, had been lost on an air mission in Italy early this year.
He was returned to the lower house in the last election for his sixth term. He ran unsuccessfully for re-election for the mayoralty post in 1943.
Mr. Harter was Akron's first mayor ever to be elected with the backing of organized labor, defeating Lee D. Schroy, republican, in 1941 when Schroy sought his fourth two-year term.
Massillon Evening Independent, May 21, 1945:
Former Akron Mayor is Dead
AKRON -- Last rites for State Representative George J. Harter, 62, mayor of Akron in 1942-43 and one-time widely known newspaperman here, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cunningham mortuary. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
Mr. Harter died at 9:50 Saturday night in City hospital, where he had gone Feb. 11 to make his last fight against a liver disorder from which he had suffered several years.
First elected to the Ohio general assembly from Summit county in 1932, Mr. Harter had triumphed over total blindness with the help of Mrs. Harter. His constant companion in his long public career, Mrs. Harter was at his side when he died.
Mr. Harter died in his sleep, without ever having learned that his only son, Tech. Sergt. Edward, 21, had been lost on an air mission in Italy early this year.
He was returned to the lower house in the last election for his sixth term. He ran unsuccessfully for re-election for the mayoralty post in 1943.
Mr. Harter was Akron's first mayor ever to be elected with the backing of organized labor, defeating Lee D. Schroy, republican, in 1941 when Schroy sought his fourth two-year term.
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