History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . ehalf of the organization. And so suc-cessful were his labors that the organization in CentreCounty to-day is admitted to be more complete thanin any other county in the State. At the organization of Centre County PomonaGrange, No. 13, Sept. 15, 1875, he was elected Masterfor one year, and re-elected five consecutive December, 1877, he was chosen Master of his owngrange. No. ; a, and served his term with great accep-tability. In December, 1878, he was elected Overseer of thePennsylvania State Grange, which position he heldfor two
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . ehalf of the organization. And so suc-cessful were his labors that the organization in CentreCounty to-day is admitted to be more complete thanin any other county in the State. At the organization of Centre County PomonaGrange, No. 13, Sept. 15, 1875, he was elected Masterfor one year, and re-elected five consecutive December, 1877, he was chosen Master of his owngrange. No. ; a, and served his term with great accep-tability. In December, 1878, he was elected Overseer of thePennsylvania State Grange, which position he heldfor two years, and at the close of his term, at thesession of the State Grange held in Greensburg inDecember, 1880, was unanimously chosen Master, tosucceed Col. Piollet. In June, 1880, he was elected a trustee of the Penn-sylvania State College, located in Centre County,which position he has filled with marked ability andfaithfulness, and impressed his ideas to some extentupon the workings of the institution. In September, 1880, the National Greenback-Labor. (J^-Z.^.-^^^/ /^^C-T^-T-^ POTTER TOWNSHIP. 415 party nominated him for the State Legislature, buthaving no proclivities for political life he declined onaccount of private business and other pressing engage-ments in connection with his position as an officer ofthe State Grange. Some time prior to the assembling of the NationalAgricultural Convention, vifhich met in the city ofNew York in January, 1882, Governor Hoyt, unso-licited, appointed him a delegate to that body. Pre-vious engagements, however, prevented him fromattending. In stature Mr. Rhone is five feet eight inches high,erect, compactly built, and capable of great endur-ance. The immense amount of labor he performs asMaster of the State Grange, in correspondence, publicaddresses, etc., in connection with his own privatebusiness, is sufficient to break down an ordinary man,but he bears it well, and seems to improve under thesevere tension to which his physical ability is
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