ALFRED S. MORGAN, son of William and Margaret, was born in the borough on October 9, 1875, and here he has since resided. He received his education in the public schools and graduated, from the high school in 1892, and after teaching public school for two terms he attended the East Stroudsburg State Normal School from which he was graduated in 1896. He then resumed teaching school at Slatington and continued for six years, during the last three years having acted as assistant to the principal of the high school. In 1902 he and his two brothers, Alexander B. and W. Wallace, became the owners of the Star Slate Co., which they operated for nine years, when they associated themselves with the Washington Slate Co. (now one of the largest slate operations in the Slatington district), and he became the business manager and secretary which positions he has filled until the present time. Mr. Morgan affiliated himself with the Slatington Lodge 440. F. and A. M. and Royal Arch Chapter 292; the Alien Commandery. No. 20 K. T. at Allentown, and the Rajah Temple, at Reading; also with the following secret societies: O. U. A. M. In politics he is a Republican and he served as a director of the Slatington school board from 1902 to 1908, filling the office of president for two years and of treasurer for two years. In 1903, Mr. Morgan was married to Jennie Roper, daughter of the late D. D. Roper, Esq., of Slatington.