DR HOPE T. RITTER, son of Robert R. and Josephine (Thomas) Ritter, was born at Eckert's, Lehigh County, Dec. 11. 1878. He was graduated from Allentown high school in 1898, and the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, in 1902. By selection through competitive examination he was appointed physician to the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, and served in this office one year after which he established himself as a physician in Allentown, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice. He resides at the northeast corner of Linden and Eleventh streets. He is a member of the Lehigh County and Lehigh Valley Medical Societies, the State Medical Society and American Medical Association, and the Masonic Fraternity. Dr. Ritter married. Feb. 25, 1903, Lyda A. Malin, of Philadelphia, and has an only daughter Flavilla J.T.