MILTON H. N. RITTER, son of Peter K, the head miller in the large Fritch roller process mill at Macungie, was born in Lower Macungie township, Jan. 17,1881. He was brought up on a farm and attended the township schools and the Emaus high school until the age of fifteen years, when he became a teacher in the schools in Lower Macungie for one term and of Upper Macungie for two terms. He subsequently attended Perkiomen Seminary, Shippensburg State Normal School, Muhlenberg Preparatory School, and Muhlenberg College, graduating from the last-named institution in 1906. During this time he taught school in the borough of Macungie three term and in Allentown one term. From the spring of 1907 to the fall he managed the farming operations on the large farm of Dr. D. D. Fritch, adjoining the borough, after which he entered the Fritch mill as head miller in the manufacture of flour, where he still continues. The average daily production of the mill is 400 barrels, and this large output shows the, responsibility of his position.

Mr. Ritter married, in 1902. Lillie A., daughter of Nathan D. Fritch, one of the owners of the mill, and they had one child. Carl Fritch Ritter. Mrs. Ritter was born Oct. 24, 1881, and died April 26,1912.