JOSEPH U. SECHLER of Allentown was born at Seipstown, Jan. 31, 1886. He was graduated from the Weisenberg township public schools in 1903 and afterward became a clerk in the general store at Haafsville, where he was einployed until 1905. He became an agent of the Prudential Insurance Company Jan. 1, 1906, and about two years later was promoted to the position of assistant superintendent which he served creditably for two years. He then engaged in the real estate business, but at the same time continued to serve the Prudential Insurance Company as an agent. He is one of the popular young Democrats of the county, being a member of the Lehigh Democratic Club. He has served the House Committee of this club as its treasurer in 1911 and in 1912 and 1913 as recording secretary by election.