Kendig C. Bare (November 5, 1913 – January 12, 1989) was an

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politician.

Career

As a youth, Kendig was involved in the Order of DeMolay, serving as an officer for Lancaster Chapter in 1932 and as chairman of the 1934 Conclave of the Associated Chapters of the Order of DeMolay in Pennsylvania. At that Conclave, he was elected state master councillor of Pennsylvania DeMolay, serving a one-year term. During his tenure, Bare began publication of the ''Keystone Crusader'', a newsletter for all members of DeMolay in Pennsylvania. The ''Keystone Crusader'' remains in publication to this day. Bare was the 31st mayor of

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, from 1950 until 1958, except for an eight-month period (1950–1951) when he was called into military service in the Korean War. During Kendig's absence, his brother

Howard Bare Howard C. Bare (November 23, 1911 — July 13, 2002) was an attorney. He was the mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for eight months from 1950 to 1951 during the period when his brother Kendig C. Bare, elected mayor in 1950, was in military service ...

assumed the duties of mayor.Mayors of the City of Lancaster, PA
. Retrieved on 2009-10-25. In honor of Bare, the City of Lancaster named the Public Safety building in his honor, however this facility is no longer in use.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bare, Kendig 1913 births 1989 deaths Mayors of Lancaster, Pennsylvania American military personnel of the Korean War 20th-century American politicians