David Aronberg

David Aronberg
29th Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky
In office
January 1, 1952 – 1955
Preceded byWill C. Simpson
Succeeded byWilburn Caskey
31st Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky
In office
1960–1964
Preceded byWilburn Caskey
Succeeded byWilburn Caskey
Personal details
BornApril 3, 1893
DiedFebruary 11, 1967(1967-02-11) (aged 73)
PartyRepublican
SpouseSadie Freyman
ChildrenGloria E. (Levine) and S. Harold Aronberg
Parent(s)Lewis Aronberg and Leah (Tarshes) Aronberg
Residence(s)Ashland, Kentucky, United States
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David Aronberg (April 3, 1893 – February 11, 1967)[1] was a mayor of Ashland, Kentucky.[2] He was also a merchant, involved in the real estate business, and a soldier in the United States Army during World War I. Aronberg was a member of the Freemasons, Shriners, Kiwanis, Forty and Eight, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Elks, as well as the American Legion, of which he was vice commander.[3][4] Aronberg was also chairman of the National Civil Defense Committee.[5]

Aronberg owned a chain of retail stores, being the senior partner of Aronberg and Pfeffer, along with David Pfeffer, from 1923 to 1956.[6][7]

Aronberg was Jewish, and attended Congregation Agudath Achim in Ashland.[8]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Time For Memory
  2. ^ A History of Ashland, Kentucky 1786 - 1954
  3. ^ The Political Graveyard
  4. ^ The public papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 by Lawrence Wetherby
  5. ^ Hearings, Volume 1, United States Congress (1963)
  6. ^ The National Jewish monthly: Volume 43 (1928)
  7. ^ Fairchild's list of store executives (1930)
  8. ^ Who's who in world Jewry by Harry Schneiderman and Itzhak J. Carim