Ambassador Hearne easily qualifies for inclusion in the latter category. A lawyer. lecturer and educator. as well as a diplomat and public official. he has had an impressive career. Here he will be in friendly hands. for Irish immigrants settled in this area in colonial days and their descendants. as well as later arrivals. constitute an important segment of the population. [DIX May 29 The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in WilkesBarre and Pittston. as well as churches and schools. preserve the traditions. so dear to men and women with Irish blood in their veins. Americans of Irish extraction locally may not be so numerous as their New York and Boston counterparts. but they yield to neither metropolis in their affection for the land of their forefathers.
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