Biography

09/21/1908 - 05/14/1991

Clarence F. Manbeck (R48) Berks (Part), Lancaster (Part) Lebanon Counties 1969-1972 (R48) Berks (Part), Lancaster (Part) Lebanon (Part) Counties 1973-1982

Early Life: 

Clarence F. Manbeck, born September 21, 1908, Bethel Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; son of Webster and Salome Yeich Manbeck; public school education; founder, C.F. Manbeck Poultry Incorporated; farmer; married, Eve Pyse; children, Alletta M. Schadler, Barbara M. Bauer; school director; director of the Chamber of Commerce and Community Chest (United Way); member of the executive committee of the Lebanon County Republican Committee; director of the First National Bank of Fredericksburg; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1961-1966, not a candidate for reelection, 1966; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1969-1982; died, May 14, 1991, Fredericksburg, Lebanon County; interment, Altalaha Lutheran Cemetery, Rehrersburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career: 

Founded, Farmers Pride, 1939, selling chickens in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Farmers Pride, Incorporated, C. F. Manbeck, Incorporated, Bell and Evans, Incorporated, merged into Farmers Pride, Incorporated, 1986.

School director, public schools in North Lebanon area; director, First National Bank of Fredericksburg; director; Lebanon Mutual Insurance Company. Director of the Chamber of Commerce and Community Chest (United Way); member, executive committee, Lebanon County Republican Committee. 

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships.

Mount Olivet Lodge 704, Free and Accepted Masons; Lancaster County Shrine Club; Zembo Temple; Tall Cedars of Lebanon; Lebanon County Shrine Club; Quittie Woods Incorporated; Lions Club of Fredericksburg; and the Izaak Walton League; Fredericksburg Fire Company; Lebanon County Firemans Association; Mt. Zion Fire Company; Bethel Fire Company; Lebanon Country Club; Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sports Hall of Fame; Lebanon County Farmers Association; Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 228, Lebanon; and the Fredericksburg Community Association: Strausstown Rod & Gun Club; Frystown Fire Company; Quentin Riding Club; Wyomissing Republican Club; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 731, Lebanon; and the Aviation Council of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1961-1966, not a candidate for reelection, 1966. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 48th district, Berks (Part), Lancaster (Part) Lebanon Counties, 1969-1972, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 48th district, Berks (Part), Lancaster (Part) Lebanon (Part) Counties, 1973-1982   Committee assignments, Appropriations, Environmental Resources, Rules and Executive Nominations, State Government, Transportation (Chairman).

Senate Bill 1200 Act 140, 1997-1998, designated a bridge in Bethel Township, Lebanon County as the Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge

Pa. House of Representatives Biography: 

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)  

Legacy:

Enacted from Senate Bill 1200 on Monday December 21, 1998, P.L. 1064, No. 140, The bridge located on SR 1022, also known as Camp Strauss Road, that crosses Monroe Creek in Bethel Township, Lebanon County, shall be known as the Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge. 1998 Act 140 (state.pa.us)

Enacted from SB 599, Friday October 27, 2006, P.L. 1195, No. 127, designating a bridge, Bethel Township, Lebanon County, as Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge. 2006 Act 127 (state.pa.us) 

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Bill Information - Senate Bill 1200; Regular Session 1997-1998 - PA General Assembly (state.pa.us)

Clarence F. Manbeck (1908-1991) - Find a Grave Memorial