He served as secretary of the Republican County Committee from 1920 to 1922 and as chairman of the Luzerne County Republican Committee from 1922 to 1923 . On January 3 , 1927 , Governor Gifford Pinchot appointed Fine to fill a vacancy in the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County . He was elected to a regular ten-year term in November of that year and was re-elected to another term in 1939 . He served as a delegate to the 1936 Republican National Convention . In 1939 , he married Helene Pennebecker Morgan and he remained married to her until her death in 1950 ; the couple had two sons
1936 Republican National Convention
1936 Republican National Convention
John S. Fine