PAST BURGESSES AND MAYORS OF GREENE COUNTY
Burgesses: 1862—1960 & Mayors: 1961—present
OVERVIEW — A burgess is an elected or un-elected official of a municipality, i.e., a magistrate or a mayor.
Following is a listing of individuals who served as Burgesses in the past, this office no longer exists, now referenced as Mayor, listed with the dates of their elections.
CARMICAHELS BOROUGH:
1945 — Burgess F. F. Solomon
1949 — Burgess Frank W. Barbe (re-elected in 1953)
1957 — Burgess John McCann
1961 — Mayor Kenneth A. Forsyth
1965 — Mayor Paul W. Connor (re-elected in 1969, 1973, 1977)
1981 — Mayor Robert A. Dobbins
1985 — Mayor Edward M. Zalar (re-elected in 1989)
1993 — Mayor Ruth Enci (D)
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2009 — Mayor Mike Dohanich
CLARKSVILLE BOROUGH:
1945 — Burgess Stanley Fowler (D)
1949 — Burgess George Trout
1953 — Burgess Frank Largent
1957 — Burgess Peter Sabo
1961 — Mayor Homer Bennett
1965 — Mayor Ann Marie Rota (re-elected in 1969, 1973, 1977)
1981 — Mayor Bernard M. Cirota (re-elected in 1985)
1989 — Mayor Dawn Carter
1993 — Mayor Bernard M. Circota
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2009 — Mayor Samuel A. Benyi (D)
GREENSBORO BOROUGH:
1945 — Burgess Joseph Kalis
1949 — Burgess Ernest Babler (re-elected in 1953)
1957 — Burgess Reed Miller
1961 — Mayor Reed Miller
1965 — Mayor Sam Burich (re-elected in 1969)
1973 — Mayor Harry E. Drew (re-elected in 1977, 1981, 1985)
1989 — Mayor Bruce Neino
1993 — Mayor Rick Prodolinski
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2009 — Mayor Arnie Bowser (D)
JEFFERSON BOROUGH:
1945 — Burgess O. G. Enstrom
1949 — Burgess Thomas Coneybeer
1953 — Burgess Ivan Guesman
1957 — Burgess Dewey G. Mosholder
1961 — Mayor Dewey G. Mosholder
1965 — Mayor Elizabeth Sahady (re-elected in 1969)
1973 — Mayor George Trbovich
1977 — Mayor Gary Minnear
1981 — Mayor Bill Lemley
1985 — Mayor Robert Davis
1989 — Mayor Melvin E. Lemley
1993 — Mayor Pete Arigoni
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2007 — Mayor Sandra K. Dulik (D)
2009 — Mayor Edward A. Shipley (D)
MT. MORRIS BOROUGH:
On September 13, 1949, the residents of the borough approved a referendum (yes, 91; no, 31) which annulled the borough charter and returned the territory to Perry Township.
1945 — Burgess Louis Diehl (re-elected in 1949)
Source of Mt. Morris Borough Information: The History of Greene County Pennsylvania by G. Wayne Smith (Vol II, Part VIII, Government, pg 1129)
RICES LANDING BOROUGH:
1945 — Burgess William Gray (re-elected in 1949)
1953 — Burgess Robert W. Bell (re-elected in 1957)
1961 — Mayor U. P. Rembold
1965 — Mayor Lee Albacker
1969 — Mayor John W. Clarchick (re-elected in 1973)
1977 — Mayor Ralph Benjamin Roseberry (re-elected in 1981)
1985 — Mayor Dean Virgili
1989 — Mayor Palph Benjamin Roseberry (re-elected in 1993)
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2009 — Mayor Ryan T. Belski (D)
WAYNESBURG BOROUGH:
1862 — Burgess A. G. Cross
1868 — Burgess G. W. G. Waddell
1869 — Burgess A. G. Cross
1872 — Burgess W. T. E. Webb
1873-1874 — Burgess G. W. G. Waddell
1876 — Burgess R. F. Downey
xx — Burgess J. W. Ray
xx — Burgess D. S. Walton
xx — Burgess John Guiher
xx — Burgess W. E. Miner
xx — Burgess T. R. Purman
1887-1888 — Burgess Robert A. Sayers
years from 1888 to 1949 are being researched
1949 — Burgess R. Wallace Maxwell
1953 — Burgess Fay Headlee
1957 — Burgess R. D. Carroll
1961 — Mayor Roy Shultz
1965 — Mayor Wilma S. Milliken
1969 — Mayor John R. Throckmorton (re-elected in 1973)
1977 — Mayor Floyd H. Turner
1979 — Mayor John H. Cassidy
1981 — Mayor Roy L. Huffman
1985 — Mayor Kyle F. Eddy (re-elected in 1989)
1993 — Mayor John McCall
1995 — Mayor Kyle F. Eddy
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2007 — Mayor Stanford Blair Zimmerman (re-elected in 2009) (D)
For general information, please contact the Information Services at 724-852-5399 / Toll Free: 1-888-852-5399. County Office Building, 93 E. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370
