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Baden, who was of [[Germans|German]] extraction, was the only son of four children born in Pineville to Herman P. Baden (1885–1959) and Maude H. Baden (1896–1973). Baden was reared in a house located on Lakeview Street in downtown Pineville. The late Alexandria Mayor [[John K. Snyder]], whose tenure corresponded with that of Baden in Pineville, also grew up on Lakeview Street about a block from the Baden household. "He was the mayor of Alexandria, but he spent more time in Pineville," said Baden, who recalled that while Snyder maintained an apartment in Alexandria, he spent more time at his mother's Pineville residence.<ref>Jodi Belgard, "John Snyder seemed to relish controversy," ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' April 29, 200.</ref>

Baden, who was of [[Germans|German]] extraction, was the only son of four children born in Pineville to Herman P. Baden (1885–1959) and Maude H. Baden (1896–1973). Baden was reared in a house located on Lakeview Street in downtown Pineville. The late Alexandria Mayor [[John K. Snyder]], whose tenure corresponded with that of Baden in Pineville, also grew up on Lakeview Street about a block from the Baden household. "He was the mayor of Alexandria, but he spent more time in Pineville," said Baden, who recalled that while Snyder maintained an apartment in Alexandria, he spent more time at his mother's Pineville residence.<ref>Jodi Belgard, "John Snyder seemed to relish controversy," ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' April 29, 200.</ref>

Baden dropped out of school in the eighth grade.<ref name=sulphur/> At the age of eighteen, he became a volunteer firefighter and worked as an auxiliary police officer. Baden also became a [[plumber]] and at the age of twenty-eight attained the level of "Master Plumber." He served on the Pineville City Council from 1966 until his election as mayor in the spring of 1970.<ref name=obit>Obituary of Frederick Herman Baden, I, ''Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 18, 2009}}</ref>

Baden dropped out of school in the eighth grade.<ref name=sulphur/> At the age of eighteen, he became a volunteer firefighter and worked as an auxiliary police officer. Baden also became a [[plumber]] and at the age of twenty-eight attained the level of "Master Plumber." He served on the Pineville City Council from 1966 until his election as mayor in the spring of 1970.<ref name=obit>Obituary of Frederick Herman Baden, I, ''Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 18, 2009.</ref>

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