Andrew Mellon dies at age eighty three in 1930s era report
Andrew W. Mellon, financier and long time public servant, dies after a month of uremia and bronchial pneumonia in the home of his daughter Mrs. David K. E. Bruce in Southampton. He leaves a vast fortune from banking, oil and aluminum, with a final estimate around five hundred million including heirs. Funeral planned for East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh. Mellon supported a national art gallery in Washington with a fifty million dollar collection. He served as secretary of the treasury from 1921 to 1932 and as ambassador to Great Britain, and was praised for debt reduction and understated public life.
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Southampton
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Great Britain
Treasury Department
David K. E. Bruce
Paul
Ailsa
Bruce
Pittsburgh
Mellon
Melon
Meilon
Washington
London
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
G. Mellon
John D. Rockefeller
Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Company
Aluminum Company of America
Roosevelt
National Gallery of Art
National Capital
Andrew William Mellon
the Treasury
Warren G. Harding
Alexander Hamilton
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Richard
Andrew Mellon
United States
Herbert Hoover
Relatives Gather Across States in Baldwin Area News
A Baldwin community notes busy visiting patterns as Howard Irvin of Bloomfield visits relatives in Blue Mound while Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Kaufmann attend funeral services in Wells. Locals, including the Brownlee and Nisely families, host guests from Stratford and Kansas City with dinners and Sunday gatherings. Community members move homes, join picnics, and plan tea events as Rotary meetings and Girl Scout activities continue.
Mellon Family Scion Andrew Mellon Dies at 82
Native of Pittsburgh Andrew Mellon, financier statesman and philanthropist, dies in the night. Funeral train expected with Paul Mellon, R. B. Mellon kin. Richard King Mellon and others journey from Alaska. Andrew’s father Thomas Mellon built wealth from a farm to fortune after 1908. Details cover marriage to Nora McMullen and divorces. sons Paul and Richard eyed for leadership of Mellon fortune. Kansas pride note closes the piece.
Fairview Visit Notes From Lawrence Family Gathering
Fairview report records Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gordon and daughter of Lawrence visiting Monday afternoon with Mrs. Ernest Ralston and family. Mrs. Naomi Sinks and Mary Brownlee were seen in the gathering.
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Raymond Gordon
Lawrence
Ernest Ralston
Naomi Sinks
Mary Brownlee
Social calls and visits around Ralston and nearby towns
Dinner guests and visitors fill a week of callers across Ralston, Lawrence, Stratford, Pleasant Valley, and Williamsburg. Notable names include Rev. R. E. MacLean, Ernest Leary, Homer Brownlee, Alice Wells, Ward Landis, Maud Arbuckle, Phronic Cade, and Albertus Ayer with relatives Tom Lombard and Betty.
Baldwin News Social Roundup covers visits and travels
Mrs Edward C Allderdice spent Tuesday in Kansas City Irvin Greer left Monday on a business trip to Idaho Mrs I E Christie of Aurora Mo arrived Sunday for a visit with her aunt Mrs Richard Randall Her son Howard who has been here for several weeks in the Randall home will return home with her Mr and Mrs Henry Bruner Mrs Ollie Schermerhorn and daughter Nancy and Miss Mae Bruner of Lawrence spent Sunday with Mrs Samuel Bruner Miss Helen Joe Crissman of Kansas City was the guest of Miss Marjorie Keahane last Saturday The two young women were college friends at Baker and later taught together in the high school in Beaumont Tex Miss Geneva Snyder entertained friends at a picnic last Saturday honoring Mr and Mrs Aaron Cox of Topeka Mr and Mrs J M Montgomery Miss Kathryn Keohane John Keohane and Claude Jardon Mrs Gladys McGinnis spent last Sunday with her sons Jack and Billy in Excelsior Springs Mrs Paul Kochan and children Paul Jr and Dorothy Lau returned Monday from Florence where they had been visiting in the home of Mrs Kochan s parents Mr and Mrs George M Lincoln Mrs Anna Haynes left Friday for Los Angeles after spending three months in Baldwin in the home of her brother Nathan W O Byrne Prof and Mrs Floyd K Riley and daughter Miss Gayle Riley have recently moved from the Haglund home to the house recently vacant
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Nina Bayliss
9Th
Grove Streets
Ladies Aid
Florence Waring
L. E. Hunt
Thayer
Baldwin
F. B. Hunt
H. E. Davison
Gertrude Carrier
Lawrence
Gertrude Lawrence
Roberta le Brant Green
Helton
John B. Ross
Green
Baldwin High School
Evanston
Ill
A. P. Miller
Marian Charles
San Fernando
Calif
Girl Scouts
Elton Peterson
Coleman's Dell
C. BE. Francis
E. H. Farr
Byron Donmyer
Michigan
Amelia Betts
Kathryn Kelley
Harveyville
Edward C. Allderdice
Kansas City
Irvin Greer
Idaho
I. E. Christie
Aurora
Richard Randall
Howard
Randall
Henry Bruner
Ollie Schermerhorn
Nancy
Mae Bruner
Samuel Bruner
Helen Joe Crissman
Marjorie Keahane
Baker
Beaumont
Tex
Geneva Snyder
Aaron Cox
Topeka
J. M. Montgomery
Kathryn Keohane
John Keohane
Claude Jardon
Gladys McGinnis
Jack
Billy
Excelsior Springs
Paul Kochan
Paul, Jr
Dorothy Lau
Florence
Kochan
George M. Lincoln
Anna Haynes
Nathan W. O’byrne
Los Angeles
Floyd K. Riley
Gayle Riley
Haglund
Weekend visits fill Ottawa area social page
Pekas, Barkleys, Waring family and others hosted and visited in Ottawa and surrounding towns. Among guests were Miss Geneva Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. H C Barkley, Mr. and Mrs. J P Waring, the D T Lawson Jr party, and Mrs. Florence Waring. The Showalters moved to a farm west of Ottawa. and Mrs. Fewell and Mrs. Tunin joined relatives in various trips. Dorothy Davis visited Baldwin, William Black traveled from Gardner for business, and Coach Emil Liston and spouse returned from Cascade Colorado.
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Howard Irvin
Bloomfield
N. J
Brownlee
Frank Smith
Blue Mound
John Fuller
Harry Kaufmann
Wells
William Wells
Robert Bennefield
Stratford
A. W. Netler
Orr
H. Orr
Edd
Chester Howard
Charles Nisely
Floyd Nisely
Edd Howard
James Denham
Alice Wells
Marie Dacalos
Conn
Charles Cooper
Bert Dax
Ronald Dale Smith
Dale Smith
Mulberry
Kan
Charles Schilling
John Claunch
George W. Smith
John Ryder
Andrey William Mellon
William L. Mellon
Gulf
Thomas RB. Mellon
Andrew
Mr. Mellon
Nora McMullen
Dublin
Henry Clay Frick
A.W
Hertfordshire
Harry Arthur Lee
New York
Virginia
Kansas
Mississippi
Poland
Fairview
Ralston
R. E. MacLean
Ernest Leary
Warren Roberts
Nathan
Dedlor
Ida
Homer Brownlee
Roberts
Missouri
C. P. Davis
Laurence
Charles Wells
Stratford, Conn. Other Callers Were Mr. and Mrs. Edd Howard
Mabel Peters
Homer Brownlea
Charles Howard
Vernon Harris
A. J. Tannerr
Evan Griffith
Evelyn Laura Howard
Hazel Sinks
Ward Landis
Maud Arbuckle
Pleasant Valley
Mary McClintock
Williamsburg
Phronic Cade
Merle
Edwin Commons
Bert Day
Albertus Ayer
McAllen
Tom Lombard
Betty
Baldwin News
Chesterfield
Toracco
Uncle Sam
Ft. Riley
U. S. Army
142Nd. Field Artillery
Fayetteville
Ark
Peka
W. C. Barkley
Noreen Morgan
H.C. Barkley
J. P. Waring
Ottawa
Die D. T. Lawson
Staadt
Olathe
Prentis Showalter
Eugene Fewell
John Hendrickson
Calhoun
W. F. Millikan
Auto Hospital
Ady
New Sparton
Sparton
RADIO
Mass. St
Court House
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