Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Arter Jr, Theodore October 15, 1894 - 
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Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931
Author: Tarring Davis

  THEODORE ARTER, JR., editor, vice-president, and general 
manager of the Tribune Publishing Company, publishers of the 
Altoona Daily Tribune, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 
15, 1894, and comes of an old Pennsylvania family, Arter's 
Mills, near Gettysburg, having been named for the them.  
Theodore Arter, his father, was born in Hanoverton, Ohio, 
but has spent most of his life at Cleveland, where he is now 
retired.  He married Gertrude Phelps, and they maintain 
their home at Cleveland.  Theodore Arter, Jr., received a 
public school education, graduating from Rayen High School, 
Youngstown, Ohio, and then studied at Wesleyan University 
for two years.  He completed his college work at Columbia 
University, and when the United States entered the World 
War, he entered the army, being commissioned captain in the 
Air Service.  He was stationed at Langley Field, Virginia, 
until his discharge, July 9, 1919, his enlistment dating 
from April 17, 1917. Following his discharge, he was engaged 
in special newspaper work at Ithaca, New York, until June, 
1923, when he came to Altoona to accept his present position 
with the Tribune Publishing Company.  Mr. Arter married 
Georgia Ord Mears, of San Francisco, California, daughter of 
Richard and Georgiana (Ord) Mears and a grand niece of Major 
General Ord, who served on Grant's staff during the Civil 
War.  Mr. and Mrs. Arter are the parents of one son, 
Theodore III.  Mr. Arter is a member of the Columbia 
University Club, of New York, Rotary Club, Blairmont Country 
Club, Lockhaven Country Club, Delta Tau Delta fraternity, 
American Legion, and Forty-and-Eight Club.  His Legion 
affiliation is with Aviator's Post, No. 743, of New York 
City.  He now holds the commission of lieutenant-colonel in 
the Officers' Reserve Corps.

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