1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL 471Mrs. Frank B. Hayne, one spread on the minutes of our ChapterBooks, and a copy sent to THE SCROLL, the official organ of theFraternity for publication.JOHN B. DICKS, Reporter.•AARON ELLSWORTH PRICE, OHIO, '88After a long illness. Attorney Aaron E. Price passed away rathersuddenly at 9 o'clock last evening, at his home. No. 23 ElmwoodPlace. Death was due to an ailment not common in this climate, andknown as progressive pernicious anemia—a disease not well understood,and invariably fatal.Aaron Ellsworth Price was born on a farm near Logan, Hockingcounty, December 10, 1861. He attended the district schools of thatcommunity, and remained on the farm with his father until he was 19years of age. In the fall of 1880 he entered the Ohio Universityfrom which he was graduated in June, 1888, having taught severalterms of school in the meantime. He completed both the classicaland the seven year pedagogical courses.In the fall of the same year in which he graduated, he went toGeorgetown, Ohio, as superintendent of schools, and remained in thatposition for two years. While there, on June 25, 1889, he was marriedto Miss Anna Klostermeier, of Marietta.Deciding not to continue teaching, he went to Logan and studiedlaw in the office of Judge Samuel H. Bright. Later he moved toAthens and on March 3, 1892, was admitted to the bar. He commencedpracticing law in Nelsonville, the same year, and continuedthere four years.He served two terms in the Ohio legislature, being a member of thehouse of representatives from 1900 to 1903 inclusive. He was chairmanof the judiciary committee, and a member of both the committeeon Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, and the committee on Institution forFeeble Minded Youth. During his second term, he served on themunicipal committee.Deceased is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Hannah Price, 85, ofLogan, four sisters and two brothers. He leaves a wife, daughter,Louise, now teaching at Newcomerstown, O., and two sons John andSumner.—Athens, (Ohio) Morning Tribune, October 17, 1912.*ROBERT CARTER REED, OHIO STATE, '98Robert C. Reed was a native of Portsmoiith, Virginia, from whichplace he entered Ohio State University in the fall of 1894. He wasinitiated into the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity by the Ohio Zeta chapteron September 25, 1897. While at the university he specializedalong lines of electrical engineering and for twelve years after receivinghis degree was connected with the electrical phase of the steel