Robert Sackett Bates and Margaret Herr

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Husband Robert Sackett Bates ¹

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           Born: 19 Jul 1910 1
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         Father: Walter Irving Bates (1873-1934) 1 2
         Mother: Marion Sackett (1879-Aft 1943) 1

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       Marriage: 25 Nov 1933 3

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Wife Margaret Herr ³

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           Born:  - Ben Avon, PA
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         Father: Walter G. Herr (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Alma Brown (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Susan H. Bates ³

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           Born: 8 Sep 1935 3
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2 M Robert Sackett Bates, Jr. ³

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           Born: 23 Jul 1938 3
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3 F Rebecca Thayer Bates ³

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           Born: 9 Dec 1940 3
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General Notes: Husband - Robert Sackett Bates

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He attended Meadville schools, was graduated from high school here in 1927, and in 1931 took the degree of Bachelor of Science from Allegheny College. In the fall of that year he returned from a brief pleasure trip to Europe, and began his newspaper career in association with his father in the Tribune Publishing Company, of Meadville. Starting as a reporter, he learned the different aspects of the business, and in 1934 was made editor of the "Tribune Republican" and the "Evening Republican," succeeding his father in that capacity. A little later he became secretary-treasurer and a director of the publishing company, continuing this official position along with his editorship. Mr. Bates was also a director of the Merchants' National Bank & Trust Company, of Meadville; president of the Crawford County Historical Society; and secretary of the Meadville Library, Art and Historical Association.
In 1938 Mr. Bates was general chairman of the Meadville Sesquicentennial Celebration Commission. He also served effectively as a member of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies. He was secretary of the board of directors of the Meadville Young Men's Christian Association; vice-president of the Meadville Civic Music Association; and secretary of the Pennsylvania College of Music. He was a member of the Associated Press, the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association, and the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity. He was treasurer of the Meadville Infantile Paralysis Commission and one of the incorporators of Meadville Cemetery, as well as a member of the Meadville Literary Union, the Lions Club, the Iroquois Boat and Fishing Club, the Meadville Country Club, Meadville Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Meadville Round Table Club (in which he was also an executive committeeman). He was a Republican in politics, a trustee of the First Baptist Church, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a past director of the chamber, as well as a State Republican committeeman. In his spare time Mr. Bates enjoyed fishing.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 5.

2 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 713.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 6.