Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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I C ' X SaiiforJ Fortner T eter 1871-192S Mr. Teter was born in Noblesville, Indiana, May 21, 1871, and died in Bloomington, Indiana, February 20, 1928. He was the son of Newton and Mrs. Susan (Atkins) Teter. He was graduated from the Noblesville High School in 1 889 and received the degree, Bachelor of Arts, from Indiana university in 1893. He was president of his graduating class in the University and was manager of the first football team, and later its captam. From his freshman days he was one of the leaders in the student body, and his high ideals made him a universal favorite. On April 24, 1895, Mr. Teter was married to Miss Nellie Gertrude Showers, daugh- tei of Mr. and Mrs. William N. Showers of Bloomington. In 1924 Mrs. Teter was elected trustee of Indiana university, the first woman to hold this honor. To Mr. and Mrs. Teter were born two children — Mary Louise (now Mrs. Clyde W. Hare) who giaduated from Indiana university in 1922, and William Showers Teter, a freshman m the University this year. Mr. Teter was sales manager for the Showers Brothers Furniture Company, and for the last twenty-four years was secretary-treasurer of that organization. Mr. Teter had an unusual capacity for friendship. He was enthusiastic in all his undertakings and his activities were wide and varied. He was the first president of the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the Rotary club, a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, the Masonic order and the First Methodist church. He was a loyal friend, an enthusiastic alumnus, and a de ' oted husband and father. It can be truthfully said of him that he met all the requirements of a good citizen in the widest and best meaning of that term.