BIO: Edwin S. GASTER, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dave Wilson Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************************** __________________________________________________________ McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 73. __________________________________________________________ EDWIN S. GASTER Mount Union, Pa. Cashier of First National Bank: The success of this financial institution has been brought about by one whose knowledge of financial affairs is interwoven with the life of the community, and mention is made of the one who has been instrumental in its growth, namely, its cashier, Edwin S. Gaster, more familiarly known as "Ed." He was born in Clay township, Huntingdon County, Pa., February 10, 1894. He is a son of Samuel S. and Maggie (Shore) Gaster. They reside in Cromwell township, Huntingdon County, Pa.; are farmers. Edwin S. Gaster received education in the schools of Clay township and later on at Rockhill Normal School. Teaching school was his next venture and we find him in Clay township, instilling knowledge to the younger generation. For two years he taught school. In 1912 and 1913 at Meadow Green, in Shore Valley, and in 1913 and 1914 at Laurel Grove, near Three Springs, Pa. For two years he was teller at the Orbisonia National Bank; also for a period of time he was teller in the Central National Bank at Mount Union, Pa. Later on he was cashier at the Broad Top National Bank, at Six Mile Run, Bedford Co., Pa. On February 21, 1921, he was called to the First National Bank of Mount Union, Pa., and has since that time been the master mind in putting this institution on a firm basis. He ahs served on the election board. He was married to Mary Hooper, of Rock Hill, Huntingdon County, Pa. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, No. 688, Mount Union, Pa.; Harrisburg Consistory; a Shriner, Jaffa Temple, Altoona, Pa.; Mount Union Club, on the Board of Governors. He has four brothers: George, Newton, and Sheldon, of Marcus Hook, Pa.; Floyd W. is a Senior at the Orbisonia high school; one sister, Orval, teaching in grade school at Mount Union, Pa. Edwin Gaster has made rapid progress in this his chosen profession.