Dates

• Majority of material found within 1900 - 1981

Extent

3 boxes Linear Feet (Gail Willard Pringle (March 6, 1897-July 5, 1981) married Ruth Foster Pringle (February 5, 1899-March 19, 1977) on June 27, 1925. They had two children – Robert G. Pringle and Margaret Pringle Harmon. They lived at 1004 First Street in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and in addition to being active in other civic organizations, Gail Pringle was a Freemason, past master of the Crawford Lodge #234 F. & A.M., and Ruth Pringle was a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Born in Tiona, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Gail Willard Pringle was the son of Robert A. Pringle (June 28, 1866-May 12, 1951) and his wife Sarah Francis McCalmont Pringle (June 15, 1866-December 19, 1951). He attended Rocky Grove High School. After serving in World War One, he graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1922. Gail Pringle was employed by Joy Manufacturing, and the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company from 1922-1939. From 1939 until he retired in 1962, he was employed by the Talon Division of Textron as a design engineer. Gail Pringle also taught engineer drafting at the Meadville Area Vocational-Technical School. Ruth Armstrong Foster was the daughter of George W. Foster (1876-1958) and Catherine A. Foster (1875-1951) and she was born in Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Franklin High School, she attended Indiana State Normal School (ISNS). In 1919, she graduated from the four-year teaching curriculum at ISNS in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and she was on the honor roll. Ruth Foster Pringle taught at the Rocky Grove elementary and high schools, and she later taught at the Third District Elementary School in Meadville from 1950 until she retired in 1964. This collection includes photographs, memorabilia, photographs, a school plant study project, and a scrapbook from Indiana State Normal School (1915-1919), and the wedding dress worn by Ruth Armstrong Foster when she married Gail Willard Pringle on June 27, 1925. This collection including Ruth Foster Pringle’s wedding dress was donated by their daughter Margaret Pringle Harmon and granddaughter Margaret Paige Harmon Salera in 2015.)

Language of Materials

English