Evening star., 1943-07-01
wills Of Mrs. HoiH
And {. Keller Houser
Benefit Charities

Educational, welfare ana chAr1.
table institutions are to be principal
beneficiaries under the terms Of two
wills, the petitions to which were
filed for probate In the Register o1
wills ONCE at District Court. -
One Of the wills is that Of Mrs
Margaret g. Hoitt, retired buyer
for s. Kann Sons Co.. who died here
June 8, leaving an estate consisting
of personal property valued at
$lls,350, according to the petition.
The other will Is that Of E. Keller
Houser, 50, who died here May 81,
leaving An estate valued at more
than $106,o00. including $s9, $40 in
personal property and real estate
valued ct more than $4,000.
Neither Mrs. Hoitt nor Mr.. Houser
left any heirs, according to the Pc
titions.
Catholic Institutions Named.
Under the terms Of Mrs. Hoitt,s
will, Catholic University here, st.
Charles College in Maryland and st.
Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, are to
be leading beneficisries, with the
three named to receive the residue
Of the estate in addition to specific
bequests. The will specifies that
the sums left those institutions are
to be used to educate students for
the priesthood.
Specific bequests to those three
institutions include $4,000 to Cath
olic University and $4,000 each to
the seminary and to st. Charles
College. Other large specific be-
quests include 5000 to the Catholic
Foreign Missionary Society Of
America, at Maryknoll, N. Y, and
S14,450, the sum received by Mrs.
Hoitt from the estate of her close
friend. the late Miss Mary A. Agnew,
according to the will. which is be-
queathed to the Visitation Monas-
terry, Baltimore. In addition, an
other specific bequest OF 5000 is
made to the monastery.
Other specific bequests made by
Mrs. Hoitt's will include 81 900 each
to the Home for the Aged, under
direction of the Little Sisters Of the
Poor, st. AIMS Infant Asylum, st.
Joeeph's Home and School and st.
Vincent's Home and School.
$4,000 for Catholic Home.
Mrs. Hoitt's will also makes spe-
cific bequests to the st. Vincent de
Paul Society Of st. Matthew's
Cathedral, to several members Of the
Catholic clergy and other Catholic
charity and welfare organizations,
several Of them in other cities. The
Catholic Home for Aged Ladies here
also is left $4,000.
The will names Miss Mary A.
Hannah, 1445 Massachusetts, avenue
NV: Miss Bertha McCann. 1102
Eighth street NV, and Michael M.
Doyle, attorney, as executors of the
estate. Mrs. Hoitt also willed Miss
Hannah and Miss McCann $1,000
each. Other friends are also left
sums. The petition was filed by Mr..
Doyle, Mrs. Hoitt's attorney.
Fund Left to Hospital.
Specific bequests by the terms of
Mr.. Houser's will included $2,5OO to
George Washington University Hos
pital. in memory Of his daughter,
Anna Victoria Houser: S2,500 to the
Children's Country Home and 81, 500
to the Little Sisters Of the Poor. It
further provided specific bequests of
$1,000 to each, the German Orphan
Asylum, the Salvation Army, the
Central Union Mission, Trinity
Lutheran Church and the Police
Boys Club. 1t also provided for a
bequest of $4,000 to the Florence
Crittenton Home. It established
also trust fund Of $4,000 for q
hospital at Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Mr.. Houser's will provided also