Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30

nee, ana Mrs. Dewey pictured
from Dick Frame Qeft), presid
were presented on behalf of tn
in any part of my estate, income
and/or principal" Mrs Arnold
would not inherit under the cur
rent will
Mrs. Patterson's ultimate inten-
ton to leave the Times-Herald to
some of its executives was first ex-
pressed IN an August, 1914, will.
The Times-Herald, which Mrs.
Patterson had bought as two sepa-
rate newspapers in 1899, was men,
toned for the first time in her
December, 1912, will when she left
specific instructions for selling the
paper.
She proposed that it be offered
for sale at fair price first to her
brother, Capt. Patterson; then to
her niece, Mrs. Alicia Patterson
Guggenheim, and then to her cous-
Il in, Col Robert r. Mccormick, pub
Usher of The Chicago Tribune. II
none of them wanted to buy, within
two years. she provided. her trustees
were instructed. to sell the paper
| elsewhere.
Split Newspaper.
| The next will bequeathed the paper
to her brother and a year later,
in August, 1914, she provided for a
four-Way division of part of the
papers income and ultimately the
paper itself to its executives.
Named as benehciaries were
Frank c. Waldrop, now editor, who
was to get 81 per cent; William c.
Shelton, business manager. Is per
cent; Howard R. Weaver, then ad-
vertising director, IL per cent, and
&c. A. Corcoran, circulation man
lager, II per cent.
There were several provisos, how
ever. Her brother was to serve as
trustee for year, during which he
could decide how much income to
distribute and how much to put
back in the paper. He also was
empowered to fire the executives
named in the will for the best in
terests Of the business" and to re-
place them with others.
OF the four named in that will,
two-Mr. Waldrop and Mr.. Shelton
we're named in the current will
along with five other Times-Herald
executives to inherit the newspaper.
Requests to Mrs. Gizycka.
Here is how Mrs Gizycka Jared
in the wills filed yesterday:
January II, 1924-Described as
my beloved daughter" Mrs.
Gizycka was her mothers sole heir,
except for the bequest of family
heirloom to a niece.
May 4. 1933-Except for some cash
and real estate requests to friends
ana relatives, Mrs. Patterson left
her daughter all other real estate
and the bulk of her estate under
trust fund, giving Mrs Gizycka
an income of between 5000 and
100000 annually until she was 30;
between $4,000 and half of the net
income of the entire trust until
she was 40 and then the entire net
income. It was further provided
that, if the trust which gave her the
income ended before Mrs. Gizycka's
death, she was to get the princi-
pal.
September %, 1934Same ar
arrangements were made for Mrs.
GiZycka.
October 3, 1934-Changes were
made in the wording of the trust
powers, but none of the legacies
were affected, including Mrs.
GiZycka's.
Property Division Changed.
December 81, 1942-Mrs. Gizycka
lost out on piece of real estate,
when Dover House" at Upper
Marlboro was bequeathed to Rhoda
Christmas of The Times Herald.
Mrs. Gizycka specifically was. willed
the Port Washington property and
the Dupont Circle home. She was
to get the net income from the
rest of the .estate-lncluding The
Chicago Tribune-New York News
Syndicate trust-for her lifetime
and part of the principal, if she
needed it.
August %, 1943-In addition to
real estate and personal property,
Mrs. Gizycka was willed a $25 900
annual income with the possibility
of tapping some of the principal
from which the income was drawn,
if the trustees thought she needed
it.
August 81, 1944-Mrs. Gizycka
was willed the Port Washington
estate and property in North Da-
kota, in addition to personal prop
| erty, but was not to receive the
Dupont Circle home. The provis-
ion for $4,000 annual income was
continued, but no mention was
made Of receiving any of the prin-
cipal to supplement her income.
The current will contains the same
requests for her.
Bequest Little Changed.
The codicils dated February IL,
1884, and October, 10, 1914, made
no specific changes in Mrs. Gizyc-
ka's requests. The earlier one
changed executors, and the later
one provided for eight individual
lbequests to Mrs. Patterson's en-
lployes and for the continuation Of
payments to persons who had been
receiving regular help from Mrs.
Patterson. This provision for secret
beneficiaries was carried over in the
current will.
Two of the beneficiaries who were
left substantial requests in the
pending will first appeared in the
1914 will. They were Mrs. Ann
Bowie Smith, who was willed
Dover House" and $4,000, and
Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert, jr.,
who was to receive three Connecti-
cut avenue properties and Mrs. Pat
tersonss black pearl earrings and