1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

298 THE SCROLLIdaho—Delos E. Cornwall, '03, was married to Miss Mae Tagl of Chicago,111., at Chicago recently and will make their home at St. Maries, Idaho., wherehe is located ,in the capacity of chief division surgeon for the Chicago, Milwaukeeand Puget Sound Railway.Wisconsin—William H. Mann, '97, formerly advertising manager of Munsey'sMagazine, and who for the past year has been connected with Street RailwaysAdvertising Company, has resigned, and is now with the wholesale departmentof Marshall Field & Company, Chicago.Wisconsin—Robert P. Minton, *o6, who is with N. W. Halsey & Co.> Bankersof Chicago was married on November 14th, 1912 to Miss Helen Elizabeth Walldaughter of Mrs. Francis Wall of Chicago, III. Brother and Mrs. Minton areat home at 427 Wrightwood Ave., Chicago.Williams—William MacCredie, '12, and J. W. Rahill, '12, have recentlylocated in Chicago with the Library Bureau. Geo. D. Rahill, '13, formerly ofChicago is now living in Peoria, III., where he is associated with the NorthAmerican Timber Holding Co., of Chicago.Michigan—W. G. Moore, '05, until recently with Robert W. Hunt & Company,of Lawrence Pountney Hill, London, E. C, has now joined the BrazilRailway Company, 58 rue de la Victoire, Paris, France. A son, CharlesAtwell Moore, was born Thanksgiving Day, during a visit of Mrs. Moore ather former home, Sewickley, Pa.Mississippi—Robert N. Somerville, '07, was married November 20, 1912,at Chattanooga, Tenn., to Miss Annie Kirth Frazier, daughter of UnitedStates Senator, James B. Frazier of Tennessee. Brother Somerville and hisbride were in attendance at the Chicago convention, at which Mrs. Somervillewas a center of attraction as the convention bride.Kentucky State—Pitzer Dixon Black, '08, a prominent lawyer of Barbourville,Ky., was a candidate for presidential elector from the Eleventh Kentuckydistrict on the Republican ticket, but not being in sympathy with the actionof the party at the national convention, he resigned, and was nominated for thesame position at the State convention of the Progressive Party.Kentucky State—Melville Amasa Scovell, M.S., Ph.D., Director of the KentuckyAgricultural Experiment Station, and Dean of the College of Agricultureof Kentucky State University, died at his home in Lexington, Ky., 1912, ofrheumatism of the heart. Brother.Scovell was one of the foremost dairy cattleexperts of the world, and a very prominent figure in the domain of experimentalagriculture.Oregon—Brother Oleson, '12, has the distinction of being the first benedictof Oregon Alpha. On December 2, Charlie was united in marriage to MissMeta Mathies, Chi Omega, '13, at the home of the bride's parents in Portland."Olie" very kindly sent a generous sample of his wedding cake which theboys divided, some keeping their share for good omen while others put it to amore substantial use.Iowa Wesleyan—The one sad feature of the recent national convention wasthe. word received from Brother George M. Rommel, catalogue editor, of thedeath that week of his two year old boy. The sympathy of all at the conventionand indeed of Phis all over the country is extended to Brother Rommeland his wife in their particularly hard bereavement, coming as it did in themidst of the holiday season.Illinois—H. B. Kirkpatrick, '01, is the father of a baby boy, John GaylordKirkpatrick born October 23, 1912. Brother Kirkpatrick lives in Evanston,III. He is assistant sales engineer for the firm of H. Koppers Co., Chicago,Coke Oven constructors. Brother Kirkpatrick has spent two periods of two andone half years each in the Philippines where he had charge of irrigation workfor the Philippine Government.Mercer and Brown—Wilfred C. Lane, Rhode Island Alpha, '01, Georgia