Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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EXCERPTS FROM WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA Edited By CECIL WHITE TED RAGSDALE ARMSTRONG. FLORENCE, musician; b. 1005. Vienna, Austria. Educated at Bessie Conservatoire. Leader in new musical school whose chief characteristic is abolishment of Cresendo. Composer of The Vacant Henhouse”, To a Goldfish”, and others. Address: Montpelier, Vermont. ARMSTRONG FRANCES. (Mrs. Verco Brinley) Art critic, writer. b. In Virginia, 1906. Society Editor, Evening News, Benton. Illinois. Contributor of poems, stories, and critiques to art and literary magazines since 1929. Author: Sculpture of Le-land Fletcher. Home: Lewis-burg, West Virginia. BENTLEY, MARGARET, operatic soprano, b. Winchester, Virginia, 1905. Went to Paris, studied voice under Ashbaugh. Debut in title role of Louise at Opera Comique, Paris. Since has appeared each season with Chicago Grand Opera Company. Gained recognition for impersonation of such characters as Marguerite and Melisande. Address Chicago Opera Association. Chicago, Illinois. BIGGS, WALTER. College professor. b. Louisville, Kentucky, 1904. A. B. Indiana University. A. M., Ph. D., LLD., University of Frankfort Heights. Married Edna Darnell, Niagara Falls. President of Notre Dame. Address: 28 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. BOCZKIEWICZ, T H O M A S . Clergyman, b. Cairo, Illinois, 1905. ; A. B. Thompsonville Seminary (D.D. 1927) ; Married Oma Ruffing of Emporia, Kansas. Right Reverend Pastor of Christian Church of Benton, Illinois. Address 403 S. Main Street. BROWNING, EMMETT. Telephone official, b. Black Fiber Falls, Wisconsin. Married Gertrude Cremeans of Chicago, Illinois. General Manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company, president 1942. Clubs, Chicago Yacht, Industrial; Home: 212 W. Washington St.. Chicago, Illinois. BROWNING. JOHN. Lawyer, banker, b. Wells River. Vermont. A. B. Harvard, LL. B. Northwestern U. Law School; Cowboy and teamster until 1943, entered law firm of Browning and Eubanks 1947; Democratic candidate for Mayor of Chicago. Home: Amherst, Wisconsin. Established reputation over Three-wit-Stalcup divorce case. BURKHART, ELLEN, pianist, composer, b. Denver, Colorado, 1905. Moved to Los Angeles 1907; studied piano with Leopold Godowsky, Berlin, Germany. Gave concert of her compositions at New York, Feb. 31, 1927. Composer of piano, string, and orchestra pieces. Home: 2850 Leeward Ave., Los Angeles, California. BURKS, RUTH. Household economist. b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1906. Graduate of Drexel Institute Philadelphia. Editor of Home Department of Ladies Home Journal. Author: Laundering, How to make Chicken Pie out of Pork Chops. Address: Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. CLEM, GRACE. Playwright, b. St. Louis, Mo. A. B. Vassal . 1904. Course in stage craft, Little Theater, Art Institute of Chicago. Has specialized since 1906 in story telling and dramatizing them. Author: Moon- babies. Address: 205 Black- stone Ave., Chicago, 111. DILLON, NELLIE. Portrait painter, b. Baltimore, 1904. Pursued art studies at Royal Academy. Vienna. Has paint-

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WHO’S WHO In America Vol. IX 1949 - 1950 Edited by Cecil White and Tedrow Ragsdale Chicago: White, Ragsdale Company 26

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EXCERPTS FROM (Continued) ed portraits of Mme. Ashbaughe of Paris, Mrs. Edna Darnell Biggs. Studio: 1353 Mountgreen Ave., Baltimore, Md. EWING, LILLIAN. Journalist, b. Madison, Wisconsin, 1904. Married Vallie Whittington, Editor. St. Paul (Minn.) Times. On staff of Thompsonville Daily Gazette. Author: Cigarettes, the Stain on a Nation. Home: Cambridge, Mass. FLETCHER, LELAND. Sculptor, b. Victory, N. Y., 1904. Studied Ecole des Beau Arts gold medal Philadelphia Exposition. Married Gertrude Cremeans of Troy, N. Y. Author: The Future of American Sculpture. Studio: 2001 H. Street, Washington, D. C. GAMMON, CHESTER. Geologist. b. Salem, Michigan, 1903. A. B. Kalamazoo College. Married Freda Hungate of St. Louis, Mo. Field assistant to the Vin-igar Hill earthquake, member of Geological Society of London. Author: Geology of Coal Belt of S. Illinois. Address: Columbia, S. C. HALL, WILLARD S. Physician, b. Lithuania, Russia, 1902. M. D. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Married Florence Kell of Aberdeen, Mississippi; died 1932, 2nd wife, Marie Mo-nen of Watkins, N. Y. Lectured throughout U. S. Author: The food-value of potato peelings. Office 126 Broadway, Willinette, 111. HARRIS, KENT. Chemist, b. Altamont, 111., 1903. B. S. U. of Illinois. Chemist in P. and G. Soap Factory- Married Mary Ketteman. Chemist in Ordnance Dept, of U. S. Army. Food and drug chemist Buffalo Laboratory. Home: 212 Crescent Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. HART, HASKELL. Rear Admiral U. S. Navy. b. Watertown, N. Y., 28 1903. Appointed to U. S. Naval Academy from N. Y. Unmarried. Active service on board steamer Utah. Torpedo duty. Retired rear-admiral. Home: Galesville, Wis. HAYES, ANSEL. Diplomat, b. Hongkong, China, 1904. A. B. Cornell U. Married Isabelle Monen. Acting commissioner foreign affairs to Kirin. Minister to Great Britain, 1930. Delegate to World Conference at London, 1941. Address: 1419 N. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa. JACKSON, CHARLES. Editor, b. Cincinnati, 1904. A. B. and A. M. at Yale, also studied at Berlin and Paris. Married Lillian Louis of Elmwood, III. Admitted to bar 1926. Purchased controlling interest in Thompsonville Daily Gazette. Delegate at large to Republican National Convention 1940. Home, 4734 Wall Street, Thompsonville, 111. JONES, JENNIE MAUDE. Cartoonist. b. Athens, Alabama, 1904. Studied art at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Illustrator for 3 years. Cartoonist Benton Evening News. Studio: 406 W. 13th St., Appleton, N. H. JONES, MADGE. Actress, b. New York, 1905. Convent education. Debut in “The Old Fellow” New York. Appeared in leading parts in “The Turtle”, “Just to Get Married”, “What’s What” and “Midnight”. Home: 5370 Pershing Ave., St. Louis, Mo. JONES, PAUL, Judge, b. Preston, Georgia, 1905. Graduated from law department of Cumberland U. Admitted to bar and practised at Athens. Trustee of University of Alabama. Justice Supreme Court of Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama. KIM MEL, LYMAN. Evangelist b; Sar.usle’ Pa- 1904- Student at Northwestern U. (D. D. Westminister College) Member of po-