1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA October, 1930This is the second charter memberof Pennsylvania Zeta who has passedto the Chapter Grand during thepresent year. Dr. Charles S. Potts,who died on February 16, was a closefriend of Dr. Strouse. Together theyhelped in the organization of the chapterof Pennsylvania Zeta in the early'80's. Both graduated in 1885 and intheir special lines of medical study andpractice each was recognized as anauthority. Dr. Potts had become aprofessor of neurology in the GraduateSchool of Medicine at the time of hisdeath. Thus Pennsylvania Zeta haslost two of its very prominent alumni.Dr. Strouse was a member of theAmerican Medical Association, a fellowof the College of Physicians, amember of the American Academy ofOphthalmology, American Academyof Opolaryngology, and the PhiladelphiaLaryngological Society. Hewas a Mason and for forty years hadbeen a Medical Examiner in Philadelphiafor the Northwestern MutualLife Insurance Company, holding theposition of Chief of the Medical Stafffor the past eight years. He is survivedonly by his widow.CLAUDE M. MARRIOTT, Syracuse, '01• • •/. P. Grethen, Ohio, '17John P. Gretchen, Ohio, '17, alwaysknown as Jack, died at Hialeah,Florida, on Sunday, June 29, from anheart attack. At the time of his deathJack was mayor of the city which hehelped to incorporate, having held thatoffice since 1925. He was vice-presidentand general manager of thePeninsular Iron and Steel Corporationwhich he founded and was also vicepresidentand director of the GreaterMiami Manufacturers Association.Jack was forty years old at the timeof his death and was very active inall Masonic bodies, the AmericanLegion, and the Officers' ReserveCorps. Born in Alsace-Lorraine, hecame to U.S.A. at three years of ageand settled at Cohoes, New York. He[ 54]had an ambition to secure a high schooland university education, so he enteredthe Ohio University preparatoryschool about 1911, graduating fromthe College of Electrical Engineering,Ohio University, with high honors, inJune, 1917. He was a member of OhioGamma, serving as its president. Hewas most popular on the campus andabout the town of Athens, taking activepart in all school activities. Heplayed on the Ohio University footballteam for three years, making his letterin that sport.Soon after graduation he enlistedin the Aviation Corps and served as apilot during the entire war. He wasmarried to Miss Ruth E. Craddock ofAnniston, Alabama, on June 20, 1922,moving to Miami at that time. Laterhe moved to Hialeah where he hasbeen active ever since in civic and fraternalcircles. He was most active inbuilding up Hialeah as an industrialcommunity.It was largely due to the efforts ofBrother Grethen that the Phis residentin Miami and vicinity were broughttogether and the Miami alumni clubmade into a vigorous effective organization.During the days when PhiDelts swarmed into the city of Miamito pick up gold from the streets,Brother Grethen was never too busyto try to help a visiting Phi or offeradvice and encouragement to somenewly arrived brother.He is survived by his wife and twochildren. Jack, Jr., and Nancy Patricia,of Hialeah, besides his mother, sisterand three brothers in New York.Officials of Hialeah and nearbycities acted as pallbearers for hisfuneral which took place in Hialeahon July 1.GROSVENOR S. MCKEE, Ohio, '16• • •Edmond Allison Crockett, ColoradoCollege, '22A beautiful life which expressed itselfin a gentle but sturdy manhoodwas translated suddenly from earthly