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DcGolyer to George Crews McGhee, '33, whichtook place Thanksgiving Day in Dallas, Texas .Mrs. McGhee, who was a member of KappaAlpha Theta sorority, studied at KimberleySchool, Smith College and the University ofTexas . After graduation from the University ofOklahoma, Mr . McGhee attended Queen's College,Oxford, England, as a Rhodes scholar, andspent a year at the Royal College of Science inLondon . At the University lie was affiliatedwith Sigma Alpha F.psilon fraternity . They rcsidein Dallas, whc-rc he is an executive of theCFcophysical Research Corporation .WILLIAMS-YATES : Miss Genevirve Williams,'36ex, and Richard Van Ness Yates, '33(,x, weremarried October 14 in Bartlesville . She was amember of Delta Delta Delta sorority and liewas a member of Beta Theta Phi fraternity at theUniversity . They live in IZusscll, where he isemployed by the Kaw Pipeline Company .WEY-MADDOX : Miss Katherine Wey, '34,and Gaiser Maddox, '33cng, were married December6 in Cristobal, Panama . Mrs . Maddoxformerly taught in the schools of Vernon, Texas.They are living in Maracaibo, Venezuela, whereMr . Maddox is employed by an oil company .BAKER-BILYEU : Miss Ruby Baker and A . N.Bilycu, 33cng, were married in December atDewcy . They live in Tulsa ...1934After a three-year illness with heart disease,J Frank Pottorff, '34(,x, who retired two yearsago from his position as principal of WcbsterJunior High School in Oklahoma City, died athis home late in December . He had been activein the state school system for twenty-fiveyears . In Okluliotna City, he had served asprincipal of Shields Heights, Columbus, Westwood,Emerson and Wcbster Junior High schools .Survivors arc his wife, a son and a daughter,three sisters and two brothers .The Christmas message of Pinky Tomlin,'34ex, and Mrs . Tomlin (Joanne Alcorn, '35ex),carried an announcement in verse of the birthof a daughter . From the Tomlin home inHollywood, where the former Sooner studenthas made a success as song writer, singer andactor, came this verse :"The stork pinch-hit for Santa this year,"And brought seven pounds of Christmas Cheer ."Little Sylvia joins us in a special meeting"To scud you this Yuletide greeting ."Hillord Hinson, '34geol, is a geologist for theIlarrison Oil Company in Houston, Texas .Mildred Bickford, '3-lex, has announced thatshe intends to make her home in Havana, Cuba,permanently . She is supervising a model kindergartenthere .I-IAIWIS-PAT' FIZSON : Miss Dorothy Harrisand Sidney 1, Patterson, '346us, were marriedDecember 17 . They live in Pampa, Texas, wherehe is manager of the radio station KPDN .HOTFMAN-WATTERS : Miss Grace MarieHoffman and Harold J . Wattcrs, '34ex, weremarried November 12 in Sulphur . She was amember of Pi Beta Phi sorority . They live inPerry .FITTS-WALKER : Miss Sue Turner Fitts,'34ex, and Tom Earl Walker, Jr . . were marriedJanuary 1 in Muskogee . Mrs . Walker, a memberof Pi Beta Phi sorority, has resided in Dallasfor several years .1935Accepting an appointment by the county commissioners,Floyd L . Croxton, '351aw, assumedthe duties of county judge of Alfalfa CountyJanuary 2 .John T. Fishburn, '35, has been appointed toa position in the State Department at Washington,D . C . During the past year he has helda fellowship and teaching position at the FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy in Boston, Massachusetts.Hardie Miller, '35ex, formerly of Norman,lives now in Denver, Colorado, where he isspecial agent for the Rocky Mountain divisionof the Phoenix Insurance Company.Bob Dunlap, '35, former quarterback at theUniversity, who has played professional footballwith the Chicago Bears and the New YorkGiants, spoke in November at a luncheon meetingof the Chicago Kiwanis Club .G . W . Van Wie, '35, has resigned as businessmanager of the Clinton Daily News in order tobecome publisher of the Consolidated CusterCounty Chronicle and Custer County 'PitiesTribune . Van Wic has work(,(] on the AnadarkoDaily News, the Anadarko American Democratand the Chickasha Star before becoming advertisingmanager of the Clinton Daily News in1938 .CLINTON-WESTMORF'LAND : Miss Ruby.June Clinton and Pat Westmoreland, '35ex, weremarried early in November . Site attended SouthwesternState Teachers College . They live inAntlers, where he is employed in the highwaydivision office .COBB-HOLBIZOOK : Miss Lois Cobb, '35, andJack Holbrook were married Thanksgiving day .He attended Oklahoma A . and M . College . Theylive in McAlester, where both arc employed ontlic McAlester News-Capital .VINCI!NT-HUSKY : Miss Ellen Mae Vincentand S . T . Husky, '35eng, were married in Deccmberin Jet . She attended Oklahoma A andM . College at Stillwater. They live in Alva,where he is employed by the Zenith Gas Company.BARNES-MULVEY : Miss Marguerite Barnesand Martin Bulvey, '35ex, were married in Novetttber. They live one and one-half miles southof Yukon .WRIGHT-GRAY : Miss Lurline Wright andHarold Gray, '35, were married December 17 .She attended business college in Wichita, Kansas.They are both employed by the Oklahoma UtilitiesCompany in Bristow .WOOD-PRALLE : Miss Felice Wood, '35, andFred J . Pralle were married December 24 . Shewas a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.He attended the University of Kansas, where hewas a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.He is associated with the Phillips PetroleumCompany in Bartlesville where they reside .SIEG-DOBBINS : Miss Pauline Sieg, '35ex, andLionel R . Dobbins were married in December.They live in Okemah, where he has the agencyfor a farm implement company.VON GULKER-ENIX : Miss Kathryn vanGulker, 35ed, and Cecil 1 . . Enix were marriedin December . They live in Henncsscy, wherelie is in business . Mr. Enix was graduated fromCapitol College of Pharmacy in Denver .193611 . C . Powell, '36(,x, former superintendent ofschools at Randlett, is now instructor in scienceat Chickasha Junior High School .Earle E. Garrison, '36bus, and Mrs . Garrison(Mary Tappan, '34, '35ma), arc the parents ofa son, David Merle, born in December . Theylive in Corpus Christi, Texas.L . Kiel: Woodliff, '36, '371aw, and Mrs .Woodliff, of Norman, have a son, Kirk Lance,born in December at St. Anthony's Hospital inOklahoma City .WARD-WHORTON : Miss Hazel Ward, '36,anti Melvin Whorton were married in Watongain December. Mr . Whorton, who was graduatedfrom Oklahoma A . and M. College, is aninstructor in the Brinkman school system .HUMS-BLACK : Miss Betty Verne Hume,'36h .ec, and Dr. John R. Black were marriedDecember 26 in Anadarko. Mrs . Black was amember of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, OmicronNu, Mortar Board and Phi Beta Kappa . Shewas president of the governing board of theWomen's Self Government Association and wonthe Letzeiser medal and Dad's Day cup . Blackattended Regina College, the University of Albertaand McGill University . He received hismaster of science degree from the University ofMinnesota. They will live in Rochester, Minnesota,where he is first assistant in orthopedicsurgery at the Mayo Clinic . For the past yearMrs . Black has been assistant dietitian at theCity Hospital, Akron, Ohio.not if you've missedbrciring's -Poort,a r