Milestones, Oct. 19, 1936

Divorced, Ted Healy, 40, film comedian; by Mrs. Betty Hickman Healy, 21, with whom he eloped last May; in Los Angeles. Grounds: cruelty, his refusal "to let my mother come to my house."

Awarded. To Dr. George Morris Dorrance, famed Philadelphia facial surgeon and board chairman of Campbell Soup Co.: the Poor Richard medal of achievement; in Philadelphia.

Appointed. President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University, Harvard Professor Clarence Henry Haring, President John Lenord Merrill of All America Cables, National Grand Councilor Francis P. Matthews of the Knights of Columbus, President Thomas John Watson...

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