Milestones, Oct. 22, 1945

Married. Captain Roger C. Williams, 29, son of Satevepost novelist Ben Ames Williams; and Jean Gannett, 21, daughter of Maine publisher Guy P. Gannett; in Cape Elizabeth, Me.

Divorced. John Ringling North, 42, former president of Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus; by beauteous French Cinemactress Germaine Aussey Agassiz North, 35; after five years of marriage, three of separation; in Sarasota, Fla. Grounds: extreme cruelty. Example: soon after they were married, he left her to hunt for a mate for his lonely gorilla, Gargantua.

Died. Faustin E. Wirkus, 49, Marine Corps non-com who became,...

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