Milestones, Jan. 4, 1932

Engaged. Joan Bennett, 20, film actress; and Gene Markey, 36, scenarist and writer.

Married. Alicia Patterson, aviatrix daughter of Publisher Joseph Medill Patterson, divorced wife of James Simpson Jr.; and Joseph W. Brooks, broker, aviator, onetime (1909-10-11) All-American footballer (Colgate); in Manhattan.

Elected. John William Davis, onetime Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, 1924 Democratic Presidential candidate: to the vestry of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. John in Lattingtown. L. I. Senior warden: John Pierpont Morgan.

Retiring. Dr. Harvey Gushing, famed surgeon and...

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