Wife:
Elizabeth (Betty) - married on 14 Feb 1927, Los Angeles, CA
No siblings
Graduated from Bloomingdale High School in 1917 (Bloomingdale, Michigan)
Became the sports editor of the Richmond Times Dispatch (VA) at age 30. Began as sports editor of the Washington Post at age 33 in Dec. 1934. Along with a partner, he founded the Arlington (VA) Sun in 1936, a newspaper still existing today, & he then became City Editor of the Washington Star, but left in 1941 to help found the Chicago Sun, where he was News Editor, 1941-1948. He was Managing Editor of the Beaumont (TX) Journal, 1948-1951. He returned to Chicago, IL & became Assistant Managing Editor of the Sun-Times, a position from which he retired in 1963.
"Paul W. Ferris and Miss Gillette Wed in Church Ceremony ~ A recent marriage of interest here was celebrated a the Wilshire Boulevard Christian church, in Los Angeles on St. Valentine's day when Paul W. Ferris, telegraph editor of the Bulletin, claimed as his bride Miss Elizabeth Gillette, a talented Los Angeles girl and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Gillett of Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The Rev. William Ross Lloyd of Salt Lake City, a close friend of the bride's family, read the ceremony at 11 o'clock in the morning in the presence of relatives of the two families. Among those who witnessed the ceremony were Mr. Ferris' mother, Mrs. Lillian W. Ferris, recently of Chicago and now of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Fred B. Gillett, mother of the bride. The bride was charming in a smart frock of pink georgette over a pink slip of a darker shade and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses. She is a student of the Major dramatic school in Los Angeles and was recently a member of the cast of "The Son-Daughter" at the Belasco theatre. She attended the Latter Day Saints University in Utah. Mr. Ferris, who joined the Bulletin staff last Saturday, attended Stanford and Northwestern Universities. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris are now residing at the Avis hotel here."
(source: "Pomona Bulletin", Calif., Feb 1927)
"Paul W. Ferris Feted by Fellow Workers ~ Paul W. Ferris, night sports editor of the Evening Post, was the guest of honor at a dinner given by his fellow members of the sport's staff at La Salsa's Restaurant in Kenmore street last night. Mr. Ferris severs his connection with this paper this week to take up similar duties in California. Paul Neumann, sports editor, as toastmaster, presented Mr. Ferris with a sterling silver fountain pen and pencil, the gift of Mr. Ferris's colleagues. Those present in addition to Messrs. Ferris and Neumann included R.E. Renaud, James Kevin McGuinness, Walter Trumbull, Robert L. Ripley, Ernest Ward, John C. Kofoed, Frank Wallace, Herbert S. Allen, Hugh Bradley, Robert Harron, William Morris, Timothy Byrne, Nicholas Radford, H.F. Mahoney, Ike Gellis, Leonard Cohen, Jesse Woodside, Samuel MacLerie, Harry Ober, James B. Snodgrass and W. Homer Thorne."
(source: "New York Post", Dec 1926)
Had a passion for current affairs, reading, and genealogy; he enjoyed these into his 90s.
Wife:
Elizabeth (Betty) - married on 14 Feb 1927, Los Angeles, CA
No siblings
Graduated from Bloomingdale High School in 1917 (Bloomingdale, Michigan)
Became the sports editor of the Richmond Times Dispatch (VA) at age 30. Began as sports editor of the Washington Post at age 33 in Dec. 1934. Along with a partner, he founded the Arlington (VA) Sun in 1936, a newspaper still existing today, & he then became City Editor of the Washington Star, but left in 1941 to help found the Chicago Sun, where he was News Editor, 1941-1948. He was Managing Editor of the Beaumont (TX) Journal, 1948-1951. He returned to Chicago, IL & became Assistant Managing Editor of the Sun-Times, a position from which he retired in 1963.
"Paul W. Ferris and Miss Gillette Wed in Church Ceremony ~ A recent marriage of interest here was celebrated a the Wilshire Boulevard Christian church, in Los Angeles on St. Valentine's day when Paul W. Ferris, telegraph editor of the Bulletin, claimed as his bride Miss Elizabeth Gillette, a talented Los Angeles girl and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Gillett of Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The Rev. William Ross Lloyd of Salt Lake City, a close friend of the bride's family, read the ceremony at 11 o'clock in the morning in the presence of relatives of the two families. Among those who witnessed the ceremony were Mr. Ferris' mother, Mrs. Lillian W. Ferris, recently of Chicago and now of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Fred B. Gillett, mother of the bride. The bride was charming in a smart frock of pink georgette over a pink slip of a darker shade and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses. She is a student of the Major dramatic school in Los Angeles and was recently a member of the cast of "The Son-Daughter" at the Belasco theatre. She attended the Latter Day Saints University in Utah. Mr. Ferris, who joined the Bulletin staff last Saturday, attended Stanford and Northwestern Universities. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris are now residing at the Avis hotel here."
(source: "Pomona Bulletin", Calif., Feb 1927)
"Paul W. Ferris Feted by Fellow Workers ~ Paul W. Ferris, night sports editor of the Evening Post, was the guest of honor at a dinner given by his fellow members of the sport's staff at La Salsa's Restaurant in Kenmore street last night. Mr. Ferris severs his connection with this paper this week to take up similar duties in California. Paul Neumann, sports editor, as toastmaster, presented Mr. Ferris with a sterling silver fountain pen and pencil, the gift of Mr. Ferris's colleagues. Those present in addition to Messrs. Ferris and Neumann included R.E. Renaud, James Kevin McGuinness, Walter Trumbull, Robert L. Ripley, Ernest Ward, John C. Kofoed, Frank Wallace, Herbert S. Allen, Hugh Bradley, Robert Harron, William Morris, Timothy Byrne, Nicholas Radford, H.F. Mahoney, Ike Gellis, Leonard Cohen, Jesse Woodside, Samuel MacLerie, Harry Ober, James B. Snodgrass and W. Homer Thorne."
(source: "New York Post", Dec 1926)
Had a passion for current affairs, reading, and genealogy; he enjoyed these into his 90s.
