25 years, having moved there from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mrs. Cannon passed
away June
18,
1957. Five
weeks
mourning Oliver
and
four
loss
of
the
Cannon
Brother
days
passed
Miles
later,
his wife,
while
still
Brother
Miles
away.
Oliver
Cannon
was
a brother
of Past General President Raymond W . C a n n o n . Brother
Cannon
was
born
in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, the son of M a c k Oliver and B. C a n n o n ,
pioneer
residents of
the
was a graduate of the University of H e and his brother cist)
formed
operated
a
Raymond
neapolis
for
and
Brothers
many
owned
Pharmacy
years.
with gray eyes, and
He
Minnesota.
(then a pharma-
partnership,
Cannon
Mittie
state.
Miles
he could
and
in
was
Min-
a
blond
read, write
and
speak the Swedish language which was a
very
valuable business asset in Minneapolis which had a large Scandinavian
E P S I L O N DELTA BREAKS BREAD . . . Program
participants
chat
Glenn T. Nygreen, Brother Brothers John
\Jur
Buthea
during Oscar
Chapters
Installation
Richie, and Brother
Banquet. Barton
Left
Beatty.
to
right
Left
to
seated: right
The members of the new chapter were initiated in Akron on December 7, 1957. Brother Dr. Hatcher A. Day of Delta Alpha Lambda supervised the initiation ceremonies. The highlight of the initiation ceremonies was reached when Brother Elmer C. Collins, President of Delta Alpha Lambda, presented Jewel Brother George B. Kelley, who in turn, presided, at the pinning of the newly initiated Alpha men.
munity
in
Dean
one
L^napter
which
this
the
immediate
store
was
ex-
com-
located
prescription pharmacy, it
AHer
about
14
years
partnership;
Miles
fornia,
and
Raymond
career
after
While
in university activities would be emphasized. Most prominent among the participants in the installation program was the principal speaker, Brother W. Barton Beatty, Jr., Editor-in-Chief of the Sphinx. In his address, Brother Beatty told the new Alpha men that the greatest challenge facing them is to be "a stimulus and inspiration to other fraternities" through the continuing pursuit of scholarship. Among those present at the installation of the new chapter were members of the University faculty and administration, the President of the Inter-Fraternity Council, representatives of Kent State's sixteen national fraternities, and Alpha men and their ladies from Akron, Canton, and Cleveland.
population. W i t h the
resident,
was
received
patronage of doctors from all parts of the city.
standing:
1
Ulnderaraduate
KENT, OHIO—Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, is the home of Alpha's newest undergraduate chapter, Epsilon Delta. The new chapter was organized under the joint sponsorship of Alpha Tau of Akron University and Delta Alpha Lambda of Cleveland. Brother Oscar W. Ritchie, Vice President of the latter chapter and member of the Kent State faculty, and Brother Paul Winters of Alpha Tau were in direct charge of the organizational and probationary activities of the group.
of
all white. A
and Ed Williams.
d^aou
ception
and
firm
the
to
Cali-
a
legal
upon
his degree
at
dissolved
moved
embarked
receiving
a student
the
family
in
law.
University
of
Min-
nesota, Miles became President of M u
Chapter,
Alpha
engaged
Phi A l p h a .
Later,
after
being
in business, Miles became sire Archon of O m i cron Boule, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity in the Twin Cities,
and
Treasurer. of X i
after
He
Boule
that
became
served twice
its
National
as the Sir
Archon
n Los Angeles.
Upon his arrival in Los Angeles he entered the field of insurance, and became connected with the
Golden
pany, acting 4
State
being
in
Mutual
as District
years
with
Life
its South
Insurance C o m -
Los Angeles
Superintendent.
this
company
he
Branch,
After
about
resigned
this
post and t o o t a government
position which he
held until his d e a t h . A t the
time of his death
he was also the proprietor
of a large
catering
business with clientele principally in Hollywood, Beverly In
Hills
addition
gaged
and to
the
this,
San
in the real estate
Just
prior
Brother
to
his
Cannon
Fernando
Brother wife's
death
Oliver
en-
to
in
take
June, her
on
abroad.
Three of his four children Miles
was
business.
was planning
an extended trip
Valley.
Cannon
Cannon,
Jr.,
survive him: Son,
a
government
em-
ployee; and two daughters, Mrs. Beverly Beavers and
Miss
Shirley
Cannon,
both
teachers
in
the Los Angeles Public School System. H e also is survived non,
by his mother,
brother
Angeles;
K.
Homer
brother,
Minneapolis,
Mrs. M i t t i e
Cannon,
Raymond
and
four
B. C a n -
both
W.
of
Los
Cannon
grandchildren
in
of Cali-
fornia.
The formal installation of the chapter—including a banquet and a dance —was held in the Kent State Union on Friday, January 24. Brother Edwin J. Williams, Regional Director for Northeastern Ohio, made the formal presentation of the charter to the chapter's president, Brother John O. Butler. In turn, Broth_
,
,
•
«
j
.
_.
,
Services Angelus
conducted Home.
Si Phi Fraternity and
BROTHER
delivered
course
of
^
OLIVER CANNON
. ' 0AL; -
Cannon
Mrs
(nee A l m a G e r t r u d e
...
....
; Mil..Oli».r
Parke of
Chicago
-.,.
,-..„.„
.... . .
w u u n w yj ~ ~ b ^ tWould pursue a p r o g r a m in Which s c h o l a r s h i p , service, and participation
Illinois) was married to Miles Oliver Cannon i„ June I, 1921. She had resided in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and family about
were
beautiful of
Sigma
pallbearers;
beautiful
he
for
said, his
eulogy
"We
of in
shall
loyality,
his
Xi the
always devotion
to the principles of our Fraternity and his deep sense
L O S ANGEL ES
the
Somerville, a member a
which him
in
Members
(The Boule)
Dr. John A.
Boule,
remember
er Butler pledged that the chapter
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were Funeral
of
comraderie
remember he faced Alpha him
in
him the
Phi the
for
problems
Alpha, early
at
the
all times. W e courage
of
life."
especially days
of
with
Members
those
the
shall which
who
Fraternity
of
knew and
noted his work then express themselves similarly.
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