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Personal  Items. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
December,  19 17. 
Jacksonville,  Florida.  Since  leaving  the  college  Mr.  Ramsauer  has 
had  a  brilliant  career.  He  is  now  an  ex-president  of  the  Florida 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  secretary  of  the  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Examining  Board.  He  has  likewise  been  prominent  in  busi- 
ness circles  and  in  civic  matters  in  his  home  town  of  Palatka. 
Professor  and  Mrs.  John  Uri  Lloyd  announce  the  wedding  of 
their  daughter,  Dorothy  Webster,  to  Mr.  James  Arthur  Brett,  Jr., 
on  Monday,  October  22.  The  professor's  numerous  pharmaceutical 
friends,  including  the  readers  of  the  American  Journal  of  Phar- 
macy, extend  sincere  congratulations. 
Charles  E.  Hay  ward  recently  celebrated  the  twenty-fifth  anni- 
versary of  his  connection  with  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  He  entered 
the  employ  of  that  firm  as  an  assistant  in  the  tablet  department.  By 
his  application  and  thoroughness  he  won  advancement  and  in  1909 
was  made  general  superintendent  of  their  laboratories  and  in  1913 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors.  In  celebration  of 
his  twenty-five  years  of  service,  the  board  of  directors  of  the  com- 
pany presented  him  with  a  handsome  gold  watch  suitably  engraved. 
Charles  A.  Smith  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  associated 
with  the  Jacobs  pharmacies  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  has  severed  his  connec- 
tion with  that  firm  and  has  opened  a  new  store  in  the  new  Arcade 
Building  in  the  center  of  the  business  section  of  Atlanta.  The  new 
concern  will  be  known  as  the  Charles  A.  Smith  Drug  Company  and 
doubtless  will  be  one  of  the  leading  stores  in  that  southern  me- 
tropolis. 
M.  Guimand  Georges,  a  member  of  the  French. Army  Pharma- 
ceutical Corps,  has  been  honored  for  heroic  service,  the  military 
medal  and  war  cross  having  been  conferred  on  him. 
M.  Richardou,  a  pharmacist  aide-major  attached  to  the  Terri- 
torial Army  of  France,  was  by  a  decree  on  July  27  last  named  a 
Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of  Honor. 
Prof.  Charles  E.  Vanderkleed,  for  many  years  associated 
as  head  chemist  with  Messrs.  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.,  has  severed  his 
connection  with  that  firm.    With  ample  capital  and  backing  he  has 
