Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Cargill Sproull 
491
491Birth19 Mar 1896, Bedford, Lawrence. Ind.
Death1 Oct 1985, Davenport, Polk, Florida
Birth19 Mar 1896, Bedford, Lawrance, Indiana
FatherJohn Calvin Sproull (1860-1936)
MotherMartha Emma Steele (1860-1949)
Misc. Notes
1900 Living Perry, Martin, Indiana, age 4. 1060
1910 Living Lawrence Ward 2, Douglas, Kansas, age 14.
1940 Bloomfield, Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, Age 44. 492
BIOGRAPHY
Name: William Cargill Sproull
Address: 868 North Adams, Birmingham, Michigan
Born: March 19, 1896.
Place of Birth: Bedford, Indiana
Family:
Son of John C and Emma Sproull , youngest of three sons.
Married and has two Children.
Education:
Grammar school in Indiana and Kansas.
High School - Lawrence, Kansas.
University of Kansas - A. B. Degree-Major in Journalism.
University of Grenoble France - Foreign Languages.
School:
Miler and half-miler I University i~-I Kansas. Held University of Kansas mile record , 3-Letter man in Track.
Member and former National Vice President, Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism Fraternity.
Member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.
Career:
Assistant Department of Journalism, University of Kansas.
City Editor, Lawrence (Kans.,) Daily Journal World.
Feature Writer, Editorial Staff of Kansas City Star.
Feature Writer, Editorial Staff of Kansas City Star.
Special Writer, Burroughs Corporation, Detroit.
Associate Editor, Business Magazine, published by Burroughs.
Varied experience in creative and national Advertising Dept.,-Burroughs.
Director, Export Advertising, Burroughs (15 months Oversea while so employed.)
Advertising Manager, Burroughs Corporation.
Director of Advertising, Burroughs Corporation.
Associate Director Public Relations, Burroughs Corporation.
Professional:
Member of Association of National Advertisers, Member of Direct Mail Advertising Association, Director, Audit Bureau of Circulations, Life Member and former Director, Adcraft Club of Detroit. Honorary Life Member and Past President, National industrial Advertisers Association, Former Member, Board of Trustees, Industrial Aadvertisers research Institute, Member, U, S, Chamber of Commerce.
Military: Air Service Pilot. U. S. Army, World War I , nine months in France in various types of aircraft.
Church: Member, Christ Church, Granbrook, Michigan.
Recreational: Member, Orchard Lake Country Club, Orchard Lake, Michigan.491
1910 Living Lawrence Ward 2, Douglas, Kansas, age 14.
1940 Bloomfield, Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, Age 44. 492
BIOGRAPHY
Name: William Cargill Sproull
Address: 868 North Adams, Birmingham, Michigan
Born: March 19, 1896.
Place of Birth: Bedford, Indiana
Family:
Son of John C and Emma Sproull , youngest of three sons.
Married and has two Children.
Education:
Grammar school in Indiana and Kansas.
High School - Lawrence, Kansas.
University of Kansas - A. B. Degree-Major in Journalism.
University of Grenoble France - Foreign Languages.
School:
Miler and half-miler I University i~-I Kansas. Held University of Kansas mile record , 3-Letter man in Track.
Member and former National Vice President, Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism Fraternity.
Member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.
Career:
Assistant Department of Journalism, University of Kansas.
City Editor, Lawrence (Kans.,) Daily Journal World.
Feature Writer, Editorial Staff of Kansas City Star.
Feature Writer, Editorial Staff of Kansas City Star.
Special Writer, Burroughs Corporation, Detroit.
Associate Editor, Business Magazine, published by Burroughs.
Varied experience in creative and national Advertising Dept.,-Burroughs.
Director, Export Advertising, Burroughs (15 months Oversea while so employed.)
Advertising Manager, Burroughs Corporation.
Director of Advertising, Burroughs Corporation.
Associate Director Public Relations, Burroughs Corporation.
Professional:
Member of Association of National Advertisers, Member of Direct Mail Advertising Association, Director, Audit Bureau of Circulations, Life Member and former Director, Adcraft Club of Detroit. Honorary Life Member and Past President, National industrial Advertisers Association, Former Member, Board of Trustees, Industrial Aadvertisers research Institute, Member, U, S, Chamber of Commerce.
Military: Air Service Pilot. U. S. Army, World War I , nine months in France in various types of aircraft.
Church: Member, Christ Church, Granbrook, Michigan.
Recreational: Member, Orchard Lake Country Club, Orchard Lake, Michigan.491
Spouses
Birth25 Apr 1901, Ottawa, Franklin County, KS
Birth25 Apr 1901, Ottawa, Kansas
Death17 May 1983, Boca Raton, Florida
BurialCremated, Buried at Sea
FatherJudge Charles Arthur Smart (1858-1936)
MotherLola Sophia Sherman Bedford (1860-1927)
Marriage28 Dec 1925, Lawrance, Douglas County, KS
ChildrenWilliam Cargill (1928-)
Carolee Elizabeth (1927-)