1920-1924
Marriage to Carrie Elisabeth “Betty” Doig
Jersey City, Richmond
Horace married Carrie Elisabeth “Betty” Doig on June 21, 1921 in Rutherford NJ.
Jersey City
The newly weds rented an apartment in Jersey City so Betty could continue her work as an elementary school principal nearby. Each morning Horace took the ferry or rode the subway under the Hudson River to his job at Macy’s on 34th Street in Manhattan.
The next year (1922) he found a better job with John Wanamaker as and Assistant Buyer who was in charge of their basement Rug Department. Wanamaker’s was a four story building at the corner of Broadway and E. 9th Street. John Wanamaker had become famous in the 1860’s for his “One Price and Goods Returnable” policy that addressed the century’s old practice of having to haggle with a seller over the price of each item.
The story continues in the next chapter.