Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-07 | Page 22 | Health Rule Snags Skelton's (1-A) Marriage

I j- j 11 J il j 4 T j J N. N I I J 4 1 Health Rule Snags A SI elton's 1 l Marriage ge HOLLYWOOD UP Red UP-Red Red Skelton Skelton ton thumped on both sides by army doctors and pronounced fit for combat nursed his amazement Friday at learning he still has to prove he is robust enough for mar mar- I IThe The A 1 Hoosier comic and blond Muriel Morris turned up at the marriage license window Thursday but came away empty handed No health certificate no Ii- Ii J 11 cense censer said the clerk Neither Skelton nor his prospective prospective prospective tive bride had ever heard of the rule He left an application anyhow It listed his first name as Richard and his age as 30 Miss Morris I said she was 30 too and was born in Evansville Ind not far from i Skelton's home town of Vincennes but never saw him before coming to Hollywood It will be the second marriage for each Skelton was was was' divorced last February by Edda Edna Marie Skelton Skelton Skelton ton who still writes his gags and advises him in his business affairs Miss Morris was once wed to Eu Eu- gene R. R Chase a local accountant The comedian said they would be married as soon as possible and that he will wUl report soon after to the army as a field artillery vate