Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-01
Judge Wilbur Was Middle in
the Eighties and Says His
Heart Has Stayed With
His Mates

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.-The
"middies" used to call him Magic
And among his old cronies at
Acknowledgements of them rear adj
mirals today-Curtis d, Wilbur still
wears that monicker.
The name has meant considerable
! to him. Something almost magic
finally has sent him back to the life
he's always loved.
Magic" the mathematics shark
at the naval academy and left tackle
on the navy eleven in the sos, is
returning to the service. not as a
green ensign, but as the naVy's boss.
! MY earliest Dreams he says,
were of a sailors life. But who
| lawyer and jurist was fitting me to
return to my first love-"
Lawyer and Judge
! Wilbur left the navy four months
after his graduation from Annapolis.
His father was a lawyer and wanted
! his son to be a lawyer, too.
For a year he taught school in Los
| Angeles, studying law at night. In
1890 he was admitted to the bar.
Nine years later he became district
attorney. And another four years
saw him elected superior judge.
| He inaugurated the fist juvenile
court in Los Angeles and drafted
| bills that formed the basis +or Cali
fornia's juvenile laws.
| Followed his transfer to the crimi-
nal courts. The same thoroug hness
marked his work there.
Nerdicts and sentence did not close
case for him. He made frequent
| visits to Ibis boys" at San Quentin
! penitentiary. More than one ex-con-
vict owes a fresh tart in the world
to Curtis d. Wilbur, the judge who
sentenced him.
Wilbur was named d supreme court
justice in 1919. Four years later he
was chosen chief justice.
| The year before he entered the dis
! trict attorneys office, Judge Wilbur
married Miss Olive Doolittle. The
wedding was the elimination of a ro-
nance begun in the high school at
jamestown, n. D.
At &c. E." Convention
| Wibur's departure for Annapolis
and Miss Doolittles matriculation at
a boarding school in Fairbault. n. D.,
interrupted their courtship-save for
frequent letters. 1t was renewed
Francisco to attend a Christian En-
deavor convention. Wilbur met her
at the depot.
The Wilburs have four children
They are Edna May, a teacher in the
Chico (Cal.) High school; Lyman D.,
a civil engineer at Redwood, Cal;
Paul Curtis, a senior at the Uni
versity of California, and Leonard,
| It, in high school here
Judge Wilbur's chief hobby IS his
home. He's never passed the re-
sponsibility in rearing his children to
| his wife.
Wilbur likes camping trips, hikes,
radio and the movies now and then.
But he's never played golf.
Teaches Bible
| Until recently the WiIburs found
much PLEASURE in their auto-"the
same car we've had for seven years. =
! the boys away from home is using /.
The Judge is a regular church.
goer. He also teaches a Bible class.
Mrs. Wilbur is president OF the
paTent-teacher's association Of the
school her Youngest boy attends
She's a director of the board of mis-
sions of the Pacific, a director of the
Y. w. c. A, and member o. the
Y. NJ. C. AS Mothers club.
Her household duties. however, oc
cupy most OF her attention.
yes, I do my own housework.'
she confesses. THE children, oil
course, help me great deal.
In Washington, though. I sup
pose I'll have to get somebody tc
help me"
Mrs. Wilbur says the judge leaves
all the home financing TO her.
"We've had 10 be careful she
says, "for it's no easy matter to d.
as we've done and put four children
through college on $4,000 a year.