A pair of unsentimental journalistic Forteans.
Katherine Marcia Winn was born 11 June 1911 in Danville, Illinois, making her only a few years younger than Tiffany Thayer, and native of the same state. Her parents were Emma Frances Coulter, and Walter Edward Winn—who could trace his ancestry in the U.S. back into the 17th century, with relatives who fought in the American Revolution. They were old-stock Anglo-Saxon who had fought for the Confederates in the War Between the States. Katherine was the fourth of six children. She spent most of her youth in Little Rock, Arkansas, where her father plied his trade as a civil engineer for the government. They owned their home in 1920, though with a mortgage. In 1930—Marcia aged 18—the census has the three youngest still at home, along with a maternal grandmother. Some names had changed a bit by this point. Emma Frances was going by Frances, probably because her mother was also named Emma. Katherine had dropped her first name and was going by Marcia.
After finishing high school, Marcia sent a year at Little Rock Junior College before moving to Mississippi State College for Women, in Columbus. She was on the newspaper—“The Spectator”—all three years there, including editing it as a senior. She was involved with the YWCA, the hiking club, dancing, the posture league, vesper choir, the theater, and student government. She graduated with a Bachelor’s of Art, and returned to Little Rock, where she worked for the Arkansas Gazette. Initially, she worked without pay, but eventually started collecting paychecks. In 1934, she moved to Chicago to work for the Tribune. She spent the rest of her abbreviated career there, married, and had children.
Katherine Marcia Winn was born 11 June 1911 in Danville, Illinois, making her only a few years younger than Tiffany Thayer, and native of the same state. Her parents were Emma Frances Coulter, and Walter Edward Winn—who could trace his ancestry in the U.S. back into the 17th century, with relatives who fought in the American Revolution. They were old-stock Anglo-Saxon who had fought for the Confederates in the War Between the States. Katherine was the fourth of six children. She spent most of her youth in Little Rock, Arkansas, where her father plied his trade as a civil engineer for the government. They owned their home in 1920, though with a mortgage. In 1930—Marcia aged 18—the census has the three youngest still at home, along with a maternal grandmother. Some names had changed a bit by this point. Emma Frances was going by Frances, probably because her mother was also named Emma. Katherine had dropped her first name and was going by Marcia.
After finishing high school, Marcia sent a year at Little Rock Junior College before moving to Mississippi State College for Women, in Columbus. She was on the newspaper—“The Spectator”—all three years there, including editing it as a senior. She was involved with the YWCA, the hiking club, dancing, the posture league, vesper choir, the theater, and student government. She graduated with a Bachelor’s of Art, and returned to Little Rock, where she worked for the Arkansas Gazette. Initially, she worked without pay, but eventually started collecting paychecks. In 1934, she moved to Chicago to work for the Tribune. She spent the rest of her abbreviated career there, married, and had children.