GARIS, HOWARD R(OGER)

born April 25, 1873, Binghamton, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 6, 1962, Amherst, Mass. author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories, who began his career as a newspaperman on the Newark Evening News in 1896. Shortly after, he began writing a daily bedtime story about Uncle Wiggilya rabbit heroand his friends. He averaged a story a day (except Sunday) until he retired in 1947. In all, he turned out more than 15,000 stories and about 500 books.