The Oklahoma Almanac, 1930
IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE YEAR IN OKLAHOMA, 1929.
printed by The Oklahoma Publishing company.
Contributed by Nalora Burns [email protected]

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September

1
Joe PRITCHARD, Oklahoma City, passenger flier, killed instantly when plane
in which he was riding crashed at Purcell. His companion, Lawrence OATES,
Capital Hill, died the next day.

Mrs. Helen DORSETT, 32 years old, Bartlesville, was killed in a motor car
collision three miles north of Panama on the Ft. Gibson-Poteau highway.

2
Dr. William MCILWAIN, Lone Wolf, awarded distinguished service cross for
gallantry in action while serving as medical officer of the famous "Lost
Battalion."

Tom HUTCHINSON, 39 years old, for 10 years bakery operator at Capitol 
Hill,  died suddenly.

The 8 year old son of J. A. BIRD, Deport, Texas, saved from drowning in
Pennington creek, near Tishomingo, by Dr. J. G. DUNCAN, former head of
the state bureau of identification.

Wayne HOLDER, 6 years old, killed when struck by a car in Oklahoma City
driven by Mrs. Robert J. SHIPLEY.

James F. MCMAHON, 48 years old, general superintendent of the Wilson
Co., packing plant, Oklahoma City, died.

I. G. FIDLER, 51 years old, business man at Tulsa, found dead on the 
outskirts of that city.

Mrs. Dorothy Mae CLARK, San Antonio, formerly of Oklahoma City, weds George
A. MCINTYRE, United States Army.

4
Ota Mae GENTRY and Leo WADE, both about 33 years old, killed when their
car was hit by a Santa Fe train five miles west of Woodward.

Roy WOMBLE, taken to the state penitentiary for alleged murder of George
LAMPOS, near Oklahoma City three years previously. County attorney dismissed
a second charge accusing WOMBLE of the murder of Pete AMOS at the same
time LAMPOS was slain.

Miss Willie BAILEY, former treasurer of Greer County, charged with 
embezzlement, hired three different attorneys to defend her and each 
died before the case came to trial. Formerly a red cross nurse, overseas
during the World War, after here return she was elected county treasurer.

Bandit robs Byron F. BROWN, cotton man, Oklahoma City, of his car, $23 in
cash, a wrist watch and a diamond ring.

5
Miss Mildred JESSE, Mangum, and John Hugh MITCHELL, Enid, wed.

George W. WHITE, 87 years old, Union Veteran of the Civil War, died 
at El Reno. He was an Oklahoma 89'er.

Charles D. BELLAMY, 59 years old, said to be the brother of George BELLAMY,
Oklahoma's first lieutenant governor, given 5 year probation at Los
Angeles, California on pleading guilty to a narcotic charge.

6
Ruth GREER, 18 years old, Woodward, kille in airplane crash at Memphis,
Tennessee.

W. S. WOLVERTON, 83 years old, pioneer Ardmore business man, died.

7
Claremore police arrest Clanton TRIBBY, bandit suspect, found in jail
armed with a can of kerosene; believed trying to effect the escape of 
Herman CLANTON, his co-defendent in the bandit case.

Mrs. Ruby Lee PITTS, 32 years old, Oklahoma City, killed in collision
of truck and two cars on slippery curve of the Edmond road.

8
Miss Leone RICHARDSON, 26 years old, Oklahoma City, killed in 
automobile crash 11 miles east of Enid.

Heavy metal tongs, swinging lose from derrick, hit and killed L. M. 
RUDDER, 23 years old, in the Oklahoma City field.

Coming upon a "fake" holdup being staged on a street in Shawnee as
a publicity stunt by a theatre, Policeman W. N. JONES shot and 
killed Ahrend RUHBERG, 30 years old. Shortly before, another
theatre put on a fake alarm causing a run by the fire department.

Vertis L. HOBSON, city editor of the news, past commander of Ada post,
American legion, died at Ada.

Rev. Joseph MURROW, 94 years old, died at Atoka. He came to Oklahoma 
(Indian Territory) in 1857, established the Indian Orphans home at
Atoka; established the first Masonic lodge in Oklahoma and for 
years held high offices in the order. He was born in Georgia, June
7, 1835, founded the town of Atoka and established an Indian mission
at the site of Eufala; said to have organized the first Baptist 
convention in Oklahoma.

9
Dr. T. C. HENDERSHOT, Tulsa, president Oklahoma Medical association,
died suddenly at home.

10
Edgar G. DAFT, 35 years old, adjutant of American legion post at Duncan,
found dead in his hotel room.

A. C. HEATLEY, 20 years old, bandit convicted of robbing the bank
at Moore, June 21, sentenced to five years in state reformatory 
at Granite. In the robbery HEATLEY was wounded and his companion,
Robert L. YON killed by Roy GROSS, Moore Garage man. YON's body
was sent to his former home, Altoona, Pa. HEATLEY gave his home
as St. Albans, Long Island, N.Y.

Siller KEMOHAH, Creek Indian widow of Creek county files suit at
Chicago for $1,500,000 damages against Charles B. SHAFFER, Chicago
oil man. The woman desired also to recover section of tribal land.

Gene BOWMAN, 25 years old, held at Claremore as suspected accomplice
in robbery of a bank at Inola, April 1, 1929, died without divulging
the name of companion in the alleged robbery when $500 was secured.

11
W. F. JONES, pioneer court baliff, died at Oklahoma City.

Miss Loyola AMEND and Charles Henry WOODS wed in Oklahoma City.

13
T. C. SCHOOLING, pioneer farmer, El Reno, killed by Rock Island Train,
which hits his automobile.

Ben SCHUH, convicted in connection with the death of L. F. GREER, granted
a new trial by the state criminal court of appeals.

In crash of automobile and motorcycle on the Norman road near Moore,
Arthur A. SHERMAN, 22 years old, Tulsa student at Oklahoma University, 
killed.

Miss Helen WILLIAMS, Thomas, Killed in parachute jump at Wichita, Kansas.

15
Two unmasked bandits steal automobile and $6,000 from W. P. TANKERSLEY,
Oklahoma City, district manager of Steinberg Drug Stores.

16
On two family bibles and a recently compiled genealogy, Mrs. H. E.
WILKES, Oklahoma City saleswoman, bases claim for an interest in the
JENNINGS fortune of England, immortalized by Charles Dickens in his
novel "Bleak House".

17
Frank HINTZ, charged with murder in connection with the death of Lee
MILLER of Seminole, July 4, given life sentence by jury in 30 minutes.

18
Miss Marjorie SNEED, Oklahoma City, and Dr. Charles R. MOON, Little Rock,
wed.

Miss Mary FRANCIS, Oklahoma City and  Everett Lawrence HESSMER, of 
Detroit, Michigan, wed at Ann Arbor.

19
Miss Alice Viginia CROWELL and Ben Bruce BLAKENEY of Oklahoma City wed.

Miss Helen HENNESSY and Carl J. HELEAN, both of Oklahoma City, wed.

21
Miss Georgia FRANCE, Oklahoma City, and Harvey I MCCOY, Cape Girardeau,
MO. wed in Oklahoma City.

W. A. MOORMAN at Wewoka found guilty of the murder of H. B. JEFFREYS
in Seminole in July.

Dr. J. F. CAMPBELL, Mangum, charged with embezzlement and larceny
in connection with a pardon deal, discharged, jury unable to render
verdict.

Miss Willie BAILEY, Mangum, former Greer county treasurer, alleged to 
have embezzled $144.39 in 1925, declared not guilty by jury.

Miss Luelle WILLEY, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Wayne THOMAS, Okmulgee, wed
at Lawrenceburg, Ind.

22
Miss Edna MOHAN, 34 years old, Shawnee, killed in automobile accident
1 mile north of Mulhall.

Miss Nola BALLARD, Henryetta, and Paul D. STRANGE, Shawnee, wed.

23
John Y. MURRY, pioneer Tulsa merchant, later for 12 years attorney for
the Exchange National Bank, died.

24
O.E. MAPEL, oil man, former banker at Grandfield, died.

Tollie BROWN at Wewoka found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the
killing May 11 of F. M. WILSON, phonograph salesman of Springfield, MO.
Bob HENDRICKS was found guilty of murder in the same case and given a 
life sentence.

25
William Henry HARRISON, last chief of the  Choctaw Indians, died at Poteau,
He was postmaster at Poteau, 1906-1911.

Miss Stella Marie MCGUIRE and F. L. SPREHE of Oklahoma City wed.

Dr. J. E. NANCE, 57 years old, former vetinary instructor at the Oklahoma
A & M college, died in his home at Oklahoma City.

Katherine CLINE, Lawton, weds Roland M COWEN, Oklahoma City.

26
O. P. WORKMAN, an early realtor of Oklahoma City and  one time president
of the chamber of commerce died at Tampa, Fla.

Mrs. Eliza J. CROWDER, 68 years old, daughter of W. J. GAULT, Oklahoma
city's first mayor, died in that city.

Jury at Pawhuska acquits Floyd MOSELY of the charge of murdering his 
companion Clay TRACEY. Both were residents of Oklahoma City.

William J. BARNES, 33 years old, Oklahoma City, who said he "deliberately 
shot and killed his wife", Mabel, 28 years old, given life prison 
sentence.

27
Explosion of dust and gas in the 1,500 foot shaft of No. 7 mine of the 
Covington Coal co, near Panama, 12 miles north of Poteau, killed eight
miners.

29
French GENTRY, 62 years old, Oklahoma pioneer automobile dealer and
formerly a member of the state highway commission, died at Enid.

Miss Ann KIBLER and George K. HOMER, both of Tulsa, wed at Oklahoma
City.

OCTOBER

1
Miss Christine DIFFENDAFFER, Oklahoma City weds Frank P. MURRAY of 
Oklahoma City at Titusville, Pa.

Paul BROOKS, Childress, Texas, convicted on a charge of robbing the
state bank at Willow, August 14, and given 25 year sentence at Mangum.

Miss Vera SHIDLER, Pawhuska, women's editor and columnist for the 
University of Oklahoma student publication, marries George CONNELL
of Milwaulkee, Wis. The town of Shidler was named for Mrs. 
CONNELL's father, a banker there.

2
William E. BERRY, 85, pioneer banker, died at Stillwater.

Paschal M. FINKS, 51, prominent merchant and Mason, died at Okemah.

3
Funeral services held at Farmersville, Texas, of H. J. KELLER, 67,
pioneer Oklahoma druggist, a native of Tennessee, who operated drug
stores at Durant, Hugo, Coalgate, Ada, Roff, and Poteau.

4
Mrs. S. A. STAIR, 18, killed at Oklahoma City in automobile crash.

5
Carl GLITSCH, former attorney for the Anheuser-Bush brewery of 
Oklahoma, and chief of police of Oklahoma City, died in St. Louis
hospital.

6
In the holdup of an alleged gambling game in a farm house in Minco,
James CHITWOOD, 60, farmer living near Minco, was shot and killed, and
Richard TILGHMAN, 21, shot. Woodie TILGHMAN, brother of Richard, and their
uncle, Alfred STRATTON, 57, were arrested. Two other members of 
the alleged party of five said to have participated in the holdup
were Dude BROWN, 18, and Jack REYNOLDS, 27. The TILGHMAN boys are 
sons of the late William TILGHMAN, pioneer Oklahoma peace officer,
killed a few years before at Cromwell, Oklahoma.

Miss Nell HUDLOW, Oklahoma City, weds Carroll A. BULLEN, Portland Ore.

8
Mrs. Virginia TALLAFERRO, Oklahoma City and the Rev. Dr. J. H. O. SMITH,
Kansas City, MO. wed and arrange to reside in Oklahoma City, where the
groom formerly was pastor of the First Christian Church.

9
I. C. BROWN, 47, secretary and treasurer of the Atkinson, Warren Henley
Mortgage Co., Oklahoma City, died.

10
Miss Mary Frances HAWK, Oklahoma City and Walter Raymond GRAALMAN, 
Blackwell, wed.

Miss Grace SINGLETARY and Charles a. NEWBERRY, Oklahoma City, wed.

Jim ERWIN sentenced at Atoka to 5 years in connection with the Caney
bank robbery, when a trio of bandits got $2,300. George COLDRON was 
previously convicted and E. R. CALLICOTT awaited trial.

11
Miss Ellen Elizabeth THOMAS, Oklahoma City and Harold Emmett ROBERTS, 
Kansas City, wed.

12
Miss Nell WEAVER, Tulsa, and Ralph WILL, Enid, wed and make their
home in Oklahoma City.

Fred J, BURKS, night policeman of Edmond, arrested on the charge of 
shooting and killing Norman SCREETON, just out of the service as a
U. S. Marine.

13
Arthur L. FAUBLE, Shawnee wholesale merchant, staggered into the 
sheriff's office at Wichita, Kansas, with a tale of encounters with
blackmailers, kidnappers, and attempted killers, relating that he had
been thrown from a train into the Little Arkansas river bed in north
Wichita.

14
William D. SHEPLER, pioneer resident of Ponca city, died.

Miss Velma DORSETT, Tonkawa, and Hugh TIGHE, Tulsa, wed at Guthrie.

15
Miss Jerry CURREATHERS and J. H. PUTNEY of Oklahoma City wed.

Miss Inez ROGERS, Lawton, and W. D. BEARD, Ponca City, wed.

16
A. N. TIPPITT, pioneer abstracter at Marietta, died.

17
Announcement made of the secret marriage at McCloud, August 10, 1929
of Miss Lucile HALES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. HALES, and 
Clarence BUCK, both of Oklahoma City.

Fred O. EIERMAN, convicted under the Jones act in federal court, 
Oklahoma City, sentenced to 5 years in the penitentiary and fined
$5,000.

Miss Juanita WRIGHT, Anadarko, and William O. STOUTZ, Springfield, Ill.,
wed at Oklahoma City.

19
Charles FUSON Sr., Oklahoma City, killed in automobile accident two
miles north of Rush Springs.

Mrs. Nancy PARKS, born at Riceville, Va., December 1826, died at Marlow.

Miss Louise STOVER and George F. ANDERSON, Oklahoma City, wed.

20
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. LEWIS, 50 and 45, Seminole, and May ALLEN, 16, Depew,
killed by southbound Santa Fe train No 15 near Capitol Hill, the train
crashing into their automobile.

Ross E. KROH, formerly of the music firm of Frederickson and Kroh, 
Oklahoma City, killed by locomotive hitting his automobile at Muskogee,
his home.

Walter DRICKER, 29, Wewoka merchant, killed near Cromwell in an automobile
accident.

21
A. L. YOUNGER, 59, Oklahoma City, well known throughout the southwest as 
a member of the firm of Davis and Younger, died.

Judge R. MCMILLAN, 73, former district judge and assistant attorney general,
died at Oklahoma City.

22
Announced at Norman that Vic HOLT, Oklahoma City--all american basketball
center--- and Margaret BARRY, Dallas, were secretly wed at Wellington,
Kansas, April 11, 1929.

Amanda FOSTER, 110, Cherokee Freedman died at Fort Gibson.

Miss Virginia BEESON, Harper, Kansas, and J. Buryl LOTTRIDGE, Enid, wed.

23
Mrs. Lucy EVERSOLE, Columbus, Ohio, fell from automobile, ran over by 
street car and killed in Oklahoma City.

Mary G. BOZARTH and W. T. MCCAULEY wed at Okmulgee.

24
Frances E. DOW and Kenneth Rice DRAPER, Oklahoma city, wed.

Miss Margaret PARK and Jack SCARBORO, Ardmore, wed.

George MANCHESTER, Enid wife-slayer, given life term by jury deliberating
less than an hour.

Miss Jewell ARNOLD and John W. HOLT wed at Ardmore.

25
Lew WENTZ, oil millionaire and chairman state highway commission, recieved
death threat with extortion demand for $50,000. Resorting to a decoy,
Shelton THIPPS, 21, arrested at Ponca City.

Miss Eloise EVANS, Lexington, and Randolph MCCURTAIN, Bokchito, wed.

Mrs. Norman HASKELL and Ed SWEENEY of Muskogee wed.

26
Miss Martha PHILLIPS, Oklahoma City, and John Wilbur STARR, Hutchinson,
Kansas, wed in Oklahoma City.

"Uncle Bill" HERRING, 74, veteran peace officer, died at Muskogee.

Criminal court of appeals upholds conviction and life term given Lee JONES
slayer of A. I. SUGG in Beckham county.

E. C. JULIAN, Oklahoma City, dies from effect of automobile crash Oct. 24.

Obsequies of Mrs. J. G. RUSSELL, 73, prominent civil worker, held at 
Madill.

27
James L. EVERETT field manager N. A. T. Co., Oklahoma City, slugged by
unknown thugs.

Miss Louella ATKINS, Olathe, Kansas, weds A. A. LEIVESTAD, Oklahoma city.

Wayne ANDERSON, chemist for the Empire refining Co., killed in motor car
accident at Ponca City.

28
Jewel thieves ransack homes of A. C. BENNETT and W. M. LONGMIRE in 
Oklahoma City, getting loot valued at $4,000.

Richard TILGHMAN, 21 charged with murder in connection with holdup
of a gambling game at the home of James CHITWOOD, 60, Minco farmer, 
who was shot and killed, died at Chickasha, where he was awaiting
trial with his brother Woodie TILGHMAN and his uncle, Alfred STRATTON.

29
Roy T. PUGH, Tulsa, W. W. SIRKEL, Seminole, and Clyde WESTON, address
unknown killed.

Crazy Bear, 88, one of the oldest subcheiftains of the Ponca tribe, died
near Ponca City.

30
Mrs Lucy HIATT, 62, pioneer, died at Alva.

31
O. O. OWENS, legislator and wealthy oil man, Tulsa, sued for divorce
and $1,500 a month alimony, also for division of property which his wife
valued at over $1,000,000.

Hughes GOBER, 23, whose car killed Johnson ANDREWS, youth who lived at 
Moore, July 20, 1929, fined $1,000.

News recieved of death of Frank P. STEARNS at Los Angeles. He was mayor
of Shawnee, 1907-1918.

Miss Helen ADAMS and Samuel CLAMMER of Tulsa, wed.

Mrs. Adylion Hrabe BRAUE, Oklahoma city, wed Louis Rosenbaum of Dallas,
Texas.

NOVEMBER

1
Carnegie Hero Medals posthumously awarded to Columbus E. SANDERS, Tulsa,and a similar award for bravery made to Reat I. MEDCALF, Oklahoma City.

Dr. Clara A. MAHAFFY, 67, pioneer Oklahoma City physician, died.

Miss Iva OGDEN and Peter Paul PITCHLYN wed at Tahlequah.

2
Miss Lucile MURPHY and Egon Carl von MERVELT wed at Oklahoma City.

At Guthrie Miss Jo Frances DILLON of Oklahoma City and Jack LOVE of 
Lawton, wed, reside in Oklahoma City.

3
Henry G. BEARD, founder of Shawnee, and for whom, with his wife, Mrs.
Etta BEARD, Henryetta, Oklahoma was named, died at Tulsa.

Miss Isabel DUFFY and Louis FENWICK wed at Oklahoma City. Now reside
at Santa Barbara, California.

4
J. H. NEEDHAM, 72, former Oklahoma City county assessor, died at Ponca
City.

William J. "Whitey" WALKER, wanted in five Oklahoma counties for bank 
robbery and sought by four states  for criminal prosecution, returned
to Ada from Stinnett, Texas, for trial.

In jail at Chandler as a bank robbery suspect, and fearing the electric
chair, Fred DAVIS, 24, hanged himself with handkerchiefs.

5
The Rev. H. A. DOTY, 79, last surviving charter member of the Oklahoma
Methodist Episcopal conference, died in Oklahoma City.

U. M. WILKINS, Atoka, acquited of charge of embezzlement of funds when 
county treasurer, 1921-1923.

Miss Louise REPLOGLE and Leverett EDWARDS, Oklahoma City, wed.

John H. NORTHCUTT, who shot to death a chinaman in an Oklahoma City
restaurant less than six months previous, freed on self-defence
plea, killed at Wink, Texas in dispute over a food bill.

6
Miss Patty BEAMUS, Oklahoma City, and Lawrence NABERHAUS, Okarche, wed.

Miss Mildred ROGERS and Dr. E. Rankin DENNY wed at Tulsa.

7
John G. DOUGHTERY, 65, banker at Wynnewood, died from injuries sustained
in automobile accident of October 23.

In attempted arrest of Owen EDWARDS, bank bandit suspect, Jim KIERSEY,
of Durant, veteran police officer, was slain at Harjo in gun battle,
as also was EDWARDS.

At Taloga, Lloyd HOLLINGSWORTH, slayer of his father, sentenced to 
18 years imprisonment.

E. M. SNYDER, 76, Methodist minister at El Dorado Springs, MO., found
drowned in north fork of Red River, 12 miles east of Altus. Apparently
his car had crashed through the side of a bridge.

Ann WILLIAMS, 19, Geary, with Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show,
lost leg being struck by switch engine. She was returning to the
show train sleeper.

8
Miss Bess WEAVER and Raymond WAY wed at Tulsa.

9
Miss Helen Marr WOODWARD and Edwin H. STARKEY, Oklahoma City, wed.

Miss Bessie M. BRADLEY and Ray WILLIS wed in Oklahoma City.

10
T. E. BRENTZ, 35 years in government service as U.S. Marshal and 
prohibition agent, died at Ada.

Miss Alys MCLACHLAN, Ada, and Robert C. GRAHAM, Oklahoma city, member
of the legislature, wed.

11
Dr. E. H. ASKEW, prominent physician at Hugo, died.

Johnny MCLAIN, Spiro highschool football player recieved injuries in 
game against Talihina that later caused his death.

14
A. J. WALDOCK, Idabel, sentenced in 1925 to five years in prison on 
an imbezzlement charge, filed suit in  federal court against the Choctaw
Lumber Co., Missouri and Delaware Corporations, and Hans DIERKS and Herman
DIERKS, Kansas City lumbermen, asking $22,000,000 alleged damage done
to the Home Lumber Co.'s claim to 100,000 acres of timber in McClain
and Pushmataha counties. The suit files charges the lumber company 
with violation fo the anti-trust law.

J. M. ALLISON, 57, Newkirk banker, fined $1,001 for violating state
banking law. His son is serving time for alleged embezzlement.

Stephen MCDANIELS, Confederate commander of an Indian Brigade, died at
Muskogee.

Baseball's famous "Ironman" Joseph J. MCGINNITY, who started as a 
pitcher at McAlester, Oklahoma, and finished his career with the New
York Giants, along with Mathewson, died in New York.

15
J. N. DONAGHE, 40, Oklahoma City druggist, killed in automobile 
collision near Edmond. Mrs. H. NADEAU, 55, San Francisco, California,
occupying the other car, died shortly after the crash.

Mr. and Mrs Charles E YOUNG announce they were secretly wed at Purcell
September 30, Young is a University student from Pryor, and his wife
was Virginia GLADDISH of Oklahoma City.

16
Miss Harriet Louise GUM and Howard Baird MOFFIT wed at Oklahoma City.

Miss Mattie HILL, Sisterville, W. Va., and Harvey W. MCVEY, Tulsa, 
annonced their wedding Nov. 9.

Miss Lola MCMURTRY, Oklahoma City, and Arthur J. MOTZ, rancher near Kiowa,
wed.

Miss Alice OTTERSON, and Joe CROWL wed at McAlester.

Miss Bobbie BERKE, 17, Tulsa killed in automobile crash near Perry.

Muskogee News Dispatch announced that T. A. "Bert" CHANDLER of Vinita,
former Republican congressman from the Tulsa district, paid a fine of 
$4,000 in U.S. District court on charges growing out  of the $50,000
fee charged Exie FIFE, wealthy Eufala Indian girl, for obtaining a 
divorce.

17
Married at Enid, Miss Theresa THOMPSON and Martin GARBER, son of 
Congressman and M. C. GARBER.

18
Horace R. RODEN, 20, Altus crushed to death in a bale of cotton.

19
Zack T. FLOOD, 72, pioneer city grocer, founder of the Flood grocery,
Oklahoma City, Californian and Broadway, died.

Theodore MITTENDORF, 84, veteran of the Civil war, died at his home 14 
miles northwest of El Reno.

John RAMSEY, convicted at Pawhuska of the murder of Harvey ROAN, Osage
Indian, and given a sentence of life imprisonment. The Government
alleged that William K. HALE, serving a life term, paid RAMSEY $500 
and gave him an automobile to kill the indian. The latter was slain
three miles north of Fairfax, in Osage county.

20
Henry P. MEYER, 43, prominent Norman businessman, died.

James P. ROBINSON, millionair zinc and mine operator and one of the loved
pioneer boosters of Miami, died in Denver.

22
Miss Ruth STEALEY, Oklahoma City and Steve P. REDFEARN, Bartlesville, 
wed in Oklahoma City.

Ben REYNOLDS, 76, pioneer American railroad builder who assisted his 
father in building the Rock Island Line, died in Ponca city.

23

Fred DENNIS, 50, former Oklahoma State bank examiner, who was convicted
of irregularities and served a term in the penitentiary, died at 
Amarillo, Texas. A fine of $10,000 was remitted by Gov. M. E. TRAPP.

James W. BALLEW, 83, pioneer cattleman of the old Indian Territory,
buried at Durant.

24
Miss Ruth E. SCHARF, Oklahoma City, and Booker H. WILLOUGHBY, Texola,
wed at Oklahoma City, reside at Erick.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. STEWART, McAlester, celebrate their sixtieth wedding
anniversary.

Lee WOODS, 59, publisher of the Eagle, at Duncan, died.

25
William T. DEUPREE, 88, former G.A.R. commander of the state, died
in Oklahoma City.

26
H. A. MCCAULEY, president of the Sapulpa State bank and 11 others, died 
at his home in Saplulpa. His physician said he died of apoplexy.
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