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DANIEL MOUSER, 92,IS VICTIM OF DEATH Enid - 1943
WOODWARD-Jan. ?(Special) Death has come to Daniel Mouser, the oldest homesteader in this section of the old Cherokee Strip, at the age of 92 years and 3 months. He homesteaded a claim, about 16 miles west of Woodward, in 1901 and lived there until the time of his death. A native of Bougges, Iowa, he went to Unionville, MO, where he married Miss Eliza Jane Rorderson. They trekked to Cedarvale, Kans., in the late 1800s and to the Cherokee Strip homestead in 1901. His wife preceded him in death in 1938. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lilly Eisminger of Fargo and Mrs. May Kennedy of Lincoln, Neb. Also by l7 grand- children and 18 great grandchildren.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WOODWARD GUNNER Enid 1943
WOODWARD, May 19 (Special) Acting on a motion by Senator Ed Williams and Dr. Eugene M. Atrim the Woodward chamber of commerce members, attending the weekly luncheon, voted enthusiastically to send immediate a V-letter of congratulations to Sgt. Ralph E. Miller of this city, tail gunner on the bomber "Chickawas Chief," which recnetly so successfully silenced anti-aircraft replacement guns during a fight over Holland and Belgium to bomb nazi industries. The congratulations to Sgt. Miller included the same greetings to the two Oklahomans, who were with Miller on this bomber--Lt. Donald R. Bone of Temple and Sgt. Harry comer of Miami. Sgt. Miller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Miller of this city.
Woodward Rites Held For Pioneer Resident Enid 1943
WOODWARD, Feb. 22, (Special) Funeral services were conducted here for Mrs. Elizabeth Peoples, 98 years old, who came to Wodward county in 1901. Six children survive. They include Mrs. Myrtle Hatton, Mrs. J. E. Hardy, C. C. Peoples and W. H. Peoples all of Woodward; J. E. Peoples, Alva, and Mrs. Emma Coombs, Shelbyville, Mo.
STATE MAN COOKS FOR MACARTHUR Enid 1943
WOODWARD, Jan. 19 Northwestern Oklahoma folks opine that much of General MacArthur's success in the Australian area is due to the fact that he is getting plenty of good nourishment, cooked in the good old Oklahoma shortgrass fashion. McArthurs chef is Paul Newman, formerly of Laverne. In World War I another Oklahoma chef served General Pershing in France. He was Roy Staley, a former Ponca City cafe operator.
WIDOW OF OLD DAY COUNTY SHERIFF DIES 1943
Woodward, Feb. 11 (Special) The death is announced here of Mrs. Jacob Bull, aged 76, whose husband was sheriff of old Day county from 1900 to 1904 during old Oklahoma Territorial days. She had been a widow for a number of years. Day county was wiped out when statehood came to Oklahoma in 1907 and even the old county seat town of Grand has disappeared. The Bull family homesteaded a claim near the South Canadian river, northeast of Grand, following the opening of the Cheyenne-Arapaho countries to settlement in 1892.
FINGER IN GRINDER; DEATH FROM LOCKJAW Enid 1943
WOODWARD, Feb. 19 (Special) Death from Lockjaw, following the amputation of a finger in a feed grinder, has come to Elmer Alvis, prominent farmer of the Putnam community of Dewey county. Following the accident Alvis was taken to a doctor, who removed the damaged finger and gave him tetnas serum as against lockjaw. Several days later, however, lockjaw set in and it developed that Alivs' heart could not withstand the required treatment.
Ellis County Soldier Is Prisoner of Japs 1943
WOODWARD, April, 26 (Special) Pvt. Leonard Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hart of the Luther Hill community in Ellis county, is a prisoner of the Jamanese in the Philippines, the war department has notified his parents. He had been listed a missing in action since fall of the Philippines. Two other sons of the Harts are in the service. Lieut. Raymond Hart is an army pilot in North Africa, and Major Walter Hart is stationed in Louisiana.
TRIPLETS BORN AT WOODWARD Enid 12 Feb 1943
Augmented by triplets, two girls and a boy, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Teten of Woodward now have nine children, all girls but one. Two years ago Mrs. Teten presented her husband with twin girls. The triplets are now three weeks old and have been named Helen Jean, Harry James, and Harriett Jenella. Dick Teten is an employe of a utility company.
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