The OKLAHOMAN, August 11, 1940
Gray-Pittman Rites Held in Sunset in Gardens of Home, Many attend Shawnee Services; Couple on Trip to Colorado.
Wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.R. Gray of Shawnee for their daughter Miss Naomi Elaine to Charles E. Pittman jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Pittman of Idabel.  Other names mentioned: Dr. A.L. Aulick, professor at Okla Baptist Univ officiated;  music by Miss Dorothy Lee Johnson and Miss Marion Warren; attendants: Miss Beverly Bruce and Miss Christine Kelley; Mrs. Jack Hayes (sister of the bride) and Miss Pat Grant;  groomsmen: Oscar Westbrook, George Henderson; Weaver Creed and Woodrow Gray (brother of the bride).

The OKLAHOMAN, October 13, 1940
SHAWNEE BUILDS $300,000 WORTH OF NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS THE PAINLESS WAY
Report that the Shawnee board of education built $300,000 worth of buildings over a six-year period and at the same time whittled bond indebtedness to the district from $344,000 to $169,00. They did this things with the help of an extra 4-mill building fund levy voted annually for 5 years and the "new deal."  Schools listed:  JEFFERSON School was the PWA project in Oklahoma and the cost was $62,000 (Shawnee paid $15,000 of that amount.)  WASHINGTON School cost $72,000 (Shawnee paid $40,00 of that amount and the PWA paid the remainder.)  after the PWA funds dwindled the WPA flourished and helped build FRANKLIN school at a cost of $68,000 (Shawnee provided $42,000.)  DUNBAR school had two very old buildings which were combined and remodeled into a very usable structure for $14,000 (Shawnee paying $6,000 and the WPA the balance.)  At HORACE MANN school, a 1907 structure which had been left when a new school was built in 1927 was demolished and an addition costing was $24,00 was added (Shawnee paying $24,000 and the WPA paying the rest.)  IRVING School got a $20,000 auditorium and play room.
Still pending with the WPA was $18,000 for an auditorium and play room at Harrison and $28,000 for similar improvements at Woodrow Wilson. 
In 1937 the board of educations with the help of T.E. Thompson, City Manager's engineering and contributions received the title to $40,000 stadium and athletic field for a donation of $6,000.  The article states that the city "$135,00 gymnasium-auditorium" is also at the disposal of the school system.  (Picture of Franklin School.)

The SHAWNEE MORNING NEWS, Wednesday, October 23, 1940, pg. 5:
PIONEER MERCHANT OF COUNTY DIES
"George Emory Truscott, 85, of Bethany, a pioneer merchant of south Pottawatomie county, died in a local hospital at 1:30 Tuesday morning after a month's illness.
   Truscott came to Oklahoma in 1900 from Texas and established a mercantile business at Remus.  He remained there four years and then moved his business to Maud, where he operated his store until 1920.
   For the past 13 years, he had been a resident of Bethany.  He was a member of the Christian church there.
   Surviving relatives include his wife, Mrs. G.E. Truscott, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. A.A. McAllister of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Leta Krippendorf of Tulsa; four sons, J.J. Truscott, A.A. Truscott and G.G. Truscott, all of Shawnee, and L.E. Truscott of California; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
   Funeral will be held in the Roesch Brothers chapel at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Carl V. Covey officiating.  Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery at Oklahoma City.
   Bearers for the service will be L.H. O'Gee, Charles Riddle, Leroy Cooper, R.H. George, C. G. Graves and H.N. Scott."

The SHAWNEE MORNING NEWS, Thursday, October 24, 1940, pg. 2:
TRUSCOTT-- Funeral services for George Emory Truscott, 85, of Bethany and a pioneer merchant of Pottawatomie county, who died Tuesday following a month's illness, was held in the Roesch Brothers chapel at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Carl V. Covey officiating.  Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery at Oklahoma City.
   Truscott came to Oklahoma in 1900 from Texas and established a mercantile business.  He was a member of the Bethany Christian church.
   Surviving relatives include his widow, Mrs. G.E. Truscott of the home; two daughters, Mrs. A.A. McAllister, of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Leta Krippendorf of Tulsa; four sons, J.J. Truscott, A.A. Truscott and G.G. Truscott, all of Shawnee, and L.E. Truscsott of California; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
   Pallbearers will be L.H. Ogee, Charles Riddle, Leroy Cooper, R.H. George, C.G. Graves and H.N. Scott.
 

The OKLAHOMAN, April 22, 1941
FIVE WELLS START NEAR HALL-JORDAN DISCOVERY WILDCAT, Completion Test Delayed Civic Group to Lease Tract Near Producer
Five wells located between Shawnee & Tecumseh in Pottawatomie County.  Article states the the Pottawatomie County Historical society called for bids for oil and gas lease on a 3 1/2-acre tract which it owns just south of the Indian sanitorium.  The historic Friends Mission is located on the site.  The society official plans to use revenue from the lease to restore the old church and mission.

The OKLAHOMAN, April 22, 1941
JAMES B. TURNER, FORMER STATE MINISTER, DIES, Retired Shawnee Pastor Succumbs After Hemorrhage.
Eighty-four year old James B. Turner died in Oklahoma City at a daughter's home following a brain hemorrhage.  He was a Methodist minister and lived at Shawnee for 32 years.  Was transferred to Shawnee in 1907 from Granbury, Texas.  Served Blackburn Chapel, Tribbey and Moral.  Survivors: 1 son: Brooks B. Turner or Luther; 2 daughters: Mrs. F.C. Armstrong of Okla City and Mrs. H.N. Scott of Shawnee; a sister: Ella Turner of Portales, New Mexico.  Buried in Fairview cemetery, Shawnee.

The OKLAHOMAN, April 22, 1941
Obit of Mrs. Ella Synar, age 75.  Born in Austria.  Survivors: husband, William Synar; 5 daughters: Mrs. Frances Zynda of Bethany, Mrs. Agness Senkoski of Harrah, Mrs. Anna Skrapka of Okla City, Mrs. Helen Roski of Okla City, and Mrs. Mary Block of Shawnee; 6 sons: Phillips Kozak of Wagoner, Frank Synar of Waynoka, Tom Synar of Okla City, John Synar & George Synar of Delano, Calif., and Andrew Synar of Texas

The OKLAHOMAN, June 2, 1941
FORMER SCHOOL MAN'S WIFE DIES A SHAWNEE
Mrs. Scott Glenn was the wife of a former Shawnee superintendent of schools.  Her husband was also at one time a state representatiave.  She was buried in Rest Haven cemetery. Survivors listed: husband Scott Glenn; 2 daughters: Mrs. E.L. Garceau of Holliston, Mass. and Patricia Glenn of Durant.

The OKLAHOMAN, July 27, 1941
SHAWNEE EXPANDS FROM INDIAN POST TO MAJOR CITY, Oil, Industry, Farming and Education Combine To Boost Growth
This article reports that Shawnee which started as "a tiny Indian trading post" has grown to 22,000 residents making it the fifth largest city in the state.  Reports alfalfa is grown on thousands of acres with returns of $25 to $35 per acre.  Other crops raised are cotton, wheat, grain sorghum, cane, sudan and peanuts.  Dairy and livestock farming also provides income.  Businesses mentioned: Shawnee Milling Co., established in 1906 rated Shawnee's largest industry; The Shawnee Planing Mill, Inc. employed 15-18 people making store fixtures; Rock Island lines shops and terminals employing 100s of men; R.F. Electric Manufacturing Co. making Frost Vertica Turbine generators for the oil fields; Shawnee Garment Manufacturing Co., maker of overalls, employed 74 people; the Century Planing mill; the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corp with 31 employees; the Shawnee Cotton Oil Co., a wholesale grocery company, a wholesale fruit and produce firm and dozens of lesser businesses.  Other locations mentioned:  Oklahoma Baptist University; St. Gregory's college and the it's museum; the Shawnee Indian sanatorium composed of 17 buildings with a capacity of 150.  It states that Shawnee's water supply comes from a reservoir on the north fork of the Deer Creek, nine miles west of town.  The lake covers 1323 acre feet and the storage volume is 7,400,000 gallons of water.

The SHAWNEE MORNING NEWS, Saturday, November 1, 1941:
TRUSCOTT
   Mrs. Lucinda Truscott, 79, died at 5:40 Friday morning at the home of her son, A.A. Truscott, 1817 North Park street.
   Mrs. Truscott had lived in Oklahoma for 42 years and moved to Shawnee a year ago from Bethany.  Her husband died in October, 1940.  She was a member of the Christian church.
   She is survived by four sons, J.J. Truscott, A.A. Truscott and G.G. Truscott, all of Shawnee, and L.E. Truscott of California; two daughters, Mrs. A.A. McAllister of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Leta Ray of Oklahoma City; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
   Funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Roesch Brothers chapel, with Rev. Carl V. Covey pastor of the First christian church, officiating, assisted by Dr. Forney Hutchinson of St. Paul's Methodist church.  Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery in Oklahoma city.
   Bearers for the service will be Austin H. Rice, C.G. Graves, H.N. Scott, R.E. Stearns, C.A. Youts and Manuel McBroom.
 

The OKLAHOMAN, April 7, 1946, pg. 77
Obits for:

• Mrs. Nettie May Bennett, 62, widow of the late Dallas C. Bennett.  Lived in Shawnee since 1907 coming from Pontotoc county.  Survivors: 1 son, Denver Bennett of Seminole; 2 daughters: Marguerite Gaddy and Gladys Webb of Shawnee; 1 daughter-in-law, Lora Bennett; 1 brother, Hillie White of Spur, Texas; 1 sister: Jennie Bennett of Spur, Texas. Buried Fairview cemetery.
• George W. Davis, 85.  Came from Mississippi in 1914.  Survivors: wife, Lula Estelle; 3 sons: J.B. Davis of Shawnee, M.L. Davis of Los Angeles, and A.H. Davis of Shawnee; 4 daughters: Mrs. Edna Day of Anadarko, Mrs. Alice Abernathy of Mississippi,  Mrs. Norma Baker of Okla City, and Mrs. Minnie LaFevers of Tahlequah
• W.M. Sharp, 83, pioneer school teacher.  Survivors: wife, Lottie; 4 sons: Sam, Buster, Ralph & Harry all of Konawa area.

• Arthur Groves, age 64, had lived in Sacred Heart community for 52 years.  Survived by wife Anna Katherine Groves; 3 sons, John Herman, Christopher and Joseph William Groves; 3 daughters, Mrs. Joe Semptner, Miss Mona Cathrine Groves (only 2 listed); 1 brother, Christopher Groves; and 2 sisters, Mrs. Lucy Hillerman and Mrs. Emma Curry.
• James A. Conatser, age 44 of Pearson.  Services at Romulus Baptist church and burial in Romulus cemetery.  Survivors listed:  wife, Catherine; 2 sons, Randall and Jimmy of Pearson; 1 daughter, Miss Billie Joyce Conatser of Ryan; his mother, Mary Ann Conatser or Pearson; 2 brothers, T.A. Conatser of Pearson and W.S. Conatser of McAlester; 1 sister, Mrs. Arlene Brown of Pearson

W.M. Sharp, pioneer school teacher in the area.  Moved to Shawnee about 1940 from Konawa.  Former superintendent of Ozark county, Missouri schools and postmaster of Bakersfield, Mo.  Survivors: Lottie, wife; 4 sons, Sam, Buster, Rouss and Harry all of Konawa area; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The OKLAHOMAN, February 3, 1947
SHAWNEE PLANS BIG CAMPAIGN FOR MEMORIAL
Report on plans to solicit and raise $35,00 for construction of a Memorial Park to be erected on an easement given by the Shawnee board of education.  Park to be located just north of the municipal stadium. (Jim Thorpe stadium at the Shawnee High School)

The OKLAHOMAN, February 22, 1947
F.H. McDIVITT RITES TODAY
Obit for F.H. McDivitt, age 74.  Shawnee resident 1902 to 1929. Burial Fairview cemetery. Survivors listed: wife, Bertha; 5 sons: Howard W., Shawnee, Rev. T. B. McDivitt, Pueblo, Colo., John W. McDivitt, Duncan and Murie and Simpson McDivitt of Lawton; 3 daughters: Mrs. Mary Alice Rice of Altus, Miss Olive McDivitt of Okla City, and Miss Harriett McDivitt of Jackson, Miss.; 3 sisters: Mrs. Nannie Whittaker of Okla City, Mary and Jennie McDivitt of Shawnee.

The OKLAHOMAN, March 11, 1947
Obits for:

• William H. Tucker who died at age 52.  Survivors: wife, Bertie G.Tucker; 1 son: Pvt Billy Dan Tucker stationed in Austria; 1 brother: Carl of Gallatin, Tenn; and 5 sisters: Mrs. Bert Pedley of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Eugene Bolton of Goodlettsville, Tenn, Mrs. Luther Basten of Indianapolis, Mrs. Thomas Diersen of Lafayette, Ind., and Mrs. Jim Ralph of Hendersonville, Tenn.

• Robert Thomas Bennett who died at age 71.  Survivors: wife, Minnie; 1 son, Wiley of Shawnee, 1 daughter, Mrs. J.W. Witt of Fort Worth and 3 sisters: Mrs. Martha Hodge of Ninnekah, Mrs. Allie Hawkins of Drumright, and Mrs. Sallie Greer of Nocona, Texas.
• Mrs. Sadie Weldfelt who died at age 78.  Survivors: 1 daughter:  Mrs. A.D. Cox of southwest of Shawnee; 1 sister: Mrs. Belle Lee of St. George, Kan.
• William A. Blakley who died in Oklahoma City at age 74.  Burial to be in Shawnee. No survivors listed.

The OKLAHOMAN, May 27, 1947
L.S. PERRYMAN SERVICES TODAY IN CITY CHAPEL
SHAWNEE - Leland S. Perryman died at age 53.  He was widely known as a printer.  Died at the home of son, E.W. Perryman in Oklahoman City.  Lived in the state since Territory days and worked in Stillwater, Chandler, Seminole, Wewoka, and Pauls Valley as a printer.
Survivors: wife, Grace; 2 sons: E.W. Perryman of Shawnee and Leland S. Perryman jr. of Calif.; 4 brothers: V.C. Perryman of Dallas, James T. Perryman jr. and C.W. Perryman of Forth Worth, and R.L. Perryman of Okla City; 2 sisters: Mrs. Ina Perryman and Mrs. A.W. Hurley both of Okla. City.

The OKLAHOMAN, May 27, 1947
TECUMSEH-- Pottawatomie county pioneer, Mrs. Nellie Edith Ward, age 61 died in Stratford.  Burial in Tecumseh cemetery.  He was post matron of Maud at one time.  Survivors: husband, John W. Ward of Tecumseh; 1 daughter: Mrs. Edith Dobson of Shawnee; 3 sons: John Clyde Ward of Shawnee, William Herman Ward of Sacramento, Calif, and Charles Kay Ward of Tecumseh; 3 sisters: Mrs. Homer Cook of Los Angeles, Mrs. L.T. Mitchell of Stratford and Mrs. H.J. Asher of Bristow; 2 brothers: W.H. Hart of Maud and C.M. Hart of Ada.

The OKLAHOMAN, June 1, 1947
TWO SHAWNEE TEACHERS RETIRE AFTER HALF-CENTURY OF WORK
C. Riley Ward had taught 25 years at Shawnee highschool and had been teaching for 51 years.
Miss Mary McDivitt, a first grade teacher at Irving school, had taught for 50 years--47 in Shawnee schools and 3 in Illinois.  Bachelor of Science degree from Okla Baptist University.

The OKLAHOMAN, September 4, 1947

• Obit for William M. Estes who died at age 80.  Came to Shawnee in 1891.  Survivors: wife, Myrtle Estes; 2 daughters: Mrs. Melvin Martin of Shawnee and Mrs. Churck Robinson of Picher; 1 brother: Ezra Estes of Shawnee.
• Obit for Mrs. Mary Huttenhoff who came to Shawnee from McAlester in 1898 with her husband Frank.  Frank died in 1927.  Survivors: 4 sons: Otto of El Dorado, Kan, Harry of Shawnee, Albert of New Lenox, Ill., and Leo of Shawnee; 1 daughter: Miss Katie Huttenhoff of Shawnee.

The OKLAHOMAN, September 23, 1947
DAIRYMAN BURIED IN SHAWNEE RITES
Obit for 51 year old Harold W. McDivitt.  Survivors:  wife, Jewell I. McDivitt; 2 sons: Harold McDivitt, jr. of Shawnee and Dale M. McDivitt of Holdenville; his mother Mrs. F.M. McDivitt of Lawton; 4 brothers: Rev. T.B. McDivitt or Pueblo, Colo., Myrle McDevitt of Lawton, John G. McDivitt of Duncan and Simpson McDivitt of Lawton; 3 sisters, Mary Alice Rose of Altus, Olive McDivitt of Okla City and Harriett McDivitt of Jackson, Miss.

The OKLAHOMAN, October 18, 1947
T.B. HENDERSON SERVICES TODAY (Oct 17).  Died at age 64.  Came to Pottawatomie county in 1898.  Survivors: 1 son: Earl of Webb City, Mo.; 4 daughters: Miss Thelma Henderson and Mrs. W. J. Sears of Kansas City, Mrs. J.S. George of Tulsa and Mrs. J.B. Adoue of Caracas, Venezuela; 3 sisters: Mrs. Mollie Booze of Shawnee, Mrs. Nora Webb of Stillwater and Mrs. Jane Webb of Tulsa; 6 brothers: J.H. and H.C. fo Compton, Calif, W.A. of Okla City; M.U. of Norman, R.F. of Tulsa, and C.L. of Grady.
 

The SHAWNEE NEWS-STAR, Friday, May 21, 1948, Front page:
Truscott Dies, Funeral Set For Satruday
   Alvin Austin Truscott, 56, pioneer resident of Pottawatomie county, died at his home, 1718 North Park, at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Roesch Brothers chapel.
   Rev. A.B. Hickman, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist church, of which Truscott was a member, will officiate, and burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery, Oklahoma City.
   Truscott came to the county at the age of 7 and remained all his life, with the exception of a few years spent in Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City, Utah.  He came to Shawnee from Maud in 1938 and was a traveling salesman for the Shawnee Garment Manufacturing company for 20 years.
   Besides his wife, Mrs. Hazel Truscott of the home, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary McAllister of Lubbock, Texas, and two brothers, J.J. Truscott of Shawnee and George Truscott of Maud.
   Bearers will be Lloyd Reynolds, Count Dunaway, Rudy Donat, Austin Rice of Maud, H.N. Scott and William Hisel.
(Used by permission of the SHAWNEE NEWS-STAR)

The SHAWNEE NEWS-STAR, Saturday, May 22, 1948:
Truscott Funeral Will Be Here Today
   Funeral services for Alvie Austin Truscott, who died Thursday at his home, 1718 North Park will be held today at 2 p.m. in Roesch Brothers chapel.
   Rev. A.B. Hickman, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery in Oklahoma City.
(Used by permission of the SHAWNEE NEWS-STAR)

The OKLAHOMAN, July 3, 1948
FRANK M. PHILLIPS, 81 retired farmer.  Came to Oklahoma in 1901 from Tennessee and lived in Econtuchka and Earlsboro and then Ada before returning to Shawnee in 1938.
Survivors: 2 sons: Robert F. Phillips of Shawnee and Charles Phillips of Fresno, Calif.; 6 daughters: Martha Ann Hurd of Richmond, Calif., Virginia Adams of Valley Center, Calif, Vivian Smith or Ada, Loretta Tentley of Chattanooga, Tenn., Glennie Teel of Ada and Evelyn Hald of Chattanooga.

The OKLAHOMAN, August 29, 1948
Account of a committee headed by George C. Poe and Mrs. Florence Blakley helping to get donations of money, material and furniture to restore a home for Mr and Mrs A.J. Jones.  The Jones home was destroyed by fire.
 

The OKLAHOMAN, May 31, 1949
Obt of Mrs. Lenora Virginia Lester who died in Shawnee at age 65.  She came to Shawnee in 1908.  Husband, S.H. Lester, died in 1935.  Survivors:  1 daughter: Mrs. William E. Kent of Dewey; 2 brothers: Dr. John S. Rollins of Prague and Dr. W. J. Rollins of Cotter, Ark.; 1 sister: Mrs. Mary E. Atkins of Alhambra, Calif.

The OKLAHOMAN, May 31, 1949
Obit of 73 years old Robert L. Douthitt who was a retired crossing watchman for the Rock Island railraod.  Veteran of the Spanish-American war.  Came to Shawnee in 1910 from Kentucky.  Survivors: 1 son, Orville Douthitt of Lancaster, Calif.; 1 stepson: McKinley cook of Shawnee; and 3 stepdaugthers: Mrs. Lillie Harden of Shawnee, Mrs. Laura Gove of Tulsa, and Mrs. Louise Phillips of San Francisco, Calif.