WALTER HILDRETH HUBBARD^[1]

1906 - 1989  (82 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	WALTER HILDRETH HUBBARD
  Born	25 Apr 1906	CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA   [2]
  	BORN TWO MILES SOUTH OF CHANDLER
  Christened	JEHOVAHS WITNESS.
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1989	CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA
  	OAK PARK CEMETERY.
  Died	1 Apr 1989	OKLAHOMA   [3]
  Age	82 years
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  Person ID	I29	Caudle Descendants
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2004

  
  

  Father	CHESTER JOSEPH HUBBARD
  Mother	PEARL C. COX
  Married	Bef 1906
  Family ID	F3417	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	INA MAE RIKARD,   b. Abt 1905, MISSISSIPPI ,   d. 21 Feb 1995, CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA   Age: ~ 90 years
  Married	1929
  Children	1. DORIS HUBBARD 2. CHESTER RAY HUBBARD, SR. 2x ,   b. 1 Dec 1935, CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA ,   d. 5 Nov 2007, CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA   Age: 71 years
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Born - 25 Apr 1906 - CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA Child - CHESTER RAY HUBBARD, SR. - 1 Dec 1935 - CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA Buried - Apr 1989 - CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Died - 1 Apr 1989 - OKLAHOMA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  LIVED IN LINCOLN AND MAJOR (1918) COUNTIES, IN OKLAHOMA. OCCUPATION AUTO MECHANIC. ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RED OAKS, CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA. WORKED AS AUTO MECHANIC FOR 42 YEARS (1926-1968) AT CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA. WORKED IN SHOP BEHIND GINN'S AUTO SUPPLY (SKINNY GINN) AND OVERLAND WHIPPET AGENCY AND FORD GARAGE, ALL IN CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA. WORKED ON CLYDE & KAY WAKLEY CAUDLE'S CARS. HIS TOMBSTONE READS "HE WAS A GENTLE MAN AND HE LOVED HORSES." LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS ABT SEP 7, 1968 CITY MECHANIC RETIRES AFTER 42 YEARS IN 1926 A YOUNG CHANDLER MAN STARTED TO WORK AT THE OVERLAND WHIPPETT CAR AGENCY, LOCATED AT 710 MANVEL AVENUE, AS A GENERAL MECHANIC. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, WALTER H. HUBBARD, CLEANED HIS WRENCHES AND TOOLS FOR THE LAST TIME AND RETIRED AFTER SERVING LINCOLN COUNTY AUTOMOBILE OWNERS FOR 42 YEARS. HUBBARD'S FORTY-TWO YEARS AS A MECHANIC HAS SEEN MANY CHANGES IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. IN HIS EARLY YEARS HE WORKED ON THE OLD MODEL T's, MODEL A's, MAXWELLS, STAR CARS, OVERLANDS, AND JEWETT's. MOST OF THESE CARS HAD 4 AND 6 CYLINDER MOTORS THAT NEEDED THE GENTLE TOUCH OF A GOOD MECHANIC NOW AND THEN. HUBBARD REMEMBERS WORKING ON A 1920 MODEL OLDSMOBILE, V-8 MOTOR, NO LESS, WHICH WAS USED BY THE OLD EGBERT HOTEL AS A SHUTTLE BUS FROM THE CHANDLER RAILWAY DEPOT TO THE HOTEL. HE WAS BORN IN APRIL, 1906, TWO MILES SOUTH OF CHANDLER, TO CHESTER JOSEPH AND PEARL C. COX HUBBARD. HE WENT TO SCHOOL AT RED OAK SCHOOL UNTIL THE FAMILY MOVED TO MAJOR COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA IN 1918. IN 1925 HE RETURNED TO CHANDLER AND GOT STARTED WORKING ON CARS BY DOING MOST OF THE REPAIR ON HIS OWN CAR, A 1921 MODEL T. HE WAS MARRIED TO INA MAE RIKARD IN 1929 AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, DORIS McDANIELS, SAPULPA, OKLA., AND CHESTER R. HUBBARD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HUBBARD TRIED EARLY DAY STOCK CAR RACING AS A SPORT IN 1932. HE BUILT UP A 1929 MODEL A AND RACED AT CUSHING AND PAWHUSKA ON OLD RACE TRACKS THAT WERE OVAL SHAPED AND ABOUT 3/4 MILE IN LENGTH. FINALLY, ONE RACE AT PAWHUSKA ENDED IN A WRECK IN WHICH THE DRIVER OF HIS CAR WAS KILLED. TOP SPEED OF THE RACER WAS ABOUT 70 MPH BY THE CLOCK. HUBBARD LEFT THE OVERLAND-WHIPPETT AGENCY IN 1930 AND WENT TO WORK AT THE FORD GARAGE AND WAS THERE UNTIL 1939. IN JANUARY OF THAT YEAR HE STARTED TO WORK IN A SHOP BEHIND GINN AUTO SUPPLY AND WAS THERE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 THRU SEPT. 14 MARKED HIS FIRST WEEKS VACATION SINCE 1939. HE HAS A RECORD OF 4 DAYS OFF WORK IN 42 YEARS. HUBBARD SAYS THAT CARS GIVE BETTER SERVICE TODAY THAN THEY DID IN THE PAST. BROKEN SPRINGS SEEMED TO BE A COMMON AILMENT OF MOST AUTOMOBILES, BUT NOW THEY HARDLY EVER BREAK. SINCE ROADS ARE BETTER NOW AND SO ARE THE CARS. THE OLD CARS WOULD HARDLY EVER RUN OVER 50,000 MILES AND NOW THEY GO UP TO 130,000 MILES IN THE LIFE OF AN AUTOMOBILE. THE MOST UNUSUAL AUTOMOBILE THAT HE WORKED ON WAS A 1950 DODGE THAT HAD OVER 130,000 MILES ON THE MOTOR WITH NOTHING BUT MINOR PARTS REPLACED. HUBBARD SAID THAT ALL OF HIS KNOWLEDGE CAME FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND READING BOOKS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A TWO WEEK SCHOOL ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THE ONLY INJURIES HE SUSTAINED IN HIS CAREER WAS A BROKEN FOOT IN 1943, ON WHICH HE "DROPPED A MOTOR ON IT DUE TO MY FOOLISHNESS." HUBBARD BELIEVES THAT THE OLD STYLE MECHANICS ARE DYING OUT AND SOON WILL HAVE SERVICE CENTERS OR VERY LARGE GARAGES THAT WILL DO ALL THE REPAIR WORK. THERE IS STILL A GOOD LIVING TO BE MADE AS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT IT IS NOT A CHOICE CAREER FOR A YOUNG MAN, HE SAID.

  
  

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  [S53] LINCOLN COUNTY REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPERCHANDLER, OKL. [S51] TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS AT OAK PARK CEMETERY1 MIL. [S52] TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS AT OAK PARK CEMETERY1 MIL.