WALTER HILDRETH HUBBARD[1]

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  • Name  WALTER HILDRETH HUBBARD 
    Born  25 Apr 1906  CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • BORN TWO MILES SOUTH OF CHANDLER
    Christened 
    • JEHOVAHS WITNESS.
    Gender  Male 
    Buried  Apr 1989  CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • OAK PARK CEMETERY.
    Died  1 Apr 1989  OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age  82 years 
    Headstones  Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1995, CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: ~ 90 years 
    Married  1929 
    Children 
    Married: 1x1. DORIS HUBBARD
    Married: 2x2. CHESTER RAY HUBBARD, SR. Married: 2x2x ,   b. 1 Dec 1935, CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 2007, CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 71 years
    Family ID  F13  Group Sheet

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Apr 1906 - CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - CHESTER RAY HUBBARD, SR. - 1 Dec 1935 - CHANDLER, LINCOLN, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Apr 1989 - CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Apr 1989 - OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S53] LINCOLN COUNTY REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPERCHANDLER, OKL.

    2. [S51] TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS AT OAK PARK CEMETERY1 MIL.

    3. [S52] TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS AT OAK PARK CEMETERY1 MIL.


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