AGI-005-07 Viles
Letters 3A-3-4
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This
collection consists mainly of letters written to Dr.
Deral Viles by his parents R. B. "Doc" and
Maude Patterson Viles. The Viles Family lived south of
Halfway. Dr. Viles was a dentist in Bolivar as well as
serving as a dentist in the Navy. These letters cover a
period from August 1970 through March 1975 at which time
Dr. Viles was stationed at Bethesda, Key West and
Memphis. These letters give insight as to what life was
like in Polk County during this time frame. Many names
were mentioned in the letters but only births, deaths,
and marriages are listed here. Also included are
insurance papers and correspondence concerning the
licensing of Dr. Viles in other states. This collection
was "rescued" at a local yard sale during the
summer of 2007 by a PCGS member and given to the library.
Most of the letters from Dr. Viles parents are two pages
in length with one page being written by mom and the
other by dad. |
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August-December
1970 Letters
- Aug 16 birth of Jim & Sylvias
daughter; Maude Scott died
- Aug 20 Donnie Legan died
- Aug 24
- Aug 28
- Aug 30
- Sep 3 R. B. Viles in hospital
& his mother both diagnosed with leukemia
- Sep 7
- Sep 10 plane crash near Aldrich
- Sep 13
- Sep 17
- Sep 21
- Sep 24
- Sep 27
- Oct 1 dynamite truck blew up on
I-44
- Oct 5 Ross Hillenberg died
- Oct 8 Ross Hillenberg funeral
- Oct 12
- Oct 15
- Oct 18
- Oct 22 R. B. Viles death
- Oct 25
- Oct 29 Emery Ankrom death
- Nov 1 new baby for Richard LeJeune
& wife
- Nov 4
- Nov 8
- Nov 12
- Nov 15
- Nov 18
- Nov 23
- Nov 25
- Nov 30
- Dec 3
- Dec 31
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January-April
1971 Letters
- Jan 3
- Jan 6 Lonnie Ethridge buried
- Jan 14
- Jan 17 Arless Mayfield death
- Jan 20
- Jan 24
- Jan 28 Fred Scroggins death
- Feb 1 Mr. Bodenhammers
funeral, Bucose (Bucholz) boys funeral,
Vickie Chester to marry
- Feb 4
- Feb 7
- Jan 10 Julia Wilsons funeral
- Feb 16
- Feb 18 Logan Mayfield death
- Feb 21
- Feb 25 Paul Erwin heart attack
- Feb 28
- Mar 4
- Mar 8
- Mar 11 Paul Erwins funeral
- Mar 14
- Mar 18 weddings Jerry Voris,
Vickie Viles, Gary Bays, Valinda
- Mar 22
- Mar 25
- Mar 28
- Apr 1
- Apr 4
- Apr 8
- Apr 12 Plane crash on Bob Wilsons
farm
- Apr 14
- Apr 18
- Apr 22
- Apr 26
- Apr 29
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May-August
1971 Letters
- May 2
- Empty envelope postmarked May 4letter
missing
- May 6 Joplin tornado
- May 10 Fred Hendrickson died,
Press Mayfield died
- May 12
- May 16
- Pamela & Becky graduating
- May 20
- May 24 Charlie Mayfields
wife & son Arless death, Raymond Self
& sister Amys death
- June 1
- June 3
- June 6
- June 10
- June 13 Otis Conder death
- June 17
- June 21
- June 23
- June 27
- July 1
- July 6 Ida died
- July 8
- Dr. Viles is now stationed in
Florida and letters are addressed to him at Key
West.
- Aug 4
- Aug 8 Mrs. Hobbs mother died
(in Ava), Estell Noyes died of heart attack
- Aug 11
- Aug 15 Johnny Westfall died
- Aug 18
- Aug 22
- Aug 26
- Aug 29
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September-December
1971 Letters
- Sep 2
- Sep 7
- Sep 9
- Sep 12
- Sep 16
- Sep 20
- Sep 23
- Sep 26
- Sep 30 Bessie Redd died
- Oct 3
- Oct 7
- Oct 10
- Oct 14 Glenn & Juanita Voris
house burned
- Oct 17 Rev. Hines funeral
- Oct 21
- Oct 26
- Oct 28
- Nov 1
- Nov 4
- Nov 7 Bolivar Hotel burned
- Nov 11
- Nov 15
- Nov 18 Mr. Ortner (Graces
dad) died; Al Mayfield died
- Nov 22
- Nov 24
- Nov 28
- Dec 2
- Dec 4
- Dec 8
- Dec 12
- Dec 15 bad storm with lots of
damage
- Dec 20
- Dec 23
- Dec 27
- Dec 30
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January-June
1972 Letters
- Jan 3 Doyle Mayfield married
- Jan 4
- Jan 10
- Jan 13
- Jan 17
- Jan 20
- Jan 24
- Jan 27
- Jan 31
- Feb 3
- Feb 7 Vickie has baby boy,
Jeanette has baby girl, Charlie & Josie
61st anniversary
- Feb 9
- Feb 12
- Feb 15
- Feb 18 Floy Gregg died
- Feb 24
- Feb 28
- Feb 22
- Mar 2 Randy Arnold and Margaret
Sampson shower
- Mar 8
- Mar 6
- Mar 12
- Mar 16 Clifford Cribbs died
- Mar 20
- Mar 23
- Mar 26
- Apr 20 Raymond Benton buried, Spur
Brakebill buried, John Sallee buried, Lillie
Cates funeral, Edith Sechler died
- Apr 24
- Apr 27
- Apr 30
- May 3
- May 7
- May 11
- May 9 (from Janct & Dean)
- May 15
- May 16
- May 21
- May 25
- May 30
- June 1
- June 4
- June 8 Dennis Gallivan buried
- June 11 Mrs. Johnson and 2
children killed in car wreck
- June 14
- June 19
- June 21
- June 26
- June 27
- June 29 Gean Hargis killed in
train wreck
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July-December
1972 Letters
- July 2
- July 6
- July 9
- July 13
- July 17
- July 20
- July 23
- July 27
- July 31
- Aug 3
- Aug 7 Emma Patterson died, buried
in Illinois
- Aug 20 murders in Buffalo
- Aug 11
- Aug 15
- Aug 21 Clarence Salsman buried,
Jack Killingsworth died
- Aug 28
- Aug 31
- Sep 5
- Sep 10 Chloe Thompson died, Ode
Cornelius died
- Sep 7
- Sep 14 Bob Hutcheson died
- Oct 11 Walter & Ethel 50th
anniversary
- Oct 15
- Oct 19
- Oct 24
- Oct 26
- Oct 29 Maude Drumright died
- Nov 1 included newspaper article
about inquest in death of 10 month old Johnny
Allen Daniel and death of his grandmother Nola
Mae Storment
- Nov 6
- Nov 9
- Nov 12
- Nov 16
- Nov 20
- Nov 24
- Nov 27
- Nov 30 Jerry and Peggy have baby
boy; Margaret Sampson shower
- Dec 4
- Dec 7
- Dec 11
- Dec 14
- Dec 19 Frank Staffen died
- Dec 21
- Dec 26
- Dec 27
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January-June
1973 Letters
- Jan 2
- Jan 4
- Jan 8
- Jan 11
- Jan 15
- Jan 18
- Jan 22 Pearl Gilmore buried
- Jan 25
- Jan 29
- Feb 1 Velinda has baby girlCherry
Linn; Stella Appersons funeral; Norman Cass
grandson attacked by dogs
- Feb 5
- Feb 8
- Feb 12
- Feb 16 Bill Haley died
- Feb 19 Jack McCoys wife died
- Feb 22
- Feb 26 Austin Hook died, Normy
Wrinkle buried
- Mar 1
- Mar 5
- Mar 8
- Mar 12
- Mar 15 Kyle Jones dad died,
dynamite truck exploded at Noble Hill
- Mar 19
- Mar 22
- Mar 26
- Apr 17 Barney Hacker died
- Apr 23
- Apr 26
- Apr 29 Ona Smith Cassity died
- May 3
- May 7
- May 10
- May 14
- May 16 Nora Gibony died
- May 20
- May 24 deed of Viles Cemetery
- May 29
- May 30
- June 5 Bills Funeral, Walter died
- June 7
- June 10
- June 14
- June 18
- June 21
- June 24
- June 29 Mag Jester died, Charley
Mayfield buried
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July-December
1973 Letters
- July 2 Charley Heydons
funeral
- July 4 Jessie Olglesby died
- July 9
- July 12
- July 17 Patterson reunion, Lessies
funeral
- July 19
- July 23
- July 24
- July 29 Patterson reunion
- Aug 2
- Aug 5
- Aug 9
- Aug 12
- Aug 16
- Aug 19
- Aug 22
- Aug 27 Walter & Lessies
sale
- Aug 30
- Sep 4
- Sep 6
- Sep 10
- Sep 13
- Sep 17
- Sep 20 Birdsong murder
- Sep 24
- Sep 27
- Oct 1
- Oct 4
- Oct 9
- Home on leave
- Nov 6
- Nov 12 Joe and Chet in car wreck
on Noble Hill
- Nov 13 empty envelope (had drivers
license in it)
- Nov 15
- Nov 19 Etta Morgan buried, Beckie
Hoods mother ---Lathem died
- Nov 21
- Nov 26
- Nov 29
- Dec 3
- Dec 6 Edith LeJeune died
- Dec 10
- Dec 12
- Dec 17
- Dec 20 Sam Vest died
- Dec 26
- Dec 31
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January-June
1974 Letters
- Jan 3
- Jan 7
- Jan 10
- Jan 14
- Jan 16
- Jan 20
- Jan 24
- Jan 28
- Jan 30
- Feb 4 wedding shower for David
Eastburn; Mrs. Richner died (Austin Hooks
sister)
- Feb 6
- Feb 10
- Feb 15 Aunt Laura Oller died
- Feb 19 Alva Patterson died
- Feb 20
- Feb 25
- Feb 28
- Mar 4
- Mar 6
- Mar 11
- Apr 4 envelope only now stationed
in Tennessee
- Apr 7
- Apr 12
- Apr 15
- Apr 18 school issues at Halfway
- Apr 22
- Apr 26
- May 1 Ivan Blurton died
- May 4
- May 14
- May 14 letter from David to R.B.
and Maude
- May 17
- May 20
- May 23
- May 27 Perry Moore died
- June 1
- June 6
- June 10
- June 19
- June 23
- June 27
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July-December
1974 Letters
- July 1 Lee Krames and wife died
- July 10
- July 15
- Aug 4
- Aug 7
- Aug 12
- Aug 15
- Aug 19
- Aug 23
- Sep 7
- Sep 12
- Sep 16
- Sep 17
- Sep 19
- Sep 30
- Election card for Orlin Stewart
- Oct 6
- Oct 15 Mrs. Gibson died in wreck
near Pleasant Hope
- Oct 20
- Oct 24
- Oct 30
- Nov 4 Lucille Rowan died
- Nov 11
- Nov 14
- Nov 19
- Dec 4
- Dec 9
- Dec 11 Ina Harris died
- Dec 16 Harold Highfill died; Dora
Hutcheson died; Harrison & Noras 65th
wedding anniversary
- Dec 23
- Dec 26
- Dec 30 Dr. Tuck (veterinarian)
died, then his wife died
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1975
Letters
- Jan 5 Dian has new baby boy
(Daniel Clay)
- Jan 8 Wayne Marshall died; Omalene
Hood died
- Jan 13 Rex Warden died
- Jan 16 Same Bruce Browns
mother died
- Jan 20
- Jan 24
- Jan 27
- Jan 30
- Feb 3
- Feb 6
- Feb 10
- Feb 17
- Feb 20 Garrett Viles married; Kent
married
- Feb 25
- Feb 28
- Mar 3
- Mar 10 Johnnys funeral
- Mar 13
- Mar 20
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Miscellaneous
Correspondence
- Sympathy cardno signature
- Christmas greetingsno
signature
- Postcard 22 July 1958 from Sharon
& Linda
- Letter from Mom & Dad 9 July
1959
- Christmas card from Mr. & Mrs.
McClymonds 15 Dec 1959
- Graduation announcement/invitation
Sharon Sue McClymonds, Ribault Junior-Senior High
School, Jacksonville, FL May 1960
- Grad report Intermediate Spanish
Southwest Baptist College 18 May 1960
- Thank you from Sharonno date
- Receiptswatch 4 June 1960
and Parcel Post Insurance 23 May 1960
- Wedding invitation for Carla Jean
White & David Bradley Hall 8 April 1961
- Thank you letter for birthday and
wedding present from Becky 23 May 1961
- Wedding invitation for Becky Neal
and Carl Edward Prather 13 Aug 1961
- Thank you from Beck and Carl 8 Aug
1961
- Post card 2 Sep 1961 from Leona
Tucker
- Post card 6 Sep 1961 from Leona
Tucker
- Thank you from Penny Neel for
birthday present 5 Oct 1961
- Not from Penny 31 Oct 1961
- Post card from Nancy L. Halbert 9
April 1973 Halbert coat-of-arms (advertising
Viles coat-of-arms)
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Photos
- CDR Darel D. Viles, Navy
- Crayola (Darels pet rat)
- Six photos of sports car
- Holiday greeting photo from Sam,
Mary & Kris
- Two small photos of Darel Viles
- School photo of Kent in 10th
grade
- Unidentified Senior class photo of
female inscribed on back "To Darel"
- Penny Neel Senior Class photo
- Penny Neel Stewardess
- Newspaper clippings
- Penny Neelgraduate of TWA
Flight Hostess School
- "Penny Neel now an airline
hostess"
- Engagement of Penny Neel to Joseph
Acuff
- Unidentified negativeman at
airport
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Correspondence
concerning dental license in Florida
- Letter from Florida State Board of
Dental Examiners 1 June 1959
- Florida Dental Practice Law
Chapter 466 Florida Statutes of 1957
- Schedule for Florida State Board
of Dental examiners July 6-16, 1959
- Practice test
- Letter from L. M. Anderson Dental
Supply Company April, 1959
- Letter from L. M. Anderson Dental
Supply Company 20 July 1959
- Letter from L. M. Anderson Dental
Supply Company "at close of State Board
1959"
- Omitted
- Information from Hotel Seminole
and Jacksonville, FL
- Letter from Black Dental Supplysuggested
supply list for State Board 8 June 1959
- Letter from Black Dental Supply 19
May 1959
- Letter from Black Dental Supply 22
April 1959
- CardWelcome to Florida
- Information from Hotel George
Washington, Jacksonville, FL
- Letter from Florida State Board of
Health 28 Aug 1958
- Letters (2) from Florida State
Board of Dental Examiners 17 Aug 1959
- Letter from Florida State Board of
Dental Examiners 7 Aug 1959did not pass
boards
- Empty envelope postmarked 29 Aug
1959 from Florida State Board of Dental Examiners
- Map of Key West from Joes
Citgo Service
- Visiting Rotarian name tags
Jacksonville FL (2)
- Rooming reportHotel
FloridianJuly 1959
- "Free dentistry" flyer
- Black Dental Supply Company
business card
- Notes on times of Rotary meetings
in Florida
- American Express Travelers Checque
Record July 1959
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Correspondence
concerning dental license in Florida
- Note paper with
names/addresses/pone numbers/hotel rooms
- Receipt for dental supplies
- Blank prescription Charles Watts,
DDS
- Receipt for stay at Hotel
Floridian 1959
- Letter from Black Dental Supply
Company 22 July 1959
- Letter from Florida State Board of
Health 7 July 1959
- Letter from Black Dental Supply 4
Aug 1959
- Letter from L. M. Anderson Dental
Supply 29 May 1959
- Letter from Southern Dental Supply
20 April 1959
- Telegram 1 Aug 1959
- Telegram 4 Aug 1959
- Letter from V. K. Reeve, DDS 23
July 1959
- Postcard, envelope and reservation
card from Hotel Seminole, Jacksonville, FL 23
April 1959
- Information on Florida State Board
of Dental Examiners postmarked 23 Mar 1050
- Letter from Dr. S. W. Lyman,
Dentist Ottawa, KS 13 Mar ?? 2 pages
- Receipts for certified mail (9)
1059
- Note from Henry about transcript
- Postcards (2) from Florida State
Board of Dental Examiners 31 Mar & 15 Apr
1959
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Correspondence
concerning dental license in Louisiana
- Letter sent to Dr. Alton R. deNux
from Darel 3 Mar 1960 about taking Louisiana
State Dental examination (2 copies)
- Letter sent to Dr. deNux from
Darel 14 March 1960 with Dr. deNuxs reply
at bottom
- Letter sent to Dr. deNux from
Darel 26 March 1060 2 pages
- Information and Instructions to
Applicants for Dental Examinations by the
Louisiana State Board of Dentistry 3 pages
- Letter to Darel from Grace Parkin,
Secretary, Council of National Board of Dental
Examiners 11 May 1960
- Letter to Darel from Dr. deNux 6
May 1960 2 copies
- Schedule for 1960 Examinations
Louisiana State Board of Dentistry 2 pages
- Name and address for Executive
Secretary Louisiana State Dental Board
- Receipts (3) for registered mail
sent by Darel
- Laws of the State of Louisiana
Governing the Practice of Dentistry
- Business CardsThe A. P. Cary
Company, Shreveport, LA (2); Dental Supplies,
Inc., New Orleans; Lusher Hotel Court, New
Orleans
- Envelope with dental x-rays
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Correspondence
concerning dental license in Texas
- Information on Examination
- Laws relating to the Practice of
Dentistry in Texas 1957
- Application for examination to
practice dentistry in Texas
- Handwritten letter to Dr. R. T.
Weber, Secretary, State Board of Dental
Examiners, TX 4 March 1960
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Miscellaneous
items
- 1950, 1951 calendar (wallet size)
- Post card perpetual calendar (see
article #6 in folder 19)
- Identification card for Darel Dean
Viles (wallet size)
- Oklahoma Turnpike stubs (2)
- Clothing tags (2)
- Bus ticket stub
- Postage receipts (2)
- Six scraps of paper with
names/addresses
- List of names who called about
assistants job in dental office
- Notes written to or by Dr. Viles
(2)
- Money records for 1959-1961
(handwritten tally)
- Expiration notice Bolivar
Herald-Free Press no date
- Receipt from Stephens Studio 14
Aug 1965
- Receipt from Shirks Jewelry
Company 10 Jan 1963
- Two sheets of paperone with
numbers written on it, the other a thought
of the day
- Name badge
- Matchbooks (4) Hotel Floridian
(2), Fisher Foods (Ohio), Holiday Inn (Memphis)
- Attendance Dates Seniors 1958
- Educational record of Darel Viles
1948-1958
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Miscellaneous
items
- Receipts from Faymans
Jewelers 15 Dec 1960
- Ground Hog Recipe
- ObituaryNavy Capt. Andrew
Wyda, Jr.
- Bachelor Meals or the Singles
Only Cookbook c, 1971
- Harians Handy Order BlankHarian
Publications, New York
- "Time and the Calendar"
Congressional Record remarks of Hon. Hiram L.
Fong Thursday 31 Aug 1961 (see article #2 in
folder 18)
- Facts about Accutron c.
1960 Bulova Watch Company w/cover letter to Darel
18 Mar 1970
- Section B Better Living The
Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser 26 July
1964no location pgs 1, 2, 15, 16
- Ads for weight loss torn from
magazine
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Southwest
Baptist College papers
- Southwest Baptist College First
Semester Course Offerings 1959-60
- Southwest Baptist College Second
Semester Course Offerings 1959-60
- Southwest Baptist College First
Semester Course Offerings 1960-61
- Southwest Baptist College Second
Semester Course Offerings 1960-61
- Southwest Baptist College First
Semester Course Offerings 1961-62
- Trial Program 3 pages
- Receipts for tuition payments, Sep
1959, Jan 1960, Sep 1960, Jan 1961
- Receipts for S.W.B.C. student
Association Sep 1959, Sep 1960, Fall Sem. 1961-62
- Receipts for The Baptist Student
Sep 1960
- Parking permit S.W.B.C. and
parking regulations 1961
- Course Grade Cards (5)
- Speech written and given by Darel
"What I Expect to Get Out of College"
with reviews and grades
Also in this collection are many of the
papers from Darels college classes. Spanish class
composes most of these papers but also are papers from
Music and Speech. These papers have not been sorted and
listed in this finding aid as they really do not hold any
genealogical/historical value, other than to see what
kind of work was required in these classes.
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Miscellaneous
- Sales receipt for purchase of 1953
Chevrolet from Shelenhamer Ford Motors 1959
- State Farm Mutual automobile
policy 1958-59
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Miscellaneous
insurance papers
- Title to 1953 Chevrolet bought by
Darel 20 Nov 1959
- Registration certificates for
above car for years 1960-65 (5)
- County Collectors
certificate of Personal Property tax 1961-1964
(4)
- United Services Automobile
Association letters (Auto Insurance)
- 5 Nov 1963 living in San Francisco
U.S.S. Isle Royale
- 20 Nov 1963
- ByLaws of the United Services
Automobile Association 27 June 1962 Claim Guide
and Directory 1962 Edition
- 21 Feb 1963 (Darel being deployed
overseas)
- 21 Feb 1963 letter addressed to
Mr. & Mrs. Wendell LeJeune (use of Darels
car while he is overseas)
- 1963 Claims Guide and Directory
- 17 Oct 1963
- 12 Nov 1963
- 1964 Claims Guide and Directory
and Principles of Insurance and Government
Benefits 1962 edition
- 16 June 1964 car being shipped to
Hawaii
- 19 Oct 1964
- 2 Nov 1964
- 26 Feb 1965
- Paper bag with expenditures for
gas, tolls, oil and mileage no date
- Certificate of Insurance 1964-65
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Miscellaneous
Insurance Kemper Insurance
- 6 Jan 1959 American Manufacturers
Mutual Insurance Policy
- 22 Aug 1960 Dentist Liability
- 3 Nov 1960
- M. A. Gesner, Inc.
- 14 Sep 1960
- 16 Mar 1961
- 1 June 1961
- 14 June `961
- 30 June 1961
- Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance
Company
- policy dated 28 July 1960 dental
equipment and supplies
- American Manufacturers Mutual
- 24 Mar 1961 notice of cancellation
- Monarch Insurance Company
- 25 Nov 1959 Life Insurance
- Life Insurance Policy includes
medical history of Deral
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