Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1913 — Entertained a Number of Old Friends of Visiting Relatives. [ARTICLE]

Entertained a Number of Old Friends of Visiting Relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Learning, C. G. Spitler and Miss Maud Spitler entertained at dinner Tuesday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. Spitler, of Oklahoma City, several of their old friends, at the residence of Miss Spitler on Van Rensselaer street. Mrs. Spitler has been here for, some time, her husband coming only a week ago and being unable to remain longer than today, when both will start on the return trip. The evening was spent in pleasant recollections of the days when most of the party were young people in Rensselaer and the changes of the fleeting years made the reunion a very .enjoyable one. All were interested in listening to Mr. Spider’s discussion of A 1 Jennings, now an Oklahoma City attorney, the former convict, whose life story has been published in The Saturday Evening Post and read so extensively all over the country. The rapid growth and the Cnsuing increase in the value of real estate, accompanied by the success and failure of many identified with the early days of Oklahoma City, 'as told by Mr. Spitler proved interesting. At this time the oil fields in various parts of Oklahoma are attracting attention. The operatives in the fields have their ups and downs as they meet with successes and failures, and their wealth is usually in prospect rather than fact. However, many have been very successful in the oil fields, and among them Mr. Phelps, son-in-law of J. Frank Warren. Mr. Warren and U. M. Baughman have been very successful in Oklahoma City, where Mr. Spitler also has an excellent legal practice. A. C. Farmer, who was caught by the breakers of 1908, and who lost out quite' entirely, moved to San Diego, Cal., where it is reported he is getting a good start. Mr. Spitler is convinced that the future of Oklahoma City is to be one of steady and dependable growth and that it will be the great city of the southwest. Its preent population is about 70,000. Many of Mr. Spitler’s friends were unable to see him at all while here, as he came especially to see his mother and remained with her almost all of his time. It was his first visit in five years and was entirely too short - to suit his many old friends.