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July, 1955 NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN 199

On inquiring how his days are filled, Judge Pendle-
ton tells us that he is back in the general D|actice of
larv ancl getting over into a Pr:obate Court fr.actice, in
tho settlernent of estates, etc. ''This has involyecl a goocl
rlczrl of work in the rv:ry of est:lte planning, tax advice,
otc. At the rate I have been rnoving in that direction, I
can see that before long my time will be corntlletely
taken up rvith such matters."
"Nl y outside activities," he adds, "are Drett-v lnuch
churclr :rt the moment. Besides my u'ork on the Board
of Trustees, I am Chai|man of the Dedication comnllrree
of oul new chnrch, and we have plans fol a dedication
$.eek f|om SeDtember 18th to the 25th. In acldition, I
haye bc'en a membel of two literal y cluLs sincer 1!113;
one,'The Senate'is an affiliated men's clulr of the Y. M.
C. A.; the other','The Symposium', is a Drixed gr'oup of
a1l ag'es. My parents were members of this club fronr
abrut 1893, atrd both past Dresidents."
"I am.just now approaching the end of a period
when I have been serving as a regional chairman, in an
area of some ten counties, in an Oberlin College tr'und
Raising Campaign. This is still in prog:ress. It has
Chcster Peudleton talien sorle time but the contacts have nacle it worth-
while."
By the time this Bulletin reaches you Judge:rnd f,Its. PendletoD Nill l)e on
vacation in the great Northwest. lfhey arc looking forrvard to being in Phila-
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OJtpnia, in fall. Judge Pendleton is scheduleal f:or one of our programs the|e.
Bess f., Terry-Oklaholna
(Soonr'r Born and Sooner Bred)
I was borll at Nlarshall, Oklahoma, on the hone-
stead my father had staked out in the Run. llv
f ;lther ciied when I was but six weeks old. A
russed existelce followed, with a mother deter-
rriliea to give her brood of fir'e an eductltion and still
lieep them-together. I attended hig! school at llarshali
and- entered Northeastern State Teachers College at
16 on my orvn. I received my B.A. degree f rorn this
school with majors in history and mathematics. Later
I clid my graduate work in history at O. U.
I began my teaching career when I was 18, arld
trught t5 yeals in Oklahoma-seventeen of these
1'eai's in Tulsa. Eight ]'ears ag:o f retired from teach-
ing to become an active partner in my husbancl's
rralioLls intefests--T & B Sales Compan-v, Tulsa wi}e
Proclucts Company, Terry's Antiques, and Terl )"s Ex -
lleriment:rl Farm, tr'or the past five years I hav('
nranaged this last nameal business and have done sonte
hybridizing in l{enelocallis and Iris.
I think it was because of my love of history that
collecting antiques became second nature with ne.
I haYer cDllectcd children's marbles, a large library of
rare books on antitlues (1vith not as much time to Bess F. Terrl'
read then as I \vould like), Nailsea glass, enamels,
and. of course. buttons.
I l)egan collecting buttons about 15 years ago, just buyinS: sone trrettl'ones
to \yeal, ancl I still lil(e the pretty ones best. So s'hat l1:as more n:Itur:rl th:trr l
shoulrl go off the deep end with pealls, cut steels, and brass with cut st:el tr:m.
There is another reason lvhy I like pearls best. In my state, front thr
nicldle of f,Iay on, I have to use so much dusting sulphur for control of chiggers.
that it is next to impossible to handle metals without discoloration. Tral's fc-
the N. B. S. Show haye to be assembled during these months, so, I haYe to call
on rfry friends to mount them for me, or, enter only Dearls.
I am a chartcr member of the Oklahoma State Button Societl- and of th,
Tulsa Button Club, having served both as president. For the past folrr t-eaf-s
I have been chairman of the Oklahoma State Show and Exhibit.
Last rveek rny husband passed away, so I shall be carrying on our llusinesses
as in the past. I shall be very busy carrying out our consolidation program as
we had planned, and have had gncler way, for the past 6 months, But it is onlt.
just begun-hard work is ahead.
I'm not good at letter writlng:, but arn never too busy to visit ancl talk
butto-ns, should you pass- my lyay on Highway 66, east of fulsa. Stop in and
let's have a cool rest and a gab fest.
L. S. A.