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stories by Evelyn Milligan Jones ~ illustrations by Betty Nolan
edited by Dorothea Hoover ~ published by Harrigan House 1962, 1968
Tales About Joplin: Short and Tall
Joplin's Good Ole Days by Tom Blaise Shepherd
Betty Nolan Wilson
Artist & Illustrator
Betty (Elizabeth) Nolan Wilson was the illustrator for Tales About Joplin: Short and Tall, a collection of stories authored by Evelyn Milligan Jones and published by Dorothea Hoover in 1962 and 1968. Betty was educated at Joplin High School, Drury College in Springfield, and the Famous Artists School in Westport, Conn.
Her parents were John Dolan, a lawyer, and Elizabeth Hale Dolan, manager of Richards, a dress shop owned by Mark Ettinger. Her husband, Ralph Lauder Nolan, was president of Connor Investment Co. and general manager of Joplin Municipal Airport. He was a great nephew of early-day industrialist bachelor Tom O'Connor.
Following Ralph's death in 1971, Betty married Alan S. Wilson Jr., who died in 1987. Betty was survived by two sons, John Keith Nolan, Lakeville, Conn. and Thomas Connor Nolan II of the home; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
NOTE: Thomas Connor Nolan II received a 6-month prison sentence in 1967 for embezzlement of funds from the family-owned Security Natonal Bank & Trust Co. of Joplin. He later served time in a Texas prison for forgery -- for forging the initials of another bank officer on a check he sought to clear for cashing at a Fort Worth bank.
Dudley E . Blaise, E. F. Blaise, Clara Olive Snyder Blaise (seated left), and Marie Blaise (seated right), Mexico City 1938, Gardens of Xochimilco. The Blaises are owners of El Cedro Mining Co. Guanajuato, Mexico.
They also operated the
Admiralty Zinc Co. at Picher, Oklahoma for many years.
E. F. Blaise is a pioneer Oklahoma oil baron and banker (Farmers National Bank of Tulsa).
a tribute
She Raised Thousands for Charity & for Medical Research Over the Years
Victim of Surgical Medical Malpractice ~ of Slander ~ of Coverup by Corrupt Physicians and Lawyers
Bio Family Photos School & Medical 1976 Obituary Guanajuato Home
Joplin Youth Leader John Shepherd Dies Homeless
Suffered From Brain Tumor Complications ~ Despondency ~ Neglect
Was Abducted, Battered, Terrorized by Male & Female Classmates During Early Childhood
Tommy Havens threw a rock at him, while he was riding his bike, hitting him in the head.
The Rosenberg brothers and two friends abducted, tied up and physically battered him.
Others, including Bucky Jeans, Bob Thornhill Jim Dailey and Bill Christman repeatedly mocked him.
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Left:
The Shepherd Home
816 Richmond Road
Joplin, Missouri
1950-1957
click on photo for inside views
Helen (Mrs. Sol) Newman ~ Clara Olive Shepherd ~ Mary (Mrs. Dan) Stanley
framed Globe clipping here
Clara Olive Snyder Shepherd
Tom Shepherd & Lynn Newcomb Later
The Blaise Family
The Snyder-Shepherd Family
Biographies of
Betty Nolan Wilson - Conness Blair - Clara Olive Shepherd - Peach Craig Fox - Delpha Eberle
obits More Milestones in Missouri History obits
Rebekah Blair Hughes ~ Statesman-Lawyer Ignace Hainer ~ Joseph Newman
North Joplin & Roanoke Edition
Honoring
Clara Olive Shepherd of Joplin
Mexico en la Piel
Mexico! Mexico! Te lleva en el corazon
Luis Miguel Canciones de Mexico Tom Miguel
Mexico! Mexico! Me brota la inspiracion.
por siempre
a gift from tom miguel blas separdi tommy separdi
Guanajuato