The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-19
ATLAS OFFICERS
WIDELY KNOWN
All Men Are Prominently
Identified in Progress
of Tulsa
H. O. MCCLURE IS HEAD
Other Executives Arc Con-
nected with Largest
Firms in City

Virtually al officers of the At|ne
Lite Insurance company are wen
known 10 hundreds of TuIsans ana
their names. 10 not their faces, are
familiar to- thousands Of others.
without exception they hro m'u
who have been prominently ldru'i
fled with Tulsa progress tui 'h-
pausiun nud have E.vDn iUn"F u'
their time and tn.r money 'n 'HHu'u
Rrcater growth tur this ri'F
Their interests are TWshs inter.
tsts, and Tulsn'a IutorratH are their
interests They are men Of uu-
questioned integrity and sogacity
H. o. Mcclure has hccn president
OF the company since 10 WeN started
Ills connection with the building OF
Tulsa ie SO well known that any
mention OF 1t seems suporluout
Mcclure came 10 Tulsa I'm l3V4. ana
Immediately after his arrival "u-
tered the hardware business. THIS
business prosperrd and when II was
Aold in lNl7 to the Southern Hard
ware company 10 was one or the
Iareeet concerns Of its kind In the
southwest
Mcclure has been one Of Tulsa's
most ardent boosters since the day
he took up his residence here. New
err once has his faith IN the city
been shaken, but rather has IN
creased with each passing year. lie
waa ono OF the men who first real
lied that Tulsa was destined To be-
como the metropolis OF Oklahoma.
He was president of tho Cham
ber OF Commerce nt one time, ana
served several terms as president OF
the board of education. There ere
none who deny that to his untir.ng
efforts to better tho Cily's oduca-
tional facilities Is due Tulsa's re
markable school system OF today
He Is the father of the unit school
system. which has attracted attrn-
ton ia Tulsa from virtually every
other city in the United states. The
Mcclure system has been copied In
many other places because of its
assurance OF, safety and health fea-
lures.
He is vice president OF the First
National bank and a member OF the
board OF directors OF that instltu-
ton. lie was the unanimous choice
OF the organizers OF the htlns Lie
Insurance company when It came
time TO select pres dent The wis
dom OF this choice has been proven
by the phenominal growth OF the
Atlas.
The two vice presidents OF the
Atlas company are C, A, Mayo and
John II. Hadley. both OF whom are
prominent in all local civic move
menta Mayo Ia head of tho Mayo
Furniture company. and with his
brother John has erected two mag
niflcent office buildings, one at
Fifth and Main and the other n
Fifth and Boulder. lie sponsored
the building OF the Mayo hotel a
s?.00G,000 structure. which Is now
in course of construction.
Hadiey is one of Tulsa's prnmi-
nent oil producers. He has been
president of the city club and
Identified with other organizations
whose object Ia to help build Tulsa.
Dr.. S. DeZel Hawiey Is secretary
and medical director OF the COM
pany. Doctor Hewley Is another
pioneer who came here In 1904
shortly after he was graduated from
a promineest medical college. and
started the practice OF medicine,
Like other officers ana directors in
the Atlas company he has been an
unthlng civic worker. lie gave m
lucrative practice TO become sec
retary and medical director Of In,
Atlas.
q. r. McCullough Is treasurer oi
the Atlas company. Mccullough IL
recognized leader In financial cir
cles. He is president OF the Flrs'
National bank, one Of oklahoma
most substantial financial instltu
lions, ard other officers Of the At
las consider the company fortunate
In obtaining man OF such proNei
qualities as treasurer
II. Gale Rogers Is agency director