The Humble Cottage on Atlanta Avenue

A lady named Ethel Iverson lived here with her two children. Her husband passed away in 1928 when her little boy was just two years old. According to an article from The Oklahoma News she dealt with being swindled out of $2,020 worth of building and loan stock in 1938.

She was, by all accounts frail and ‘stooped’ over as the years advanced. She raised her two children by herself. Navigating the depression, being swindled and taken advantage of as a widow she persevered. Ethel helped her children through school and saw that they both went to college. Her son became an engineer with John Zink.

References:

Holderman, J. (2019, October 5). Personal interview. Also present were C. Holderman and P. C. Morgan.

The Oklahoma News. Widow charges bond swindle. October 27, 2938.

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