Texas Circulation Managers Meeting: L.E. Gillett, P. F. Fincher and L. W. McFetridge with a cigar. In 1913, twenty year-old Lyle W. McFetridge began what would become a lifelong career in the newspaper business. He started selling papers on the street downtown and then working in the mail room of the Tulsa World. He had four years under his belt when he was called to serve in the U.S. Army for World War I. In the spring of 1918, McFetridge deployed to France and served in the 141st Field Artillery Unit. He earned the rank of Corporal and returned home after Armistice Day on the Eleventh hour of the Eleventh day of the Eleventh month. McFetridge married Miss Mildred Lois Hughes on Christmas Eve of 1919. They started their life together at a home in the Riverview Neighborhood. In 1923, they purchased a lot in the new Pilcher-Summit Addition of Tulsa. Recall from THIS post, the Pilcher-Summit Addition was established in 1920 and included the land between what is now Eleve...
The Renaissance Neighborhood is defined by 11th Street on the North, 15th Street on the South, Lewis Avenue on the West and Harvard Avenue on the East. This is the heart of midtown Tulsa.