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into the lumber business in Silverton after leaving Hachita.
Mr. Nichols is a past member of the Elks Club and is a trustee of the Presbyterian Church in Tulia.
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols were married December 4, 1915, at Bridgeport. They have two children, Jim Tom, who is in the lumber business in Tulia, and John Will, who manages a lumber company at Dimmitt.
Source: Tulia Herald, June 29, 1950.

J. Ross Noland
J. Ross Noland has 33 years' banking experience, 20 of it as vice-president.

He came to Tulia in 1920, from Stratford, as cashier of the Tulia First National Bank which then had only four employees.

In 1924, he took over management of the bank and was vice-president until 1945.

He now has his own insurance, loan and real estate business in Tulia. He is still a member of the bank's board of directors.

The banker began his career at the age of 18 when he went to work in the Stratford bank, of which his father was president, just to earn a little spending money.

He was born in Missouri. His family came to Texas when he was six years old. He attended high school in Clarendon and is a graduate of Clarendon College.

He spent 10 years with The First State Bank of Stratford. He and Mrs. Noland were married there in 1919. They have no children.

He also worked in two banks in Texhoma and one in Amarillo before coming to Tulia.

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