November 2022

Albert (Dutch) Musser

Navy

1945-1946 USS Sarsi, WWII

1950-1954 USS Okanogan, Korean

Thomas E. Pitts

Earned a number of honors while serving in the U.S. Army

Died at the age of 74.

“My hero.” - Co Pitts

Pete Stapperfend

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

1972 to 1975

Flotilla 1010

New York Harbor Patrol

SSGT William Means

U.S. Marine Corps, 2001-2005, 2008-current

Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom

Harland Schweitzer

July 1959 to June 1965

Oklahoma Army National Guard

By Thebe Brandon
El Reno High School junior
(Brian Rukes’ AP English 3 class)

William Stanley “Tex” Titterington was born December 18, 1954, at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, Texas.

By Daniel Castanon
El Reno High School junior
(Brian Rukes’ AP English 3 class)

Note: The El Reno Tribune and the El Reno Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum at Redlands Community College. Around 50 residents attended and more
than 900 watched via live-stream on the Tribune’s Facebook page. Candidates answered questions printed in advance in the Tribune, followed by questions submitted from the audience.

The city of El Reno will have a new mayor for the first time in a decade and a half and the two men seeking the position both said a change in the style of leadership is coming.

Note: The El Reno Tribune and the El Reno Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum at Redlands Community College. Around 50 residents attended and more
than 900 watched via live-stream on the Tribune’s Facebook page. Candidates answered questions printed in advance in the Tribune, followed by questions submitted from the audience.