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'''Charles Edward Maple''', known as '''Charlie Maple''' (June 9, 1932 &ndash; November 22, 2006),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=Charles+Edward&gsln=Maple&msydy=1932&msypn__ftp=Minden%2C+Webster%2C+Louisiana%2C+USA&msypn=34638&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3246%7C21%7C0%7C3115%7C34638%7C0%7C&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Charles Edward Maple|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> was a [[journalist]], [[chamber of commerce]] official, and state parks executive during the second half of the 20th century in the four-state region of [[Oklahoma]], [[Arkansas]], [[Louisiana]], and [[Texas]].

'''Charles Edward Maple''', known as '''Charlie Maple''' (June 9, 1932 &ndash; November 22, 2006),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=Charles+Edward&gsln=Maple&msydy=1932&msypn__ftp=Minden%2C+Webster%2C+Louisiana%2C+USA&msypn=34638&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3246%7C21%7C0%7C3115%7C34638%7C0%7C&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Charles Edward Maple|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> was a [[journalist]], chamber of commerce executive director, and state parks executive during the second half of the 20th century in the four-state region of [[Oklahoma]], [[Arkansas]], [[Louisiana]], and [[Texas]].

==Background==

==Background==

Maple was born in [[Oklahoma City]] to Clifford E. and Drusilla Maple. His family moved to the Texas Panhandle in 1948, and he graduated two years later from Claude High School in Claude in Armstrong County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landsoftexas.com/city/detail/?id=5082|title=City Data for Claude, Texas|publisher=landsoftexas.com|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref> He attended [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock from 1950 to 1954 and graduated with a [[bachelor’s degree]] in journalism and a commission in the [[United States Army]] Quartermaster Corps. His Army service extended from 1954 to 1956 at Fort Lee, [[Virginia]], [[Fort Bragg]], [[North Carolina]], and Fort Jackson, [[South Carolina]]. He was promoted to [[first lieutenant]] while on active duty as the battalion operations and training officer at Fort Bragg. From 1956 to 1981, when he resigned his commission, Maple was also a captain in the reserves.<ref name=tst>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Maple&GSfn=Charles&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16788231&df=all&'

Maple was born in [[Oklahoma City]] to Clifford E. and Drusilla Maple. His family moved to the Texas Panhandle in 1948, and he graduated two years later from Claude High School in Claude in Armstrong County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landsoftexas.com/city/detail/?id=5082|title=City Data for Claude, Texas|publisher=landsoftexas.com|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref> He attended [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock from 1950 to 1954 and graduated with a [[bachelor’s degree]] in journalism and a commission in the [[United States Army]] Quartermaster Corps. His Army service extended from 1954 to 1956 at Fort Lee, [[Virginia]], Fort Bragg, [[North Carolina]], and Fort Jackson, [[South Carolina]]. He was promoted to first lieutenant while on active duty as the battalion operations and training officer at Fort Bragg. From 1956 to 1981, when he resigned his commission, Maple was also a captain in the reserves.<ref name=tst>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Maple&GSfn=Charles&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16788231&df=all&'

|title=Charles E. Maple|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' and ''Amarillo Globe-News'' through findagrave.com|date=November 26, 2006|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name=obit>Charles E. "Charlie" Maple obituary, ''Minden Press-Herald'', November 29, 2006</ref>

|title=Charles E. Maple|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' and ''Amarillo Globe-News'' through findagrave.com|date=November 26, 2006|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name=obit>Charles E. "Charlie" Maple obituary, ''Minden Press-Herald'', November 29, 2006</ref>

==Chamber of commerce==

==Chamber of commerce==

From October 1, 1966, to August 9, 1971, Maple, a former [[Junior Chamber International|Jaycee]], was the executive director of the chamber of commerce in Minden. In that capacity he worked on the city capital improvement program, adopted by voters in a special election held in the spring of 1967. The program entailed a one-cent municipal sales tax increase.<ref>"Sales tax Squeezes Out Narrow Victory", ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 24, 1967, p. 1.</ref> The Minden chamber under Maple was voted the first "accredited" body in Louisiana.<ref>"Maple to Leave Local Chamber", ''Minden Press-Herald'', August 9, 1971, p. 1.</ref> He thereafter accepted the same position in Sapulpa near [[Tulsa]], Oklahoma.<ref name=tst/><ref>The Sapulpa Chamber of Commerce does not have the date that Maples left that organization.</ref>

From October 1, 1966, to August 9, 1971, Maple, a former Jaycee, was the executive director of the chamber of commerce in Minden. In that capacity he worked on the city capital improvement program, adopted by voters in a special election held in the spring of 1967. The program entailed a one-cent municipal sales tax increase.<ref>"Sales tax Squeezes Out Narrow Victory", ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 24, 1967, p. 1.</ref> The Minden chamber under Maple was voted the first "accredited" body in Louisiana.<ref>"Maple to Leave Local Chamber", ''Minden Press-Herald'', August 9, 1971, p. 1.</ref> He thereafter accepted the same position in Sapulpa near [[Tulsa]], Oklahoma.<ref name=tst/><ref>The Sapulpa Chamber of Commerce does not have the date that Maples left that organization.</ref>

Maples assumed the chamber position in Minden after nearly six years with ''The Press'' and ''The Herald''. The position opened when Tom Colten, who had sold the newspaper in 1965 and became the chamber director, resigned in 1966 to run, successfully, for [[mayor]] of Minden, the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] in that position since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=phaug>''Minden Press-Herald'', August 1, 1966, p. 1</ref> From August 1977 to September 1980, Maple was president of the chamber in [[Jacksonville, Texas|Jacksonville]] in [[East Texas]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=tst/>

Maples assumed the chamber position in Minden after nearly six years with ''The Press'' and ''The Herald''. The position opened when Tom Colten, who had sold the newspaper in 1965 and became the chamber director, resigned in 1966 to run, successfully, for [[mayor]] of Minden, the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] in that position since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=phaug>''Minden Press-Herald'', August 1, 1966, p. 1</ref> From August 1977 to September 1980, Maple was president of the chamber in [[Jacksonville, Texas|Jacksonville]] in [[East Texas]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=tst/>