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'''Charles Edward Maple''', known as '''Charlie Maple''' (June 9, 1932 &ndash; November 22, 2006), <ref name=tst/> 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]].

'''Charles Edward Maple''', known as '''Charlie Maple''' (June 9, 1932 &ndash; November 22, 2006),<ref name=tst/> 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=https://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=https://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>