When Ruby Erle Thorp was born on 7 October 1895, in Oklahoma, United States, her father, Richard Marshall Thorp, was 25 and her mother, Ida Virginia Blair, was 25. She married Archie Roy Miller on 19 May 1917, in Jackson, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Altus Air Force Base, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States in 1940 and Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States for about 1 years. She died on 17 December 1977, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
"For several years the populace was divided into New Town and Old Town, with separate schools placed four hundred yards apart. The conflict increased in 1910 when the Altus, Wichita Falls and Hollis Railway (later the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway) located halfway between the two communities. However, in 1915 a dramatic ceremony celebrated the uniting of the two towns into Duke; the towns' representatives literally buried a hatchet that was delivered in a horse-drawn hearse. The New Town (now Duke, also known as East Duke) offered free lots and free moving for persons to relocate. Old Town, or ""West"" Duke, no longer exists."
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
English (mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Thorpe .
Scandinavian: variant of Torp .
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