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Just looking through the first edition of The Dewar Telegram one can easily visualize the activity of the booming little community. There were a total of 40 businesses featured in the special publication. Those listed were First State Bank, Brink & Reames Hardware and Fur­niture; Oklahoma Coal Com­pany; The Bijou Theatre; Griffin's Transfer; J. F. Brow n­ -- a painter, Dr. W. G. Brymer - physician; J. V. Hutton Grocery; Dewar Telephone Company, H. E. Courson-Jewelry, Dewar Drug Company owned by Mr. Drummond, Clem Lumber Company with C. T. Stiles as manager, R. D. Smith and O. F. Wilder - Barbers, C.O.D. Grocery owned by A. W. Lowe, Rio Motor Car Distributor - G. A. Richards, C. Gantt - Contractor and Builder, Dr. Coleman -physician, J. R. Sevall - insurance sales, Stephens Grocery - owned by C. C. Stephens and E. F. Stephens, Dr. W. C. Mitchell - physician, Bert's Barber Shop owned by Bert Thornsbrough, W. T. Sims, a blacksmith, Home Bakery operated by Mrs. M. F. McKeever, G. H. Cline -Jewelry, Dr. O. M. Fenton dentist; C. H. Stevens - Con­tractor and Builder, Jackson & Son Livery, Dewar Popular Milliners owned by Mrs. H. E. Miller and Miss Ethel Davis, Pearson's Popular Pharmacy owned by F. M. Pearson Jr. S. M. Hufstedler and Company owned by J. T. Hufstedler and his brother S. M., Dewar Hotel operated by Mr. Frank James, B. F. Hicks - Contractor and Builder, Miner's Mercantile Company with C. V. Jones as manager, C. L. Rice-Baker, Stockton Restaurant with Mrs. A. J. Stockton operating, O. M. Sholl & Company Mercantile Store, James Clothing Company, I. E. Hofstedler - Post­master and Real Estate Dealer, Dewar Cash Grocery owned by M. Miracle and J. W. Fowler & Son General Merchandise Store. C. I. Clarion of Wetumka took all the photographs in the special edition and had ex­pressed an interest in moving to Dewar.

Dewar's Boom days came and went, in the late 1930's and early 1940's the coal mines and production was cut at the oil and gas leases, many of the business buildings are gone, but the memories linger on.

Says Anna Mae Byrne, "I remember when they tore down the old wooden Depot and rebuilt it in tile. Now it's all gone, there's nothing there."