Hayes was prominent in alumni circles of A and M. He was graduated in the Class of 1916 after an outstanding undergraduate career. He played varsity football and was a charter member of Gamma Psi chapter of Kappa Sigma, one of the organizers of the petioning local.
He served in an officers' training camp during the World War stationed in Kentucky. In 1920 and 1921, as an extension worker, he established the first poultry hatcheries in Oklahoma and originated the egg-laying contests. For nine years prior to his moving to Tulsa in 1931 he was in the seed and feed business at Broken Arrow with his brother-in-law, B.C. Simmons. Hayes sold insurance in Tulsa until fifteen months ago when he became a salesman for the Banfield Packing Plant. He was a member of the American Legion, a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner and had been active in the Democratic party in Tulsa.
Hayes was prominent in alumni circles of A and M. He was graduated in the Class of 1916 after an outstanding undergraduate career. He played varsity football and was a charter member of Gamma Psi chapter of Kappa Sigma, one of the organizers of the petioning local.
He served in an officers' training camp during the World War stationed in Kentucky. In 1920 and 1921, as an extension worker, he established the first poultry hatcheries in Oklahoma and originated the egg-laying contests. For nine years prior to his moving to Tulsa in 1931 he was in the seed and feed business at Broken Arrow with his brother-in-law, B.C. Simmons. Hayes sold insurance in Tulsa until fifteen months ago when he became a salesman for the Banfield Packing Plant. He was a member of the American Legion, a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner and had been active in the Democratic party in Tulsa.
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