Niday, George Clinton "Clint"

Yes, sir, Clint Niday is a year older, and the event of his birthday anniversary was celebrated by a group of Eagle-Picher employees and their families, who journeyed to Siloam Springs Arkansas, to join Mr. and Mrs. Niday at their ranch there for a day of feasting and celebrating. We join the many people of the district in wishing Clint many happy returns of the day. The Eagle-Picher boys are bitterly protesting some of Clint's decisions in the baseball game last Sunday, which was won by wives and daughters of the boys. The story goes that Clint claimed to call each play just as he saw it, but someone has hinted that Clint was looking through the lower part of this glasses when he called some of them. Bill Miser claims that Clint, their chief executive and president of the baseball league, should have been disqualified as he was in the house eating fried chicken when he called most of the plays. One specific decision they protested is that Clint called Burr Aton out on strikes before he had time to walk to the plate. One of the boys' last and chief objection is based on the allegation that Clint may have been bribed by a large piece of cake handed him by one of the girls. The boys also resented the fact that Clint refused to disclose his exact age.

Bill Mizer spent the first of the week at Clint Niday's Circle N ranch, near Siloam springs Arkansas, caring for the baby lambs and scratching chiggers.

On many occasions "Chatting with Chad" has seen unusual tact displayed, but she has never known any person so endowed with this gracious trait of character as in G. C. Clint' Niday. Mr. Niday, who has a wonderfully pleasing personality which wins the admiration and friendship of all persons with whom he come in contact, possesses that great quality of making persons feel at ease in his presence. he never has the appearance of being in a hurry, always has time to be courteous, and at the same time he neglects no duty. If every one were like Clint Niday, there would be no ill will in the world for all acts would be handled with diplomacy, and such a friendly spirit would prevail that there would be no hate to mar one's personality.

Pouch, a canine pet at the Wilbur mine, is credited with having saved Pat McLaughlin's and Carl Williams' jobs for them. It is reported that Eagle-Picher wanted possession of the prized dog and to gain this they allowed Pat and Carl to retain their former positions. Pat says, "Pouch, is Clint Niday's dog now."

Funeral services for George C. Clint' Niday, pioneer mining company executive who died at St. Luke's hospital in Kansas City Missouri, Friday afternoon, will be conducted at 2:30 pm Monday at the Cooper funeral home chapel. Niday, who had resided in the Rockdale addition at Miami Oklahoma, had been in ill health for a long time. He was admitted to the Kansas City hospital a month ago. The retired mining company official, widely known, in the Tri-State district was one of the principal developers of the Picher Oklahoma field. After operating mines for the A. Bendolari in the Joplin-Webb City Missouri field, he moved to Picher in Apr 1915, as a driller. He was employed by the Picher Lead Company, predecessor to the Eagle-Picher Lead Company, to sink this firm its first shafts in the Picher district. Niday was promoted to general ground foreman for Eagle-Picher Lead in 1918. Ten years later he was named general superintendent of the company's mines. Niday became general manager of the Tri-State Mines Division of Eagle-Picher Mining and Smelting Company in 1939. He retired from the latter position in 1944. The mining executive was associated with many of other larger mining and tailing re-treatment throughout the Picher field. Among them was the Mary M. Mine, the Consolidated Lead and Zinc Mine, the Cardin Mining and Milling, Atlas Tailing, Big Chief Tailing, Davis Big Chief Mine, and the C.G. and C. Companies. Niday was a member of the Masonic Blue lodge at Picher, the Scottish Rite consistory, and the Akbar Shrine Temple, Tulsa. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alpha Niday of the home; a brother Clarence Niday, Miami; a sister Mrs. Velma Howard, Clayton New Mexico...Burial will be at the Hornet Missouri cemetery. Pallbearers will include Ben Moody, Elliott Gandy, August Witzansky, Myron Jenkins, Denver Seals and Jack Brown...