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Hilt Chorney 1897 - 1978

Hilt Chorney of Troutdale, Multnomah County, Oregon was born on April 10, 1897, and died at age 81 years old in December 1978.
Hilt Chorney
Troutdale, Multnomah County, Oregon 97060
April 10, 1897
December 1978
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Hilt Chorney's History: 1897 - 1978

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  • 04/10
    1897

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    April 10, 1897
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  • 12/dd
    1978

    Death

    December 1978
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    Hilt Chorney lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1897, in the year that Hilt Chorney was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1925, at the age of 28 years old, Hilt was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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