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Opal Shanz 1904 - 1985

Opal Shanz of Irving, Dallas County, Texas was born on September 10, 1904. She married Mark Shanz. Opal Shanz died at age 80 years old in April 1985.

Opal Shanz
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Irving, Dallas County, Texas 75061
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September 10, 1904
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April 1985
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In 1904, in the year that Opal Shanz was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1920, Opal was 16 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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Shanz, Maureen (Apr 30, 1933 - Sep 17, 1992) Shanz, Edwin (Nov 1, 1915 - Jan 1981) Shanz, Charles (Apr 3, 1914 - Dec 1971) Shanz, Isaak (Dec 14, 1879 - Sep 1962) Shanz, Mary (Mar 4, 1908 - Mar 21, 1999) Shanz, Frances (Apr 6, 1919 - Dec 16, 1994) Shanz, Edith (Feb 26, 1903 - May 1989) Shanz, William (Jul 14, 1915 - Dec 26, 1990) Shanz, Jimmy (Aug 25, 1954 - Sep 21, 1993) Shanz, Elsie (Aug 2, 1917 - Feb 22, 1998)
Shanz, Dorothy (Jun 4, 1921 - Apr 20, 2008) Shanz, Ernest (Nov 27, 1928 - Oct 1982) Shanz, Christophe (Nov 27, 1970 - Nov 6, 1999) Shanz, Clarence (Jul 26, 1943 - Jun 14, 2009) Shanz, William (Nov 22, 1964 - Dec 9, 2010) Shanz, George (Apr 3, 1897 - Mar 1978) Shanz, William (May 23, 1895 - Mar 1971) Shanz, Leonard (Dec 18, 1915 - Jan 7, 1996) Shanz, Alton (Aug 29, 1937 - Mar 13, 2009) Shanz Jr, George (Jul 15, 1935 - Jun 25, 2000)
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