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*Two WesternOil FortunesAre UnitedLAS VEGAS, Nev. (INS).—Two western oil fortunes were united today bv the marriage cf Texas Oilman Ray Gillilan and Mrs. Elsinore Machris, heiress to petroleum company millions.Gillilan and the noted Pasadena. Calif., philanthropist were married last night in the little church ol the west at the last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas with the groom’s j cousin, Ralph L. Goetz of Tulare,' Calif., as best man.The Rev. Lee Mccny performedthe Methodist ceremony.Gillilan is credited with the discovery of the Knox County, lex., oil field and has vast oil holdings in both California and Texas. Mrs. Machris is the widow' cf the late George L. Machris, head of the I Wilshire Oil Co., of California.The heiress is well known to Southern California for such philanthropies as a recent donation of si.900.000 to the City of Hcpe HcsDital in Duarte, Calif.Crlt;ir1aa0 S1 ssIatscI(
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Mckinney Daily Courier Gazette

Mckinney, Texas, US

Tue, May 04, 1954

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