Holdenville Democrat 12-27-1928 pg. 3 "Uncle Tom" Hopes This Will Be His Last Christmas Guthrie, Okla. Dec. 26 (U.P.) When "Uncle Tom" SLOAN awoke Christmas morning, he awoke to celebrate not only Christmas but his 116th birthday. Often consided Oklahoma's oldest citizen, Uncle Tommy has now turned his thoughts toward the world beyond. He wants this to be his last Christmas, he says. Although seldom ill, the cold winter weather is confining Uncle Tommy to his home just as the extreme heat did last summer. Born in 1812, in a small Irish fishing village, Uncle Tommy has spent 16 years of his life in the Old World and an even 100 years in the New. Vickie Neill Taylor flip@okplus.com