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Shawnee resident W.R. Qualls celebrated his 105th birthday recently. Mr. Qualls was born Sept. 11, 1915, in Wister, Oklahoma. His parents were farmers but he grew up surrounded by music and learned to play guitar. He married Hazel McCarter in 1939. They moved to California along with many others...