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Oscar Hyler

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Oscar Hyler
BornDecember 29, 1896
Henry, Virginia
DiedMarch 24, 1982 (age 85)
Danville, Virginia
Flourished1930s-1970s

Oscar Hyler (1896-1982) used magic for over 40 years in Virginia as a Youth Director and then taught magic at an orphanage after his retirement. [1]

Biography

He published Hyler's Stunt Bulletin in the late 1930s.

In 1978, he was presented a plaque by the SAM Assembly #32 in Lynchburg, Virginia for being voted dean of the Hill City Magicos, of which he was a founding member.[2]

He joined the SAM in 1941 (card #2999) and was a member of the IBM (Number 2205).[3][4]

References

  1. Genii 1976 April, page 214
  2. MUM, July 1978
  3. Obit, MUM, June. 1982
  4. http://records.ancestry.com/oscar_hyler_records.ashx?pid=5719351