United Way of North Central Oklahoma, as it is known today, began in 1938 raising $19,500 under the name of Ponca City Community Chest. The first campaign chairman was Reverend O.L. Shelton. The name changed to United Fund in the 1960’s and to United Way of Ponca City in January 1974, with its first paid director, Bonnie Phillips hired in 1973. Since the beginning, Ponca City’s most prominent…