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10. Jerry Crenshaw AHS 1954 - 2009-01-01 11:34:26 |
Hillcrest Dairy. Goldencrust Bakery Smitty’s Shoe Shop. Palace Barber Shop. Lynns Restaurant. Warricks Shoe Store. Bell Hotel Ballroom for Birthday parties. Loell Redfern and the Coca Cola Bottling Plant on Flynn. Sportsman’ Post. Strickland and Horner Flying School and Rental planes east of Alva. (Piper Cub) Dr. Pepper and 7-Up bottling on College Ave. Tanners. Jelly Johnson at Rice Clothes for men and boys. 3-Rs of entertainment of Homer Jones; Ranger, Ritz and Rialto and the Pix was on the West side of the square. Monforts Drug store where some of us had a lunch of chicken salad san on toast a a bowl of cream of chicken soup most every school day during open lunch.Originator of the "frozen malt soft icecream.) Goldbug Inn across the street to the south of AHS. Mr. Stith the science teacher. Mrs Ewalt my favorite English teacher. The Home Ec teacher who told all the girls that prolonged kissing would cause pregnancy. (Oh woe were we boys!) Mr. Gallon taught us how to drive and coached the drivers ed team. Mr. Korn. Mr. Geis. May God bless all their souls. Mr. Harold Shirley, principal. one of the nicest men I had ever known. Bernard Ballard. Horace Mann School. Jack Ging. Tom Dean. Betty Geis. Evelyn Ensor. All the student heros we kids looked up to so much. Lee Denner. Tom Denner. Coach Johnny Walker and Starbuck Roberts. Those were the days. Those were the days.
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9. Jerry - 2008-12-27 09:57:56 |
| I was looking for Margaret Magill and I found you. I love it. |
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8. David Moore - 2008-12-25 23:50:44 |
I am proud to say that my great grand-dady Lived in Avard and was buried at the I.O.O.F. cemitary at Avard in July of 1910.
I went there a little over a month ago and for me it was very interesting but for most people it could be a very lonely place. I drove around the old town 3 times before I was able to find anybody to talk to and it was a good thing I knew some spanish because I only found a Mexican working at the grain elevator and he didnt Know there was a cemitary in Avard |
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| Susan, as to the JFK serigraph print, all the information I have found is what I have in my OkieLegacy Ezine. Could I ask what number is printed on your JFK serigraph? you can email me at |
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6. Susan - 2008-12-08 16:21:19 |
I came across your website when googling for info on the JFK Serigraph by Goetz in 1961. Did you ever find out anything about it? I just it in to be reframed today and found all of the information on the back as you have described it.
THANKS! |
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5. Sharon King - 2008-10-28 09:30:57 |
| I am greatly enjoying your website—both photos of Alva and stories about it. Both of my paternal g-grandfathers (Robert Marion Watson and Franklin C. “Pete” Langley) and one gg-grandfather (John Lord, the father of Pete Langley’s wife) settled there after making the run. All lived in Kansas immediately prior to the run. Watson was a farmer NW of town, originally from Ohio. Langley was a farmer, a US Deputy Marshal along with his friend, Snoddy, and also managed at one time what was later called the Gunn Hotel (Runnymeade). I can trace him back to Illinois. John Lord was at one time a blacksmith and he came originally from New Hampshire. His daughter, Pete’s wife, was Charlotte Elizabeth Lord Langley. |
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Does anyone know anything about the Allen Family there in Ardmore? Been searching for a long time. Any help could be great!  |
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3. Emmett Alva Walker, Jr. - 2008-09-25 20:10:07 |
I was curious as to why my middle name was, "Alva", and began searching regions known to have possibly been Indian encampment areas in the 1830’s.......I am 66 years old and want to pass on to my grand-children where they came from.
Until we meet again, thanks Emmett Alva Walker |
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2. Dean Gerber - 2008-09-22 11:44:20 |
Dear Linda,
I have, in the past, been receiving your NW Okie material. I have lost that connection. Would you, please, reenter my subscription so that I can continue reading your blog. I, too, was a Northwestern Okie hailing from Driftwood. That is why I enjoy your blog so much. Thank you,
Dean |
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1. Jim Bradley - 2008-09-21 16:08:32 |
Howdy Linda,
I do enjoy your e-zine. I am surprised at myself because I seem to feel I have missed something if I don’t get the newsletter on Sunday. I like the updates about NWOSU happenings. The historical items are welcome to this amateur historian. Keep up the good works. Tomorrow, 22 Sep 08, at 1023 am the sun will cross the equator on its trip south. Thus we will experience the Autumnal Equinox. Whew!
Jim |
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