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The Okie Legacy

Vol. 2, No. 45 -- 12 February 2000, Saturday

Little Giant, Baseball, etc.

Little Dixie, Southern Oklahoma, all of Oklahoma and the nation lost a "Little Giant" one week ago. February 6, 2000 the "Little Giant" from "Little Dixie" passed away. They say his common touch with people was one of his greatest assets. Leaving us with a legacy of big footsteps to remember and carry on. It all began back in 1908 when Carl Albert was born during the horse & buggy days at "Bug Tussle" (Flowery Mound), Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Albert was Speaker of the House from the 1960s thru 1980s. He was proud of Oklahoma as Oklahoma was proud of him. His legacy will not be forgotten, but will remain with us always. Although he was only 5' 4" in statue, he was Oklahoma's Little Giant. This Little Giant will be remembered and his legacy lives on through his family, friends and Carl Albert Center - Congressional & Research Studies Center.

I am still working on my Grandpa's Baseball Scrapbook. We are now up to June 17th, 1906 with the Austin Senators leading the league in the South Texas League. In these baseball pages you will find that McGill not only pitched for the Austin Senators, but he and a player on the opposing team sometimes umpired for a few of the games. When Grandpa didn't pitch during those games, the Senators (legislators as they were sometimes called) lost the game and the opposing team got more hits and safe runs. I was wondering what kind of pay the baseball players made back in the early 1900s (If any pay at all). I am almost sure that they weren't paid what some players get paid today!

I was browsing the web earlier this week and found a 1902 to 1953, St. Louis Brown's Roster on the web. Click Main Page for their frontpage. I scrolled to the "M's" and found Grandpa's name in the listings: Bill McGill as Pitcher (born 6/29/1880), years in Majors 1, years with Browns 1, Seasons with the Browns, 1907-1907. The Manager of the Brown's was Jimmy McAleer (born 7/10/1864), in the Majors 11 yrs., with the Browns 8 yrs. from 1902-1909.

I have jumped to the end of the scrapbook and included a clipping in his "Baseball Legacy" concerning his time with the St. Louis Browns, September 16, 1907. It was the only clipping that I have seen of his playing time with the Browns. E-Mail me (Oakie) if any info found here rings a bell or if you have info to add to mine. I would love to hear from you.

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As to "Alva Pioneers of 1904" -- Some of prominent citizens of Woods County, Oklahoma during 1893 thru 1904 were added to our "Alva Pioneer 1904/Prominent Citizens" starting with G. A. Harbaugh, W. C. Darby, B. L. Farris, L. T. Wilson, J. B. Maddox, J. D. Stewart, F. M. Cowgill, T. F., Fennessey, A. C. Towne, Joseph Schnitzer, F. C. Langley, K. H. Kendal, J. C. Major, A. McTaggert, Alph. G. Updegraph, Geo. D. Carter, H. E. Noble, G. W. Snyder, Lew Headley, P. A. Monroe, A. W. Henderson, Dr. L. L. Long, Claud McCrory, and A. N. Devin.

Did you know that in northwest Oklahoma the 1st Post Office ever opened in what is now Woods County was at Waynoka in 1892. B. F. Spalding, the Santa Fe station agent there, was the postmaster. The office was established to accommodate the cattlemen who had possession of the country at that time. W. A. Childress was the first station agent, and he was put in charge of the Waynoka station in 1886. Waynoka, up to the time the county was opened for settlement, was one of the greatest cattle shipping points in the world. April 1, 1894, Alva post office was made a money order office.

This next photo shows the 1936 Seniors (Hitch Your Wagon to a Star), Seiling, Oklahoma High School.

The Seniors listed are: Irene England; Lorene England; Violet Cofer, Secy-T.; Cecil Condreay; Dorothy Stecker; Willard Redinger, Pres.; Elizabeth Smith; Gladys Hedrick; Eunice Bland, V.Pres.; Neal Stands; Vada Paris (my mother). Roy E. Patton, Sponsor. It was taken by Zellweger Photos.

Happy Valentines Day To, My Friend!
Monday, February 14th, 2000,

OAKIE'S LINKS & MAILBAG:

"Linda, I found the biographical sketch about the life and times of Elizabeth Hampton, who was living in the Green Valley community west of Carmen in the first quarter of this century. She was born in 1816 in Missouri, had two husbands who were both murdered. A writer for the Aline Chronoscope (who was a good friend of the Sherrell family) did a series of interviews with her in 1921 - and she died in 1923. The story is quite interesting and I transcribed it with all the grammar and punctuation preserved from the original newspaper articles. The story is on my ancestry page. There's a five-generation photo on that page and SHE is the oldest person in the photo." E-Mail Rod

Concerning the 'Alva Pioneer Souvenir Edition' I talked about in last weeks newsletter, this individual had this to contribute --"I believe the paper you refer to was written in 1903. It was the tenth anniversary edition when Alva was ten years old if it is the same issue that I have. There are several copies at the museum and one at the Library and I have a copy here at the house. It has a article on the furniture store with pictures of Will and Jim with a lady friend. It was also reprinted so some of them are not alike and also there are no page numbers so it is hard to check."

"The swimming pool was not behind the store but west of the store. It was next to the DeGreer building. I am not sure but I think the "old blue front furniture store" that Jim started was west of the store that you would recall. Bill was playing baseball and as he traveled around with the ball team he would buy furniture and ship it back to Alva. I sometimes wondered if Bill knew he was suppose to sleep some in a 24 hour period. Jack says that the swimming pool was the first in Alva but my sister remembers swimming in a pool back of the college. When water became to high you needed to drain the pool every week it was not making money. So ----Jim and Bill offered it to the city to run and they said they couldn't afford to run it either. Your Dad (Gene) and Jack used to take turns running it. Kids would slip in at night and swim and sometimes in the nude and so Gene and Jack would sleep over at the pool and chase them out. They also would dive off of the two story DeGreer building into the pool through electric wires which could have been really bad."

The Avalon Project - The Yale Law School provides this online archive of documents covering law, history, and diplomacy. You'll find everything from the Magna Carta to the Charter of the United Nations in this collection, which you can browse or search by keyword. The "Major Collections" link gives a good overview of the site's contents.

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Lori Donlea has been searching for a James Paris, born 1824 in Kentucky. She can't find his parents. James married a Blevins and had a son who married an Ayers. He was in Jackson County, IN from about 184(?) until he died in 1898. Can anyone help? You may either E-mail Lori at -- or -- E-mail Me (Oakie) and I will pass along the message to Lori.

St. Louis Browns American League (1902-1953) started as the Milwaukee Browns in the AL in 1901. Became the Baltimore Orioles in the AL in 1954.

Logan Co., Oklahoma - USGenWeb Project, webmaster-Tammie Chada

Photo Memories of Logan County

The Chada Homepage - by Tammie Chada

CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS, EIFEL AREA OF THE RHEINLAND, GERMANY Contains approximately 70,000 names.

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THE PILGRIMS AND PLYMOUTH COLONY: 1620. Study guide for use by teachers, students, and anyone interested in learning more about the Pilgrims.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Each time you have the urge to complain, challenge yourself to find a positive alternative. Reap the enormous benefits of constantly looking forward rather than backward." ... "The really smart people are the ones who know and understand that they don't have all the answers. The really smart people are those who are willing to ask, to learn, to grow." -- Ralph Marston