The Okie Legacy

Vol. 2, Issue 64 -- 23 June 2000

GOLDBUG REUNION 2000 & AHS GUESTBOOK
paristimes.com/reunion/
paristimes.com/reunion/notes.html
books.dreambook.com/fairvalley/goldbug.html

RUMORS, RUSE & SCUTTLEBUTT

"Out of some little thing, too free a tongue can make an outrageous wrangle." Euripides, Andromache (c. 426 B.C.), tr. John F. Nims. ancienthistory.tqn.com/homework/ancienthistory/library/weekly/aa112597.htm

According to my little "Webster II Dictionary" that I have setting at my desk side, the definition for Rumors & Gossip are... Rumors - "n. Information of uncertain truthfulness, usually spread by talk. Hearsay." Gossip - "n. Rumor or talk of a personal or sensational nature. Someone who habitually spreads sensational or intimate facts."

Rumors, ruse and scuttlebutt can be found all over the world on the streets, coffee shops, etc. It is not just in small communities & cities and isn't just put out by the female. Men do it, too! In my small community in NW Oklahoma we have men who sit in their coffee drinking hanging outs, etc. and surmise what their neighbors might or might be doing whether it's truth or fiction. You can find Rumors & Gossip in politics, as well.

I did a quick search in my quotation book for quotes on Rumors & Gossip. Some friends (myself included) were gathered the beginning of this week in NW Oklahoma trying to figure out why people spread rumors & gossip. I know we do NOT have all the answers, but we have come to the conclusion that it has something to do with one person (or maybe a few people) wanting to plant the vindictive, petty seeds to discredit another.

It is a widely known fact by some that in the old days of barbarism, the people fought with hatchets. Later civilized men buried the hatchet. Now some of those so-called civilized people tend to fight with vicious rumors running rampage throughout the communities.

Will Rogers' quote in 1924, "Politics Getting Ready to Jell", once said, "Rumors travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth."

Shakespeare is quoted in an introduction to Henry IV, (1597-98), 15, "Rumour is a pipe blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures."

All this leads me to some rumors that have been making the rounds of a small, rural community in NW Oklahoma. I was laying awake one night last week... Wide awake with the following paragraphs formulating in my mind until the wee, late hours of the morn (Other words, I couldn't sleep and slept late the next day)...

One Truth of fact I am speaking of is that Floridinos (restaurant) in Alva is alive, well and opened for business after their much needed vacation. They are open to hear your suggestions on how they can better serve you. This fact comes from the horse's mouth... NOT the horse's scuttleBUTT.

Contrary to the rumors, ruse & scuttlebutt flying through NW Oklahoma... Floridinos in downtown Alva, Oklahoma is surviving those fast flying, furious, fictional facts, rumors, ruse & scuttlebutt being planted by the petty, vindictive seed of a few individuals in this NW community.

If any of you Alumni Goldbugs are in the area next weekend (July 1st thru the 4th) for the Goldbug Reunion 2000, stop in at Florindinos Restaurant on the north side of the square, a few doors east of College Avenue & Flynn Street. Say "Hello" to Sue and tell her "Oakie sent you."

This is my way of combating those furious fast flying fictional facts that circulate in our communities... Write about them and discredit the fiction --- Letting the Truth be known. Maybe the best way to stamp out rumors, ruse & scuttlebutt is to refuse to spread them around like manure.

Help Stamp OUT Rumors & Gossip... Do NOT Listen to... OR... Spread it around!

GOLDBUG REUNION 2000 -- Do you know Alva High's Alma Mater & the melody?
How Many High School Mascots out there have the Goldbug as their mascot?

"Linda, I have copies of the words for Alva High School alma mater songs. I've starting asking around for the music/melody. Haven't found it yet. Do you know of anyone who knows the songs? Does anyone in recent years remember singing an alma mater song? We sing the fight song, of course, at ball games; some schools sing the alma mater at graduation, etc. I think that we should start the tradition. Do you have a copy of what we use for the legend of the Goldbug? Some say that the story we use is not quite right. How do we "get at" the "true" story? Also thought that it would be fun to find out how many Goldbug schools there are in the U.S. I know of Fowler, KS, and Kensington, KS. I think that there is one in California, too. Has any research been done on this? Would be interesting to compare legends and mascots. Thanks for any help. K"

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My NW Oklahoma friend, Lovina, gave me this old newspaper (The Daily Oklahoma, dated Sunday, 12 June 1949) that was in an old wooden crate she had bought at a garage sale. Some of the Stories in this vintage '49 Oklahoma newspaper include: "City Radio First Pioneer Still Looks fondly on First 'Voice'" - Okla. County; "Alva Homecoming by Subscription Opposed By Board"; "Time Inspector Named" (having to do with the Santa Fe railroad & Alva, Okla.). In 12 June 1949, What was your family doing then and what were some of the headlines around your area?

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There was an interesting article in "The Daily Oklahoman", dated 12 June 1949, Sunday, about Earl Gordon and his prize antique. The headline is "City Radio First Pioneer Still Looks Fondly On First 'Voice'." It's about "...the small transmitter, no bigger than many of todays (1949) table model radios, was built by Hull in 1920 from an old army transmitter. It was known as 5XT and was one of the three first radio stations in the country -- the first west of the Mississippi." -- june49cityradio.jpg

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All you Alva and NW Oklahoma readers out there... On page 16-A of that same June 1949 newspaper there is an article that reads, "Alva Homecoming By Subscription Opposed By Board." Does anyone out there remember anything about the history behind that article? image/june49alva.jpg

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For All You German-Bohemian Descendants out there... Find archive addresses (on commercial site).
http://ihff.nwy.at/index.htm/
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/AUT/austria-en.html
http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/reg/AUT/austria-en.html
Giessen, Germany, as http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/reg/SUD/sudet_en.html
Kerpen, Germany, as http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/SUD/sudet_en.html
Clovis, California, USA, as http://german.genealogy.net/gene/reg/SUD/sudet.html
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"You can buy people's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you cannot buy enthusiasm ... you cannot buy loyalty ... you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these." -- cited in The Best of BITS & PIECES, Clarence Francis

THE MIDDLE CLASS - "There are three classes of citizens. The first are the rich, who are indolent and yet always crave more. The second are the poor, who have nothing, are full of envy, hate the rich, and are easily led by demagogues. Between the two extremes lie those who make the state secure and uphold the laws." -- From The Suppliants - http://ancienthistory.tqn.com/homework/ancienthistory/library/weekly/aa112597.htm

 

23 June 2000... "Oklahoma Alabaster/Missouri Silver Moose"... Lucky Winner is... Aunt Runner (Rhonda McCarver)

See Y'all next weekend!'
Linda 'Oakie'

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