Oakie's NW Corner...
Where has June gone? Up in smoke? The temperature gage in Alva
this afternoon (Friday) said 101 degrees. The nights aren't too
bad yet, though.
This Sunday don't forget to add 3-cents to that snail-mail letter
you stick in the mailbox. The 37-cent postal rate takes affect June
30, 2002, Sunday.
The smoke is subsiding to some extent in SW Colorado as firefighters
labor physically, mentally to get things under control. Some evacuees
were being let back into their homes as of today from what I read
in the Durango Herald. Thanks
goes to everyone and ALL who gave support during these fires in
Arizona and Colorado. You are marvelous! We appreciate you all for
your hard work and dedication... AND... putting your life on the
line to fight these fires! Thanks!
I have been glancing through the 1909-10 Alva Rest Room Guestbook
and jotted down a few clips from the Rest
Room Guestbook PDF file. From what I know of reading this guestbook
it was run by matrons & businessmen of the Alva Community during
1909 thru 1910. Here is one of the clips written Jan. 8, 1910, when
Mrs. E. T. McKnight visited the Alva Rest Room. More clips from
the Alva Rest Room Guestbook can be viewed by Clicking
Here--
"Jan. 8, 1910 -- During my recent visit through
southern Kansas, I found nothing that compared to our Alva Rest
Room for usefulness for our country friends, much credit should
be given to our few aggressive women who have labored so earnestly
for its support. Also our businessmen who give so L____ly to keep
it going & the matron who we always find in her place who
keeps things all in fine order. -- Mrs. E. T. McKnight"
The ink was smeared and couldn't make out the word, but it started
with an "L" and ended with an "ly". If you glance
through the Rest Room Guestbook and find something else of interested
that others might be interested in, please feel free to jot it down
and E-mail Linda with
the specifics. Thanks.
Home Comfort Cookbook... Do you remember when your mother
would caution you to tip-toe through the kitchen when she was in
the process of baking a cake? Yep! I have been reading in my Home
Comfort Cookbook again that Wrought Iron Range of St. Louis, Missouri
put out in the early 1930s for their Model CB Range. I have added
the vegetable & cake baking hints to ParisTimes
Cookbook database. If you go over there, look in the Vegetables
(vegetable cooking hints) and Pastry (cake baking hints)
sections.
Now I know why mother wouldn't let us open the door of the oven
when she was baking a cake. Here is what the 1930s Home Comfort
Cookbook had to say about cake baking....
"One frequent cause of failure is the sudden
jarring of the cake at certain periods of the baking process.
The oven door should be opened and closed carefully. Open it as
often as necessary for the regulation of the heat, or for observing
the progress, but do not jar the cake, or open the door for the
first fifteen or twenty minutes of baking. The oven heat should
never be above moderate when the cake mixture is placed into it.
The air or gas, in the mixture should be given a chance to be
heated and expand before the process of cooking begins. Otherwise
the cake will be flat and heavy. Never move or jar a cake during
the first or last quarter of the period required for baking. In
the second or third quarter, it may be moved or turned around
if necessary, without serious results."
3rd & 4th of July Celebrations... If you are in northwest
Oklahoma this next week around the 3rd & 4th, don't forget to
stop by Dacoma, Oklahoma on the 3rd July to view their 3rd of July
Blowout, fireworks and New community building. Catch-up with family,
friends that you haven't seen for awhile. Enjoy the family, community
atmosphere that a small town fireworks celebration has to offer.
Dacoma is known for its fantastic fireworks flare that adds sparkling
bursts of color to the night skies while families, communities gather
together to share in the old-time Independence Day Celebrations
going on in the Northwest part of the State of Oklahoma this year.
Have a safe 4th of July Celebration with family, friends and your
community.
We are headed to Washington DC to spend the 4th with our oldest
son and check out the Virginia Beaches that my grandmother romped
on almost a hundred years ago when she was becoming a young lady.
I know things will have changed dramatically, but the spirit will
still be there. Our oldest son asked if Oklahoma's Blue Bell Ice
Cream would make the flight to DC. What do you think? Oh well! See
you all next weekend from somewhere on the Virginia Beaches with
reflections of fireworks from the 4th of July Celebrations in the
Reflecting Pool in DC.
~~ Linda "OaKie" ~~
NW Mystery Corner...
I know this is a bit backwards, but I'm still waiting on the copies
of the State's Opening Statement and transcript of their expert
witnesses. BUT... I do have the last four witnesses for the State
--
George Bell
- Mr. Bell owned & operated the Alva Ice &
Cold Storage company while he was in Alva. In 1925 George was Mayor
of Alva when he passed away. In 1926 the Bell Hotel was built and
named in honor of George Bell.
S. B. Share
- The Share Brothers owned and operated the Share
Mercantile & Grocery on the west side of the square.
C. O. "Dick"
Green - Dick Green resided in Alva, Oklahoma
for eight years and was forty-one years of age. Green was acquainted
with the defendant Miller. Mr. Green testified that he had seen
Miller in front of Miller's office, on the 9th of November 1910,
near the building known as Miller's Offices about 12:45 in the afternoon
and the office was near the southeast corner of the square in Alva.
Mrs. Alice
Amis -- Mrs. Amis was the last witness on the
stand before the State Rested their case against N. L. Miller. Alice
must have lived east of the Old Opera House on Barnes Avenue, because
she testified that she walked pass the opera house on the way to
the Post Office on Flynn Avenue.
Court Adjourns
& State Rests... After the State's Last witness (Mrs.
J. F. "Alice" Amis), the Court takes a ten minute
recess after Mrs. Amis' testimony. After the Court resumes the State
Rests its case. At 9:00 o'clock the next morning Mr. Swindall, attorney
for defendant Miller, moves the Court to withdraw from consideration
of the jury and instruct them that when considering this case to
wholly disregard and not consider any of the given by the witnesses
-- G. N. Bilby, Dr. Templin, Dr. Grantham, N. J. Lewellen, W. M.
Bickel, Dr. Edwin DeBarr (State Chemist of Norman, Oklahoma).
The court Overruled. To which ruling of the court the defendant
then and there duly excepted at the time. Mr. Swindall then excepts
and demurs to the sufficiency of the testimony offered by the State,
and moves the Court to instruct the jury that in the opinion of
the court the evidence is insufficient to warrant a verdict of guilty
and to return a verdict of not guilty. The Court overruled the Demurrer.
The defendant duly excepted at the time. The Court adjourn until
the next morning, at 9 o'clock for the Defense's
Opening Statement and parade of witnesses.
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Vada Eileen Paris' Graduation
1936 - Seiling High School
Seiling, Oklahoma
Click on the photo to view Vada's high school legacy.
Back in my mother's high school days
back in the dirty thirties, getting a high school diploma was
similar to getting a college degree now days.
Not every town, community had high
schools. That is the case with Orion and Chester, Oklahoma where
my mother grew up with eight other Paris siblings.
My mother moved from Orion and Chester,
Oklahoma communities to live with the W. R. Jacquith family, in
Seiling, Oklahoma, Major County. Helping take care of their children,
etc... You can read more about my mother over at Vada's
Diary take a glimpse of her Seiling
High School Days at Seiling High School.
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