Oakie's NW Corner...
Special Horse Moment... Some of you have already
read this, but I just wanted to share it with the rest of you. Last
Sunday evening, around 6:30 or 7:00p.m., I strolled out to the pasture,
up on the hill where my horses were grazing. My pockets bulging
with apple treats and taking pictures of different mares and their
colts as I went along.
 I
had walked all around the horses and came upon Cindy (my momma
mare of Moon, Kassie and Li'l Al). Using the bulging pockets
of apple treats as a bribe once in awhile. Cindy came over to me
and I slipped her a few of the treats. While she chewed on the treats,
she let me rub her forehead, neck and body.
Well! Her oldest son (Moon, 2-yr blackish-brown gelding)
came over about that time. Lately -- they have been coming up to
me, but my pockets and hands have only had a gentle touch, rubbing
motion for them. This time I came prepared with a pocketful of treats.
A little bribe never hurts now and then. <smiling>
So... I was rubbing on Moon and his momma (Cindy) with Li'l
Al not to far behind. Li'l Al (2002 male colt) got curious
and edged his way up next to his momma and into the picture sniffing
my carrot stick and savvy string. I used my carrot stick with savvy
string attached to gentle rub on the little colt until he felt comfortable
to let me move in closer.
Well! That didn't take very long, to get his trust -- because I
was now positioned with Li'l Al between me and Cindy (momma mare)
with Moon to my right and in front of Li'l Al (Alazan) --
I was using ALLl my hands -- giving, rubbing Cindy on the forehead
and ears -- rubbing all over Li'l Al's forehead, ears, body and
back by the tail-hips area -- I was also finding another hand to
rub on Moon and share some of the treats with him.
Have you got the picture yet? I wish I could have stepped out of
myself for a quick snapshot of the moment, BUT.... haven't figured
out how to do that yet! (smiling).
Anyway... It was a great horse family moment for me and NO one around
to snap the digital camera. Darn-it! So... I'm trying to recapture
it here with you for my horse journal.
Thanks for letting me share a special moment with you.
Last Tuesday's Rains in NW Oklahoma... We got anywhere from
1 to 4 inches of rain early Tuesday morning and a drop in temps
for a day. I spent the day doing some much needed weeding in my
yard and flowerbeds. I have also been helping with the horses the
last few days. They say Fairvalley & Freedom, Oklahoma got over
an inch of rain. I hear tell through the coffee shop grapevine that
NW of Alva they got approximately 4 inches and Dacoma got about
2 inches or so.
Tuesday morning in the coffee shop the farmers, ranchers were beaming
with this latest July rain. Compared to last year... the temperatures
have been below normal and a bit wetter. Most farmers had gotten
their fields worked up and planted feed, alfalfa before the rains
came.
~~ Linda "OaKie" ~~
NW OK Marriages (1930s - 1945)...
This 200+ page scrapbook of NW Oklahoma marriages from the early
1930's thru 1945 was kept by a lady named, Dolly Carlson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Carlson. She is deceased now. Yes! this is
the scrapbook my friend bought for 50-cents at an estate sale. So...
See what treasures you can find at estate and garage sales in NW
Oklahoma and anywhere?
Most of the marriage write-ups only had the year penciled above
each of them. Some had no date. I am assuming that most of them
were taken from the local Alva papers, but there are some from Wichita
papers and Springfield, Colorado.
I have typed each announcement into Word DOC files below. You can
Click the names to view each marriage announcement below. When I
get time, I plan to put into a database.
Wesner-Wiegand
- February 25, 1933, Approaching Marriage Is Announced
Taylor-Haines
- ca. 1933
Tanner-Manning
- ca. 1933, Announcement Made of Marriage / Couple Married Here
Late Wednesday
Wookey-Humphrey
- ca. 1932, Marriage Sunday
Shirley-Baker
- Nov. 24, ca. 1933, Frieda Shirley Becomes Bride of Charles Baker
Schaefer-Ewbank
Marriage - ca. 1933
Ross-Highfill
- July 18, 1933, Announcement Made of Marriage
Read-Collins
- ca. 1933, Nuptials Solemnized
Rauh-Schuessler
- ca. 1933, Couple Married Sunday at Bride's Home
Rackley-Stewart
- ca. 1933, Miss Myrtle Rackley Weds Clifford E. Stewart
Rackley-Paul
- ca. 1933, Grace Rackley Becomes Bride of Marlow Paul
Payne-Ray
- Feb. 9, 1935, Marriage Is Announced
McCormick-Wieskotten
- July 14, 1933, Vows Are Read
Lancaster-Blue
- ca. 1933, Informal Bridge To Honor Bride-Elect
Howard-Rudy
- May 1, 1933, Nuptials May 1
(printed May 3, 1933, local newspaper)
Gallon-Dennis
- July 21, 1933, Vows Read
Fowitz-Elliot
- ca. 1933, Dinner Is Given For Couple
Collins-Dennis
- July 18, 1933, Marriage
Anderson-Faulkner
- March 24, 1935, Woods County Couple Married Saturday
Parker-Southern
1935, Louis O. Southern and Miss Parker Marry
Humphrey-Smith
- June 9, 1935, Northwestern Graduate is Wed in Church Ceremony
Rauh-Schuhmacher
- April 1, 1934, Marriage Vows Read for Prominent Alva Couple
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1938 Varsity Swim Team
Kemper Military Jr. College,
Booneville, Missouri
Bob McGill is third from the right, front row. (Click
picture to view the large picture of the Varsity swim team.)
Varsity swimming attracted wide interest
during 1938. This team won Kemper's 1st Annual Invitational Meet.
If there are any 1938 Kemper descendants out there, I would really
like to know who the rest of the swim team are. Thanks!
Freedom's Biggest Open Rodeo in the West
Don't forget and mark your calendars for the Biggest Open Rodeo
in the West & the Old Cowhand Reunion, August 15 thru 17th,
Freedom, Oklahoma, in Northwest Oklahoma. AND... Visit Freedom's
Rodeo website and online store for T-shirts & ball caps.
See Rod Murrow's message in the Mailbag & Link Corner.
Menu:
Linda K McGill Wagner
c/o WWW Publishing Co
PO Box 619, Bayfield, CO 81122
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Mailbag & Links Corner....
| The Biggest Open Rodeo
in the West - (Aug. 15-17, 2002)... "I've visited your newsletter
pages again to catch up a little bit. With the Freedom Rodeo coming
up Aug. 15-17, your readers may be interested to know that the FREEDOM
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE now has a new line of tee-shirts and baseball
caps that can be purchased online at www.freedomrodeo.com
-- OR -- by coming to the Freedom Town Hall on Main Street. Until
rodeo time, each tee-shirt sold will have $1 contributed to the Oklahoma
Fire Truck that is being sent to New York City (with the Freedom
Chamber of Commerce and the tee-shirt manufacturers each contributing
fifty cents).
Not available online, but for sale in the Freedom
Town Hall, are Freedom Rodeo Fans (which may prove mighty handy
when sitting in the stand at the rodeo) and new heavy-duty coffee
mugs. Each of these items, as well as the baseball cap mentioned
above, are emblazoned with the 'Posting the Colors' logo that represents
our rodeo in all our printed media. The original mural, painted
by artist Jack Wells, is on the west wall of the Longbranch Cafe
in downtown Freedom.
I have placed a link to the online ordering site
on my own Freedom
Community Web Pages. The items are proving quite popular, so
we have placed a second order with the manufacturer.
We're adding a 'Little Princess' contest to the
Freedom Rodeo Queen competition this year. Both of those events
will be held on Thursday evening, Aug. 15th. Rodeo tickets are on
sale now at businesses all over northwest Oklahoma (especially
in Freedom and Alva) or from rodeo queen contestants. If you
want to call to order tickets, call Sharon Walker at Freedom State
Bank (580-621-3276).
We hope to see everyone at "THE BIGGEST OPEN
RODEO IN THE WEST" at Freedom, August 15th through 17th."
-- Rod Murrow, President, Freedom Chamber of Commerce
Alva's POW Camp Inquiry... "Co-workers
and myself are researching an individual that was stationed at Camp
Alva during Feb. 1944 to Jun 1944. His name is Pfc. Aubrey Lee Palmer.
Is there any directions you could suggest." --
Contact Christopher M. Herring, RN, CCRN, Procurement Coordinator,
Oklahoma Organ Sharing Network
Alva
Christmas Choir Update... "Hi,
I loved the Christmas tree photo. I don't think I have ever seen it
and am surprised someone has remembered as many faces as they did.
Yes, I am the blond in the front row with the marvelous hairdo...what
was my mother thinking...and the little girl between John Erskine
and me is Karen Johnson (now deceased). Bruce Dunn had a little brother,
Blake, who was my age and I think that must be him next to me. Don't
know who the other 2 little girls are." -- Mary Ann Roepke Bachus
Enjoyment of Christmas Choir Pic... "I
have really gotten a lot of enjoyment out of the Christmas Choir picture.
I've looked at it at least 20 times. I was glad that I remembered
the names of those I did, but wish I could remember more. Mary Anne's
mother was styling her daughters' hair out of the same era as Vada
was ... 1938-1945 movie star styles. I had forgotten about Bruce Dunn's
brother, but I know that Mary Anne is right when she identified him
as Blake."
Jesse
James Family... "Oh yes, I'm going
to try to find a link someone sent me with a picture of the Jesse
James family and the 2nd husband shown. According to my hubby who's
read quite a bit of the old gunslingers stories, the reason the 2nd
husband 'went insane' was because the raiders tried to coerce him
into giving them information by hanging him. When he didn't give them
any information (couldn't), they just left him hanging. Someone came
along, saw him hanging and realized he was still alive so cut him
down. Unfortunately, he had been like hanging and the circulation
to the brain cut off for so long, he was basically a vegetable - which
is why they put him in the 'insane asylum' - because they had no where
else to put him. Sad story, huh? Will have to find that link again
because it was a good one. Found a bunch of others but I liked the
one I'm trying to find.
This is the link to that Jesse
James Family Photo I was telling you about. There's gobs of websites
for Jesse James and his compadre's but I like this picture with everyone
together. Just thought you might enjoy (picture is close to the bottom
of the page." -- Karel
Okie From Pocassett... "I am a Okie from
Pocassett. I am transplanted to Texas. I am searching for lost relatives.
Like your site, don't know how I arrived here. Started in Purcell
hunting for BARNES and the Normal School. Where I a have a couple
of names attending. Thanks for the site, interesting. I wish you enough."
Louthan & Hurt Family...
"I enjoyed reading about the ancestry of the PARIS's and the
HURT's. I always wondered how I was related. I would be a double niece(I
think) Of Sam Louthan. My Mom's dad was a brother or Half brother
of Sam Louthan, I think. I could be wrong on this. You would have
to ask my mom. I'm not too good at remembering these things. I need
to study a little more on the Louthan family. Thanks for the information."
-- Contact Janice Fulbright
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Alva's POW Camp (WWII)
Memories... "I enjoyed reading your page WWII-POW
Camps. I just would like to correct one or two little details...
My father Werner Wolf was POW in Camp Alva after having surrendered
as officer of the Afrika Korps (10. Panzerdivision) in Tunesia 1943.
Indeed he managed to escape, as is mentioned in your article, but
he was not recaptured in Kansas City but in a little town just before
he attempted to cross the border towards Mexico (he had the idea to
reach Argentine in order to search for a possibility to get back to
Germany). My father reentered the German army in postwar 1955 as Major
and ended his military career as Colonel at the NATO Headquarter in
Brussels 1971(were I used to go to school), he died 1973. I would
like to add that as far as I know the POWs of Camp Alva, weren´t
all 'Nazi´s and hard core sympathizers'. Instead, it might be
true that the camp exclusively contained officers of the Wehrmacht."
-- Contact Michael Michael
Wolf
Wildlife Habitat... "We ended up with .50
inches of rain yesterday and my yard looks sooooo much better. Now
we just need to figure out how to get rid of the 2 brush piles that
we've amassed on either end of the yard. My tiger lilies in the birdfeeding
area near the south bridge have been blooming riotously. I think I
got some pictures of them. A few of my Stellar Jays are around along
with both Evening and Black-headed Grosbeak and lots of little Finches
chowing down on Niger Thistle. I have more American Robins and my
usual complement of Hummingbirds, Nuthatches and Chickadees. I figured
out that I've been feeding about 7 pounds of birdfeed (not counting
the thistle) a day. Of course, the squirrels and chipmunks get at
least their share. I sent in the necessary information to get my yard
certified as a Wildlife Habitat ... and that's without documenting
the bears, deer, raccoons, and the blue heron standing sentry at the
south end of the pond."
Bears, Tree Stumps and Elbow Cocked... "I've
got 2 more roles of film at WalMart (taken with a disposable camera)
and just haven't been down to pick them up yet. I also have about
15 pictures of the bear that came and spent an hour in the yard the
other afternoon. Most of pictures were taken through the windows all
over the house, but I went outside and took a few of him sitting by
a tree stump with an elbow cocked up on the stump. I have no idea
whether any of the pictures will be any good since these disposable
things donot offer a zoom lens. I'm going to have to break down and
buy a camera. I have to get off line and get after the coon who is
sitting on the birdfeeding table."
OK Cemeteries... "The
Oklahoma Cemeteries Mailing List Homepage has been updated."
PC Flip Album... "Poking around I found
a program that turns our family photo files into photo albums, automatically
indexed by photo label. After an album is created you are able to
flip through photo thumbnails, point and click to view the full sized
picture, rename and print, and move-arrange pictures quickly. I think
you can even add pictures and they will become part of the album automatically
(I haven't tried that one yet.) You can add music and a lot of other
neat things. Anyway, if you are interested you may check it out at
-- www.flipalbumcd.com
Schools in Roger Mills County (OK)...
"I just found your site (looking for schools in Roger Mills Co,
Okla, around 1900). My grandfather helped build one. So will see what
you have. So far site is interesting." Contact
Betty
Wonderful Surprise... "What a wonderful
surprise you gave me with this week's column! Not only did you have
my folks wedding announcement but I believe 3 or 4 of my SHAFER's
were also listed! Gosh, that was wonderful! Thanks so very much for
such a wonderful gift! I sent the link to my folks announcement to
quite a few of my line and got a message back from my aunt (mother's
sister) and even she learned something new from that article! (she
didn't remember my folks lived in Ponca City for awhile)."
Recapturing Moments... "Oooo, you DID recapture
the wonderful 'horse games moment!' I'll bet that was just exhilarating
to have all 3 around you at the same time and not skitterish and still
being able to touch and stroke them! WONDERFUL! Gosh, something ACTUALLY
worked that was learned in a training program. Imagine that (snicker).
We take so much of nature for granted. Like we (humans) should be
able to either control other breathing creatures or we just 'assume'
they will allow us to do what we want and when we want. Obviously,
the opposite is actually true. Hey, what about getting a tripod for
your camera and either a remote control or trip cord (or whatever
the call it) so you can snap the picture remotely. Then, try capturing
the same setting with all 3 of horses coming to you and maybe get
the picture that way. Worth a try, isn't it? What could happen? The
horses get curious about the camera and tripod? At least they would
get used to you having something (camera and tripod) out there and
taking pictures close up."
Cartwright, Barnes & Normal School... "I
found a note in some information from a cousin -- 'Aurthur Cartwright
and Frank Barnes two bright young normal students of Weatherford,
were visiting relatives here Sunday, 11/12/1903' -- So I have
been searching to find information about a Normal at Weatherford.
Frank Barnes is a relation. Because Oklahoma didn't become a state
'till 1907 I was interested."-- Contact
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