Oakie's NW Corner...
I have been waiting patiently for my replacement DSL modem to be
delivered this week. You see... Last week's thunderstorms in the
northwest part of the state zapped my old modem. We are speedily
zooming online on this Friday afternoon.
I have also been doing some more transcribing on NW OK Marriages
of 1930-45. There is a particular marriage ceremony that I found
interesting and wanting to share the wording with you. I do not
know the exact date, but believe the date to be around the 1936
or 1937. Can someone out there help me with this date?
It concerns the Herold-Varner
- ca. 1936-37 marriage that took place on a Saturday
afternoon, when Johnnie M. Varner, Alva, and Miss Lillian May Herold,
Alva, were united in marriage by Judge J. J. Glaser in the Review-Courier's
public wedding on the court house steps. The marriage was pronounced
by Judge Glaser in the following words...
"My friends, in this hour when you are about
to take the step which will result in the establishment of a new
home in the land, I would have you enter upon this new relationship
not in sport or frivolity, but rather seriously and fully realizing
all it shall mean.
"The establishment of a new home in the land
is of great importance and grave concern, and incurs great responsibilities.
"It is a matter of importance and concern
not only to you two fine young people, but it is of grave concern
to the community where you shall reside - of grave concern to
the state and to the nation. Whether a home is foundationed in
love is of great importance.
"Whether that home shall be one where love
and harmony shall be enthroned depends entirely upon you. If love
and harmony shall not reign supreme, the consequences can not
be confined to the limits of the sphere of the influence of your
own lives, but must of necessity affect many others.
"This is an occasion for joy and happiness,
certainly, but it also is an occasion for serious mindedness.
"In anticipation of the happiness that shall
be yours, and in the full realization of the responsibilities
that shall rest upon you, I now ask:
"Mr. Varner, do you take this woman to be
your wedded wife? Do you promise to love, honor and cherish her
- forsaking all others, be faithful unto her in the love and affection
of your heart so long as you shall both live?
"Miss Herold, do you take this man to be
your wedded husband? Do you promise to love, honor and cherish
him - forsaking all others, be faithful unto him in the love and
affection of your heart so long as you shall both live?
"By virtue of your mutual, promises, and
by authority vested in me as judge of the county court of Woods
County, Oklahoma, it is my good pleasure, and I now pronounce
you husband and wife.
"May the blessing of God be upon you. May
long years together be yours - crowned with peace and contentment
- and may love reign supreme in your lives to the end."
This week maybe someone else will find some more northwestern names,
marriages and memories to help jog some more of those good-old-day
memories. Have you noticed that most of the young people of the
1930s graduated from Northwestern High School? Was that what they
called the old Alva high school at one time? Was it on the Northwestern
Campus? Lots of questions and not enough answers to go around, huh?
I'm sure most of you NW Okies will recognize some of these surnames...
Schuhmacher, Ewalt, Vinson, etc...
Thanks for the corrections and information you sent in this week
concerning the Obits that were in last week's newsletter. Take care
and have a safe, cool, Fall weekend ahead.
~~ Linda "OaKie" ~~
NW OK Marriages 1930-45...
White-Anderson
- August 1, 1937 - Popular Alva Couple's Wedding Set for
August -- The Reverend Alvin F. White, pastor of the First Methodist
church here, announces the betrothal and approaching marriage of
his daughter, Miss Esther Marie White, to D. Dwight Anderson, son
of Mrs. J. W. Anderson, 1017 Barnes. The wedding, calendared for
Sunday, August 1, will immediately follow the morning worship service.
Mr. White will read the nuptial service.
Wight-Peacock -
1937 - Nuptials of Interest Here -- Of social interest
in northwestern Oklahoma and southern Kansas was the wedding of
Miss Luella Peacock, daughter of Mrs. Vie Peacock of Protection,
Kans., and Phillip Wight, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wight of Enid,
which took place Thursday evening at the Church of Christ at Protection.
The Rev. F. A. Wellman of Enid performed the marriage ceremony.
Frye-Schuhmacher
- October 24, 1936 - Parties Accompany Wedding Announcement
-- Of major prominence in society circles here and at Enid is the
announcement by Mrs. E. McCray Frye, Enid, of the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Gwendolyn Frye, to Howard Schuhmacher, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Schuhmacher of this city. The wedding was an event
of October 24, 1936. It occurred at Medicine Lodge, Kans., with
the Rev. F. H. Hayward, Presbyterian minister, reading the nuptial
service.
Owen-Vinson
- 1937 - Vinson-Owen Nutpials Performed Saturday -- With
only relatives and a few intimate friends in attendance, the marriage
of Miss Dora Alice Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Owen, northeast
of Oklahoma City, to Dr. Harold S. Vinson, Denver, son of Prof.
A. G. Vinson, Alva, took place Saturday morning. The vows were read
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Armstrong, Oklahoma City,
by the Rev. Paul S. Wright.
Herold-Varner -
ca. 1936-37 - Couple Takes Vows Before Great Throng --
While a record throng looked on Saturday afternoon, Johnnie M. Varner,
Alva, and Miss Lillian May Herold, Alva, were united in marriage
by Judge J. J. Glaser in the Review-Courier's public wedding on
the court house steps. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the couple
was handed envelopes which told them where to report for the gifts
offered them by city merchants. Bob Kirkbride assisted.
Metcalf-McDaniel
- 1937 - Miss Metcalf Becomes Bride of Earl McDaniel In Home
Nuptials Today -- At a quiet home ceremony at 8:30 o'clock this
morning, Miss Claire Metcalf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Metcalf, 124 Barnes Avenue, became the bride of Earl McDaniel, son
of Mrs. Ida McDaniel, north of the city.
Sims-Rush - June 8,
1937 - Marriage of June 8 Is Announced -- Miss Modean
Sims, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sims of Waurika, was married
to Donald Rush, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Rush, Alva, Okla., Saturday
evening, June 8, in Enid at the study of Rev. James Sours, Central
Christian Church.
Ewalt-Buchanan
- June 27, 1937 - Ewalt-Buchanan Nuptials Calendared For
June 27 -- Of paramount interest here, particularly in Northwestern
college circles, is announcement of the engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Louise Ewalt to Francis Buchanan. Miss Ewalt, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay R. Ewalt of Las Cruces, N. M., graduated
from Northwestern in the spring of 1936. Mr. Buchanan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Buchanan, 1028 Fourth Street, attended Northwestern.
He is now employed by the Home State Life Insurance Company at Oklahoma
City, where the young couple will be at home after July 1.
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My Grandmother...
Constance Estelle Warwick
I just love this old photograph of my grandmother
and the dress she was posing in. Do you have any old photos that
you would like to share with us? Send them this way. What year
do you suppose this photo was taken?
Grandmother must have been a young teacher or student attending
Northwestern Normal School.
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The death of Mrs. Fred Fash long time resdient of Woods County and retired school teacher, occurred at 4 a.m. today at her home, 1039 Eighth St. She had been ill for several months.