The Okie Legacy
Like the Eagle... Be not afraid of the storm! Be as strong! Be smart enough to soar above it!
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The Okie LegacyLike the Eagle... Be not afraid of the storm! Be as strong! Be smart enough to soar above it! |
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December 27, 2003, Vol. V, Iss. 51
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Mailbag & Links Corner....My Dad's Sports Column... "Thanks for reviving an old memory for me by including my Dad's column in your OkieLegacy website. He thought the world of your Grandpa Bill (McGill). I'm sure both would be pleased with what we're doing today. I'm going to run that column (along with a few editorial comments) in my Sports Spasms, Friday - 26 December 2003. Speaking of electronic gadgetry, I've wished a thousand times that I could bring my dad back for a couple of days and show him how a newspaper is laid out and published and how stories are sent in to the paper electronically from great distances. He absolutely would not believe it. Even the things we take for granted now, like copy machines, would blow his mind! He was a job printer and layout man in the old hot lead days, when just about everything done was a laborious process. Thanks for everything and keep up the good work!" -- Jim Regarding Dec. 7, 1941... "I was just 2 years old but my earliest memories are of assorted soldiers riding on trains and street cars (in California where I lived) and my own father, working in the ship yard. When my little sister was born in 1943 I wanted to name her Pearl Harbor. Luckily for her, my parents declined the suggestion but I still tease Cheryl, reminding her she narrowly escaped school enrollment as Pearl H." -- Bonnie POW Camp at Ft. Reno... "I would really like to access records that would show who the prisoners, at Fort Reno, worked for. I was about 12 years old when some of them worked for my father a couple of days. I know there is a roster of names in the El Reno Depot Museum. However, I can not remember the names of the men I worked with.' -- Altus O. “Al” Ayers Limeys & Oklahoma History... "It might be hard to believe but Limeys love reading about Oklahoma. The Okies, the 1st star-trekkies, fleeing away from the dustbowl, ruined crops and hopes." -- Bob Wilson (Leeds, England) - Email: rw.bcra@ntlworld.com Blood of Heroes... "Very well done. (Warning: graphic) Turn up your sound. When it is all done, click on the tiny print at the bottom of the page in the center where it says "info." This guy went to a lot of trouble to get his point across. I think every American needs to read this and feel blessed that we live in this wonderful land. God Bless all of you, your family and friends. And may our Holidays be blessed with Liberty and Brotherhood for all time! Click: Remember the Blood of Heroes." Sale Creek & Soddy, TN... "Dear Oakie, I'm searching for a name of a particular settlement only 4 or 5 miles west of Sale Creek (on same side of river) which actually is now part of Sale Creek. Bakewell, Tennessee lies south of Sale Creek. Rhea Co., Dayton is north. It was a settlement in Hamilton County, and after the civil war became both a white and black settlement intertwined with stores, business and many farms and homes. My grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Pendergrass moved his family there from Birchwood. He married Edna Marie McClanahan and they had six children. He worked on the Grover Eldridge farm which consisted of huge acreages both for crop and fruit and my grandfather and uncles broke wild horses that were shipped in by train from the west. But the area at that time had a Soddy, Tennessee mailing route and was not considered part of Sale Creek. Now this area for the most part is a Sale Creek mail route. If anyone can help me find the 'proper' name of this settlement I would appreciate. (If there is one). Thank-you." -- Stephanie H. Francisco - E-mail: Stephanie_7084@msn.com - Family Surnames: Pendergrass, McClanahan, Hyder. WWII German Prisoners & Richard Warner... "Hi! I was looking at the page about German prisoner camps in Oklahoma. At the top of the page it says the author 'Richard Warner' would like to hear from people with knowlege of the camps. My dad who is still living was in the army and was assigned to the Military Police Escort Guard assigned to Camp Gruber to guard German prisoners. Any ideas how to contact Mr. Warner? Thanks." -- Steve Johnson - E-mail: steamdonkey@aol.com Happy Holidays & Great New Year... "Warmest wishes for very delightful and satisfying holidays with family and friends, and a most happy, healthy, prosperous, and peaceful 2004!" -- Joel and Lanie The Electric Scotland & Weekly Newsletters... "Electric Scotland is a major Scottish history site as well as being the online home of the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Family Tree newspaper and the Scots Independent Newspaper. We have over 12,000 web pages of information available to view on the history of Scotland, the Scots, Scots-Irish and people of Scots and Scots-Irish descent. We highly recommend using our site search engine above to locate the information you require. Below you will find commentary on our major sections and in our site header you will find links to all our major sections on the site. We provide a Help section containing information on how to best use the site and to answer FAQ's. We hope you enjoy your visit and come back often as we add content to the site pretty well every day." Thanks! You can also view The OkieLegacy online. |
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