Holiday Greetings To All

It has been snowing every few days here in southwest Colorado. Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, we wokeup to 2 inches of wet snow. I measured it on my NEW McWagner Snow Gauge that my youngest son made me.

Friday night and again Saturday night another snow storm came through. We did not get what the higher elevations received this weekend and the snow seemed a bit drier and colder.

As I sit here at the living room window with my laptop composing this week's newsletter, we have had intermittent snow, wind and sunshine on this lazy Sunday, eleven days until Christmas!

What is it doing in your neck of the woods?

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas To All!
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The Pub & Goldbug Review

Welcome to "The Pub!" Are you an alumni of Alva High Goldbugs? Are you searching for your classmates for a reunion? Then maybe "The Pub" can help and give you and your classmates a place to gather and share stories while you search for classmates.

We understand the Alva High Class of '89 is gathering information for their upcoming 20th reunion. Are there any Class of ''89 Bugs out there?

We are continuing our 2000 Aftermath Goldbug Reunion pages over at The Pub & Goldbug Review for those Alva High Alumni Goldbugs searching for old classmates. If you have a facebook, myspace or other networking website and are gathering classmate information for an upcoming Goldbug reunion, feel free to leave a link in the "Comments" section and let us help you make your connections.

While you are over at The Pub, scroll down and subscribe to our monthly Pub & Goldbug newsletter.

Thanks for helping us in our search for alumni Goldbugs!
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Singer Treadle Machine (Red-eye)

I have added another antique as my 2008 christmas present.

It's a 1923-24 Singer Treadle Sewing machine (also known as the "Red-eye" series), Serial number G0268595, in a Singer Cabinet #2, with attachments, no manual, though.

I did a search online looking for information about this latest acquisition. It's in great condition and at the moment it graces my bedroom as a nightstand along with the Damascus Vibrating Shuttle sewing machine that I already had. NOW... I have matching nightstands... kind of!

I have put pictures of the two treadle sewing machines up on my NWOkieLegacy webshots.

Montgomery Ward Co. made this Damascus treadle machine sometime around 1920-22, according to the serial number that I found under the sewing plate. The Damascus company, I am told is out of business, so finding parts won't be that easy.

BUT... the Singer Co., is another story and has lots of informative websites with all sorts of information for dating your particular machine.
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OU Sooners & Heisman Trophy

Do any of you follow the Oklahoma Sooners College football? Well! Then you are probably one of those OU Sooners followers that have celebrating this week with the Heisman Trophy winner named ... OU Sooners quarterback, Sam Bradford.

Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford has won the Heisman Trophy, college football's most prestigious honor. Bradford beat out last year's Heisman winner, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, and Texas QB Colt McCoy.

Bradford, a redshirt sophomore, became the fifth Oklahoma player to win the Heisman, joining quarterback Jason White (2003), running backs Billy Sims (1978), Steve Owens (1969) and Billy Vessels (1952). -- NW Okie
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Remembering 12/7/1941

"You asked if any ancestors knew where they were on this date. I remember very well where I was. I was on duty on Second East of St. Francis Hospital as a student nurse in traning. Every one had there radios on listening. I wandered at the time 'Where is Pearl Harbor?' I soon learned. My husband to be had been called up in August 1941. I went to training in November 1941, he was on his way to the South Pacific in January 1942.

There 3½ yrs. I was out of training and working at the Alva General Hospital when he returned and discharged July 1945. We married 1946. Like getting your Okie legacy every week." -- Reta Jackson, Retired RN.
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67 Years Ago

"My maternal grandfather's oldest brother, Dalton Riggs (1902 graduate of Northwestern and oldest brother of Sam Riggs of Alva) and his wife Carrie were vacationing in Hawaii in December 1941. On the morning of the attack, Uncle Dalt grabbed his cameras and went out to take photos and movies of what he thought at first was a training exercise. He continued shooting until he was out of film. The government confiscated his film and it was never returned to him. He and Carrie eventually made it back to the states, but it took them several weeks, perhaps months (I've not heard the story re-told in quite a long time, but those are the essential details)." -- Rod M.
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Spybuck's of Watonga, OK

"My name is Roy Espy and I'm Della's grandson and I loved your uncle dearly as my granfather. There's a few days that go by that I don't think of him. My parents live in Watonga my father is Della's surviving son. Please feel free to contact me. I am Della Spybuck's great grandson. " -- Rory L. Espy - OkieLegacy Comment
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1932 Helicron

"In the late 1930s this one-of-a-kind Helicron was placed in a barn and forgotten. More than six decades later this odd lost little gem was rediscovered, rebuilt, and reintroduced to the world. Although the manufacturer is unknown, it's believed that this car was built in France 1932. Following the first World War it was not uncommon for recently displaced airplane engineers to look towards the automobile industry for employment.

As in this example, a few entrepreneurs developed propeller-powered cars with the notion that propeller power was an efficient means of moving a vehicle.On this car, when the wooden propeller is spinning at full speed and efficiently, this little 1,000-pound boat-tailed skiff can hit freeway speeds exceeding 75 mph. This is the one and only Helicron in existence, owned by Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, TN." -- Roy
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Calling All '89 AHS Goldbugs

"My high school class is currently planning their 20th reunion.

The website idea was to incorporate something similar to what we did with the AmeriCorps*VISTA. 35th anniversary. There was a place where anyone could submit alumni info making a contest for the most people found for the reunion. I thought it might be a good upgrade to your goldbug section on paristimes.com." -- Mike Wagner, class of '89 - Email: mcwags@earthlink.net
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Damascus Sewing Machine

"I took a look at your pictures. It's a National IEB and looks like it will date to 1920-1922, no later than July 1922, since I have a slightly higher serial number with a dated warranty of July 27, 1922." -- DamascusAnnie in Wisconsin - Quilts & National Sewing Machines
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History of Singer Company

"Isaac Merritt Singer formed I.M. Singer & Company with New York lawyer Edward C. Clark, following Singer's first lockstitch sewing machine patent. The Singer Sewing Machine is offered for sale all over the United States. Within two years Singer is the leading manufacturer and marketer of sewing machines in the United States...." --
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Singer Serial Dating

Check out ISMACS (International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society) concerning dating Singer machines via serial numbers. These tables were taken from Singer publications and show the dates for a particular range of serial numbers for the given plants." -- Dating Singer Machines
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Treadle & Vintage Singer Models

"The typical set-up of early Singer sewing machine in a treadle stand. The most common class of machine the 127 "vibrating shuttle"(long bobbin) ..... " -- Treadle & Vintage Singer Models
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