Dig Days of Summer

-- Vallecito - I hear the "Dog Days of Summer" have finally reached NW Oklahoma earlier this week with temperatures in the 100s.

Whew! Glad we are still in the Colorado Rockies where it might get in the mid-80s during the day and mid-50s in the evening.
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1938 NSTC Ranger Album

1938 Northwestern State Teachers College (NSTC) Ranger Album... Last week we mentioned the 1938 Northwestern State Teachers College Album that we ran across on the OKGenWeb, Woods County Query website that Fronia had scanned and left some information for others.

One of those items was... the 1938 Student & Faculty List of NSTC. If you click NSTC '38 List, you will find a "doc file" that we have put up on our website where we underlined a few names that appear in Vada's (Paris) Diary of 1938. Also, there is a Senior from Freedom, Oklahoma by the name of Ina Warwick. We are not sure, but we think this is a niece or cousin of our Great-grandfather John R. Warwick. She may have been the one that took care of him when he had cancer back in the 1930s. If anyone from the Alva, Freedom or NW Oklahoma has any more information concerning Ina Warwick. Senior at NSTC, we would love to hear from you.

Back to Vada at NSTC... We found out that Vada Eileen Paris (Seiling, Oklahoma) was a sophomore that year -- belonged to the Home Economics club, Alpha Sigma Alpha. You may glance though those pages of the album at Vada's Diary - NSTC '38.

Some Names in Vada's '38 Diary... Lloyd Vincent, George Wright, Durward Borden, Darr Simms, Thomas (Tom) Gaden, Ben Harrover, James Crutchfield, Othal Bronk, Kenneth Wilson, Don Wilton, John Purier, Burton Freize, Ray Worthan, Willard Alexander, Lester Gallon, John Wenzel, John H. (Herren), Les Snyder, Buddy Cutter, John B. Doolin, Don Robinson, Kenneth Brown, Rosa Lee Montgomery, Jadeena Leeper, Durward P., Chester Mairy (died in accident in '38), Ruth Riecker, Elsie, Clara Munkris, Leota Leeper, Luella, Evelyn, Lydia, Sudie Fae, Wilma Greer, Vivian Chew, Margaret R., Don Warrick, Gladys, Katherine Wiebener, Erl Lene Cline, Mildred Strong (sic), Virgil McDaniels, Pauline Whitehead, Henry Sanders, Barbara Hedges, Maxine Brown, Everette Marie Fulmer, Beth Lou Heaton, Lolene Ellison. and Elsie Fae. Some of the above names were only mentioned by firstname or firs name and last initial. -- we have tried to fill in lastnames when we could. View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Rodeos Next Weekend in NW Oklahoma...

Are you ready for some rodeo clowns, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling, junior and senior calf roping, junior and senior girls barrel racing and team roping? The Waynoka Cimarron Stampede begins next weekend, 12th thru 14th August 2004, in Waynoka, Oklahoma. That would be a great weekend to takein the Waynoka Historical Museum and Harvey House at the Santa Fe Depot before Rodeo time.

The week after next, 19th thru 21st August 2004... is Freedom, Oklahoma's Biggest Open Rodeo & Old Cowhand Reunion with the richest payoffs of any open rodeo in the country. Helen Snapp London is being honored as "Old Cowhand 2004" this year. We think this is a first for a female to be honored as "Old Cowhand," AND... here is our Congratulations to Helen Snapp London.

We understand from reading The Freedom Call newspaper that entry books for the 67th Annual Freedom Rodeo & Old Cowhand Reunion will be open Monday, August 9th from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Telephone numbers for entries are (580) 621-3583 or 621-3584. The Rodeo will be held each evening around 8:00 p.m.

Political Sign Mishap Comes to Understanding... Last weekend maybe we were a bit harsh on a certain person. After communication on both sides, just maybe we were both misinformed to some extent! We want you to know that there are NO hard feelings or grudges held ... on both sides! We have worked out our differences, misunderstandings peacefully and have come to a mutual understanding! There is Hope out there! It only takes communication between parties! Thanks for listening!

WWII Letters of Pvt. Johnson

"Great site! If you have a moment, I'd like you to take a look at the WWII site, the Letters of Private Melvin W. Johnson. It can be found at - www.privateletters.net. If you have any stories you'd like to add, or any heroes you'd like to add to the honor roll, please let me know. So many gave so much and should not be forgotten. If you'd like to add yourself, your father, brother, uncle, friend, or other to the honor roll, please submit 1-2 paragraphs highlighting their career and their contribution and I will add it as soon as possible. I also look forward to your comments or feedback on what you'd like to see on the site. Lest they be forgotten..." -- Michael Ketchum - Email: ketch@idsolutions.org View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Carmen Home Residents

"My mother and her 4 siblings were at the Carmen Home for some time in the early 1920's. Time was split between the Checotah Home and this one. She and her younger sister were in Odd Fellows homes until the last half of the 1930's." -- Emil M. Bergquist - Email: werblsd@afo.net View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Pine Valley Oklahoma

"I was thrilled to read your article on Pine Valley. My Dad, Joe Chaney, was office manager at Mt. Pine in 1937, and a timekeeper before that, traveling to all of the mill towns. I was born in '38 and lived there until about 1947 when we moved to DeQueen. I recognized some of the names and places you mentioned; Prater McAdams for one. I live in Little Rock now, and still go back there from time to time just to smell the pine sawdust." -- Linda Murphey - Email: lindacmurphey@hotmail.com View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Ames, Oklahoma

Ames Oklahoma -- "Ames was a great to place to grow up. I wished more people could haved had the chance to grow up in such a wonderful small town. I challenge all wartime Vets to make special trip to view the war memorial on mainstreet. Many local heroes names are therer. The price for freedom is a very hard one. True it is hard to talk about. Most people wouldn't even understand. So ... Vets make a special trip to Ames -- visit the memorial and just remember ... 'Those Farmers Loved Freedom and That's why their names are on Those Walls!' " -- CLASS of 85 - Forest - Email: killbill32001@yahoo.com View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Clebit (McCurtain county) & Honoba Oklahoma & Dierks Industries

"My father and his siblings were born in Clebit and Honubbia, OK. Their father and grandfathers worked for Dierks. I have met - online - one other woman, Brenda, who's memories, like yours, are some of the most beautiful and wonderful stories I've ever read. My father's family has described memories to me that are so very much like your own. They are the closest of brothers and sister as can be hoped for and their devotion to their parents and each other unbending. Thank you for writing what you have written here. I'd like to send you a photo I have of one of the '3-room houses' -- the house is on the back of a flat-bed ready for travel to the new 'town'. Thank you!" -- Beth Hale, Ukiah, CA - Email: swimommy@yahoo.com View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (1 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Thanks - OkieLegacy Archive Links

"Thanks for sending me the links to the missed issues of The OkieLegacy. I just finished reading them and this week's issue. I enjoyed them very much. Thanks again for sending me the link to the archives so I could catch up on what's going on in Okie's corner. Peace and love." -- Betty View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

PARIS Genealogy

"I am a Paris -- probably from an unrelated or very distantly related line. Let me know if you have any information linking your family's (genealogy) past with this branch of Paris:
1 -- Gregg Alan Paris (S)
2 -- Leroy Alvin Paris (F) died 1993
3 -- Alvin NMN Paris (GF) died 1967
4 -- Powell Fowler Paris (GGF) birth 01/04/1852 Marion, Grant Co, IN died 04/24/1934 Carthage, IL; married Ida Wahl (b .1862 on Atlantic Ocean) d. 04/05/1934 Carthage; 2 bros. Naaman Reed and William Henry; 1 sister Sarah Ann (mother C. Dowden); 1 half bro. George W., 3 half sister Eliza Jane, Mary Ellen, Rhoda Bell (mother S. Dowden); 1 half sister Nellie Mae (mother Parkes)
5 -- Asa NMN Paris (GGGF) b. 06/22/1827 in KY, d. 07/14/1903 in KY; married 11/19/1847 Catharine Dowden, Clinton Co. OH; married 02/22/1855 Sara Dowden, Delaware Co. IN; married 03/07/1876 Eveline Parkes, Sangamon Co. IL; 7 bros. Ned, John, Berry, Joshua, Stephen D., James M., Harrison; 4 sisters Sarah, Fanny, Permelia, Elizabeth Jane
6 -- James C. Paris (GGGGF) b. 1782 in PA, d. after 07/31/1850 Highland Co, OH; married 2nd wife on 11/14/1847, Isabella Duncan b. about 1794, d. about 1865; married 1st wife 06/04/1812 name (?) Ana May, Clark Co. KY.

Before this generation, details are sketchy, but some have said ancestors came from Scotland by way of Northern Ireland. As far as I know, I am the only blood-related male descendant of the POWELL-PARIS branch still with the PARIS name. My Grandfather had brothers who had no male children of their own (either married into families or adoptied sons). I am the only child of an only child, and I have no children, so I guess it ends with me." -- Gregg Paris - Email: starrysky@cox.net View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Pawhuska Oklahoma

"I lived in Pawhuska most of my life and didn't know this." -- Diana Good - Email: diana_good2000@yahoo.com View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Thanks for Understanding

"Thanks for understanding! We offered to move them if they would offend you. Our anger was at the person who threw them into the street and then took them all together ... not at you and if there was a concern on your part we wanted to respect your wishes and remove them. I would appreciate it if in your next newsletter if you mentioned that things had been straightened out. I try so hard not to offend people and sometimes get in messes! Thanks! Have a great weekend! " View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

IOOF Links

IOOF Lodge - Checotah, OK -- The Sovereign Grand Lodge - Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Odd Fellows Lodges, Rebekah Lodges, Encampments, Cantons & Auxiliaries, Junior Lodges and Theta Rho Girls' Clubs

Oklahoma IOOF Archives -- Checotah IOOF Odd Fellows Home Grand Lodge of Indian Territory, 47kb, Mar. 2002, Floyd A. Dobbs Oklahoma IOOF Historian.

Matron Checotah Home -- Matron Checotah Home Checotah, McIntosh County Oklahoma . Odd Fellows Home , Checotah , Oklahoma . Rebekah Assembly Of Oklahoma.

Rest High On That Mountain - A Memorial for a Native American -- Our mother was born in Clebit , Oklahoma . Her grandmother was an original enrollee in the Choctaw Nation at the close of the Dawes Rolls in 1906. View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe