Duchess' SW Corner

Last weekend was our first really big snow here in the valley below the San Juan Mountains in Southwest Colorado. While we were getting approximately 3 to 4 inches in the valley, the higher elevations were getting a steady stream of snow that ended up measuring around 15 to 16 inches of that white fluffy stuff.

Boy! It can sure make these majestic mountains and lakes glimmer in the full moonlight at night. This photo was taken 20 November 2004 at our place in the valley. This weekend they promised us another big snowstorm on the way. Oakie loves the snow in the mountains, but this Pug writer does a little tip-toe dance through the morning snow to take care of business. After that, everything is just hunky-dorey, as they would say!

Who Got Stuffed? The turkeys or the Humans? My stuffed human counterparts had the following menu for their Thanksgiving Feast: turkey & dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, saurkraut & weiners, homemade noodles in chicken broth, baked ham, pork roast, beets. That was just the maincourse, though. Oakie made (from scratch) homemade cherry & apple pie -- from recipes that came from her Grandma Paris' family. Mike made his famous pecan pie with homemade crust. Let's not forget the cooked, fresh cranberry relish with apple, orange, pecans mixed in.

Anyway! That is what my humans ate while this precious pug got served a measly handful of crunchy (yuck) dog food with only two or three bites of white meat from the turkey. Who got stuffed for Thanskgiving?

Then ... they all sat around a table with colorful plastic chips stacked in front of them -- betting wildly on something after they each got dealt out these funny little rectangular plastic coated paper. Boy! Did it get wild with laughter most of the times. It woke this pug that was sleeping, snuggly on the blanket on the sofa as I was dreaming of my own mound of turkey & dressing with all the trimmings. How was your Thanksgiving feast? Oakie said she was stuffed. They all will be eating on the leftovers for the rest of the week, probably.

Old Photos Find Home! Thanks to some of you out there the Roberta Edwards and Reo McVicker 1930s photos from the 1930s NSTC Students have found a home with descendants of the Edwards and McVicker families. Two photos down and a few more to find a home.

Thanks! Keep up the great work and referrals. We looked again at the photo identified as Carner and now believe that may be Carney. Does that ring a bell with anyone out there? If you can help us identify the Unknown female (pictured to the right) and the Unknown male of these NSTC students of the 1930s, we would love to hear from you.

How about finding a home for these two pictures of Merna Lee (1935) & Merna Lee (ca. 1930s)! Please pass along these links to your connections that might shed some light on the old photos. These photos need a family home, also! Thanks for your help!

Waynoka Historical Society's Publication of Manuscripts -- Oakie recently sent off her payment for the Waynoka Historical Society's publication of three manuscripts they are announcing which will help preserve the history of Waynoka and Northwest Oklahoma. They are: Waynoka Wisdom by Richard Green ($5.95); Early Pioneers of Southern Woods County by Eveline Mary Patterson Dow ($8.95); Growing Up: A detailed historical account of farm life in Western Woods County, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s by EvaLou Milledge ($9.95). Do not forget about Crossing the Cimarron by Robert King ($7.95).

Oklahoman's should add 9% sales tax. Mail orders may be sent to Waynoka Historical Society, PO Box 193, Waynoka, OK 73860. Add $1.50 for mailing the first book, and $.50 for each additional book. Or add $3.85 for Priority Mail. For further information, call Sandie Olson at (580) 824-5871, or email her at sandieo@pldi.net.

Did You Know -- That the 1st graduating class of Northwestern High School (NWHS) was 1937? It was located in the NEW Horace Mann building on Northwestern's College Campus. Oakie found this little tidbit in the 1937 Ranger Album when she was reading about the Training School they had on the Northwestern State Teachers' College campus to train future teachers. You can read more about the Demonstration School & Class History of NWHS over at our NW OkieLegacy website - 1937 Ranger Album.

Before we head out of here for the weekend, we would like to wish a very special nephew a Happy 12th Birthday (Nov. 26) - Nathan Christopher C. - from his Aunts, Uncle & Cousins once removed. It was twelve (12) years ago Thanksgiving Day that his mother and father welcomed Nathan into this world around noon or so while we were scheduled to be gathering and sitting down to our Turkey feast twelve years ago in Edmond, Oklahoma.

See Y'all next Saturday evening with more Okie Legacies! ~~ Linda "oaKie" & Duchess ~~ View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Waynoka Historical Society Publishes Three Local Histories

The Waynoka Historical Society is announcing the publication of three manuscripts which will help preserve the history of Waynoka and Northwest Oklahoma.

Wiley McCollum, MD, is the subject of one of the new books, entitled  Waynoka Wisdom by Richard Green. It is reprinted from the October, 1994, Journal of the Oklahoma Medical Association with permission from the Association. Dr. McCollum was featured as a Leader in Medicine. He was Oklahoma's first board-certified cardiologist - and he used to tell medical students that the most valuable part of his training was the time he spent working at Hutchison's Central Market in Waynoka. The story covers his boyhood years in Waynoka, the war years, and his career in medicine. He graduated from Waynoka High School in 1940.

Early Pioneers of Southern Woods County was written by Eveline Mary Patterson Dow. It is the story of her parents, James and Mollie Patterson, who settled in the Dane community in 1893. The late Robert King, author of Crossing the Cimarron at 21 Crossing , assembled and edited the book after Mrs. Dow's death. Mrs. Dow's Woods County is part of today's Major County. Some of the topics are outlaws, Cantonment, Phroso, Seiling, Orion Store, Fairview, Dane Store and School, Activities, Indians, and many more. For many years, Mrs. Dow recorded history on scraps of paper which have at last been shared and preserved.

Growing Up: A detailed historical account of farm life in Western Woods County, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s was written by Eva Lou Milledge. Dr. Milt Lehr, professor emeritus, NWOSU, assisted Mrs. Milledge with editing and typing. She is an artist as well as a writer, and designed the book's cover. Her line drawings illustrate the book. Mrs. Milledge preserves the details of everyday living in the years following the turn of the twentieth century. Mail-order baby chicks, making sauerkraut, cyclones, and many, many other topics are covered in Mrs. Milledge's wonderful book.

The McCollum story sells for $5.95, Mrs. Dow's Early Pioneers is $8.95, and Mrs. Milledge's Growing Up is $9.95. Crossing the Cimarron by Robert King is $7.95.  Oklahomans should add 9% sales tax. Mail orders may be sent to Waynoka Historical Society, PO Box 193, Waynoka, OK 73860. Add $1.50 for mailing the first book, and $.50 for each additional book. Or add $3.85 for Priority Mail. For further information, call Sandie Olson at (580) 824-5871, or email her at sandieo@pldi.net. View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

NSTC students, Alva, OK - Roberta Edwards

"I wanted you to know that thanks to your website, I have been receiving e-mails from several long lost friends and relatives. I have heard so many stories about my father and grandfather when they were young. As for the picture (Roberta Edwards), I am stunned! That is my dad's older sister who unfortunately passed away in the late 1970's. I would love to have the original and I will see that my dad gets it. Thank you so much for creating your website. I'm sure it has put many friends and families in touch. Best regards." -- Michael B. Edwards View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Reo McVicker's Photo

"We are relatives of Reo McVicker and would be interested in his picture from the students of Northwestern 1930's. Rod Murrow gave me your URL." -- Bob and Jacquita McVicker - Buffalo, OK View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Turkey Day

"I suffered with all the trimmings. But better now.  Trying to just snack around now -- not do any stuffing even though my fridge has leftovers in it.  Guess we both ate to much, huh?" View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Enjoyed Your Website

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