Vol 3, Iss 1Slapout, Oklahoma - Here it is a week into the New 21st Century! Thanks
for all the memories you have sent in the past Volumes of "Oakie's HTH."
I am working on some Slapout, Oklahoma 2001 photos I took this week
and hope to have them ready for you next week. Send me some history
and memories of Slapout... If you get a chance.
Vol 9, Iss 32 We were searching through The Oklahoman's archives this week and found some baseball articles dating back to 1908 which mentioned our grandpa Bill McGill (a tall, lefthanded, fast pitcher in the early 1900's).
Vol 12, Iss 27America - With the talk of Independence Day, and this being the day after the 4th of July 2010, We ask you, "Aren't we all immigrants or Descendants of Immigrants?"
Vol 12, Iss 16 Did you know that baseball developed before the Civil War, but did not achieve professional status until the 1870s?
As for the very first professional team in 1869, that would be the Cincinnati Red Stockings, but their life as some say, "Their life was brief and the team went bankrupt within a year of its founding."
Linda,
Thank you for digging deep into the history of our departed grandmother, Thelma Evelyn DeGeer Lippincott. We knew her father was Renfrew DeGeer. Thank you for getting info. that goes back much further.
Your friend, ~Terry L. Kent
regarding Okie's story
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Vol 10, Iss 47 As a dry, cold front settled through Southwest Colorado by mid-week we encountered gas prices falling below the $2 mark in Durango, Colorado.
Vol 11, Iss 39 Mary Jordan Pollack says, "My mother's name is Tressie Lorene Paris. I am trying to trace her family for her 90th birthday party next month. This is a longshot but here goes. Her father's name was Albert Paris. Her mother's name was Maude Bell Franklin Paris. Her sisters were Lela Paris, Zella Paris, Mary Paris, Treila Paris and her twin sister Tessie Morene Paris. Tressie Lorene Paris was born on October 9, 1919, in Pratt, Kansas.