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Happy Birthday, Dynamite DoRight! Let's have a poker party under the gazebo! Irish Eyes Are Shining & Smiling
When Irish Eyes Are Shining: The Hummers In Hand
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Stories From An Old Lady
Have you by chance browsed over to D. J. Roe's website, Stories From An Old Lady? Get over there NOW! You shall come away with a fresh, new understanding of this remarkable talented Lady and her philosophy on life! 1932 -- The Peoples Chronology
The Peoples Chronology, by James Trager, page 888, states that Oil wells within the city limits of Oklahoma City were drilled by local attorney Robert Samuel Kerr, 35, and his brother-in-law James L. Anderson who had acquired control of a contract drilling firm and had borrowed money to post $200,000 liability bonds in a gamble that large oil companies had refused to take. Kerr and Anderson would make a profit of some $2 million on the venture. WWII - POW Camp Alva
Leonard (EMAIL: Cyborgboogieboy@aol.com - lnbostick@aol.com) says, "I lived in what was left of Camp Alva in 1947-48 and played in and around the two barracks. In 1948 I was 7 years of age and lived in barracks that had been converted into apts. Four families each (College Camp or Cottage Camp?).
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The Dreams Shall Never Die!
"The work goes on! The cause endures! The hope still lives! AND the dreams shall never die!" This week we pay tribute to a "Liberal Lion" of the US Senate, Senator Edward "Ted" M. Kennedy. The Irish eyes will remain shining on this legacy that Ted, his brothers and family have left us ALL to carry on. We should all take up where Sen. Ted Kennedy left off and make sure that ... "The Dreams Shall Never Die!" Insight Into Grandma & John C. McClure
September, 1905 finds Constance Warwick heading back to Oklahoma Territory from wisiting her Warwick cousins in the area of Mountain Grove, Monterey and Vanderpool, Virginia. There are three letters from John C. McClure dated September 1st, 10th and 21st, 1905. John's mailing address is still J. C. McClure, Box 133, Alva, Oklahoma. Miss Forbis, Lowe and Mr. Bolte are again mentioned. Do these names ring a bell with anyone out there? Northwestern's Abe Lincoln Statue
A reader wrote in and asked about the two kids climbing on the Abe Lincoln statue at Northwestern. The photo on the left had a hand-written date of 1920 on the backside. |
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