Duchess' Snowy Domain

As we round the last corner of January 2010, we have had a couple or three days of reprieve from snow storms here in the San Juan mountains of Southwest Colorado, but it has been downright chilly with temps in the high 20s and low 30s during the day and dropping to negative figures at night. BUT . . . Isn't that to be expected during Wintertime?

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Kemper Military Memories On Webshots - by ewingftw

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KMS - Class of 1939 & 1940

We end this week of Class of 1939 Kemper Military School cadets with a easer of the Class of 1940 to be continued next week.

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Downtown OKC In the Future

Roy sent us this link to Video OKC Central that shows what is instore for the future for downtown Oklahoma City and the renovations around I40 interstate. Sounds like there will be a NEW I40 in the future.

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Where Is Wolco, Oklahoma?

What little information I gleaned from the web is that Wolco was located in Osage county, in the Tulsa metro area and named for the Wolverine Oil Company. The latitude of Wolco is 36.538N, longitude -96.071W, with an elevation of 955 feet.

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Kemper Military School - Class of 1939

We left off last week with the Class of 1938-39 of the Kemper Military School, in Boonseville, Missouri. This week we shall share the Class of 1939 and some of 1940.

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Claire De Lune & 1940's Radio Shows

Claire de Lune, by Claude DeBussy - MP3 file

Roy asks, "I have asked this question several times previously (over a couple of years) but no-one has yet come up with an answer. Back in the 1940's, the Claire de Lune, by DeBussy, was used to open a 'soap opera' radio show but I cannot remember the name of the show. HELP? Does anyone happen to know what it might have been? Several pieces of classic music were used this way, primarily because no copyrights were involved and the music was in the 'public domain'.

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Kansas & Oklahoma Weather

A few of our readers sent in the following mentions of the weather conditions in their respective towns and states this last week.

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Kemper Military School Legacy & Alumni

The official Kemper Military School Alumni and College Alumni association website. -- Kemper Military school was a private military academy located in Boonville, Missouri. Kemper filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2002. The school's motto was "Nunquam Non Paratus" (Never Not Prepared).

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KMS - Class of 1939 (Cont.)

Here is a second batch of the Class '39 Kemper Military School. Reading from the Top to Bottom, left to right.

Top: Joseph Russell Holland, North Little Rock, Ark; Preston Lee Hooper, Ft. Worth, TX; Floyd Houston Huddleston, Leland, MS; Harry Louis Johnson, Waukesha, WI; Robert Clinton Johnson, Perryton, TX; Herbert Joseph, Laurel, MS; Bernard Keller, Poplar Bluff, MO; Thomas Emmett Kearney, OKC, OK; John Lewis Keller, Iowa City, IA.

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Editor's Note: Claire de Lune Theme Music

What are your old radio memories? Do you remember what 1940's radio soap opera used Claire de Lune as their theme song? did your ancestors ever listen to Major Bowes' Capitol FamilyThe Story of Mary Marlin?

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