Why Daylight Savings Time?

Did you remember to set your clocks forward an hour on this second Sunday of March, 2009? It is Daylight Savings Time ... Again! Why cannot we do away with this gruesome "Daylight Savings Time" thing?

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Cole Bros. - Alva OK

Rod says, "There is a little building in that vicinity of Choctaw Street, 500 block, in Alva, with the name "Cole Bros" atop what is now a garage door. I will have to drive by that block in the next few days and see if I can make any sense of it. If memory serves, the Newman Apartments are in that block, too.

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F-16 Dead Stick Landing

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1934 - Alva Golfers Get Rattler

This interesting little news tidbit appeared in The Oklahoman, dated June 17, 1934, page 31, with headlines reading: "Alva Golfers Get Rattler, No Foolin'"

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1935 - Alva Open Again

This 1935 news article appeared in The Oklahoman, dated Jan. 20, 1935, page 49, with headlines that read: "Alva To Open Again Monday" - "Epidemic Ends, Clubs and Churches to Resume."

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1935 - Alva Get Funds For Bridges

Back in the Fall of 1935, September to be exact, The Oklahoman reported on page 59, September 22, 1935, that "Alva was given funds to build bridges.

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Insight Into Grandma - 1904

Here is another insight into this NW Okie's grandmother, Constance Estella Warwick, before she was married and while she was going to school at the Normal School in Alva. This 1904 letter from John C. McClure, was postmarked Jan. 30, 1904, Quincy, Ill, and received by Constance Warwick, Jan. 31, 1904, in Alva, O. T. (Oklahoma Territory).

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Genealogy Searching

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Perry OK Gas Prices

Roy says, "A couple of weeks ago the gas prices here in Perry stayed at $1.59.9 for several days but then bounced around again to settle on $1.79.9 and have stayed there for about a week now. I just noticed a few days ago that for the folks who use diesel, those prices are now 8 cents CHEAPER than regular. Diesel is at $1.71.9!

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1934 - Sam Houston Kin In College

Here is another interesting news article from The Oklahoman, dated Oct. 28, 1934, page 56, with headlines reading: "Sam Houston's Kin In College - Great Granddaughter Is In Alva School."

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1935 - Arson Charge Filed At Alva

This 1935 news article appeared in The Oklahoman, dated April 12, 1935, page 20, with headlines that read: "Arson Chrage Filed At Alva" - "Echo of College Buildings Loss Is Heard."

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1935 - Alva Mayor Quits

Back in October, 1935, there was an Alva Mayor, A. G. Sutton, who was elected mayor in 1934 by a large majority. The following 1935 news article appeared in The Oklahoman, dated Oct. 16, 1935, page 1, with headlines that read: "Alva Mayor Quits In Row Over Road."

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More On Alva Rose Creamery

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Lest We Forget

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1933 - Salt City Creamery Ball Club

Speaking of creameries, we found this old 1933 news article in the publication, The Oklahoman, dated May 11, 1933, page 11, with the headlines that read: "Salt City Creamery Gets Alva Ball Club."

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1935 - Scarlet Fever At Alva Bans Crowds

This next old 1935 news article appeared in The Oklahoman, dated January 4, 1935, page 1, with headlines reading: "Scarlet Fever At Alva Bans Crowds."

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1935 - Alva Bans Card Games

Here is an interesting old news article that appeared in The Oklahoman, dated August 18, 1935, page 58, with headlines that read: "Alva's Ordinance Bans Card Games." Does it still hold true today?

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