My friend Ruff says, Merry Christmas Poker and Happy New Year 2010 to All!
We hope and wish you all a Happy New Year for 2010 as 2009 winds down this coming weekend. Did you get stuffed again with your family holiday feasts? We hope your Christmas Day was white and merry and that your family arrived safely to their destinations. Ours did here in SW Colorado.
Also, we hear that central Oklahoma all the way to the Red River in the southern most part of Oklahoma received from 14 inches to 5 or 6 inches of snow on Christmas day. Another record breaking snowfall for this time of year.
Deborah is writing a nonfiction account of the Waynoka Rattlesnake Hunts and would like real information, dates, with signatures that state she has permission to use their information.
Bill & Linda Beeler (Alva High Class of '59) shared with us the death of Terry Strickland recently. Did you know Terry Stickland?
Beeler's say, "Received word early this afternoon that Terry Strickland died between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. this morning. Mary wanted all of you to be aware. He enjoyed the class reunion so much and just about was not able to attend. He was really looking forward to the 2 year - 70th birthday party. He and Mary wanted to help.
Regimental History - Illinois, THIRTIETH INFANTRY - (Three years)
The Thirtieth Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized at Camp Butler Illinois, August 28, 1861, Colonel P. B. Fouke, commanding.
My maternal Great Grandpa, Henry Clay Paris, was amongst the infantry of those Union Privates from Illinois who fought in the Civil War. Great Grandpa Henry C. Paris moved to Illinois from Kentucky to live with an older brother, when he got disgusted with the selling of blacks into slavery. Another brother stayed in Kentucky and fought for the South in the Civil War.
It was the third week of January 2009 that we experienced an historical event and journey culminating, January 20, 2009, as American's 44th president and vice-president were sworn in amongst millions who had journeyed to the capitol to witness history in the making. Some of us watch diligently as CNN.com LIVE broadcasted this historically event. We all took that journey with the 44th President. There were Ups and Downs and hard work ahead for all of us in restoring, renewing America's diplomacy around the world. We have come along way in the last year with many firsts accumulating along the way.
A summary of the 2009 OkieLegacy for January is listed in this week's Okielegacy, December 2009, Issue 52, starting with the 1st week of January 2009.
Around this time last year (2009) our NWTechie had been doing some fine tuning to our OkieLegacy format and had added a "Classified" section. The Classifieds are moderated and are limited to 150 characters or less. You can post Jobs, For Sale, WAnted, For Rent postings. Do not forget to put in the date of how long you want your Classified to run. You should include your name, email and/or phone number before you click the "send" button.
During the fourth and last week of January 2009, we learned of the passing of our Uncle John Smith of Chester, Oklahoma, and John's Mobile Service at the Cottonwood Corners in Major county.
We also did some research of the county high schools in Oklahoma Territory. Such as … Most of those ready for high school were not within walking, riding distance of secondary schools of any sort. Only a few attended the preparatory department of public colleges where tuition was free. Very few towns were able to provide high school facilities and the private and church schools were few and small."
The corrected address for financial donations for Perry's Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief is:
Perry Ministerial Alliance; P.O [more]... ~Roy Kendrick
regarding Okie's story
from Vol. 7 Iss. 36
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UNTITLED
The Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, by Charles Robert Goins, Canney Goble, John Wesley Morris, shows a map and gives other information about Oklahoma and its weather events.
During the second week of january 2009 we experienced a big, bright Full Moon that really lit up the whole San Juan snowy mountains. AND … Our NWTechie was incorporating a random selection of our photos into each OkieLegacy Issue that change time you view the page. You might have notice these larger photos around the OkieLegacy Statistics area and business cards Ads submitted for viewing on down the page.