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Duchess & Sadie's Spring Domain
Bayfield, Colorado - The end of last week the temperatures in Durango, Colorado got up into the mid-90s. It seems awfully earlier for it to get that warm around here. Kirkhart Family Info & Photographs
Oklahoma - Shelley Cardiel (Email: Scardiels@comcast.net) writes, "I've rescued a group of photographs which I believe all belong to the KIRKHART Family. Based on limited research I was able to locate quite a bit of information regarding this family and those included in the photographs. I've included that information along with details of the photographs below." OBIT: Rita Fae Stuever (1924-2010)
Oklahoma - Dale Talkington submitted this obit [from the Alva, OK, REVIEW-COURIER, Jun 3, 2010], "Rita Fae Stuever of Alva, Oklahoma died Monday, May 31, 2010, at the age of 85, after a short illness. Rita was born October 27, 1924 to Martin Fred Stuever and Tressa Kort Stuever in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She graduated from Blackwell High School in 1942. In 1946 Rita obtained her B.A. degree in English from Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas (which is now Benedictine College). 1908 Wright Bros. Register Flying Machine
Kitty Hawk, - 1908 - The Wright brothers register their flying machine for a U.S. patent. The Wright brothers were granted a patent by the U.S. Patent Office in 1906 for a flying machine. This patent was based on the application they had submitted in 1903 that had included a detailed description and drawings of their control system as applied to a glider. Their application described wing warping, as well as the entire system that allowed the aircraft to be controlled in forward flight. The Wrights had also stated in their application that a feature like ailerons could provide lateral control. |
Anadarko, Texas
Andarko, Texas - Dale Talkington submitted this article written by Laurie E. Jasinski [from The Online Handbook of Texas], "Anadarko, also spelled Anadarco, is a small rural community located on Farm Road 1662 about sixteen miles southwest of Henderson in southwestern Rusk County. NW Okie's Picasa Web album: PoliticalLegacy
Woods County, Oklahoma - I have added some of Gene's 1960s political photo collections to our Picasa Web Albums, OkieLegacy at the following URL: Picasa web album. World War II Veterans Visit Washington, DCLawton, Oklahoma - Homer Hawkins, Lawton, Oklahoma, says, "I was fortunate enough to be picked for the May 17th inaugral trip to Washington, DC, Along with 96 other World War Two veterans [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1942 - United States Begins Rationing Gasoline.
May 15, 1942 gasoline rationing began in 17 eastern U.S. states, in order to help the war effort. December 02, 1942 mandatory gasoline rationing was required in all states. To get the gasoline ration classification and ration stamps, you had to certify to a local board that you needed gas and owned no more than five tires.
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D-Day - WWII Normandy Beach 66th Anniversary
Normandy Beach, France - This Sunday was the 66th Anniversary of the storming of the beaches of Normandy, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Many Americans remembered that day 66 years ago when allied forces penetrated Nazi-occupied Western Europe in a massive, coordinated effort that eventually turned the war against Germany. My Thoughts - Homemade Mosquito Replent
Bayfield, Colorado - Living up here in the San Juan mountains in the Spring and beginning of Summer, there is a need to find something to repel the pesty mosquitoes. Do you have any recipes for "Natural" Mosquito repelent that works? Memories of Jaquith & Vada Paris
Seiling, Oklahoma - We heard from Ylova Jean Jaquith Mayes, of Peoria, Arizona this past week. Ylova says, "When Vada went to work for Mother (April 1932) I was just about 1 year. I was really a sick baby, I was allergic to everything, including cow's milk. Mother took me to my Aunt in Kansas. She taught Mother how to cook food. I was suffering from Malnutrition. That was when she hired Vada." 1930s Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
United States - The Depression and Dust Bowl era of the 1930s had the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) that gave young men guidance, hope and pride. Many of those CCC workers went into the armed forces during WWII. The CCC workers and their families brought about a pride in our environment and preserving it. Do we need something of this sort of Corp today? |
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