The Okie Legacy: Memories of Downtown Alva, OK

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2009

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Memories of Downtown Alva, OK

Jerry Crenshaw of the Class of Alva High 1954 mentions memories of, "Hillcrest Dairy; Golden Crust Bakery; Smitty?s Shoe Shop.

The Palace Barber Shop; Lynn?s Restaurant; Warrick?s Shoe Store; Bell Hotel Ballroom for Birthday parties.

Loell Redfern and the Coca Cola Bottling Plant on Flynn. The Sportsmans? Post; Strickland and Horner Flying School and Rental planes east of Alva. (Piper Cub)

Dr. Pepper and 7-Up bottling on College Ave.; Tanners; Jelly Johnson at Rice Clothes for men and boys. The 3-R?s of entertainment of Homer Jones; Ranger, Ritz and Rialto and the Pix was on the West side of the square.

Monfort?s Drug store where some of us had a lunch of chicken salad san on toast and a bowl of cream of chicken soup most every school day during open lunch.

Also, originator of the "frozen malt soft icecream.

Goldbug Inn across the street to the south of the old AHS.

Mr. Stith the science teacher. Mrs Ewalt, my favorite English teacher. The Home Ec teacher who told all the girls that prolonged kissing would cause pregnancy. (Oh woe were we boys!)

Mr. Gallon taught us how to drive and coached the drivers-ed team.

Mr. Korn. Mr. Geis. May God bless all their souls.

Mr. Harold Shirley, principal. One of the nicest men I had ever known. Bernard Ballard; Horace Mann School; Jack Ging; Tom Dean; Betty Geis; Evelyn Ensor; and ALL the student heros we kids looked up to so much.

Lee Denner; Tom Denner; Coach Johnny Walker and Starbuck Roberts. Those were the days. Those were the days." -- Jerry Crenshaw in Russell, KS
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