Volume 6 , Issue 36

Duchess & Oakie's NW Corner

This is the REAL OkieLegacy Vol. VI, Iss. 36! And it "ain't" blank this week! Some of you jokingly wrote in about the "blank Iss. 36.". That was just a mere preview of things to come -- giving you the choice of what might be this week. That is our story and we are sticking to it.

Maybe Duchess wrote! Maybe she did NOT! Neither of us will ever tell! (LOL) Actually, we keyed the wrong issue file number into our mailing program when sending out last week's OkieLegacy. BUT like another newsperson wrote me, "So you write yours a week ahead of time?  Boy, I will never be able to catch up with you!"

September is here! Frances is battling the Floridians and east coast! thundershowers showed up today in SW Colorado mountains! AND the moon rising over the mountains up this way has been spectacular!

Paris Reunion 2004 -- We received our annual notice of the Paris' Family 69th Reunion this week. We just want to remind all those Paris' out there that the 69th Annual Paris Reunion at the Chester Community Bldg, in Chester, Oklahoma, Sunday, September 12, 2004. Y'all know where Chester is, don't you? It's west of Fairview -- North of Seiling -- South of Waynoka -- SE of Woodward. SEE MAP -- We don't know that we will be able to make it this year to the 69th Paris Reunion, 'cause we are still in Colorado. If you go, take and send me some pictures of the Paris' that made it this year. Thanks!

Recently we have been asked, "Does anyone remember the names of the old couple that ran the old gas station on the north side of the highway in Ingersoll, Oklahoma?" 

We sent out some inquiries to a few readers and found this answer as to the owners..."Raymond and Nettie Mantz." I am told that Glenn & Pauline Tucker owned "Tucker Supply" just down highway 64 just west of Mantz's and they were Tony Fox's grandparents.  . I hear that the gas/grocery store was "a hole in the wall" type operation where good friends met every weekend or so for a soda & visit. If you have any stories to share about Ingersoll and the gas/grocery station on the north side of highway 64, in Ingersoll, Oklahoma, we would love to hear from you and share your old photos, stories with everyone in the "OkieLegacy."

1904-07 El Reno Photography -- Is there anyone out there that might have some information concerning a photography company that was in El Reno, Oklahoma around 1904-07?

I did a search online for "1904 El Reno Oklahoma Photographers" and came up with the following web site - J. A. Shuck Photography from 1904 until his death in 1952. Can you help us and our Charlotte in the Mailbag Corner below?

I heard from someone this last week that wanted to know more about the "OkieLegacy." For those new to the group, Our Free online e-zine/newsletter goes out every Friday evening (sometimes early evening & sometimes after midnight, but just in time to greet you Saturday morning if that is when you check your email. It began with Oakie's Heart To Heart and evolved into The Okie Legacy. We love hearing from you all and sharing your inquiries / photos / family legacies. We are working on our sixth year sharing Okie Legacies with our readers - okielegacy.net, Vol6. We started it back in the Spring of 1998 (or was it 1999) as an uplifting weekly newsletter. It has gradually grown into a networking vehicle to preserve our Oklahoma history -- networking with other former, present Oklahomans (Okies) -- sharing and preserving our Okie Legacies, genealogy.

As we said it is a free weekly newsletter with a collection of Okie past & present histories gathered from people across the world.  This writer (Oakie & her side-kick Duchess) were born and raised around NW Oklahoma, Woods County, Alva.  You can read more About Us at okielegacy.net/aboutus.html. 

With the RNC winding down in NYC this Thursday, that ends another party convention to try and sway voters. NOW it is back to hurricane watch along the eastern coast of Florida. We believe they have climbed to "F" in the alphabet as hurricane "Frances" mounts it's attack on the Florida coast! You Floridians out there, hope you are battaning down your hatches and making tracks to higher ground. This too shall pass and things will start looking up soon.

Duchess' Pet Peeves...

I suppose we all have pet peeves that drive us bonkers at times, huh? One of this Pug's Pet Peeves is the scare, smear tactics of personal destruction -- negative ads that are making the rounds the last few months. As for this Pug, Oakie and I just ignore them and pay them NO mind. Because we know they are NOT reliable and are only out there to smear, degrade a candidate's reputation. I wonder what would happen IF we ALL boycotted those candidates who use scare, smear tactics, negative ads. Would that help send a message that they do NOT work -- getting things back to the issues that really count?

We hope you are NOT one of those voters that relies on scare, smear tactics and negative ads to tell you how to VOTE!

Here's to making America Stronger at Home! Respected in the World! Believe In America! We can do better!

See Y'all next weekend with more Okie Legacies! ~~ Linda "oaKie" & Duchess ~~

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