Volume 6 , Issue 24

Lippincott Birthday - Alva Review Courier...

"Hi Linda, Thank you.  The nicest card, letter, and Alva Review newspaper clipping arrived in the mail yesterday from Larry & Margaret Snow of Alva, Oklahoma.  I just love 'Okie's.'  They're the sweetest people on earth.  The letter read... 'Dear Mrs. Lippincott, You don't know us but am going to write you anyway.  My parents were George & Olga Snow and we lived across from the Farry Schoolhouse and they rented a few acres from your dad years ago and he just charged them $5 a year rent, then later $10.00. My dad later paid $20.00 per year on his own.  Your dad was a good man. I'm 68 but I remember as a kid your dad being a tall man wearing khakis and a straw hat driving a big long car. My wife's dad was Frank Schmitt. He also rented farm land from your dad.  I knew your brother Roy very well. I worked in Wichita and saw him quite often.  Freedom comes alive in August when the Big Rodeo is on.  Alva doesn't grow much, about 5,000 to 6,000 people -- no jobs for our young people.  We hope you have a great birthday.  Your friends, Larry and Margaret Snow, Alva, OK  73717'
      After receiving the Alva article I decided to check out the other Oklahoma newspapers you had emailed.  I learned that the Enid News & Eagle printed her birthday in the birthday section of the June 4th paper.  I can't seem to access the Freedom Call website, so I don't know.  I'm hoping that all of the newspapers send me a copy for Grandma to read and to put in her '100 Scrapbook.' Thanks again for all your help.  Some day I'll have to research my mothers side of the family.  She was born in Seminole, Oklahoma.  Her name is Eleanor Kay Self Rond Everett.  She was born May 22, 1939. -- Terry Kent   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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