Volume 10 , Issue 19

Memories of Downtown Alva, OK

"I was born in Alva in October, 1940 and had a great time growing up there. Horace Mann Elementary School was only three blocks from our house and I remember walking to school with my brother, Jerry, through waist-high snow in the winters. He would break the trail while I followed close behind all bundled up in my rubber buckled-down goulashes, two layers of pants, fur-lined jacked, and flyers hat. In the summers Carl Wilson, Eugene Heart and I would play in Murray's Canyon where the NW Oklahoma University football stadium is now located. My first grade teacher was Ms. Lyday who ruled the class with an iron hand. John Scott Smith and I would make faces at one another and she would make us go into the back room for timeout. We loved it. In fourth grade Mrs. Hickenbotham (Higginbotham) thought us long division. One day we all stayed out in the rain furing recess and she gave everyone of us a spanking with her paddle as we walked into the classroom. Morese Irons was our football coach and science teacher in 7th and 8th grades. Tom Coffman was our quarterback, Billy Conn Dobbs was right end and I played left end. Paul Coppets was shop teacher." -- Neil Crenshaw - Email: neilwc60@hotmail.com -- Okielegacy Comment
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