Volume 6 , Issue 41

Duchess & Oakie's NW Corner

The crowds from surrounding communities flocked to Alva last weekend for football and homecoming. The sidewalks of the downtown square in Alva was somewhat packed, but not like it was in the early days.

We did get to rediscover Northwestern's Treasures last Saturday morning. Oakie and I found our spot in the middle of the block, on the west side of the square. Oakie snapped away with her digital camera while I sat snuggly beside her while the Northwestern's Homecoming parade proceeded from the old armory and around the square.

Oakie decked this Political Pug out in my favorite T-shirt with my NWOSU homecoming button attached. A couple of people even stopped to ask to take my picture. We forgot to ask for a copy. And... we didn't even get the individuals name. Darn it! There's a link to the NW OkieLegacy Webshots where you can view some of the bands, cars, etc... that made up the homecoming parade.

Speaking of the Rangers and Northwestern, Oakie has been busy transcribing the 1937 Ranger Album and getting an outline of some of the makeup of the album. We haven't got the photos scanned yet, but will try to get that done next weekend. We have tried to list here some of the organizations, students, that you might have run across back in 1937. Oakie's mother, Vada Paris, was a freshman back in 1937. This was also two (2) years after the fire destroyed the famous Castle on the Hill. Check out the 1937-38 Student Directory that we are in the process of transcribing, also. We still have some work to be done on it but we have advanced to the "D's."

Oakie says that this 1937 album stated, "In the spring of last year (1936) a group of people began thinking of a Student Council at Northwestern. But these people did more than just think about it, they began making investigations of other schools. Finally, it was decided that a Student Council on our campus would be a good thing."

The representatives elected were Nellie Burchfiel, Justin Bradshaw, Jamie Carol White, Dean Simon, Juanita McClaflin, Ralph Clifford, Hallie Morgan, and John B. Doolin. The teachers that helped were Dr. Morris, Dr. Wadley, Mr. bush, Mr. Cameron, and Miss Holland.

On to Other Things of the Past... One of our readers is looking for a list of Photography Studios that were in Alva, Oklahoma in the early 1900s. If you can help us, we would love to hear from anyone out there. Thanks!

We have put the unidentified photos of the waynoka IOOF, Freedom picnic and WWI veterans on our okielegacy.blogspot.com. If you know of someone or run across anything that can help us identify the individuals in the these photos, we would love to hear from you. Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge and helping.

Oakie is shaking her finger at me and says it is way past our bedtime! So... Y'all take it easy and have a beautiful golden Fall weekend. We got to get up early Saturday morning to watch the sheepherders move their flock south through the streets of Bayfield, Colorado. Take care now! See Y'all next weekend with more Okie Legacies and hopefully we will have the 1937 Ranger Album scanned and put up on our website and webshots.

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