Volume 12 , Issue 40

Duchess NW Domain

When the winds come sweeping down the plains . . . The Northwest Oklahomans living around the area of Ft. Supply and perhaps Buffalo, Oklahoma, in the vicinity of highway 183, might get their electrical power generated from these "Wind Turbines!"

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Barney & Clyde - GoComics by Weingarten & Clark

This GoComics, Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten, Dan Weingarten & David Clark was interesting! Anyone catch my drift?

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Home Comfort Cookbook - Soups & Chowders

With the Fall, cool weather creeping slowly upon us and Winter to follow, who does not crave a bowl of soup or chowder to help keep them warm, cozy and . . . it works on a light budget, which many of us have tried to accustomed themselves and their families.

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NW Okie's Ramblings & Rumblings

Finally! I got to catch a glimpse of my 13 year "old grey mare" and her 2010 bay filly that you are viewing in the photo on the left.

You remember me speaking of Maggie and her 2010 filly a few issues back (or was that last week?). Maggie, 2005 Dun mare, is one of the several colts/fillys out of my 13 year mare, Cindy.

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WWII Memorial - Sgt. Edward M. Ragsdale, Radio Operator

In 1944, Sgt. Edward M. Ragsdale, Radio Operator,succumbed to his death by Parachuting from Aircraft, in a "round robin cross-country camera bombing exercise to Wichita, Kansas to Salina, Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri and return to Ardmore, Oklahoma. Sgt. Edward M. Ragsdale was the last to parachute and was never found.

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Red River Rivalry - OU vs. UT, Oct. 2, 2010

Ever wondered when the Red River Rivalry between OU Sooners (2010 Victory) and Texas Longhorns originated? I found this information by doing a Google search.

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This Day In History - 4 October 1957

Anyone old enough to remember the Russia Sputnik and how the Soviet Union inaugurated the Space Age?

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October 5, 1947: First Presidential Speech On TV

On this day in 1947, President Harry Truman (1884-1972) makes the 1st-ever televised presidential address from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. At the time of Truman's food-conservation speech, Europe was still recovering from World War II and suffering from famine.

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WWII Today In History

WWII History, 10/04/1940 -- Hitler & Mussolini met in the Alps at Brenner Pass. Hitler was seeking help from Italy to fight the British.

On a Friday, October 4, 1940, headlines in The New York Times reported, "Hitler and Mussolini meet today; Chamberlain out in British Shuffle; R.A.F. Causes Blast At Krupp Plan." The subheading stated, "The Inernational Situation."

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US Vice President Charles Curtis (1929 - 1933)

Charles Curtis was first Native-American Indian Vice-President of provable bloodlines to be elected to the White House. You can visit his graveside memorial.

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Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller - GoComics

Some may take offense to this GoComics, but everyone needs to find something to laugh at now and then. Let their hair down; chill out and not take themselves too seriously!

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