Volume 7 , Issue 6

Whities, Cassies of Fargo (OK) & Magnolia Baseball of Woodward

"Always enjoy the newsletter, but it really brought back a lot of memories this week! Speaking of old businesses made me think of Whities, the old drug store, and Cassies, the old cafe in Fargo. They have been gone for many years, but I remember Granddad and Grandmother Ware taking me to both places.

Suppose I had my first store bought hamburger at Cassies. We used to stop on our way from Wheeler, Tx, the home we moved to in 1948 from Woodward, to Woodward and have a mint julep at Whities. Can still taste them and see Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead serving up the goodies. I have always been proud to be an Okie, though understand that some folks wouldn't like the name. Maybe their memories of the grand old state aren't as pleasant as ours are. Also enjoyed the bit on West Virginia. It was my Grandad McNeil's home, (grandad ran the service station at Vici), then their family moved to Woodward. That is where he was killed in '37 in a car accident on the Boiling Springs bridge. He also was an avid baseball player, played on a team in the City and for, ( I believe this is correct), for the Magnolias in Woodward.

Will try to find the pic of that team! My Uncle Gerald Ham ran the mail route for many years from Woodward to Waynoka and on the other side of the family, my Uncle Buck Pittmans folks all came from Waynoka.

6I loved the Candlemas story and site.Living on the ranch, we still look for the old weather signs. Have saved the site, as the owner of the ranch where we live was going to make a calendar with one of the old signs on each month, but never got it done. Maybe he'll do it in the future and I can add these to the list. It was also interesting because our McNeils came to W. Vir. from Scotland in the 1850's. Love all the old stuff!!! " -- Sherry McNeil Swires, McLean, Tx - Email: jl-sl@nts-online.net   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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