Volume 6 , Issue 23

Happy 100th Birthday to Thelma E. DeGeer Lippincott...

Happy 100th Birthday to Thelma E. DeGeer Lippincott -- A former Freedom, Oklahoma citizen celebrates her 100th birthday, 4 June 2004. Some of you might remember Thelma Evelyn DeGeer Lippincott... Her friends and family are invited to an Open House in honor of Thelma's 100th Birthday. It is to be held on Sunday, June 6th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at her grandson and grand-daughter-in-laws home in Napa, California. Thelma currently resides at Napa Nursing Center on Villa Lane in Napa, California. She was born in Freedom, Oklahoma to Renfrew I. DeGeer and Josie James. We are sifting through over 100 years of photos and memorabla. Thelma graduated from High School in 1922 attended college. She became a teacher in 1923 at the age of 19. 1923-24 Nowata, 1924-28 Gage, 1928-29 Alva/Freedom and 1929-30 Oilton. She then married Roger S. Lippincott of Gage, OK. She lived in Benicia, California then Vallejo until 2001. She has one daughter, Linda Lippincott Kent, of Oakley, California, 2 grandsons, 10 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandaughter who shares the same middle name. You can read more about Thelma in our Mailbag Corner.

Oakie says to set the stage for Y'all to 1951 when some of you were youngsters heading to the local movie theaters to see a SciFi movie, The Thing, that broke the ground for SciFi movies that followed. Did you ever get scared out of your wits in the movie theater -- jump out of your seat -- and run out of the theater? Oakie was only 3-years of age back then when The Thing came out, so she didn't get to experience this movie like some have. One of our readers sent us some of his memories of the Ritz theater in Alva and other memories of growing up in NW Oklahoma. It's all in the Mailbag Corner below. Another reader remembered watching Gone With the Wind when it came out at the Ritz Theater around 1939.

Oakie says I have been up to late tonight. Besides that, my paws have been heavy on this dang old laptop that Oakie makes me type on. So.... We are out of here for this weekend and off to enjoy some Rocky Mountain, cool air and wildlife. Y'all have a great weekend!

See Y'all next weekend... perhaps a bit earlier and hopefully adjusted to the higher elevations around this place.

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