Volume 6 , Issue 46

Duchess' SW Corner

From wild turkeys in Freedom, Oklahoma on the 15th November to a visiting bull and bursting cattails in this SW Colorado pasture on the 19th November and 3 to 4 inches of snow the next morning (20th November) by 8:00 a.m. in this little rural valley in SW Colorado. This is just one of the many things this Pug writer experienced this week. Will any of these wild Freedom Okie turkeys find their way to the Thanksgiving table next Thursday?

Yep! Oakie rustled me out of bed this Saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. to see this gorgeous white stuff falling from the sky. Attired in my little red coat and camera in tow we hurried out into the white fluffy stuff.

This sauntering Pug reluctantly went out in it and around the corner of the house, but hastily came back to the porch while Oakie was snapping a few shots.  Oakie says, "I just love the snow and the mountains!"

What's it doing up in your neck of the woods? Looks like approximately 4-inches of the white fluffy stuff fell from the sky by 8:00 a.m. before the sun broke through and started melting in the valley! They report that if you are traveling over Wolf Creek Pass this weekend, Chains are Required!"

We made it back to SW Colorado about noon, Tuesday of this week in fine shape by taking the northern route through Dodge City, KS -- through Pueblo, CO and Salido and Poncho Springs and over Wolf Creek Pass. We did get to see some snow skiers and sledders around Wolf Creek. Oakie brought back a head-cold she has nursing for the past four days. That is why this delightful Precious Pug is taking over for awhile. Oakie says, "The head is clearing and the snow is breathe taking!

Vallecito's Little Bighorn ... We had a website we want you to check out concerning a modern day Custer and hopefully his Last Stand at Vallecito's Little Bighorn. This Custer fella and developers want to ravage, rape the natural beauty of nature's wilderness and wildlife habitats. To do what? To develop condos and a golf course in the mountain wilderness at Vallecito, in SW Colorado. Who needs a golf course and 300 condos (condo built on 1/10th acre) crowded together? I hope the mountain peasants at Vallecito achieve their goal to stop Custer. These mountains are too gracious, beautiful to be ravaged raped ruins for crowded condos, golf courses. What will become of Natures REAL Wildlife?

1930 Mystery in Alva -- as anyone out there ever heard about someone being accidentally killed sometime in the 1930s? One of our OkieLegacy readers had memories of this incident while his grandfather worked on the police force of Alva. Edwards' memories can be read in the Mailbag Corner below.

Old NW Oklahoma Slideshow -- We need to find the families of these 1930s NSTC Students so we can find a home for the original photos taken at Ellis Studio in Alva and Saunders Studio in Woodward, in NW Oklahoma during the 1930s. Most of them have a firstname signed on the photo while others might have a first and lastname. BUT... there are two photos that had NO name on them - unknown male and unknown female. We hope someone out there can help us locate their descendants.

1938 NSTC Senior Play (Vanity) -- We have also come across a program for the NSTC Senior Class play - 1938 2nd page of Senior Class Play. It was a 3-act comedy, directed by Nora B. Martin, May 10, 1938. The entire action of the play takes place in the same room, being the drawing-room in Vanity's flat in London, at the present day. Vanity Fayre was played by Zelma Fisher. Zelma also played Vanity's Quaker Aunt (Miss Fry, Aunt Heppy). Other Senior class members in the play were... Ramona Baker (Vanity's Maid, Dickson); Gerna Lee Stambaugh (Vanity's Sister, Prudence Fry "Prue"); Earl Sargent (Vanity's Brother, Pilgrim Fry "Pilly"); florine Harper (Vanity's Sister, Hope Fry); John Smith (Vanity's victim, Lord Cazalet Cassy ); Max Jack (Vanity's Solicitor, Dick Broderick); Geraldine Somers (Vanity's Press Agent, Ada Kemp); Kenneth Wilson (Vanity's Fiance, Jefferson Brown); Mary Allen (who never heard of Vanity, Lady Holland); Ralph Herren (Vanity's Manager, Augustus King).

Alva Mural Society Schedules for 3 Murals -- We hear thru the local newspaper in Alva that the Alva Mural Society received a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council group for three more murals to be painted on buildings in the Alva area... Coronado's Journey thru Woods County -- Battle of Turkey Springs -- WWII POW Camp at Alva. Alva is becoming a Mural City, isn't it?

Before we head out of here for the weekend... We hope this week's ezine/newsletter makes it through to all those AOL email addresses on the mailing list... unlike last week when for some unknown reason they bounced back.

NOW... Have I left out anything that Oakie told me about this week? If I did, we will stick it in next week's ezine. As you head over the hills, mountains, rivers, fly-ways and by-ways to grandmother's house this Thanksgiving holiday, remember... Thanksgiving is a special time for family, friends getting together in peace and harmony. We wish you all the best and give thanks to all of those readers who have shared their memories and comments throughout the year -- have had patience with us as we switch from Friday send-offs to Saturday send-offs.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! See Y'all next Saturday evening with more Okie Legacies! ~~ Linda "oaKie" & Duchess ~~   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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