Volume 6 , Issue 47

Duchess' SW Corner

Last weekend was our first really big snow here in the valley below the San Juan Mountains in Southwest Colorado. While we were getting approximately 3 to 4 inches in the valley, the higher elevations were getting a steady stream of snow that ended up measuring around 15 to 16 inches of that white fluffy stuff.

Boy! It can sure make these majestic mountains and lakes glimmer in the full moonlight at night. This photo was taken 20 November 2004 at our place in the valley. This weekend they promised us another big snowstorm on the way. Oakie loves the snow in the mountains, but this Pug writer does a little tip-toe dance through the morning snow to take care of business. After that, everything is just hunky-dorey, as they would say!

Who Got Stuffed? The turkeys or the Humans? My stuffed human counterparts had the following menu for their Thanksgiving Feast: turkey & dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, saurkraut & weiners, homemade noodles in chicken broth, baked ham, pork roast, beets. That was just the maincourse, though. Oakie made (from scratch) homemade cherry & apple pie -- from recipes that came from her Grandma Paris' family. Mike made his famous pecan pie with homemade crust. Let's not forget the cooked, fresh cranberry relish with apple, orange, pecans mixed in.

Anyway! That is what my humans ate while this precious pug got served a measly handful of crunchy (yuck) dog food with only two or three bites of white meat from the turkey. Who got stuffed for Thanskgiving?

Then ... they all sat around a table with colorful plastic chips stacked in front of them -- betting wildly on something after they each got dealt out these funny little rectangular plastic coated paper. Boy! Did it get wild with laughter most of the times. It woke this pug that was sleeping, snuggly on the blanket on the sofa as I was dreaming of my own mound of turkey & dressing with all the trimmings. How was your Thanksgiving feast? Oakie said she was stuffed. They all will be eating on the leftovers for the rest of the week, probably.

Old Photos Find Home! Thanks to some of you out there the Roberta Edwards and Reo McVicker 1930s photos from the 1930s NSTC Students have found a home with descendants of the Edwards and McVicker families. Two photos down and a few more to find a home.

Thanks! Keep up the great work and referrals. We looked again at the photo identified as Carner and now believe that may be Carney. Does that ring a bell with anyone out there? If you can help us identify the Unknown female (pictured to the right) and the Unknown male of these NSTC students of the 1930s, we would love to hear from you.

How about finding a home for these two pictures of Merna Lee (1935) & Merna Lee (ca. 1930s)! Please pass along these links to your connections that might shed some light on the old photos. These photos need a family home, also! Thanks for your help!

Waynoka Historical Society's Publication of Manuscripts -- Oakie recently sent off her payment for the Waynoka Historical Society's publication of three manuscripts they are announcing which will help preserve the history of Waynoka and Northwest Oklahoma. They are: Waynoka Wisdom by Richard Green ($5.95); Early Pioneers of Southern Woods County by Eveline Mary Patterson Dow ($8.95); Growing Up: A detailed historical account of farm life in Western Woods County, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s by EvaLou Milledge ($9.95). Do not forget about Crossing the Cimarron by Robert King ($7.95).

Oklahoman's should add 9% sales tax. Mail orders may be sent to Waynoka Historical Society, PO Box 193, Waynoka, OK 73860. Add $1.50 for mailing the first book, and $.50 for each additional book. Or add $3.85 for Priority Mail. For further information, call Sandie Olson at (580) 824-5871, or email her at sandieo@pldi.net.

Did You Know -- That the 1st graduating class of Northwestern High School (NWHS) was 1937? It was located in the NEW Horace Mann building on Northwestern's College Campus. Oakie found this little tidbit in the 1937 Ranger Album when she was reading about the Training School they had on the Northwestern State Teachers' College campus to train future teachers. You can read more about the Demonstration School & Class History of NWHS over at our NW OkieLegacy website - 1937 Ranger Album.

Before we head out of here for the weekend, we would like to wish a very special nephew a Happy 12th Birthday (Nov. 26) - Nathan Christopher C. - from his Aunts, Uncle & Cousins once removed. It was twelve (12) years ago Thanksgiving Day that his mother and father welcomed Nathan into this world around noon or so while we were scheduled to be gathering and sitting down to our Turkey feast twelve years ago in Edmond, Oklahoma.

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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