Volume 6 , Issue 22

Okie's NW Corner

It may have seemed like dejavu last weekend, late Friday night around the midnight hours when the Alva sirens began to wail -- firefighters, volunteer firefighters were called to battle a blaze in the 500 block of Barnes Avenue in Downtown Alva, Oklahoma [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Steps Across From Orion Cemetery...

"Hello, I am fairly new to the computer, and just recently found your newsletter, the one from May 22 you ask about the steps across the road from the Orion cemetery [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Hot Temps, Gusty Winds and Fire

Besides the hot temps, gusty winds and fire of last weekend, Alva hit a May heat record with temperatures reaching to 104 degrees in this neck of the woods, in NW Oklahoma [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Updates...

Before Duchess and I head out of here and get ready for Memorial weekend activities... we would love to leave you with this challenge that we are working at identifying in an old photo of Washington Elementary School pupils and their teacher. We have identified a few of the 1951/1952, December photo of Washington Elementary School students and teacher. If someone else out there remembers more and can fill in the remaining blanks, we would love to hear from you. Dust off those old memories of yours and help us identify some of the Washington Elementary School students & teacher pictured here.

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Washington School Picture Information...

"Got behind due to vacation, had a great time renewing long ago friendships [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Washington Elementary School (Alva, OK) - Old December Photo...

"The Teacher is Faye McAlpin, December, 1951, 4th grade class [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Washington Elementary School (Alva, OK) - Old December Photo...

" What fun!  I'm going to have to work for a while on the identifications, but I'm pretty sure that is December, 1952 [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Washington Elementary School (Alva, OK) - Old December Photo......

"The students that I recognize are the same as you have listed, plus Gary Dobbs (3rd from left, 2nd row) and the girl on the front row with 'cat' glasses, whose Mother was the school nurse [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Former Alvan Remembers...

My name is Gail, born and raised in Alva [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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May 21st Ezine Photos...

"Great Photography!  The pictures you sent are very educational and informative [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Your Okie Material...

I certainly am enjoying your OKIE material [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Stevenson/Warwick Descendant...

"A descendant of John Stevenson/Martha Warwick (10th generation) [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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McGehee Family Story - James Franklin McGehee...

"Since we last communicated, I have been working on a story line that was of huge significance in the McGehee family history -- a story that would work well in the National Enquirer. My Grandfather James Franklin McGehee was born in Tussy, Oklahoma in 1901. [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Alva Fire in late Teens/Early 1920s Kills Several Children...

"This is  from an e-mail friend of mine: 'A story has it  that there was a house fire in the Alva area in the  late teens or early 1920s in which several children died [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Horses Near Lake Humphrey...

"Linda, we drove out to Lake Humphrey, north east of Duncan yesterday afternoon, and I noticed these new babies -   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Extend My Hello...

"Just wanted you to extend my hello to Bud Clark [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Breast Cancer...

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1956 Alva High Graduate...

"I grew up at Alva and went to school there [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Thanks From Former Elk City, OKC Citizen...

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Hot Time In Alva...

"Hi Linda, Maybe you know how hot is was [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Weather folklore...

"Here's some very interesting and unique ideas!  Had never seen these before! When spiders build new webs, the weather will be clear [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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