Volume 11 , Issue 23

Dear Duchess

How is Summer heading up for all you Oklahoman's? Is it wet, dry, hot, mild or cool? We hear that Nescatunga Arts Festival was this Saturday on the downtown square of Alva, Oklahoma. Hope the Arts Festival that went on Saturday, in Alva, Oklahoma did not get rained out! Did you have lots of artists showup? Who won the big art award?

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Looking Back 65 Years ... To the Future

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift." Make the most of each day so that you can see what mysteries the tomorrow's bring for your todays.

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65 Years Ago

This weekend, June 6, 2009, was the celebration of the 65th Anniversary of D-Day at Normandy Beach, on the coast of France. This is the online link that has more information about D-Day, June 6, 1944.

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Insight Into Grandma

Last week's Dear Connie letter of September 20, 1904 was out of order in the stack of 1904 letters from John C. McClure. So ... the letter that should have been posted, September 10, 1904, will be posted this week.

The letter of September 11, 1904 was type-written on a translucent, tannish type of paper that was hard to read at times. It was postmarked Quincy, Illinois, Sep. 10, 1904 11 a.m. and delivered to Alva, Oklahoma Sep. 11, 1904 at 3:30 p.m. to Miss Constance Warwick.

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John Carnahan McClure - 1884-1959

Here is some more information that I gleaned from the internet at Ancestry.com, concerning the 1900, 1920 census, concerning John C. McClure, born February 21, 1884, in Illinois and died 28 July 1959. That death date is ... IF ... John C. McClure is the same as John Carnahan McClure that married 26 November 1919 to Lena Painter, born 21 November 1894, Missouri, died 7 January 1992, Los Angeles, California. This is the Petersen-Sebenicher Family Tree information that I found on Ancestry.com concerning John Carnahan & Lena (Painter) McClure.

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Emma Willis Story Continues - 1936

Last week we mentioned the murder trial of Emma Willis, 19-year-old farm girl, acquitted of the murder of her father at their home near Anadarko in 1935. We continue this week with the story of a group of Jeffersonian Club of women who were raising funds and helping Emma Willis find a private school or business school to finish high school and take business courses.

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Nadarko, OK

Roy says, "It has been my understanding that the town was to be called 'Nadarko,' but that a railroad station master put an 'A' in front of the name in order to get a better listing in the town names in early day Oklahoma [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Oklahoma FreeWheel 2009

Dale Talkington sent us the following news article that reported that from Duncan, Oklahoma to Kiowa, Kansas, organizers are expecting more participants than ever to be part of the 31st annual bike touring event, June 7-13. Typically between 900 and 1,000 bikers make half or the entire trip, which this year is 416 miles through rattlesnake country and the not-so-flat terrain of western Oklahoma.

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Apache, OK

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Cordell, OK

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Cheyenne, OK

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Thomas, OK

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Fairview, OK

When I looked in my "Oklahoma Place Names" book for Fairview, I found three towns with the name of "Fairview."

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Fairvalley, OK

Oklahoma Place Names, page 86, has this to say about my Fairvalley: "Fairvalley - In western Woods county, 5 miles southeast of Freedom [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Northwestern State Teachers College Dorms of 1954

Jim Bradley says, "When I started classes at NW State Teachers College in the Fall of 1954 the boys dormitory was Vincent Hall and was located on the west side of the campus. I believe there have been several uses of that building in recent years. In 1954 the girls dormitory was Shockley Hall and it was on the east side of the Campus.

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