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No More Employee Benefit
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT THAT ONLY ONE PERSON TOOK ADVANTAGE OF: When I was CEO of IMTEC Corporation in Ardmore we had over 300 employees. We paid top wages and lots of benefits, but I wanted to offer something no other employer did: A fully paid college education. So, I designed the plan and explained it…
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My First Time in Court
Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma:Even as early as 9 years old, I was interested in the law. So, I decided to attend a court session in Choctaw County District Court. I went to the courthouse and searched around until I saw some people in a courtroom. I went to the door, knocked and a big guy…
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A History Lesson in Computers
A History Lesson in Computers In the summer of 1980 I had been hearing and reading about all this computer stuff, and decided I would get a little taste of it myself. There was a company in town, which was owned by a friend of mine, which had a computer. He and his borther went…
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A Murder Case I Didn’t Want
A MURDER CASE I DIDN’T WANT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES: A true story. After I left the District Attorney’s office I was sought out by many persons that I had prosecuted. A man came to my office once asking me to defend his son who was in the County jail charged with a homicide. From the…
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Playing Football At The Holmes Place – Scorched Earth
When I was in the 8th grade, there wasn’t a lot to do, so we came up with several games. One was playing football at my best friend Jerry Holmes’ house. The word would go out, “..game on at Jerry’s at 5.” Right on time, about 6-8 of us would gather; Jerry would furnish a…
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The $2 Bill Saga
I first started practicing law decades ago, I started a little program that had some marketing overtones. I had my secretary keep a list of children of my clients, their names, addresses and ages. On December 1 or so, I’d go to the bank and secure a pile of $2 bills and Yuletide envelopes. I’d…
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Bring Hattye Home
last updated 09/08/05 The week of November 10, 2003 I had a visitor with an interesting story. His name is Jeddie Harrison here in Ardmore and he had quite a story to tell. It all started nearly two years ago when Jeddie went to a garage sale here in town and bought a painting. He…
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Vol 26 Issue 1,321 May 19, 2022
A Reader in Woodward, Oklahoma sent in 3 sketches from their family’s art collection. The sketches were drawn by Ardmoreite Alta Wells. I did some googling and did not find much on the lady. I did find her name mentioned in the obituary column of Jayson Wells as Jayson’s grandmother. Maybe someone remembers this artist…
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Mr Hughes and the Dixie Theater
MR HUGHES AND THE DIXIE THEATER:When I was 9 years old, I looked forward to Saturday nights. All the kids had a weekly appointment with Mr. Hughes, the owner of a grocery store in my hometown.Each Saturday, at 5 pm, he’d come out of his store and head for his pickup truck. In the bed,…
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Burying a bull next to the property line
When I was District Attorney, I handled a lot of different cases.I was aware that two farmers who lived east of Ardmore, were bitter enemies but since they each lived on 20-acre spreads, I didn’t worry about it.I started worrying when one of the farmers burst into my office one day demanding to file charges…
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