The Daily ArdmoreiteOctober 14, 1932 Body is found by son but few rods from shore It was believed small metal boat he used capsizedand he was unable to reach shore  Well known to sportsman  Funeral services are to be conducted by Reverend Harry S. DeVore Oscar Whitehurst, 45, in charge of boat renting and fishing…

Back way over 100 years ago the Santa Fe railroad ran west down Grand Avenue in Ardmore. When the railway closed down the railroad right of way, land was sold and the tracks removed. There was one piece of property at 517 Grand the City of Ardmore owned. Fast forward to 1970. The Southern Oklahoma…

The Daily ArdmoreiteJanuary 31, 1957 Two Ardmore policemen were appointed to the rank of detectives Wednesday by police chief Ott Welch in a move to strengthen the department’s effectiveness.   Appointed as detectives were Lee Wallace and Buck Houchin, both present employees of the department. Chief Welch made the announcement in a news conference early Wednesday.…

“Butch…that is an old Jet Commander. If it has 5 windows, it was the original Commander also known as the 1121 Westwind. Those were made at the Aero Commander manufacturing site that used to be at Wiley Post Airport in OKC. They were made between 1960 and 1968. In 1968, the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)…

April 1978: Although no arrest is eminent, police believe they are homing in on a prime suspect of the Friday night fires that damaged the third and fourth floors of Ardmore’s Carter County Courthouse. Authorities are still speculating as to the motive of the fires, but the primary target was the office of court reporter…

My cousin, Jerry Carmon, passed away peacefully March 8th in Irving, Texas where he and his wife Ida Walters Carmon have lived since 1963. Jerry was a 1st cousin and the first person to take me frog gigging south of the Steve Simpler home and across west from the Walters homeplace when I was a…

A friend sent in the photo below asking but I had no idea what they were. Then I received this response:“Sunshine Industries sold a monopoly type game with Ardmore businesses that bought sponsorships for the properties in the 80’s as a fundraiser for the charity. That’s the money from the game. My parents still have…

El Paso 10by David Willingham From someone that was there. In November 1976, Jimmie Birdsong of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (OBNDD or OBN) came to the Ardmore Police Dept. and had a meeting with Chief Bill Culley, Det. David Willingham and Det. Terry Dickson. He outlined an intelligence report that reportedly…

Back in 2020 I mentioned a Vikki Ridgely, 35 of Frisco, Texas. Her body was found dumped under a bridge SW of Lone Grove in April 1986. Her husband was found guilty of the killing. I have been talking to the daughter of Mrs Ridgely in Illinois. After some help from a couple people this…

I don’t know what went wrong with last weeks newsletter, but some of you did not receive it, and got an ERROR when you tried to open it. I think some carriers, SBCglobal for sure, thought it was Spam and bounce them. Several Readers have been receiving my newsletter for decades and last weeks newsletter…