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  • Vol 26 Issue 1,324 June 9, 2022

    December 4, 1908Ardmore, OklahomaBloody Tragedy At Fire HeadquartersTerrible pistol duel in which Earnest Plyler is shot to death and Joseph Roberson wounded Ernest Plyler, driver for the fire department, lies dead at Bridgman’s undertaking rooms with a bullet hole through his right breast and Joseph Roberson, also a member of the fire department is in…

  • Vol 26 Issue 1,323 June 2, 2022

    I was glad some turned out to see the procession bringing Seaman First Class Billy Turner home after 80 years. Billy was killed in WWII during the bombing of the U.S.S. Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor and just recently, through DNA tests, was his remains identified. The escort started at DFW and continued to Ardmore, then…

  • Vol 26 Issue 1,322 May 26, 2022

    The Whittington Hotel, SW corner of East Main and Caddo Street. When the Whittington hotel, with 72 rooms was built in 1896 it eclipsed the Wisnor in elegance and size and was said to be the finest hotel between Kansas City and Fort Worth. Even closer to the railroad station, just a block away, it…

  • The Rubio Incident

    Nephew of the President of Mexico Dies The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OklahomaMonday, June 8, 1931 OFFICER KILLS TWO MEXICAN YOUTHSBill Guess Fires as StudentsGet Out of Motorcar With Guns Youths, Who Were Members of ProminentMexican Families, Mistook DeputySheriffs for Bandits, It DevelopedFollowing Shooting Here Emilio Cortes Rubio, 20, nephew of the president of Mexico and son…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Changing a tire with no jack – a true story

    My late father, Joseph Marion Clark, was an unbelievably powerful man. He died when I was a young man, leaving my mom as his widow.With her death only months away, I tried to visit her often. I delighted in hearing how difficult it was rearing five children with virtually no income.I asked her one day…