Dr S. S. (Sampson St John) Hanes (1892-1971), dentist in the Ardmoreite building (Gilbert Bldg), Room 202, had a dental chair just like the one below. I sat in it several times as a teen, hanging on to the arms for dear life. Dr Hanes didn’t use much pain killer. You did not have to…

This is my birthday edition. Time flies by, and where’s those golden years we hear about? lol October 1983In a historic decision that is still cited, District Court Judge Woodrow George of Ardmore ruled that state law does not preclude the Excise Board from considering revenue-sharing funds in performing its budgetary duties, and that constitutional…

Photo of Brewer’s Drive-in theater at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Below is a photo of Ardmore’s Carmike Five theater on West Broadway. HAM Talk by KC5JVT via Echolink From this week’s Mailbag Butch, below is my Grandfather Claud Oran Burris Sr. and my Grandmother Mary Agnes Hoffman at Bomar Point near Wilson, some time probably in…

Robert Hensley of Ardmore sent in a great picture of the old Munzesheimer & Daube store. The store was originally known as the “iron store” which was the beginning of the Daube Department Store. It was located on the east side of the railroad tracks and Main Street in Ardmore (north side of Main). The…

On May 1, 1971 former Oklahoma State Senator Fred E. Tucker came to a homecoming occasion at the Oklahoma State Senate and he brought members of his family along with him. Senator Tucker served what was then known as District 18 in the State Senate, from 1915 to 1923 and reportedly represented the District very…

When I was a wee teen my cousin, Jerry Carmon, worked at Big Chief Roofing next to the refinery in northeast Ardmore (now Atlas Roofing). He worked at the plant in 1961, 1962 and part of 1963. In the early 1970s when I worked for the ambulance service we had to make calls to Big…

Some much needed renovations are taking place in the hallways of the Carter County Courthouse, on top of the already in progress renovation of the Dome. After 120 years places in the hallways were showing their age and some repairs were needed. These renovations are taking place on all 3 floors. In the above picture…

The Ardmore Depot opened to rail passengers in August 1917 as a joint effort between the Santa Fe Railway and a now-extinct branch of the Rock Island Railroad. In 1998 BNSF, the successor to the Santa Fe, sold the depot to the Ardmore Main Street Authority for $1 and sold the land for $20,000. In…

Betty Stone was the Ardmore cemetery recorder years ago. I could not find her on Find-a-Grave. But I would like to know more about this lady. Maybe someone reading this will remember Betty and tell us more John B. Smith and his wife. Mrs. Smith became known as Aunt Sallie Smith. The couple lived in…