I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and still enjoying the holidays as the new year approaches. Each year at this time I look back over the past 12 months and count all the good things that have come my way. I have much to be thankful for, I've been blessed 10 fold.
Also I look back at the friends who did not finish out this year with us. It saddens me to think of those who have allowed me to visit them week after week through this newsletter, some for many years, and now they are gone. Many I had not met in person, but they were still like family. I am just thankful for the time I did have with them, and their contributions of history to my newsletter.
Here are a couple bricks I sandblasted before Christmas to be used as presents for people. Turned out nice.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/bricks/DeaverBricks.jpg
This is not a brick but a flagstone someone had me sandblast. The first picture is the rubber stencil I adhere to the brick/stone before sandblasting.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/bricks/TheMorgans1.jpg
This next picture is the finished product. Beautiful colors.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/bricks/TheMorgans2.jpg
With the holidays still in full swing, this will be a short newsletter.
Q. What Oklahoma town claims the
biggest pecan pie each year?
A. Okmulgee, Oklahoma
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17798738
Q. Chockie, Oklahoma is the
birthplace of what famous C&W singer?
A. (answer in next week's T&T)
From This and That newsletter archives of December 25, 1999:
"I have been reading your This & That
pages. Enjoy the articles very much. I am sending you this picture, of the last
days of the Ambert Page Grocery store on Marsden road, Love County. I last
entered this store in 1940, before my family moved from Marsden to Cheek Road,
Lone Grove, OK. The store, at that time was south on Marsden Road. I don't know
when it was moved to the cross roads of Marsden and Oswalt. Photo taken in
December 1983, a very cold winter. My next trip down Marsden road, the store was
gone."
http://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos13a/MarsdenStore.jpg
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"I seem to have upset some of your
readers! I should explain that an "Old Geezer" is a London (Cockney)
expression and was used affectionally! So please let them know that I am a
Londoner and I am sorry if I have offended you or them as that was not my
intention!" -Ireland
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"Yes, the state seal of Oklahoma was
stolen. There is the legend that the Sargeant of Arms of the State House went to
Guthrie, OK and took it to Oklahoma City, making OKC the state capitol. Every
where the State Seal is, that is where our State Capitol is. The Capitol
Building in Guthrie was truly, before that time, where the Grand Masonic Lodge
is located today. Of course, it's been built onto, but the original part still
exists in use, and can be seen on the east of the building."
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Gas prices today in the Ardmore area......
http://www.oklahomagasprices.com/index.aspx?mss=152754
Check gas prices by town or zip code anywhere in U.S.
http://www.kmov.com/traffic/gas-buddy
Non-ethanol gas (pure gas) stations in the Ardmore area (updated).
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/puregas.html
Some mail from this week's MAILBAG.....
"We just drove through Sulphur, and the springs are filling up! Amazing! Finally some good rains!!!" -Dale and Carol
"Butch your newsletter is a touch of Christmas every week to all your readers. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and Jill, God Bless." -Donald Greenaway
"THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE YEAR OF HAPPY READING. YOUR NEWSLETTER IS A GIFT THAT JUST KEEPS ON GIVING. WISHING YOU AND YOURS A HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR FROM OUR BEAUTIFUL POIPU BEACH, KAUAI, HAWAII. ALOHA. ARDMORE CLASS OF 1947." -Patty Cude Parker
"Speaking of Christmas, here's my Christmas Story." -Jim Foreman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4CnDpEHqC4
The Oklahoma state legislature established the office of District Attorney during the 1965 session.
The first District Attorney election took place in 1966, and the newly elected DAs took office in January 1967.
The office of Justice of the Peace was abolished in Oklahoma in 1967.
The statutes concerning Justices of the Peace were repealed by the 1968 legislature, to take effect January 13, 1969.Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
See everyone in 2014!
Butch and Jill Bridges
PO Box 2
Lone Grove, Oklahoma 73443
Carter County Courthouse Paver Project
http://www.brightok.net/cartercounty/pavers
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Ardmore High School Criterions Online
http://www.ArdmoreCriterion.com/
Oklahoma Bells:
http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/bellpage.html
American Flyers Memorial
Fund - Administration Webpage
http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/crash66.html
Official American Flyers
Memorial Website
http://www.brightok.net/~wwwafm
Ardmore Army Air Field/Ardmore Air Force
Base Website
http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons
Mirror Site of the Ardmore Army Air Field/Ardmore Air Force Website
http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/airbase/
Carter county schools, past and
present
http://community.webshots.com/user/oklahomahistory
Carter County
Government Website
http://www.brightok.net/cartercounty/
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