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Vol 27 Issue 1,403 December 21, 2023

The daily Ardmoreite December 21, 1910

Free Christmas Dinner

All friends who desire to give assistance to the free Christmas dinner for the poor, to be given by the Sunbeam Mission at their Hall, 216 West main, can do so by giving their contributions of money in kettle in front of the First National Bank, or sending their donations of turkey, chicken, meat, pies, cakes, canned goods, vegetables, fruits, etc., to the hall at the above address. A free Christmas tree for the children will be given also on Monday night. Any toys, candles, fruits or children’s clothing can be used also on this occasion.

The Daily Ardmoreite December 24, 1922

Indian Churches to Observe Christmas

Indian churches at Overbrook, Durwood and Niblack have prepared Christmas programs for today in observance, but the principal program given by the Indians will be at Bloomfield Academy, it was stated Saturday.

The celebrations will be on the order of a community meeting, when representatives of all tribes gathere together to feast and make Merry.

The Ardmore Daily Press Nov 24, 1924

Road Work Well Under Way

First attempt to use prisoners on highways is proving highly effective.

Construction work underway along the Texas-Kansas and Oklahoma highway through the Arbuckle mountains by the convict prison camp workers is progressing steadily, according to reports of officials in charge. The work of grading the roads through the mountains is extending northward in a rapid manner.

Many Ardmore motorists have been making Sunday excursions to the prison camp. More than 50 convicts from the State Penitentiary at McAlester are camped in the mountains. The camp is conducted in a military manner. It is the first attempt of the state to use convict labor on the public highways.

The Daily Ardmoreite December 23, 1924

Formal Opening of Municipal Market Will Be Announced Soon

The municipal market on East main is nearly finished, the city manager announced this morning, an he hopes to be able to announce a formal opening within a few days.

Manager Doak stated he was going to have an entrance similar to the one at Tourist Park. The entire lot will be surrounded with posts, to prevent driving in at any angle.

The municipal scales will be moved to the market as soon as the pit can be prepared. Tables and benches will be installed and the market made up to date in every detail.

The City manager states the market will be a great convenience to farmers and expects to see a greater volume of business done by farm women next year than for the year just closing.

An Ardmoreite sent in the below of his experience the past year with his electric car.

“𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’”π’Šπ’•π’†π’” π’“π’†π’ˆπ’‚π’“π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’†π’π’†π’„π’•π’“π’Šπ’„ π’—π’†π’‰π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’”. 𝑰 π’•π’‰π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝑰 π’Žπ’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’šπ’π’– π’Žπ’š 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 π’†π’™π’‘π’†π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’†.

𝑨 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’‚π’ˆπ’ π‘«π’†π’„π’†π’Žπ’ƒπ’†π’“ 𝑰 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 π’†π’π’†π’„π’•π’“π’Šπ’„ 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒆. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’π’π’˜ π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’†π’ π’Šπ’• 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’‚π’‘π’‘π’“π’π’™π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’•π’†π’π’š 9,000 π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†π’”.

I 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’π’˜π’π’†π’… 18 π’—π’†π’‰π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’”. 𝑺𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒓 π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” π’Žπ’š π’‡π’‚π’—π’π’“π’Šπ’•π’†. π‘Ύπ’Šπ’•π’‰ π’Šπ’•π’” π’π’π’˜ 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’—π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’†π’π’†π’„π’•π’“π’Šπ’„ π’‘π’“π’π’‘π’–π’π’”π’Šπ’π’, π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” π’†π’™π’•π’“π’†π’Žπ’†π’π’š π’’π’–π’Šπ’„π’Œ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’‚π’π’†π’–π’—π’†π’“π’” 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑰 π’π’˜π’π’†π’… 𝒂 π‘΅π’Šπ’”π’”π’‚π’ 280 𝒁 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝑽 π’Šπ’” π’ƒπ’š 𝒇𝒂𝒓 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’“π’†π’”π’‘π’π’π’”π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒕𝒐 π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’†.

𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒕𝒐 𝑢𝑲π‘ͺ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 π’„π’‰π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 30% π’ƒπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“π’š 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆. 𝑢𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑰 𝒑𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’• 𝒐𝒏 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 π‘ͺπ’“π’–π’Šπ’”π’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’• π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’†π’” π’Šπ’•π’”π’†π’π’‡. π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” π’‚π’π’π’π’˜π’” π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑 π’Žπ’š 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅 π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 60 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 π’ƒπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“π’š π’π’Šπ’‡π’†. 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 π’ƒπ’†π’ˆπ’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒐 π’…π’†π’”π’„π’“π’Šπ’ƒπ’† π’‰π’π’˜ π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰ π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’“π’†π’π’‚π’™π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‚π’”π’”π’Šπ’”π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Œπ’†π’†π’‘π’” π’šπ’π’– 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 π’Šπ’ π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’‰π’‚π’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’π’π’”π’•π’‚π’π’•π’π’š 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’„π’“π’–π’Šπ’”π’† 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍. π‘Ίπ’Šπ’π’„π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’” 𝒏𝒐 π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’“π’π’‚π’ π’„π’π’Žπ’ƒπ’–π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’†π’π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’†, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’„π’‚π’ƒπ’Šπ’ π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’“π’Šπ’π’“ π’Šπ’” π’—π’†π’“π’š π’’π’–π’Šπ’†π’• π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’• π’†π’‚π’”π’Šπ’†π’“ 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’π’Žπ’Žπ’–π’π’Šπ’„π’‚π’•π’† π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’—π’†π’‰π’Šπ’„π’π’† π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’šπ’π’–.

𝑰 π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” π’„π’‰π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’† 𝒂𝒕 π’‰π’π’Žπ’† π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’„π’‰π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’†π’“ π’‘π’“π’π’—π’Šπ’…π’†π’… π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’†π’π’†π’„π’•π’“π’Šπ’„π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 π’Šπ’” 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 5 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂 π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†. 𝑰𝒏 π’Žπ’š π’π’‘π’Šπ’π’Šπ’π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Šπ’ π’•π’π’˜π’ π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 π’•π’“π’Šπ’‘π’” 𝒐𝒇 200 π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†π’” 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 π’Šπ’• 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕.

𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝑽 𝒄𝒂𝒓 π’ƒπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“π’Šπ’†π’” π’„π’‚π’•π’„π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒏 π’‡π’Šπ’“π’†. π‘»π’‰π’†π’š 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’“π’π’‚π’ π’„π’π’Žπ’ƒπ’–π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’†π’π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’†π’” 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’Šπ’Žπ’Žπ’–π’π’† π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒉𝒂𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒔 π’˜π’†π’π’. π‘°β€™π’Ž π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’‚π’”π’π’π’Šπ’π’† 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’š π’π’‚π’˜π’π’Žπ’π’˜π’†π’“ π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’‚π’“π’‚π’ˆπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’‘π’‚π’“π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Žπ’š EV π’Šπ’ π’Žπ’š π’ˆπ’‚π’“π’‚π’ˆπ’†.

𝑰 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’† 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝑰π‘ͺ𝑬 π’—π’†π’‰π’Šπ’„π’π’† (π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’“π’π’‚π’ π’„π’π’Žπ’ƒπ’–π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’†π’π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’†) π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ π’˜π’† 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’π’π’π’ˆ π’•π’“π’Šπ’‘π’”. 𝑢𝒖𝒓 π’ˆπ’‚π’”π’π’π’Šπ’π’† π’ƒπ’Šπ’π’ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 $100 𝒂 π’Žπ’π’π’•π’‰ 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 $20.

𝑨𝒔 𝒂 2𝒏𝒅 π’—π’†π’‰π’Šπ’„π’π’† 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝑽 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕. 𝑰𝒇 𝑰 π’π’π’π’š 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒕 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝑰 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’‘π’“π’π’ƒπ’‚π’ƒπ’π’š π’ˆπ’ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒂𝒏 𝑰π‘ͺ𝑬 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 π’–π’π’„π’†π’“π’•π’‚π’Šπ’π’•π’š 𝒐𝒇 π’„π’‰π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅.

𝑨𝒏 𝑬𝑽 π’Šπ’” 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’π’π’†. 𝑰 π’‚π’Ž 73 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’š π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…π’” 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’—π’†π’“π’š π’“π’†π’”π’Šπ’”π’•π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’π’π’”π’Šπ’…π’†π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝑽. π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’” 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’”π’–π’“π’‘π’“π’Šπ’”π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 π’˜π’† π’ˆπ’†π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 π’˜π’† 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†. 𝑢𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’š π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’π’…π’Žπ’π’•π’‰π’†π’“π’” 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” π’•π’π’π’Œ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’“π’‚π’Šπ’ π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’‚π’—π’‚π’Šπ’π’‚π’ƒπ’π’†.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’Šπ’ˆπ’ˆπ’†π’”π’• 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝑽𝒔 π’Šπ’” π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕. 𝑢𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒔 π’ƒπ’†π’π’π’˜ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰π‘ͺ𝑬 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒆 π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 π’„π’π’π’”π’Šπ’…π’†π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž, π’†π’”π’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’π’π’š 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 2𝒏𝒅 π’—π’†π’‰π’Šπ’„π’π’†.

π‘°β€™π’Ž 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’•π’“π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’π’π’—π’Šπ’π’„π’† π’‚π’π’šπ’π’π’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝑰π‘ͺ𝑬 𝒕𝒐 𝑬𝑽𝒔. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 π’˜π’π’π’…π’†π’“ π’˜π’‰π’š 𝒔𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’π’š 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 π’‚π’•π’•π’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝑽𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 π’˜π’‰π’ π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’† π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž.”

From the Mailbag

Butch, thanks for posting last week Larry Paul’s 1914 schedule of the ONM&P railroad. That’s my favorite RR. Always enjoy anything about it. -Dwane

Bell in Elk City, Oklahoma -Cecil Elliott

HAM Talk KC5JVT via Echolink

There were 11 check-ins last Sunday at 8pm for our newly formed local Net. Two new HAMs checked-in, so we are growing, slowly. I hope some of my local HAM friends in this area can join us this coming Sunday.

Also we had nearly a record number of HAMs join in on the Boredom Breaker Net at Claremore, OK yesterday, a total of 75 HAMs. As you can see from the Log below, we had quite a wide audience from all over the country.
RCWA Repeater: FM frequency 147.090 positive offset (+.600) PL=88.5 (Allstar node 49562; Echolink N5XQK-R

β€œHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native Ralph Blane Hunsecker wrote the lyrics to this popular Christmas song in 1944 and it’s stood the test of time after all these years. And if you’re out in the Rose District, just head down Dallas Street to 233 East Dallas just east of Fir Avenue to find the historical marker of Blane’s boyhood home.
GPS 36.0501850973181, -95.78781706441782

So, from our house to yours we wish everyone a Merry Little Christmas!

See everyone next Thursday!

Butch and Jill Bridges
Ardmore, OK
580-490-6823

Butch Bridges