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 well. (After reapportionment the District was changed to 14.) The Tucker Tower at Lake Murray south of Ardmore is named in Senator Tucker’s honor and is recognized as one of the State’s most recognized landmarks. Tucker was first elected as Carter County Superintendent of Schools at age 20. he was state senator from Tucker lived in Texas at the time the photo was taken (1971) and was very impressed with our legislative process. This 1971 photograph displays present day Senator Ernest Martin (Martin’s Landing at Lake Murray) and to his right Senator Fred E. Tucker (Tucker Tower).
Below is a link to the Lake Murray’s Tucker Tower website
Tucker Tower Website
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From this week’s Mailbag
Dear Butch: Last week in your T&T newsletter you featured a photo and a story about a washboard from one of your subscribers. I have my grandmother’s washboard and I do remember her using it, I have it hanging in my laundry room. That prompted me to do some research on my grandmother’s washboard and here is what I found out.
Made-Rite Washboard | eBay (bing.com)
Made-Rite Washboard Brass Standard Family Size No.2062 Made by Columbus Washboard Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
VINTAGE AMERICAN WASHBOARDS
The Columbus Washboard Company has been manufacturing hand-made washboards since 1895 and continues to offer a range of vintage laundry items and Appalachian gifts. Their factory headquarters is located on 4 East Main St. in Logan, Ohio, home of the world-famous Hocking Hills in the Appalachian basin.
They’re very proud of their heritage and the community of hardworking craftsmen that surround them. Browse their catalog of fine soaps, vintage products, and custom washboards suitable for home decoration, bluegrass jam bands, and doing the laundry like Grandma used to do! -Larry Paul
PHOTO: TOM MILLER WINS $10K AT THE MOOSE LODGE: do you remember
when Tom won that $10k at the Moose back in the day? That’s Bill
Noland’s head in the lower right of the photo. Do you recognize the
MC holding the mic next to Tom on the stage? Drinks were on Tom!
Lots of celebrating went on into the wee hours THAT night ! -Steve Miller
Hey Butch I received that $3,000 check from the state treasurers office finally literally the day before I move back to Ardmore Which was yesterday to start my new job thank you sir for letting me know it was there your a true man of God have a blessed day. -Craig
Below is from my newsletter dated
June 23, 2001 – Issue 218
A piece of history came down in Lone Grove this week. Around statehood, 1907, there was a school north of Lone Grove by the name of Deese school. Many years ago it was moved, or part of it was moved to the south side of the highway just east of Brock Road and Highway 70 in Lone Grove. The present owners built a new log home just on the west side of this 100 year old piece of history and this week bulldozed the old school building down. Here’s a pic of the old Deese school.
Below is a picture I snapped just before the demolition began this week.
The strange thing is prior tenants in this building turned-into-a-house claimed to hear strange noises in the night, along with other strange phenomenon. The people who lived just to the east of the house, said years ago they saw the then owner dig a big hole behind the house. Nothing strange about that, except they owner did the digging during the nighttime, then turned right around and covered it up. Something strange there. Oh well, its all history now.
At the north edge of Ardmore is Dornick Hills Country Club. It was built by the late Perry Maxwell, an Ardmore banker. Dornick Hills Country Club was formally dedicated June 17, 1915 with a big gala affair that went into the night. Mr. Maxwell is buried along with some other family members at the north edge of the Country Club Golf Course (just north of Hole 7) in a private cemetery known as the Maxwell-Woods Cemetery. Below is a photo I took this week to the entrance of the Maxwell cemetery. My “tour guide” who graciously took me to the area, did a wonderful job telling me some history of the cemetery and getting me to and back the distance in a golf cart. I could tell in our discussions she loved history. These days a young person who likes history is a rarity.
Below is the driver of the golf cart and my “tour guide” that day in 2001. Maybe someone will remember her name, so long ago I forgot it. 🙁
In November 1913 the swinging bridge was dedicated in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. I remember going over it in the 1970s and by pushing on and off the brakes, I will able to rock the bridge. Boy, the dumb things when we’re young, risking our very lives. The swinging bridge became only a memory on October 13, 1981 when water from torrential rains washed it away.
“I remember those electric blade razors. Haven’t heard of one in a long time. I notice however that about Christmas time every year Panasonic runs adds on TV about their Electric blade razor, watch for it or e-mail them.Now, do you want to know the secret to a really close shave and not have to have a nervous gadget vibrating around on your face and especially with a hang-over. I may not have the spelling right but that you can find out. Wally World in the Women’s department has the Nuetragena Soap (check spelling). Next pick up the latest Schick Chromium double blades. Now search around until you find Old Spice Shaving lather in the instant can type thing. Wash your face as normal but with the soap described earlier but DO NOT RINSE OFF. Put on the Old Spice shave cream and get a shave that is good for 12 hours or more and will leave your face as smooth as a fresh picked watermelon. You follow how I told you too and you will not find a better shave, guaranteed.”
A friend who lives in the adjoining county just south of Ardmore… Love County… told me this week they have been invaded by giant grasshoppers, millions of them. She said it only took those hungry grasshoppers two days to completely strip their garden. I guess the grasshoppers will be in the Ardmore area in a few days.
“I pray you’ll be our eyes, and watch us where we go
And help us to be wise in times when we don’t know
Let this be our prayer, when we lose our way
Lead us to a place, guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe.”
-Celine Dion
See everyone next week!
Butch and Jill Bridges
Ardmore, Oklahoma
580-490-6823
