More rain is on the way to southern Oklahoma. Guess I’ll wait on burning the leaves out of my culvert out front by the road. I’m planning to post “Once Upon A Time….” from my interesting experiences from my past soon. I may start with one about a hospital administrator, an Army doctor, two local insurance agents and me. What a mess I got caught up in back in the 70s and I didn’t know the details untiil a year after the fact.
Antlers, Oklahoma tornado 1945
Antlers, Oklahoma Flying Big. 2016
In last weeks newsletter I mentioned a cello a lady was trying to give away. After checking (others check too), its another scam. Scammers are everywhere. 🙁
This is what one lady sent me: “Yeah I think it’s a scam also. Said the cello is in storage in Portland Maine and she is moving to Manchester and I would have to pay for the delivery fee from moving company. That she needs my full name and address.”
Bob’s Pig Shop, 829 N. Ash, Pauls Valley OK.
I made a couple of pavers this week before the cold wether. I always enjoy making these. They will go in the Marshall County Courthouse walkway at Madill with all the others.
From this week’s Mailbag
HAM Talk by KC5JVT via Echolink
I been researching the best way to set up a Allstar Node here at home. I found a HAM (KB3KAV) who lives just a few miles from my wife’s twin sister in Pennsylvania and a guru/expert at setting ukp and running a Allstar link. There are several ways, but Mike says the best/easiest is to buy a Rasberry Pi3 model B on eBay (about $30). If any of my HAM friends out there has a suggestion or comments, let me know.
Below is a picture of the Arbuckle 970 HAM group that met at Ardmore’s Prairie Kitchen last Saturday at noon. Just a little get together for fun and fellowship. The talk is we will try to do this on a regular basis.
Thee was a good turn out last Sunday night at 8pm for the 970 Repeater check-in with Net Control. We are growing?
Below is from my newsletter archives dated
April 29, 2007 – Issue 528
“Butch, in this weeks T&T there is a question about a “Camp” school. According to the “Journal of CARTER COUNTY SCHOOLS” 1923 -Page 297 Compiled and Published by Mrs Kate Galt Zaneis County Superintendent I find the following: District No. 60 Descriptive Boundary & Official Record of School District No. 60 Beginning at the West cen.line of Sec. 15, 2 South & 3 west, thence West, to Stephens County Line, thence North to West cen. line of Sec. 31, Thence East to the West cen. line of Sec. 34, thence South to West cen. line of section 15, point of beginning. School Board – J.P.Martin, Director G.W. Burnett, Clerk G.N. Timlinson, member.”
“Just a note to tell you that you and your readers are the greatest. I have had a couple of replies to my plea for help on finding descendents of Bryant Daniel, killed in the 1927 oil well fire in Sanford, TX. They contacted me within a few hours of your last issue of This & That arriving in my email. They have been most helpful and informative and of course most friendly. Kudos to you and your newsletter. I look forward to each issue.”
Dear Butch: “This and That” is such a pleasure. My grandmother told me that when automobiles were very new, Dr. Walter Hardy owned the first one in Ardmore. She also told me about a contest that the Daily Ardmoreite had in which a Model T Ford was offered as a prize.
The lady who went with me to Claremore, OK stopped at a Git and Go convenient store/gas station to get something cold to drink. I found GRAPETTE sodas! They were in the 8 oz bottles with an old-fashioned type pop-off lid. I bought 4 of them to bring home so my grandchildren could taste them, and one for me. (haha)
If any of you happen by the courthouse here in Ardmore over the next week or so, they’ve tore out the walk on the west side in preparation for the coming Pavilion soon to be built. This is a pic of the area just tore out Monday.
“May the Spirit of Manataka walk with you in peace and honor. May the days of your life be balanced with all creation. May we once again dance, sing, and pray in remembrance of our ancestors in this Place of Peace. May one day we gather again in the Valley of Vapors, holding each others hands and perform the scared ceremonies in Manataka.”
The story of Manataka
The 12 Days of Christmas originated as a series of religious feasts celebrated in medieval and Tudor England (1485-1603). The tradition began on Christmas Day and lasted until January 5th, the eve of the Epiphany. The 12 days marked the time between the birth of Christ and the arrival of the Magi, or three wise men.
The 12 days of Christmas in Christian theology is the time between the birth of Christ and the arrival of the three wise men, also known as the Magi. Begins: December 25th, Christmas Day and ends January 6th, the Epiphany or Three Kings’ Day
Butch and Jill Bridges
Ardmore, Oklahoma
580-490-6823
