You see that Vol 29 above? That means I’ve been publishing this newsletter, starting my 29 year. I’m going to try and go a litle longer, but no promises lol
I am not looking forward to the next blizzard that starts this weekend.
It seems a long time has gone by, the contract workers have completeid installing about half of the new copper dome at the Carter County courthouse. Its going to be so much better with no more leaks. Leaks caused by people shooting in the 10’s and 20s at the steeple on the very top. I took it to Bill’s Radiator Shop on Moore SW in Ardmore and he repaired it like brand new!
Speaking of the courthouse, its been a warm, beautiful couple days this week and I made pavers to go in front of the courthouse for sheriff employees who retired at the end of 2024.
Wild Horse Creek north of Healdton was close to overflowing May 23, 2015.
Mail from the Mailbag
Here is a bit of advise. Sorry to the elderly because you are being juked.
Before you sign a contract for solar panels on your house. Here is a bit of advise. Talk to your tax accountant. They tell you the credit is coming and you will get a big check. Guess what
They are lying.
It’s a credit a non refundable credit. So if you bought solar panels and now have a loan. And you don’t have any taxable income. You can’t use a credit because there isn’t any tax. And you won’t get your money because it’s non refundable.
Stop the crap and tell ppl the story of how the solar credit works not the hopes of elderly ppl get their money back.
Bad thing is they are targeting elders who are on ss only. They barely make enough to pay bills let alone food. Then convince them they can get electric for free or lower. But then they get juked and now they got a loan they can’t even write off. -Robert Langdon
https://southernoklahomabusinessservices.com
It finally came in and holy cow y’all it’s the same taste as I remember it being. Just smelling it you could taste it!! I poured a pea size amount in a spoon and tasted it and y’all if this stuff don’t stop a cough then nothing will!! Everyone needs to get some. -Karen Middleton Myers ($10 on Amazon
Q. Anyone remember where “Staunton school” near Healdton was located ?
A. “Staunton is a two room school about five miles northwest of Healdton and was built about 15 or 16 years ago. This school year we have purchased for one of the rooms, new seats and a teacher’s desk and chair and blackboards for each room. On the playground we have two basketball courts for boys and girls. A comfortable home is provided for the teachers on the school site. A community Sunday School is held in the school each Sunday. The primary section consists of the first four grades, all of which are doing splendid work, and the interest they are taking my be noticed by their perfect attendance. The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades compose the intermediate section. There are nineteen pupils enrolled and 990 percent are present ever day. C. A. Sullivan is Principal and Lois Moody is assistant. The school census is 64.” -from 1923 Carter County Schools book by Mary Niblack
Staunton School is NW of Healdon.
HAM Talk by KC5JVT via Echolink
Our local area HAMs check-into the Sunday night Net at 8:00pm every week. All licensed HAMs are welcome to check-in. You need not be a member of any HAM club. If you can hit the Arbuckle 97 Repeater near Turner Falls north of Ardmore, you are welcome and encouraged to check in on Sunday nights.
If any of you non-HAMs out there wants listen to the daily Boredom Breaker Net (12 Noon to 2pm CST) out of Claremore OK the link below is recorded on Youtube. I didn’t know until this week that someone was recording it live on youtube and re-broadcasting it. Nice.
Below is from my newsletter archives dated
January 10, 2008 – Issue 572
THE DAILY ARDMOREITE, OCTOBER 29, 1913, titled, “REGULAR SERVICE ON RINGLING ROAD.”
“BEGINNING TODAY THE RINGLING RAILROAD WILL CARRY FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.”
“Beginning today the Ringling railroad will run trains on a regular schedule between here and Wilson.” President Jake Hamon stated this morning that there was a great demand for this service and that it would keep them busy handling the business.
“Your reviews of hamburger places are famous in the land…. I have seen comments about your writings from people who either lived here and moved away, or visitors from other places that were fortunate enough to read about them and try them. If you were so bold, what are the best five hamburger places in the area? Two families were extolling the delights of the places that we sampled, but we need an expert’s opinion — maybe we are missing some experiences.
On the same topic, we tried a fairly new Mexican food place in Tiffany Plaza (Los Mecates) and what we sampled seemed “Old South Country”… This is to say, we liked what we tasted. However, I’m getting the feeling that their marketing side leaves a lot of room for people to ignore it. I think they are depending on word-of-mouth. Do you try those new places? There was a small but very good place called “Los Vagabundos” on South Commerce, not far from El Palacio, but I believe they closed for pretty much the same reason… Not enough word-of-mouth. These Mom & Pop places seem to offer good alternatives to the established businesses, regardless of ethnicity. Hope you sample “Los Mecates” — I think you’ll agree. Love your This and That.” https://oklahomahistory.net/traveling-oklahomas-hamburger-highway/
Q. “Hi, Butch, going through some of the photos that I took in Ardmore and surrounding area. This was at the depot and I was just wondering if it might be the old elevator from the Ardmoreite building?”
https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos8a/AntiqueElevator.jpg
A; That is the elevator from the old Whittington Hotel that was located in the SW corner of East Main and A Street SE (Caddo intersection).
The Wilson News submitted by Mindy Taylor
Trigged Out In White
In imitation of Purity of Law and of Law Enforcement, Officers Adopt Uniforms of Bride-Like Purity of Color
Realizing that a good “front” is as essential to law’s officers as to any other class or classes of humans, two of Wilson’s citizens who are interested in seeing the majesty of the law upheld, recently hied themselves Ardmoreward, bent on getting that front, and they succeeded.
Leaving Wilson while the day was yet in its earliest virginity, clad in true western style, arrangement of blue overalls and jumpers, they returned just as the sun blushingly unrobed for the night, arrayed, not like “Solomon in all his glory”, but in suits of purest white.
No timid bride crowned with orange blossoms ever met her future lord at the marriage altar clad in garments of more pristine and alabaster whiteness.
And now, with white uniforms, called by the young and giddy, “glad rags”, “Yellowstone Charley” and “Budweiser Jim”, so called on account of the relentless manner in which they go after, capture and destroy all conversation water and German disturbance, of whose unlawful introduction they hear, are more ready than ever to uphold the majesty of the law.
Wilson Historical Museum Hours: Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
https://www.wilsonhistoricalmuseum.org
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. –Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912
See everyone next week!
Butch and Jill Bridges
Ardmore Oklahoma
580-490-6823
https://oklahomahistory.net