My cousin, Jerry Carmon, passed away peacefully March 8th in Irving, Texas where he and his wife Ida Walters Carmon have lived since 1963. Jerry was a 1st cousin and the first person to take me frog gigging south of the Steve Simpler home and across west from the Walters homeplace when I was a wee lad. The pond was located in the southwest corner of Sam Noble Parkway and Mary Niblack Road.
Jerry was a 1st cousin and the one who got me interested in motorcycles. All I had was a Sears and Roebuck moped but Jerry had a 450cc Honda cycle. I’d ride my little moped over the Jerry and Ida’s garage apartment behind Wayne Warthen‘s house at 617 2nd Northwest on Saturday mornings. Jerry would ( I think reluctantly) let me ride his big 450cc Honda which with me only being 15 years old, I was not legally licensed to ride on City streets.
I remember Jerry’s motorcycle nearly cost him his life around 1960 when he was hit by a car across from Washington School at Martin Luther King Drive and H Street NE. This would have been in front of Red Teague’s house at 716 MLK Dr (a professional house painter) who traded with my grandfather, Stanley Carmon’s lumber yard 2 blocks to the south at 3rd & H NE. Red Teague called the lumber yard to tell us Jerry had been in a motorcycle accident. My grandfather and I jumped in the pickup and went to the scene, then taking Jerry to the Seventh Day Adventist hospital. Jerry had a broken leg and spent several months with a full leg cast.
Rest in peace Jerry, I’ll be riding motorcycles with you again soon.
Link to Jerry’s obituary
https://www.chismsmithfuneralhome.com/obituaries/jerry-carmon
I have not found the recipe used years ago in the cafeteria of Ardmore High school. Boy those were delicious! But I was able to get Nancy Porter’s recipe at the Carter County Detention Center years ago. I can attest everyone at the detention center loved the days Nancy made cinnamon rolls.
8/02/04 The following recipe was used by Nancy Porter when she worked in the kitchen at Dickson Schools in Oklahoma to make rolls for the students. If you plan to use the dough to make cinnamon rolls, she suggests using 4 cups of sugar instead of 3 cups listed below. The recipe below is for use in a large institution such as a school cafeteria, jail, etc.
Yeast dough for Rolls
By Nancy Porter, Kitchen Supervisor
Carter County Detention Center
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Flour……….. 2 1/2 gal
Table Salt…… 3 Tbsp
Dry Milk…….. 3 cups
Shortening…… 3 cups
Mix above dry ingredients in mixer
for 10 minutes
Put in a bowl the following:
Sugar……….. 3 cups
Yeast……….. 3/4 cup
Water……….. 3 qts real warm
Stir above 3 ingredients with a wisk
real good, let it sit until it rises
to top of bowl.
After dry ingredients are mixed. Take out
of mixer put into another container.
Then after yeast water has risen
put in mixer and add dry ingredients.
Mix for 12 – 15 minutes.
Oven temperature 325 to 350. Makes 100 or so rolls.
We had quite a storm early Tuesday morning. Lots of wind and rain and lightning, but no damage like many had in this area. We are thankful for the rain, we have been in a drought for weeks.
Below is Ardmore Indian Territory land run of 1889. It was just a tent city.
Below is Ardmore Oklahoma Main Street before statehood in 1902
Below is the Presbyterian Church in Ardmore before 1900.
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From This Weeks Mailbag
Any one remember the fake ice cream called “Mellorine” from the 50″s ?
Mellorine is a frozen dessert similar to ice cream that replaces butterfat with vegetable or animal fats, popular in the US during the 1950s–70s as a lower-cost alternative. It must contain at least 6% fat and 2.7% protein, with a, consistency often described as less creamy or slightly different from traditional ice cream.
I am glad you are ok Butch. You stay safe as well. Just been some rain here. March is coming in like a lamb so far. Hopefully it won’t go out like a lion. lol ’73
-Eddie in Annapolis, Maryland W3ETB
Butch, Speakin’ of Lincoln Grade School, another scrawled message
that I would leave behind various places including Lincoln was the
famous mark of Zorro (Z). As you know Zorro was a popular TV
character with us young squirts. I would leave that famous Z slashed
everywhere just like Zorro would have done with his sword.
-Steve Miller (like the band)
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ― Anne Frank
See everyone next week!
Butch and Jill Bridges
Ardmore Oklahoma
580-490-6823
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