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Special guest group for the evening was The Erwins.
Read moreMany of us remember the Sheppard family. Gary and Lula owned a local pool hall back in the 1950s and 60s. They served hamburgers, chili and refreshments in their business. I knew them well and continue to be a close friend of their son Ron who lives in Seminole. A few years back I met his brother Tommy Joe and we quickly became good friends.
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Please, Lord bring my baby girl back to me I'm begging whoever picked her up, please, she’s all I have. I can't live without her. Will all my friends please help me find her.
Read moreApproved on December 18, 1907, Senate Bill One, also known as the coach law and to most as the state’s first Jim Crow law, easily sailed through Oklahoma’s first legislature. The bill provided that “every railway company, urban or suburban car company, streetcar or interurban car or railway company . . . shall provide separate coaches or compartments as hereinafter provided for the accommodation of the white and negro races, which separate coaches or cars shall be equal in all points of comfort and convenience.” Another section of the legislation similarly stated that each railroad depot must have separate, adequately signed waiting rooms for each race. The penalty for disobeying ranged from one hundred to one thousand dollars for any company failing to provide separate facilities and from five to twenty-five dollars for any individual who, after being warned by the conductor, occupied any coach or compartment (including waiting rooms) not designated for his/her race. The bill authorized railroad officials to refuse service or eject violators. All fines were to go to the common school fund.
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Last week, Clifford Normore and his family made a stop over in Clearview to visit with family and friends. Clifford, his wife Ernestine, daughters Terry and Brenda, and granddaughter and Kali visited with adopted sisters Shirley and Marilyn (Ballard) and their husbands and Peter Bush. Clifford wanted his family to see sites in Clearview where he grew up and attended grade school at Galilee and Clearview High School. His memories were for the history books, such good stories of him as an athletic.
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Kathy and Mike Grove
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The theme for this year’s VBS at Wetumka First United Methodist Church is “Digging for Donuts” which incorporates the lesson theme “Destination Dig” along with the added learning from The Donut Man.
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