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07/03/09 09:25 PM #769     Lavanna M. Hawkins (Morgan) HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL. HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE WEEK-END.

07/04/09 06:23 PM #770     Janis Ann (Jan) Dirickson (Marshall) Here in small town Hinsdale, USA we had a parade with 2 teams of horses, several vintage cars/trucks, tractors, Shriners with their fezes on riding lawnmower's without blades, an ultra light craft being pulled by a 4 wheeler and of course fire trucks. A bar-b-que in the park and now I'm sitting at the computer listening to the canon, shooting bowling balls. BOOM! Do ya hear it.

07/04/09 06:32 PM #771     Paul Ray Wever In San Francisco, we have the honor of watching (and hearing) the fireworks explode in a fog bank that rolls in in the evening. That doesn't include the 100K or so people who crowd the waterfront to hear them explode. Remember the fireworks shows at the football stadium where they announced what the firework was before they fired it (and they couldn't afford a lot, so they shot them off one at a time). Judy, do they still do that?

07/04/09 07:22 PM #772     Lavanna M. Hawkins (Morgan) IN THE SMALL TOWN IN N.Y. WHERE I LIVE, WE SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS AT THE FOOTBALL STADIUM, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVE. THERE ARE VENDORS SET UP ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET AND WHEN THE FIREWORKS START I JUST HAVE TO OPEN MY CURTAIN AND WATCH THEM SINCE I'M ON THE 5TH FLOOR. A PERFECT VIEW FOR A SKY FULL OF BEAUTIFUL COLOR!

07/04/09 10:29 PM #773     Bruce Evans Here in Austin, following The War of Northern Aggression, the 4th of July was not celebrated until after WW II. This year though with a "burn ban" on (we're having a terrible drought) only the big fireworks shows are allowed. It's as dry as a (gun)power house down here. And, Carla, we had a great time on the West Coast where it was in the low 60's & 70's. My surfing could use some work though. Sorry, Steve no time on the links but get us covered at one of your Muni's or Southern Hills. Maybe Carla could help us get on; it should be too hot for the members. See you all dragging' Main, in no time.

07/06/09 12:15 AM #774     Mary Ann Johnson (Null) I remember laying on a quilt on the football field and hiding everytime a firework was shot off - I was afaid the "fire" would fall down on me. I also remember family picnics and my uncles turning the hand cranked ice cream machine. They always turned the ice cream outside, and took their shirts off (but had on the Hanes undershirts) because it was so hot. Of course, it wasn't much cooler inside, as we only had a "water cooler" in the den. I recall an "ice house" on the east side, where we went to get the ice to make the ice cream with. Thank goodness I don't remember the horse drawn carriages with "icemen". Water coolers and ice houses make me old enough. Paul, at least 6 years ago, there were still firework shows in Vinita - I used to take my mom. This year I went to a daughter's house (Tulsa area) and watched grandkids and some big kids (their dads) shoot off fireworks. They have a lot more now than the sparklers and snakes that I used to use. We had a picnic and also watched a big show in the sky. It was simple, but good.

07/06/09 12:19 AM #775     Mary Ann Johnson (Null) Bruce - Will you have to have a special visa to cross over the Texas state line and come North? I never knew that Austin didn't celebrate Indpendence Day until after WW II. You know, those agressive Northerners didn't add that story to our to our history books.

07/06/09 01:31 AM #776     Janis Ann (Jan) Dirickson (Marshall) Say, how many of you remember the 77 counties? Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver etc.I think I do! Which teacher had us do that? Mr. Blevins? Funny what things you remember.

07/06/09 01:11 PM #777     Paul Ray Wever Jan - That's neat... but he didn't tell us where to find them on a map. I remember a lot more of his driver's ed class than his OK History class. He really needed that brake pedal on his side of the car a lot.

07/07/09 02:43 AM #778     Judith Ann Postier Paul- The Legion stopped having the fireworks a few years back. My daddy work every year in the concession stand, popping popcorn. Growing up we always had a cookout that evening and then the whole family piled in the car and went to the fireworks. We sat on blankets on the end zone of the football field. My favorite fireworks display was the Niagara Falls, usually near the end of the show. After the fireworks we always came home and shot our own fireworks and had watermelon or home made ice cream. Those were the days, I miss them.

07/07/09 02:03 PM #779     Paul Ray Wever Judy - I remember the Niagara Falls fireworks, too. It was always the highlight of the show and I've never seen it anywhere else. No fireworks on the 4th... that's almost un-American. Was there anything scheduled to happen on the 4th?

07/07/09 04:51 PM #780     Bruce Evans Mary Ann, Oklahoma is a Southern State; no visa needed. Didn't you know that General Stand Watie, the man who named Vinita, was the head of the Confederate Indian forces in Arkansas and Oklahoma during The War of Northern Aggression? In Sept, 1864 he lead the Southern forces to victory at The battle of Cabin Creek, not far from present day Vinita. General Watie distinguished himself in over 18 battles and major skirmishes with Federal troop in the West during The War of Northern Aggression. But, to make a long story shorter, Watie surrendered on June 23, 1865, the last Confederate general to lay down his arms during The War of Northern Aggression. He is buried out on Monkey Island next to Mockingbird Hill on the way to Shangri La on The Grand Lake of the Cherokee. Those Cherokees didn't pick sides very well; backing the Brits during the Revolution (we all know how that turned out; can you say Trail of Tears) and the Rebs during The War of Northern Aggression (aka, the Civil War) and it didn't get any better with the Indian Wars. Watie's surrender came just days after the slaves were freed in Texas on June 19, 1865. "Juneteenth", as the date is called, is an official state holiday here in Texas. But of course, that whole slavery thing really is a killjoy when your talking about the Romance of War, anyway...so...ahh...you know, we just won't talk about that. Want some Pizza?

07/07/09 05:31 PM #781     Lavanna M. Hawkins (Morgan) BRUCE- AS YOU ARE LIVING IN TEXAS, YOU SHOULD KNOW ALL ABOUT "THE ALAMO" WHERE DAVY CROCKETT FOUGHT AND WAS KILLED. HE WAS MY 5TH GREAT UNCLE ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE. HER MAIDEN NAME WAS CROCKETT. THERE ARE ALOT OF CROCKETT'S STILL LIVING IN TEXAS TODAY. I DON'T HAVE HIS COURAGE AS FAR "KILLING A BAR WHEN HE WAS ONLY THREE"!!!! I, ON THE OTHER HAND, WOULD PASS OUT FROM FEAR IF I EVER SAW ONE!

07/07/09 09:57 PM #782     Judith Ann Postier Paul- Bluejacket is now having a fireworks show along with a day-long 4th of July picnic in the park event, and they invite everyone to share in their fun. Chelsea also has a nice display on the 4th. The Duck Creek area on Grand Lake puts on a beautiful show over the water at Arrowhead Resort. We have been to it several times and it is worth seeing at least once. Daddy, Mother and I used to go the the fireworks show at Shangri-La. It was always spectacular too. The Duck Creek and Shangri-La shows usually did not fall on the 4th, they were more of a 4th of July lake weekend show.

07/08/09 11:09 PM #783     Mary Ann Johnson (Null) Bruce - You shame me, with your knowledge of Indian history (I'm part Cherokee - but I'm not sure which part). I know bits and pieces of that story, but never connected it - thanks. I THINK that Juneteenth is celebrated in Tulsa, along with a jazz festival. I guess we Indians were always for the underdog. I lived in Austin for awhile, many years ago. It was a great city. Texans do have, shall we say, "attitude". I'm glad you confirmed that I'm southern. I went with my daughter today, to pick up her children from the airport, after visiting their Montana grandparents. I asked my grandson to repeat a story about his Montana "paw-paw" - he looked at me strangely. My daughter corrected me and said "he's not southern - it's "Paw-pa". Maybe I need to go to that "picher" show with Carla! General group - I plan to take my preschool grandsons fishing for crawdads. How exactly does one do that? I'm not going to touch them, so I may wear clear gloves of some sort. But, what is best for bait? Is the bait just tied on a string on a stick? And, most crucial, how are they removed? I don't want to be pinched or have to touch them and leave permanent mental scars on my grandsons - like, "the last time we ever saw grandma, she was running over a hill, screaming with a crawdad attached to her pinki". I assume that one places the crawdads in a jar with water in it? I do seperate things with my grandaughters, but the little boy thing is a new adverture for me. (It's probably not necessary for Chuck, Bill or Wayne to suggest appropriate activities for preschool boys and their grandma - but thanks for the thoughts,guys). I am serious though...

07/09/09 12:33 AM #784     Judith Ann Postier Click on "Reunion Details" for more reunion information.

07/09/09 01:05 PM #785     Paul Ray Wever Mary Ann - I don't think that you really need any training for little boys to catch crawdads - it seems to be in their blood. I remember catching them with the other neighborhood kids in the shallow water of the neighborhood ditches after a good rain. All you had to do was to stick you hand in the running water and feel around for anything that was moving. For the most part they tended to be small fry but occasionally someone would get a large one. I don't think that you will be able to find any gloves for children though.

07/10/09 02:05 AM #786     Janis Ann (Jan) Dirickson (Marshall) It's after midnight, I have company staying in the room next to me..and I just read what Mary Ann has written. I had to put my hand over my mouth to keep from laughing out loud. I had the visual of granny Mary Ann running with the crawdad attached to her pinkie..This has been so much fun this Here Darn Site. Good Job Judy.

07/10/09 01:28 PM #787     Carla Ray Williams (Yocum) Mary Ann, I think you should stick to regular ole fishing! Crawdads make my skin crawl! Rauk, my cousin, use to torment me with them when we were kids! They are so nasty! Some people even eat them! A teacher friend from Lousianna invited our First Grade Team to her house for dinner! I love cajun food and was thinking of shrimp creole, red beans and rice or something along those lines! Imagine my horror when she had crawfish!!! I ate all the extras and kept moving the crawfish around on my plate praying no one would notice! I thought if I had to eat even a bite I would throw up on the table! They just look so nasty! Bruce-You really impress me with your knowledge of history! I am into the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. I got the bug years ago and it really got crazy when doing geneology on family and discovering that I had great-great-great-grandfathers in both wars! Some are buried in Maryland in a special cemetery for Revolutionary War heroes! I also found out some of my ancestors came to Oklahoma from Missouri during the Land Run to stake their claims. Geneology is awesome if you love history! Do you do geneology as one of your many talents? All-Our fourth of July was mild compared to yours! We went to a kid parade. Bennett is making plans for next year for Mamaw and Papa to fix his bike and decorate it. He wants a wagon behind with coke cans tied on to pull his soon to be brother Brayden! After the parade we cooked out and made homemade ice cream in my grandmother's old hand crank freezer! Bennett sat on top of the blankets complaining his hiney was cold. I remember Rauk and I doing that when we were kids! We went to the fireworks at our church. They are by a lake on the church property! Our church is a mega church. Check us out on fellowshipchurch.com. It is located a few miles away in Grapevine. We always sat in my grandmother's backyard to watch the fireworks in Vinita. I never got to see Niagra Falls! But I loved watching those fireworks! Sad to hear they are gone! Lavanna-I teach Texas Symbols and History to my first graders and Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie are their favorites! You should visit the Alamo in San Antonio! It is an awesome place to go! Have you done geneology? It is addictive! But so much fun! Bill and I love doing it together! Jan-I agree this is something we must keep up after the reunion. I love hearing what everyone is doing and the old memories we all have. I do still remember most of the counties. Judy-My sister is wanting info on how to start one for her class! They are starting to plan a reunion soon. We are off to Missouri next week to do some geneology in the Springfield area.(Please don't mention this to Bill, Wayne or Chuck!) We are going to their library and meeting up with some distant cousins of Bill to scan some pictures from the 1800's. We are going to get to visit some cemeteries where his ancestors are buried. All-Just Curious...do any of you collect antiques? I collect mostly antique dishes. But I have other interests as well.

07/10/09 02:37 PM #788     Janis Ann (Jan) Dirickson (Marshall) Carla, I have my grandmother Dirickson's hand painted Haviland China that she painted herself when she was in college or where ever proper young women went in those days. It's almost a complete set, a dinner plate is missing and maybe something chipped. I also have 2 old oak dining room tables, one round and one square until you add the 5 leafs. And I have my great-gradmother's dry sink with the date Feb 20th (my birthday) 1877. It has a marble sink and a door on the front and one on the side. And I have Dick he's old but valuable.

07/10/09 02:54 PM #789     Lavanna M. Hawkins (Morgan) CARLA AND JAN- WHEN I WAS BORN ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO MY GRANDMOTHER MADE 3 QUILT TOPS, ONE FOR EACH OF US GIRLS. A FEW YEARS AGO MY SISTER PUT THE BACK AND BATTING ON THE QUILTS AND SENT ME MINE. I TREASURE IT BECAUSE I SEE ALL THE HANDIWORK, ALL THE SMALL STITCHES THAT MY GRANDMOTHER PUT INTO IT. ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT SHE CHOSE AND CUT FOR EACH PIECE, IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL SO LOVED. I HAVE IT IN MY LIVING ROOM ON A QUILT STAND WHERE ALL CAN ADMIRE IT.

07/10/09 07:12 PM #790     Paul Ray Wever Carla - I picked up the geneology bug a while back. Ancestry.com is a terrific resource for research. All of my grandparents are long deceased, so I had to do a lot of digging to get a starting point about their predecessors. The really frustrating part is when you get to a point in the family tree and it just ends with no more information and no clue as to where else to look.

07/13/09 12:58 AM #791     Johnny Leon Morgan We should all put in a pot $5.00 and give the winner the best Jay Fimple story. Don't you imagine that he would have gotten a big kick out of that. Johnny

07/13/09 01:30 AM #792     Bruce Evans OK Johnny, now that we all know that you have the winning story let's have it.

07/13/09 08:25 AM #793     Steven Ray (Steve) Postier All- I see where Ron Miller posted his profile on the website. If y'all remember Ron was our 'Athlete of the Year' in 1969. According to Bill Kolb (cellmate of Chuck at 'Big Mac') he had a very successful coaching career at East Central University in 'Greater Ader' and coached on some championship teams. By the way, Barry (Hangman) Denney is pushing for a 3 bed 'suite' to also house Wayne (Corporate Greed) Tate.

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