Billi Kaye Smith Meacham, Stroud High School graduate and former Miss Oklahoma. donated her pageant dress to Town Talk.
We plan on having it on display as part of Stroud’s history. I took it to Fox Cleaners which is located just around the corner from my home in Tulsa. They are restoring it back to its original beauty. I went to pick it up and they told me it wasn’t ready yet. Because it is a “history” piece, Fox Cleaners wanted to video the restoration of the gown, so it is not quite ready for pick up.
I thought that was exciting and hopefully we can get a copy of that video to put in our archives. When I dropped the dress off, I went through the drive-thru but when I went back to get it, I went inside.
There on the wall was a neon sign that said “Miss Oklahoma“ and there were pictures displayed of former winners. I think it was “meant to be” that our dress ended up at this cleaners. It has been an involved, specialized process. I am anxious to bring this piece of history back to Stroud.
Stroud has a new family of gnomes in our community. Tom and Jamie Peters finished renovations to their home at the corner of 6th Street and 3rd Avenue. This was the former home of Randy and Donna Curry and prior to that the home of the Paul Wilson family.
They have a tree stump at the corner of their property that they used to create a magical little home where a family of gnomes reside. If you haven’t driven by that corner lately, it’s worth it to go see this whimsical addition to their home. What a creative way to turn a tree stump into a work of art. Town Talk loves it when homeowners take pride in their homes.
Happenings in Stroud include City Council meeting tonight, Thursday September 14th at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall and Stroud Community Clothing Ministry also open today, Thursday, from 8:00 a.m. until noon on West Highway Route 66. Stroud Chamber of Commerce will host a four-man scramble golf tournament on Monday, September 18th.
Stroud Community Wide Garage Sale will take place September 22nd – 24th. Don’t forget to get your name on the list so your address will be included.
The Stroud High School Tigers will travel to Okemah on Friday night, September 15th, to take on the Panthers in a non-district game.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. The Colcord Hornets took home a win against the Tigers last Friday night. Stroud Middle School teams traveled to Chandler last week to take on the Lions, but games ended up being cancelled due to lightning. The Prague Red Devils traveled to Stroud Monday night and defeated the Tigers 20-8.
Stroud’s only touchdown came with a pass from Quarterback Gideon Smalley to Cal Sheilds with Cal carrying the ball into the end zone for the score. Smalley also connected with a Tiger receiver for the twopoint conversion.
The Tigers will host the Okemah Panthers at Jack Poskey Field on Monday, September 18th.
Speaking of sports, Town Talk would like to give a big shout-out to Stroud Public Schools for keeping their prices for admission and concessions at ball games so reasonable. Like many of you, I travel to lots of other out of town sporting events and am surprised at their prices.
I went to the concession stand with August and Lincoln at this week’s middle school game. They purchased two bags of popcorn, a Gatorade and a soda and handed the attendant $10. As she was putting it in the cash drawer I said to her, “How much more money do you need?”
She turned around and handed August several dollars in change and I asked her if she was sure she charged us for everything. She assured me she had. I was totally surprised. Admission to our high school football games is $5 for adults and $3 for children and middle school admission is $4 for adults and $2 for children. At a recent out of town game the cost was $7 for adults as well as children.
So, kudos to Stroud Schools for trying to keep their costs affordable for a family to be able to enjoy a local sporting event.
They say you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy local and that’s kind of the same thing. Every time you purchase something locally or eat at a local restaurant, they do a happy dance. Let’s keep our local business owners and their employees dancing. Thank you for continuing to shop and dine local…………………………… first!