Town Talk and the American Legion Auxiliary are hosting an exciting event, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, on Saturday, November 12th.
We are bringing the Andrew Sisters, or at least their tribute trio, to Stroud to entertain our veterans as well as anyone else who would like to attend.
In honor of Veteran’s Day, American Legion members will receive a complimentary ticket via mail and all other veterans or active service members will be admitted free of charge if they show a Military ID or wear their branch of service hat.
Their admissions have been purchased by our sponsors which we will announce in this column next week. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music show will begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at 8:00 p.m.
The general public is also invited to attend and will receive a free ticket for a donation of $20 per person. Donations may be made and tickets picked up at Unique Market from Cathy Terry or Andrea Thompson, Stroud Dry Cleaning from Shelly Dunn or by calling me at 918-527-9833.
All monies raised will be used to pay on the balance of our Bugle Boy statue. Soda pop, water, peanuts and chips will be on sale at our canteen which will be hosted by volunteers in costume for the time period. Feel free to come dressed in 1940’s-‘50’s attire, too. There will be a dance floor and pictures may be taken with the Andrew Sisters. This is one event you don’t want to miss.
Stroud Retired Teachers held their monthly meeting last week at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center. Michaela Halverson with Oklahoma Agritourism was the guest speaker.
The group found her talk very interesting and informative. After my mom shared with me the information presented, I ordered Agritourism maps and Oklahoma pumpkin patch brochures to have available here locally for your fall day trips.
Also, I ordered Oklahoma Tourism magazines that will be available locally, too. Gary and Monica Babinec’s tree outside their business, True Value, is featured on Page 45 of the magazine. These may be picked up at Stroud Dry Cleaning, Unique Market, Welcome Home and True Value. You will want to be sure and get a copy for your fall day trips.
Celia Graham, retired teacher from Meeker, is a faithful attendee of the retired teacher’s meetings. Celia is the former Celia Cabe and the daughter of long-time residents, the late James and Lorene Cabe. Mom visited with Celia at the meeting and she mentioned she enjoyed reading the Town Talk column each week.
I thought in her honor, I would share a story about her mom, Mrs. Cabe. She was my sixth-grade teacher and Mrs. Lumm taught the other sixth-grade class. Mrs. Cabe also served as our high school librarian later in her career.
The Cabes were my neighbors on 8th Street, and I attended church with them as well, so I have lots of fond memories of them. Any time Mrs. Cabe’s name comes up though, it is not a fond memory I share but one that has stayed with me my entire life. Maybe some of you can relate to this tale.
When I was in sixth grade it was a requirement that our teachers weigh us and record our weight. Why? I have no idea. I have yet to read a study that says how much I weigh correlates to my academic abilities, but I guess it was a rule and so that’s what was done. Mrs. Cabe and Mrs. Lumm would put what seemed like tenfoot doctor’s scales in the hallway.
They would call Lumm’s Bums and Cabe’s Babes out to the hall one by one to weigh us. One teacher would do the weighing and the other teacher the recording of the weight. Each classroom had two doors each and all four doors would be wide open during this exercise.
The teacher who weighed us would “yell” our weight (or that’s what it sounded like to this sixth grader) to the other teacher, who was sitting a whisper’s distance from the scales.
The other teacher would then record it. If I remember correctly, I weighed eighty-nine pounds. I looked up the average weight of a sixth-grade girl and the CDC reports it is usually between 68 and 135 pounds so I was right smack dab in the middle of the average but for the way I felt at that moment, they might as well have said 389 pounds.
That trauma has remained with me to this day even though I’m sure Mrs. Cabe or Mrs. Lumm couldn’t have imagined that. It’s funny how time changes your perspective. How I’d love to go to my doctor’s office today and have the nurse put me on the scales and “yell” out for all the patients in the office to hear her say, “She weighs eighty-nine pounds.”
I traveled to Elk City last weekend to see Gideon play in a baseball tournament with his team out of Oklahoma City, the Sandlots. The team did well, winning four out of five games, which earned them the Fall Kick-Off Tournament Championship.
Gideon pitched the entire championship game and we beat the Elk City Crushers 10-5. We played five games over two days losing only the first game 1-0 which also was against the Elk City Crushers.
Not only was it fun to see some exciting baseball but visiting this community on Route 66 was a treat. There is lots to see in Oklahoma, especially on Route 66.
On September 24th Route 66 Cruise Club out of Bethany will travel to the Rock Café for breakfast and visit the new Putt Putt Kicks on Route 66 miniature golf course then go back to Chandler to tour the Route 66 Bowling Alley.
From there they will travel to the Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum and proceed to Arcadia to check out the Round Barn and have lunch in Luther at the Chicken Shack. There is no cost for anything except the food. It will just be a cruise with good eats.
Vehicles will line up in the back parking lot of the Stray Dog Café in Bethany. Roll out time will be 7:30 a.m. If you would like to participate and have any questions, call Roy Moser at 405-315-2022.
Stroud Middle School played football last week on Monday night in Prague. The Tigers handily defeated the Red Devils 28-6. I was hoping to see our 6th and 7th grade game or at least a fifth quarter because Gideon is playing this year, but this game did not happen due to a lack of players.
Even though that was disappointing it was nice to visit the Prague stadium as they have replaced their field with Astroturf and it looks amazing. Great to see the top-notch facilities we have in our county! The Stroud High School Tigers took on Okemah Friday night and defeated them 38-22.
The Middle School Tigers traveled to Okemah on Monday and also recorded a win. Sixth and seventh graders played a 5th quarter scrimmage after the game. Friday night the Stroud Tigers will travel to Liberty (Mounds) for a 7:00 p.m. game and the Middle School will host Kellyville Monday night at Jack Poskey Field at 5:00 p.m.
Putt Putt Kicks on Route 66 Fall hours will be Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. beginning September 24th. With the weather beginning to cool down and the days getting shorter we are adjusting our hours. Julie Bivin, Town Talk volunteer, was pulling weeds at the course this past Saturday and had people stop to play.
Even though we were not officially open, she gladly let them play. They were visitors in our community visiting from Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Kansas City. We are happy to open at any time if you contact us at 918527-9833.
Fall is definitely in the air and football season is in full swing. I bought some new Tiger gear to wear to the games and I purchased them right here in Stroud, Oklahoma.
Welcome Home will be closing its doors at the end of this year. Heather Black has owned the store for the last five years and it has been an asset to Main Street. I hate to see her close, but she is retiring so that will be great for Heather.
You might want to stop by and see if she has any “deals” she can make you as she starts winding down her inventory. Our merchants are available to meet your needs.
Thank you for choosing to shop and dine local……….. first.