Plans are underway for Stroud’s annual alumni celebration. The main activities will take place on May 25th.
The theme for this year is “Hear the Tigers Roar in 2024!” KimBrownBeasler oversees the newsletter, and she reports she has had manyreturnedduetowrong U.S. Postal addresses and email addresses.
If you haven’t received a newsletter go to the Stroud Alumni Association’s Facebook page and leave your correct information. TheAssociationwants everyone to be informed of all the fun activities planned for the weekend.
Congratulations to StroudHighSchool’shonor choir who competed in the District Contest.The group received superior ratings and now are heading to State at the end of March.
Congratulations are also in order for Osage student Brandon McNeill, an eighth-grader who made OKCDA Junior High All-State Choir.
Brandon is the son of Osage member Lisa (Lawson) Wallace and James McNeill.Heisthegrandson of Jean McNeill.
The Stroud High School girls’ basketball team won their District playoff this season and advanced to Area.
The girls were defeated in the first round, but it was quite an accomplishment to make it that far in the playoffs so congratulations to their coach and all team membersforanoutstanding season.
Stroud High School and Middle School baseball teams kicked off their season openers at home Monday night.The High School Tigers beat the Davenport Bulldogs 14-4.
They were coached by DJ McIntyre. Stroud Middle School defeated the Holdenville Wolverines by a score of 13-0. Gideon Smalley pitched the no-hitter and Gage Bailey was behind the plate. Both Smalley and Bailey hit homeruns with Bailey hitting over the left field fence and Smalley hitting to the fence for an inside the park homerun. The middleschoolcoachisNick Hoover. Congratulations to both teams for a great start to their season.
Don’t forget the Chris Argrow 3ON3 Memorial BasketballTournament this Saturday at the Stroud Memorial Gym. Admission is $1.00, and the tournament will run from 10:00 a.m. until noon. All proceeds go to the Chris Argrow Scholarship fund.
March is the time for Stroud’s spring clean-up. It will take place the week of March 25th. Mark your calendars and move all that unwanted “junk” to the street to be picked up. Let’s get Stroud looking all spiffy for Alumni/Memorial Day weekend.
The American Legion is missing some of its chairs. If you borrowed any chairs or know someone who has, please contact Commander Mike Horwath or me. The Legion is a non-profit organization and renting their building is one of the things that keeps the organization afloat. They do not have the funds to replace chairs and need them for meetings and rentals. Please return any chairs you might have borrowed.
It’s finally going to happen. Next Monday and Tuesday Jose Hernandez from Enid will be in town at the Veteran’s Memorial to engrave additional bricks that Town Talk sold as a fundraiser. We sold an additional forty-eight bricks to be added to the Memorial. My dad, Ed. Smalley, thought Stroud needed a structure to honor our veterans and along with my mom, Billy and Alice Faye Brown and James Meadows raised the funds to construct it.
Class of 1954 alum Albert Ring passed away on February 27th. After graduation from high school, he joined the army and served for nine years. He retired from the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and then worked for several years for the Sac and Fox Nation as a security guard. Class of 1957 alum Darlene Holland Gann passed away on March 2nd at her home in Stroud after a short battle with cancer. Darlene was born in Stroud and was a resident her entire life. She raised four active daughters, Cindy, Rhonda, Tammy and Darla. Town Talk offers condolences to both of these families.
St. Patrick’s Day will be Sunday, March 17th. St. Patrick’s Day has been commemoratedonthisdate since St. Patrick’s death in the fifth century. He was a priest who brought Christianity to Ireland. He was not officially a saint though because there was no canonization in the 400’s. Pinching people on St. Patrick’s Day is thought to revolve around the leprechaun and the legend that wearing green makes one invisible to the mischievous fairies. I think it would be in your best interest to check out our local merchants to see what green merchandise they have on the shelves so that you can avoid that ominous “pinch.” Thanks for choosing to shop local………….. first!