Upcoming activities in the community include Route 66 Metal Detecting Club Thursday (today), April 18th at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, no school on Friday April 19th, Spring Community Yard Sale Friday and Saturday April 19th and 20th Stroud Food Pantry Tuesday April 23rd 9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., and OBI Blood Drive Wednesday April 24th Davenport High School noon until 3:30 p.m.
The Stroud High School baseball team has three games left on their spring schedule. They will be playing Mounds at Stroud at 5:00 p.m. Thursday (today) April 18th, Chandler at Stroud on Friday April 19th at 5:00 p.m. and will travel to Kellyville on Monday April 22nd to take on the Ponies at 5:00 p.m. The Stroud Middle School will wrap up their season Thursday (today) April 18th in Kellyville with a 5:00 p.m. start time.
Recent visitors to Stroud were John and Kathy Waterman along with Kathy’s mom, Mary, all visiting from Minnesota. Kathy is the former Kathy Jester and a 1975 graduate of Stroud High School. She is grandmother to Cal Shields, son of Nate and Amy Shields and Mary is his great-grandmother. While they were in town, they enjoyed watching Cal play baseball with the Tigers and attend a Tiger’s track meet. It’s always a treat when our alums come home to visit.
Town Talk offers its condolences to the families of several of Stroud’s alumni who have recently passed away. Don Williams, Class of 1960 has died. He was the son of former Stroud High School teacher Howard Williams and his wife, Vera, and a brother to Sue and Ruth Ann. Memorial services will be held May 18th at 1:00 p.m. at “The Pond at Summit.” This is the name he gave his farm on Old Stroud Road. A reception will follow at 3:00 p.m. at the Rock Café. The Class of 1960 lost another classmate with the passing of Bobbie Unglesby Langley. She was married to George Langley, Class of 1956. No obituary or service information is available at this time. Louise Hall Morgan, Class of 1962, died on March 30th. She was the daughter of Joe and Lottie Hall and a sister to Donald Jo Hall and Jean Ausmus.
Ensign Chris Caldwell, a native of Stroud, recently received an award for his performance while training to join the Navy Supply Corps. He received the 1st Battalion Honor Graduate Award and Food Service Excellence Award. David graduated from Stroud High school in 2008 and earned a degree from the University of Oklahoma in 2012. He is the son of Kim Greer Johnson and husband of Shyann.
Have a great week and thank you for continuing to shop local……………. first!