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I know, because I was a junior at East Central State College and working part-time as a window trimmer for Montgomery Ward in Ada and refereeing high school basketball games in small schools surrounding areas. I lived in a one-room apartment four blocks from EC, which meant I walked nine blocks to work in beautiful downtown Ada if I couldn’t hitch a ride. Then on Sundays and Wednesdays, I walked 14 blocks to church, again if I couldn’t look or sound pitiful and get a ride. But I could always stop at Folgers and get a hamburger for a quarter. These are some things that could have been said about the state of the state of Oklahoma and many surrounding states during this time: Some things couldn’t be repeated in a family newspaper.
Read moreIt was the first day of a long bus trip through Spain. While strolling along a cobblestone walk during the first break, Michelle stumbled, fell, and blacked out. When she came to, she was mortified. Men and women were clustered around. Seeing she was conscious, they kept asking if she wanted to go to the hospital. From the expressions on their faces, they were clearly worried.
Read moreDr. Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a military historian and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno.
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Welcome back to Eyewitness News. It’s time for a check on sports with our sports anchor, Tim Jones. Tim, what’s happening in your world?
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The Coalgate VFW post is named Holmes-Collins Post 1198 after Charles T. Holmes and Laverne Collins, the first Coal County fatalities in WWI and WW11.
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Graveside services for Betty Jo (Burleson) Young, a Coalgate resident, were held Wednesday (today) May 27, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Coalgate Cemetery with Pastor David Unsell officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate was in charge of arrangements.
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