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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 3, Is. 3 Aug.
2, 2013
From the
Editor
This week’s editorial will
continue along the lines of children and grandchildren. I had plans of going out on the deck to write
in the cool July air this morning, but 59 degrees was a little much on the cool
side, so instead I’m (as usual) here at the kitchen table.
With my morning scan of
Facebook I saw a cute saying which went as follows, “Grandchildren are your
reward for not strangling your teenagers.”
Have to admit the thought may have crossed my mind at one time or the other. However, 39 years into the “children thing”
next week, I am so pleased that I resisted the urge during those years.
We as grandparents are never
short of something endearing or funny to say about our grandchildren. With that it may leave the impression that we
have “moved on” from our children and placed them on a back shelf. However, nothing could be further from the
truth. If nothing more, I think we all
review and possibly judge the job that we think our children are doing raising
our grandchildren. Not sure what we’re
really looking for. Is it to help
confirm that we really did a better job raising our children than they are raising
theirs or feeling ashamed at how better equipped they appear to be at handling
the task than we were? If it’s the
later, maybe we can pat ourselves on the back for both the good and bad
examples we showed them from which they “picked and chose” the ones that worked
on them and the ones that didn’t.
Whatever the case, watching our children “be parents” is an extremely
satisfying experience. I love nothing
more than to hear our children discuss the trials and tribulation they face in
parenting and more importantly and satisfyingly the solutions they implement to
address a particular issue. I think this
is when we can “up front and personally” observe the “pieces” of our parenting
that they chose to retain and “play them again.” Yes, we do think our children are quite
bright. I’m sure you too feel the same
about yours. It’s your prerogative. Unfortunately, with Kevin and Brenda so far
away, we don’t get as many opportunities to observe them as we do Karen and
Mark. However, so far, the end result
makes us believe that they too are doing a great job.
I can’t adequately express the exhilaration I
feel as I watch the expression on Karen’s face as she discusses her and Mark’s
approach to handing a given situation.
Yes, it is so rewarding to see your child become a parent--especially
when you totally believe they are doing a great job.
We are blessed with both of
our offspring and their mates at the job they are doing raising our
grandchildren. I’d hate to admit how
many times a day that I pull up a picture of one or all 3 of our grandchildren
and just imagine at what they have ahead of them. The saddest part is that I know I’ll never
live long enough to see them grown. All
I can do now is to enjoy each moment with them and have solace in the fact that
their Mom and Dad are doing the best job possible and will guide all three to
be good, kind, and upstanding citizens and make Nana and PaPa proud as we look
down to check on them as they mature.
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Bill
Hancock
Gaynelle
Gray
Wayne
Rickerd, Class of 1945
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Bill Hancock Query
This Week’s
Query: The fun we have had with Mama’s
Food Store and Hubbard’s Grocery (see below) prompts another query. What other neighborhood grocery stores do you
remember in
Special Alert:
You may have seen this video about
What We
Learned Last Time About Hubbard’s Grocery
Of course, George and Margaret Hubbard owned the
store. They took over from Robert H.
Heiney (he was grandfather of Bobby Heiney, HHS 1970) in late 1949 or early
1950. Heiney owned it at least three
years.
The Hubbards operated the charming store for 17
years—until 1976.
Kids in the north part of town had Mama’s Food Store
by Frances Willard and kids in the south part had Hubbard’s. That all ended in September of 1963, when the
school board did away with the north-south division, and all Hobart students in
grades 1-3 started attending Frances Willard and those in grades 4-6 began
attending Eugene Field. There was plenty
of angst about that decision, but Superintendent M. G. Smith and the board
members knew it was the right thing to do.
In earlier days, of course, the town was divided into
thirds, with Emerson sharing part of the elementary load with the other two
schools.
Anyway, back to the grocery store.
Kay Hubbard
Senter, daughter of the owners: Hubbard’s Grocery was my childhood. I knew all my neighbors and sales vendors and
saw them often. It was a regular “Mr.
Rogers’ Neighborhood.” I grew up in a
chair between the candy counter and the funny books. If I could live my life over again, I’d like
to hear the stories of the people who frequented the store. Many of them were early
Joe Lyde: Hubbard’s
was the Mama’s equivalent for the Eugene Field crowd. It’s where I spent my nickel per week
allowance. Agonizing decision when you
only have one nickel per week to spend, but I usually left with a “grab
bag.” These were small paper bags made
up by the Hubbards with a variety of penny candy (you never knew what you were
going to get), but since they threw in a few extra pieces, you could parley
your nickel into 7 or 8 cents worth of “stuff.”
Lori Smith: Hubbard’s
Grocery was operating when I attended Eugene Field from 1951-56; I and other
students would go there after having lunch and buy penny candy. It was owned by Kay Hubbard’s parents; Kay
was a year or two younger than I was.
The family lived at the back of the grocery store if I remember
correctly.
Shay Hervey: Remember it
like it was yesterday. Can see them both
clearly in my mind. We always went in
for penny candy and some two for a penny.
Two very sweet people. Loved
going to their store.
Richard
Chase: Most memories are buying penny candy. I do remember having 50 cents once and was
going to buy the family a chicken. I
asked Mrs. Hubbard how much a baking hen was and she said 55 cents. I thought well if that big chicken is 55
cents then a small one should be less than 50 cents. I told her to give me a small one and after
she had it wrapped in butcher paper she told me the price and it was something
like 75 cents. Fryers were more
expensive than the old roasting hens.
She was annoyed no doubt.
Remember those penny suckers with the twisted
handles? Who remembers what they were
called? They were about the size of a
quarter or half-dollar. My favorite was
wild cherry.
Coralinda
Kloberdanz (aka Gayle Mosier)
remembers “waiting for recess so we could go over and buy penny candy.”
Brenda
Waldroop Morris: Every time I went into Hubbard’s store, they
always said “here comes Half Gold” (my Mom’s maiden name was Gold). They were a very nice couple. I seem to remember George with a cigar?”
Walloemae
Waldroop: One of the Hubbard boys married Jerelene
Copeland from Lone Wolf. Her Dad and my
Dad sang in a man’s quartet long ago.
(That Hubbard boy was Bill, who, of course, was more commonly know as
“Mud.”)
Michael Ard remembers “penny candy sold out of glass jars behind
the counter. Had to have a note from
your parent to go to the store.”
Janis
Landers: I bought candy from there when I went to
school at Eugene Field.
Joan
Sensabaugh says, “me too—candy in
1969. And the cellar there, too!”
Richard
Folsom: Mrs. Hubbard would sit behind the candy
counter and sell candy to the kids in line before school. In the early 1970’s, my dad drove the bus,
and he would give me a quarter so I could buy some candy when I got off the
bus.
Jerry
Levine: I delivered for Uncle Louie from the Apple
House. Loved that store!
Allen Law: I remember
going there in kindergarten with some change with my class. Got a candy bar. This was 1977-78 when kindergarten was there.
Linda
Jackson Hutson: Some of the best memories of my life are from
Hubbard’s Grocery. George and Margaret
were the “salt of the earth.” They were
true
Kay and I are friends and I have many happy, happy
memories of staying overnight at their home in the back of the store. One fun memory from a sleepover was riding on
the back of Raymond Coalson’s motor scooter—strictly taboo in Mel’s world,
another way—besides fireworks—to be maimed for life.
Probably every kid in
Donna Hase: When I was
in third grade, we lived at 711 South
Bonny Boyd
Real: Sold them pop bottles. When my daughter was a baby, George always
offered her a sucker (which I never did open for her). I’m sure he saw future ‘face against glass’
older child begging for candy..lol.
Thought the world of both him and Margaret.
Darla Bynum: I remember
the penny candy and also when my kids were little I went back in there for
lunch meat. The best in town.
Stuart
Brunker: Apple and watermelon Jolly Rancher stocks for
ten cents each. Occasionally went wild
and bought the Fire flavor. Kindergarten
’74. I had to cross the street by
myself!!!
Tammy
Hutchens Lee: I was like everyone else, we bought candy
before school. They also went to our
church when I was growing up. After
Sunday School, Mrs. Hubbard used to give all of us kids a piece of Juicy Fruit
gum to chew during church.
Butch
Barker: Hubbard’s was on my second Democrat Chief
route. I had Main and
Waynel
Mayes: I loved going to Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard’s
store. It was filled with so many
choices of candy. I remember my friends,
Kate, Michele, Shauna, Kim, Brooke, Kayla, Bobbi Jo, and Janice, would meet on
the playground to see who had the most ten-cent Jolly Rancher sticks. She would always greet us with a smile. That was in fourth and fifth grades, 1975-76.
Christy
Bynum-Ridner: Walked there with my cousins from my
grandma’s house on
Jim Barnes: Since I
lived on the other end of town, I didn’t know the Hubbards too well. Until she graduated from HHS, their daughter,
Kay was my accompanist for solo contest.
As you recall, this dubious honor fell upon your shoulders. (Note from Bill: Kay Hubbard was a terrific musician, by the
way. Believe she may have been
Robert Rangel: Remember
candy and an old Model T.
Kay Hubbard Senter kindly did a Q & A about
Hubbard Grocery
Q: How did your parents ever get a vacation:
A: I can remember very few family
vacations. My grandmother and her sister
would run the store for the trips we took to
Q: What was it like to live in the back of the
store?
A: We never had to go to the grocery store. It was a learning experience when I left home
and had to buy groceries. It was a
strain for my parents because they never got a break. It was a night-and-day way of life.
Q: Did you get all the free candy you could eat?
A: All the candy, ice cream sodas, fresh-cut
deli meat and cheese, and crushed ice was available 24 hours a day. Spoiled child, very spoiled child. My nieces and nephews thought they were in
heaven every summer when they came for vacation trips. My kids missed out on the whole experience
and can’t relate to my childhood at all.
Q: Did people come to the door at all hours,
needing something life a loaf of bread?
A: Not often because the store hours were so
long. They pretty much respected our
privacy.
Q: Did someone buy the store from them and
continue running it?
A: The store was bought with the intention of
continuing the business, but it didn’t last very long.
The store was a
And Later…
In 2003, the structure was
remodeled into “Mother Hubbard’s Day Care Center,” operated by Great Plains
Youth and Family Services.
Small Ponds North of Hunter Park
Cheryl Christianson Hicks: We used to
ride our bikes there, and sometimes there was a little water in a few of the
ponds. Pam McDonald Wolf, Craig (her
brother), and I went there a lot. It was
a lot of fun to shoo down the hill so fast.
Going up was the hardest, but we made it.
Fireworks
Cheryl Christianson Hicks: Craig
and I used to pop cherry bombs, TNT bombs and M80 bombs. We would get a can of vegetables and use it
to make bombs and it went off up so high.
Oh yes, the can expanded out. We
also tried anything to use the bombs with—like watermelon and anything else you
can name. Once we put one of those bombs
in one of the trash cans (the metal ones) and it went off so loud. Boom!!!!
Haha! We had a blast as young
kids, I will never forget that with my
brother, Craig.
Willoemae Waldroop: I grew up 15 miles northwest of
Ruth Ann Johnson McNutt: We bought our
fireworks from Dutch Miller’s Boy Scout stand, which was an old panel truck
parked beside his gas station on South Broadway. My brother and I got to help out there
occasionally. I remember one time I
accidentally dropped a sack with the poppers that you threw on the ground and
they popped init and they all exploded.
Don’t think I got to help much after that. I remember a friend of my brother’s was at
another friend’s house and they put some of those poppers in a bowl of peanuts
and he put what he thought were peanuts in his mouth and they exploded. Quite painful.
Butch Barker: Seems like I bought fireworks at
most places already talked about, but the one that was closest to my house was
on the north side of Iris between
My grandfather took me to a
place where we could get the “big crackers” as he called the. That was out west of town at Cambridge, which
wasn’t much more than a gas station/grocery and a grain elevator next to the
train tracks. After I became “motorized”
at age 14, I bought most of my fireworks there.
It turned out that fireworks were available year around there also, so
during High School we went there often to get some for one prank or another.
Monkeys in Hunter Park
Joe Hancock
said a guy told him about the monkeys six or seven years ago. “He said Carroll Long took care of them but
hated them. Carroll was Hubert Long’s
daddy. They lived across the street from
us on Bailey.”
“The guy said he remembered
watching Leon Trentham build the cage in Hunter Park. He said the monkeys came from Doss Kutch, who
had kept them in a cage behind his house in the 300 block of South Stephens. This was sorta in our neighborhood on South
Bailey and we played around there. Used
to love watching the monkeys, the nasty, vulgar monkeys.”
“Doss finally got tired of
them and pawned them off on the city. I
think the park caretaker at that time was a fellow named Stillwell. He had one daughter, named Margaret (HHS
class of 1929). We kids loved him. We could fish all day for 25 cents. The park gate was locked at night but he
didn’t seem to mind if we crawled under the gate to start fishing early. Hubert Long and I did that lots of times.”
“The guy said the monkeys
eventually were given to the
Note from Bill: There must have been two different sets of
monkeys. Gloria Fiorello also remembered
Doss Kutch’s monkeys going to the park.
The ones that were in the park in the 1950’s definitely were shipped
here from a company in
Fish Hatcheries in Hunter Park
Ruth Ann Johnson McNutt: I remember my
grandparents would take us to the park when I was in grade school in the 50’s
and we would go to the ponds that held the fish and watch them and then catch
crawdads to fish with. We would put the
crawdads in a wooden bushel basket and I remember one trying to crawl out and I
tried to put it back in and it grabbed my hand and wouldn’t let go. Never did was to have anything to do with
them after that. The ponds looked like
big holes dug in the ground. They were
on the northeast corner of the park if I remember correctly. I, too, remember all the Brownie and Girl
Scout troops having an overnight camping trip at the park.
Skating Rink on West Side of
Teresa Braun Smith: I definitely remember a skating
rink in
The years were around
1954-55. One of my best little friends,
“Ruthie” Johnson (Ruth Ann McNutt) and I would go skating there together. Her mom had bought her a brand new pair of white
shoe skates. I was SO envious and threw
a fit until my mother bought me a pair just like Ruthie’s. Oh, we had so much fun at that skating rink. Then afterwards, we’d walk to the Wagon Wheel
and her daddy, Earl, would let us order anything on the menu. Ruthie ordered a “pogo pup” (corn dog), so I
got one, too. First time I’d ever had
one, and I thought that was about the most delicious thing I’d ever eaten. (Gads!)
Such good times…happy, happy memories.
So far, no one else
remembers the rink on the west side of
Little League Baseball
Butch Barker: I did play little league at Emerson, and on the field
where the school administration building now sits and where the high school is
now located. I hit the first of my few
home runs on the diamond located on
The ball went down the first
base line and into right field, the right fielder misplayed the ball and on
that hard ground it rolled into the left field of the diamond at
A&B Café Note
We asked Randy Elkouri what happened to the
A&B Café after Dempsey and Phyllis sold it.
Here’s his response: Dad said
Jonny Sims from
A lot of people thought dad
was rude but he was just trying to remember your orders. The waitresses never left tickets; they just
yelled out the orders and he remembered all of them. He rarely made a mistake.
Note from Bill: I mentioned to Randy that a restaurant named
“KoKos” occupied the A&B space for a while.
He said KoKos was run by Gus Kouri, Dempsey Elkouri’s uncle.
Mama’s Food Store
Terry Brian: Every day after school when I was in the
fifth grade I would find three empty Coke bottles along the street and take
them to Mama’s and cash them in for two cents each. With the six cents I would buy a soda pop for
five cents and drink it in the store. I
would use the left over one cent to get one bubble gum. Good times.
Midnight Swims in City Pool
Butch Barker: As to the after-hours activities
at the swimming pool, I had many a moon lit swim there and often we would
liberate some watermelons from the bondage of their vines and take them into
the pool with us to get cleaned off and to let them cool in the water while we
were swimming. Then we would sit and eat
them up on the platform where the diving board was located.
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
The Lord’s Clinic
This is very inspiring. Read the words as you listen you the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwdWr3PTVdE
Hello Alumni:
With just two months to go
before our 2013 Roosevelt Alumni Reunion, you should have Friday, September
27th & Saturday, the 28th marked on your calendars as the weekend for
visiting with old friends and classmates. Please fill out the registration form and mail
to the address shown on the form. Also, I would like to ask everyone who
receives this notice via email (Roosevelt News East Coast Edition) to help get
the word out to all our classmates and friends who do not have an email
address.
Look forward to seeing you
all at the 2013 reunion.
Dan Hayslip
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2013 ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
Friday,
September 27, 2013
·
6:30-9:00pm: Mixer at the
Saturday, September 28, 2013 -
·
8:30-12pm: Registration,
Refreshments
·
11:30-1:30: Concession lunch available
·
1:00-1:30: Alumni Business Meeting
1. Financial Review
·
2. Election of President
·
2:00-4:00: Fund-Raising Auction
5:00-6:30:
Evening Meal, Catered by Klein’s Catering Service (BBQ) $15.00 per person in advance/$20.00 at the
door (if available).
·
7:00-10:00: Entertainment
We ask that you make every attempt to make your
reservations in advance in order to help the committee plan this event. Reservation form and payment must be received
by September 10, 2013 to guarantee meal tickets will be available at
registration.
Motels and Bed &
Breakfasts Available in
Detach and return with payment to:
2013
Alumni Name Class
of
Spouse, Friend, or Relative’s Name, also attending
Address City State ___ Zip
Email
address
Phone
number
Number
to attend Friday Mixer **Donations
accepted**
Number to attend Saturday night meal @ $15.00 each =
TOTAL
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2011 NEWSFLASH
The 2011 Roosevelt High
School Class Reunion was held on September 30 and October 1, 2011, in
If anyone need more
information or has questions about the reunion, please call Dan Hayslip at
972-938-3703 or 214-796-3131 or email him at danhayslip@sbcgloal.net
Alumni Website
We have renewed the account that Wanda
Jackson had set up at the photo sharing website, picturetrail.com for the
Roosevelt Alumni: http://www.picturetrail.com/rooseveltalumni. She had posted many pictures from past
reunions, class panels, and old schools buildings along with write ups about
them. We thought you might find these
interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past.
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
The “
Interesting
Tidbits
Jumpy the Border Collie
This dog knows a lot of cool
tricks. Enjoy!!
http://www.flixxy.com/jumpy-the-dog.htm#.UdiPhhz1Hc8.email
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Where Do Old Bumper Cars Go?
I am sure most of remember
riding the bumper cars at Craterville.
This is an interesting piece on where some of those old cars from the
early amusement parks go.
http://www.coolthings.com/tom-wrights-street-legal-bumper-cars/
News
The
Roosevelt Senior Citizens center is closed for the summer. They will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 3 for
lunch.
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Class of ’73
40th
The
Roosevelt Class of '73 is having a 40th class reunion August 17-18 at
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
We
have compiled all of the birthday and anniversary information we could from
Wanda’s files. We are sure we are
missing some. Please send us the
birthdays and anniversaries for your family and friends so that we can have as
complete as list as possible. We are
going to start with what we have from Wanda’s files so if we miss you, please
send us the information so we have it for the news next year. In addition, should any of the birthdays we
list be wrong, also please let us know.
Happy Birthday
To:
August 2 – Stanna (Brewer)
Lee, Class of 1963
August 3 – Karen (Wiser)
Pickens, Class of 1987
August 3 – Jim Whitson,
Class of 1957
August 5 – Dan Hayslip,
Class of 1962
August 7 – Christian Dane
McCannon
Humor
PECANS IN THE CEMETERY
On the outskirts of a small
town, there was a big old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of
nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.
'One for you, one for me,
one for you, one for me,' said one boy. Several
dropped and rolled down toward the fence.
Another boy came riding
along the road on his bicycle. As he
passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery, so he slowed down
to investigate. Sure enough, he heard,
'One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me...'
He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a
cane, hobbling along.
'Come here quick,' said the
boy, 'you won't believe what I heard! Satan
and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls!'
The man said, 'Beat it kid,
can't you see it's hard for me to walk. When
the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.
Standing by the fence they
heard, 'One for you, one for me. One for
you, one for me.'
The old man whispered, 'Boy,
you've been tellin' me the truth. Let's
see if we can see the Lord!
Shaking with fear, they peered
through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought
iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of
the Lord.
At last they heard, 'One for
you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence and
we'll be done...'
They say the old man had the
lead for a good half-mile before the kid on the bike passed him.
Food for
Thought
Virtual State of the
This is a “virtual” state of
the Union speech but it does give all of us something to think about. Maybe it should be the real state of the
Union speech.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/_T-F_zfoDqI?rel=0
Obituaries
Useful
Links:
Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Peoples
Cooperative Funeral
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/who-we-are/history
Ray
and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart,
http://www.234enterprises.com/Roosevelt%20Cemetery%20Layout.htm
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2176228
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?=cr&CRid=99577&CScn=Springhill+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=38&
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