A blast from the past
Back Then
Old clippings and the ads that used to run beside them.
Car ads
Grocery ads
The Daily Oklahoman, the thirties, forties, and fifties
Personals
A family phoned the paper a few lines when someone was coming to the city. The Daily Oklahoman printed the names, where they were from, whose house they were staying in, and when they would go home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hensley and daughter, Dorothy Jean, of Norman spent Sunday in the city as guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hensley. They returned Sunday evening.
Miss Lula Pratt of Edmond is visiting this week in the home of her sister, Mrs. Roy Tate, on Classen. She will be here through Sunday dinner.
Y. B. Carter of Guthrie is visiting in the home of his brother, H. L. Carter. He arrived Friday on the bus and will remain several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Boone and children of Yukon were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boone. Dinner was served at noon.
Cpl. Earl Benton, home on leave from Sheppard Field, took Sunday dinner with his parents. He leaves Tuesday to return to camp.
Mrs. Nell Maddox and her two boys will leave Thursday morning for Lawton, where they will spend a week with her sister.
Miss Iva Dean and Miss Polly Hart of El Reno are the guests this week of Mrs. Otto Aiken. The young ladies are out of school for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keene were hosts at a Sunday supper honoring Mrs. Helen Marsh of Long Beach, who is spending a fortnight with her sister in the city.
Miss Ruth Ann Pelter, who is attending business college, spent the weekend in Norman with her parents. She returned on the early bus Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Porter and family of Lawton drove up Friday and remained until Sunday evening as guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Porter.
Sgt. and Mrs. Donald Pike and little daughter, Karen, of Wichita Falls are visiting in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pike. Friends may call.
Mrs. Fern Baker and her daughters will leave Wednesday to join Mr. Baker. They plan to be gone two weeks and to stop with relatives in Colorado.
What the city was saying
Town talk
Yes. There was a gossip column. The Daily Oklahoman printed what a neighbor had noticed: who was back in church, who had a new hat, whose pie showed up on the preacher’s step. It was how the city kept up.
Classen
Mrs. Hale was back in her usual pew Sunday. It was good to see her face there again.
A new sedan sat in front of the Porter place all weekend. Their son drove it in from Tulsa so his mother could have a look.
Somebody left a pie on the preacher’s step and would not sign the note. He says the crust gave them away, but he will not tell.
The fish that got away at Lake Overholser had grown another inch by the time the story reached the drugstore.
Capitol Hill
The quilt circle met with Mrs. Carver. The talk ran a little ahead of the stitches, which is the custom.
Two ladies studied the same hat in the window on Commerce. Only one of them went inside. The other walked home with her chin up.
Mr. Boone says his tomatoes are earlier than his neighbor’s. His neighbor says that depends on which row you count.
Edmond
The mail was late Tuesday, and so was every bit of news that usually rides in with it.
A daughter home from the university wore a new dress to church. Her mother pretended not to notice until the last hymn.
The doctor has a newer car than the one he drove last winter. Half the block walked around it after the picture show.
Yukon
The Ladies’ Aid served chicken and the conversation served everything else.
A boy was seen carrying a valentine a week early. He will not say whose mailbox it was for.
Mrs. Tate’s petunias are the talk of the block. She says rain did it. The block says she talks to them.
Still the marketplace
Classifieds
Remember when this was our marketplace? We could find anything we needed in the classifieds.
Automobiles
- 1949 FORD, heater, good rubber. One owner. Will trade.
- 1953 CHEVROLET, two-door, runs. Seen at the elevator.
- USED PICKUP, cattle rack. Price named at the door.
- SET OF WHITEWALLS, nearly new. Bring your jack.
For sale
- OAK ICEBOX, still cold. Seen on the back porch.
- SEWING MACHINE, runs. Bring your own thread.
- IRON BED, complete. Reasonable to the right home.
- SET OF CHAIRS, four. One needs a glue joint.
Wanted
- WANTED, a reliable cook for Sunday dinner. References.
- WANTED, used baby buggy. Must roll straight.
- WANTED, piano in fair tune. Will haul it.
Help wanted
- HOUSEKEEPER WANTED, Sundays off. References required.
- APPRENTICE for the print shop. Must read proof and keep his hands clean.
- CLERK for the grocery, early mornings. Experience with figures.