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Join the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) on Thursday, February 10, at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City for a live podcast event. OHS Executive Director Trait Thompson and Dr. Bob Blackburn of the OHS’s A Very OK Podcast will interview Henrietta Hicks of Boley, Shirley Nero of Clearview, and Oklahoma Sen. Kevin Matthews of Tulsa about Oklahoma’s historic All- Black towns. This free event will be recorded in front of a live audience.
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THE WETUMKA POWERLIFTING TEAM COMPETED AGAINST STROTHERS THIS PAST FRIDAY AND WERE TEAM RUNNER UP.
Read moreA regular meeting of the Wetumka City Council was held on Monday, January 10, 2022. Council members present were Jason Lee, and Richard Roush. Norma Marshall, Mayor, and Garret Eller, City Attorney were also present. Donna Dyer and Sherry Smith- City Manager were absent.
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The recent pathetic attempt to arrange for our first snowstorm of the thus-far mild winter conjures up all kinds of memories about adventures in the snow, some pleasant and some not so much. After 75 years in the work force, I can appreciate the attention to detail. Ho! Ho! Ho! We received about 2 inches of snow yesterday and: 8:00 a.m.: I made a snowman. 8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn›t make a snow woman. 8:15 - So, I made a snow woman. 8:17 - My feminist neighbor complained about the snow woman’s voluptuous chest saying it objectified women everywhere. 8:20 - The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and moaned it could have been two snowmen instead. 8:22 - The transgender man.. women... person asked why I didn’t just make one snow person with detachable parts. 8:25 - The vegans at the end of the lane complained about the carrot nose, as veggies are food and are not used to decorate snow figures. 8:28 - I was being called a racist because the snow couple is white. 8:30 - I used food coloring to make one of the snow couple a different color and be more racially inclusive. 8:37 - Then accused of using a black face on the snowperson. 8:39 - The middle eastern gent across the road demanded the snow woman be completely covered. 8:40 - The police arrived saying someone had been offended. 8:42 - The feminist neighbor complained again that the broomstick of the snow woman needed to be removed because it depicted women in a domestic role. 8:43 - The ‘council on equality’ officer arrived and threatened me with eviction. 8:45 - TV news crew from ABC showed up. I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snow-women? I replied “Snowballs” and am now a sexist. 9:00 - I was on the news as a suspected terrorist, racist, homophobe, and sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during difficult weather. 9:10 - I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services. 9:29 - Far left protesters offended by everything marched down the street demanding that I be arrested. 9:45 - The boss called and fired me because of the negative association with work that had been all over social media. 10:00 - I cry into my drink because all I wanted to do was build a snowman...Moral: There ain’t no moral to this story. It is what this world has become because of a bunch of snowflakes.
Read moreIn 1969, Andy Massey and his family moved to Holdenville when his father, Elmer Massey, was hired as the High School principal. Andy graduated from Holdenville High School in 1973. He later married his high school sweetheart, Lisa Treadwell, and they made their home in Tulsa, raising their son and daughter.
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Dick Glass, born to Creek and Negro Freedman parents in the Creek Nation, became the most noted outlaw of the Indian Territory to hang out in the Arbuckle Mountains during the 1880s. By 1880, when Glass and his gang wasn’t hiding out in the Seminole or Creek Nation, he often took refuge in a large black community on Wild Horse Creek near Ft. Arbuckle.
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