Meet Chuck! What he lacks in height, he makes up for with heart. Meet Pudge! Looking this good makes a pup tired.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com You’ve heard it…the one about the little girl who was wakened by the lightning and thunder that lit up her bedroom and made the walls shake. Trembling with fear, she shrieked for her Daddy who came running.

I have read thousands of books in my lifetime, but one of my favorites is a little volume by Penelope Stokes entitled Thanks Dad! Lessons from the Lake on Living and Loving. It is a small book with very short, well illustrated chapters of life lessons Penelope learned from fishing with her father.

Scene from about 1901. W.M. Taylor, 3rd from the left, was one of Holdenville’s prominent bankers. Mr. Taylor bought this load of cotton which at that time was the largest load of cotton to ever come to Holdenville

Holdenville First Baptist Church will be going to camp on June 28 through July 2 for grades 7th to high school graduates. All 7 thru HS grads are welcome to go. Registration forms will be available to First Baptist Church at 324 N. Broadway. The office is open Monday thru Thursday from 8 am—4 pm. Registration must be turned into Student Pastor David Gonzalez II or the church office. Please contact Pastor David with any questions at dgonzalez@fbcholdenville.com or the church office 405-379-6606.

Keeping in step with this year’s Summer Reading Program theme of “Tails and Tales,” Grace M. Pickens Library hosted a special “Alpaca Madness” event at the Stroup Park Pavilion on Wednesday, June 16. The next Summer Reading event will again be held at the Stroup Park Pavilion this coming Wednesday, June 23, beginning at 3:00 p.m. with Holdenville veterinarian Dr. Rebekah Hartfield.

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (KFOR) – Officials with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics say they were able to bust another illegal marijuana grow operation but discovered something unusual at the site.

GENE AUTRY, Okla. (KXII) - Four men were arrested near Smokey Ridge Road and Gene Autry Road yesterday during an illegal marijuana grow bust.

We have learned this past week that a bill has been filed to ban the Chinese Communist Party from owning land in the United States. Anders Corr writes the following.

I had a good visit with 1949 HHS graduate Bill Watkins this past week. He is the son of the late Wes and Mamie Watkins, two of our good friends. His brother Clark was also a special friend and Clark and Queenie’s daughter Nannette was so much fun to be around. I have lost track of Nanette and hope to see her and others as soon as HHS resumes their alumni gatherings. I had hoped we would do something for our 55 last year, but it didn’t work out. When I was talking to Bill, I was reminded that his mom worked at LaValley’s Dry Goods for many years. I loved to go in there not only to shop but to visit with the employees. They were always so pleasant. I still miss that store….Rick Summy making some youngsters mighty happy by giving them his famous snocones. I still miss his folks. I have never had better friends. I bought Summy eggs until they retired and they were the best!.....For the first time in several years, I visited with my longtime friend and classmate Mike Brown. Mike is a retired attorney and now lives in California. He served as a Marine during the Vietnam War. Mike and another one of our classmates, the late Kenny Conn, were very close friends and we talked about how much we miss Kenny. Mike and I will never forget the first time we ever left Holdenville. Kenny’s mother, Helen, took the three of us to Ada to bowl. She packed sandwiches for the trip and stopped at a drive-in and bought us a coke. It was one of the most fun-filled days the three of us ever had. Helen was such a special lady and we all loved her. Every year, I would receive a birthday card from her with money in it and a note to use the money to buy me a hamburger and coke. Money was very hard to come by back then and I know when she sent me money, she sacrificed something she needed for herself. In high school I got a job working part time for Assistant District Attorney George Oliphant because of Helen. She was his secretary. It was a great experience and George was a very interesting person and a WWII Veteran that shared many of his memories….. For the first time in a long time I saw Johnny Mayfield at the Save-a- Lot grocery store and we had a good visit. Johnny and wife Susan own the Mayfield Grocery in Spaulding. It has been in the Mayfield family for years and I love to go in to visit and look around. I have known the Mayfield family for most of my life and there are not better folks….Dr. Keith Boren and I had a great visit this past week. He is a close friend and a great musician. I have three of his CD’s and really enjoy them…..Visited with my friend Ethel Phelan recently. She is really enjoying her retirement and she certainly deserves it…..My brother-in-law, David Leewright and wife Sherry a bit sad to see their daughter, Afton move to New York, but we know she will enjoy the adventure….. Congratulations to Sonic manager Jessica Cellars for having the number one Sonic in this district……We hope our friend Sharon Nolen is doing okay after a knee replacement. I have never been through that but understand it is not a pleasant experience… Today we want to take a look back at the year 1929 and see what was going on in Holdenville……