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Christmas as it was in Holdenville Twenty-five years ago. Reprinted from Holdenville Democrat, 1921 (Continued from Last Week) ...in the rear of the store, instead of seeing this old object, I see Phillips’ Racket store in its place. The John Marks building, where is it? Ah! The beautiful American state bank building now holds its place. Instead of the little frame building known as McShan’s hardware store I see the Farmers’ National bank building. I turn toward Dr. Way’s little frame drug store building but I see the beautiful First National bank building, later the Liberty state Bank, but now occupied by the Pever Kozy Korner confectionery. Across the street where the Henry Scales store building stood I see the present First National bank building, known as the McFarlin building, and the railroad commissary, where is it? I turn my thoughts once more down the street past the McShan hardware store looking for the Buchner hotel. That seemed to be a gathering place on evenings and Sunday afternoons for the young folks of the town. I see a solid block of beautiful business buildings known as the McShan block and as I search for the one particular spot where the old hotel stood I see D.F. Roberts and company dry goods store. I recall many pleasant times spent by the young folks at this place and especially do I recall the croq1uet yard at the side of the house where the young folks would congregate on Sunday afternoons to play and have a good time but they never failed to close their games, and go to the depot in time to see the train come in. We had so few amusements then for it must be remembered that the town was very small and in their eagerness for pleasure the youth grasped at many things and extracted from them much pleasure that our boys and girls would not see much pleasure in today.
