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Formerly known as Wildcat, Grayson is situated in southeastern Okmulgee County. The name changed when Grayson’s post office was established February 10, 1902, although the legal town name remained as Wildcat into the 1960s.

The coronavirus epidemic has several parallels to the Spanish influenza epidemic that ravaged the world between 1918 and 1920, burning out finally in autumn of its third year. By then, it had killed far more people than World War I. Many people knew someone who had died.

The first time we met, I couldn’t stand you. Isn’t it funny how one of the greatest love stories of all time started out like a bad rom-com? I was young, and my little world was tightly controlled by my conservative parents. Breakfast was a dairy-soaked bowl of whole grain oats.

From its humble origins as a budget snack cake, the delicious but nutritionally empty Twinkie achieved a status high enough that it warranted a spot in the Millennium Time Capsule.

Quote of the Week…..“When I was a kid, my parents taught me to not believe everything I saw on TV. Now I have to teach them to not believe everything they see on Facebook.” This past weekend I had the privilege of attending the 100 th birthday party in Holdenville of my lifelong friend, Jewell “J.

This actually ran as a Letter to the Editor in a Wichita Falls newspaper) Can you identify with this guy? Dear IRS, am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost.

As we prepare to honor our mothers Sunday, I wanted to share three articles that I hope you enjoy as much as I did . . . A woman named Emily renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation.

Day has turned to night as you and your brood shamble south, everything you own jiggling and jostling between the sideboards of Benny Proctor’s flatbed truck.

You can teach an old dog new tricks. I am living proof that the above axiom is true. Case in point. After 72 frustrating years of refusing to eat mayonnaise (or salad dressing) in any shape form or fashion, I finally, in the four score minus seventh year of life, saw the light.

Note to Friends: Don’t take each other for granted because all we really have is each other. Read this and do what you think would be the right thing to do. I just did. Have a Blessed Day. Friends love you, but they are not your lover. Friends care for you, but they are not your family.