One Pharmacist's View

Old Town? Where? Old Town Allen defines a section of Allen that was — before it was.And because it was.If you go on North on Camper Road past the big Merriman gas station on SHW-1 up on the hill, you can see the South Canadian River.

I was watching TV last week and saw that the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority had decided to sort of back off doing much of anything for the time being. This was obviously a result of the “hornets’ nest” the authority stirred up with their proposed expansion of the Kickapoo.

Work Evasion Reading my publishers “Country Comments” last week about how our current youth have this toxic aversion to work reminded me of my own misspent childhood. During this time, I would have probably accepted with glee a lot of Senator Bernie Sanders’ liberal thinking toward child labor.

This is the week we celebrate Easter. It’s a time in which we think about getting back to church next Sunday. I remember clearly “Easter Sundays” over at Stonewall. It was a celebration and even a dress up time over in the First Baptist Church and a time for ladies’ hats.

St Patrick’s Day was never a big deal in Stonewall. In fact, if it hadn’t been for those old Warner Path-A Newsreels at the Main Theatre I might not have even known there was one.

The Iceman Back in 1943 while the big war (WWII) raged around our world, me and my big brother Gerald were in the ice business.

A New Page to Write On Our new year is finally here. So is winter.One thing I did first this year was call my sister Sue. She is now in an assisted living home up in Edmond and I was happy to find she received a new phone for Christmas. It is easier to use, so she thinks. I hope she is right.

Old timers visiting Allen often ask me “what has happened to downtown Allen?” They are referring of course to our missing stores downtown. They are gone and I don’t think they’ll be back.

To Be or Not To BeThese famous words from William Shakespeare may never have been more relevant than right about now. The famous “BARD” wrote those words in his soliloquy called Hamlet. “To be or not to be.” Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it meant to live or not.

I mentioned last week how it is with family on the holidays and so it was this past week as I celebrated Thanksgiving in Branson. Had all 4 of my kids with me. Just like any Oklahoman would do.