For the first time...

[Okla-homey]

in the century-plus history of the "Tulsa World," they will not print a newspaper tomorrow.

Now that, my friends, is how snowy it is up here.

[Phil]

OKC>Tulsa

[SoonerStormchaser]

HMFIC>Homey

[KC//CRIMSON]

Internet>Newspaper

[SoonerStormchaser]

Tastes Great>Less Filling

[ouwasp]

My delivery wasn't gonna happen anyway...

[soonercruiser]

chocolate>peanut butter

I would say they deserve a day off by now.

[texaspokieokie]

i had a Tulsa World paper route, back in the early 50s. mostly had Tribune routes. back in old okmulgee.

[Scott D]

all of our papers were printed today..therefore

Detroit > Tulsa

[Okla-homey]

all of our papers were printed today..therefore

Detroit > Tulsa

Tulsa (5% unemployment) > Detroit

[XingTheRubicon]

Tulsa's real unemployment rate 7.3% > Tulsa's make believe unemployment rate

[picasso]

i had a Tulsa World paper route, back in the early 50s. mostly had Tribune routes. back in old okmulgee.

Tulsa Tribune > Tulsa World.

[delhalew]

Until you can once again drive faster than 45mph through Tulsa...

Anywhere>Tulsa.

[texaspokieokie]

Tulsa Tribune > Tulsa World.

yeah, i had several Tribune routes, starting with a little bitty one in about
1948. (i was a runt)

i had several, took off some time & got a route for the Okmulgee paper.

then i got a trib & world route @ the same time. got to be in pretty good shape (for a runt) delivering twice a day on my bike.

[Wishboned]

i had a Tulsa World paper route, back in the early 50s. mostly had Tribune routes. back in old okmulgee.

I delivered the Tribune in Okmulgee in the late 70's. Started off with the Daily Times, but the Tribune paid better.

[texaspokieokie]

I delivered the Tribune in Okmulgee in the late 70's. Started off with the Daily Times, but the Tribune paid better.

i see you're in Glenpool. when i was a kid, don't think there was a Glenpool.
actually it was "the Glen pool" a great oil field. when i was young, hwy 75 went thru, preston,beggs, mounds,kiefer & sapulpa. it was a 50 mile trip to tulsa, as opposed to today's 35 miles.

old hwy 75 was about the worst road i've ever seen.

Okmulgee was much larger & nicer when i was young. really hurt to lose AWG, Phillips & (later on) Ball Brothers.

population was about 17,000 back then.

it's still home, tho, my sister & i were born in a house (still there) on
south muskogee, in 1933 & 36.

i know nobody cares about my personal stuff,but there it is.

[NormanPride]

baj is still working, no matter what the print edition is doing. She's a tough one. :)

[StoopTroup]

Hell the Tulsa Airport didn't open until noon yesterday. I have no idea what you'd do once you got off the plane unless you could get someone with a 4x4 to come get you. Even then you might have to walk from the main street near your Home from the truck that got you close. Folks in my neighborhood have moved their trucks about 2-3 blocks then shoveled the trucks free and gone back Home.

[NormanPride]

We can get out, but now the main roads are all glassy with ice. The city (as usual) has done a terrible job of this. The first day they plowed the main roads, which left nice huge snow walls blocking off all the side streets where people live. Then yesterday they plowed again without using sand or anything else and the roads are nice and shiny today.

[soonerchk]

No paper until maybe Saturday. It's a good thing there's nothing happening, right?

[olevetonahill]

i see you're in Glenpool. when i was a kid, don't think there was a Glenpool.
actually it was "the Glen pool" a great oil field. when i was young, hwy 75 went thru, preston,beggs, mounds,kiefer & sapulpa. it was a 50 mile trip to tulsa, as opposed to today's 35 miles.

old hwy 75 was about the worst road i've ever seen.

Okmulgee was much larger & nicer when i was young. really hurt to lose AWG, Phillips & (later on) Ball Brothers.

population was about 17,000 back then.

it's still home, tho, my sister & i were born in a house (still there) on
south muskogee, in 1933 & 36.

i know nobody cares about my personal stuff,but there it is.

Dayum Yer Old. Ya make me feel like a Pup:cool:

[C&CDean]

Dayum Yer Old. Ya make me feel like a Pup:cool:

No kidding. My mother was born in 1934.

[Wishboned]

i see you're in Glenpool. when i was a kid, don't think there was a Glenpool.
actually it was "the Glen pool" a great oil field. when i was young, hwy 75 went thru, preston,beggs, mounds,kiefer & sapulpa. it was a 50 mile trip to tulsa, as opposed to today's 35 miles.

old hwy 75 was about the worst road i've ever seen.

Okmulgee was much larger & nicer when i was young. really hurt to lose AWG, Phillips & (later on) Ball Brothers.

population was about 17,000 back then.

it's still home, tho, my sister & i were born in a house (still there) on
south muskogee, in 1933 & 36.

i know nobody cares about my personal stuff,but there it is.


I was born at the old hospital in Hospital Park. My parents worked for ASG until it shut down. When I was young I thought everyone worked for the plant.

I grew up on Morton, across from the Catholic Church.

[texaspokieokie]

I was born at the old hospital in Hospital Park. My parents worked for ASG until it shut down. When I was young I thought everyone worked for the plant.

I grew up on Morton, across from the Catholic Church.

one of my best friends grew up across from the Church, big 2 story house @ Morton & 11th. nother one @ corner of Morton & 10th.

is ASG what i was calling AWG. American window glass ??

as noted above, i'm very old. 74

[texaspokieokie]

Dayum Yer Old. Ya make me feel like a Pup:cool:

i'm old, but you ain't no pup.

[texaspokieokie]

No kidding. My mother was born in 1934.

my Father was born in 1896.
Mother 1911.

[NormanPride]

Did they have snow way back then? ;)

[olevetonahill]

i'm old, but you ain't no pup.

Most of the time I feel like a pup :P

[texaspokieokie]

Did they have snow way back then? ;)

who could remember ??

[NormanPride]

:D

[texaspokieokie]

i bet Badg can tell some snow stories !!!!

[Wishboned]

one of my best friends grew up across from the Church, big 2 story house @ Morton & 11th. nother one @ corner of Morton & 10th.

is ASG what i was calling AWG. American window glass ??

as noted above, i'm very old. 74

I lived on 10th and Morton. Right on the southwest corner. Kind of up on a hill. Right behind my house was a huge, 3 story house. The woman that lived there used to feed all the stray cats in the neighborhood.

I think ASG is what you were referring to.

[texaspokieokie]

yeah, my friend lived @ 10th & morton,on NE corner.

they (her parents) may have still been there when you were. they're gone now,name was Crosley.

when i was young & still lived there, the people in your house were named robertson or robinson. had a son named benny, 2 or 3 years younger than me.

[Wishboned]

yeah, my friend lived @ 10th & morton,on NE corner.

they (her parents) may have still been there when you were. they're gone now,name was Crosley.

when i was young & still lived there, the people in your house were named robertson or robinson. had a son named benny, 2 or 3 years younger than me.

The name Crosley is familiar. My parents moved into the house on Morton in 63. I was born in 66.

[texaspokieokie]

i'm sure Crosleys were there long past 63 or 66.

in 63, i moved to CA & wasn't around okmulgee much until about 1980.

[texaspokieokie]

i knew a buncha folks in that part of town. another of my best friends
lived @ the top of the hill, where morton ends, on east side of street.

when did glass plant close ??

lotsa folks transferred to okmulgee from western pennsylvania,probly in late 40s or early 50s. glass plant paid good money, especially to those from pennsylvania.

i think Pat Gulioli was one. got to be pretty big in the world of archery.

[Wishboned]

i knew a buncha folks in that part of town. another of my best friends
lived @ the top of the hill, where morton ends, on east side of street.

when did glass plant close ??

lotsa folks transferred to okmulgee from western pennsylvania,probly in late 40s or early 50s. glass plant paid good money, especially to those from pennsylvania.

i think Pat Gulioli was one. got to be pretty big in the world of archery.

Pat was a good man. He passed away in 2007.

Were you familiar with any Gunter's?

[texaspokieokie]

i can't recall any Gunters.

did your family come from pennsylvania ??

i really didn't know Pat, but i knew of him since back in the (@ least mid)
50s.

while he was working @ the glass plant, he drove a beautiful black 57 olds convertible.

also @ about this time he married a beautiful girl from Henryetta.

[Wishboned]

i can't recall any Gunters.

did your family come from pennsylvania ??

i really didn't know Pat, but i knew of him since back in the (@ least mid)
50s.

while he was working @ the glass plant, he drove a beautiful black 57 olds convertible.

also @ about this time he married a beautiful girl from Henryetta.

No. I think originally we came from Tennessee, but we'd been in Oklahoma probably around the time it became a state.

He had a few daughters that were really pretty too. They had a singing group for a while called The 3 G's.

[texaspokieokie]

at least one of his daughters (maybe all 3) is still around okmulgee.

looks like everybody else left this thread.

i was born in the little house @ 401 so. muskogee, as was my sister. (so they tell me)

[tulsaoilerfan]

I delivered the Tribune in Okmulgee in the late 70's. Started off with the Daily Times, but the Tribune paid better.

I delivered the tribune here in Henryetta in the late 70's; always preferred it over the World cause in the pre internet pre espn days it had the late baseball scores in it :D