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THURSDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2004
COMMUNITY PAGE
THE CANADIAN RECORD
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METCALFE MUSEUM
In Durham, Oklahoma
Metcalfe Musings
By Director David Cunningham
The Metcalfe staff reminds you that the
museum complex will close to daily visitors
for the winter season on December 1 and
will reopen March 1, 2005. This means
that you still have an opportunity to view
"The Art of Photography" exhibit through
November 30th. This exhibit features the
outstanding photographs of Shelly Miller,
Steve St. Clair, Wildon Teague, Richard
Wilberforce, and, of course, pioneer artist
Augusta Metcalfe, who took a number of
great photos during the first half of the
twentieth century. Be sure to check out the
works of these talented artists before the
exhibit ends.
Although the museum will close to
daily visitors, we will not be at a standstill
during the winter break. In fact, Sibyl
Clark of Wheeler is scheduled to conduct
a watprcolor workshop at the Metcalfe
on January 29. This workshop will teach
attendees the techniques of decorating
greeting cards with watercolors. To see
examples of Clark's completed cards, visit
the Metcalfe before December 1 or stop by
Clark's Sweetwater Creek Gallery, located
just west of City Drug Bed and Breakfast
in Wheeler. You may also call (580)655-
4467 for more information.
A full slate of activities is set for 2005,
including "Wildflower Week at the Met-
calfe,''a major arts and crafts fair, and our
annual auction, "Wine and Dine,1' and kids'
art competition. Be sure to look for future
announcements about these events, in ad-
dition to announcements about our work-
shops and regular exhibits.
Above all, make a plan to visit the
Metcalfe—where art and nature come
together.
The exhibit, "The Art of Photography,"
continues through November 30.
The Metcalfe Museum, located eight
miles West of Roll, Oklahoma, on Highway
33, then five miles south, is open 10 a.m.-5
a.m., Tuesday through Saturday from
March through November.
CONTACT:
(580)655-4467
e-mail: metcalfe@dobsonteleco.com
website: mm metcalfemuseum. org.
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
IN LIPSCOMB. TEXAS
Canadian Church Schedule
^ABUNDANT LIFE ASSEMBLY OF
GOD 310 Birch Street 323-5184
Sunday Services: Sunday School 10:00
am, Worship and Children's Church
10:45 am, Evening Worship 6:30 pm,
Wednesday Evening 7:00 pm
^ CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
108 6th Street 323-6270
Sunday Services: Sunday School 10:00
am Worship 11:00 am Evening
Worship 6:00 PM, Wednesday Bible
Study 6:30 pm
^ CHURCH OF CHRIST
1013 S. 4th Street 323-6371
Sunday Services: Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship 10:30 am Evening Worship
6:00 pm, Wednesday Evening 7:00 pm
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
706 Main Street 323-8388
Sunday Services: Sunday School 9:30
am, Worship 10:45 am, Evening Worship
6:00 pm, Wednesday Meal 5:30 pm,
Awanas 6:00 pm, Adult & youth
ministries 6:15 pm, Bible study 7:00 pm
^ FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
402 Purcell Street 323-6604
Sunday Services: Sunday School 9:30
am, Worship 10:30 am,
^ FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
605 Purcell Street 323-6517
Sunday Services: Sunday School 10:00
am, Worship 11:00 am, Wednesday
Evening Youth 6:30 pm
^ FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
520 Main Street 323-6758
Sunday Services: Sunday School 9:30
am, Worship 8:00 am & 10:30 am,
Evening 6:30 pm , Wednesday Evening
Youth 5:30 pm & 7:00pm
^ SACRED HEART CATHOLIC
CHURCH 804 Kingman Street
323-6608 Saturday Confessions 4:00-
4:45 pm, Saturday Mass 5:00 pm, Sunday
Mass 9:00 am, CCD 10:30 am, Tuesday
Mass 7:00 pm, Wednesday CYO 7:00 pm
^ SPANISH REVIVAL CENTER
114 S. 4th Street 323-9352
Sunday School 10:00 am, Sunday
Evening Worship 6:00 pm, Tuesday
Prayer Service 7:00 pm, Wednesday
Night Bilingual Service 7:00 pm, Friday
Night Service 7:00 pm
^ THE RIVER
221 Main Street 323-6596
Sunday Services: Worship 10:00am,
Evening Worship 6:00 pm, Evening
Youth 6:00 pm , Wednesday Evening
Bible Study 7:00pm
Wolf Creek Notes
By Virginia Scott
Museum Happenings
It is hunting season and the holiday season
is also on the horizon. This means visitor's from
out of town. Hunters from Idaho and North
Carolina came in from the cold rain last week
and enjoyed learning about our county. As
expected they were amazed at our museum.
I quote "you have a great museum and I love
the way you display things with their story."
That is the best paycheck for us. Enjoyment
of history.
If you think this weather is weird, you
may be wrong. We have a newspaper clipping
from the Follett Times, Nov. 26,1952, entitled
"Stork Special" Train rescued by Snowplow.
It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Buekner obtained
permission from the Santa Fe Railroad for the
train to take them to Perryton to await the ar-
rival of her child. There was no doctor in Follett
and a terrible snow storm was developing.
The train was progressing well and on
schedule until the train hit a snow bank near
Darrouzett, 11 miles west of Follett. Mr. and
Mi-s. Buekner waited with the crew in the
caboose until about 3 a.m. for the snowplow
from Shattuek to come and dig the motor car
and caboose out of the drifts. The Buckners
returned to Follett in the caboose pulled by the
snowplow. Mrs. Gwen Bruce Buekner stated
that she would wait for the roads to clear. "If
time permits."
That same day Mrs. Josephine Piel took
the earlier "Doodle Bug" train from Follett
to Shattuek. Mrs. Piel was also expecting and
wanted to be in Shattuek for the birth of her
baby. They spent the night in the hotel and re-
turned the next day when the roads cleared.
The story does not tell us about the delivery
of the babies. Our sources tell us neither baby
was born during the storm. If these kids are
reading this send us the rest of the story.
History of Thanksgiving
Nearly all cultures have celebrations of
thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American
Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of
thanksgiving in the early days of the American
colonies almost four hundred years ago.
In 1620, a group of more than 100 people ar-
rived in the New World. The Pilgrims Settled
in the state of Massachusetts. The first win-
ter was difficult. They had arrived too late to
grow crops and as a result half of the colony
died from disease. The following spring the
Iroquois Indians taught them how to grow
eorn(maize), a new food for the colonists. They
also taught them to hunt and fish. In the au-
tumn of 1621, bountiful crops of Corn, barley,
beans and pumpkins were harvested. The
colonists were so thankful, a feast was planned.
They invited the local Indian chief and 90 In-
dians. The Indians brought deer to roast with
the turkeys and other wild game. The Indians
even brought popeorn to this first feast.
The tradition continued each year until
the United States became an independent
country. Congress recommended one yearly
day of Thanksgiving for the whole nation to
celebrate. George Washington suggested the
date November 26. This was changed in 1863
when Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to
set aside the last Thursday in November as a
day of Thanksgiving.
I will continue the history and the symbol-
ism of the food of Thanksgiving nextweek.
Thanksgiving closure
We will be closed on Thursday so that all
of us can give thanks for all our blessings.
We hope each of you and your families have a
blessed day.
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