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In Memory ...</A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Ada, Oklahoma</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>... comments by Mike ...</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="821" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="ef3902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>"Ada Grandma's" house, Ada, OK</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="ef5902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>809 E. 13th ... so many memories ...</B></div> <div> <B>Remember Blackie?</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 464 WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ef7902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Ada Grandma and Grandpa's backyard, August of 2003. The storm cellar is just to the left of the deck.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ef92c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Pa and Mom planted this tree together. I still have 2 pecans from the first time it ever produced. It was planted under a glass quart jar.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 426 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="efb2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Another view of the pecan tree.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="efd902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>18th Street, to Mom's old house, after she moved out of Grandma's house.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 364 WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eff902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>House Mom rented before she moved to the red brick apartment house on 8th.</B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f01902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Another view of house on 18th. I really liked this place, and have many good memories. I remember it was very close to the Ada City Park.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f03902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Entrance and park lodge.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f05902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Ada International Transcontinental Park Train Station</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f07902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Railway to the Monkeys</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f09902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Park merry-go-round. I was banned from this many times. Ha!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f0b902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>One of the original engines.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f0d902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>These are the very picnic tables where we had several family reunions.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f0f902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Footbridge and train tressel.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f11902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Me :-)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 426 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f13902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Another view of bridges.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f152c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>I put many a mile on these tracks!</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f17902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Footbridge</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f19902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Cindy</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1b902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Monkey cage</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1d902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>They no longer keep monkeys here. Has been closed for several years.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1f902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Various views of park pond.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f21902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>It is still a very pretty place.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 307 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f23902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f25902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f27902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Some old friends of  mine.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f29902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>They haven't changed a bit, and are still hungry!</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f2b902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Apartment house on 8th St.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f2d902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Hungry squirrel on window ledge.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f2f902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>View of back of building.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f31902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This was the unit Mom lived in.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f33902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Mom's house on Country Club Dr., next to the Ada Country Club.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f35902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>House was given to Mom by Paul Poteet before they got married.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f37902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>So many fun memories of this house.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f39902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>We had lots of good times playing with Sean and Patrick in the back yard.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f3b902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Where I was first introduced to country music. Don Gibson was signing autographs here in about 1962.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f3d902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Who doesn't remeber the times we've had at this joint???</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f3f902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Remember the ribs, the thin BBQ sauce, and the homemade fries piled high??</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f41902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This is the second and present location of Bob's. The original was further north in a tin quansit hut.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f43902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f45902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Old City Hall in a town between Ada and Wewoka ... can't remember the town name, on old highway.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 307 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f47902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f49902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 307 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f4b902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f4d902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 383 WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f4f902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>5 Mile Corner ... many a drunk has been thrown out that screened door ... and a large percentage of them by Dad!!!!!!!!</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="1090902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Ada First National Bank, where Ada Pa worked as head cashier. The Red Cross office where Grandma worked was just around the corner. She worked there for more than 40 years.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 426 WIDTH="401"><div> <B><IMG SRC="1092902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>How many times have we looked at this clock? And it's still working!</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="10942c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Old Stratford Bank building</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="1096902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Prairie Grove School</B></div> <div> <B>On Highway 19 between Paul's Valley and Ada</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="1098902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 307 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="109a902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="109c902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table> </body>