09.20.05
Posted in History at 5:38 pm by NW Okie
[taken from Renfrew’s Record, dated Friday, January 23, 1920, Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma, frontpage article] — Judge Jesse J. Dunn of San Francisco, former associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, wired Owen for President Headquarters at the sate capitol yesterday that he had secured a five-room parlor suite in the St. Francisco hotel, San Francisco, from June 1 until after the close of the national convention, which opens June 28.
H. R. Christopher announced that a big staff of Owen workers will be on the job in San Francisco beginning June 1. — Oklahoman, Jan. 15, 1920
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Posted in History at 5:35 pm by NW Okie
Improved Breeders’ Association Dinner Great Success - [taken from Renfrew’s Record, dated Friday, January 23, 1920, Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma, frontpage article] — It required more than a few loaves and fishes to serve the multitude that thronged the streets of Alva Saturday in response to invitation of the
Woods County Breeders’ Association
, whose members were hosts at a barbecue dinner. Two heeves had been prepared, and these, with 200 pounds of weinies, numberless buns and large quantities of coffee were served at long tables that had been placed in the court house square. The committee in chage was kept busy until long past one o’clock handing out the edibles tot he hungry crowd.
Improved stock breeding and show pavilion were the topics of conversation and public speaking. J. A. Patterson, county agent of Alfalfa county, was present and addressed the crowd, giving some valuable points on the above topics. Members of the association made talks, explaining the object of the organization and the manner in which they expected to further the interests of stock breeding in the county. A great deal of enthusiasm was shown and a pronounced sentiment created in favor of the community building.
Altogether the promoters of the occasion feel that it was a very profitable gathering from many view points.
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Posted in History at 5:28 pm by NW Okie
[taken from Renfrew’s Record, dated Friday, January 23, 1920, Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma, frontpage article] — The old Nicholson & Noel barn, at the southeast corner of the square, is being torn down and a new filling station will immediately be built on the site by the Farmers’ Independent Oil Company, now on the corner of Fourth and Barnes, opposite. The Nicholson & Noel corner has quite a history.
Clay McGrath, the first elected sheriff of old Woods county, built a feed and horse barn about 1895, and Jack Pennington run it until it was sold to Grank Carter, a few years later. Carter, in 1901 or 1902, sold the barn to Arthur & Emmett Noel, who sold it to Johnnie Nicholson, in 1905. The present barn was built that year by Mr. Nicholson. W. H. Wiggins having charge of the work.
Soon after this A. G. Noel bought a half interest in the barn and it was run as a horse and feed barn until three years ago the barn was converted into a garage. The old barn and those that preceded it saw many flourishing years, when horses filled the stalls and wagons and buggies filled the barn and the street in front of it. Before railroads were built between Alva and Oklahoma City, loads of wheat, broom corn and other porduce were brought from as far south as Fairview and the drivers left their teams and loads here or at other barns until they found a market for their produce.
Times have changed very much in the past 20 years, when the garage and filling station succeeds the old livery barn. We are under obligations to Mr. Nicholson for the most of the data contained in this article.
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