From a satellite’s point of view, Lake Texoma resembles a rough-around-the-edges dragon. Last summer the dragon escaped the shoreline that held it captive for 64 years. But raging whitewater didn’t pour over Denison Dam, it was a creeping, relentless flow.
The Rialto Theater on Main Street in Denison opened on August 4, 1920, and was hailed as “Theater Beautiful.” Talkies debuted at the theater in 1929, with Madge Bellamy and Louise Dresser in Mother Knows Best. In 1932, the Interstate Circuit took control and three years later spent $10,000 to renovate the house with a new box office, awnings, carpet, screen, seats and drapes.
The 29th Annual Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival produced by the Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s theater department begins June 20 and runs through July 19. Guys and Dolls, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and The Complete History of America (abridged) will run at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at 1614 North First Street and The Montgomery Auditorium at 1405 North Fourth Street in Durant.
You’re crazy!” That was Karen’s reaction when her husband, Tom Shields, said he wanted to leave their comfortable home in far West Sherman to live in a long-abandoned fire station near Austin College. But she’d had a similar reaction in 1985, when he wanted to leave a picturesque Dallas residence and raise their kids in a small town.
This issue’s Style section is filled with memories. In our first feature we take you inside the home of a Texoma couple whose business life took them to places far away. They met new people, experienced very different cultures, and fell in love with the art and architecture of Asia. During their travel, whenever possible, they acquired objects large and small, and stored them to be shipped back to their Texas home.
Literary Lions
Eustis McGurk was a meek little clerk who worked in a local bookstore. When the circus came round to Eustis’s town he decided his life was a bore.
When the newly restyled Chevrolet Bel Air arrived in showrooms it was an instant success. More than 1.5 million 1956 Bel Airs were produced, making it a remarkable success and one of the most recognizable American cars of all time. Denison’s Milton McAllister was 13 years old, but in his memory the Bel Air’s graceful front and rear wheel openings, […]
Some people change the world daily but mostly go unnoticed. They work tirelessly and silently – one person, one community at a time. Meet Pottsboro’s Capt. Gerald E. “Jerry” Peddicord, U.S. Navy (Ret.). For the past 30 years he has been a volunteer, a joiner, a motivator, a Good Citizen, in all regards.
Try these fantastic lemonades by Barbara Akin to cool off this summer!
The greatest thing about making your own fresh lemonade is that you are getting 100% pure fresh juice and the only fillers are water & sugar. Squeezing your own fruit extracts the juice from the pulp and the essential oils from the rind, so you are getting all the flavor and benefits!