Southside OKC Memories....anyone?

[papaOU]

I don't, but have some old pics of Commerce at home I'll look at.
My sister graduated in '54 from CHHS and doesn't remember brick and she rode a horse in a parade down it for the rodeo deal back then but she said it could of been brick at one point.

I knew from family members that at one time 29th was brick. Of course at one time 25th (Commerce) was a major road into the business district of Capitol Hill. I have no facts to back that claim, but it is possible.

[osu cowboy]

I knew from family members that at one time 29th was brick. Of course at one time 25th (Commerce) was a major road into the business district of Capitol Hill. I have no facts to back that claim, but it is possible.

Check out the pics on this website if you haven't been to it before. Some of you probably have seen these. Click on the historic photos. There are several.
Shows 25th when it was dirt and the streetcars.




Historic Capitol Hill Oklahoma City

[papaOU]

Check out the pics on this website if you haven't been to it before. Some of you probably have seen these. Click on the historic photos. There are several.
Shows 25th when it was dirt and the streetcars.




Historic Capitol Hill Oklahoma City

Great Site!!! Thanks

[SoonerGirl26]

Don't forget.....
Capitol Hill Rockin' Reunion this weekend 10am-7pm both days!!!

Hey peeps..... I'll be manning the SE High School tent ALL DAY Saturday (and 10am-2pm on Sunday).... so stop by and see me!!!



Check it out: Capitol Hill Main Street's Rockin Reunion

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[Generals64]

With all the Southside memories available....I think the 2010 Lightning Creek Flood should be remembered by us all. I can remember when it would get out of it's banks back in '53.....about the time Prunepicker was born...it was tough then but I shutter to think the tragedy that would have happened if the City hadn't done what they have done....100 year flood?????Hmmmm the old folks used to talk about it.....

[papaOU]

Don't forget.....
Capitol Hill Rockin' Reunion this weekend 10am-7pm both days!!!

Hey peeps..... I'll be manning the SE High School tent ALL DAY Saturday (and 10am-2pm on Sunday).... so stop by and see me!!!



Check it out: Capitol Hill Main Street's Rockin Reunion

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and you are one of the persons on the cover of the Beacon. July 1

[Generals64]

Sheesh:......... a Diva Queen now.....Mom likes to have her picture taken.....We all still Love her....

[SoonerGirl26]

Sheesh:......... a Diva Queen now.....Mom likes to have her picture taken.....We all still Love her....

Yeah, Tall Girl told me about the pic and I stopped and picked one up.... but did you notice my new name....LOL!!!!

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[Prunepicker]

Alright all of you Generals, Redskins and Spartanettes. Here's
a trivia question that I discovered today, thanks to Mom
and her marvelous instruction. Ain't she great? Notice that
I didn't say ain't she swe... fergitit!

Lest I traverse worse...

What was the original nickname of U.S. Grant? I about fell over.
Hint! It's not the Generals. Another hint! It's not the
Confederates, rebels or Yankees.

[Generals64]

Alright all of you Generals, Redskins and Spartanettes. Here's
a trivia question that I discovered today, thanks to Mom
and her marvelous instruction. Ain't she great? Notice that
I didn't say ain't she swe... fergitit!

Lest I traverse worse...

What was the original nickname of U.S. Grant? I about fell over.
Hint! It's not the Generals. Another hint! It's not the
Confederates, rebels or Yankees.

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Duh!!!!! it was the "Eagles" straight from the Big Top.....Newest high school on the South Side of OKC....I think in 1954??? Russell Browe was the Principal...he then went to Capitol Hill

[gen70]

What was the names of the hobby shops at 59th and Penn. and 44th and Western?

[Generals64]

Big Top and Doncene's Hobby and Toy Shops................Don't Forget TG&Y....

[gen70]

Big Top and Doncene's Hobby and Toy Shops................Don't Forget TG&Y....

Was Doncene's the one at 44th and Western?

[Generals64]

yes;......it was on the south west corner.....

[gen70]

yes;......it was on the south west corner.....

Thanks, '64.

[Prunepicker]

I liked going to the hobby shop on S.W. 59th. I'd drool over
the cool slot cars and that incredible track. I always wanted
my own slot car to race at the track. When I finally got a
car via mail the slot car tracks in the city disappeared. I
never got to race my Cox La Cucaracha.

[Generals64]

Hey, just had someone remind me of some old Southside businesses....Anyone out there remember them?....There were ads for all of these businesses in the 1959 U.S. Grant Yearrook
#1...Smith-Grider's Grocery store 5615 S. Penn
#2...Hobby Land:...Models Galore:...5759 S. Penn
#3...Playland USA (Hobby Shop)...Grant Square Shopping Center
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Northside:.
200 N. E. 48th....Ice Arena.....Ice Skating in OKC in 1959????? Come on Lackmeyer check this one out....

"See ya next time"....

[papaOU]

Hey, just had someone remind me of some old Southside businesses....Anyone out there remember them?....There were ads for all of these businesses in the 1959 U.S. Grant Yearrook
#1...Smith-Grider's Grocery store 5615 S. Penn
#2...Hobby Land:...Models Galore:...5759 S. Penn
#3...Playland USA (Hobby Shop)...Grant Square Shopping Center
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Northside:.
200 N. E. 48th....Ice Arena.....Ice Skating in OKC in 1959????? Come on Lackmeyer check this one out....

"See ya next time"....

Too far south and west for me........

[Prunepicker]

Y'all be sure to run your antivirus. Mine just removed another 48.
They were all in the java. If your computer acts suspicious or has
suddenly slowed down, run the scan.

[ljbab728]

Hey, just had someone remind me of some old Southside businesses....Anyone out there remember them?....There were ads for all of these businesses in the 1959 U.S. Grant Yearrook
#1...Smith-Grider's Grocery store 5615 S. Penn
#2...Hobby Land:...Models Galore:...5759 S. Penn
#3...Playland USA (Hobby Shop)...Grant Square Shopping Center
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Northside:.
200 N. E. 48th....Ice Arena.....Ice Skating in OKC in 1959????? Come on Lackmeyer check this one out....

"See ya next time"....

Dont forget Buchanan's Supermarket at 59th and Western where the large pawn shop is now. There was also a smaller grocery store in the Capitol Hill area where my family used to take eggs from our farm when I was young. I can't remember the name or exact location but I know that a woman who worked there eventually married my grandfather after my grandmother died.

[gen70]

Y'all be sure to run your antivirus. Mine just removed another 48.
They were all in the java. If your computer acts suspicious or has
suddenly slowed down, run the scan.

I have mine set up with an automatic scan that runs daily.

[Prunepicker]

I have mine set up with an automatic scan that runs daily.

Have you had any viruses? All the ones today were in the java files.
I'm setting mine up for daily scans, too. It must be this site.

[gen70]

Have you had any viruses? All the ones today were in the java files.
I'm setting mine up for daily scans, too. It must be this site.

Prune, I have been clean and green, no problems. (Knock on wood)

[CarltonsKeeper]

I actually went ice skating there as a kid!!

[CarltonsKeeper]

Does anyone know what year Grant had it's first graduating class? I don't!! Was wondering what grades it was when it first opened in 1953? Also, what years did it cover what grades??????????? Have tried to look it up but had no luck!! Need to know where I can get an article telling all of this.... Surely USG60 would know or even Gen64!!