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December is a month that brings back a lot of memories. In the days before Wal- Mart and Amazon our downtown was thriving. It was fun to go to town to shop and see your friends. I not only remember the lay-away plan, I used it.
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An East Central University junior has earned a $1,000 scholarship from the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) as one of the state’s most promising media students.
Read moreThe filing period for seats on the Coalgate City Council and the Coalgate, Cottonwood and Tupelo Boards of Education opens Monday, December 6, Coal County Election Board Secretary announced today.
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KINDNESS IN ACTION — The Coal County Farm Bureau women’s committee presented 227 pairs of eyeglasses to the Coalgate Lions Club on November 16. The glasses were collected during a local donation drive and will be given to a Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center where they will be sorted and cleaned and their prescription strengths determined. Donated glasses are packaged and stored for future vision missions in the United States as well as foreign countries. They are given free of charge to children and adults who may otherwise not have the means to obtain eyeglasses. Shown from left – Warren Bailey, President, Coalgate Lions Club; Krissie Haney, Coal County Farm Bureau women’s committee; Russ Wright, Coalgate Lions Club; Dr. Kay Helms, Coal County Farm Bureau women’s committee.
Read moreChristmas activities in December were announced this week by the Coal County Chamber of Commerce.
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Charles Kirk Loudermilk, a Coalgate resident, passed away November 16, 2021 at Coalgate at the age of 57 years, 10 months and 1 day. He was born January 15, 1964 to Charles Seward and Linda Faye (Graham) Loudermilk at North Ridge, CA. Kirk attended Olney High School and served in the National Guard. He married Cynthia Delene Airington and worked as a ranch hand. Kirk was of the Pentecostal faith. He loved fishing, camping and hunting with his nieces and nephews. He was known to them as Uncle Smurf. Kirk was a hard worker and enjoyed spending time with family and friends and reading the Bible.
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I love this time of year. Most of us have so much to be thankful for. I really enjoy getting together with the family (most of them). Thanksgiving also brings back a lot of memories. As a child we would all gather at my grandparents where my grandmother had prepared a feast. This was before cell phones, so we actually talked to each other at the table. Before dessert the men would go into the living room to talk and smoke. We youngsters would go outside to play basketball or ride bikes.
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