Arts & History
From the Files 05-03
50 Years Ago:
Wynnewood Gazette sold
1999 — 10 Years Ago
News: Early last week during a heavy thunderstorm a portion of the ceiling of the Pauls Valley Middle School cafeteria began to fall. The damage was later discovered to be caused by a clogged drain spout forcing an unusually large amount of water to be retained on an already weak roof.
Entertainment: The Royal Theater – Now showing. Keanu Reeves stars in “The Matrix.”
Sports: The Pauls Valley Panther freshmen finished first last week in the Wynnewood Invitational Track Meet. Pauls Valley won five gold medals with a pair of first place finishes in the 400 and 1600 meter relays.
1984 — 25 Years Ago
News: At this week’s city council meeting Pauls Valley City Councilman Eddy Patchell made a request to advertise for bids to start work on a new police station. The city had long considered moving the police station to the old city library but City Manager Bob Martin said the old building is structurally unsound.
Entertainment: Royal Twin Theatre – Now showing on Cinema 2, “Splash” starring Tom Hanks.
Sports: Ignoring the carnival noises and its misfortunes in recent district baseball tournaments, the Pauls Valley High School baseball team defeated Dickson 4-2 Friday night in Wacker Park for the district championship.
1959 — 50 Years Ago
News: Mr. and Mrs. Harold “Pete” Petersen announced Thursday they have sold the Wynnewood gazette to Mr. and Mrs. J.B. DeSilver of Chandler. The Petersens have published the Gazette since June, 1945.
Entertainment: Brewer’s Drive In – “April Love” starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones.
Sports: Parks and Wynnewood schools won championships in the annual Garvin County Track Meet Friday at Wacker Park. Parks won the dependent rural school district competition and Wynnewood took the independent school division title.
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Green to soon have its day
Storytime will be Wednesday, March 17 at 10 a.m. That is St. Patrick’s Day so there will lots of green that day. It’s also Spring Break so hopefully we will have lots of little ones to celebrate this holiday with us.
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Upcoming artistic themes
I have referenced in an earlier column that 2010 is the year when the community celebrates the first decade milestone in its long range planning and implementation efforts. From time to time over the next nine months, I will be highlighting the many accomplishments and reinforcing the work yet to be completed.
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian a decent sequel effort
Campy movies tailor made for milking the family budgets rarely raise much notice, especially if you’re like me and watching a movie makes choosing for pleasure bump most of these off the radar. Sure, I like a good friendly comedy as much as the next cinematic junkie, but sometimes, like nowadays I have to wait until DVD at best.
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An Oscar for John
It would be pretty hard not to focus this week’s column on the granddaddy of them all when it comes to award shows, and I am speaking of the Academy Awards being presented “live from the Kodak Theatre” on Hollywood Boulevard tonight.
- A little ‘Friday’ night music
- Library takes in new series
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- Mr. Van Dyke on HULU
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