Drumright Area News Journal (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 1986 Page: 4 of 10
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Charles Stephenson and Ancil "Buddy" Settle are looking for more
artifacts and Drumright history for the museum. Little or nothing
has been offered since 1979.
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given a guided tour of the
newly remodeled
Drumright Historical
Society Oilfield Museum.
This followed the annual
dinner meeting and elec-
tion of officers held at the
Drumright Community
Center at 6:30 p.m.
The Historical Society’s
board of directors under-
took the mammoth task of
cleaning and sorting all of
the exhibit inventory. and
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Historians and collectors, Dona and Lew Smith, with Pat-
ty Hickman (not pictured here,) presented the Historical
Society a gift of a video tape of the Umm film showing
Dromright people, activities and businesses In the 1940's.
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are back row, left to right, Robert Smith, president; Betty
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photographs of the
Drumright High School
superintendents ,
memorabelia of the na-
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and Bugle Corps, old
mayors photographs,
Tribal Indians of the early
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LEE BOWERSOCK
Will be at the
Stillwater Store
Thursday. April 24th
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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One of the hardest working members of the Historical Society is
Betty Stephenson who, through her devotion to record Drumright
History and hours of cleaning and sorting items, helped tremen-
Art Johnson, (left) superintendent of Drumright Public
Schools and Fay O. Stout, former superintendent, look
over the items in the School Room. Their photographs
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munity. A call to fill these ,
categories was made by
Ancil Settle. He can be
reached at 352-2161.
During a short business
meeting Robert Smith was
re-elected president and
Charles Stephenson was
voted to continue his post
on the board of directors
Billie Linduff presented a
scrapbook containing the
activities of the Drumright
Ambassadors of the
Chamber of Commerce
during 1985. She is prepar-
ing one for 1986.
Robert Smith expressed
a desire of the board to
keep the museum open
both Saturday and Sunday
afternoons during summer
months. It is open Sundays
from 1-5 pm. year round.
Jody White Thornhill is the
museum hostess
Plans for the 21st annual
Arts & Crafts Festival to be
held the first weekend of
October are underway.
Booth chairman, Charles
Stephenson, announced
about 97 percent of the
booth spaces have already
been sold. The society looks
for this year’s event to be a
The tape runs about one hour and W minutes. Anyone in large and successful one.
the community may check it out from Jayne Agnew in the Proceeds from the festival
superintendent’s office at me high schtooi. are used to maintain the
Bess Alexander Harrington, 95, of Depew was Introduced
as a special guest by Eileene Coffield (left,) publicity
chairman for the Historical Society. Mrs. Harrington
came to Drumright as a young mother in 1912 from Il-
linois. Having no idea what this country was like, she
By Eileene Coffield
Enthusiasm and praise
provided an exciting at-
mosphere Thursday even-
ing, April 17 when
members of the Drumright
Historical Society were
for the past six weeks Depot a fresh look. A floor
crews have worked almost in one of the bathrooms
daily was replaced and new fix-
Scribner Construction tures purchased. Two
Co. used 42 gallons of paint storage closets were built,
to give the walls and cell- Rooms have been
ings of this once Santa Fe designated as the Old
asemmmuugxin Timers Room (south
room,) Founders Room
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| Room, Scrapbook and Ar-
f i tifacts Room and Oil
i Room. In these rooms
’ many exhibits were ap-
propriately placed.
I Long library tables with
' chairs are located at
I strategic points for
I pleasure or research.
’ Charles Stephenson, who
, with his wife Betty,
spearheaded almost non-
' stop clean up operation,
told members Thursday
Ancil "Buddy" Settle. Front row, Haskell King; Eileene
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in one of the two room houses at the Wheeler Camp across ing inquiries about
the road from the Blue Goose Hotel. Her husband worked Drumright and the
museum. Letters have
on the Wheeler No we been received from Canada
and Mexico, to name a few,
asking for a description of
what we have here.
President Robert Smith
m announced a screening
Eha committee composed of
Ea Charles and Betty Stephen-
h son, Luoise Kane and Ancil
“Buddy” Settle.
Explaining how it works,
he gave this example: “If
you have an item to give to
the museum the committee
will determine if it is
authentic, if it fits into the
scheme of things and if
there is room for it.”
This is to keep a hodge-
podge, catch-all, nothing
type of a museum which
keeps the visitor from see-
ing the authentic items that
might be here.
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knowledge,” he urged
them.
To emphasize the rich
possibilities of using the
museum for research,
Stephenson said that
Drumright High School
English students under the
tutelage of Mrs. Luann
Branch have been coming
to the museum daily during
class period to research a
special assignment.
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Smith, Connie & Hopper, Ellie. Drumright Area News Journal (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 1986, newspaper, April 23, 1986; Drumright, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1941079/m1/4/?q=Amanda+Montgomery: accessed July 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Keystone Crossroads Historical Society.