Hometown Cushing Oklahoma

                                                 POST 28  ADDITIONAL PICTURES WILL BE ADDED FROM TIME TO TIME FROM FACEBOOK POSTED PICTURES Devoted to sharing pictures of our hometown in days gone past YOUNT HOUSE CARPENTER HOUSE BROAD AND  STEELE DELUXE SANDWICH SHOP   101 E. BROADWAY Constuction of Shell Office building (NW corner of Moses and Steele streets)  1948 INSIDE THE SUBWAY CLUB INSIDE BURKEY'S CREAMERY CHILDREN'S SECTION OF CUSHING'S ORIGINAL LIBRARY THE ORIGINAL LIBRARY LOBBY FIRE DESTROYS METHODIST CHURCH (NE corner of Moses and Steele) Mr. Bob Read Mr. Bob Read WARDS CAFE T J HUGHES LUMBER YARD SHOUP"S GARAGE LOG CABIN ON HWY 18 OUR VIADUCT

                                                           POST #27                                           PLEASE SHARE YOUR HOMETOWN PICTURES                                HOMETOWN CUSHING OKLAHOMA     Blogpost          Devoted to sharing pictures of our hometown in days gone past                     All the pictures on today's blog were shared by Colten Blake Cravens When Dr. Clifford m. Bassett, Cushing physician and surgeon, decided to build a new clinic, he turned to his architects and said: "We are not a big city, but I would like to be able to offer as modern equipment as can be found in a large city in a clinic that anticipates at least normal community growth ." "Members of the Christian Co. are demolishing the old Cushing High School to finance their world expeditions "One hundred and ninety miles of pipe line, taken up from Cushing to Emmett, Mo., have passed through this spacious reconditioning yard on the outskirts of Cushing in the past two mo

  POST 26 Robert "Bob" Colon        CHS Class of 1963  Robert "Bob" A. Colon, a sportswriter whose long career was marked by accuracy, dedication and a passion for small college athletics, died Saturday, shortly after filing his final story for The Oklahoman. Colon, who was 60, died from a heart attack while walking back to his hotel room after covering the Big 12 wrestling championships in Omaha, Neb. He was born Jan. 9, 1945, in Cushing to Cenia and Marvin Colon. Bob graduated from Cushing High School in 1963 and from Oklahoma State University in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He worked more than 37 years for The Oklahoman, joining the news copy desk on Aug. 7, 1967, and moving to the sports department on Oct. 1, 1968. After serving nearly 20 years as sports editor of The Oklahoma City Times and then The Oklahoman, Colon became the newspaper's senior sports writer on July 3, 2001.                                        (the following story wa

                                                     POST #25                                           PLEASE SHARE YOUR HOMETOWN PICTURES                               HOMETOWN CUSHING OKLAHOMA    Blogpost          Devoted to sharing pictures of our hometown in days gone past                                                                  APRIL 10, 202 2                          (just send me a copy on    facebook messenger or miketuttle47@gmail.com                                                                               and I will post them on this site)   BUSINESSMAN ROBERT REAVIS,  Shared by Renee' Reavis Sparks BUSINESSMAN LLOYD ESCOTT (SECOND FROM LEFT), Shared by John Rogers NEON SIGN FOR ROBERT REAVIS LOANS AND INSURANCE                        Shared by Renee' Reavis Sparks WORKING ON NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS AT CUSHING KERR McGEE Shared by Colton Blake Cravens WATER WORKS PLANT AT CUSHING CITY LAKE,  Shared by Tim Green Shared by Renee" Reavis Spark s CUSHING&#