There Otta Be a Law Dept:
(and I think that there is...)
Dateline: July, 1952
Tulsa Tribune
Upcoming Nuptials:
..ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
FOR SISTER, BROTHER
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Froumas are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Wilhelmina Froumas to Mr. Len Hall of Bixby, OK who...
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Mr. and Mrs. William Petrial are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Silvia Petrial to Robert Froumas II of 115 S. Utica here in....
-The Tulsa Tribune: July, 1952
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In the mid 90's while preparing for my Father's estate sale, I actually saw this article from a copy of The Tribune that had been lining the bottom of a dresser drawer for more than 40 years.
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My double-take gave me a crick in the neck that lasted two full days, but the horselaugh I had was worth every penny of it. On recovery from my almost slipped disk, I clipped the article and put it in my "Memories" file where it remains to this day.
Except for the names and addresses, which of course have been changed, the article reads pretty much the way it was published.
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After all these years, I wonder if the happy couples are still hitched???
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If they are, in 2012 they'll celebrate their Diamond Anniversary.
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Wouldn't that be GREAT?
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A little nostalgia from that bygone era of long ago...In 1952 the Korean Conflict was in full swing and the Sooner state had yet to repeal prohibition. It had been only 3 years since the common folk of Tulsa were treated to a real live local TV station, KOTV - channel 6.
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Now they could see first hand the way the rest of the world was doing business; IF they could find a TV to watch.
TV was such a big deal in Tulsa that MY Father, a 3rd generation Master Plumber and part owner of the company run by HIS Father, jumped at the business opportunity and began selling and repairing TVs IN the plumbing shop. And he did very well at it too!
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We had a family joke that he used a pipe-wrench and blowtorch to repair sets that were on the fritz. My artistic Sister went so far as to create his Fathers' Day card which showed a man using a plumber's friend and a pair of vice-grips to fix a Motorola that was acting up.
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All of this of course meant that WE had our very own TV!
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Oh BOY!!
So mornings, we were all glued to the screen of our tiny vacuum tube set and The Today Show with Dave Garroway. .As witness to a live-feed, I was seeing pictures of things going on right then and there in New York City; The Big Apple!
Who would believe that??
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In the summer of 1952 fresh out of second-grade, I watched both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions - LIVE!... not that I really wanted to, but there was only the one channel, so I had no other choice. Besides, back in those days if it was broadcast at all, it made no difference what was airing... everybody tuned in.
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So I, along with a majority of Oklahomans, sported an I Like Ike button, and at the tender age of 8 became not only somewhat politically knowledgeable but intensely interested in the election itself.
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But despite TV, radio was not dead. Far from it...
We all kept our habit of sitting out on the porch in the cool of the evenings, listening to Fibber McGee and Molly,. Henry Aldrich,. Amos and Andy,. The Damon Runyon Theater, and Archie...
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And then there were Saturday mornings.
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I lived for Saturday morning radio!
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The Lone Ranger, Tales of Uncle Remus, and Howdy Doody*... all were treasured by kids nation-wide as magic in a little black box.
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* Yes indeed, The Howdy Doody Show was on radio as well as TV.
..With the advent of Saturday morning TV it got even better.. Mighty Mouse,. Sky King, our .beloved Lone Ranger ... secret messages that could only be read if you sent away for the official decoder...
Those were the good old days... yes they were!!
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It took until 1959 to take care Oklahoma's prohibition laws, but I do not know if the sister/brother thing is off the books even yet.... back to the engagement article in the 1952 Tribune ...
I think that it is, so if you need that kind of action, you will probably have to find a place with some Hatfield and McCoy types. The last I heard you could find them up in hillbilly country, wherever that is.
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