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1939 – In January, E.W. Marland and his
wife, Lydie, returned to Ponca City and the Marland Estate from
the Governor’s Mansion in Oklahoma City. John Duncan Forsyth
remodeled the carriage area of the chauffeur’s cottage into a
bedroom and bathroom, and the Marland’s made the cottage their
home. They only opened the mansion occasionally for special
events.
The Ponca City Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution published the first edition of The Last Run. The book
is a compilation of stories and memories by Ponca City and Kay
County citizens who participated in the 1893 Cherokee Strip Land
Run.
Mrs. Myrtie Sidles had the idea to have a Pioneer Woman Statue
float in the Cherokee Strip parade. For many years, Mrs. John
Silvy portrayed the pioneer woman, and her son, then later her
grandsons, depicted the young boy.
Tom and Marion Irby installed a dishwasher in their new home.
They had seen a demonstration of one at the 1939 New York Fair
and thought it was the coming thing.
On September 17, the Thunderbird Aviation Club held an air show
at the newly enlarged airport. The runways had been extended to
3500 feet and hard surfaced, so the airport could accommodate
the largest aircraft of the day.
In December, residents in the 700 block of Overbrook formed a
homeowners group to set restrictions on construction. Only
residential buildings could be constructed in the area, the
dwellings were limited to two and a half stories in height, and
the largest garages could hold no more than three cars.
Fire Chief George Brown took semi-retirement after receiving an
eye injury in a fire call. He had joined the fire department in
1902, when there were only eight volunteer firemen who used two
two-wheeled fire carts to put out the fires. Brown was named
fire chief in 1906, along with the title of the town’s jailer.
For the next 33 years, he held the position as fire chief
without missing a day of work due to illness. |
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