Happy Birthday Becky ….

   When was the last time you saw anyone so happy about getting old..er ?

  That’s because she’s tipsy following a series of booze related birthday gifts…. including the “crush proof cooler ” she’s sitting on … filled with an assortment of premium “Box-Wines” , a plethora of chilled remnants of the homecoming parade , and only the finest vintage of Boone’s Farm …( September )..

 Getting old ain’t all that easy ..

  but Becky’s 68 and feeling queezey….

  Happy Birthday ……

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Hercules Horsey ….

 

Ed finally sold Luke the Drifter’s quarter-horse , but not before “Super Meg” took her on a trail ride around the ranch …she’s now headed to France !

  Billy Bell refused to bid on Sea Biscuit’s sister ….the pride of Harmony Acres .. stating he has an “Honest Horse Trader” reputation to preserve…..

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Album # 3

 For Nocona Alumni now living in Tim Buck Too … you missed a fun time !

  Click on any photo to I.D. former friends and skunks you went to school with ..

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Album # 2

Poochy and Inez’s baby girl with the Judge’s daughter … Montague Momma’s …

 

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Album # 1

MoPar Murphey in his Barracuda … Classic …

 

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Pandemonium on Parade …

   I had no idea I would know so many folks in the Nocona Homecoming Parade….float after creative float passed by carrying friends and acquaintances of the last fifty years ….I saw the complete spectrum  from Mayor Roberts to Officer Fuller , from Randy Bowles to Buddy Ray.. but the surprising element of note was that most publicly claimed to graduate high school , despite years of academic evidence to the contrary …

  Every class from 1947 to 2013 had scholars of that particular year on public display ..admittedly some were sitting in back of the class drinking beer and smoking cigarettes as the spectacle of science and art passed by ..but I also saw folks of noteworthy achievement scattered throughout the kaleidoscope mix …

 A fabulously fun time was had by one and all ….. and as evidence of that undeniable fact , I’ll post photographic proof later in the day ..

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Singing Road Commissioner ..precinct 3

     Attention Mark Murphey groupies :   He’ll be singing and picking at Jean’s Bible Class in Nocona tomorrow morning … first set for tentative start at 9:15 ..

    Come early for Sam Howard’s best attempt at Starbucks espresso and 1st dibs on premier mosh pit positions near the stage ..

  He’ll be taking most requests …except those for a load of crushed rock on rural roads .. He’s forgotten the words to the second verse of that antagonistic tune ..

 If you oversleep …Don’t fret , you can catch the second set later at the Methodist Church ..

 

 

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Home coming week-end ..

 As the Indian varsity team prepares to do battle on the grid-iron tonight..the smoothmouth players and fans of varsity teams past , ponder the finishing touches on their festive floats … they’ve spared no expense in decorating their prize-winning parade entries with Dollar General’s premium crepe-paper and Tommy O’Neals third-cutting bales of coastal hay …

  The graduating classes of 63 ,64 ,and 65 will combine their ambulatory patients to a load-limit congregation on a single-axle trailer … on a three-hour pass from ward-6 of the nursing home ….tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 on Clay Street downtown..

  Skip McBride is not happy about the projected attendance at 2013’s edition of “the Homecoming Parade”.. he’s calling for rain and plenty of it , to curtail the tradition of public intoxication by the masculine mishaps of the class of 1965..

   Alumni have traveled great distances to participate in the annual event .. from the foothills of Mt. Scott to the barren wasteland of Tucumcari’s outback..from Prairie Valley to Bonita , throngs of festive ” Forget-me-Nots ” will converge in the spirit of crossing partisan barriers by rekindling old flames from the wind-blown ashes of romances-past.

    Clouds and crowds are gathering already …..over ” The Most Fun Town in all America “…..stand by for further festive details !

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Interesting Read …

  

    By popular demand , I post this second printing of Tucker’s “Best Seller” autobiography … It starts with once upon a time and ends with they all lived happily ever after …The above illustration tells the rest of the story in between.

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See Spot Run …

  Most in north Texas are familiar with the investment schemes  and dreams of Tommy O’Neal …. either as a stock-holder or a victim … usually the two are synonymous …

  He’s promoted every scam the mind can possibly perceive … floating tanning beds … desalination equipment ….musical C.D.’s and D.V.D.’s …oil lease investments…

  This time he’s ventured into uncharted territory … he’s training dogs !!!  You heard it right…. due to the high cost of seismic exploration and time-consuming requirements to interpret the sound-wave results , Tom has invented a totally new approach to the search for oil ..

   He’s training dogs to sniff out hydrocarbons to a depth of 6,000 feet… one bark for oil , two barks for gas …

  I didn’t believe it either til I witnessed the parade of dogs entering his oil office today … He’s conducting try-outs for this cutting edge venture .. Tall dogs , stubby dogs , long and short … all were spending time in his office this afternoon.. ( and leaving calling cards on the lawn out back )..

   Bra-Dee Kennel’s oil-sniffing dogs will command top dollar from EOG….. This plan could actually work……. Bra-Dee oil is definitely going to the dogs ..

 

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