My Father

It could take a long time to finally understand my father. (maybe never!).  I'll start with State Fuel Supply Co.  They either drilled for or bought natural gas.  I believe that dad started with them after attending a two year business school in Oklahoma City.  My brother was born in Rush Springs so he must have been transfered.  My sister and I were born in Wewoka so that must have been another transfer. Two wild caters that I met while we lived in Wewoka were both in the Wewoka oil field at the time. A man whose name was Getty and another named Kerr.  One later owned Getty Oil, the other owned Kerr-McGee Oil Co. (to bad it didn't rub off).  The Wewoka field never produced much oil, but natural gas was plentiful (and cheap!) so the pipe yard behind Dad's building was a very busy place.

My father belonged to the First Presbyterian Church in Wewoka. He may have also been a member in Oklahoma City and in Rush Springs. I know that mother began attending meetings in the Rebecka lodge when they were in Rush Springs. That continued from then until they moved to Anadarko when State Fuel Supply Co was sold to ONG.

When we moved to Britton, he changed his membership to the First Baptist Church of Britton, Okla and didn't move it again until they moved to Anadarko with ONG. From then on his children attended his church. when ever the doors were open and he was in town.  To my knowledge mother never attended anything  but family weddings and funerals, Then only because she was forced.

Until we moved to 1410 Downing, we all walked to my dads church.  Usher, Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, and Sunday School Superintendent were just a few of the tasks he performed.  One chore I can remember far to vividly involved sobering up the preacher after a Saturday night at Fitzgerald's so that he could preach about hell fire and damnation on Sunday Morning (not what you'd call meaningful!)