When we first moved to Enid, I attended another one room school called Sawyer School which must have been located about eighteenth and Walnut.  It was near a pond with a long slope going down to the pond.  When there was snow and ice we used to sled down to the pond.  If we didn't have a sled, we would slide on our bellies.  Once when I slid down on the ice that I had an open pen in a pen holder that had ink in it in my right inside coat pocket.  I fell & ran the pen into my side and the scar is still there.

 

As I said before, in 1909 there was a real estate boom in Enid and they had a ceremony in the Square which they called "burying the hammer".  There was a printer named Thomas P Hopley who had a printing shop on Main at approximately 4th street.  It had a big sign on it which said " East Enid will have 77 stores".  He was a big booster for Enid.  There was another old timer there, whose name I can't remember.  He and Thomas P Hopley used to get into big arguments on the public square and a big crowd would gather around.  Thomas P Hopley called himself an optimist & called the other man a pessimist.

 

The Davis addition area started a growth resulting in several residences.  One of the largest across the street west was owned by a family named Church.  Mr. Church had a glass enclosed popcorn and drink stand with rubber-tired wheels similar to a carriage.  It was   transportable by a team of horses. It was equipped with a real miniature steam engine which furnished power for the corn popper and such.  It was located at the northeast corner of the square opposite from the Chamber of Commerce Bldg.  Mr. Church maintained the business there for many years.  When I had the nickel, I would buy milk shakes from Him.   He had a Grandson named Ike Crawford who in later years ran a clothing store on the north side of the square.  There was an older brother who served in the army in the Philippines.  

 

I remember going to a movie.  At that time it was called a  nickelodeon.  (The admission was a nickel). We went on the street car, which ran about 5 blocks south.   The movie lasted until about 11 PM.  By that time the streetcars had stopped running and we had to walk home.  That was probably about 18 blocks.  That seemed like a long way to me late at night.

 

South of the Chamber of Commerce, at Broadway and Grand, was another 5 story building, the Stevenson building.  Those were skyscrapers.  The street car track ran to Lakewood Park which was northwest in the area which is presently Oak Wood Country Club.  That was quite a pretty black jack covered area.  There was a dance pavilion and a lake that was filled by several windmills.  There were boats for rent.  It was a real nice place.  The Free Methodists had camp meetings there.  We called them Holy Rollers.  They would fall on the floor and more or less have fits and all that sort of thing.  Quite awesome and abhorrent to me.  It was quite a thrill to ride the street car out that far.  Out in the country they could really speed along.  It was not necessary to make many stops.

 

On 4th of July, they would have a big celebration out there with fire works and we would go to see that.  Later that was discontinued and the street car line was abandoned.  After that time I used to go out and hunt squirrels in that area.  My pal on such occasions was Monty Sturdevant, who lived on Chestnut St, not too far from where we had this new house in Enid.  His father,  George Sturtevant ran a sheet metal shop.   Monty had a younger brother named Jim and a sister Dorothy.  She use to jump on me and romp with me like she was a sister.  I used to pal around with Monty more than with anybody else.  He now runs a sheet metal business in Enid and Albuquerque.  I went to see him a year or two ago and renewed old acquaintances.  His wife has died since then.