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The War Years (1940s) - Page 3 of 6
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Downtown Ranger in the 1940s


H.G. Adams Grocery & Market in 1946


Ranger Rodeo - Shorty Ricker kicks 
Bubbies for first money


Ranger Rodeo Parade - Mary Ward & Nita Hill in 1947


Ranger Rodeo Calvacade in 1947
Abilene Mary Ward & Verge Johnson


Ford car given away at Ranger Rodeo in 1947


Lone Star Chicken Inn (3 miles east of Ranger on Hwy 80) during 
1949-52


Representatives at District meet in 1941
Back row: John L. McKevain & Joe Don Meroney, Boys' Debate, First Place in
County, District, and Regional; Miss Avis McKelvain, Coach; Billie Jean
Gorman & Claudine Jarvis, Girls' Debate, First Place in County and District,
Second in Regional.
Front row: Dorothy Henry, Girls' Extenporaneous Speaking, Second Place:
Jane Matthews, Declamation; State and Division Winner in Americanism contest
sponsored by the American Legion; Doris Mathena, Typing Contest, First Place.


Downtown Ranger in 1947 after a snow storm


Group at Club House
FRONT ROW: Third from left - Jo Burch (Gray),Seventh from left - Doris
Robinson, Eighth from left - Alla Ray Kuykendall Morris, Tenth from
left - Delbert Capps
SECOND ROW: Second from left - Gaston Dixon, fourth from left, Nick
Crawford, Seventh from left - Arthur Deffebach
THIRD ROW: Far left - Bernadine Kribbs Blue, Fifth from left -
Theo Steadham


Homecoming 1937 parade on Thursday, October 27.  The man is Mr. 
Hamilton, Mrs. Ruth Terry Denney is the Pioneer Lady on the 
horse-drawn 'float' representing the 'Pioneer Lady' which is 
a statue showing the early pioneer spirit of women, located 
in Ponca City, Oklahoma.  Holding Mrs. Denney's hand is 5 
year-old Meredith Sides, Class of 1949, and that is Mrs. 
Gholson in black to the right.  The parade was forming 
North of the oil derrick on Commerce Street, preparing 
to go West on Main Street. Photo courtesy of Meredith 
Sides


First fire in Ranger Oil Field


Downtown Ranger in the late 1940s