From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Feb 8 08:48:53 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k18FmrE0024184; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:48:53 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k18Fmp3C030744 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:48:51 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k18DKMFI029691 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:20:22 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k18DKMaF029690 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:20:22 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k18CSxFI029498 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 07:28:59 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k18EvJrs015176 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 07:57:19 -0700 X-Envelope-From: paul_odlesr@yahoo.com Wed Feb 8 07:57:18 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k18EvIE0015165 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 07:57:18 -0700 Received: from web60925.mail.yahoo.com (web60925.mail.yahoo.com [209.73.178.253]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k18EvEXO003418 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 07:57:15 -0700 Received: (qmail 83811 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Feb 2006 14:57:10 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=s76DR+5+14huYtO1Ows/rHXUOpKnS7gFwpZnxCimZpWVMaR/SVy0peKL/MnLuGhpXpk7wrlq++hgna+C9RWPX22GN3lJUK42e0EULGue/bXCw1bmuSoGplN6rmpjUH1XE77zeLUxY0N3IQwjVzaxb1k5EHDCdPfay9fjMFxgAZI= ; Message-ID: <20060208145710.83809.qmail@web60925.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.141.90.216] by web60925.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:57:10 PST Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 06:57:10 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Odle To: Roots Webb MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id k18EvJrs015176 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by roots-l.rootsweb.com id k18CSxFI029498 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Memories 'Round The Mill Purple Lilac Purple lilacs symbolize first love and white lilacs youthful innocence. Lilacs were my mother (HAZEL HOLLIDAY/ODLE) favorite Flower. Some years the lilacs would be in bloom on my mother's birthday MARCH 28 TH. As long as my mother's mom (MRS. O.K. HOLLIDAY (DAISY FRANCES WARD/HOLLIDAY) was alive she would pick a fresh bouquet of Lilac's and bring them to my mother for her birthday gift. Purple lilacs symbolize first love and a Childs first great love is their mother. When ever I see Lilacs in bloom or smell Lilac's I am reminded of my dear old mother. My mother never met a stranger. Mom was always willing to share what ever she had with anyone who was in need. I remember one year I hosted the ODLE FAMILY RE-UNION at a park near the St. Mary's Hospital. My mother spotted a homeless man eating out of the dumpster she fixed him a big plate of food right then and again before we left the park. My mother was fretting about where that man was going to sleep. During the Korean War any serviceman that came into the Yukon Grill when my mother was working and did not have enough money to eat on my mom would buy his lunch. She always said if her four sons PAUL, BUDDY, JIM and LARRY JOE that were in Service were ever anywhere with no money for meals that some one would feed us. Working on old Route 66 round the Mill Town of Yukon, Oklahoma as both of my parents did there were always some one who ran out of money going through town. They usually had a bunch of kids that they had no money for food or lodging. My folks would bring them to our little house. They were welcome to stay until they found a job and had their first paycheck. My mother would wash their clothes in her old MAYTAG RINGER wash machine, iron their clothes and cook for them. My folks did not have very much money, but my mom could make something good to eat out of nothing. We always had plenty of food. My folks raised a big garden and mother canned everything that they raised. Sometimes the people staying at our house would help with the housework and others were plenty happy to let my mom do it all. My family was always proud of the fact that they managed just fine with out ever being on well fare. My father raised South American chickens that laid colored Easter eggs that were low cloistral eggs. My father JAKE ODLE could have sold those low cholesterol eggs for a big price, but he loved giving them to his friends. My father Jake Odle died 26 years ago on Feb.21, 1980. My mother passed away 4 years ago this April. I still miss them both. Now that I am 72 years old I have many questioned that I would love to ask my dad. I remember in the year 1940 we were living in a little rent house on the corner of Cedar and 8th St. We rented that house from Mr. Radcliff. Years later it was owned by Ralph and Gladys Williams. There was a Mulberry tree in that back yard and my brother BUDDY and I loved to eat them. The Train track was just a block north and we always had bums get off of the train and knock on your door begging for food. My mom made homemade bread and butter sandwiches with home canned strawberry jam and she would give them a glass of milk and a cup of coffee. I remember those pretty red and white dishes that came in the boxes of oatmeal. And towels came in DUZ and Oxidal wash machine soap. What ever happened to P&G bar soap or old fashion home made lye bar soap that mother and grandmother cut into slices and dropped in the old Maytag Washing machine? I miss my mother more every year. I like to believe she is in Heaven where the LILAC is blooming the year round. If you really concentrate you can smell the fragrance of the Purple and White Lilac's 'round the mill. By Paul L.Odle, Sr. Lawton/Fort Sill Veterans Center P.O. Box 849 Lawton, Oklahoma 73502 1-580-354-3287 or 1-580-512-4767 Paul_OdleSr@yahoo.com