by Lynne Rostochil After years of dreaming of a modern, youth-oriented church campus for his growing congregation, the First Christian Church’s pastor, Bill Alexander, secured 40 acres of prime real estate at NW 36th and Walker in 1946 to make his dream come true. Now, it was time to get to work and make his […]
by Lynne Rostochil Recently, I came across a December 1958 issue of Escapade, a pretty tame-by-today’s-standards gentleman’s magazine that I had never heard of before. From what I can tell, it was around from 1955 through the early 1980s and several prominent authors, humorists, and thinkers of the day contributed stories/columns to the magazine over the years […]
This is an article and photo essay from the September 19, 1955 issue of Life magazine. Young Bill sleeps in his net-walled bedroom in a huge hanging saucer which floats above the breakfast area where his father is sitting. Oklahoma family lives in suspension in a unique structure Gene and Nancy Bavinger, who live […]
This is an article and photo essay from the June 28, 1948 issue of Life magazine. Thank you, Mike Brown, for letting us in on this great find! Consternation and Bewilderment in Oklahoma A large crowd gathered to look at something in Norman, Okla. last month. Norman is a college town (University of Oklahoma) and […]