Blackwell-Frazier American Legion Post #142 Hominy, Oklahoma

for American Legion Post #142; Hominy, Oklahoma.
>>> by Gary Lanham

Finally warmer weather! Looks like we will be okay for the foreseeable future from the forecast so time to prepare for the next cold wave those things overlooked last time. Before you know it we will be enjoying spring again. So many activities were canceled or postponed due to the cold and rough weather. I am sure our activities calendar will reflect an increase soon to make up for the time the crew and families have missed getting together. Continue reading →

for American Legion Post #142; Hominy, Oklahoma.
>>> by Gary Lanham

Brrr, it’s just cold out there. Remember the basics most country folks already know, drip the faucets to prevent freezing pipes, vent any propane heat, and frequently water your critters. They need that as water will freeze. At our house we bring them in (except for the horses and chickens). Continue reading →

for American Legion Post #142; Hominy, Oklahoma.
>>> by Gary Lanham

As I write this another wonderful Christmas has passed and chances are we have moved into a New Year of promise and challenge. One of my favorite quotes is from Charles’s Dickens Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.” It seems every year brings marvelous memories while delivering sadness. Somehow though, during the holidays, it seems to suspend in the marvelous. This season always brings to my memory a story I heard in my youth. Continue reading →

for American Legion Post #142; Hominy, Oklahoma.
>>> by Gary Lanham

What a great pleasure it was to walk in the Christmas Parade Sunday. The crowd was pretty large considering it was rescheduled for Sunday the 15th at 2:00 pm. It’s always a pleasure to meet up with the gang from the HUT and represent our Season’s Greetings to the community from the American Legion. Our gang met up with the Ladies with the Auxiliary (the wind beneath our wings). Post Commander Charles “Doc” O’Leary took command and put the plan in action. My special Holiday treat was not being the “new guy” this year as I was last year. This year my grandson was added to the rolls with our Post as a serving E-3 (enlisted) in the Tulsa Air National Guard. Serving now for eighteen months he gets to be our youngest and be the “new guy”. Not that I am extremely proud of him (wink). Christopher Grayson, welcome to the Post. You represent a tradition within our ranks now from WWII to the present, the War on Terror. Continue reading →