Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome
in his time. Now for our community connection right here on K one,
the one you trust, We've got a double treat here for you today.
We've got a whole lot of guests, so we're going to get right into
it. And miss Rosie, how are you doing. I'm good this morning.
Thank you. We're going to talk about White Rose Cemetery and we've got
a big celebration coming up, don't we Yes, we do. We're excited.
We're looking forward to this to our beautiful mausoleum will be a hundred years
old on July the eleventh, which is a Tuesday, So we're having a
program on July the eighth, on a Saturday, to commemorate this birthday.
Now I understand this is going to be a pretty good things to do with
an awning and the whole yea. The entrance to the mausoleum is going to
be our stage because we're going to have a three people that re enact three
people that are interred entombed in the mausoleum. One of them is a grand
his grandfather's in there, one of his great great grandfather's in there, and
one of them, her mother and when her daughter's granddaughter are going to re
enact her. So I'm excited that I got to that. I number one
that I thought of it. You know, it was just an I was
searching for some kind of program and we've been doing mausoleum stories for several years,
and I thought, why not get someone that's entombed in there, And
luckily I knew somebody that was related. So it all came to pass.
Now, is this a ticketed event? A ticketed event yet? No,
it's free. Okay, please come, oh love, that makes it even
better. But I mean, it's a great celebration. It's a wonderful piece
that we have it. That's a part of our history right here. And
bar oh. Yes, there were people that were interred in the cemetery and
when the mausoleum was finishing, they took him out and put and wanted to
be in the mausoleum. So it's we have people that are in there that
have been dead longer than the mausoleum was around. It's interesting. You know,
a lot of people got to see the mausoleum inside, maybe for the
first time during our Memorial Day because it rained and we had to take it
in true and it's beautiful. It's all white marble and it's just lovely.
We're very proud of it. It's one of the prettiest ones I think in
this general area. Now. When the idea came up for this about one
hundred years ago, you know out east they've had mausoleums, and uh,
you know here we are in Oklahoma and the barely estate and like, well,
maybe we should get one of these. So I guess the townspeople just
kind of put it together and decided let's do it. Yeah, a gentleman
by the name of ce Bryant was the one that came up with the idea,
okay, and and he one of his friends or colleagues, was Hugh
Bryant, also called Sunny Jim Bryant, and he's the one that, as
I understand it, financed it nice so uh and I he is interred in
entombed in the mausoleum also. Anyway, they worked together in it. It
all happened well and we're happy. And we're going to find out more about
this on July eighth, that's right, with the re enactors, and we're
gonna hear the little bit of the history. We're gonna know a little bit
about the people who are entombed there. And this is really going to be
a nice I really think, a really nice event. And once again,
what time are we going to kick this off. It's going to be at
ten am on Saturday the eighth. It's going to be outside. We are
going to have a canopy out in front of the mausoleum, because I anticipate
it's going to be plenty warm. Even at ten am. We're already getting
plenty warm and it's just shoe lot, I mean June. So we will
have canopies and we will have chairs. You're welcome to bring your folding chair
if you like, or one of the other kind of chairs, and bring
your umbrella whatever. And I want to say too that I'm going to keep
it. We're going to try to keep it less than an hour, maybe
forty five minutes because of the anticipated heat. Very good. This is going
to be a very nice celebration once against the eighth, and that Saturday,
it'll be at ten am and it'll be at White Rose Cemetery. It's the
mausoleum as we celebrate the one hundred years a bit being a part of our
community. Now you're on the board, you've been on the board for a
little bit. Well, I've been on the board now for less than a
year, but I was on the board back in nineteen eighty nine, ninety
eight, I think for two terms, which is the limit. And then
I got off of it and I just decided that I this is something that's
here and dear to me because my parents are in there, and I had
a sister that was born before. I mean, she's in there. My
grandparents are in there, so you know, it's it's very close to my
heart. You're very attached to it. Yes, Yes, this is great
and I want everybody who can possibly make it to make it because not only
is it a nice remembrance, but it's also a great education. Yes,
and if people want to find out more, do you have a Facebook page
or something like that on the social media. We're gonna do a little story
here on the radio. We'll put okay, website for you. Okay,
they're the city does have a in there page. They do have a section
about the cemetery and them Auslam. It's rather brief, but it is something
for someone that doesn't know a lot about it, all right. I'll connect
that on the story with folks so they can link to it, okay,
and they take a look at that as well. And of course want everybody
to check the Facebook at page here at Bartlesfield Radio because they get to see
the replay of you and me having a little discussion about it. All right.
Well, thank you very much for being with us. Well, thank
you for the opportunity to do this. I just want everyone everyone to know
so that everyone has has an opportunity to come see and hear us. All
right. Once again, that is July the eighth at ten am. Well,
I more coming up in just a little bit right here on K one.