Opinion

I have a confession. I am always bragging about my cooking. I’ve even challenged some of you to cook-offs. The truth is, I fail at cooking from time to time. Sometimes, the meal that I put on the table has been cooked several times. It’s true. I have to be in the right mood to prepare the perfect meal. Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner, I will share two cooking debacles that occurred on Thanksgiving.

This year I will be taking part in No Shave November. I Have never really liked having or growing a beard in the past and have never taken part in the annual event, No Shave November. Although I have been wearing the same mustache and soul patch, as it is called, for over 20 years. My better half has made veiled threats at what might happen if I ever shave my mustache off.

(Pitcock) (1898-1987) Graham built this house in 1925 after their marriage in 1923. Roy was the son of Charles Edward (1872-1936) and Annie Lawrence Keen (1872- 1960) Graham. He was born in Farmer, where his grandparents on both sides settled in the late 1870s. Ruby was the daughter of Matt Andrews, who had settled in the very south of Archer County almost at the same time. Charles Graham eventually owned a 4,000-acre ranch at Anarene, which was split in two on his death between his sons, Roy and Joy (1903-1996). The town of Anarene was named for Annie Keen Graham and the historical marker is on Highway 79 at the Falls County Road Intersection. Roy was a 1921 grad of Texas A&M and was the Panhandle Oil consignee for Olney and was active in the community, serving 10 years as mayor. (A side note- Roy and his brother Joy were mayors of both Graham and Olney at the same time.) Roy and Ruby had one daughter, Elizabeth Ann, who was a graduate of OHS and went on to UT. A story about the house being painted comes from 1945, when they were ready to move to 604 W. Oak. J.H. Jr and Ted Brown, the sons of Hoyt Brown, were the top painters in Olney and this was in the summer when windows and doors were open. Ruby and Roy, while at lunch, heard some hearty belly laughing coming from the garage so they interrupted their lunch to see what was going on. The Browns were having their lunch pail lunches in the garage and saw the Graham’s Anarene High School diplomas that were framed and hanging on the wall in the garage. I believe the diplomas were dated 1917.