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A special happy birthday wish to my younger son, Matt Montgomery.
Matt celebrates his birthday Thursday, May 1.
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A special happy birthday to my handsome grandson, John Denny …
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Gracie Montgomery
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5/1/25
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During the April 19th rememberence ceremony of 30 years ago, former President Bill Clinton made one of the all-time speeches.
He was the sitting president when the horror transpired in 1995 at …
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John D. Montgomery
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5/1/25
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Happy birthday to Mike Tolle, Susan Peters, Adam Duffy, Jennifer Kozik, Bridget Roper, Mel Ezell, Jo Idleman, Matt Richardson, Cindy Carlton, Hannah Hoefer, Logan McKiddy, Louis Zuech, Bailey …
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Gracie Montgomery
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4/24/25
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After reading my column from last week, Victor Lohn made a return trip to the newspaper office with his own story about April 19, 1995.
Victor Lohn had received word there were to be layoffs at …
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John D. Montgomery
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4/24/25
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Happy Easter to everyone!
Hope your day is a good one.
The Purcell Register will be closed on Friday, April 18, in observance of Good Friday.
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Happy birthday to The Register …
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Gracie Montgomery
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4/17/25
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(This was originally published in 1995.)
The morning didn’t start off unusual.
It was a Wednesday and I knew I needed to quickly get back down to the newspaper to wrap things up …
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John D. Montgomery
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4/17/25
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Happy 51st anniversary to Vickie and Bobby Foraker.
They celebrate their anniversary Saturday, April 12.
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A special happy birthday to Janet Woolly.
Janet celebrates her …
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Gracie Montgomery
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4/10/25
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The calendar may read April but the first week of the month sure seemed a lot like March.
Your heart has to go out to those folks to our east who have been getting hammered by floods and …
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John D. Montgomery
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4/10/25
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A happy birthday wish goes out to Bill Moakley.
Bill celebrates his birthday, Tuesday, April 8, so be sure and extend your birthday wishes to him!
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Happy birthday wishes go to …
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Gracie Montgomery
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4/3/25
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Happy Birthday to my roomie, Gracie.
She celebrates her big day April 9.
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Tuesday wasn’t the day Greg Wheat’s number was up in Heaven.
Thanks to the work of first …
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John D. Montgomery
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4/3/25
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Happy birthday to Jeff Virgin, Dan Pennington, Lois Beam, Blake Hilgenfeld, Jackie Suchy, Glenda Nemecek, Raychel Kozik, Shalia Ashcraft, Robert Jones, Gustavo Cayente, Graydon Chaples, Donelda …
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Gracie Montgomery
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3/27/25
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You can now add March 14, 2025 to the growing list of dates for tragedy in Stillwater.
There are probably others, but starting with the tragic plane crash that killed 10 young men on the way …
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John D. Montgomery
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3/27/25
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A special happy birthday to my nieces, Kristin Rusler and Lindsay Budd.
Kristin and Lindsay celebrate their birthdays Friday, March 21.
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Happy birthday to my great-nephew Easton …
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Gracie Montgomery
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3/20/25
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As places like Stillwater suffered catastrophic losses and damage last Friday, firefighters in the Heart of Oklahoma felt fortunate.
“We got lucky around here,” Purcell Assistant …
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John D. Montgomery
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3/20/25
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Happy birthday to my daughter-in-law, Emily Montgomery of Purcell.
Emily celebrates her birthday Tuesday, March 18.
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A special happy birthday to Jeff Salmeri of South Easton, Mass.
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Gracie Montgomery
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3/13/25
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I hope all the United States Congress men and women “slept” just as well as I did Sunday night.
We stayed up until just after 10 p.m. before retiring for the night.
But since it …
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John D. Montgomery
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3/13/25
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Daylight Saving Time is Sunday, March 9! Time to spring forward.
Don’t forget to turn your clocks forward one hour when you go to bed Saturday night, March 8.
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Happy birthday …
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Gracie Montgomery
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3/6/25
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The third day of March and we’re already having tornadoes.
It’s apparently going to be a long and tedious spring storm season.
It’s certainly getting an early start on …
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John D. Montgomery
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3/6/25
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Happy birthday to Bobby Elmore, Karen Bollenbach, Denice Davis, Kathy Johnston, Ronnie Maynard, Steve Perigo, Chris Hayes, Kristin Wollenberg Cunningham, Meegan Moore Rooker, Debra Murphy, Aracely …
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Gracie Montgomery
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2/27/25
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A well respected elderly citizen recently confronted me with a question for which I had no answer.
He asked why we don’t have signs that welcome people to town when they enter from the …
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John D. Montgomery
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2/27/25
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