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I would swear almost 50 years later that we had blizzards in the early ‘60’s comparable to that winter storm. I can only assume that the people responsible for keeping these kinds of records must have got stuck in the blizzard somewhere and were not able to record the details of the storms of our childhood.  I have a pretty good memory.  Well, I had a pretty good memory and there are some things that I cannot forget. 

I remember  the snow storm that came down when we were in first grade, maybe it was second grade, (I said I HAD a good memory)  School was let out in the middle of the day as giant snowflakes came down and we all got bundled up and waited on the school buses to get warmed up.  As we waited we were able to go to the cafeteria to get a hot dinner roll before we left.  Now, if you know me you know I like to eat and the memory of that dinner roll is still engrained in my mind.  I can still smell it.  The smell permeated the entire cafeteria and you could even smell them walking down the hall before you got there.  Mrs. Wheeler (Gina’s Mom) worked in the cafeteria line and she always had the prettiest smiling face.  Every time I went through the line to get my lunch I appreciated her smile so much.  She was handing out those dinner rolls that day.  Now, on a cold snowy day that hot dinner roll felt so good in my hands and was so good going down.  Yep, I can still smell it.  

We boarded the busses for home but my bus couldn’t make it home.  The bus couldn’t make it up Sante Fe farther than about a half mile north of 12^th Street.  The outcome of that was that I can tell and have told my kids about walking home 5 miles in the snow.  It was actually only 2 miles but you have to impress your kids, right?  We had to walk up Sante Fe and down 104^th street and down Broadway, where Nancy Wallace lived on the corner and then across a field and around two ponds to get home.  I remember having snowdrifts that were as tall as the house.  Today the schools have canceled classes because it's too cold.  Can you imagine the bus drivers in today's time letting the kids walk 2 miles home in the snow? Wouldn't happen and I guess it shouldn't but I remember enjoying the long walk home.  It beat sitting in the classroom.   For the life of me I can’t figure out why that snow storm is not recorded in the annals of Oklahoma weather history but I’m content to rely on what is left in my memory and the smell of that soft, hot dinner roll from Mrs. Wheeler.