Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elk City Bridge"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "These votive candles are made at the Wilhelm Honey Farm and Max Candle Co. in Erick, Ok."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. and Mrs. William Leebron pause by the hearth during first-nighter party."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "If this long, double row of mailboxes outside a mobile home park at Elk City is any indication of the number of newcomers to the area, this western Oklahoma town has its fair share."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Renewing a friendship made in March are Claudia Aponte, left, Bogata, Columbia, and Ethyl Miller, center, Elk City. Mrs. Miller was a guest in Miss Aponte's home and now her former hostess is visiting her.. . Billie Smith of Oklahoma City, right, served as an interpreter."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Make no mistake that Olin and Maxine Wilhelm's way of making a living in this small western Oklahoma community has a homemade flair to it."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Maxine Wilhelm operates a machine that shoots wicks into the votive candles she manufactures."