Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Plenty of badges have been prepared to identify democratic Party brass Friday during President Johnson's visit to Oklahoma City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "If the H. E. Bailey Turnpike is on your route this is the sign that will greet you at the Newcastle gate of the brand new turnpike."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The move, spawned by supporters of state Chairman Smith Hester, would put Hester at the head of the delegation."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "These aren't the 89ers they're the 88ers an early day Purcell baseball team of 1888."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "to Girls Nation, Peggy Clark, Purcell, gets farewell peck from mother, Mrs. Cecil Clark, before boarding flight at Will Rogers World Airport Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "CRUMPLED Walnut Creek Bridge at south edge of Purcell on U. S. 77 caused the weekends heavy traffic to points south on into Texas to be rerouted Saturday, jamming roads which normally are not crowded."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Artist and teacher Nedra Matthews painted this portrait of Miss Mary Simpson, and presented it to the longtime educator at the Purcell Alumni Assoc. meeting recently, that was held in Simpson's honor."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "About that time all the battlewagons opened up, and we knew D-Day was on," thus Sgt. Allen Jones of Purcell recalled the grim, grey morning off the bitter coast of Normandy in France, when 20 years ago he and thousands of American, French, British and other allied troops went in on the first wave of the amphibious assault that signaled the beginning of the end of Hitler's Third Reich."