[Granville-Hough] 11-15 Jan 2009 - Carol's poetry

[Trustees for Granville W. Hough]

Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:27:02 -0700
From: Granville W Hough <gwhough at oakapple.net>
Subject: 11 Jan 2009 Poem 1-Spring Wind

SPRING WIND

The wind blew out of the south,
Mussing my hair, caressing my cheek and
Temptingly whispering, ôClimb over the hills
And see what lies beyond.ö
I never went to see
But I always wished I had.

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:55:19 -0700
From: Granville W Hough <gwhough at oakapple.net>
Subject: 12 Jan 2009 - Oklahoma Clay

OKLAHOMA CLAY

Red clay is stubborn.
It clings and sticks.
The Red ManÆs left it,
Endowed with all his obstinacy and persistence,
To remind us that
This land was always part of him and never
Can be really ours.

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:57:48 -0700
From: Granville W Hough <gwhough at oakapple.net>
Subject: 13 Jan 2009 - April Night

APRIL NIGHT

It is like a minor chord played softly and wistfully,
For all its lovely calm, it has a melancholy strain
That stirs a vague and long-forgotten yearning
For some strange, mad, new adventure
That I shall never have.

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:02:10 -0700
From: Granville W Hough <gwhough at oakapple.net>
Subject: 14 Jan 2009 - August Drought

AUGUST DROUGHT

The creek is dry.  Who would ever guess
That it can swell and overrun its banks
With cold, life giving floods?
It has no life.  Here it is all
Hard red clay, can it be resurrected?
Yes, it will rain again.

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:03:41 -0700
From: Granville W Hough <gwhough at oakapple.net>
Subject: 15 Jan 2009 - Carol Wins

The poetry selections of the last four days were written
by my wife Carol when she was a Freshman at OCW and 18 years old. Before
she was 19, we would be married and off to a different life, looking
over hills and vales we never expected to see. Love to
all, Grampa.

CAROL STECKELBERG WINS POETRY CONTEST AT OCW

Chickasha, May 9, (1946) (Special) û

In a recent creative writing contest which is sponsored twice each year
by Chi Delta Phi, nation English sorority chapter on the Oklahoma
College for Women campus, Miss Carol Steckelberg, daughter of Mrs. H. C.
Steckelberg, 309 N. 11th Street (Henryetta, OK) placed first in the
freshman poetry section. Her selections were entitled: ôSpring Wind,ö
ôOklahoma Clay,ö ôApril Night,ö and ôAugust Drought.ö

The winning selections in the contest were read at a tea in the home of
Dr. Caroline Laird, head of the English department recently, at which
Mrs. Panthea Freeman, national secretary of Chi Delta Phi, was a special
guest.

Miss Steckelberg has been elected vice president of the Young WomenÆs
Christian Association on the OCW campus for the coming school year.
Officers are to be installed in a special service to be held May 14 in
Austin Hall parlor.