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The Redbud City: War life continues in Shawnee in 1944

The Redbud City: The Redbud City of Oklahoma Clyde Wooldridge “RED BUD” BILL FOR SHAWNEE GIVEN STATE SENATE APPROVAL The House willing, Shawnee hereafter would be known as the “Red Bud City” of Oklahoma. For after flowery oratory, trimmed with a few slightly aromatic quips, the Senate passed a resolution by Senator Mead Norton of Shawnee, so designating the Pottawatomie County seat on Jan. 14, 1941. Sponsor Norton offered as one argument for passage of the resolution this statement: “My district doesn’t have much in the way of a senator, and you ought to do a little something for ...