Tulsa 70's Trivia Question

[PonderInc]

OK, a random thought in another thread has me thinking of childhood places that are long gone.

I'm trying to remember the name of a store that used to exist behind the old Southroads Mall. (I think it was sort of where the AMC 20 is now, but my memory is foggy.)  It was a combination of sporting goods, hardware and miscellaneous clothing and home stuff.  (I remember getting fishing tackle there as a kid.)  I want to say it was something like LUBCO, but that doesn't sound quite right.  It was in the days of OTASCO, Oertle's, etc. 

Also, what was the name of the five and dime store over at 51st and Harvard? (It was near the Fox Theater.)

[dbacksfan 2.0]

OK, a random thought in another thread has me thinking of childhood places that are long gone.

I'm trying to remember the name of a store that used to exist behind the old Southroads Mall. (I think it was sort of where the AMC 20 is now, but my memory is foggy.)  It was a combination of sporting goods, hardware and miscellaneous clothing and home stuff.  (I remember getting fishing tackle there as a kid.)  I want to say it was something like LUBCO, but that doesn't sound quite right.  It was in the days of OTASCO, Oertle's, etc.  

Also, what was the name of the five and dime store over at 51st and Harvard? (It was near the Fox Theater.)

Looboyle.

http://www.mattsmusicpage.com/store/Old-Credit-Card-From-Looboyle-Inc-Tulsa-s-Original-Outdoor-Store_131422246959.html

http://newsok.com/article/1999510

[PonderInc]

Of course!  Yes!

[swake]

Of course!  Yes!

My parents had a place called the Clock and Bell restaurant next door in the early 80s.

[PonderInc]

OK, new question:

Does anyone remember the annual stories in the Tulsa Tribune about the guy who lived in a hole?

[TheArtist]

OK, new question:

Does anyone remember the annual stories in the Tulsa Tribune about the guy who lived in a hole?

Hey, some of us just had very humble beginnings ok.

[Breadburner]

OK, a random thought in another thread has me thinking of childhood places that are long gone.

I'm trying to remember the name of a store that used to exist behind the old Southroads Mall. (I think it was sort of where the AMC 20 is now, but my memory is foggy.)  It was a combination of sporting goods, hardware and miscellaneous clothing and home stuff.  (I remember getting fishing tackle there as a kid.)  I want to say it was something like LUBCO, but that doesn't sound quite right.  It was in the days of OTASCO, Oertle's, etc. 

Also, what was the name of the five and dime store over at 51st and Harvard? (It was near the Fox Theater.)

Joe Krieger worked there....

[dbacksfan 2.0]

OK, new question:

Does anyone remember the annual stories in the Tulsa Tribune about the guy who lived in a hole?

Gusty (Don Woods) had a fraidy hole, so that's not it, and there was a daily filler called "The Rambler" in the Trib, it wasn't Jay Cronley or his wife Connie, hmmmm.................

[PonderInc]

I don't remember the details but there was a homeless guy who lived in a hole / dugout of some kind. Every year, a reporter would go check in with him and give a little update. The reporter wouldn't reveal the location out of respect for the guy who just wanted to be left alone. They would also check up with him after blizzards etc.

[Breadburner]

I don't remember the details but there was a homeless guy who lived in a hole / dugout of some kind. Every year, a reporter would go check in with him and give a little update. The reporter wouldn't reveal the location out of respect for the guy who just wanted to be left alone. They would also check up with him after blizzards etc.

Somewhere around 244 and Sheridan.....

[cynical]

"Staff writer" (what is that, anyway? Is it something other than "reporter?") Tom Carter wrote the man-in-a-hole article or articles. Carter was one of the Tribune staffers, along with Jay Cronley and a few others, who were brought aboard the TW when it pulled the plug on the printing contract with the Tribune. His time with the TW came to an end after the paper published an article in which Carter claimed that a Bristow landowner had bulldozed the family home of an elderly black couple, apparently out of pure racial spite. After an investigation by the authorities with the help of the Creek County NAACP chapter, the facts that emerged were that the bulldozed house was abandoned, filled with rats, mice, snakes, and feces, and the black couple had been happily living in town for years. The NAACP publicly announced that they had talked at length to the landowner and that he didn't have a racist bone in his body. The landowner sued the TW, the case settled out of court, and Carter never wrote again for the TW. Carter has apparently moved to Nashville where he is a freelance writer.

[AngieB]

OK, new question:

Does anyone remember the annual stories in the Tulsa Tribune about the guy who lived in a hole?

My husband gave him a ride once. He posted the story on his Facebook quite awhile back. I'll try to dig it up.