Obituary: Samuel D. Gardner July 9, 1933 – May 15, 2021
SAMUEL D. GARDNER July 9, 1933 – May 15, 2021
Samuel D. Gardner, 87, passed away, with family present, on Saturday May 15, 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
He was born on July 9, 1933 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of nine children. He spent his childhood in Durant, Oklahoma where his family ran a construction business.
After High School, he enlisted in the Navy and became a jet pilot. He left the Navy, in 1960, to seek a postgraduate degree in Physics from the University of Oklahoma. He was employed by Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1961-1994.
He was an avid photographer, fly fisherman, tennis player, golfer, camper, gardener and snow skier. He could repair anything with an engine in it and was adept at home repairs. He was a longtime member of the Kiwanis Club, served as a Los Alamos County Councilmen, was a member of the Los Alamos County Planning and Zoning Commission, served as a volunteer for the Los Alamos
Worth the drive: Meridian’s MAX celebrates Native American culture through two exhibitions
By Special to The Dispatch 8 hours ago
MERIDIAN The MAX Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience will soon feature two exhibitions celebrating Native American culture, particularly in Mississippi, and the Native American community’s right to tell its own story. Both exhibits will be on display May 1- Aug. 8 at The MAX in downtown Meridian. Through “Choctaw Expressions” we learn the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ incredible story of perseverance, resilience and growth. Artifacts include basketry, beadwork, traditional dress and stickball-related objects. The exhibition is just a sampling of what’s on display at the community’s museum, the Chahta Immi Cultural Center near Philadelphia, Mississippi. (The center is open Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit the tribe’s website, Choctaw.org, or call 601-650-1687.)
Ask Rufus: A Lost Choctaw Silver Mine? The only old silver treasure I have heard of being found around Columbus are occasional Spanish or Mexican silver reales. These are the old “pieces of Eight” that were legal tender in the U.S. until 1859. They are the origin of 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits a dollar, 1 bit being worth 12 1/2 cents. Courtesy photo
Three years ago I wrote a column about a lost Choctaw silver mine in the Columbus or Macon area.
I told the story always assuming if there was any truth at all to the story it would have just been a hidden stash of silver and no way a silver mine anywhere near Columbus. But, of course, we all know what happens when you assume something.
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Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Chelesa Presley is deeply familiar with the struggles of young families, first from her years as a social worker and now from running a nonprofit in one of Mississippi s poorest regions. She s used to the questions about car seats, nursing and colicky babies, but paying for diapers is always the chronic and most-pressing worry. I see parents not putting anything on their babies because they don t have diapers, she said. I ve seen people use shopping bags with some rags in it. I ve seen T-shirts. I ve seen people keeping the diapers on longer than necessary, and the diapers sag down when the babies walk.