Betty Bellis 03/08/2016

Betty Douglas Bellis, a 1954 graduate of Oklahoma A&M College which is now Oklahoma State University (OSU), recalls her spending her youth in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where her father owned Douglas Food Mart, a grocery store. She describes her family life, the town, and the campus. Bellis explains the mural on the outside wall of the family store which depicts the previous owners, the Cookseys. She makes mention of a GI Jane crash, the Crystal Plunge, Doel and Martha Reed, Gallagher Hall, and Richard Willham. She also talks about her life following a divorce, developing a career as a technical typist, her adopted town of Norman, Oklahoma, and a longtime friendship with another OSU graduate. Bellis represents Cleveland County in the Cowboys in Every County project.