Storyteller: Helen Reynolds Molton

Interviewer: Lorretta Bertalot

Date: 08/04/2017

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Mrs. Reynolds discussed the early history of Tulsa, World Wars II and the Korean Wars, Her education in Tulsa Public Schools, and her work in the service station markets in Tulsa, She described downtown Tulsa and the businesses and entertainment opportunities . She concluded by discussing her families immigration from Italy and Arkansas.

Subjects: Tulsa Schools, World War II, Korean War, California, Work in Service stations in Tulsa, OTASCO, Memories of stores, theaters and restaurants in downtown Tulsa, Use of bus tokens and mills, Streetcars, Train and history of ancestral immigration. Schools Mentioned included: Burroughs, Roosevelt, Central. Stores mentioned Included: Woolworth, Kress, Clarks, Renberg, Streets, Vandevers, Brown Dunkin, Crown Drug ,and Frougs. Theaters mentioned included: Rialto, Majestic, Ritz and Orpheum. Places mentioned included: The Blue Dome, Cains Ball Room The Polo Park, The Sand Springs Trolley line, The train Depot, the Airport, the Akdar Temple, The Coliseum, The Crystal Ballroom, the Newspaper Printing Office and the and the Cimmaron Ballroom. The Piedmont Valley in Italy, Monet, Mo. and Arkansas were also mentioned.