Alva Review-Courier -

Thelma Crouch will lead Northwestern Oklahoma State University's annual homecoming parade as its marshal starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, on Alva's downtown square.

A 1960 graduate of Northwestern, Crouch earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the university.

Crouch served as the alumni director at Northwestern, 1979-1988. She refers to this as a rewarding time that she will always remember. She enjoyed getting to know the graduates and honoring those who graduated many years before.

Beginning with head coach Woody Roof in 1983, she began making cookies for all of the fo...