Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XXV
75 WILL GRADUATE
FROM LOCAL HIGH
Largest Graduating Class in History
of N. H. s.; Commencement
Exercises Friday Night.
Seventy-five students will receive
diplomas from Norman high school
this vear, this being the largest class
to graduate from high school here.
The baccalaureate sermon was deliv-
ered at the Presbyterian church last
Sunday, every member of the class of
•17 being present, as well as many
other high school students and towns-
people. "The Importance of Bein^
Farnest" was the name of the senior
class play given at the Franing
Opera house tonight. This play
will be well attended, and the cast
is an excellent one, showing the ta-
lent of real professionals.
Commencement Exercises
Commencement exercises will be
given at the high school aud.tonum
tomorrow night, and one of the larg
est attendances in the history of Nor-
man high school is expected. Miss
Aldyth King will deliver the saluta-
tory address, with Gertrude L. Siden-
er as Valedictorian.
City Superintendent N. H. Edward
in expressing his attitude toward the
progress of this years class of sen-
iors, says it has been one of the most
successful from every standpoint
Moses Endicott has been an excellent
leader of the class.
Seventy-five Graduates.
Those who Null receive diplomas
from the local high school are: Wal-
lace Abbott, Ruth Meyers, Earl Neal,
Ruth Wingate, Ida Faucett, Henry
Eischeid, Kate Martin, Mary Lee
Monnett, John Kugler Montgomery,
Vita Waters, Guy Parkhurst, a
Miller, Harold Pool, Edith Cralle,
Scharlotte Kitchen, Russell Conkling,
Gertrude Sidener, Maurice McLaugh-
lin Kate Blake-Rogers, Irene Turner,
Melvin Renner, Florence Hutson
Frank Starkey, Edith Cnswell Ruth
Bible, Mert Gilbert, Ton' Sile, lc
Endicott, Grace Fischer-Grey, Jessye
Acree, Bradford Risinger, Genevieve
Courtright, Ethel Mon.cal, Edith
Hodges, Elizabeth Keller, Guy Mitch-
ell Allie Wilkerson, Jim Grey, Willie
Hodges, Bess Elledge Henry Re.de-
sel. Lucile Wickizer, Russell Smith,
Blanche Hedley, Grace Bumgarner,
Randolph Chancellor, Aldyth King,.
Earl Pruet, Edith Bloomer, Lucy
Pierson, Townsend Zink, Flora Mc-
Daniel, Ruby Sullivant, Alta Appleby,
Archie McAlester, Frederca Fitch,
Joe Curtis. Frances Vincent, Janette
Johnson, Claud Oliphant, Hattie
Britt, Gladys Whitwell, Herbert
Hyde, Birdie Saxton, Charlie llutson,
Cora McNamee, Grace Lee, Charlie
Wilkey, Lucile Oliphant, Malta Clark
Florence Teel, Carl Ince.
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IcHRlSTIATJ-ENDEAVOR REVIVAL SERVICES END ^SCHOOL ANNUAL APPEARS
Rftl I Y BEING PLANNED "
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norman
NO. 18.
BOYD HOUSE DESTROYED
BY FIRE SUNDAY MORNING
The residence of Jas. Boyd, Jr., in
the north part of Norman, was de-
stroyed by fire about 6 o'clock Sun-
day morning. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Giles
were occupying the residence, having
recently moved into it. They were
able to save most of their household
goods, but the furniture of Mr. and
Mrs Boyd, which was stored in one
room was completely destroyed. The
fire caught from a defective flue, he
house was partly covered by insur-
ance but there was no insurance on
the household goods.
Assistant Attorney General Wood
Sees where University ot Okla
horn a May Gain.
RUCKER OFFERS LAND IN
MILE OF TOWN FREE
W N. Rucker offers about forty 01
fifty acres of his land, free to the
people of Norman, who are unable to
own land or have not space enough
for gardens.
This land will have the small grain
crops removed in about thirty c ays,
or possibly fifteen or twenty days.
He has teams on hie farm with
plows, harrows, etc. This land he
offers to the people of Norman as
above stated free of charge, use of
team, and any implements needed in
caring for the property.
There are so many crops that can
be grown this late in the season un-
der favorable conditions, that
seems to us it is a great offer, indeed;,
and he would like for a eomm.ttee of
the citizens or a delegate from each j
church, the pastor and one member
whom the pastor designates, to mee„
with him and make any suggest a .
It might be well that,these commit-,
tees take up the matter of free seec^
Furnish these people who want to
put out gardens or small tracts o
eatables, with free seed.
Mr Rucker is furnishing the land,,
teams, and implements. There will
certainly be hundreds and hundreds
Of dollars saved, if this opportunity
is taken advantage of, and we think
that some one should take action at
once and make the necessary arrange-
ments to grasp this opportunity.
Farm demonstrator Jas. Lawrence
will furnish us with a list of the most
reliable seeds for late planting, which
will be published in the next issue
BARNARD-COTHERN WEDDING
Mr. Elmer Barnard and Miss Dora I
Cothern, of the Franklin neighbor-
hood, were happily united in marriage
at the home of the groom's uncle, W.
E Barnard, in this city, Monday even-
ing. The ceremony was performed
by Judge Geo. C. Burke.
Both are very popular young people
and have many friends who wish for
them a long, happy and prosperous
wedded career.
OKLAHOMA, CITY, Okla., May 20.
proposal permanently to end the
University preparatory school at
Tonkawa, which will be discontinued
for the coming two years because
Governor Williams' disapproved of its
appropriation, was made to,lay by
r E. Wood, assistant attorney t-
„al in a letter to Dr. Stratton D.
Brooks, president of the University
of Oklahoma.
Would Divert Land.
The plan proposed by Mr. oo< -
to get congress to divert the loO.OOO
acres of land or the funds derived
from them, to the state unlveimty.
The lands were granted to
kawa institution by congress in the
enabling act, and the state is power-
lew to change the administration of
the funds derived from them.
"I see an emergency, which I am
not at liberty to handle myself, and
one which falls particularly in the
province of your office as head o? the
state university," wrote Mr. o .
"The write is in strong accord
with the governor's veto of appropri-
ations for the maintenance of the
schools, because such ,n8t,tU^'0"3
| stand in the way of high school
development and are a burden to the
state university.
That the university students who
at.ended the Christian Endeavor con-
vention at Ada last week got at
least some confidence in their work
is evidenced by the next move they
| are undertaking. A rally of the
societies in and around Norman
being planned for June 10, to be
\t Christian Church Wednesday
Night; Many Conversions Dur-
ing the Meeting.
One of the most successful annuals
I in the history of the Norman high
! school, came off the press this week,
and is now on sale at the Smith hook
"K I Norman has just closed one of the storp The nnnual's staff this year
sy ! ,)egt evangelistic campaigns that has j ha3 proven a most successful an
^ iever been enjoyed in the town. 1 "^ | competent one and
is Hamiltons and Brocks came well and j pubUc one of the
j highly recommended and they MVI
church that I ™ ,^^ high Christian char-
FOR SALE
1 ormack wheat
binder, transport and
tongue trucK, with all the latest at
tachments.
Call or write J. H. Haun, Norman,
iOkla., Route 2, box 67.
FOUND A crank for large auto-
mobile on road west of town. Owner
can secure same by calling on (.. W.
Fox, 3 1-2 miles west of Norman, ant
paying: for this notice.
CAPT. DONALDSON DEAD
new av " , , , i
Sundav afternoon at 3 o clocU.
The three societies in the clty-
Senior Presbyterian and High Schoo
and Senior Christian, will assist in
the program and will serve a lunch
to the visiting societies late in the
afternoon in the basement o
Presbyterian church. Endeavo.
toasts will be in order at the luncheon
by the chairman of the different
committees of the three soc.eties of
the city who have gained efficiency
in their line of work.
The conference will be conducted
bv Miss Adeline Goodard, of East
'Enid who has been connected with
endeavor work for a number of years.
At the close of this, a number of
talks will be made by endeavorers
covering efficiency in young
societies. .. „„
The young people of Noble, Moot ,
Corn, Antioch, and Grotts Grove are
being asked to unite in this rally so
that they may have the advantag
of the organization of the Norman
societies. At this time a number of
these are being visited regularly by
members of some of the young peo-
| pies societies of Norman who conduct
| Sunday School and lead gospel team
meetings. . ,
The luncheon will be given to the
visiting young people ai a welcome
and will be served about five o clock.
The visiting people are expected to
bring a delegation of 20 or 30 mem-
bers from each place and will be
asked to remain for the evening ser-
vices if they wish. ,
Those who will take part are W li-
ma Wickizer on executive methods,
Minnie Haswell on the prayer meet-
ing, Earl Bartholomew on the Look-
ouV -ommittee, Euphie Bogle ori the
work of the corresponding secretary,
Greta Mitchell on missionary plans,
Willard Wickizer on publicity in
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and
Mr. P. G. Phelps on the social com-
mittee.
Wilma Wickizer will welcome the
delegation and the president of the
Moore society will give the respo.ise.
These rallies are being held o' er
the Oklahoma district which em-
braces Lincoln, Pottawatomie, t lev
„„ thus gave to the
of the best publications
ever put out. The 1917 volume was
lneu dedicated to Principal McMurtrey,
ncters throughout the entire meeting. | who has bt,en connected with the high
Mr Hamilton condemns very strongly | sehooi here for the past two
the sin common among members of I'acuity, snap-shots, athletics, clubs,
the churches, the least of which is not jokt>s aml the different classes and
indifference. He has placed high j (lepartments compose the publication,
ideals before the people of Norman
whrwill'profit thereby if we take
heed unto the things spoken. M •
Hamilton together with her husband
is among the finest and most spin
tual personal workers Norman has
ever had. Mr. and Mrs. Brock have
few equals in the evangelistic fieldas
leaders in song, while both ..lis.
Brock and Mrs. Hamilton are experts
upon the piano. The drilling; of the
children and results obtained by M -
Hamilton was one of the grea < >
deaV0,T complishments of the meeting. Also
g peoples I s))ecial addresses to women were
most highly complimented.
The number of additions resulting
from the meeting were by s i <■
ment and renewals, and 109 by con-
fession. Of the latter number
have thus far been baptised. The
closing night there were seven who
responded to the mvita ion. As the
large congregation said tareweU to
the evangelists there were glad
hearts because of what they a<
done, and sad hearts because they
were to part, but with prayers and
best wishes for their success as they
went out to other fields.
NEW IDEA CU D MEETING
Those who have had charge of the
Trail this year are: Melvin Renner,
editor-in-cliief; Lucile Wickizer, hum-
or editor; John Kugler Montgomery,
literary editor; Russell Conkling,
athletic editor; Aldyth King, snap-
shots; lone Sale, senior editor; Ger-
trude Sidener, associate editor; Ruth
Bible, senior historian; G. Parkhurst,
business manager; Randolph ( han-
cellor, assistant business manager.
Capt. S. B. Donaldson, who had ^ ^ ^
been making his home with his g peoples societies, Ray L.
daughter, Mrs. C. C. McClure, in this I (.hrigtian Endeavor finance,
city until a short time ago, died in a I
hospital in Nashville, Tenn., Monday
! night, from the effects of an opera- |
tion for kidney and liver trouble,
which had troubled him for many
months. .
Capt. Donaldson was an old soldier
and a fine Southern gentlnian and
well and favorably known in Norman. |anJ
and greatly admired by all who knew
him.
The New Idea duh met at the home
of Mrs. W. T. Vowell Wednesday a -
ternoon. The meeting was °Penet
the president, Mrs. Burch. Each lady
present responded to the roll call with
an interesting current event. The
committee gave their report from the
Norman Board of Education in re-
gard to the simplicity of dress.
same was accepted and presented by
Prof. Shannon to the faculty and high
school students, which was unani-
mously endorsed by the faculty and
each class and committees were ap
pointed to select the colors, which
will be presented to the superinten-
dent and school board.
Visitors present were Mmes. Grah-
am and Merkle. A delicious one-
"THE BROCKS" HOLDING
MEETINGS AT GROTT'S
Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Brock are hold-
ing a short revival meeting at the
Grotts school house northeast of Nor-
man. Mr. and Mrs. Brock have been
singing for the Hamiltons at the
Christian church revival meeting, and
as many people in the Grotts n g -
borhood have showed much mtovest
in the meeting here, it was deeded to
hold a short revival there. The
Brocks, as well as the Hamiltons have
stablished a great reputation here
and we feel sure the meeting in the
rural district will be of the greatest
success. _ _
It has been arranged for Pastor
Wickizer to speak each evening a
the School House and the Brocks will
1 sing. Services will be held each night
this week, and over Sunday. Remem-
ber the place, Grott's Grove school
1 1UC1 rut. '* ,
luncheon was served by the
DOROTHY MONNET WINS
ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST
J. M. Tuggle, of Lexington, who is
la member of the federal jury at 0k", SPOTTSWOOD-BROWN WEDDING
lahoma City, stopped off in Norman
while enroute home Satuday after-
I noon, on business matters.
s j_,incow, course iuhu.cv..
and Oklahoma counties. June d her daughter, Mrs. Mc-
Comb. The next meeting will be held
with Mrs. Spencer on June 14.
IfcUIU Uiivi
3 a rally will be held in the northern
part of Lincoln county at Carney with
eleven societies.
Mr. Chas. Spottswood, of Colorado
Springs, Colo., and Miss Eugenia
The fine rain of Tuesday night wa-
certainly a blessing to the people of
Cleveland county. The water-a
| varied from one-half to three inches
At a recent meeting of the 1917
letter men of the Norman high school
football team, Elmer Walls, a star of
two seasons was chosen to lead the
1918 squad, to succeed Dewey Foster,
who had withdrawn from school.
Wails is a member of next year s
senior class, and has made two let-
ters on the gridiron. In his fresh-
men year he was first string sub and
his second year found him playing re-
gularly at left guard; the last sea-
son he held down the tackle position
on the undefeated eleven. "Fat" as
he is commonly known, made such
good records under Collins' reign
that he was chosen to the captaincy
of the 1918 team.
Miss Dorothy June Monnet, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Monnett,
won the annual Norman high school
essay contest, over several other com-
petitors. The title of Miss Monnett s
essay was: "One of the Apostles,
and critics say it is one of the best
pieces of work ever written for the
annual contest.
Mary Lee Monnett, sister to Doro-
try, wrote the best essay last year
Miss Bess Clement was a close second
to the winner, her essay being entit-
led "The Stars and Stripes." Miss
Monnett is a member of the class of
'20, and a straight-A student.
We sharpen lawn mowers, Daniels
l & Co., 311 E. Main.
The R C. Berry building on Wrest
Main, which will be occupied by
Pickard Bros, garage after June 1st,
is nearing completion. It will be an
excellent home for the Ford agency
Springs, Colo., ana -miss augc..... county. The southern and
Brown, of this city, were happily urn- ^ ts being visited by the
ted in marriage in Colorado Springs, rains. is said in some
Sunday, May 20th, and will reside | ^ wpre ba(„y washed
in that city, where the groom has an ^ ^ mos). cases it was a life-saver
for the crops, and was worth thous-
ands of dollars to the farmers of this
county.
meetings.
SCHOOL BOARD VOTES FOR
COMPULSORY TRAINING
At a recent meeting of the city
Board of Education a motion was
made and passed to make military
training in Norman high compulsoiy
during the 1917-18 term. About one
hundred boys have been taking th
training this year, and it has been
! very successful. The officers in thi
company are: William Howard, cap-
tain; Elmer Wails, first lieutenant,
Rodergritz Childress, second lieuten-
ant, Raymond Kennedy, Lynn Geyer
and Floyd Walker, sergents. Ail of
these officers will return to school at
the beginning of the next school term
Guns and some other equipment will
be here and ready for use by next
September.
excellent position.
The groom is a son of Mrs. Alice
. , t pnnu,rh I Spottswood, of this city, and is a
The sane standard, bat enoug | stgady and reiiable young business
food and no more," rigidly follow®man, while the bride is the daughter
would reduce greatly food bills 1 \ ^ ^ ^ Malllf nf Norman, and
many homes and at the same tin
many nomw
tend to improve the physical condi-
tion of all members of the household
I County Assessor W. E. Barnard
and Deputy L. L. McComb have just
about completed the assessment rolls,
and will have them ready to turn over
to the county commissioners at their
session Monday, when they will meet
as an equalization board for the pur-
pose of equalizing the assessment for
1917.
of Mrs. Mary Brown, of Norman, and
was one of Cleveland county's sue
cessful school teachers. She is a
beautiful and accomplished young
lady.
Both are well and favorably known
here and have a host of friends who
wish for them all the happiness and
prosperity of a successful wedded ca-
reer.
J. S. Williams, of Purcell, was here
today, visiting his daughter, Vis
Velma Parnell.
MASONS, TAKE NOTICE
All able bodied Masons are le-
quested to meet at the Temple soon
after supper on Friday evening, June
1st and assist in "removing the rub-
bish" from, in and around the Temple
preparatory to grading the ground".
Masonic wages will be paid all Ma-
sons whose work is "approved.
Fraternally,
BUILDING COMMITTEE.
Commencement
Time Is Coming
Don't you want to remember how YOUR son
or YOUR daughter looked at high school gradua-
tion time? Young people change, but pictures a -
ways bring back thoughts of youth and happiness.
Why not call and let us make a permanent rec-
ord of graduating vigor and beauty?
Orenbaun s Studio
One of the little sons of Mr and
Mrs. Aruthur Sherman, died at their
home in Lexington Friday, the re-
mains being laid to rest in the Lex-
ington cemetery Saturday afternoon
NINE MONTHS SCHOOL FOR
MEDICS SAYS DR. TURLEY
We will continue to have nine
months of school in the school of
medicine, and not attempt to turn
out doctors on the hurry-up plan of
12 months a year as was talked of
recently," said Dean L. A. Turley
afternoon, recently, • ,
- friends in Thursday, when asked of the plans
one, but it incurred too many com-
plications," said the dean.
lNUIUIUIl ..... -- «•
of the death of one of their infants.
Mrs. W. N. Rucker accompanied
Mr. Rucker to Tulsa Monday, where
he purchased the Harry Spitzler
stock of shoes for cash, also he traded
land for the Fred E. Adams shoe
stock at Sapulpa, which included the
well known brands as Hanan, Walk-
over and Queen Quality.
LAST CALL
Mr.
but. Goldie, aged 40 years, died
at his home on East Comanche, last
Thursday morning, death being
caused by lung trouble. He is sur
vived by a wife and two children. The
I funeral services were conducted at
! the I. O. 0. F. cemetery Friday after-
' noon at 4 o'clock.
There are something like one hun- '
dred persons who have failed to call i
at my office and make out their per- j
sonal property tax assessment rolls ,
for 1917.. This is to give notice that j
Saturday, June 2, 1917, will be the
last day of grace, and if 1 have to
i hunt you up it is going to cost you
something. .
Come at once and save the penal-
ty W. E. BARNARD,
| County Assessor.
We Help
the Women
their lot.
For a small sum the bulk of the week's washing is
eliminated.
The cost of our "flat work" service for washing
and ironing is less than you or your washerwoman nv
do the washing alone for.
We also do "rough dry" family wash for only six
cents a pound.
Send us a bundle next week and try out service.
norman steam
laundry
PHONE 71
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