Drumright Area News Journal (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 69, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 17, 1988 Page: 2 of 16
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Paqe J News Journal Wednesday. February 17, 1988
Drumright Elementary Hosts
Hospital
Notes
1 )oreen l liainond Fine
Francis Root of Houston, Friday, February 5 The
form of social dancing that their square dancing skills
Speech & Drama To
Host Dessert Theater
favorite dance, ‘The Bird
Home.
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Maintainance Free
Playground
Funeral services wre
held Saturday, February-
13, 1988 at 1:00 p.m. in the
Resurrectional Memorial
Chapel, Oklahoma City, for
Aubra Ann McIlwain. Of-
ficiating was Pastor David
Schemm of the St. Mark
Lutheran Church, Ed-
mond, Ok.
Aubra Ann McIlwain was
bom October 29, 1962 at
Bangor, Main and had liv-
ed most of her life in
Oklahoma City. Aubra had
graduated from the Put-
nam City North High
School and had made her
home in Honolulu, Hawaii
for the past four months
where she was employed
with Continental Airlines
as a flight attendent.
Aubra died February 8,
1988 from injuries sustain-
ed in an accidental fall
while attending a football
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sujun ha a e‘n
Rurial was held in the
Fairlawn Cemetery with
services being under the
direction of the Davis
Funeral Home.
Arrow; Alma McDaniel,
Lucille Gonzalis, Vera
Elites, Jim Singleton,
Drumright
bill calls for increasing
state public schools spen-
ding almost $61 million
compared to the current
fiscal year.
Its features include.
-A $56 million funding in-
crease for public school
aid. Seventy-five percent of
that amount is earmarked
for teacher and support
personnel pay raises of
about 5 percent. The actual
pay raise amount would be
determined by the local
school district.
—Funding to reduce the
Creek, Payne & Tulsa
Counties.....................
Other Counties in
Oklahoma..................
Out of State................
Call Bobbie
865-3536
Oilton
The daughter of the late
Wiiliamund tane, .....
Wilkerson. Marie was born
• August 13, 1901, m Mena,
Ark.
Apartments
1, 2, or 3 Bedrooms
Children W elcome
Picnic Area
Capitol
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Discharges
Ora Edwards, Broken
2-10-88
Admissions
Linda Fultz, Eunice
Patrick, Drumright; Gor-
don Null, Oilton
Discharges
Linda Fultz, Drumright
The Drumright Elemen-
tary School held their
Square Dance Program on
Discharges
Howard Touchatt, Can-
dus Shelton, Drumright;
Carl Boundy, Oilton
Discharges
Darrell Stiles, Cushing;
Heather Ward, Mannford
2-11-88
Admissions
Steven Myers, Carl
2-14-88
Admissions
John Clawson, Oilton;
David Ramsey, Charles
Watson, Drumright
ncesmbmt*
2-13-88
Admissions
Robert Emmons, Allen,
(ISSN 0745-9270)
Combined editions of the Drumright Derrick,
Drumright Journal and the Lake Keystone News.
Published each Wednesday at Drumright,
Oklahoma 74030 by Drumright Newspapers Inc.
Entered as second class mail and postage paid at
Drumright, Oklahoma with additional mailing en-
try at Mannford, Oklahoma.
Postmaster send address change to the News Jour-
nal, P.O. Box 912, Drumright.
James S. Head-President
Jane S. Head-Vice President
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Therisa Privett of
Drumright has begun
her freshman year at
Langston University.
She has chosen Nurs-
ing as her major.
Therisa is a graduate
of Drumright High
School.
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Every year, foreign visitors
spend about 814 billion in
the U.S.
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Interment was in the
Resurrection Memorial
Cemetery, Oklahoma City,
with funeral arrangements
under the direction of the
Don Smith Funeral Home.
By age group, 21-30 and
31-40 year-olds each show
four fatalities. Three
children under the age of
ten were also killed in
January. Ten victims were
female, nine were male
and two were out-of-state
residents.
By county, Oklahoma
County led the state in traf-
fic deaths with four. Tulsa
and Washington each had
three and Creek and Mc-
Curtain had two. Of the six-
teen fatal traffic collisions
reported, only two victims
were using an available
seat belt or child restraint
system.
Creek Counties monthly
totals were 2 with the
Mrs. Mae Marie Mor-
phew, 137 E. 4th St.,
Drur. right, passed away
Thursday. February 11.
1988 in the Drumright Nur-
sing Home at the age of 86
Funeral services were
held Monday. February 15,
1988 at 2:00 p.m. in the
Davis Memorial Chapel in
Cushing, Ok.
Discharges
None
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stated that the Square
Dance Unit is the most
popular unit of the physical
education program. The
unit is beneficial not only in
leching physical control,
but also provides activities
for leisure time. Square
dancing is a skill that the
students can enjoy all their
lives.
Undents had previously
studied folk dances as part
of their physical education
program. Folk Dance is a
ed •Dummy'; Chance
Newman and Marty Col-
well doing louder, I Can't
Hear You’; Kevin Jackson
and Bill McClendon perfor-
ming Ordinary People’- a
dramatic duet; Cyndi Todd
and Jeremy Colwell acting
in a dramatic duet entitled
Of Mice and Men'; Cheryl
Moody reading a prose
selection entitled Animal
has become part of the
American customs and
traditions. The most
popular folk dance is the
square dance. This was
very popular with the
students also.
The first grade students
were the first to perform.
They did some basic
square dance steps in a cir-
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Tx.; and one brother- Tom
Tucker of Fremont, Calif.
Funeral services were
held at 10:00 a.m. Monday,
February 15. 1988 in the
First Christian Church
with Rev. Bob Davis of-
ficiating. Music was by
Mrs. Elmer Holder at the
organ and Mrs Lillian
Umberham soloist.
Pallbearers were Burl
Southward. Bob Akers,
Elmer Holder, Harold
Nichols, Clyde Coleman
and Junior Umberham.
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The boys and girls fared students will be performing
each other and did some their Filth Annual Dessert
basie square dancing steps Theater. March 4, 1988. at
Schindler, both
Oklahoma City.
While today’s car is cunsi-
dered far superior to those of
the 1970.', that doesn't mean
it doesn t require routine
maintenance. say car care ex-
perts Government and in-
dustry research points to tin
annual cost to cunsumers of
$2 billion worth of vehicles
that were prematurely re
tired because of maintenance
neglect
MONEY
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to the music of Comine "
Around The Mountain' and ,
Hinkey Dinky Parlez-
voux'.
The fourth grade classes
then performed square
dance steps to the tunes of
'Captain Jinks' and
‘Cotton-eyed Joe'.
The fifth grade classes
Mrs. Doreen Diamond
Fine, age 83. passed away
February 12, 1988 at the
Drumright Nursing Home.
U She was born March 1, 1904
at Cascade, Montana. Her
parents were the late Alan-
ein and Hettle Fine.
She was united in mar-
riage to James (" is Fine on
December 12, 192: in
Drumright and has made
her home here since. She is
proceded in death by her
Husband and one son
She was a member of the
First Christian Church.
Her survivors include
two suns- Bruce Fine of
Yale, Ok.; and Frank Fine
of Duncan, Ok.; one sister-
9 chop shop. The bill would
also make it a felony to sell
vehicles or vehicle parts to
a chop shop or to receive
parts or vehicles from a
chop shop.
A so-called chop-shop' is
an operation where a stolen
vehicle is dismantled and
its parts sold to salvage
yards and repair shops.
Last week the House also
passed legislation reducing
the interest charged on
delinquent state tax
payments. The bill, which
now goes to the Senate,
would also require the
State Tax Commission to
pay interest on tax refunds
not processed within 90
days.
To express your opinions,
you can contact me at 508
State Capitol, OKC, 73105
had learned contra-
formation or longway sets.
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and Bill McClendon doing a
humorous duet entitled
Next’; Scott Collins and
Chance Newman doing a
dramatic duet entitled
‘Helter Skelter’; Jeremy
Colwell and Aaron Atkins
Linda Humphrey of
Drumright has begun
her freshman year at
Langston University.
She has chosen Nurs-
ing as her major. She
is a graduate of Far-
mington High School.
Reel
The program concluded
with the fifth grade
.students performing the
'Grapevine' step using a
style of their own to the
Michael Jackson tune
Bad'.
Mrs. Kelly Worthy.
Physical Edu< ation
teacher at the school.
2-12-88
Admissions
Pearl Harragarra,
Cushing; Mathew Wise.
Dance.
The second grade
students performed ‘Shoo-
fly' and Irish Washer-
woman'.
The third grade classes
had learned to form
squares. They exhibited
ing a humorous duet esititl-
ed Make Like A Dog';
Aaron Atkins performing
in a monologue entitled
'...And Stuff’: Tiana Fort-
ney and Scott Collins per-
forming in 'Plaza Suite’;
and Don Brichacek and
Scott Kelley doing a
dramatic duet called
Down Came The Rain'.
Also. Jennifer Ruby per-
forming a monologue call-
a-
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doing humorous duet entitl- Tx.
ed Star Spangled Girl’;
and Camilla Creekmore Discharges
and Christi Goode doing a Kenneth Smith, Charlie
dramatic duet ‘Night Sellers, Dean Sweatt,
Mother’. Loreine Cook, Cushing;
Also, Don Briachacek Lou Singleton, Eunice
and Dayna Wells doing Patrick, Drumright
2-9-88
Admissions
Leora Arnold, Lou
Singleton, Drumright;
Loreine Cook, Cushing
7:00 p.m. at the Boomtown
Theater.
Those performing will be
Jason Faires and Melissa
Knight performing a
humorous duet entitled
'Drive-In'; Adam Carroll
and Camilla Creekmore do-
8 TERRY WYMAN, MAKES
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ObituafV;.^^ -- —.....y---
—_6 8# Square Dance
game at Aloha Stadium in
Honolulu. She was preced-
ed in death by her mother,
Carolyn Sue McIlwain,
February 6, 1979.
She is survived by her
father and step-mother,
Ted and Connie McIlwain,
Oklahoma City; her
sisters, Scarlet Kettner,
Oklahoma City and Tracy
McIlwain, Whibdey,
Washington; her grand-
mother, Eunice McIlwain,
Drumright; and two step-
sisters, Jackie and Joanna
WMC
Having won the
legislature’s preliminary
approval, all budget bills
will not be assigned to the
General Conference Com-
mittee on Appropriations
IGCCA).
The GCCA, made up of
equal numbers of House
and Senate members, will
hammer out budget
agreements between the
two legislative chambers
and fine-tune the budget
bills for final legislative
cvlisitt ULl Uli.
In other action last week
the House Transportation
Committee approved the
Moter Vehicle Chop Shop,
Stolen and Altered Proper-
ty Act’ (HB 1831),
The bill seeks to make it
a felony to own or operate a
‘chop shop’ or to transport
any vehicle to or from a
Traffic fatalities for the
first month in the new y ear
plunged compared to last
year's January count ac-
cording to the Oklahoma
Department of Public Safe-
ty. Nineteen traffic deaths
were recorded, compared
to thirty-six for January
1987.
Saturdays were the most
hazardous days to be on the
road last month, with six Last week the legislature average class size from 24
fatalities occuring. Four continued to move on a fast students down to 21
fatalities were recorded on track towards an adjourn- -Funding to train school
Thursdays and Mondays ment in early April instead district personnel to in.
and Tuesdays notched of June. An average of 15 to sped school buildings for
three eacl , , 20 bills were considered asbestos and develop plans
Two-vehicle accidents dailv. t___..
... .. ... ■ ‘VI pulling tilt suDSlancE in
claimed seven lives, while The largest budget bill a safe form or disposing of
single-vehicle incidents at- clearing the House last it.
counted for three fatalities week was the first draft of -Additional funding for
Five pedestrians and one an$839 4millionappropria- supplemental school
bicyclist were also part of tion to public schools. The library equipment and
the January tally. bill calls for increasing materials.
--Funding to begin
। assessing the writing skills
of third grade students
* statewide. Seventh and
tenth grade students are
already taking the writing
assessment test.
-Funding for community
literacy and pilot projects.
The category could include
such things as school drug
abust prevention programs
and experimenting with a
12 month school year in
some school districts.
Th—l
All I know is what I read in the papers-Win Rogers
Dayna Wells a
monologue Bus Stop';
Kevin Jackson doing a
monologue Black Elk
She was united in mar-
riage to Samuel Morphew
on April 7, 1916 in Arkan-
sas. They came to Cushing
in 1940 He preceded her in
death April 17, 1972.
She was a longtime
member of the First Chris-
tian Church of Cushing.
Surviving are one son.
Luther Morphew of
Cushing; and one
daughter, Bethel Zumalt of
Drumright; 10 grand-
children; 14 great grand-
children; 7 great-great-
grandchildren; and other
relatives.
‛ '•♦Inn In her parents
and husband, she was
preceded in death by one
son, Ben Morphew .
Most automobile owners'
manuals outline simple in-
structions to help you de vour
own maintenance, these ex-
Connie Hall of perts say 11 you don't have a
Drumright has begun manual, stopbyanautoparts
her freshman year at store:
Langston University.
She has chosen Early
Childhood as her ma-
jor. She is a graduate ,
of Laverne High 3
School.
Crackers’; Christi Goode Fisher, Drumright
and Cathy Lanning perfor-
ming Horton Hatches An Discharges
Egg’; and Jennifer Price Charles Davis,
doing a monologue Drumright
‘Madam Butterfly'.
Baby With The
Bathwater’; Melissa
Knight and Cathy Lanning
doing a dramatic duet en-
titled Sister, Sister’; Scott
Kelley and Darrell
Medlock doing a humorous
duet entitled ‘Green
Pastures’.
Drumright Phone Mannford Phone
352-2572 865-3882
2-8-88
Admissions
Charlie Sellers, Dean H.
Sweatt, Cushing; Charles
Davis, Drumright;
Heather Ward, Drumright
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