The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 53, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1918 Page: 4 of 4
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* 1 OCAL AND PERSONAL
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-Claude Cox, formerly of
is now connected with the
Fargo express company in Oklahomn
City.
-Mrs. Janie Thomas left last
evening to visit friends and relative
8t Madill. She expects to be gon
several days.
—This warm, fly-attractive wiath
„ has caused the appearance of
screens on all the doors of the local
eating houses.
-A party of public school boys
and girk went to Purcell Fnday to
attend a big social function g.ven In
their honor, Friday evening.
-Among the"Norman visitor. £
and Mr. and Mrs. r. g. Soutar.
—Robert Moffett, Jr., is visiting
Ms grandfather near Tuttle previous
to taking up a P°*'tl0" W1
press company in Oklahoma City.
nn His Way: "I don't know where
i.John Little and Camp Funston,
sSSSpte
j Edwards is having some
fine work done on the Edwards parks,
getting everything in fine shape and
eiv ng the parks their good summer
dress j C. Proctor has been employ-
ed as caretaker of the parks which
assures that they will be kept up
the standard.
—Mrs. Floyd Swank and pretty
little babe are Oklahoma City visi-
tors this afternoon.
-Manager Edgar Cralle is look-
in,, after interests of th e Norman of-
(ice of the McEidowney & Son Co.
in Oklahoma City today.
—Sergeant Wesley Sherman is
here from Camp Doniphan, spending
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Sherman.
I —Attorney John Luttrell is.look-
ing after legal business in Purcel
today. He has several important
oases in county court there.
' ards. Mrs. Chapman, of Waco, was
a special guest.
L H. Sanders of the Mustang
country was here today with another
automobile truck-load of his Nancy
Hall sweet potato plants. He ha
•>0,000 in the load, and they were
very fine ones. He sold 20,000 here
on Tuesday last, and says he s stil
got lots left.
that he should not ask to be taken
to France at the expense of the gov-
ernment when it was certain he
would not be able to stand it. He
went into the service August o, 19 ,
and belonged to Co. F, 111th En-
gineers. The Transcript and the
young man's friends sympathise with
I him, for they know Oscar is all right
from every standpoint except the
physical.
The Last Drive
-District Manager e. a Foster, of
the Carey, Lombard Co., left yes e
dav afternoon for different points m
Texas, looking after the yards ,
that state.
^omen's Meeting: The ladies
are requested to remember the meet-
ing of the Women's CouncilI of
fense which is to be held at the Bap-
tist church at 2 o'clock on Monday
afternoon.
-Rule B. Frost left Friday morn-
ing for Chicago, where he will enlist
in a special branch of the navy Rule
^ the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. *■
Frost, and one of the most popular
young men in Norman. He
attended the univerAty. where he
won distinction as an athlete, being
one of the few to make the national
athletic fraternity. "Jack.' as . e
wn< known to his friends here, was
-Mr. and Mrs. Manley Bailey are
here from Blanchard vising: Mi^and
Mrs E E. Bailey and their many
friends here. Mr. Bailey has; disposed
of the Bailey Drug store at Blanch
| ard, and will seek a new location for
| the same business.
! -County Treasurer Jim Corbett
I has purchased a fine Overland 5-pas-
senger car from Robt. Taylor, auto-
mobile representative of the Mintee
Hdw. company. The only regret we
have is that we cannot say Mr. an
j Mrs. Jim Corbett have bought, but
; that will come in due time.
i -Miss Birdie Polk is home from
I Marlow, where she taught a very
satisfactory term of school in the
city schools of that town; so satis
| factory that she has been
at a salary of $70 per month for the
coming year.
—Mrs. Edmund Berrigan and
daughter, Agnes, have returned from
Chicago, where Prof. Berrigan has
been taking special work in the Chi
;ago University.
T s. Slack has resigned as local
agent for the Interurban Company,
to take effect the first of the month.
C G Littee, who has been on the
Norman line for several months,
has been named his successor. Mr.
Slack has joined the "Back to the
Farm" army.
! —Paul j. McFerron came in from
I Fort Worth this morning on a fur-
1 lough to visit his parents, Mr. and
Mrs W. R- McFerron, preparatory
he thinks, of being called overseas.
He is in the aviation department.
—The fine Buick car of Will May
field was hit by another car. with a
Lindsey party at the wheel, when
I Will attempted to turn around t,.e
barrel on Main and Webster streets
! yesterday. Neither car was seriously
| injured, but both were badly bruise.
up.
Ellis McNeil in Hock: Ellis Mc-
Neil, of the Box neighborhood, was
brought to the county jail by Deputy
Sheriff Ben Clay yesterday, charged
with pulling a gun on a neighbor. He
was fined $25 and si laying it out in
jail. He is also thought to be a draft
evader, and his case will be investi-
gated.
Congenial Club: The Congenial
Twelve met with Mrs. Chas. De\orss
on North Crawford on Thursday and
had one of their most delightful meet-
ings. Work for the Red Cross was
the order of exercises, and the hos-
tess served a delicious luncheon. The
next meeting will be held Thursday
of next week with Mrs. C. A. Rich-
—Business Manager Howard, of
the Norman high school annual, tie
"Trail," is expecting the books to ar-
rive from Kansas City on any train,
and be ready for distribution within
the next few days. Ow.ng to a de-
lay on the part of the printers, the
lojks could not arrive in time for dis-
tribution before the close of school,
but will be mailed to subscribers
through the mail.
Correling the Dogs: Dog catch-
er Tom Dilbeck is enjoying a fine par
tronage on stray dogs these hot days.
He catches several of the animals
every day, and says he will soon have
Norman extinct from the stray
hounds. He ought to get around at
night when the animals get out and
commit the most of the depredations,
in many cases destroying lawns, kill-
ing chickens, etc. In these days of
the high cost of living it is pretty
hard for most of the dog owners to
feed their dogs, and they get out at
night in search of food.
IX te the disability to secure
freight transportation, the local lum-
be- yards are managing to keep a
fine 'supply of stock on hands. Tne
Bowling transfer wagon has been
busy for several days unloauing and
hauling material for the Carey, Lom-
bard, Young & Co. yard.
—W. N. Rucker is in receipt of a
i letter from his brother, Lieut. W. L.
Rucker, stationed at Camp Funston,
giving the good news that he has
been promoted to First Lieutenant
and given the responsible position of.
chief executive officer of the Quarter-
master's Dept. Lieut. Rucker was de-
tailed during the recent Liberty Lo.n
drive to make speeches in Missouri
and Kansas and performed royal ser-
vice.
—Honorably Discharged: Oscar A.
Young is home from Camp Bowie at
Fort Worth, having been honorably
discharged from the service of the
United States on account of physi-
cal disability, his ailment being giv-
en as nervous breakdown and slight
heart trouble. He was anxious to
1 go overseas, and succeeded in - get-
.1 li^nl Affinorc t(>
—Robt. Taylor of the Minteer
Hdwe. Co. Motor Dept., ^ arranging
to take Overland buyers to Toledo,
Ohio, to drive back their cars_ Cars
are getting hard to get and the re-
cent government order with referenc
to steel practically cuts off two-thirds
of the present output of the automo-
bile factories and almost the on >
way to get a car now is to drive it
from the factory. The proposed tr.P
I will take place on or about June i
No doubt your mind is flhed *lth
thoughts for suffering humuiuty .s
the entire nation is marching atcng
one hundred million strong, their
hearts beating in unison in
Cross drive. This is called a drive
It is really the pressing t0£ethel
human hearts in a common cause .hat
netds no language to express. To re^
lieve pain and suffering is a common
I thought known to all nations.
This is not the last drive we had^
'our mind while writing these nes^
One by one, suffemg will come to a
and disappearance from the earth will
be the c.iiimon lot of all. Our heart
and mind dwells along the way where
all must go-tlie road that leads to
the silent lt nd.
1 Others follow the same thought as
a shower of good gifts testify m their
giving unsolicited a tree to help beau-
tify the cemetery road. We wantto
add the following names to the list
that has already been published.
Thanks for the trees. One lady liv-
ing in Laramie, Wyoming, sends a
tree, but does not want her name pub^
lished, showing that a chain o
thought binds her heart to the ce -
tery road and the quiet fields beyond
I the hill.
i They are as follows:
MRS. H. H. CAREY.
MRS.CADDELL.
MRS. GROVER FULKERSON
MISS DEBORA HAINES.
AIRS. HAINES.
MRS J. M. THOMPSON.
L. J. EDWARDS,
Care-Taker.
Miss Mildred Leee Williams has
g0ne to Hobart for a weeVs vis.
ting two of the medical officers to (gone to n Lucile Wil-
pass him, but the third turned him I with her
down hard, and put it up to him
with ner
iiams is visiting in Oklahoma Ci y.
News comes that "Bronk Chil-
dress, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ch'^
dress, formerly of this city but now
of Collinsville, Okla., has enlisted in
the army. 'Bronk" has many friends
here who will wish him success n
' his new field.
Maxwell Automobiles
SALES ROOM, 107 EAST MAIN >T. VTTFUIES
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cars" m \xwell service station
maxwell parts and accessories
Holtzscbue Motor Car Company
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Burke, J. J. The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 53, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1918, newspaper, May 25, 1918; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc113758/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.