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The Sapulpa Daily Herald
Vol. 57— No. 53- 1 Section- 8 Pages
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 74066. Tuesday, November 3, 1970
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Sapulpa’s Early Voting Pace Brisk
Voters appeared to be going
to the polls In larger numbers
than anticipated in the Sapulpa
area Tuesday.
At mid-morning, L. A. (Bus)
Hudgins, election board sec-
retary, said reports indicated at
least a normal turnout (or a gen-
eral election. By noon, an elec-
tion board spokesman said it ap-
peared heavier than usual.
Residents at Kiefer, Mounds
and Olive reported heavter-than-
usual early voting, and a spot
check in Sapulpa showed varied
results.
Three county races and a
county health millage increase
proposal were on the ballot in
addition to judicial, state and
congressional races.
Polls remain open until 7 p.m.
A list of polling places is found
on page 8.
A check shortly after 11 a.m.
showed 93 ballots cast at Ward
2, Precinct 2, Garfield school.
That was up considerably from
the 1966 general election, when
63 had been cast at the same hour.
At the school administration
building, Ward 5 Precinct 2, 178
h»o coted compared with 189 at
the same hour four years ago.
However, the precinct has been
divided since that time. At
Washington school, the turnout
was 71 compared with 92 at the
same hour in 1966.
Less than 12,000 voted four
years ago. Hudgins has pre-
dicted a turnout of 12,700 this
Show Tax Receipt
Election officials reminded
voters Tuesday to take their ad
valorem tax receipts to the polls
for voting on the health depart-
ment millage issue.
Only ad valorem tax payers
may vote on that issue. If vot-
ers do not have their receipts,
they must sign an affidavit certi-
fying they are bonafide tax-
payers.
time.
The sheriff's race matches
incumtient Democrat Brice C.
Coleman against Republican
Dempsey Shelton. In Commis-
sioner District 1, incumbent
Democrat W’.T. (Dub) Smith faces
Republican Richard Paul Bris-
tow, and in District 3, incum-
bent Democrat Aaron W’Uleford
faces Republican Edgel Mizell.
In non-partisan judicial races,
Associate District Judge Wesley
A. Whittlesey seeks re-election
against challenger Clyde Pa-
trick, and in the District 1 Court
of Appeals race, Paul W.Bright-
mire faces Lawrence A. McSoud.
Count ians also vote on a pro-
posal to raise the tax millage
levy for operation of the county
health department from its pre-
sent 1.5 mills to 2.5 mills.
The congressional race pitted
incumbent Republican Rep. Page
Belcher against Democrat James
K. Jones in the 1st District, which
Includes Creek and Tulsa
counties.
Returns City Commission Asks Chamber:
Offered
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By ED LIVERMORE
Rex Fletcher, editor of the
McAlester Eye Opener and a
fellow alumnus of Escape U„
drops us a note indicating he
is in good humor these days.
He said he was asked to do-
nate something to the Old Ladies
Home and he sent along his
mother-in-law.
Rex, you may recall, grew up
in a very small town. It was a
little behind the times and nor-
mally June bugs arrived around
the middle of August.
I He said his cellmate next door
is considered one of the dumbest
around the stout house. He said
he never thought much about
the success of his marriage un-
til he moved from New York to
California and found he had the
same milkman.
His last tidbit indicated in his
opinion a fellow is fairly well
educated if he can describe a
bathing beauty without using his
hands.
He always has a little some-
thing to pass along to outdoors
type and his most recent ad-
visory is about trapping rab-
bits. He says the best way to
nab a bunny is to hide in the
grass and make a noise like a
carrot.
It’s people like Rex who make
the days run end to end.
Escaper
Arrested
An Arkansas prison escaper,
arrested at a Kiefer residence
Monday night, was in Creek
county jail Tuesday awaiting
transfer proceedings.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
troopers and Creek county sher-
iff’s officers arrested the man
Identified as Kenneth Tinker,
22, at a home in Kiefer.
Tinker had been reported es-
caped Oct. 21 from the Arkansas
state prison unit at Pine Bluff,
Ark., where he had been serv-
ing a 4-year term for posses-
sion of stolen property, bur-
11 giary and parole violation.
■ Trooper J.W. Hammans and
Dsputy Sheriff David Crawford
rought the suspect to the county
A slight difference of opinion on choices of political candi-
dates is obvious here between Karen Jean Holmes and Larry
Dewitt, both third graders at South Heights school. The battle
will end today as voters in Oklahoma go to the polls to elect
a hill slate of candidates. Polls remain open until 7 p.m.
(Herald Photo)
Vote Total May
Fool ‘Experts’
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Oklahoma voters apparently
fooled the experts and turned
out in surprisingly heavy num-
bers today to elect a governor
and other officers.
Weather was chilly, but gen-
erally favorable for voting.
Heavy voting was reported in
Oklahoma County and "fairly
heavy” in Tulsa County, both
considered favorable areas for
incumbent Republican Dewey
Bartlett.
However, the heavy voting
trend extended to smaller cit-
Market
Robbed
Two unidentified men robbed
a local store at gunpoint here
late Friday then fled east on
Highway 117, according to po-
lice reports.
Police were called to the Glt-
N-Go store, 1118 E. Taft, short-
ly after 11 p.m. Friday. David
Lynch, 519 S. Walnut, told of-
ficers that two men had entered
the store, brandished a pistol
and robbed him of all the money
in the cash register.
Lynch said the robbers pulled
the gun and told him to fill a
sack. They took the sack and
left the store.
A witness told police the two
men ran to an automobile parked
on a nearby church lot and drove
east on Highway 117, The wit-
ness followed the car for a dis-
tance and was able to identify
the make and color for police.
The loss was determined at
$132,74.
Lynch described the two men
as Negro males, one 5-6, the
other about 5-9. Both were
wearing shirts and blue jeans.
★ Forecast ★
OKLAHOMA - Partly cloudy
and quite cold tonight. Risk of
scattered light snow showers to-
night, mainly northeast and
east • central. Clearing and gen-
erally a little warmer Wednes-
day. Low tonight mid 2Cj Pan-
handle to lower 30s southeast.
High Wednesday 46 northeast to
58 southwest.
ies as well, where Democrat
David Hall has his greatest
strength.
At Chickasha, in Grady Coun-
ty, early voting was more than
twice that of the light August
primary.
Holdenville, another Demo-
cratic area, reported an aver-
age turnout for a general elec-
tion.
At Elk City, where polls have
shown Hall a strong favorite,
"generally high voting" was re-
ported. At nearby Canute, lines
were reported so long at one
Election returns will be
announced tonight in the
court room on the first
floor of the county court
house.
The Sapulpa Herald
strff will compile a run-
ning total of figures pro-
vided by the Crook Coun-
ty Election Board end
make results available
to the public in the court
room.
First returns ore ex-
pected after B p.m.
Telephones will not bo
manned at Hie Sapulpa
Harold office.
C.W. Harmony
Dies Tuesday;
Riles Pending
Well known Sapulpan Clsude
W. Harmony, 82, died Tuesday
morning at St. Francis Hospital,
Tulsa, where he had been hos-
pitalized nine days.
Harmony retired in 1956 as a
partner in the printing firm of
Harmony-Woodruff. He and the
late William P. Woodruff start-
ed the company in 1933 and both
partners were active in busi-
ness and civic affairs of Sapulpa.
Earlier he was a partner with
Willis Strange in the Harmony-
Strange Printing Co.
He was honored at a dinner
held Oct. 29, 1969, at Carnelot
Inn, Tulsa, by the Printers Ty-
pographical Union, Local 403,
for having a 60 year member-
ship.
Harmony was born July 4,
1888 in Hardin Co., Ohio and
came to Sapulpa in 1910. He was
an army veteran of World War
L
He was an Elder in First Pres-
byterian church, where he was
a member of the choir many
years. He was an American
Legion member and was most
active in the Rotary Club, which
Renewal Request:Why?
precinct that some voters left j,e served as president in 1934,
to come back later. had been on the board several
Heavy voting was reported in terms and was secretary sev-
Republican areas in Washing-
ton County, and observers said
today's turnout might be a rec-
ord in an off-year election. Pre-
vious off-year votes included
17,227 in Washington County in
1962 and 17,154 in 1966.
Enid reported "a surprising-
ly high” turnout. Garfield Coun-
ty normally is predominantly
Republican although Hall has
cut into Bartlett’s lead there.
Tex Newman, secretary of
the Oklahoma County Election
Board, said reports from most
precincts contacting the elec-
tion board have been "heavy,
heavy."
"It is a whole lot heavier
than I predicted," Newman
aaid, "particularly in the north-
west and up in the Edmond
area."
era! years. He held a past ser-
vice membership in the club.
Survivors are his wife, Maude,
of the home, 509 S. Independ-
ence; two sons, David Harmony,
Borger, Texas; Victor Har-
mony, Oklahoma City; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Jean Owen, Fuller-
ton, Calif.; Miss Mary Harmony,
North Hollywood, Calif; 10
grandchildren; five great grand-
children and a brother, Clair
Harmony, Tulsa.
Owen Funeral Home will an-
nounce arrangements.
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Sapulpa city commissioners
Monday night tossed the ball back
to the chamber of commerce
board of directors on a request-
ed Urban Renewal program feasi-
bility study.
The commission received a
request from ihe C-C board lo
see if there was sufficient in-
terest to warrant a feasibili-
ty study.
Ward 5 Commissioner Glenn
Wilson, noting defeat of an earl-
ier Urban Renewal proposal in
Sapulpa, suggested that before
getting into the matter the com-
mission should ask the C-C board
"why they feel we should Initiate
a committee to investigate” an-
other UR possibility.
Wilson’s motion was unani-
mously approved.
In other actions, commis-
sioners accepted a number of
bids, approved opening a segment
of North Brown street and ap-
proved appointment of a com-
mittee to rayiew audit proced-
ures.
The commission voted 5-3 to
approve a proposal paving one-
half of Brown street from Cobb
to Refinery, a distance of 1,320
feet, which would include initial
opening of one block of Brown.
Ted V. Fisher, spokesman for
Meadow Brook Development
Corp., said the developers pro-
posed to pave with concrete the
east half of the street complete
with curbing, and would prepare
the road lied for the other half
and buy the chip and seal mater-
ial if the city wanted to hard
surface the west half.
The proposal was accepted by
5-3 vote with councilmen Troy
LaFevers, Glenn Wilson, Dale
Block, Dick Yocham and Ed Wells
voting yes and Steve Welter,
Kelly Lane and Berry Simpson
dissenting. Their opposition was
against the concept of a half-
street.
Commissioners discussed but
declined to take action on a
change in the status of the assis-
tant judgeship in Municipal
Court.
It had been recommended that
county lawyers be polled to see if
there were any applications for
the assistant’s post. Leo Blake,
former city judge, was appointed
to the post recently. Blake is not
an attorney, but commission? ••=
said he met requirements of the
revised court code since no resi-
dent attorney was available for
the post.
In other action:
Mayor Bob Basinger appointed
Berry Simpson as the council’s
ex-officio member of the Munici-
pal Airport Commission.
salary The commission last commissioners approved an structure for the city’s water
month’set the salary at $1,150 offer of $19,000, the appraiser’s system.
monthly but failed to update an figure, for an offer of 38 acres City Manager Holiin Snethen
the maxi- southwest of town on Polecat announced a revised division of
creek as site of a water Intake duties in water and sewer op-
old ordinance setting
mum limit.
Parents To Aid
Student Program
Concern over recent fighting
and racial incidents at Sapulpa
High school and junior high
school has prompted a group of
Sapulpa parents, both black and
white, to organize a program of
meetings in an attempt to resolve
differences. A program in-
volving high school students has
already been started.
A group of Negro parents,
headed by Kermlt Tllford,
Booker T. Washington principal;
and Frank Hotlier, city commis-
sioner, met with the Sapulpa
board of education Monday night.
Other members of the group
were Mrs. Hollier, Lorene Bak-
er, Charles Colbert, head of the
local NAACP, and Elder Hopkins.
Mrs. Hollier asked the board
to authorize Dr. Tom Palmer,
superintendent, to organize a
meeting of parents for the pur-
pose of discussing the problem
and possible solutions.
"It will take the parents to
solve this situation," Mrs. Hol-
lier said, "and I’m afraid that
unless we do solve the problem
it will erupt into something big-
ger.”
John Cockrum, high school
principal, told the board and visi-
tors of a new program started
Monday at the high school.
Cockrum said 14 students, five
white, five black, three members
of a problem panel and the stu-
dent council president met for
two and one-half hours in a "very
frank discussion of the pro-
blems.”
Cockrum said the group deci-
ded to split into six teams, one
white and one black student, and
visit each home room for 30
minutes In the next five days for
the purpose of talking with stu-
dents and discussing the pro-
blem.
"These students will circulate
among the other students,” Cock-
rum said, "and try to seek a
solution. They all agree that
fighting is not the solution."
Hollier, who missed the regu-
lar monthly meeting of the city
commission to attend the board
meeting with the group, called
great step".
“Our main concern,” Hollier
said, “is to see that this does
not spread and become a city
problem. That is why we are
asking for a meeting of the
parents.”
The board, Palmer and the
group decided on 10 a.m. Wed-
nesday for the first meeting.
Eight black parents will meet
with white parents of four high
it
school and four junior high school
parents.
Teams from this group will
address larger assemblies of
parents in an attempt to draw
out the Issues for discussion.
Another similar meeting be-
tween black and white parents
is being planned Monday at the
city library by the Parent-Teach-
er Association (PTA) council.
Guidelines Set
On Suspensions
The commission approved an the high school program “a first
ordinance fixing a $15,000 yearly
upper limit onthecitymanager’s «
A policy establishing guide-
lines for handling the suspension
of public school students, and a
list of offenses which shall be
punishable by suspension were
unanimously approved Monday at
the regular monthly meeting of
the board of education.
In a statement to the board
before the list was approved,
Lester Henderson, president of
the board, said, “Due to the
events of recent weeks which
have occurred in our school
system, this board of education
wants to make Its position ab-
solutely clear.”
“Our schools exist for the pri-
mary purpose of educating boys
and girls,” he continued, "and
whether or not each student takes
advantage of this education pro-
vided by the taxpayers is solely
up to them.”
“However, this board Intends
to see to it that disruptive stu-
dents are not allowed to Inter-
fere with the privilege of a pub-
lic education possessed by all
students in our district, and
which should be cherished by
each of them."
"Let the small number of stu-
dents who seem intent on agita-
tion and disruption know, to-
gether with the small number of
adults who may be encouraging
them, that the school admini-
stration will take whatever mea-
sures are necessary to maintain
order and decency in the public
schools of Sapulpa. The princi-
pals will have the complete and
full backing of this board of edu-
cation in running their schools.”
Henderson’s statements were
prompted by recent disturbances
at the junior high and high school
in which a number of students
were involved infighting, Inmost
cases a racial confrontation.
Following the statement, the
board unanimously approved a
list of offenses punishable by
suspension. The list indues:
truancy, theft, vandalism of
school property, use of profane
or obscene language on school
property or at any school
function, physical or verbal
abuse of other students or mem-
bers of the faculty or staff on
school property or at any school
function.
eratlons, with Delbert Reynolds
in charge of the sewer and water
plants and Lum Singleton in
charge of water distribution
lines.
Commissioners approved a re-
quest by Sam O’Dell, of the
accounting firm of Stanfield and
O’Dell, that an audit commit-
tee be appointed to discuss the
format, usefulness and timeli-
ness of present audit procedures;
the fee structures; and the ex-
tent of services and possibility
of transferring some audit func-
tions to the ci*y.
Commissioners last month
voted to seek a new audit firm.
Ward 1 Commissioner Ed Wells
contended present audit proced-
ures are of little value to the
city.
Basinger appointed Wells
chairman of the committee to
meet with O’Dell. Other mem-
bers are Dick Yocham and Glenn
Wilson.
Commissioners accepted a bid
from Pryor L. Price tor $3 each
on purchasing the city's parking
meters which are no longer in
use. About 400 meters are in
the inventory.
Other bids accepted were from
Jack's Office Supply, $381.23 on
office supplies; Moulder-Old-
ham, janitorial supplies, $796.-
34; and RCA, $4,760 on police
radio equipment. The GE bid
was lower, but did not meet
specifications of a 100 watt unit.
Bids were also accepted on two
other items, with commissioners
instructing the administrative
staff to accept low bids provided
they met specifications.
These were on carpeting at the
golf course pro shop, Graham
Floor Co. $1,030; Carpet City,
Tulsa, $1,134.72 and Cook Paint
Co., Sapulpa, $1,397; and on
heating and airconditioning at the
pro shop: Isbell Service Co.,
$1,634; Radial Electric, $1,678
and Marshall Heating and Air
Conditioning, $1,830.
The Sapulpa Municipal Author-
ity, the trust which administers
city utilities, approved two
change orders on water and sew-
er projects now complete. Both
changes provided costs lower
than called for by the original
contracL One change on Con-
tract 6 provided a saving of
$7,417.49 and the other, on Con-
tract 4, saved $34,751.42.
School Board Okays Fencing
Sapulpa Board of Education prompt by a current General
members Monday approved strike,
specifications and authorized a The board approved a request
call for bids on additional fenc- ^ increase school bus capacity
from the present 60 students to
four elementary students per
seat. The new capacity will be
log for Holmes Park and the
high school track.
Fencing at the football field
will be increased to enclose in each bus.
a newly constructed bus barn
and storage building. Fencing
at the track will be enlarged so
that bleachers will be Inside the
fenced area.
Specifications were also ap-
proved on an automobile for the
superintendent of schools. The
Dr. Tom Palmer, superinten-
dent, told the board the request
was made so that bus runs would
not have to be made tor the pur-
pose of picking up an additional
two to four students. . Palmer
added that there were no plans
board approved a call for bids to carry more than three or tour
contingent on local dealers’ abl- students over the old capacity
Uty to deliver. Thl* move was number of 60.
Approved was a motion to pur-
chase a tractor which the school
system has rented since 1968.
A total of $1,507.35 has been
paid in rental tees which may be
deducted from the purchase price
of $3,637.35.
In the superintendent’s report,
Palmer told the board that the
old band uniforms had been sold
to a school in California for the
price of $1,125. Palmer said
the hinds would be used to pur-
chase needed band instruments.
The board also approved a
motion to purchase a Baldwin
piano for the high school at a
cost of $4,800. Bids on a Ya-
maha and Steinway were also
received.
The piano will be purchased
with $3,000 approved by the
board, $800 from the old piano,
a $500 allocation to the high
school vocal music department
and $500 from high school clubs.
Palmar also reported that a
policeman had been hired to pa-
C. W. Mullen, assistant super-
intendent, reported to the board
that the student-teacher ratio
tor the month was 26.8, the best
distribution and ratio in more
than a decade. Mullen said
1,515 elementary students were
in classes of less than 30 stu-
dents, and 713 were in classes
of $0 or more.
Approved tor employment
trol the parking lot during foot- were: Martha Lucille Snider,
ball games, and that four ele- Carolyn Wells, Suzanne Law and
msntary school principals were Edras Nobles, all substitute
working a job description tor an teachers; Kenneth Stokes, bus
elementary school coordinator, driver; and LaooShadowena, sub-
Tbe board authorised Palmer stitute bus driver. A resign-
last month to employ a coordi- nation from Herb Applegate as
sate. bus driver wss approved.
Also, smoking on school pro-
perty, failure to serve deten-
tions prescribed by teachers un-
ites duly excused, gambling on
school property, Illegal use or
possession of narcotics, flag-
rant abuse of dress regulations
prescribed by proper admini-
strative authority on school pro-
perty or at any school function.
Also, drinking or possession of
any alcoholic beverage on school
property ar at any school func-
tion, possession of dangerous
weapons, improper violent or
unruly conduct on school pro-
perty or at any school function,
deliberate refusal to obey an or-
der of a member of the faculty
or administrative staff duly given
concerning a school matter or
Incident thereto, Improper use of
a motor vehicle on school pro-
perty.
Also, deliberate refusal to
attempt a reasonable academic
achievement, and without limit-
ing the foregoing acts, any per-
sistent violations of regulations
or duly constituted school author-
ity and any conduct on school
property or at school functions
In violation of the generally ac-
cepted moral standards of the
community.
The above rules, as approved,
now become a part of the of-
ficial school board policy.
VERNON SMITH of the TG&Y
Family Center Is passing out
cigars these days. . . .to cele-
brate the arriva' of ? aby
•laughter WHITNEY DENISE. .
apologies to MRS. CLA '>!/•
FRANKLIN, who WAS in tl.i
BTW Camp Fire picture the
other day. . . and to MRS.
ESTHER BARNETT, whom we
Identified, but was not in the
picture. . . say all you Amer-
ican Legion Auxiliary members
. . .VI ROBBINS will be at the
Legion Hut to accept rummage
for the coming sale from 8 to 5
Wednesday. . .need a pet or
two?. . . there are two needing
good homes, one a female pup-
py and one a guinea pig.. .both
at 709 S. Oak. . .joining the
Herald’s mailing list recently
were PAUL SHELTON, Kelly-
vllle.. .LEO W1LMOTT, Jenks..
. .MARY J. WEST, Oakhurst. . .
CULLIS BROWN and CLAYTON
LANGLEY, both of Depew. . .
belated birthday good wishes to
MELISSA ROBERTSON, who
celebrated yesterday. . .heres
another pet special. . . MRS.
CHESTER MILLER has an es-
pecially nice Siamese cat (a
female) needing a good home...
call her at 224-1517...
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