Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 65, No. 299, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1979 Page: 2 of 16
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Retirement
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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (UPI) _ -
— The Cherokee Nation will , *,ar^ c ^**7' 30* was
celebrate its 110th birthday in '0und guilty after tess than 45
Tahlequah this weekend with mlnutes deliberation by an
the 270i annual Cherokee e,ght'marl' four'w«'«n jury.
National Holiday Friday He w«s charged with selling
through Sunday tribal of- about *wo pounds of cocaine
ficiala said. to narc°bcs agents for about
Events ranging from a
rodeo and beauty contest to a rosecutors said Posey
free barbecue dinner and arts COuW ** sentenced up to 19
and crafts festival are T**™ in Jail and fined more Qt 'Tv »
planned to commemorate Hie than ,100 00° Offioals Mid ^ 1 UeS^Y
establishment of the June 19 cocaine seizure
OKLAHOMA CITY-The
state Court on the Judiciary
has ordered compulsory
retirement for District Judge
Kirk Woodliff, allowing the
ailing Henryetta magistrate
to retire with full benefits.
State law establishes
Anderson Rites £
a minimum of 15 years.
KERRI ANDERSON
Mrs. J.C. I Ruth) McGuire,
**’ Rt- 4- 8 longtime
schoolteacher and musician,
died Thursday evening at
Bartlett Memorial Medical
Center.
Mrs. McGuire, born in the
Mounds Indian Territory,
was graduated from
University of Tulsa with a
degree in music and
Oklahoma College for Women
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Closings Rites Saturday
Considered
TULSA, Okla. (UPI) - A
Tulsa School District master
plan which could force the
closing of four district schools
by next fall will be submitted
to the school board for ap-
proval Sept. 19, officials said
today.
Nine other Tulsa schools
, ,ul "omen Nine other Tulsa schools
a Chickasha with a degree in also could be closed bv 1982
elementary education ......... 1982
Cherokee Nation on Sept 6 was the lar«esl ever in
1893. Oklahoma City.
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More than a 1,000 people .
are expected to attend the LAWTON, Okla. (UPI) — A
festivities which begin 7 p.m. ,jawton woman apparently
Friday with the Miss Was *>eaten 10 death at her
Cherokee Pageant at the home Thursday, police said
amphitheater in the Tsa-la- today
Gi Cultural Center Alberta Karty, 35, was
... .... pronounced dead on arrival
TULSA, Okla. (UPI) — The at a c:ommanche County
Oklahoma Health Planning hospital Officials said initial
Commission has granted the reporls showed she ap-
Broken Arrow Hospital parenUy died fron) 8 crushed
Authority a 90-day con- sk“U
tinuance on the authority's Mr8’ Kartys 8‘>ear-old
proposal to purchase a daughter reportedly told
Broken Arrow nursing home Stl6 had 366,1 her father
officials said beating her mother.
The authority is asking Prosecutors said the
permission to issue $1 million woman 3 husband, taken into
in bonds to purchase the custody late Thursday, would
Senior Citizens Nursing ** formaUy charged toda>-
Sfaz.'iss r ;up"
Health Foundation Inc “ Pol,ce sald they P,an to
Last week, the Oklahoma <,uestion seV6ral *****
— - in connection with the
Services for Kerri
Anderson, 16, 25 S. Maple St.,
a Sapulpa High School
sophomore killed Thursday in
a traffic accident, will be held
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First
Presbyterian Church, with
the Reverend Paul Funk
officiating. Burial will be in
Bixby Cemetery under the
direction of Smith Funeral
Home.
Miss Anderson, a native of
Florida ami resident here for
three years, was a member of
First Presbyterian Church
and Order of the Rainbow,
Survivors include her
parents. Jodie Harris of
Sapulpa and IJoyd Anderson
of Purcell; a brother, Terry
Anderson of the home; a half-
sister, Shawn Anderson of
Purcell, and her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.M
Anderson of Wayne
Woodliff, 66, has served n
district judge for seven
years. He underwent
coronary bypass surgery in
1974 and, according to
testimony given at a hearing
Wednesday, “got along very
well" until he began having
problems late last summer.
Woodliff indicated that he
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elementary education.
She had taught school 49
years at Beggs, Liberty,
Mounds, Kellyville, Albion,
Duncan and in the state of
Washington. She had served
as church pianist wherever
she lived.
Mrs. McGuire was also a
member of the Baptist
Church and the Order of
Eastern Star.
Services will be held at 2
would resign as district judge p.m. Su^Tn^^
dld not order ,lis BaPbsl Church. Interment
retirement.
A judicial nominating
commission will take ap-
plicauons for a replacement
for Woodliff and then
recommend three names to
Gov. George Nigh for ap-
pointment to the post. The
process is expected to lake
about six months.
District Judge John Maley
of Okmulgee said he plans to
hold extra terms of court to
prevent a heavy backlog of
cases in the
will follow in Sunrise
Cemetery under the direction
of Smith Funeral Home
Survivors include the
husband, J.C. McGuire of the
home; two daughters.
Jimmie McGuire of Tulsa
and Mary Elizabeth Bridges
of Afton; two sons, Donald
McGuire of Wagoner and
William A. McGuire of
Velma; three sisters, Mrs.
Archie Snyder of Wagoner,
Mrs. C.L. Cran of Jenks and
district courts.
under the criteria set by the
plan.
The plan would identify for
closure those schools whose
enrollments fall below a
minimum number of students
and would refer the closure
decision to parent-teacher
association advisory councils
for evaluation.
District Superintendent
I^arry Zenke promised school
closing guidelines would be
developed after the con-
troversy raised by the closing
of Mason High School.
Zenke said the proposed
guidelines incorporate the
suggestions offered by Mason
parents and teachers after
the school was ordered
closed.
The schools listed for
priority closing because they
are already below the plan’s
minimum enrollment levels
are Webster High School,
Anderson Junior High School,
Dunbar Elementary School
Loma May Shreffler, 1701
S. Main St., a lifelong Sapulpa
resident, died Thursday at
Bartlett Memorial Medical
Center.
Miss Shreffler was bom
Feb. 20, 1909 in Sapulpa and
was a member of First
Church of the . Nazarene
here.
Services will be held at 10
a.m. Saturday in Smith
Funeral Home Chapel, with
the Reverend Thomas Bailey
officiating. Interment will be
in Green Hill Memorial
Gardens.
Survivors include a sister,
Mrs. Adris Young of Sapulpa.
and two brothers, David
Shreffler of Sapulpa and
Daniel Shreffler of Gravette,
Ark.
Mid-Day
Stock List
Mannford Teen
Dies Of Wound
A 16-year-old Mannford
youth. Phillip (Rocky)
Graham, died Thursday of an
apparently self-inflicted
gunshot wound, Pawnee
County authorities said.
F uneral services are
Pending a Mobley-Dodson
Funeral Home in Sand
Springs.
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Health Systems Agency
recommended disapproval of
the application because
agency officials said the cost
seemed excessively high.
disappearance of a young
woman whose burned car
was found in the North
Canadian River last week.
Leslie Gayle Buford, 23,
EUFAULA, Okla (UPI) - "IfIast 366,1 leaving a motel
A Sept. 12 sentencing hearing after eatl"g d,nner with a
has been set for a 24-year-old C°?JPani0!\
Rentiesville man who . Although her car was found
in the river, police have said
Dwarf Seeking Badge
BOSTON fUPIi — ^ L ........
BOSTON (UPI) - Burton said he is "indeed qualified to
utterman wants to be a perform full-range^uties as a
two brothers, Bill Barton of School.
Mounds and Kirk Barton of Under the master plan P-
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pleaded guilty earlier this
week to kidnapping three
eastern Oklahoma law of-
ficers.
In addition to the two
counts of kidnapping, Marlon
Nathaniel Thomas also
pleaded guUty to four counts
there was no trace of the
woman’s body in the car.
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI)
— A district judge Thursday
ordered an Oklahoma oil
company to pay $35,000 U>
Ippai
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policeman. Trouble is, he’s 4-
foot-3 tall and weighs just 98
pounds.
“There’s nothing the
matter with me,” the 25-year-
old dwarf says. "I’m just
short.”
There is no height require-
ment for city police officers
and Gutterman has, as a
matter of fact, already
passed the police physical
He scored 90.48 - 30 points
above passing - on his Civil
j Service test.
He also claims he can lift
Checotah Police Chief Jack
Frost, McIntosh County
Deputy Sheriff Donald
Beaver and Deputy Sheriff
Lee Hayes.
Authorities said Thomas
took Beaver’s gun after he
was stopped on several bad
check warrants, took Frost as
a hostage in a stolen police
car and was finally arrested
after a car chase over rural
roads at speeds of up to 95
mph.
police officer.”
Bui Police Personnel
Director Michael P. Gardner
said Gutterman’s chances of
getting a job are still poor
because Civil Service
regulations give minorities
and disabled veterans first
preference in police hiring.
Even if he gets through the
initial hassles, Gutterman
must still be examined by
another police physician
before he can be accepted.
"I wouldn't be surprised ”
he grumbled, “if they asked
Commitment
Order Given
schools will be asked to
submit closure recom-
mendations to the superin-
tendent by next January.
Bogus Check
Approximately $60 in cash
and some tools were taken
last weekend in a break-in at
the Sapulpa National Guard
Armory,Creek County
Sheriff’s deputies said
Thursday.
Deputies said the office at
the armory was ransacked by
burglars who apparently
entered the building through
a rest room window.
Lawsuit Seeks
Over $500,000
Psychiatric evaluation has
been ordered for a 36-year-old Cliarije Filed
man arrested a week ago on ®
the Turner Turnpike near A felony bogus check
here in connection with an charl?e has been filed against
alleged hijacking of a pickup a 32-year-old Sapulpan, Joe Oven Stolen
truck. Thomas Hardgrave.
Hardgrave, of 800 S. Water,
run nni^Ll..
MARIETTA, Okla. (UPI)
— The second annual official
State Chili Cookoff to select
Oklahoma’s entries in the
National Chili Cookoff in
Terlingua, Texas, this fall is
expected to draw a crowd of
5,000 chili lovers, event
other than drilling.
After an out-of-court settle-
ment between the state
Securities and Exchange
Commission and the
Oklahoma Petroleum
Exploration Company, Ok-
lahoma County District
Judge Charles L. Owens
signed an order mandating
that OPEC pay back in-
vestors.
The securities commission
had alleged OPEC used in-
vestors’ money to lease
aircraft, make loans to
another corporation and to
maintain offices in two other
states. Although OPEC did
not admit any securities
violations, it agreed to pay
back the money as partial
restitution.
run quickly.
Gutterman Thursday gave
police a doctor’s report thal
Altus Publisher
Buys Two Papers
51st St. Bridge
Gets Feds OK
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ficials said
More than 20 cookoff teams c rr, n
re expected and the top 10 Repair
are expected and the top -------
three winning cookoff teams r ^
will represent Oklahoma in faulty I V Sets
ALTUS, Okla iUPI) —
Altus Newspapers Inc. has
purchased the Blair Enter-
prise and the Granite
Enterprise, company
president Robert Gilmore has
announced.
No purchase prices were
announced. Gilmore said his
company would take
posession of the weekly
newspapers Saturday.
Altus Newspapers Inc. al-
ready owns the Altus Times-
Democrat, the Duke Times
and the Kiowa County
Democrat in Snyder, Okla
The Granite newspaper
was purchased from W.H.
OKI.AHOMA CITY (UPI)
— Federal funding has been
assured for two interstate
highway repair jobs. Gov
George Nigh announced
Thursday.
A Tulsa county project to
repair the Interstate 44
bridge on 51st street across
the Arkansas river will cost
$5.7 million. The second
project is to resurface 9.2
miles of Interstate 40 near
truck.
Special Judge Clyde
Patrick ordered Robert
Eugene Rivers to be com-
mitted to Eastern State
Hospital in Vinita for ob-
servation not to exceed 60
days. He asked that doctors
at (he hospital report to him
concerning the suspect’s
sanity.
Rivers, who listed a New
Jersey address when booked
into the Creek County Jail
— m wuo. ndier,
is charged with using a bogus
check in the amount of $225 to
obtain merchandise from
Tru-Discounl Foods, 911 E.
Dewey.
Paschal Rites
Held Friday
Services for Elmer C.
Paschal, 3 E. Bryan Ave
were held Friday at Green’
last Friday, is charged with !![fuheld Friday at Green
unauthorized use of a motor ^ Mausoleum Chapel with
vehicle and assault with a *!? R6',erend T. Howard
Allen officiating. Interment
A microwave oven was
reported stolen Wednesday in
a break-in at mobile home
located three miles north of
Sapulpa, said Creek County
Sheriff’s deputies.
The oven, valued at around
>500, was taken from the
Larry Downs residence
sometime between 5 p.m. and
0 p.m. Entry to the residence
apparently was gained by
prying the front door open,
deputies said
A half-million dollar
lawsuit has been filed here by
a Creek County man who
claims property damages
resulting from installation of
a gas transmission line
across his land.
The suit, filed by Charles E.
Spears, alleges that Phillips
Petroleum Co. in 1978 in-
stalled a high-pressure gas
transmission line across his
property, located ap-
proximately seven miles
southwest of Sapulpa. It
claims the line resulted in
destruction of his garden and
some trees, including 200
Pecan saplings; it further
alleges that the line caused
severe erosion on his
property.
1 he suit seeks a mandatory
injunction which would
require Phillips to remove
the line. It also asks a $5,000
judgment for actual damages
and a $500,000 punitive
award.
weapon in the
dangerous
incident.
Authorities say Rivers
allegedly used a broken beer
bottle to threaten the owner
of the pickup, George W.
Miller of Pryor. They said
Miller accompanied Rivers
from Pryor to a point along
the Turner Turnpike, where
the pickup owner was able to
—iiiicnneru
was in Green Hill Memorial
Gardens under the direction
of Smith Funeral Home.
Mowers Taken
Weatherford in Custer county „! P‘CkfUP °T>I‘ WaS ab'e ‘°
at a cost of $2.4 million tho hllacker and
Hospital Notes
State Skier Killed
On Crowder Lake
WEATHERFORD,
th^ ^levent °nm *" * ™ WaS PUrcha36d h»«S WEATHERFORD, Okla.
The Sunday event will held L™10^00 (UpD - Sears, W|nRo The Blair Enterprise (UPI) - a 21-year-old
at Hole-N-Wall Scenic Srx.l R<fbuck aftd Co- says it will wa® Purchased from Roland woman struck a dock and was
two miles north of Marietta 2i°ll!n V Y about ^ I'a"kford kjl,«l while water skiing on
on Oklahoma 77 21’000 of lts co>or TV sets to Utlmore said Bobby Oden, Crowder Lake, about 11 miles
correct an nv#>rhnatim* lone-time Timpc.nam.u.-ni ~t *--
BxrtlrU Memorial Medical ('eater
August 36,1979
ADMISSIONS
Nettie G. Casteel
Madylon G. Ray
Two lawnmowers were
stolen Tuesday from a
storage shed at a Route 2,
Sapulpa residence, said
Creek County Sheriff’s
deputies.
The mowers, one a riding
type, belonged to Max D.
Elston, deputies said.
TULSA, Okla. (UPI) — A
46-year-old Tulsa woman who
pleaded guilty to federal
charges of attempting to blow
up a Grove area home last
May has been sentenced to
four years in a Texas federal
prison, court officials said,
Mary Anne Orians, a Tulsa
theater executive, was
charged with paying $5,000 to
correct an overheating long-time Times-Democrat southeast of town Thursday
resistor that has caused fires employee, would be editor The victim was identified
in five models. and publisher of the Blair as Bonnie Susan Sadler of
Sears spokesman Robert Enterprise. Midwest City.
Shoup said Thursday no one Mike Garmon, Times- Investigators said the
was injured in any of the l^mocrat reporter and victim was being towed by a
fires, which broke out in sets photographer, was named boat operated by Paul Robert
randomly located in homes editor and publisher of the Kauk, 18, of Oklahoma City at
nationwide. Granite newspaper the time of the accident.
Shoup said, however, that
Sears recognizes the fires,
thus far limited to the in-
ternal workings of the
Clarence D. Brooner
Eva M. Boyd
Patricia L. Allen
14-on;' Mae McLean
Baby Boy McLean
Robert V Taylor
DISMISS Aia
Edna P. Cavetl
Mitzl Ann Potta
Minnie A. McGuire
Connie M Welch
Elizabeth A. Bean
Johnny Casey Jr.
Sharon E. Logan
Mary P. Becsly
Wilma M Turner
Nigh Participating
In Great Raft Race
an undercover federal agent £££, workings°f the
to dynamite the home television sets, could spread
— to other materials and result
In n _______1____ . .
The agent said he posed as
an ex-convict and went with
the woman to a lumber yard
where she bought a case of
dynamite. Chief U.S. District
Court Judge H. Dale Cook has
given the woman until Sept. 5
to settle her business affairs
before reporting to a U.S.
marshal tor transportation to
prison.
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI)
— An Oklahoma City man,
accused as the principal
figure in the dty’s largest
cocaine aetiure, was con-
victed Thursday on four
counts duuging Mm
in a more serious mishap
“When thousands of
products are built, these
things occur. When you catch
it, you fix it,” said Shoup, who
added the company will
decline to replace the sets.
The faulty sets are 19-inch
portables retailed under the
Sears brand name for about
$490 between 1973 and 1975
They carry the following
model numbers on the back
section of the cabinet:
584.41990300, 564.4199301,
584.41991302 and 564.4199303.
Shoup said customers
Stock Up For
LABOR DAY
WETPEPSI,
MOUNTAIN DEW
Twtlw Cans/12 Oz.
. . . . . - . - should contact their local
3^-2^ ^ jjjwwtjet to arrange the
HAMMOND
GROCERY
TUD5A, Okla. (UPI) -
Gov. George Nigh will
navigate the “Ship of State”
Monday in the seventh annual
“Great Raft Race,” spon-
sored by KRMGRadio.
The governor’s craft will be
among 600 other rafts entered
in the event on the Arkansas
River.
About 150,000 people are
expected to line the banks of
the river to watch the race.
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Starring
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Saturday Sept. 1
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