Sapulpa Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 148, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1945 Page: 3 of 6
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1945.
5APULPA HERALD. SAPULPA. OKLAHOMA
PACE THREE
... ... | Bridal Showor
VWet Study For Mr( (.,oud
Vi.iipt studv club will meet Mon- Mrs. Verdte Ughtfcot was host-
V wlet Studv w la4t evening at a miscellaneous
PR> Michener. 325 South Division shower given in her home to pay
SOCIAL CALENDAR •
Sunday
B. and P W club Interna- •
>nal day tea 3 to 5 o'clock at
WCA room*.
Monday
Christian Science Monitor •
Judy club meets 8 p.m. with ”
j-s. H L. May jr.. assistant *
jetess Mrs Ray Keller.
Membership meeting League
! Women Voters 2 o'clock with •
»v. Its H L. May jr.
, . Violet Stutjy dub meets with •
■ in frs w p Michener.
„ pearl Pickett circle of First •
. '' lethodlst church meets 7 30 *
|th Mrs Howard Gaines.
,hf>! Tuesday
.. Athenaeum club meeting at 8 *
“‘'in with Mrs. Harry Sacher.
nepr SWA club meeting at Blue
-t , afoss rooms.
, rk Alice Moore circle meets at
A Speaknuin for a patriotic pro
gram on the subject. "News From
Our Own in the 8 rvice."
Mrs. Dana Lawson was leader of ..
the program assisted by all those .
with loved ones in service who gave
news of their location and activi-
ties.
Members attending were
Guy Berry. Mrs. M W Busby. Mrs.
B B Burnett. Mrs. A H Chap-
man. Mrs O- J Davenport. Mrs.
Claude Harmony. Mrs. Dana Law-
son. Mrs. Helen Link, Mrs J. F.
Murphy, Mrs G. C. Croston and
Mrs. Speakman.
The club will meet with Mr.'
Helen Link March 9 at 2 o'clock
for election and installation of of-
ficers.
♦ 4 ♦
Visiting Her
Parents Here
Mrs Lloyd Thcmpson and son lesson
Jimmy of San Diego are ^visiting Refr
street.
♦ ♦ ♦
WBA Meeting
Yesterday
WBA members met yesterday aft-
ernoon in their hall for a serial
meeting
Contest winners for the afternoon
were Mrs Flossie Brown. Mrs
Ralph Collum and Mrs. John Wil-
100-Year Old
Farm Is Sold
POLES HAIL THEIR LIBERATORS-THE SOVIET ARMY
mu.
Lovely refreshments were served
by the hostesses. Mrs. FUssi?
Mrs. F. W. Cooper.
At the business hour plans were
made' for a club luncheon to be
glvpn March 23.
Mrs. Lynn Russell gave a study
course on the topic "Do You Spoil
Your Children," which she followed
by a humorous poem entitled "Hew
Do You Look.”
General discussion followed the
1 -30 with'Mr” Charhs Sutton * here in the home of Mrs. Thomp-
■t !:30 with Wednesday * son's parents. Mr and Mrs. Thom-
- Belle Bennett circle. First”
Mthodlst Woman's society.’
i hv leets with Mrs. G. C. Payne;
(elen Atkins circle meets at •
i.iinlijO covert d dLsh luncheon
,, 4th Mrs. C. E. Davis, Maude *
hirfl iartlett circle meeting at 2 *
Iclock with Mrs. Gertrude Boy- *
WMU of First Baptist church
lanthly business meeting at 2*
c.'fciock In church.
'h; Louise Hill circle. North
. ‘:>dgeway Baptist church, meets •
";30 with Mrs. Hughie Boyd.
Thursday
n*,Entre Nous club meets with *
"■©ok f*"®' ®oyd.
”0 K Variety club entertained by
|rs Floyd Wright.
Friday
Child Psychology club meets •
flth Mrs. Willis Lindsey.
Women’s Chamber of Com- *
lerce 12 o’clock luncheon at
son’s parents. Mr and Mrs. Thom-
as Wells of 10 East Talt stnet.
♦ ♦ ♦
Rehearsal Party
Is Entertained
Vernard McKinney. Shelby Cline,
Herbert Winters and Ralph Doty
who are to serve as ushers at the
widding of Miss Rosanna Courtney
and Maj. Lie! E*aas which is to
take place tonight at First Presby-
terian church, entertained mem-
bers of the wedding party in the
McKinney home last night follow-
ing the wedding nhearsal at the
churrtv
Those in attendance were Mr and
Mrs W A Courtney, parents of
the bride-elect, Maj. Egaas, Miss
Courtney, Miss Mina Jane Chap-
man, Miss Jane Vickers Miss B tty
Canterbury. Miss Ursula White, Mr.
and Mrs Guy L Berry. Jack La-
cock. Mrs. J. Will Courtney, Mr.
and Mrs Herbert Winters. Mr. and
and Mrs.
_ _ |o o'clock luncheon at Mrs. Ralph Doty, Mr.
* Shelby Cline and Mr and Mrs. Me- ................
. ............... Kin„ney.. Bacon, 1117 East Arch street, yes- WMU to
shed I__— Mrs. W. A. Courtney was seated t, rriav afternion for a George n„ \
Mrs. W A. Courtney was seaiea ferd afternion
at a lovely table to pour coff e Wa3htnBton luncl
and
lere
cer\
luate
George
Washington luncheon at 1 o'clock
and program following.
Luncheon was served to 10 mem-
bers and these guests: Mrs. G. C.
Gordon. Mrs. Blanche Haden of
San Diego, Cal., Mrs. Feed Brooks
C * Refreshments were Served crystal holders holding lighted pink Thf. prugram wa5 opened by a
B -■ —----- tam>rs tn which miniature nink prftyer jjy Mrs. William Gor“. Mrs
pcst-nuptial courtesy to Mrs. Wil-
liam Cloud, a bride of last wtek.
who teas Miss Rosalie Nation b^-
fere her marriage
A mock wedding was presented
with Patty Jean Bray and Eugene
Plummer as the bridal pair. Keith
Plummer and Barbara Asher, at-
p ndants. Ronnie Beaverson as the
bride's father Barbara Asher as
soloist. Mrs. Cjinthia Fricker played
I the wedding march.
hv the hostesses Mrs Flissie After the wedding the small brld- lts ov„ war era women mm aim
Brown Mr' Sylvia Woodward and al couple pulled a ^80h decorated ,he onc-tlme mansion of 12 rooms
mlsc Maxine KauD 11 with wWte nntl orchid and h-aped d ornate woodwork
Mr- Ml-" , with lovtly gift*, before the bride
p .ch«i«a.v riuh for thr Sift opening,
vtofiulnn Mcciinx Refreshments were served to the
Pa "nt Child Psychology chib was" following: Mrs J^my Dcuglas.
entertained Friday in the home of Mn.V^Fr^kl-
er, Mrs. G. W. Benfield. Mrs. H.
E Young. Mrs Wayne Jameson.
Mrs Ray Keck. Mrs. J. F Ruhl.
Mrs Effie Lightfoot, Mrs Harry
Patty. Mrs. C M. Mathewson, Mrs.
L C Cok' r. Mrs James Petty, Mrs.
A J Nation. Mrs William Young-
blocd. Mrs Jess Busbee. Mrs. James
McGuire. Misses Esther Haught.
| Eihel Nation. Elaine Jackson. Ar-
line Haught. Katherine Nation,
Verdtne Lightioat.
Mrs Lightfoot was assisted by
her mother Mrs. McGuire, and tv r
sister, Mrs. Bushev.
♦ ♦ ♦
T. E. L. Hass
Meeting
T. E L. class of North Ridgeway
Baptist church met in the home
of Mrs. Wilt Overton Friday eve-
ning for their monthly meeting.
Mrs. Will Ovrrtcn, president, had
charge of ithe business meeting
which was followed by a social hour
l of games and contests.
Mrs. Overton was assisted by Mrs.
S. R James in serving lovely re-
__________ freshments to the following mem-
Mrs. Harry Neuffer and two chil- btrs and guest: Mrs. S R James,
dren of Oklahoma City are visiting Mrs. Lulu Poole, Mrs. Jim Wallace,
here for a few days with her moth- Mrs. Elia Kisner, Mrs. Edna diap-
er. Mrs Ruble K Nicholas. man, Mrs Mattie Riser, Mrs. Flor-
♦ ♦ ♦ ence Smith. Mrs. Gladys Hogstcn.
Women's Society Mrs. Deyo Jeter. Mrs. Charlie Par-
( hristi.m Service I ham. Mrs. H M Carson. Mrs Will
Women's Society of Christian Overton. Mr-. Frank Summers and
Service, Wesley Methodist church, Mrs. Eddie Jones of Rusk, Texas.
met in the home of Mrs H. C. _ ♦ ♦ ♦_'
Meet
Refreshments in the club colors,
pink and white, were served to
tlrse members: Mrs. F F Wright,
Mrs. George Ragan, Mrs. Lynn .
Russell. Mrs. Garland Tharp. Mrs.
Harry Carter. Mrs Irving Crcthers, |
Mrs. A W. Castle, Mrs. CharlL
Hamilton. Mrs. Leo Harvey. Mrs.
L W. Martin Mrs Ike Huyter. Mrs
H P Moldrup Mrs Wallace Craw-
ford, Mrs. William Case. Mrs. W
L. Jerome, and these guests, Mrs.
H. L. Mullins, Mrs. OUnn Hunt. I
Mrs. W. E. Bonham.
Next club meeting will be held
March 9 with Mrs Garland Tharp
♦ ♦ ♦
Visiting Her
Mother Here
EXCELSIOR SPRING'S. Mo,
Feb 24, (LPV—'The historic Watkins
farm near heree. homesteaded in
1838, has been sold after more
than a century of ownership by
one family, it was revealed today.
its roll'ng lands. 1.600 acres,
were purchased by Henry Frass,
jr,, Texas rancher and stockman
who said he planned to perpetuate
its civil war era woolen mill and
In pre-civil war days, Waltus L
Watkins sought to establish on his
M ssouri lands a counterpart of the
life he knew as a Kentuckian. The
farm was set us as* a self-sustain-
ing community with slave labor.
Cabins and several outbuildings
were razed almost half a century
ago, but other buildings still stand
in a fair state of preservat on
The woolen mill, powered by a
Riant water wheel on the unnamed
stream which crosses the estate,
v-as shut down when the demand
for "wool Jeans” lessened in com-
petition with “store goods." A
small bolt of material remains in
the mill to show the nature of Its
product and the m»ch nery, rust-
ed and cob-webbed, is still in place.
Last tenat of the old mansion
was Miss Carrie Watkins, young-
est daughter of the founder Now
93 years old, she left the family
home two years ago to live with
a nephew. Spencer Watkins, in
Spokane. Wash
The sellers, tn addition to Miss
Watkins and her nephew, were 13
other heirs of Wallas L Watkins.
Oil. LEASE SALE
ANADARKO. Feb 24. OPV OH
and gas leases on 105 sections of
Kiowa Indian and other tribal
lands will be sold to highest bid-
ders here March 22, W B Mc-
Cown. superintendent of the Kio-
wa Ind an agency, has announced.
Sealed bids on allotted lands of
restricted Indians In Caddo, Com-
anche Cotton, Grady. Kiowa and
Stephens counties will be opened
at that time.
dii-ciam TBOOPS IN THEIR remarkable advance across Poland are given a royal welcome by the Foies
cheered by U e city. Army and their tanks roll down their city's streets, bottom
nhoto Though the city has been encircled by the mighty Soviet forces, there is still lighting as t e
Russians endeavor to flush out the last Germans. These are radlo^hotoe. (International Soundphotos)
i. P 4ft which was’ served with cake
,av . „Hies Sewing circle met 'sandwiches to the group.
.u- IIS* Z! Marv BUa- Refreshment table wa.s beautiful-
m.l cowman. 320 E^t Lincoln, ly Wd with a sheer pink cloth and
ln* [hfafternoon9 was spent playing
centered by a low crystal bowl of
"these members: Phyllis Brown,
frley Tye. Mary Ann Cooper.
* in«ina Joe Newsome and the host-
oma £
r off
»lwUe
tapers to which miniature pink pravt.r oy 1W1S „mlal„ Um ouisi enuren wiu un-u iu™»j m
bouquets were tied The cake which McMunn, president, conduct- • 30 p m. with Mrs. Charles Sutton
was cut Tor serving was white with j .j™ Drooram- instead of meeting Monday, the
On Wednesday
WMU of First Baptist church will
meet in the church Wednesday at
2 p.m. for their regular monthly
business meeting.
♦ ♦ ♦
Alice Moore Circle
Meeting Tuesday
Alice Moore circle of First Meth-
odist church will meet Tuesday at
ar
ilsa.
♦ ♦ ♦
Hill
:le Meets
uise Hill circle of North Ridge-
Baptist church will meet with
ti. Hughie Boyd. 714 South Hlck-
f, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
Sirs. Roy Carrol is in charge of
I mission study.
tele
■h
decorations of pink rosebuds.
Maj. Egaas and Miss Courtney
presented lovely gifts to members
of the wedding party.
ed the program. instead of meeting Monday,
Mrs. John Mobley, pregram lead- regular meeting day.
» (MB nrrint orl t%ai Mrc UtlPAn Mi v, ^ ^ ^
er, was assisted by Mrs. Bacon. Mrs.
McMunn. Mrs Herbert Riser. Mrs
E. A. Carey, Mrs. William Welder.
That New Spring Hat
♦ ♦ ♦
Herr
Li.
aP*“or
alr» Leave
Chief Radio Petty Officer Frank
Swartzlander has returned from
months overseas duty is here on
10-deay leave visiting his mother, .
. is. Roy LeFevor, and his two
others, J. W. and T. H. Swartz-
. ider.
„ CPO Swartzlander, who has bten
II active duty in the Solomon is-
ids. will return back to Callfor-
"J for reassignment. He serves
radio instructor.
♦ ♦ ♦
p liner Compliments
b rthday Anniversary
anti Clarence Hugo was guest of honor
I a birthday dinner given in his
..j,., pie Thursday evening with his
Py lighter. Mrs. John Simpson hos-
f,' fi lovely floral centerpiece of r1 d
(1 white carnations adorned the
lie at which covers were laid for
s
Visitors Here
From Texas
Mr. and Mrs H M Carson have
had as their guests Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Jonrs and daughter Judy Faye
from Rusk, Texas. Mr. and Mrs.
Jones will leave for their home
Sunday.
JAMES G. IRWIN
SUCCUMBS HERE
James Guy Irwin, 47 years old, ,
owner of the Sapulpa Sewing Ma-
chine Service, died at his home, i
two miles southwest of Sapulpa, at
10:05 this morning.
He Ls survived by the wife, Mrs.
; Irene Irwin, cne son, Jack, 7, two
daughters, Mary Lou. 2V4. and Mrs.
Thelma Irey of Kansas City. Mo.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. J B. Irwin
of Kellyville, cne sishr, Mrs H. E.
Fowler of Sapulpa. and two broth-
ers, Harry and Ray of Dubuque,
Iowa, also survive.
Funeral plans are incomplete,
rites will be held In Kellyville. A
Tulsa funoral home will be in
charge of arrangements.
By ALICE ALDEN
IT’S NOT only flowers or rib-
bon for that Spring hat, but it is
quite likely to be flowers and rib-
bon, plus even a bit of fruit. But
of course such hats must be well
handled, otherwise the resultant
design will be cluttered or top
I. and Mrs. Clarence Whiteside.
. and Mrs. Ike Hayter, Dr. and
s. Ivan Pmqulte, Mr. and Mrs.
ster McDaniel of Tulsa. Mr. and
s. Clarence Hugo and the hos-
s, Mrs. John Simpson, who was
tsted in serving by Mrs. Frank
rdick. Jr
Sifts were presented to the hon- i
le after the dinner.
♦ ♦ ♦
tie Arthurs
lb Meeting
Jettie Arthurs club held its week- I
meeting yesterday afternoon in '
t home of Mrs. A C Wright with .
h members attending.
Kt the work hour 19 war kit bags
Ire completed making a total ol
since the club was organized
I Red Cross work, and four pairs
.socks were knitted.
Refreshments were served to Mrs.
lia Ann Wickham, Mrs. O. M
^by, Mrs. J. O. Rivers, Mrs.
gs Shadrlck. Mrs. J. A. Adams. I
fs Henry Oliver, Mrs. Ordrey ^ mvoirii „ ..............
eeman, Mrs. Frank Freeman. heavy. Peg Fisher, who has a very i in back.
Nettie Arthurs.
le poem, "Lines to a Club Wo-
n’’ by Dorothy Lowe AlcFadden
, read by Mrs J. O. Rivers i
ext meeting will be held Friday
[ernoon with Mrs. Ordrey Frr e-
Sn hostess in her home, 5 North
gtltory street.
♦ ♦ ♦
lari Pickett
feetlng
Pearl Pickett circle of First
kthodist church will meet Mon-
<y at 7:30 p.m. in the home of
^s. Howard Gaines 519 W. Bryan
♦ 4- ♦
(omen's Chamber of
•mmcrrr Luncheon
Women's Chamber of Commerce
111 hold their monthly luncheon
tiday at 12 o'clock in the YWCA
loins. The luncheon will be fol-
Iwed by a program.
♦ ♦ ♦
tO Chapter
let Yesterday
•PEO chapter met yesterday aft-
fnoon in the home of Mrs. Fred
THE PIONEER may have
had all the steaks, butter and
tobacco he wanted but—did you
every try crossing the country
in a crowded four-passenger
stage coach?
I t I
"Coebbels Silent" — headline.
Onkcl Choc probably labors
under the illusion that if we
can't hear him we may forget
him.
f I I
German sport* arena demol-
ished b i Allied bombs. It was,
appropriatoly enough, a cloar-cul
knockout.
! I I
One reconverting Job that
may bs hard to fill ls that of
changing a hard-boiled war dog
into an amiable, hail-fellow-well
met tail wagger.
i i ;
Berlin Radio moans Get-
many's allies have deserted her.
That trusting, big-hearted
Wilhelmstrasse — hornswoggled
again! ! I I
Now that ht's wagering on re-
sults al Mexican and Cuban horse
race tracks Betcha Dollar Dyer
wants to know if he classifies as
an international financier.
! I I
Baltimore suspects made their
escape from a cop by hurling
lemon meringue pies at him.
Sounds like they may be fugi-
tives from an old Keystone
comedy.___
15,000 Creek Countians Are
Absent Fighting Or Working
' -—r [rajifm 7D LAST T,MES TODAY
Short* and Serial
PREVUE TONIGHT
SUNDAY : MONDAY : TUESDAY
Approximately 15,000 Creek
I county citizens have entered the
I service or have migrated tenrpar-
| arlly for other reasons as a result
of the war, according to a report
submitted to Congressman Lyle H
Boren by the Department of Com-
merce.
The report, based on the num-
ber of ration bcoks Issued civilians
estimated that
the county’s pop-
ulation as of No-
vember, 1943, was
40,105, while In
1940, before most
of the yming mi n
had entered the
service, the pop-
ulation was 55,-
503.
Figures of the
1940 census also
reveal that there
are 15.239 town
BOREN dwellings and 5,-
412 suburban homes In the county
Fifty-two per cent of the town
folks have electric lighting, 50. per
cent have running water, 31 per
cent have interior private toilets.
30 per cent of the dwellings have
private bath facillt es, 27 per cent
needed major repairs, 11.8 per cent
were built since 1929. 42 per cent
are owned by the occupants, 34 per
cent have mechanical refrigerators.
69 per cent have radios, G5 per
cent are cooking with gas but none
with electricity. 30 per cent are
cooking with wood and 5 8 per cent
have central heating installation.
Smaller Percentage
Boren said the report on farm
1 homes showed a smaller percent-
age in each case Twenty per Cent
of them have running water. 8 per
cent are modern, 20 per cent have
mechanical refrigerators, 61 per
cent of them ure using wood stoves
i and 17 per cent have electric light-
ing; 53 per cent of farm homes,
however, have radios.
About 63 per cent of the total
acreage of Creek county (total
acreage is 622.0801 Is utilized by
farmers. Boren said, and the av-
erage size of the farms Is 1259
acres. The value of the land and
buildings of these farms has been
set at $6.342070, and the average
value per farm is $2,010. The im-
plement/I and machinery was in
1940 valued at $459,619.
Gross Income $1,843,567
Almost 15 per cent of the farm
income was from livestock sold or
treated, but the major source of
income was from Held crops, which
was 36 8 per cent of the total.
Farmers made 108 per cent of
their living from dairy products
und 316 per cent products used by
farm households. The gross farm
Income was approximately $1,843,-
567. , „
Creek county covers an area of
972 square miles with the total
acreage of 622,080 It has a medium
annual temperature of 60, with
rainfall averaging 35 Inches an-
nually. Its population in 1940, as
previously stated, was 55 503, and
was estimated in 1943 at 40,105.
Estimates in 1943 also placed the
approximate number of persons per
square mile at 413. E ghty-stx per
cent of the population U native
white, while 11.8 per cent of the
total are Negro.
J?IZT3IireJZJliriLfU?IZJ2rZJ?JiI2IZ!?J2J?JttJZJZRJZfZI2J2TZJZrZI2J2fZi,
Would You Like to Eat A
Turkey Dinner Tomorrow?
Then come along with the crowd to the Loraine for that
extra special, extra delicious Sunday Dinner. We’ll
have roesled turkey—with all the trimmings—as well *•
many other main course dishes.
Nick himself will bi in the kitchen to supervise
the cooking. He’ll do his best to see that every-
thing’s OK.
Loraine Coffee Shop
NICK DOUVAS, Owner-Manager
■-?|m
YOUR "GLOOMS WILL GO ZOOM!
A HAYtlDt OF HYSTERICS! ,
light hand with such things,
whipped up this Spring beauty.
Roses, in two shades of pink, are
massed with pink and blue grapes
to form a toque which gains a feel-
ing of height through turquoise
blue satin ribbon bows placed high
I MTI
I0r and 20c Including Tax
SAN ANTONIO KID
Shorts and Serial
PREVUE TONIGHT—Sun., Mon., Tue.
r
HARRY R- HAAS, M. D.
—Specialist—
Pis cases of the Ear, Fye, N<W
and Throat, and the
FITTING OF GLASSES
1# N. Poplar Phone 5M
Pay-Off
in the
Pacific!
Don AMECHE
Dana ANDREWS
Willi.m EYTHE in
“Wing and a Prayer’
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