The Democrat News (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1949 Page: 1 of 12
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The Democrat News
Volume 39—Number 43
SAPULPA. CFEEK COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1949
Flr*» of an |o lh)|nk
thow who helped make possible
•nother successful fi«hlnR rodeo1
which wai held hn Saturday nt
,'akp Sahoma fr.r the kiddles 15
years of acre and under More.
participated and from I
an indication* everyone had a I
good tune including the two year
oM. a. well g, ,hP ,5 ye,r |
Tllank* ti«), f, those merchants)
contributing additional ;rt**« ,
Another >«*} ,n this sue give*1
a full a.c.uBf of the affair and
™y*r *‘'fwr y™ to it in that I _T
‘:rrz?—: Now Underw ay
' as htg at last in the matter /
of participants and nest year wai
look for it tu double In interest. I
• Local sjonsors will know more
> how to go shout helping earh
the 'nest***time* m"yb' m"r' j Total Att.ndanc. Mark
_«abe Incalculable a* Froah
DISTRICT FAIR OPENS WEDNESDAY
Enrolment Is
At Hijrh School
Still Question Element
Enrolment 1.* underway at
t I-ocal Ikes will hold a meeting
Monday night September 12th and
make plans for the annual picnic. „ . . . .
»nd fishing contest among them- SaDUlna hllfh school and
»ei%es More about this late- J the bell that will officially
„ —9ebe_ start classes at all citv pub-
from^ Bernice* on’* c^nj* la7e"|ItC a0h°OlS ** ab°Ut *
Monday and Tuesday tioth Mr [_ Hasses^ begin Tuesday morning,
and Mrs Lee tale and Mr and
Mrs Ray Van Landingham caught
Sej.t f That's all for the Summer
which leaves most youngsters
wondering, "Whered It go'"
At SHS. music students enroll-!
ed Monday afternoon Seniors en-
rolled Tuesday and juniors Wed-
nesday morning Thursday after-'
their limit of baas and all were
nice s^e ranging in size from 1 >,
to 3’» pounds each
Rav got home late Tuesday
hy the < if flee noon found .ophom.ee, enrolling
!la tSUl .£!** nh >*•* m! freshmen, the rookies, will enrol
7 h'y cau‘th* ,h#m on afternoon closing out high
medium runner river runts and school enrolment
by fishing the bluffs on Horse
Creek We have n»
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Nfh.<
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mki. ■
tr
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r?AAon to
Mnuy W#ak at School
doubt the ttory for wp %nw
TpirhpfR h*\p had a huwy
r-v-S
h») weekend I togaments were given out by
. I Superintendent James Prince An
—•°be— | nounrements pertaining to teach-
Sure wouldn't mention any,rr* work were made
names but one of my fishing hud-1 An audio-,isual workshop was
8 «m up there Saturday and on Thursday, schedule for tench-1
"*17. :*,">k,'d * ha“ however. It ers too and this year's instructors
mtgh have been ton windy Then were brought up-to-date in this1
Sacred Heart
Sehool Opens
Classes Begin Sept. 6
Dedication Set Sunday
Sap u lpa-Tulsa
6-f,ane Strip
Partly Paved
i
\ ets Dive In
For Dividends
Hundred* of Sapulpan*
Seok Insurance Refund
Hrremium Awards
l j Swell as Heaviest
Crowd Is Predicted
Sapuipa ,i th.rd annual district fair will open Wednesday I ».
for a three-day run at the now fair ground* in what is a sure-fire
be! to be the biggest, merrier.! and richest fair held here.
More exhibits will be entered, more prizes awarded, .nore
! midway shows available and mo-e people will attend than at
any other time in the three year history.
Make no bones about it" a fair official promised, this is
j our best yet!"
Expert judges have boon obtained tn all field* to ponder
whose entry is best. Farm aaents. livestock breeders, college
instructors and long-time professional judges are signed and
| ready to make notes, feel horses' shanks, nibble on a piclded
beet or thumb a crocheted rug.
To house the district's exhibits, an entire foray of new build-
ings are now complete and shelve: and tables installed. A 50-
by-100 loot building on the main grounds will hou. e horticulture
crop3 women s exhibits and commercial exhibits. Both Negro
and wh.te entries are housed in this unit in the first three class-
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JUpulpi'l ne*a«f school
| Sapulpans who imitated <m go*'
jin* to Tulsa either by car or bus'
. Vf ........... ........... ss—. — —*M~ ihl* v Hundreds of Sapuipa veteran*
^ Mr •n'1 Mrs Alfred Rr,-| n.t.sf n.- <J.-rn teaching trrhni i .< ’*' 1 Htnrt I at ' ,ur#** •ertt-.n “f the S*» jl*# road, , > <fcn,ble early this
just returned fr *ta their extend* • Teachers Meat Wnlflut—will open i*s donrtM11 T\i\*a, Open to traffic
trip out west, returning hy nay! Friday will find teachers meet- to fcfudents for the first time I The six-lane highway strip was f r the.r %ha «» »f n f'J^iO.ono
•* rheir cabin at Bernice and re-1 ins again wrlth speakers arranged I oj*ened Tuesday morning after the , n f.I insurnnce divM« rda that
ja*rt as having caught s<»me nicej Supt Prince said Wednesday en-1 Rev F. X. Neville of the Scared 1 •‘tnrnf laying job wa> ci»mplet-11* bein', split up amon* ntore
* n f*r®nd___ jrolsnent figures are still hard to Heart church anno-in* ed the ap-! “^ P‘rture 1* typical of the j n K.»iisi/- n ex-servi. en en
estimate until the final count Uipointmenf of three Dominican * from 33d W ave. to Idtb
r
Ti»n W’allsrr and Earl Catnn1 ln A alight drop msy h*- r*fl^rted . run, a, in.,tru-a..r* In the newly
g€*t tome dandle* up near c;rov» > bul " i*"'1 I’erceptlhle yet Fresh->umul«teri unit Mother superior
yet Tom I* talking mure about m,>n wl" Uk,ly »P*U ‘he differ of the new school is Sister Jane
'•*** (tsrtlrulsr htg hast that got ,'nc*' " any Marie She and the other two aja-
away Anyway, he saw him Sim- Students throughout high *rhoo|.ters wll reside in the convent at
H) did not get the h.wh set i w’,.ntl tf|rir way into eomplete- S Walnut
right If or—fhsUled building* neat Tue»-1
dsv after the Labor Day holidav «»»srvt#w* with parent* of
* We're l~wie Monday n.w,.,m. have been re- P*»^ct.v# *tudanta began thu
S er looking forward to our painted generally and roofs re-1 w—k °nd will continue through
rip thi. weekend which will find j ,Wd ^ ^ '“'* , the week Approxlmat.ly SO
us fishing the Horse ctppk urc» Sidawalks. Furnaca sludants can b« accommodatsd
** ,0 *** ^**1^ run down shamefully r®th#r #*plcmad.
wt.h tkt‘7th7Uth?P - hlgh V"'1 h,Vr h^‘n The new .rhool .coating mere
are wire to ,t„ke much bet’ter’*“ (Thvd” f*Cll,'lr, h"V' " ,'h»" ticcuple, the Ute of
W'a* *urt>ri*ed tn . .If” _ . 1 *he former Creek county orphan-
hut In order I., let v. u k odfrlniatratlve Mde at age Remodeling hn* been done
how ma>lv a-.iJ 71m * f1 h‘“h *° hHp Supt »>r<’Ughouf and a modernized
are sdTto fT^ b ^ t’’""’ " * J'nntn'“ B "*•’ whoo! unit now aw.lta new ,tu-
are »oi<i to llih local waters we man. new principal: Charle* W dent*
anothse*Tstch of" iTrprt"' W,M* -duration, ire*.- Dedication and In.pection cere-
begm num^rin. ^ T™ T" a ‘ ¥1* b‘,•r', m m"* ‘he »ch,m| and convent
I. a lot ™r^,t. . T td education, clerk Mia. Maxine w,ll hn held at 10 a m Sundav
• a lot of ermits and do+% not rv 1 a>+. secretary to th#» supertn with The Most Re\ Uu»*n# Mr
include .r,me 3HU annual permits indent, and Miss Lila Smoot, rjulnn-ss bishop of th-«»kUhoma
conducting
is complddl)
for Sapulpa-Tulsa traffic.
Traffic is permitted to travel!
nvlest traffic was encounter*
the Veteran■* of Foreign
hut where |27 application
w»ne passed out in the first
^Ith of the roadway fr »m t • *
Jbih In 46th sts -* f%tndM out more than f*0 and the
A 4S-foot median strip divides Am*nran Lagkn handed < uf an
the highway as an added aafe;>
factor.
Above
courtesy
photo is through the
of the Tulsa World
which are sold yearly
Fishing will be g....d this fall
at Snhoma and Prvtty Water
Trot line fiahmg la capeclally good
now at Sah ,ma if a fvlb.w can I
find thv right kind of bait which
*vvm» to h« big minnow* Umb'
line* arr good
rvgtatrar and financial averttary Clty-Tul»u dior-vw.
dedicatory services
Bartlett-! oiliu> Park
Is .Nearm" (Aimpletion
Ounmistiioners to Slash
Budget at Next Meeting
Became of Labor Day falling on
City Charter
Plan Okayed
Tum«r Affixes Scat;
Police Change Off.c.cl
The city charier amendement
Vfded b> Sapulpnn* Aug 9 in
winch the police department w*»
removed from the merit system
is n.tw official.
Gov R..y J Turner this weci:
affixed his *,>a| of approval ti-
the amenderrent thu* providing
the state* endorsement.
Sapulpcns voted *09 to $28
The neighborhood park being
_ | conitructed hy Bartlett—Colllna is
Here i* hoping that our county *.',V y nearing completion and the date scheduled for regular! for the amendment early thi*
commissioner will get out toward “' J, “7in ,ull> •quipped and aty commiaaion meeting, the com-1 ironth and thereby empowered
Uke Sahoma way one of thew Vv.. 1-‘^IUi,ancy.. rmaaloner* will meet Tuesday City Manager T. Orville Bumpu,
day* and note that the rigid needs 7* ***** Vf n‘*:h' *-P‘ fi A payroll meeting to have dnect control over the
some improving along with a coat *f* c?mi!l>led >nd »«* held Wednesday nigh' and) hiring and tiring of policemen
Which will give US acre,, lo on; ‘'minded of the urgent need for l„n on Tuesday when they ,p-I tr".er''n,n' ,hrw> we-k*
of the very best ftah. ig ip„u m ’di’inkm i prove necessary slashes in the .APy a<'‘,’n ,h* manager
this area for late fall fishing a drinking fountain has been1 city budget tot the current fiscal) h' 1 ,uk'' w,,uld he subject to
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SAM T. ALLEN
Prominent Sopuipan Dead
Sam T. Allen,
Claimed Here
Pioneer City Lawyer
Interred in Tennessee
Samuel T Allen, prominent at*
I torney and civic leader In the
[Sapuljia vicinity for nearly four
I decades, died this week at the
| dty hospital Death came to the
■ widely-known lawyer Sunday
| morning after he was stricken
Saturday afternoon while down*
towm.
n, ... _ I uneral aervices for Mr Allen
_____ *■ ur--"' • heM Tuevlay at the Flrat
ConcGuioa ,tand to stay on tb* Job m their holiday Methodist rhurrh with the Rax J.
The county farm women's Huh driving hy Paul W Reed, com- C. Curry officiating. Pallbearers
two end* themselves i$.r the planning extensive patrol artlvt- 1 ' \Kau- 'V*
club's benefit I and the hungriest ties for the Labor Day traffic. p Johnson and Mb. R.-ed
.oeople in the world-namely fair- Drive,, are ..Red to work over- 'wTwokn ’
",>erm- , time for highway aafety on the T ..
Cloven cr»mmpfdNl ih* Tn 1f,Fip l.aNtr Dnv weekend ft wi!7 c w®* ***** fwTtoy
m«1e the hi< building will be not be an • fTioai holiday 6>r traf-1 * n** ***' *!>«^Allan a birth-
crarrm*Hl with diaplavs novel and Ac* deaths n«»r will it he a day |,Itce burial Owen-Landrllh
educational in the form of farm °ff for highway patrol unit*. Com- fun*>ra* Bome handled arrange-
e.juipment nr aprdianrex. An- nilasloner Kn**f! cautioned The ment*
count ot the number ef *!areas , ',h*r three commercial booths are 'ommissloner has directed Jake ,#OT"r* , ..
pao. d out VrluVeer work«r« for outside Simi, chief of the in\ ettigation Honorary pallbearert of the
££ the La, 1„7°\ l . d,,i,»on. to move inx e*t»gation *^* *" **9*l P*
help • —- m&m4 *• Anybody in Creek county «n f ,n the highway, to aid In rnrml>CT* of “>* Creek County
bl»Mk. q °U ,h* ' U,°" ot district fair. oVly traff control Bar A„n and the Amertcnn Leg-
Another 15-by-lOo foot »hed will
aramnidate rabbits and poultry
A Aee*»nd .M>-hy.inn font building
will house uuarterhoraex, he«*f
cattle and dairy cattle And a new
tent will accomodate hogs.
Pn/e moneys and rlMvins will
be passed out for ail exhibitors. ‘
fn the quarterh^irse event only
will cash be he id bark. Ribbons
will gi> these winners
Stiff Holiday
j
Patrolling Due
Overtime Hours Slated
For Tratfic Precaution
amounted number.
Post offirt workers kept no
1,la’'k,• j exesption is tbat he doesn't al
Veterans Administration officials' *° 'how at ths Drumright fair.
warned veterans that many of the
form* were being filled out im-
properly. a delay results, they
promised
One heartening story reached
Sapuipa Veterans this week It
was the official repe. • mat the
dividend fr.,m the Gl insurance is
not subject to income lax
A person entering on exhibit
in the Sapuipa district lair
may enter in the later county
fair at Bristow without sacri-
ficing eligibility, however.
Ralph Thompson, chiet of the The hri-year-old attorney's death
patrol reported that state came unexpectedly to relatives
troopers will increase their »ig- and friends even though his rx.n-
ilance on the highway traffic ditlon was described as critical
scene. Four persons were killed after he was rush, d to the hoa-
in the J day weekend in IMS. pital late Saturday He had ap-
The------------J.arently recovered from a severe
Vi's Ji siiiiic ilimuan
lo 11»>|riii'i Dancinw
J.'S Cox. county fair board The ac.eieraied tr'xifwr pro- .....
[.resident, is overseeing Dnat gram will commence Friday even- , and was thought
building arrangement* at the fair ing ^e .tember J and emain in .. ?, n ln c'"‘d
grounds today Ail will be in operai,,,n until Tuesda moming f )n ** ri'd added prnml-
readiness by Wednesday when Se,.-ember f. All available troop- les*i **
entries may be brought in atters will bo active in the extrn
for the huge Frank H Reed estate
Deadline for alt exhibits in all
departments is 9 p m Wedres-
Mlss Jeanne H.nnan, a-sistent Exhibitor* ma> [.IcL up their
to danetng instructor June Runyon i exhibits after 4 r>. m. Saturday |
wrill conduct dancing ciaaaes ttu, J Tsar Climax
Full in Sapuipa. It was announced Heaser. county farm agent
this week and fair board member, arrlaim-
Mlss Hinman has studied with "d ,h‘* >Mr * ,,lr •» '',h' climax
Beaa Roberts. Lew Xtiller and Miss ,f ,hr'"' /*'ar* "f successful fair
Runyon. She has been on profess- ;',sn,'lng
tonal tour until this year when H,“ raW a ,,kM ,ime ,,v r,’unty
she served as Miss Runyon's as- f"m,Pr* “n'' ‘air-goer, to accept
srstant. a fair completely and to plan ae-1
cordlngly This year, we believe
our Interest is at ita peak," Hesser
_b ^a will be installed
Kelly IieBusk. state game and *h ’r,l>
fish director, issued the following n a g,, „
reminder, for hunter on the evei Burglar* (.lean House
year
approval of city commissioners
:- more on pace four At Sutton Gas Station
^ James Sutton, owner of the Sut-
Napulpa Drys
Launch Drive
Pa* ,hl* efficers He reported the burglary
i. . ITT ****** of J9B in cash, (10 In dime, all
Children to Be Seen,
Not Hurt, Reed Warns
School day* are rule day* for
County Likker Loeker
Swelled bv New Raids
Dependent Sehool Kid> ■‘‘ded
*T’ t' rv gx dents in charge of the
To bet Day Of f for Fair
nStii JSSv'WJlSSi -eS; -BJVS
lies that
Just _____ ___ _______ „
“ crops.
duty holiday program The patrol “h,oh c*P*t',‘F h' s-ned for
plan* an all-night watch in Mrh i IT'*ri' •1
f ir.e lro.,j.er district* Local er- u urnor Advisor
He was campaign advixnr m
enlaced f,.r -he.r c,.„,wration ^r'ek r“'int'' <lurt"B ,h* *»•-
and man;>ower during the holiday r,u>" w‘’*n f»ov Bor J Turner
pr.ri.Kt, made his successful bid Mr Allen
Chief Thompson asks the aid of w** » “**» American Leg-
dnvers through! the state t» drive(lon c'‘rr‘mand,'r f,e also served as
safely and sanely In an effort to !kr “r** pon'n,ander of the local
make Labor Day a »af«» day. i”!r orunlatkm.
-...... | Farr of hii buoy life was ron-
Sweet-ToIthrdBuglar SwJwT.t-a~ — «
IBS 1 .. • g. ex *n encouraging educational pro-
iHktNldllln.Irlini.I.lr. ' pronounced
Mr Allen was a 32d degrea
Sapuipa*
week
. , dairy: Robert Truscott. livestock,
«ho. .7“" y ^a r r?n and l! J Smith, horticulture and
about the mostest fun a
„ youngster can have
-------------------— —--- -----—----- .—K L*e Johnson and Depi- And better than anybody else
ton Oil Co. filling station at 712 careful drivers and informed slu- “*’* J!op Marshall. Walter Kyser made me su ermtendent knew de-
W Dewey, is still puxxled this denU. Paul W Reed, commissioner an*! A;arl »'t*ed 48 fifths pend r ln Wls.
week as to why burglars would public safety, said recently. J", p,n,s °‘ “dUor and wine ion when the Brisluw fair is un-
break into his station, hoot cash The back-to-school stampede 8 past week in a raid on an derway.
and stock and yet take time to Dsshe* the back-to-danger signal J carJ'l’ on U- S. 66 near the So this week, she did something „ ________ _
bUTheh‘bu7£rs- believed to B C C Wilcox, owner of the camp. ^0,'/./, , : ■ ' . ' " wTT £*4 uT^ae^
pal' <“d ■ quit* Mnipaign to save our gentest re- and Sam Villls, an employe, were dependent school heads through- throughout the county now en- c‘t> official, after the Investigate
.thorough job of hous-cleamng al- *‘>U‘CP the students of today and charged with illegal possession nut the county permuting the rolled in the summer sessmn at ion
together. Sutton told inv estigating leaders of tomorrow j of into.xlcuting li-iuor Six months superintendanls to give
-"I---11. --------- .-----.---' Six youngsters of school age ago. Johnson and his deputies y ungst-rs ,, free
were killed in traffic accidents raided Wilcox' Belle Aire camp Sept.
A burglar believed to be a
lone operator and most likely a
young one made his way into
the Grigsby Ice house west of
Sapuipa this |>ast week and alleg-
edly stole five hoses of esndy.
five boxes of gum. a card of
combs, a card of cigaret lighter
flints, four cans of lighter fluid. | graduation
»• | n I IT I E')t> pennies, two boxes of cigars. 1 Survivors Include the widow of
. JIHI'IKI Danker r.nrolw 12 pair, of gl i —, three canvas !‘kp M ...-*sin Lane home address
■ 0 . si g- water hag* and 10 pack* of fire- *fd Sam Allen III, a law student
111 B iscunsin l . (XHIW crackeiv j •* ‘he I'nUmlty of Ilkiahenta
I A Negro hoy was picked up and
Guy Beery Jr.. Sapuipa banker questioned but released when nt
Mason and a member of the
Methodist church At the time of
his death he was on the hoard
of stewards
He graduated from Cumberland
law school in 1911 after having at-
tended Vanderbilt university He
moved to Sapuipa in the year of
the the University of Wise Oft sin's an-1
afternoon on nual school of hanking
Former Anosican Airlines em- 1
the rest room and through bars
aovering a rear window.
tow editor and speaker.
Highlighted of th* anti-repeal
meeting cam* when t. t. Weber.
Oklahoma City dry leader, cited
the cese of Massachusetts!* and
llguor to prove what could easily
be Oklahoma's undoing.
Weber's address was built a-
round the point that where a re-
venue of milUona I* obtained, ae
the wets assert, the outlay of tire franchise here
Cutsingf r Is Awarded
Free X-Ray Campaign Opens Here Wednesday
Every Sapulpan wi.ll be given ■
Dunlop Tire Franchise !xnr.y0,Thwunmonth0 to*vLtSrou£ i
[If he has tuberculosis.
».► i
Cutsinger Tire Shop 19 K Ue.t A mohUe X-ray unit will park!
h.“ •wa"Wd h,> Du"top tn front of J J Newberry * on E.
___. . ... - -- fzsnrtilse here it was an- Dewey. The service costs nothing.)
f es»n tot Illness, crime, financial nounced thia week. Announcement The program lasts three weeks !
' dependence and loea of product- of the franchise award was made X-rays are harm!cat. The unit
"Wn-h»urs as a result of by the Dunlop Tire and Rubber will begin work next Wednesday
alcoholism more than offsets Lht
difference. •
•What Is true in other states”
1 Weber told listeners, “will be true
V
pulp* Ttr* Shop, BOW out of busi- community dtlv* committee,
sub-chai-mcn will he assigned
duties directed toward getting
r'every person in Sapuipa X-ray-
, Speakers will apj^sr at all
|civic duha. Trailers will he shown
.at theaters. Direct mail literature
will be sen! out. And a public ad-
I dress system wtU work the at rests
merely a mattar of taking a pla*[to draw In potential TB vietima.
lure of the person's chest— thro*. >> The drtve wtd Include n pen-
parann gh hie clothes. 1 gram la which all
Inn*
> of the department of health. The sale of doesn't have tn remove any doth- Rumpus «*ut the appointment adutoia. -fhes sl!^^_
ittee, as-jChristmas seals U the main ing. Nothing is attached to the of 14 tub-chairmen to Mdat hi fcNML abfe^Nttb*mOmM
I__W* o< finance of the fre^to-lbtXj. lit mp ogitonm IsHha ditto la aapfc con^tote. Tht'^MBB
County School
Teachers Meet
Teachers from ihroughout Creek
sys-
the
session
problems
of Okla-
homa's top school leaden.
Mrs M L. Murphy, superin-
tendent of county schtMils. called
the meeting which was attended
hy all but seven of the dependent
school district teachers.
Sj>eakers included, among other,
B C. 1.11 lard, state deputy exami-
ner, Ira Bugg. who discussed build-
ing rural curricula, and Per men
Phillips, executive secretary of
the state education association.
Phillips explained Use proposed
build lag code to teachers svhleh
will come up for special elect lew
>ept 27 along with ths repeal
issue.
Warn Island haa ana e< the town
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