The Craig County Gazette (Vinita, Oklahoma), Vol. 27, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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Ambulance Day or Night
Funeral Home
OBITUARY
Ida Olive Meeks
Quality Groceries and Meats
148 South Wilson St.
W. V. PENNINGTON
Phone 157
FREE DELIVERY
Staten Civil Servict
announced open com
Southwestern bell Telephone Company
Poultry
Enrsand
Butterfat
Aid Peeana
PIONV Tt
VINITA. OKLA.
Ida Olive Meeks was born Octobar
27, 1883, at Junction City, Kansas, liv-
ing there until she was three years
old, then her parents moved to Shel-
burn, Indiana. She lived there until
after the death of her mother. She
ARCHER PRODUCE
COMPANY
The Craig County
GAZETTE
CLARKE MOTOR COMPANY
VINITA, OKLAHOMA
Buyers of
Furs -— Hides
Open For Business
With a full line of material and
well-equipped for all kind of
shoe repairing.
We solicit your patronage and
appreciate all business that
comes our way.
QUICK SERVICE
SHOE SHOP
First Door South of Gazette Office
138 S. Wilson St.
J. W. HAMRICK. Prop.
Vinita, Okla.
Over 750,000 Bigger and Better
Chevroletsdelivered since Jan. 1 st.
Acclaimed bv [hundreds of thousands everY"h*£ "
the world’s most luxurious low-priced car, the B gg
and Better Chevrolet haa enjoyed such tretnendoua
£efeX e on the part of buyer, that today .. «and.
first choice of the nation for 1928.
Over 750,000 new Chevrolets delivered to owners
since January 1st! The largest number of
sold thisyear by any single manufacturer. Ne^er has
any Chevrolet enjoyed such overwhelming public en-
dorsement—for never has any fow-pneed car ’ c<•
bined such impressive performance, such delightful
‘ ' '* e style.
that has won such spectac*
S^a^ide-.pprpval. Twllfod S-riJJJg}
Th* Inapertel 1 C
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Utility Truck SC7Q
All price* f- <*.
Hint, Mich.
TBIX1W
COLD STORAGE
MARKET
The United
commission has
petitive examinations as follows:
Associate pomologist (nut investi-
gating), Bureau of Plant industry, De-
partment of Agriculture, for duty m
Washington, D. C., or in the field,
at $3,200 to 13,700 a year.
Undertakers, Funeral
Directors and Embalm-
ers
Offers to the Public a complete line of
election cards
typewriter paper
COPY SHEETS
SECOND SHEETS
CARBON PAPER
MAILING ENN ELOPES
KRAFT ENVELOPES
MANILA ENVELOPES
CATALOG ENVELOPES
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
SHIPPING TAGS
MARKING TAGS
LETTERHEADS
NOTE HEADS
BILL HEADS
m anuscript COVERS
STATEMENTS
INVOICES
township supplies
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
COUNTY SUPPLIES
PLACARDS
WRITING CABINETS
COUNTER PADS
LEGAL BLANKS
CIVIL SERVICE VACANCIES
BE FILLED
Is/ Choice of the
Nation for1928/
Come in and inspect the car
never thought possible in a
TMTooHngt4qe The COACH
E^.......’595
Etf?E..,675 VfSj
TU Coov-tibl.
CHEVROLET
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CRAIG COUNTY GAZETTE
WHITE OAK NEWS
What We Owe You
are seeking to do.
This we
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D. C.
INSTRUMENT MAKERS NEEDED
IN BUREAU OF STANDARDS
tion.
The duties are to design, construct,
and repair scientific and techinical in-
struments and apparatus of high pre-
cision.
Competitors will be rated on their
training and experience.
Nautical assistant, Hydrographic 1
office of the navy department for duty
m Washington,D. C., er elsewhere, at
lil ,800 per year.
Scientific aide (Western irrigation
agriculture), bureau of Plant Indus-
try, Department of Agriculture, for
duty at Santa Paula, California, and
elsewhere, at $1,800 to $2,100 a year.
Teacher of agriculture, (dry land
farming) and teacher of agriculture
(irrigation for junior and senior high
schools, Indian service, at $2,000 a
year for senior high school teachers.
Physiotherapy aide and physiother-
apy pupil aide, Field service of the
United States Veteran’s bureau and
United States Public Health Service.
The entrance salaries hange from $1-
800 to $2,700 a year for physiotherapy
aides, and $1,320 to $1,680 a year
for pupil aides.
Specialist in agriculture and rural
education, specialist in reconstruction
of school curricula, specialist in ele-
mentary education, ai d specialist in
teacher training, Phillipine Service,
at 6,000 to 8,000 pesos a year. The
normal value of the Philippine peso
equals 50 cents in United States cur-
rency.
All States except Maryland, Vir-
ginia, Vermont, Delaware, and the
District of Columbia, have received
less than their share of appointments
in the apportioned Departmental
Service at Washington, D. C.
Full informaton may be obtained
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 8,
1928—The United States Civil Service
Commission announced today that the
D. C., is in need of instrument mak-
Bureau of Standards, at Washington,
ers and that applications for the po-
sitions will be received by the com-
mission until August 22.
Entrance salaries range from $1620
to $2,000 a year. Higher salaried
positions are filled through promo-
from Chas. York, secretary of the
United States Civil Service Board of
Examiners at the post office in this
city.
Wc realize that
we owe it to you
and to the public
generally to give
the most tele-
phone service and
the best at the
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our neighbors and
friends for the many kind deeds
shown during the illness and death
of our beloved wife and mother, also
for the floral offerings.
T. F. WIER and FAMILY.
MISS RUTH WIER
Mr. and Mrs. RILTY TIPPENS
Mr. and Mrs. ED MOOMAW.
Mr. and Mrs. BEN MILES
THURSDAY. AUGUST 16, 1^'H-
;• .: a. ' O • I’.vd
■.Bn ugh th»i U;..U'i States Civil Serv-
ice commission, Washington, D. C^
or from the secretary of the I nited
States Civil Service board of exam-
iners at the Postoffice or customhouse
| in any city.
came to Oklahoma in 1900, living near
Cantoro. Oklahoma, until her mar-
riage to T. F. Wier, in 1901. To this
union, were bom twelve children, the
eldest dying in infancy. The other
eleven, all of which are living near
Centralia, which has been the home
of this family for 19 years.
Although this dear wife and mother
has been ailing for several months,
her death was unexpected, as she
was, apparently, improving in health.
She passed smilingly into eternity
August the Sth, 1928, leaving to
mourn her absence, her husband, 3
sons, eight daughters, and four grand
children. She was 44 years, nine
months and 19 days old.
We will miss her more than words
can tell.
cost.
Your service today is faster and more
accurate than it was a yearago. Last
year 100,000 more local calls per
day were completed on the first at-
tempt than in 1926. The average
time for handling long distance
calls has been reduced from over 4
minutes to almost 2 minutes.
We owe it to you to continually ex-
tend and improve telephone service
justas wcowe it to our stockholders
to safeguard their savings and to
insure an adequate return on their
investment.
Mrs. A. W. Kennedy and children
attended the show in Vinita, Wednes-
day.
Lula Jon s, Joe! Keeter and Maurice
Haynet went swimming at E’.ectri:
park, Tai. sday afternoon.
Mrs. Oscar Hayes and children, Mrs.
Virgie Farmer visited Mrs. Ed Hayes
Friday.
Dr. J. W. Craig of Miami, was vis-
iting old time friends in White Oak
Sunday.
Mrs. Marion Roberts is on the sick
list.
Miss Lula Jones, Beulah Murphy,
and Jack Wise went swimming at the
Electric park, in Vinita, Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence D*ake, Mrs. Nola Eg-
nor, Ernest Hart, Mrs. Beulah Murphy
and Lula Jones went swimming at
the Electric Park swimming pool, last
Sunday.
Violet Head entertained a number
of her friends with singing Sunday
night.
Several from this vicinity attended
church in Vinita Sunday night.
Several from here attended the car-
nival Saturday night.
Several attended Mr. Ratcliff a fun-
eral Sunday.
Claud Alumbaugh bought the Roy
Bennett house and moved it to hia
lot.
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The Craig County Gazette (Vinita, Oklahoma), Vol. 27, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1928, newspaper, August 16, 1928; Vinita, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1609732/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.