The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 68, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 7, 1921 Page: 3 of 4
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THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT—NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
NEWS GATHERING
STAFF CANNOT KEEP
TRACK GF GROWTH
have done as well. It is only a small
part of the general upward and out-
ward movement of the city. 1 dont
know what we ought to call this par:
of t<>wn. It certainly is entitled to a
name, something romantic and eup-
honious I will suggest "Pricks
• I corner", "Dawes Dell", "Richards
I Heights" "Cralles Kraal", "Hoop-
DOLLS PARK COMMUNITY pers Bend" Take your choice—
SHOULD HAVE CORRESPON- 'that is all tor this time.
M. P. McNAMEE.
Oklahoma,
DENT SAYS McTJAMEE
NORMAN'S GROWTH NOTED
Transition from Primeval Forest and
Tangled Jungle to Busy Mart
Sudden and Complete
Norman,
May 28, 1921.
Wait a minute. Last fal 1 Mr.
Doughty built a large two story
house in this neighborhood on Col-
lege, and there are others.
By M. P. McNamee.
Editor Transcript:
I don't have much idea what 1 am
going to write about, but 1 do feel
like you ought to have a correspon-
dent over here, who would record
some «'f thi happening in the neigh-, Can't Raise Child With Electricty,
JAZZ MANAGE
ROINS HOME LIFE
borhood cast of Doll's Park,
Norman is growing so rapidly and
is gettoing so many new additions,
and filling in so many gaps in the
old ones, that I suppose even the
Transcript with all of it> efficient
news gathering staff cannot begin to
keep track of it I will just beg
leave to note a few of the many
changes that have taken place in this
"neck of the woods" in the past 5
or 6 years, and particularly in the
last year or two.
Five or six years ago the region
around Doll's Park and for some dis-
tance east of it was pretty much of a
wilderness. John Ramsey lived out
in the jungles on a ten acre farm and
milked cows and raised chickens un-
molested. His chickens did not have
to fight his neighbors chickens over
the same worm.
K L Cralle lived in an o'd house
a little nearer town and was "mon-
arch of all he surveyed." Judge Den-
nison, C. M. Kciger, father and mo-
ther Gould and u few others lived on
farms out west of Norman, and had
cow patties leading up to the busi-
ness center of the University City.
Along the Little cjeek east and
south of Doll's Park the willow and
the horse—weed grew taller and
thicker and the rabbit and the bull
snake lived unscared in the dense-
ness of their shadows, but now the
scene has shanged. The transition
from primeval forest and tangled
jungle to busy mart, concrete side-
walks. modern homes and well kept
lawns has been sudden and complete.
Ramsey sold iiis country home
and they moved the old house away
and Prof. Shannon built a fine mod-
ern home on the site of the old one.
Sometime before. Dr. Lane had come
over here and built a splendid home
in the jungles near a little creek on
what they called Lahoma street on
the map. but it was impassable. A
little while later E. L. Cralle built
a fine mansion across tile street and '
Says Miss Gould at Juvenile
Institute.
During the juvenile institute held
at Oklahoma City last week Miss
Xovella Gould, head of the Provi-
dent ascociation, gave some startling
facts relative to the home life.
"Women in commercial life, the
many modern home conveniences
and the elaborate credit system, are
some of the common enemies of the
home today," declared Miss Gould.
"I am not saying that modern
conveniences, such as electric wash-
es, ironers, etc., are not great helps
to women, but it gives them too
much time to run around and enjoy
themselves: It makes them want to
be going instead of staying at home
and caring for their home and child-
ren. It is alT very fine to have elec-
tricity to do the work, but you can't
raise a child with electricity.
Marry Too Young
"In my experience in work with
homeless children, 1 find there is
too little regard for the marriage
ly too young and thatshrdlujpu'jpu
vows, that many people marry entire-
ly too young and that jazz courtships
are ruinous to home buildnig."
Mrs. J. C. Pearson, Marshall, pres-
ident of the State Federation of
Women's clubs, said: "Be chums
with your children. Never let them
lose confidence in you. Habit is a
strong law and the child is a nat-
ural imitator. The good example set
in the home by father and mother
will result in the child imitating it,
and cause lasting habits to be formdd
which the child will carry into its own
home making when it grows up."
McKeever Speaks
Dr. William A. McKeever was the
principal speaker at the session of
the four-day juvenile institute Tues-
day night. His address was given
on " The Child as a Gilt to Scoiety."
"We must think ourselves called
upon from on high to become guar-
dians of the growing generations.
little
III- "'II <1V. I ' ' t II I ■ 1 I ti ItllU . . 1 ! ' ' i ,
farther .south. Then Mr. | uwe mu8t reSard cl Wrf " 8'fts
. . whu'li u/h arp tn neriect through
Frick bought some acreage and lots
east of the park and started to build-
in:-' housc^ and 41id not stop until lie
had built 4 or5 substantial 6 room
bungalows t n Chautauqua and La-
homa Before this awhile, Malloy
had built a fine home on Chautauqua,
and so the good work went slowly
on until the last year or so residences
have been built too numerous to
mention. A! out two years ago, Dr.
Lane sold his ine home on Lahoma
and built a finer one on Chautauqua.
He soon sold it to a man who re-
modeled and enlarged it until it looks
to be about the size of Buckingham
Palace.
Within the past year Frank
Kirlyham built 2 or 3 good houses ,
on Lahoma and sold them to uni-
versity professors and other people. I
and Vaughn has r< cently completed
a very fine bungalow and sold it to I
U. S Tubbs.
Last winter Vandyke built Minself
an up-to-date (> room bungalow on
Chautauqua and Prof. Davis built a
la rue two story house on Lahoma in
the French Colonial style. Mrs.
Forbes lias recently built two good
bungalows on Flood street and Cral-
les are building a very fine 5 room
bungalow on Flood street south of
Doll's Park.
Three small 5 room bungalows are
in process of construction on Flood
street >outh of Doll's Park and south
of Washington school.
Ci II. Richards is just completing
one of the niftiest 6-rooni bungalows
on Symmcs beet ween Chautauqua
and Lahoma It is on a little emi-
nence and faces south.
lie painted it pure white and it
looks like "a city set on a hill and
cannot be hid" Mr. Richards al-
ready had a good six room bunga-
low. but being an enterprising sort
of a fellow and wantin to lmiid up |
the town he went quitely to work
and built a binger and linner home.
If everyone in Norman would do that
way we would soon have enough
hnyses to hold the people.
I built a little five room bunga-
low over here on Lahoma last win-
ter. I had been talking about build-
ing a large fine house for 3 or 4
years, and every man I met on the
street that would listeen to me I
would tell him about the immense
building program I was going to put
into execution in the near future. |
I had about all the carncnters in |
town figuring and standing on the ;
tiptoes of expectation. Finally after i
much planning and talk-in- 1 built a j
five room bungalow. Richards took
the opposite course. H< didnt talk
any—lie just got two ;ood carpen-i
ters and went to work and in less
than two months he had oilf of the j
swellest bungalows in town ready to ;
move into. Richards is not strong j
on sending out advance notices, but
hi always deijvers the goods.
I have given a hurrid and imper-
fect account of the metomorphosis
of their part of the town from a jun-
gle to a modern city
Many other sections of Norman
which we are to perfect through
training and pass on as larger gifts
to the society of tomorrow."
A Misunderstanding.
Looking over the bill of fare in a
restaurant a Topeka preacher was un-
decideed what he wanted. Turning
to the pretty waitress who stood ex-
i ctantly at h.> elbow waiting t r
ilie order, he asked, "How's the chick-
en today?" "Fine, how are you kid?"
she retorted.
99
%
ONE-ELEVEN
Cigarettes
To tell you
of the care in
Wending to-
baccos for
ONE-ELEVEN
Cigarettes
would behigh-
iv interesting
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Gu«ran?ed by
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Sooner Electric
Shoe Shop
A SHOP FOR QUALITY AND
SERVICE
Full line Ladies' Wood and
Aluminum llcels, Laces and
Polishes.
J. D. BOWEN, Prop.
In Campus Building Across
Street From University
THOMPSON
O. iv TRANSFER
Office Phone -25
Residence Phon- 505
DONT ASK US TO MAKE CHARGE TICKETS AT THESE PRICES-THIS IS THE GREATEST SALE
EVER GIVEN BY RUCKER S. THE OPENING DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, AT 9 A. M. SPECIALS
FOR THE OPENING DAY AND FOR SATURDAY MUST BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO. *
Rucker's Eighteenth
Anniversary Celebration
Lowers prices to pre-war levels in the greatest price concessions
of our eighteen years.
Thursday, June 9th.
Opening Day of this History-Making Anniversary Event
Hour Specials tor Thursday, June 9th.
9:30 to 10:30 a. m.
LADIES' 50c HOSE
50c quality Ladies' Li-de Hose, in assorted
colors; fur this hour only, limited 4 AC
pair to customer, at per pair ZJc
1:30 to 2:30 p. m.
9-4 BLEACHED SHEETING
{J-4 Bleached l'epperel Sheeting, the real
quality, lor thi^ une hour, limited 5 QC
yards to customer, per yard JJc
3:30 to 4:30 p. m.
$1.75 MEN'S OVERALLS
Men's standard union made Overalls,
$1.75 quality, limited 2 pairs to cus-
turner, per pair
Hour Specials for Saturday,
June 11
9:30 to 10:30 a. m.
10c BROWN MUSLIN
Ah extraordinary value in Brown Muslin,
regular 10c value for this hour only, 10 C
yard limit to each customer, per yard MC
1:30 to 2:30 p. m.
20c BLEACHED MUSLIN
3fi inches wide, nice soft quality, regular _'0c
value, for this hour only, 1_' yards O I
only to each customer, per yard 0 3C
LADIES' FINE OXFORDS
Values up to $10.00
AT $6.85
A group of Ladies' Brown and
Black Kid Oxfords, high Louis or
Millitary heels, nice quality, values
up to S10, for Anniversary Sale
LADIES' LOW SHOES
Values up to $6.00
AT $3.95
• A table of Ladies' Oxfords and
Strap Pumps, with one and two
strape, regularly $4 and $6 values,
special for Anniversary Sale
LADIES' KID OXFORDS
5$.00 to $8.00 Values
AT $4.45
A special lot of Ladies' Fine
Brown and Black Kid Oxfords, reg-
ular $5 and $8 values, special for
Anniversary Sale
Anniversary Sale of Shoes
Important Savings on Shoes for Entire Family
BOYS' GUNMETAL OXFORDS
$5.00 and $6.00 Values
AT $2.95
An unusual value, these Boys'
Good Gunmetal Oxfords, button and
lace styles, $5 and $6 qualities, spec-
ial tor Anniversary Sale
CHILD'S STRAP SLIPPERS
$2.75 Values
AT $1.95
Child's Kid Strap Slippers, of
solid leather, sizes 5 to 8, worth
$2.75, special for Anniversary Sale
MEN'S BROWN OXFORDS
$12.50 Values
AT $5.00
Men's Straight Last Oxfords, ill
an extra fine quality of brown kid
leather, lace style, has rubber heels,
special Anniversary bale bargain
MEN'S TENNIS SHOES
$1.50 Values
AT 98c
Men's Tennis Shoes in high laced
and Oxford styles, regularly worth
$ 1.50 and $1.75, specially for this
Anniversary Sale at the low price
above.
MEN'S SAMPLE OXFORDS
$10.00 Values
AT $5.00
A lot of Men's Sample Oxfords,
in variety of styles and leathers, all
splendid wearing quaiities, regular
$10 values, special Anniversary Sale
offering
MEN'S WORK SHOES
$6.00 Values
AT $3.95
Men's Good Serviceable Work
Shoes, of solid leather, the kind
that gives unlimited satisfaction,
$0.00 values, at this low price in
Anniversary Sale
MEN'S WORK SHOES
$5.00 Values, in Black or Tan
AT $2.99
Men's Good Solid lilk Hide Out-
ing Shoes, the ideal work shoe for
hot weather wear, well constructed,
solid sole, special Anniversary Sale
value
Anniversary Sale of Men's Clothing Bringing Prices
to Pre-War Prices
Men's $35.00 All Wool Spring Suits in nice
quality and selection of colors, priced for Anniversary
Men's $27.50 All Wool, Worsted Suits in good,
attractive cloths, specially priced in tiic Anniversary
Sale at
Twenty-five Men's Pahrr Beach Suits, in grey -| A / j j™"
and neutral colors, extra special for the Anniversary ^ J_T"#
■z $24.50
$21.95
ti*
Men's $20.00 Kool Kloth Suits, in light tan color,
a tine fabric for summer wear, priced for Auniversarv
Sale at
Men's $25.00 Mohair Suits, special . $19.75
Men's $7.50 Palm Beach Pants, special $4.95
Men's $2.50 Khaki Pants, special at $1.95
Sole Agents For Styie-Pius and Collegian Suits—Two Best Lines in
America—100 Per Cent Wooi.
Anniversary Sale All Children's Dresses
The best values ever offered in a Child's Dress.
Every one less than cost of the material. 1 he
sizes are broken. Scarcely two alike, but the
values are wonderful—48c to $4.12 .
Rucker's Next 99c Day, Tuesday, June 14th
There will he circulars out giving many, many
items fur 99c Day. We are preparing to make
this the greatest 99c Day ever in Norman. Re-
member every Tuesday is 99c Day.
RUCKER'S
"The Busy Store"
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