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VOLUME 54
204 a Year in Trade Area
Weleetka Okfuskee County Oklahoma
Thursday March 15 1956
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After all that' been said con
corning our neighbor this column
could add little to the apprecia-
tion of Tom Phillips the Hol-
denville publisher who died last
week Over 2000 men— great and
small— attested to his value as
a citizen and publisher by at
tending his funeral Sunday con-
ducted by Clifford James of We-
leetka He had been a friend of
the Phillips for years
It would bo nice if there were
more men with his - ability and
willingness to servo
A Fayetteville Ark woman
41dn’t want to go to jail without
her small black dog So the in-
separable couple thanks to an
obliging sheriff shared the same
cell in the county jail Wednesday
She was to face a charge of
-drunk driving Thursday in county
court
Sheriff E L Jeter said the
62 -year -old ' woman Margaret
Bay was arrested 4V4 miles east
of Okemah and taken to the court
house where she was booked
The canine lover was upset
over the possibility of being
jailed until officers promised her
she and her dog would not bo
separated
We don’t do much speculating
on politics of very many other
unpredictable occurrences such
the weather or a woman’s mind
but from here it looks like Adlai
Stevenson is being made a work
horse and will be all tired out
before convention time
Reminds us of a buddy in a mile
race He was really going ' good
the first lap— way out ahead
But when the finish line was in
sight of the rest of the fellows
he wasn’t close enough to see
who won
We’ve known for a long time
the Dustin women spend a lot of
time cooking because they can
sure put on some feeds when
they get together The other day
we found out what the men do
with their time I happened to
walk in a little before ths Legion
meeting and there were three men
around a table They were hard
up for a fourth so they invited
me to complete the domino four-
some I was playing dominoes but
there was so much difference in
our games they must have been
playing something else
They made some gestures that
sounded like challenges to Weleet-
ka to meet in a domino contest
Does Weleetka have any dom-
ino players?
Publisher’s Funeral
Is Conducted by
Weleetka Minister
Clifford James minister of the
Christian church of Weleetka
conducted the funeral of Tom R
Phillips in Holdenvilie Sunday
Phillips publisher of the Hoi-
denville Daily News died an an
Oklahoma City hospital Thurs
day night after he had been hos-
pitalized for several months The
65-year-old editor was being
treated for lymphosarcoma a mal-
ignancy of the lymph gland
Until recently he was chair-
man of the state pardon and pa
role board and has been active
in state affairs for many years
Mr James was a long-time
friend of the family He perform
ed their wedding ceremony and
a short time later baptised both
of them
' About 2000 attended the fu-
'Moral at the Holdenvilie Christian
church
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College Student to
Lead Singing at
Laymen’s Revival
Delbert Dugan a junior in the
Oklahoma City university has
been engaged to lead the praise
service during the Lsymen’s re-
vival at the Christian church
it was announced this week by
the minister Clifford James
The meeting will begin Sunday
April I
The song director who was an
active member of the Christian
church at Jenks while Mr James
was there is a member of the
colldfee choir which toured the
east -
Billy Bob Colpita layman of
the- 41st street church in Tulsa
will be the speaker for the first
service of the revival
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New Postal Changes
Expected to Save
Money Cut Red Tape
The last of the decentralisation
of the post office department was
recently completed when the 16th
and final region office was open-
ed Mrs J W Gregory local
postmaster reports The local of-
fice is under ths Wichita office
' The 3-state area of Kansu
Nebraska and Oklahoma is an
8i million operation serving 861
post offices in Kansu 646 in
Nebraska and 792 in Oklahoma
There are 6464160 citizens of
ths three states who will receive
mail more efficiently and at low-
er cost Mrs Gregory said and
19000 postal employes in the re-
gion will be able to do their job
more effectively The 2288 post-
masters are expected to be re-
leased from considerable red tape
and delay resulting from the
previous centralized operation of
the postal establishment
As the world’s largest busineu
type organization the post office
department is following the ex-
ample of successful business ev-
erywhere The postal department
employes 625000 persons and op-
erates 39000 post offices
Decisions now will be made by
competent personnel familiar with
local conditions by improving
public and personnel relations
The new system is expected to
reduce operating costs
Weleetkans Play in
District Band at Ada
Attending the all-district band
meet at Ada Thursday were Joy
Lumbert Shirley Reddick Helen
Raaberry and Denny Spence from
Weleetka high school and Linda
Reddick and Pat Briggs junior
high In the high school group
where bands from the district
competed tryouts were held to
find the proper chairs Mis Lum-
bert won first chair bass clar-
inet Miss Rasberry second
chair alto clarinet Miss Reddick
eighth chair clarinet and Spence
second chair cornet
The junior high members were
pre-placed by the festival offi-
cials Bruce Jones University of
Louisiana wu director of the
high school band and Raymond
Kelton East Central directed the
junior high band
The district contest will be
next Thursday The Pawnee fest-
ival will be April 7
Weleetka Graham
To Have Ball Game
Neighboring teams meet Fri
day afternoon when Weleetka and
Graham meet here Coach 'Dun
Trammell reports that about 18
boys are trying for the team
Coach Trammell also said the
local grade school entered two
team In the basketball tourna
ment at Pharoah this week Ths
finals will b Saturday night
Teams from Weleetka Okemah
Burden Paden Muon Gra-
ham Pharoah Mona Okfuskee
Cutis Sunrise Lone Star and
Oriental are entered----
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Stage Set for Annual
Emergency Husband
"Her Emergency Husband” a
superlative fare in thru pete
will be presented by members of
the Weleetka senior class Friday
night beginning at 8 p m
It is being produced by special
arrangement with the Drama
Guild of Boston Mass
The cut includes Nicky Nutt
a newlywed Phillip Crawley Ar-
lene Nutt his bonnie bride Jeanne
Sandlin Aunt Jubilee the Negro
cook Leona Canard Siberia
Peach' her dumb daughter Jean-
ette Fuller Dot Dolson Arlene's
best friend Joy Lumbert Bill
Jones Nicky’s best friend BUI
Joe Day to Seek
Re-Election as Tax
Assessor for County
Joe Day Okfuskee county as-
sessor became the first county
official to announce his candid-
acy for' re-election this year
' His statement follows:
In announcing for re-election as
county assessor I certainly want
to express my thanks and appre-
ciation to my friends and to
each and everyone' who supported
me in the last election I have
tried to conduct myself and the
business in the County Assessor's
office so you would never have
cause to regret having voted for
me
The experience gained as coun-
ty assessor will certainly enable
me to make a better assessor and
to better perform the duties re-
quired of the county assessor
I have worked to try to fam-
iliarize myself with the value of
the different properties of our
County which is very necessary
in handling the duties of the of-
fice As you know the County
assessor’s office Is the kpy of
our county government and our
schools If - the county assessor
fails to get a fair and equitable
assessment of taxable property
in the County it effects the oper-
ation of all branches of county
government and our schools
Friends if you think I have
beeri ' fair and will continue to
be fair in handling the business
of the county assessor’s office
then I earnestly solicit jtour
vote and influence in the com-
ing primary election and will ap-
preciate it if you will speak a
good word to your friends in my
behalf
I will try to see as many of
you as I possibly can before elec-
tion time but if I don’t get to
see you I will certainly appre-
ciate your vote
‘ Joe R Day
Texas Couple Buys
Cafe in Weleetka
Mr and Mrs' Arthur Thomas
of Brownfield Texas have pur-
chased “Moms - and Pops’’ cafe
and are now open for business
Ths Thomases have a son Don
who is 17 years old They are
living in the Sasuber apartments
Mrs Roy Crawford will be em-
ployed at the cafe It will be
open 6 days - a week and closed
on Sunday
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at 8 p m Friday
Rasberry WUmer Sneed Dot’s
jitter Josh Lunsford Audry
Hardwick BUl’a fiancee Jo 8 tan-
ks wits Hiram Hardwick Aud-
rey’s uncle Brian Stewart 'Aunt
Hazel Nutt Niels’s rid maid
aunt Martha Groenewold Mrs
J$rbo Arlens’s dominating mo-
ther Shirley Reddick the WUd
Man who eats raw nut-human
Chari Wiley
The play is under the direction
of Miss Willna Gnnstaff
'The seniors promise laughs and
thrills and invite everyone to see
the play in the high school aud-
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Legion to Celebrate
4&irthday Wamsley'
Tox Give Magic Show
-The 37th birthday of the We-
leetka American Legion Post will
be celebrated Thursday night at
the Legion hut Commander Bob
Johnson has announced
The event will begin at 8 p m
and refreshments will be served
Feature act will be the magic
of Buddy Wamsley There will
also be other entertainment Com-
mander Johnson said
Several out-of-town guests are
expected
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Revival at Free Will
Baptist Church Will
Begin Sunday
Rev Jack Dodson pastor of the
Central Avenue Baptist church
at Oklahoma City will be the e-
vangellst In a revival at the First
Free Will Baptist beginning Mar-
ch 18 and closing April 1
Rev Dodson held a revival her
in 1950
There will be special sing-
ing each night The services
will start at 7:80 Tht week the
church has had a week of prayer
proceeding the revival
Rev Fred Kirby pastor of the
church announced 'that each and
everyone is cordially invited to
hear this evangelist
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DENTAL MAR YEL One-week-eld
Deagtas Nipper st Baa Fran-
cises was bora with two lower
teeth bat deesa’I waat te brash
them Jaal yet
Representative Gives
Report on Road
Commissioner Invited
The Weleetka Chamber of Com-
merce me( ta regular session
Monday night with 24 members
present Bennie Hill state rep-
resentative wu a special guest
and spoke to the civic club
The Fourth of July committee
stated that a contract had bun
submitted by the Dixon shows
for the day and the club voted
to accept the contract
Hill stated that 60 per cent of
the survey on the Weleetkg-Dus-tin
road had been turned in
and these as well as the speci-
fications would be completed by
the engineers and into the state
highway department by April 1
This done HiU said it wUl
probably be 40 to 60 days before
the plans specifications and
right-of-way buying can be com-
pleted making it possible - for
the letting of the contract around
July 1
Governor Gary originally prom
ised that the road would be com-
pleted in 1956
At the suggestion of Mr Hill
it was voted to invite Buddy WU-
coxeon state highway commis-
sioner to meet with the group
Monday night
95 Percent of Drivers
License Applicants
Given Permits in 1955
License examiners of the Ok-
lahoma Department of Public
Safety checked 136268 applicants
for drivers’ license during 1955
according to a report made pub-
lic by Safety Commissioner Jim
Lookabaugh Wednesday March 7
The report prepared by Charles
C Rice director of the Depart-
ment Driver’s License division
shows that 95 percent of the ap-
plicants or 129454 actually qua!
ified for a license More than 85-
000 applicants who failed on their
first test qualified on a later ex-
amination In order to license the 129454
successful applicants the exami-
ners found it neccessary to give
a total of 201231 examinations
Rice explained that failure to
qualify on the first examination
was due mostly to lack of prepara-
tion The 17 per cent of the appli-
cants who failed to pass their
driving test failed the first try
because of their failure to give
proper signals observe correct
lanes of travel make proper turns
or use the ordinary courtesies
while driving a motor vehicle
that ladies and gentleman pra-
ties in their daily lives outside
a motor vehicle
The road-sign test was the nem-
esis of 11760 applicants and 2-
033 were disqualified for defect-
ive vision Restricted licenses
were issued to 17672 of the suc-
cessful 'applicants Most of these
suffered from defective vision
which could be corrected by glass-
es however some required me-
chanical aids to the person or ve-
hicle to compensate for a phys-
ical defect
Among those who qualified for
a license were 33096 holders of
out-of-state license- Another 780
drivers’ records were required to
prove their ability to operate a
motor vehicle with a reasonable
degiee of safety Another 1294
applicants whose license had been
suspended or revoked were re-
instated after qualifying by ex-
amination Ten County Youths
Register in February
Ten youth in Okfuskee county
became 18 years old and regis-
tered with the county selective
servico board during February
N D Dossey Clerk reported
New registrants are John Har-
jo Gary Heath QHdy Johnson
Newell Marsh Charles Scott and
James Tilley all of Okemah
John Lane Paden Curtis Mar-
zett and James Sanders Csstte
and Rufus Franklin Wesley Weleetka
State Agriculture
Nan Gives Advice
On Alfalfa Aphids
A heavy infestation of spotted
clover aphids is evident in Okfus-
kee county declared county agent
Cecil Dowell Friday Proven con-
trols are now available to area
alfalfa growers he reported at
a special meeting Wednesday in
Weleetka '
Recommending Malathion spray
(56 per cent emulsion) Dowell
said this treatment will effective-
ly reduce the currently - heavy
number of the tiny pests
The chemical is readily avail-
able' at regular supply sources
added the agent
- Present wss Albert ' Thomas
assistant director of entomology
of ths state farm office who ad-
vised use of the proven poisons
under special conditions He - said
the mixture recommended is pel- "
sonous to humans and cattle He
said to follow directions on the
labels which will also tell how
long before cutting that the chem-
icals must be used -
Thomas seid the aphid was first '
found in New Mexico a few
years ago and only recently mi-
grated to Oklahoma
Spotted now in large clusters
the small greenish-yellow insect
created extensive - damage last
year to are alfalfa crops
A dose search today would re-
veal them to be in almost all
county fields said the agent They
will be found up and down ths
stems and covering the leaves of
clover plants
Sp-aylng with the Malathion
(mix one-half pound with enough
water to cover one acre) should - -be
done upwind on a calm day -said
Dowell He advised wearing
a mask and other protective cloth-
ing Temperature should be 60 de-
grees or warmer he added
One gallon of the Bpray should
cover 110 acres and cost approxi-
mately 31 per arre
Aphids are so numerous now
said Dowell that natural controls
(lady beetles and parasitic wasps)
are not effective After a field
has been sprayed he continued it
is expected the beetles will then be
able to cope with the yellow crop-killers
Pharoah to Vote on
School Bond Proposal
The Pharoah board of' educa-
tion Monday night passed a reso-
lution calling for a bond election
of $53000 The election will be
held March 27 at the high school
Supt Bill Hopkins announced t
He said the money if the issue
passes will he used to furnish a
water supply and to improve
and extend present facilities
The bonds would carry not
more than 4 per cent interest
and would become due serially
within 20 years
The money would be raised by
an ad valorem tax in the Pha-
roah district
The polls will be opened at 2
p m and c'ose at 6 p m
Wetumka’s City
Elections Scheduled
The Wetumka municipal elec-
tion of March 20 is expected to
be a hot election as only one of
four councilmen is without oppo-
sition Joe Bement incumbent from
ward three has not drawn an
opponent In ward two Levi
Clendening will be opposed by
Wayne Parker
Willard Darks councilman from
ward four and Harry L Jack-
son will be candidates for the
ward four post In Ward two
Bert Shaber Incumbent has Har-
ley Gibson as an opponent
The filing period Is over
Weleetka has no city election
as ths terms of ths present coun-
cil expire ‘in 1967
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