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Miss Patti Proctor and Harold Seeley
Are Married in Ceremony Saturday'
Hia Pattie Proctor daughter
of Mr and Mn E E Proctor
Dustin and Harold Seeley son
of Mr and Mrs Pete Seeley We-
tumka were married Saturday
March 8 at the home of the bride’s
parents near Dustin at five o’-
clock p m in a twilight cere-
mony The bride was attired in a white
two-piece dressmaker suite ac-
cented with blue accesories and a
white hat She carried a white
Bible topped with a white carna-
tion corsage tied with white satin
streamers She was attended by
Miss Clara Lou Spear who served
ps: bridesmaid She was attired
in a dressmaker suit of pink ac
50th Anniversary Is
Celebrated by Mr and
Mrs Ruben W Bell
Mr and Mrs Ruben W Bell
Dustin were honored by their
children on their fiftieth wed-
ding Anniversary Sunday March
11 at their home with “Open
House’’ from two to four p m
The house was decorated with
flowers in season
The dining table was covered
with a cream Irish lace cloth over
gold which was a gift from their
two grandchildren Joyce and Ed-
die ' Bell of Ethiopia The center
piece was a gold basket filled with
gold and white flowers artistical-
ly arranged a gift from Mrs Bun-
dy Robinson and Mrs Pansy Bec-
ker long time friends of the fam-
ily The centerpiece was flanked
by white tapers in crystal can-
dalabras and a gold four tirred
cake topped with a white arch of
wedding bells and leaves center-
ed with a miniature bride and
groom baked and decorated by
their daughter Mrs Bill Biddle
Twin bouquets of gold and white
vasesinof flowers decorated the
buffet
Miss Peggy Watkins four
year old grandaughter of Tulsa
presided at the guest register
j Phyllis Biddle of Vega Texas
grandaughter of the couple pre-
! sided at the crystal punch bowl
1 while Nancy Biddle served the
1 cake
Many beautiful gifts were on
! display
Mrs Bell was gowned in a
navy dress and wore a corsage
of gold mums Sixty called dur-
I ing the two hours
' Relatives attending were Mrs
Pearl Everheart of Springfield
Mo Mrs John Beene Henryetta
both sisters of Mrs Bell Mr and
Mrs John Lendley Holdenville
brother of Mrs Bell Mr and Mrs
Audly Warden Prague Mr and
Mrs Carol Beene Henryetta Mr
and Mrs Virgil Watkins ' and
Phyliss a daughter Linda and
Peggy Tulsa Mrs L L Biddle
Dustin a daughter of the Bells
Their son Rodney Bell and fam-
ily who lives in Ethiopia were un-
able to attend Pictures of the
couple were made which will ap-
pear in a future issue of the pa-
per i Mrs Amos Mouser who spent
two weeks in the hospital is
i recovering at her home near Dus-
itin Visitors in the home over
jthe weekend were Mr and Mrs
jGrover Mouser and children Mid-
west City
! Mr and Mrs James Watson
and baby daughter of California
-spent lust week visiting their
'parents Mr and Mrs Clifford
Watson and Mr and Mrs Dewey
Maxwell and family
Recent visitors in the George
Hancock home were her parents
Mr add Mrs I Z Childers O-
feemah and his sisters Mrs Geor-
ge Schneider Kansas City Mo
and T F Holley and son of Okem-
hh I Mr and Mrs Powen Campbell
Tulsa brought their parents Mr
and Mrs W C Campbell home
Saturday from a weeks visit in
ji Mrs Jack King and Mrs Harry
Coble shopped in Okmulgee Mon-
key Mrs Coble spent Thursday
and Friday in Tulsa visiting her
daughter Miss Gloria Coble
Trade Territory
cented with black accesories and
wore a white carnation corsage
The tradition of something old
new borrowed and blue and a
sixpence in her shoe was carried
out
Bob Bamburg Wetumka serv-
ed the groom as best man A re-
ception was held in the dining
room of the home following the
ceremony Only relatives and close
friends attended
The couple left immediately for
their home in Artesia New Mex-
ico where they will reside Mr
Seeley is employed in oil field
work Mrs Seeley was employed
as switchboard operator at the
Ranch-O-Tel for the past year
Week of Prayer
Observed by W M S
The W M S ladies met at the
Baptist church Thursday March
8 for an all-day session on home
missions and in observance of the
week of prayer Mrs I S Short
was lesson leader The lesson
theme was “Lord Teach Us to
Pray’’ The Program was illus-
trated with posters on different
phases of the home missions
work Mentioned were: Good Will
Centers work among the In-
dians Italians Japanese Russians
Spanish French Jewish and Ne-
gros also rescue missions and
work in Cuba and the canal sone
A covered dish luncheon was' en-
joyed at noon
Present were Mesdames I S
Short F F McKinney Bill Hull
John Smith Julius Smith James
C Fite W F King Forest Loon-
ey M C Crutchfield Julia Gard-
ner Raymond Ross and Letha
Catron
Next meeting will be March
15 at the church for Bible study
Mrs W C Campbell will be les-
son leader -
W S C S Has Lesson
On ‘Discipleship'
The Methodist W S C S met
Thursday afternoon in the home
of Mrs Lon Parks for the mon-
thly business meeting Mrs Bill
Biddle president opened the meet-
ing and led the lesson discus-
sion which was entitled “Vir-
turea in Discipleship’’ Mrs George
Anderson read the scripture from
Luke 14 26-30 and led in prayer
A dialogue on discipleship was
given by Mrs Claude Mpadors
and Mrs Samuel Robison Other
discussions were given by Mrs
Tom Ryan jr and Mrs 0 W
Cook
Refreshments were served by
the hostess Mrs Lon Parks to
Mesdames E W Threlkeld Jack
Hamilton A C Cook 0 W Cook
Tom Ryan jr Brown Millard
Woodall Samuel Robison Claude
Meadors Bill Biddle and George
Anderaon
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Johnston
Tulsa were weekend guests of
her parents Mr and Mrs Virl
Cope and Phillip
Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs
Ray Powell were Mr and Mrs
R D Young Chickasha
Members of the Baptist church
gave Mr and Mrs Cub Farley a
cash donation to help compen-
sate for their losses in the recent
fire which destroyed their home
and its contents
Mrs Albert Graham and Mrs
John Beck visited Ernie Turpin
last Wednesday at the Wewoka
Memorial hospital in Wewoka Mr
Turpin underwent major sur-
gery Tuesday March 5 and is
reported by family to be recover-
ing nicely
Mr and Mrs Claude Meadors
and Mr and Mrs Joe E‘ Brown
attended the meeting in Oklahoma
City Saturday and Sunday honor-
ing the national president of the
American Legion auxiliary
Mr and Mrs' Danny Harmon
Cushing were weekend guests of
Mr and Mrs Jack King
Friday visitors in tha Fite home
were Mr and Mrs Clifford Lind-
ley Calvin who also visited Mr
and Mrs R W Bail a unrie
and aunt of tha couple
Weleetka Oklahoma
Dustin First to Reach
Red Cross Quota
The Dustin community is first
in Hughes county to reach their
Red Cross quota A check for
327532 was turned in to county
chairman Supt Herbert Friend of
Holdenville by Area chairman A
C Cook Others helping in the
Dustin area drive were Rev and
Mrs Millard Woodall Mrs Wal-
ter White Mrs Raymond Ross
Frank Robison Claude Curran E
F McKinney Mrs Haskell Fos-
ter Mrs Tom Ryan jr Supt’ R
G Fleming Joe E Brown and
Rev and Mrs S E Tee Hee Mr
Cook wishes to extend thanks to
the workers and the donors to
such a worthy cause
Prayer Services Are
Scheduled by Church
Cottage prayer meeting will' be
held in homes March 19 through
22 in preparation for the revival
to begin at the First Baptist
church March 23 through April
l They will be held at the follow-
ing places: March 19 at 7:30 p
m Mr and Mrs Roy Kirkendall
Mr and Mrs E F McKinney Mr
and Mrs Raymond Ross Mr and
Mrs M C Crutchfield Mr and
Mrs Harlan Bryant Mr and Mrs
John Atkinson Tuesday even-
ing at 7:30 p m at the home of
Mr and Mrs Odell Payne Mr
and Mrs Julius Smith Mr and
Mrs Forest Looney Mr and Mrs
Stan Owens Mrs B B Hendon
Mr and Mrs Bruce McKiney
Wednesday 21 Mr and Mrs
Jack King Mr and Mrs George
Gray Mr and Mrs Walter White
Mr and Mrs John Smith Mr
and Mrs Homer Robinson Mr
and Mrs I S Short and Mr
and Mrs Charles Tructt Thurs-
day 22 Mr and Mrs Lee Drake
Mr- and Mrs Tom Hardcastle
Mr and Mrs B L Gibblns Mrs
Myra Kline and Mrs W F Kinf
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Home from Vacation
Mr and Mrs Lewis Meadors
Oklahoma City and Mr and Mrs
Claude Meadors Dustin have re-
turned from a ten day vacation in
SouthernTexas They spent sev-
eral day in McAllen Texas and
across the border at Reynosa
Mexico They visited Mrs Tenny
Pickett in Mission Then to Brown-
sville and across the border to
Mata Moros Old Mexico They
also visited Mrs Frank Meadors
at Harlengen where they viewed
her beautiful Orange Grove and
Corpus Christ! then to Port Isa-
bell Port LaVaca and Aransas
Pass where they visited with Mr
and Mrs Hal Parks They also
visited friends in Houston and San
Antonio and viewed the Alamo
and many other attractions there
No doubt the girls must have
visited the famous Joskies the
seeond largest department store
in the world '
Daughter Is Born
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lance
are parents of a daughter born
February 29 at Wichita Kansas
The infant weighed 8 pounds and
12 ounces and was named Gwen-
dolyn Kay Grandparents are Mr
and Mrs H Hall Wichita Kan-
sas and Mr and Mrs Charles
Hannon Wichita Kansas Lance
an accountant is a former Dus-
tin boy
Thursday March 15 1956
Virginia Fain Is
Promoted to Sergeant
Miss Virginia L Fain daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs Bill A Fain
of route 1 Dustin received a
promotion from corporal to ser-
geant February 2 at the Marine
corps air station in Kaneohe Bay
Hawaii Captln Patricia Maas
Commanding officer of the wo-
mens marine detachment made
the presentation Sgh Fain is a
Dustin high school graduate with
the class of 1952 She attended
business college in Tulsa after
graduation and was employed in
Tulsa when she and her sister
Eula Rea joined the marine corps
June 6 1953 and took basic train-
ing at Paris Island South Car-
olina The next station was Camp
LaJune North Carolina in August
of 53 where she served in the ad-
ministrative field after 18 weeks
training in Norfolk West Va
She played on the marine basket-
ball team two years and won sev-
eral honors She with her sis-
ter who had never been separated
by request while in the service
were transferred to Pearl Harbor
Hawaii where they were stationed
about 20 miles apart -
The Fain marines have been
in Hawaii since 1955
Fleming Attends
District OEA Meet
Supt R G - Fleming attended
the District Oklahoma Education-
al Associational meeting at East
Centra State college at Ada
Thursday and Friday He attended
the banquet held at the student
union Thursday evening The board
meeting was held immediately
following the bandquet
Friday Dustin school was dis-
missed and most of the faculty
joined him for the meeting Pat
Pounds of Spaulding district pres-
ident presided over Fridays meet-
ing Supt R G Fleming is chair-
man of the board of the OEA
Jim Ragland Wetumka is exec-
utive board member
Coach and Mrs Stan Owens a-
ttended the OEA meeting at Du-
rant Friday
School Men Attend
Spaulding Meeting
The monthly Hughes County
school masters meeting was held
Monday evening at Spaulding A
banquet dinner proceeded the
paeeting held jointly with the
various boards of Education who
are organising a Hughes county
school board association: Elected
officers for the new organization
were presidnet Roy Wootten vice
president Oren Wilbanks Hol-
denville secretary and treasurer
Glenn Rogers Stuart
The newly formed organization
will meet with the school masters
club every three months
The next meeting will be held
at Falrview April 10 Attending
from Dustin were Supt R G Fle-
ming Ray Powell and Stan Owens
From the board of education were
president George Gray and Roy
E Wooten clerk
Graham Tournament
Ends Ball Season
Dustin won five trophies in the
tournament at Graham last week
— two firsts and three runners-
up This closed the basketball
season Dustin won first in the
tournament here the previous
week Coach Owens said they
will have a short rest and then
go all out for baseball
Filing Date for Board
Ends Saturday
The filing date for tbe candid-
ates to be elected to the board
of education began March 7 and
will end Saturday March 17 at
5 p m- '
Kiris Wootten incumbent has
filed for reelection The election
will be Tuesday March 27 at the
auditorium
District Mssee- Meeting Slated
- Tha district Masonic meeting
will he held M Atwood Monday
All master Masons are invited
Dustin Boys Win
At Stock Show
James Fisher of the Dustin
FFA class won reserve champion
in the steer class with his Here-
ford steer which Was entered in
the Oklahoma City junior live
stock show being held this week'
He also won the champion in the
Berkshire hog division and won
first second and third prise on
his light Berkshires His entry
also won the champion in the little
pig division of the Berkshire
Troy Don Withrow won fourth
and fifth with light Duros and
third in the light Chester Whites
In tbe light Hampshires Bill
Morrison Dustin took first
James Brown second and third fif-
th was won by Jim Dohrer and
James Huston won sixth In the
heavy Hampshire class Lee Wri-
ght took fourth James Fisher
took first prise with his short
horn steer
Dustin FFA chapter showed
their fat stock at Dustiir Wed-
nesday before entering the show
at Holdenville
Dustin People Attend
Boys Ranch Meeting
sionary attended the meeting con-
cerning boys ranch near Okla-
homa City Mr Smith is board
chairman of the ranch town dis-
trict which includes Hughes and
Seminole counties
On the return trip Mrs Fite
Gray and McKinney stopped in
Shawnee to attend the Fred War-
ing show held at the municipal
auditorium honoring Dean War-
ren Angel for his twenty years
of service at 0 B U as dean of
fine arts
Tuesday March 6 Rev and
Mrs Clifford Fite' John Smith
Mrs Gene Gray and Mrs Bruce
McKiney Dustin Rev Roy Klrk-
sey Wewoka associational Miss-
Ranch Is Leased
Mr and Mrs Harry Nelson Ok-
lahoma City have leased their
ranch to a Stillwater couple who
will operate a chicken farm there
Mr and Mrs L J Clark who
previously operated Hie ranch sev
eral years have moved to Moores-
field Nebraska where he will be
employed - in soil conservation
work Mrs Clark is a sister to
Mrs Nolson They are the parents
of Mrs Jim Taylor of Weleetka
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Dustin Legion Post’s
37th Birthday Is
Noted by Program
The American Legion and Aux-
iliary met in joint session at the
Methodist church Annex Monday
evening March 12 for the ' cele-
bration of the American Legion’s
37th birthday A pot luck supper
preceeded the meeting Served as
the last course of the meal was a
beautiful white oblong cake top-
ped with 37 multi-colored candles
placed behind a large “87” The
cake was baked by Mrs Claude
Meadors district president who is
a member of Unit 144 Dustin
Commander Jack King and unit
president Mrs Leona Edwards
blew out the candles and cut the
cake as they sang “Happy Birth-
day” Other intertainment was a short
talk by Lee Tenny publisher of
the Weleetka American who was
a special guest He commented
briefly on the “Importance of
Home Defense” Gloria Shorpshire
5th grade student in Dustin school
sang a solo accompanied at the
piano by Mrs Jack King! Mrs
Joe E Brown state poppy chair-
man gave the story of the poppy
“In Flanders Field” and outlined
the years poppy program
Mrs Claude Meadors district
president gave a resume of the
meeting in Oklahoma City Fri-
day Saturday and Sunday honor-
ing the national president at tha
Sldrvin hotel Decorations for the
dining table were a large center
piece of poppies and greenery
combined in a large green bowl
flanked at either side by minia-
ture American flags surrounded
by popples
This was new decoration creat-
ed to interest clubs and organiza-
tions in using poppies for table
decorations on all occasions
An invitation was extended to
the Dustin post and unit front
Wetumka to attended their meet-
ing Monday night March 19 The
Axillary Unit of Dustin post 14d
will make scuffs for the Veter-
ans Hospitals and send jelly to
the veterans ward at Norfnan Ap-
plication has been made for a
representative of Dustin to girls
state A joint donation for the
orphans home at Ponca City will
be made from Dustin post and
unit to help defer expences of a
new heating unit
29 attended Guests were Lee
Tenney Weleetka Mrs Ray Pow-
ell Mrs R G Fleming and Mrs
Letha Catron Pomona California