Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 54, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 54 $204 a Year in Trade Area
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' The constant need for scientists
is recognized Artisans are in de-
r mend and specialists in every
field are needed
It is important for men to un-
derstand the relationship of one
atom to another and how an atom
may change its form
- But what is needed more than
these is the person who under-
stands humans All the knowledge
-in the world is useless if one man
cannot understand his neighbor
’ and in so understanding him be-
'ing able to make a pleasant and
happy relationship In doing so
you also make a mtn of yourself
There are few man who can
understand how an atom can be-
come power There are also few
men who can reason as his neigh-
bor thereby understanding his
problems To understand him is
to sympathize with his short-
comings To sympathize with him
Is to overcome your petty grudges
And little disagreements and to
treat him as a man who has his
problems maybe greater than
jrour own
- What' we’re' trying to say is
that' as great as the need for
scientific - knowledge greater is
the need for a' man who can do
unto others as "yotKwould have
them do unto you ‘ :
When there are enough of these
snen ’ of genius all the childish
bickering and feeble attempts to
make ourselves superior to every-
one else will be sometime back
in the dark ages of neighbor
relations
One of these days the boys
Vrho have the say-so are going
tb put into practice the policies
they all agree is - necessary—
dispersal of -industrial plants
They all realize that one bomb
could knock out a big' eity— but
still the big plants art built near
the cities and it would be as
simple as shooting into a big bun-
ch with a splatter gun Let’s hope
they realize the value of these
Oklahoma hills as a good spot
in which a factory can hide
' It seems that everyone has a
big fish story Mrs Earl Ste-
Vensott and Mr Bill Ollinger were
fishing in a pond Friday night
and both Caught the same fish
at the saiitd time and both hooked
the fish in the mouth Virgie
Anderson was a Witness Re said
the fish was so small they put
It back to grow some move
Women are a lot like news-
papers: they have forms they have
the last word back numbers are
not much in demand they have a
great influence you can’t talk
back to them you don’t believe
much of what they say they gat
along by advertising and every
man should have one of his own
and not borrow his neighbor’s
Ryal’s Top Students
Are Announced
Linda Jane Watson is the class
valedictorian -and Joyce Ann del-
land the safatatorian at the Ryal
grsde school cast of Graham
Both girla have completed eight
years at Ryal aad both are 13
years old Miss Watson has been
warded perfect attendance cer-
tificates seven times She is the
daughtet of Mr and Mr Benny
Watson
Miss Clelland it the daughter
of Mr and Mrs Olea Clelland
Both plan to attend Graham
high school next fall
THE WEATHER
May 16
May 17
May 1
May 18
May 20
May 21
May 22
(Courtesy Public Service Co)
Committee Meets with
REA Representative
A committee from the Cham-
ber of Commerce ittet with a
representative of the Rural Elec-
tric cooperative Tuesday The
R E A is considering building
a new headquarters and the local
club is working with them in -an
effort to bring the new office
here
It is now located in Okmulgee
Mrs Abshier Makes
Announcement of
Race for Office
The American is authorized
to announce the candidacy of Leo-
na Abshier incumbent county su-
perintendent of public schools in
the coming- elections
To an outline of her personal
professional philosophy Mrs Ab-
shier has added a lilting of her
job qualifications Hor verbatim
statement follows "
“To' Okfuskee County Citlsens:
We ask for at least four things
of education today First we wish
it to perservsour cultural heri-
tage and to instruct our children
in their past second we want it
to train them to live successfully
and effectively in the world to-
day and this must include the
courage to face an uncertain and
dangerous future perhaps third
we wept them to be able to work
for the Improvement not only of
their own lot but of their Country
and the world Finally -we want
to train young people to be able
to' create wholesome relationships
with others and to behave in a
moral and humane mannei1
A free nation of which a free
mind is the foundation it a great-
er threat to communism than any
bomb which has een built or
can be devleedL'Amcrlca hat been
built by men fend women- free and
able to think-in hew and uncom-
mon terms To this we owe the
rapidity of our development To
keep our nation great we must
maintain that freedom of mind
which enables us to reach out for
new ideas new processes and
new goals
Today as never before we must
help pupils to differentiate be-
tween facte opinions prejudice
and propaganda and show pupils
how to arrive at conclusions that
are based upon evidence and rea-
son - -
As your County Superintendent
this philosophy has undergirded
my work for the school children
of the county It has been back of
my planning and assistance to
teachers that they might be bet-
tfer able to present the best pos-
sible educational program to every
pupil whether he be white In-
dian or Negro
My two children Ooreey and Jo
Anne were brought up and re-
ceived their public school educa-
tion in Okemah where I have re-
sided for the past £4 yean
I attended Oklahoma Univer-
sity two years and completed work
for a bachelors degree at East
Central- College Ada ' I hold a
school administrators’ certificate
based upon a master of science
degree from Oklahoma A&M Col-
lege Stillwater
There are many reports and re-
quirements which the county sup-
erintendent is obligated by law
to prepare These demand a high
(Continued on page 8)
Hodge Is Elected
F F A President
Tommy Hodge was re-elected
president of the Weleetka FI- F
A chapter recently to serve- for
the 1966-S7 term of school Other
officers are Kenneth Anthony
vice-president Jack Hoover
treasurer Jimmy Jones secre-
tary Gene Same reporter and
David Lollie sentinel
The chapter will have monthly
meetings during the summer on
the third Thursdays -id the agri-
culture building The time will
be announced
The chapter returned Monday
from a 3-day fishing trip on
Little River near Clayton The
annual trip was made by 13 boys
Adults making the trip were L
B Kennedy Joe Parsons Kenneth
Wade Rufus Canard and Gene
Hodgens Hodgens is the club’e
advisor
Wrlpofl a' Okfuskee
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Eight Cases to Be
Tried During Jury
Term Starting June
Eight cases Wert sat for jury
trial today on the District criminal
docket published n Okemah by
court clerk Leona Ott
To be heard in court of District
Judge Jess I Miracle are three
assualt cases one rape (first de-
gree) one drunken driving one
-burglary case on grand larceny
and one abandonment
The triale will commence pn
Monday June 4 at 9 a m
Schedule of cases to be heart! is
as follows: ' ' v' "
State vs Jimmie Hartley — grand
larceny
State vs I C Young — assault
with intent to kill
1 State vs Henry Garner — As-
sault with a dangerous weapon
State vs B C Tiger — driving
while under the influence of in-
toxicating liquor
State vs Roman Cain — burglary
2nd degree
State ve J D Kuykendall — as-
sault and battery
State vs Chas
wife abandonment
State vs Lonnie Claiborne &
Dillard Smith— fil-sj degree rape
if
Rev Spiller to Speak
At First Baptist
Kev and Mrs H D Stephens
will leave Saturday morning to
attend the Southern Baptist Con-
vention in Kansas City Mo They
will return Thursday or Friday
of the following week Rev E A
Spiller will preach at both ser
vices of the First Baptist church I at Elmendorf where he has re-
Sunday May 27th turned for a 2-year stay
‘Wild West9 Scene Re-Enacted
i
On Main Street Monday
Three Henryetta men were '
given a warm reception in Weleet-
ka Monday evening after almost
causing a car wreck creating
a disturbance and ending up in
the county jail
Charges of public drunkenness
drunk driving and resisting an
officer grew out of the proceed-
ings The men were first spotted by
policeman John Cluck near the
Ford garage when the driver
of the oar Sundea Harjo was al-
most involved In an accident with
a rtft on Main street Chick
wal' standing nearby and ordered
the men out of the vehicle One
was ’’helped”' out IS? the officer
and the other two then got out
making threats Riley Autry who
was standing nearby came to the
assistance of the officer and dur-
ing the ensuing' “discussion’’
during which the officer and' his
aide wars attacked one of the
three men wa struck on the' head
fo’ntv Oklahoma
! Over 300 Children
Enrolled In V B S
Vacatipn Pibie schools go( un-
jderway Monday morning with an
enrollment of over 800 reported
the second day this is about 80
more than were enrolled St tile
same time last year
The First Baptist church re-
ported a total of 96 Free Will
Baptist 61 Assembly of God
67 Christian church 64 and Met-
hodist 32
The schools will last through
next week
Officers Elected
The Weleetka chapter of the
F H A met Friday afternoon
to elect officers for the 1966-57
term They will be Theo Kennedy
president Sue Brown vice-president
Betty Canard secretary-
treasurer Judy Beattie reporter
Sue Daggett parliamentarian
Betty Patterson and Bernice Mil-
pm historians and Jo Ann Bur-
den song and game leader
Pep club leaders for 1956-67
have been announ?ed Peggy Gib-
son senior will be chairman and
other leaders are Judy Beattie
Mary Ann Roberts and Helen
Johnson Alternates are first
Martha Ellig second Billie Gail
Hall and thi:d Iona Fite
Walker in Alaska
SP-3 Carmon Walker eon of
Mr and Mrs Noble Walker has
retumej to Alaska for his third
time in 4V4 years From April
to October in 1963 he was at
Fairbanks from June to January
in 1966 and 66 he was Btationed
with a pistol
Then in a scene from the old
West the three were herded
toward the jail threatening their
arresters although two pistols
were pointed at them They were
lodged in the Weleetka jail un-
til they could be transferred to
the county jail in Okemah by
Patrolman Wallace Strang and
Deputy Sheriff Earl Branscum
County Attorney John Lacy
reported Tuesday that the men
pied guilty Namon Bullet was
fined $20 and given five days in
jail on a charge of public drunk-
enness' Marsey Harjo was charged
with resisting an officer and
given a fine of $26 and 16 days
plus a fine of $20 and five days
for public drunkenness
Sundea Harjo was charged with
driving under the influence and
fined $26 and given the mandatory
10-day jail sentence He was given
another fine of $25 and 13 days
on a charge of resisting an offi
cer They were tried in the coun
ty justice of peace court in O
kenvab Tuesday afternoon
Thursday May 24 1956
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Saturday Is “Poppy
Day” in Weleetka
Saturday will be Poppy Day in
Weleetka when residents will be
given a chance to help disabled
veterans The poppies will be sold
on the streets
The sale will be sponsored by
the local American Legion Poet
Commander Bob Johnson said
The veterans group will meet at
8:00 p m tonight (Thursday) to
plan the sale and attend to other
business
All members are asked to at-
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Weleetkan Involved
In Auto Accident
Seven traffic cases were initiat-
ed in Okfuskee County recently by
Highway Patrol troopers one in-
volving the injury of a Weleetka
man in a 2-car crash near Okemah
Isom K Kalarney Weleetka
suffered a broken arm when a car
driven by hie eon Bobby Kalarney
21 collided with a vehicle driven
by Les Houk about 60 of Okj-
mah -
Trooper Wallace Strang laid the
accident occurred last Friday on
a cdunty toad about 24-miles
south of Okemah Charges of driv-
ing without a license were filed
on tiuTyouhger Ratarftey'He to
to appear in county JP court
Bennie Hill
Hill Makes Formal
Announcement in
Race for Re-Election
The American is authorised to-
day to announce the candidacy of
State Rep Bennie Hill for re-election
in the coming primary and
general contests
Citing his record Hill reminds
voters of his work on various com-
mittees and promises to continue
to promote the welfare of Okfus-
kee county
Hie verbatim statement follows
“To the voters of Okfuskee
county — ’
In beginning I want to thank
the people of Okfuskee County for
their fine- support in past elec-
tions and take this means of so-
liciting and asking for the vote
of every person in Okfuskee coun-
ty Two years ago I promised to do
11 that I could to see that some
of the long-neglected roads of this
county were fixed up and I have
worked unceasingly at it The
Bearden road is now being black-
Oscar Nichols va E V Herd —
topped to make it an all-weather I Damages for personal injuries
road I have the assurance of the Tony Grace vs Burl Harris —
Governor that in August the Dus-j Damages A Money judgment
tin road will be made into an all- ' Ruby Dean Keith vs Lonnie
weather road that on or before 1 Claiborne Damages
July 3 the Paden section of U 8 Delbert Hensley vs Lonnie Clai-
62 will be let arid the section west borne -4 Damages to auto
of Okemah between Boley and the Oklahoma Gee Service Co a
pavement west of Okemah to bi'
ing readied for the laying of the
concrete and will be finished very
soon As a member of the Roade
and Highways Committee I have
had access to the road programs
and have been able '‘to deliver the
goods”
I have worked unceasingly for
the betterment of the schools of
this county and have taken more
than twenty-seven young men to
the Legislature as pages to give
them experience in the Govern-
ment youth program At a member
of
the Education Committee
(Continued on page 8)
Number 13
‘Homecoming’ to
Be New Feature of
July 4 Celebration
A “homecoming" has been
added as a July 4th feature her
to go along with the regular In--dependence
Day ' celebration The
Chamber of Commerce which
sponsors the annual event de-
cided Mondays night to encourage
all former Weleetkans to visit
here this year and meet old ac-
quaintances This phase will be
planned and more information
given later but everyone to en-
couraged to write and invite all
interested persons to attend
In other business President H
B Smith reported that over half
of the “Weleetka Oklahoma”
car tags have been sold They
are on ealo for $1 each with over
half the cost to be used on' the
lake park beautification
' The club also discussed the
closing of the local theater and
committee of J ' T Spence
Johnny Mqtfaq nd OUn Wilcox
were appointed to fil'd out If It
can be operated oh 8 prt-tlm?
baiie iT
Seventeen members of tbe civic
club attended the Monday night
dinner meeting '
— :lf!
Eight Seniors Are
Graduated at 'Graham
School fended Friday mornlnf
after) Comwiltkeinerit M Thun
day night Thera were eiyilt sen-
iors and twelve eighth graders
graduating Seniors graduating
were: Joe Max Peavler William
Pippin Suite Diacon Ester Kuy-
kendall Margaret Welle Dorthy
BrisofiBillie--Ann Evans and
Yvonne Jenkins Eighth graders
to graduate were Roberta Cob-
le Bobby Williams Mary Evans
Douglass Scott Maggie Barnett
Donnie Pangle' Betty Frye Mike
Crawley Harold Henderson Al-
vin - Farley Christine Williams
and Billy Frye The seniors were
led by Kathy Crawley and Jim
Evans The eighth graders wore
led by June Gann and Billy Evans
Seniors receiving the American
Legion awards were Joe Mag
Peavler and Billie Ann Evans
Valedictorian of the senior class
was Dorothy Brison and ssluta-
torian was Yvonne Jenkins Vale-
dictorian of the eighth grade was
Mary Evans and th9 salutatorian
was Christian Williams Mr Har-
ry Pitchford attorney gave the
address School awards and dip-
lomas were then given to the
students
Civil Cases Set for
District Trial Docket
A civil jury trial docket slated
for district court session in Oke-
mah beginning June 5 at 9 a m
was posted Thursday by court cleric
Leona B Ott
Twelve cases are listed to be
heard — nine involving damage
suits two are petitions for money
claimed due and one to a land
condemnation case
To be tried before District
Judge Jess Miracle the actions
are listed as follows:
Liberty Oil Company vs Henry
Stine — Money due on 'Account
Corp vs Earl R Robinson et si
—condemnation
Martha J: Groves ve Safeway
Stores Inc — Damages for per-
sonal injuries
Burral Groves Vs Safeway
Stores Inc — Damages growing
out of personal injuries to wife
Della McCall va Liberty Oil
Co Damages r
’ Bennie Hill vs Ohio Farmers
Indemnity Co et al — Damages
for personal injuries
Stanley McKinney Motor Co
ve J D Osborn — Money due
Henry Stine vs Liberty Oil Co
— Damages
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Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 54, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1956, newspaper, May 24, 1956; Weleetka, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1724037/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.