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THE AMERICAN WAY
OTTAWA COUNTY
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Enter yo in at th strait gate:
for wide is the gate and broad is
th way that leadeth to destruction
and many there be which go in
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Don't Let It Fool You Lefty!
Past Grand Club Initiate and Hold
Installation
The Past Grand club of Picher
IOOF lodge met at the hall last
Thursday evening and enjoyed a
fresh oyster supper with Claude
Stone aa host Past Grand Conway
' was chef and did a fine job of pro
paring the meaL
At the business session proceed-
ing the refreshments Gerald Wil
liams was initiated into tbo club
and new officers installed Duo to
the fact that president elect P D
Woods was in Oklahoma Ciy his
office was not filled John Wallis
was sworn in as vice president and
took charge of the meeting M L
Post waa installed aa secretary
treasurer Herman Simmons as
tail twister' Martin Hose as Ser-
geant of Arms and Gerald Williams
as Postman
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Eulys Lawrence on
Thursday evening January 20
Present Central P-T A Program
The Central PT A met Friday
afternoon for 'a program by pupils
of the second grade under direction
of Mrs Elizabeth Hull The enter-
tainment waa in the form of a ra-
dio show with Raymond Herd
Phyllis Kelly Patsy Craig Leon-
ard Lovell Robert Powell Leilanl
Harris Jerry Wendell Harley Joe
Rogers Shirley McBride Kenneth
Wendell Randall Hughes and Sally
Delapp as performers
(At m business session 6 waa do-
aated to each class for school sup-
pleis Plans were made for a spa
ciel night meeting on February 11
as “Father’s Night" The P-T A
will sell pie cake and coffee Mrs
Hull’s second grade and Mrs Bab
lah Stanley’s fourth grade won the
room account awards Refresh-
ments were served by third Rrade
mothers
Postpone Meeting of Club
The meeting of the Pythian Sis
ters Thimble chib which was sched-
uled for a Tuesday meeting has
been postponed until Saturday and
will be held at the home of Mrs
Fred Carri there
Mrs Frank Carr is still ill at her
home 110 North Frisco street
— CRUZAN’8 Used Furniture 207
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Destructive Ice Storm
Strikes Area Monday
'A destructive ice storm what
was termed by many old timer as
being one of the worst to ever vis-
it northeastern Oklahoma arrived
Monday morning when a drizzling
rain fell ail day and ice formed on
everything Telephone end Electric
light wires were heavy laden with
ice but in Picher no disruption of
service occured altho other points
reported some alight inconveni
ences Most damage was confined
to shrubs and trees as limbs war
broken off and tree otherwise
mangled Highways were coated
with ice and driving was scry haz-
ardous but no serious accident had
been reported at this time
Tuesday morning the rain was
still failing in a drizzle and the ice
forming heavier and heavier The
temperature stood near freezing
Receive Death Mceaage
Mr and Mrs P F Archer re-
ceived word last week that Mrs
Amher’s brother-in-law Mr J A
Love had passed away suddenly at
his home in Knoxville Tenn on
Jan 4 His funeral services were
held there Friday
Mr and Mrs lArchpr had i
turned home from a month’s visit
in Tennessee only two days before
Mr Love had been ill with influ-
enza a few days during Christmas
but was apparently recuperating
when they returned home
Hoots for Health Program In Their
Homo Friday Night
A Guardian Service Health pro-
gram was conducted in the home of
Mr and Mrs Georg E Williams
220 North Connell avenue Friday
evening by Mr and Mrs J D
Bonds of Jqplin
The following families were pre-
sent: Mr and Mrs Ed Reece Mr
and Mrs Flem Smithson Rev and
Mrs G E Lukehart Jr and Mrs
Hap Mallett Mr ann Mrs George
Griffin Mr and Mrs Harry Dod-
son Mr and Mrs Ed Wilson all
of Picher Mr and Mrs Leo Ship-
man and Mr and Mrs Harold An
derson all of Joplin Mr and Mrs
J D Bonds and Mr and Mrs
Geo Williams
A Christmas Tree
It leys Abandoned by th High-
way— DEAD At few Decoration
still cling to its fading Branchs
What was one Animated LIFE is
now a Melancholy MEMORYI It
stood on th - Hillside in Regal
Beauty Ms Roots held a Ton of
Soil against EROSION and Its Ev
ergreen Branches afforded a Re-
fug for BTRDS A Beautiful
Young Evergreen Tree Sacrificed
for the Decorations of a— DAY1
TREES are Vital to— Man they
Stand in Stately Majesty Symbol-
ic of th Love of the GREAT SPIR-
IT I plead for their Protection in
MEMORY of th CHILDREN
GID GRAHAM
Friend of the Hunt-ed
OolUnsvfll Oklahsata H
Clarence McColn of North Mi-
ami attended th Past Grand club
meeting bar Thursday evening
QUAPAW
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Wyandotte-Beon flop
Up On Picher Gorillas
The Wyandotte Bears and Cuba
enjoyed a sort of a home coming on
the Picher court last Friday even-
ing when the three visiting teams
won all the games j
The Wyandotte Bears have a big
strong experienced team and are go
ing to cause a lot of trouble in the
conference this year They won the
game by a score of 46 to 36 One of
their forwards turned in a total of
23 points Bill Williams of Picher
also had hia eye on the basket and
rang up 17 points Bob Brown got
9 Bill Anderson 7 Williams who
is the only player on the Picher
squad with previous “A" team ex
perience was acting captain for the
game The score at the half was 20
to 9 in favor of the visitors
Due to the act that the Picher
squad held no practice sessions du-
mig the Christmas Holidays th
team is just beginning to round in-
to form again
The ”B" team lost by score of
30 to 21 and the Jr High lads lost
by a 14 to 12 score
Last Second Goal Wins
For Falrland Friday
Evening 23 to 22
The Commerce Tiger lost ' I
heart-breaking gam Friday even'
ing on th local court when with
only a few seconds remaining
perfect one-handed posh shot by
Bobby Thomas swished thru the
nets and gave the Falrland Owls
a 23 to 22 victory
The Tigers had enjoyed t safe
lead all during th gam until the
middl of the final quarter when
the Owls awoke and began sink-
ing buckets Hu Tiger had a lead
of 18 to 14 at the end of the third
quarter but with only a minute and
a half left to play the Owls had
spurted to a 21 to 18 lead The
Tigers took over when Montgomery
and Moseley dropped in a basket
each and the lead was Commerce
22 Falrland 21 Then Thomas cut
loose with hia “win or lose” shot
and hit the jack pot
Mosely and Mantle each made 3
baskets and two charity tosses for
a total of 8 each B Thomas waa
high man for the evening tho
with 10 Dry followed him with 8
point
This was a conference game and
th Owls have won 2 and lost non
while Commerce has won on and
lost one
Alton Eaglet Wallop
Quapaw Widcats 25 to
14 Friday Evening
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rell of Baxter Springs Kansas
The Afton Eagles gave the local Bertie Ping of Coolidge Kansas
Wildcats a lesson on how to dunk Minnie Higgs of Wichita Kansas
a basket ball Friday evening on and a host of other relatives and
the Quapaw court by defeating friends
them 25 to 14 The Eagles took a Funeral services were held at
lead from the first whistle and ( the First Baptist church in Com-
were never headed The first quar mere on Monday January 3 with
ter ended 10 to 1 the half 15 to the Rev J Grover Scale officiat
5 th third quarter 17 to 6 and ing Th Mitchelson funeral home
th final score 25 to 14 The Wild-
cat played a better brand of ball
during tiie second half but w r
unable to over come the big lead
Sills led th Wildcats with 6 point
and Helms a guard led the Eagles
with 10
The Quapaw “B" team won their
gam by a score of 32 to 22
Elderly Couple Married ’
Mrs Jim Davidson waa reported
aa having been ill at her home last
week
Tboo from out of town who at-
tended th funeral Wednesday aft
enoon in Cardin of Guy W Wait
war Mr and Mr Earl Pin of
Columbus Mr Bfcrtha Leslie and
at "? S1
Monday evening at 8 0 Rkhmond Wash Mr
mommy evening e Wtiu brotl)CIijllJJlw and lister
Mr and Mr W E Delaney of AL
leghony Mich and his nefee Mrs
Laura Belling of Saint Paul Minn
no from Picher who attended
an evangelistic missionary confor-
ms Thursday at th First Baptist
church of Afton wera Mrs F F
Smithson Mrs G E Lukehart
Mrs George Martin and Mrs War
ran Dy Those from the Cardin
church who attended th men’s
banquet that night wera th Rev
Bland ford Duekatt O O Stlpp
Mahrin Wallace Jack DoUison
Robert Turner Collin PowU Bud
Townsend and BUI Duckt£
Mrs Cora Moor age 85 became
th bride of William R Hopfcin
ag 80
Vantage
ot'o'k Mrs Ethel Lawrence Jus
tics of the Peace read th vow
Both tii brido and groom ar Pie-
har resident and well known
Birth Announcement ' '
Mr and Mrs Charles Brash ears
802 South Main street announc th
birth of a son at th Miami Baptist
hospital early Tuooday morning
Mrs Max Bond was taken from
her hom on Baxter Spring rout
3 to a doctor’s office and return
Monday in a Thomas ambulance
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OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JANUARY 14 1949 NUMBER 44
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Qnapaw Full Blood Indian
' v Dio at Tailikina Sanatorium -
Jess' Quapew 62 year old full-
blood Qua pew Indian died Tues-
day at the Indian sanatorium in
Tslihina Oklahoma
He we a World War I veteran
and born in Ottawa county in 1897
and lived in the county most of his
life H Was widely known among
Oklahoma tribesmen
is survived by two sons Ed-
ward R Quapaw of Claremore and
Melvin Quapaw of Oklahoma City
four daughters Mrs Audrey New-
man Commerce Mrs Annabelle
Holt Pryor Mrs Jesse Jean Beer
east of Miami and Mrs Betty Ra-
der Tulsa and fivg grandchildren
t funeral services will bo announc
ed later j
Mark Shaer Dies At Commerce
Home Tuesday
arries (Mark) Shaffer age 78
yars old died at hi home in Com-
mfree at 9:30 am Tuesday Janu-
ary il
-He is survived by hia wife Mattie
q the home 108 South Quincy St
a brother Daulph Shaffer Rocky
Ford Colorado and a sister Mrs
Nora Johnson Canon City Colo
Funeral service were held Thors
day January 13 in the Assembly
of God chmch in Commerce et 2
oelock in the afternoon Rev Harry
Rogers pastor officiated and bur-
ial was in the G-AR cemetery Th
Commerce post of the American
Lgkm conducted a military service
at the grave ‘
f
Bock Rites Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs Sylvia
Bock 76-year old North Miami
rqagjent were postponed from th
first arranged date- until Wednes-
day due to a delay in the arrival
of relatives from California
Final rite were held at 2 odock
with th Mitchelson Funeral home
having charge of arrangement
Obituary— Charles Nelson Cvsby
Charles Nelson Crosby was born
January 25 1899 and passed away
December 31 1948 at the ag of
49 years 11 months and 6 days
He was married May 29 1923
Left to mourn ar his wife Bertha
Crosby a daughter Darlean Cros-
by and a son Wayne Crosby all
of the home two married daught-
ers Mae Brown of Commerce and
Ethel Bailey of 8iinm— iile three
grandchildren his mother Ollie
Crosby of Anderson Missouri two
brothers Elmer and Alvin Crosby
both of Anderson Missouri five
sisters Bessi Jones and Ola Stew
art of Miami Oklahoma Leora Bur
jwas in charge and burial waa
th GAR cemetery
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PICHER NEWS
Mattresa Ignites and Elderly
isBunod
Man
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Herman Unsky 81 years old
received quite serious burns early
Saturday morning when the mat-
tress in his room at the Old En-
glish inn 112 South Columbus
street became ignited Linsky ap-
parently went to sleep while smok-
ing a pipe on tho bed His cries for
help wereheard by Clark Cornwall
neighbor who went to the res
cue of the old man and called the
fire department Cornwall suffered
severe burns on bis egs in the
rescue Linsky was taken to the
Miami Baptist hospital? suffernig
from burns about the right side
and back
The fire burned the mattress
wallpaper on the room and part of
the wooden bed before it could be
extinguished by the fireman
The inn is owned by Mrs Maude
Cark and Mr Linsky had lived in
a room there for some time
Moved Army 8arplos Store From
Miami To Picher
Hoe Bussey who owns the Sur-
plus Army store on South Connell
and recently moved it here from
Miami state that he has one of
th largest stocks and lowest prices
to be found anywhere Mr Bussey
decided to move his store to Picher
after a checkup of his customers
showed that a majority of them
cam from the northern part of the
county He moved into th vacant
room north of the H O Green bar-
ber shop across from the postof-
fice Bill Brotherton is store man
agar and Elmer Cherry is clerk
Mr Bussey or “Hec" as he is fam-
iliarly known operates a plumbing
shop in Miami
‘Joint Installs tle Scheduled For
Wednesday Evening
‘Joint installation was scheduled
for Wednesday evening by the Reb-
ekah end Odd Follows lodge et the
hall As this paper goes to press
Wednesday it is not known whether
the meeting was very largely at
tended due to the ice storm
Birth Announce meat
Mr and Mrs Leonard Crunan an
noune th birth of a baby girl
born Saturday night January 8 at
Miami hospital The little girl tip-
ped the scales at 7 pounds and
ounce and has been named Teresa
Diane'
JOYCE CAROL BLACK
Joyce Carol Black 4-year old
daughter of Mr and Mrs George
Wesley Black of 212 North Cherry
street in Commerce died early
Saturday in the Miami Baptist hos
pitet following a short illness
Besides here parents she is sur-
vived by a brother Wesley Dale and
a sister Judith Dianna both of the
home parental grandparents Mr
and Mrs Alfred Black of Miami
and Mr and Mrs Carl Flemming
of Saline
Funeral service were held at 2
pm Monday at th Goodaon Fu-
neral horn chapel in MiamL Mrs
Nora Culver officiated and burial
was in th GAR cemetery Active
pallbearers ehosen were: Louis
Welch Jean Mowery Fay Forres-
ter and Mattie Beard
Th bereaved parents end fam-
ily have th sympathy of their
many friends
Chang Made In Drawing Hours
A change has been made in th
hour for th ft drawings which
hour for th fre drawing which
ar held each Saturday evening Ia
th past th drawings wera held at
4:30 pm hut th time has now been
changed to 6 o’clock which will give
mm who work in the mine an
opportunity to be present Th
drawing an being held in th Le-
gion Hall on' Main treat
Mr and Mr Howard Groom re-
turned hom last week from Pitts-
burgh Pa wbr they had been
visiting relative They are trans-
acting business In Tulsa this week
New Manager Takes
Charge of Local Theatres
A change in managers has taken
place at the local theatres during
the pest week and Lawrence Hug-
he Well has taken (Mr th work
Mr Wells ha had considerable
experience in theatre work as he
began his career with Griffith Con
solids ted Theatres Inc as a door
man at the Lyric theatre in Vin-
it in August 1938 he was advanc-
ed to relief projectionist and head
doorman in May 1939 and was then
made assistant manager at Vinita
in June 1942 He entered the arm-
ed services of his country while in
this capacity and served 29 months
overseas in Africa Italy Germany
and France with the 11th Armed
Bn 1st Armed Division
He returned to Vinita and was
reemployed as' assistant manager
in June 1947 He was transferred
tq Hobart theatre in February
1948 as a relief manager and ap-
pointed manager and transfered to
Pichor theatres January 6 1949
Mr Wells is a Sooner by birtiC
having seen th first light of day
on July 4 1919 at Indianola He
graduated from th grade school at
that place and attended 1 year of
high school later graduating from
inita High in 1937 He is a member
of the American Legion and his
church perference is the Church of
Christ ‘
Mr Rankin who has been man-
ager since Jim Worsley left has
resigned from tho Company and is
reported to have made other con-
nections Mr Rankins took an ac-
tive part in church work here and
made many fronds who wll wsh
him success
Attend Faaeral of A ant Sunday
(tot of town relatives who went
to Granby Moq Sunday to attend
funeral services for an aunt Mrs
Dosha Tanner were: Mr and Mrs
Gene Seat Mr and Mrs Alfred
Seat Mr and Mrs John Carmack
and sons Mr and Mrs Lloyd Seat
of Baxter Springs Bernard Skaggs
Mrs Amonda Stacey and Mrs Ada
Cook of Cardin
Firemen Busy During Strong Wind
Saturday
The fire department answered a
number of alarms Saturday They
extinguished a grass fir on North
Gladys street at 10:25 o’clock that
threatened thro houses end gar-
age Th fire was reported to
hav been started by children but
was extinguished by firemen be-
for any property waa damaged
Grass fires won also extinguish
ed at the hom of Ed Dobbins on
South Vantage street and at th
Eagle- Picher Central mill when
telephone poles wr endangered
9 fig Ttcighbu
By BaxPanaon
It takoe two how to earn
pack et dgmnttea no wander the
roroie Fsmiee dewnt ewn a er
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