The Ottawa County Beacon (Quapaw, Okla.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1949 Page: 3 of 4
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FRIDAY JANUARY 1949
THE OTTAWO COUNTY BEACON QPAFaW OKLAHOMA
Deg Dice From Contact With
Fallen Wire
'"Lady’’ a female bird dog own-
ed by Mr and Mra Ray Huffman
605 North Connell aivenue became
a victim of the etorm Friday
The animal was electrocuted
ahortly before noon when the came
In contact with a live Wire which
had dropped near (he aidewalk
The dog wae fotowing Mra Huff-
man to a grocery atom when the
accident occurred “lady’ died
instantly— Tri-State Tribune
Pkher dropped another game
Tuesday night when they were de-
feated by Falrland (2-27 Bill
Williams made 11 of the points
which was some short of his usual
throwing according to Mr Ray
Harrel principal who acted as
coach for the boys in sthe absence I
of Coach E M Cotton who wasj
ill The Falrland team were "hot
shots” making points from all ov
r the court
The Picher B squad won their
game by the score of 23 to 20 '
No School la Picher Wednesday
All schools in the Picher dis-
trict were dosed Wednesday on ac-
count of a shortage of gas The
Cas Company shut off all commer-
cial users on account of the storm
in order that domestic users would
be assured of a sufficient supply to
keep homes warm The cold blix-
ssrdy weather that Kansas espec-
ially in the section from which
much of our local gas supply is
received made the shortage in this
section '
Picher Briefs -
Mrs May Miller is reported 111 at
her home on South Frisco street
Mrs Earl Bowman has been ill
for the past week at her ho me 440
South Francis street
P D Wood who spent some time
in Oklahoma City th first of the
month was home over the weekend
The Rev W H Wheat and G T
Leffler attended the Vinita dis-
trict Methodist conference held
Thursday at Nowata
Homer Musgrove city clerk of
Quapaw was transacting business
in Picher Saturday '
Anns Marie Johnson was dis-
mised Thursday morning from
Picher hospital and returned to her
home 119 South Ella street
Kathy and Francis Vandagriff
daughters of Mr and Mrs Sterling
Vandagriff are reported ill at
their home on South Main street
Mrs Fred Carihers was hos-
tess to the Pythian Sisters Thimble
Club Saturday at her home 412
Souh Alta street A covered-dish
luncheon waa served at noon
Mrs Mary Naomi Hamm was re-
turned to her hothe in Treece yes-
turned to her home in Treece Fri-
day from' Mount eVrnon Mo in
a Thomas ambulance
1 Mr and Mrs James Willey and
daughter Patsey and Mrs Bertha
Hicks were 1 guests 'Thursday of
Mrs Malinda Anderson 120 South
Frisco street
Mrs John A Messer 417 South
Connell avenue was admitted to
St John's hospital in Joplin Fri-
day She was taken in Thomas
ambulance
Mr and Mrs Tommie Price and
daughters Margaret and Sally 400
South Emily street spent Sunday
visiting Mr and Mrs Carl Wiles of
Treece
Mrs Charles Breshears and son
Phillip Andrew were dismissed
Thursday night from Miami Bap
tist hospital and returned to their
home 802 South Main street
Mrs Ott Chandler 441 South
Connell avenue left early this week
for Dallas Tex after receiving in-
formation of the eerioua illness of
a brother-in Jaw H P Gravnmer
The Pkher VFW boys have had
tkkets printed and ere planning to
give away a Philharmonlo radio A
an electrk mix master on Thurs
day Mareh 17 See the members
for particulars
Mra Eva Kohn of South Francis
street and son-in-law and daughter
Mr and Mrs Tom Goodwin of
Portland Oregon left Thursday
for Adat Oklq to visit Mr and
Mrs C C Koger Mr and Mrs
Goodwin also visited Rev James
Davis and family Mr Airis Mit-
chell and Mrs Nora Saloan at
Tulsa They returned to Picher
Monday
Mrs Leonard Cruxan and infant
daughter Theresa Diane were dis-
missed Tuesday afternoon from
Miami Baptist hospital r
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The shaded portion of this map
furnished by the Empire District
Electric Company shows the path ‘ Hickory County Spokesmen for severe damage also at Golden City
and relative severity of the recent the Empire Company said at least
paralysing district-wide ke storm' 100 of the 125 towns it serves were
Starting from point near Blue affected by the storm About 200-
Jacket Oklahoma the storm swept 000 people were inconveniotced by 3500 miles of transmission and dis-
northeastward through the service its icy grip f
Approximately 8-4 of Empire’s
tribution line were damaged the
spokesman went on Two hundred
fifty of the utility’s own men plus
'another 100 men from outside the
'district worked at breakneck speed
ito effect repairs all over the 135
mile path of thestdrm
At week’s end many customers
were still without power but re-
Honor Birthdays
A number of young people gath-
ered at the home of Mr and Mrs
Ted Holden Saturday evening to
celebrate the birthdays of their
daughter Phyllis and Miss Geor-
giana Root ' Games were played
and refreshments were served to
the following guests:
Ruth Baker Patsy Hooper Ma-
ry Root Dona Jones Susie Jeanle
and Patsy Root' Robert Hamer
Loren Mulvaney Leon Hamlin
Gary and Susie Holden Mr and
Mrs George Root and Mrs Ted
Holden
Baptist Missionary Society
Mrs
Ada Bousesaan Dies in a
California Hospital
Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs Ada Bouseman
of Los Angeles Calif last Thurs
’day night She is a former Quapaw
resident Mrs Bouseman is sur-
irived by her husband Clifford
j Bouseman Funeral services and
burial will be held heie
I
A marriage lkense was issued
recently at the court house in Mi-
ami to John Charles Robison 21
of Quapaw and Miss Nevilee Alli-
son 19 of Miami
The Baptist Missionary society
met Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs Anna Buts The ev-
ening wax spent in study of the
new year book and the duties of
I officers Those present were Mrs
Dallas Beal Mrs Cleo Duncan and
daughter Sharon Kay Mrs An-
drew 8mith and daughter Patsy
Mrs O G Dean Mrs Bessie Tip-
ton Mrs Henry Thomasson and
children Joe Sue Charles and Wal-
ter Lee Mrs Paul Large and the
hostess Mrs Buts
Mr and Mrs Charles Christy
left this week for their home at
IWebb lake Wis after a month's
visit with the latter’ parens Mr
and Mra Henry Byard They will
also visit her sister Mrs Robert
Franklin and family at Minneapo-
lis Minn enroute home -
Issued Marriage License
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QUAPAW NEWS
Mrs Charles Farris returned
home Saturday after a few days
visit with her parents Mr and Mrs
Hawk HalL
Mrs Ethel Alexander of Com-
merce visited in the home of Mr
Charles Randall Sunday '
Shade Stone was a Miami visitor
Friday of last week '
Mr and Mrs Melvin Burke of
Chetopa Kans and Mr and Mrs
Harold Burke of Miami were
guests of their mother Mrs Elsie
Burke here Friday
Harvey Mason returned to his
horns in Quapaw Saturday from
Fort Smith Ark where he is am
employed
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Thomasson
were Miami visitors Saturday
Mrs Arnold Holcomb is reeuper
atlng at her home from an attack
of pneumonia -
Cubert Wheeling of Denison
TeXas arrived here this week for
a visit with her parents Ur and
Mrs- W O Wheeling ’
'Eldridge Martin of Joplin waa a
Quapaw business visitor Friday
Mrs Dorothy Fouts is ill with
the flu at her home
Mr and Mrs Frank Akin were
Miami visitors Friday
storation work was going forward
as rapidly as possible to repair the
damage of this the severest ke
storm ever to hit the district
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Central School News
Mr and Mrs Otis Wade of Ga-
lena Kans visited the latter’s
sister Mrs John E Battle and
family here Sunday evening
Mr and Mrs Roy Holden end
son Jimmie of Liberal Mo were
Sunday guests of the former’s bro-
ther Todd Holden and family
here Sunday
barrel Stone amell eon of Mr
end Mrs Shed Stone le recovering
from a week’ Illness
R P N G'ciubto Hold
Covered-Dish Dinner—
Mra Ida Mae Curlee will he hoe-
test to the Rainbow Pant Nobla
Grand Club of tho Rebekah lodge
at her home 507 North Netta
street Friday night A coveted-
dish dinner will be served celebrat-
j Ing a January birthday (
term commencement in the history
of the school Mr Cotter was grad-'
us ted from the Miami high school
in 1920 and received the Associate
of Arts from Northeastern A A M
in 1930 a BA from the Northeast-
ern State College 1946 and served
Lieutenant in the Hosiptal
Saturday "the Central school has-1 Corps with the United States navy
ketbal teams journeyed to Picher during the recent war Fourty
for a basketball game The “Mid- months of his five years active
gets” dropped their game to the duty was served oversea in the
Picher Midgets by a score of 22 Pacific theatre of Operations part
to 81 The high scoring honors of
the local team went to Billy Thom
aa with seven points Tho Com-
of which time was spent on the
staff of tho U S Navqj Hospital
in Pearl Harbor and aa Property
meree regulars avenged the defeat and Accounting Officer at Midway
by trouncing the Picher regular
43 to 9 High scoring honors went
to Maxie Mantis with sixteen fol-
lowed eioeely by Delmer Bussis
with 13— Leslie Key scored 10
Monday afternoon the “A” and
“B” team met the Chetopa teams
on the local court in another one-
sided game The “B” team trounc-
ing the Chetopa team 20 to I and
fthe "A" team winning 26 to 10
Chnriee Ray was high point man
11 point Thursday night Ota "Af
land “B” teams will meet Baxter
I Springs on the local court for their
second conference game of the
week The games will start at 7
oclock '
Islands Naval Afar Station
Laland Cottar will participate In
the Baccalaureate and Commence-
ment exercises to be held January
28 1949 at Oklahoma A A M col-
lege in Stillwater Oklahoma A
Master of Science Degree in Ele-
mentary Education wiU be conferr-
ed on Mr Cottar nt the first Mid
Methodist church
Regular service next Sunday
Sunday school 9:45 a m
christunTchurcxi
Lloyd McMillan Pastor
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Rev W F Gilchrist rastef
Sunday School 9:45
Preaching 11:00
Young People’s meeting Wed-
nesday evening
Prayer meeting Friday evening
Everybody
1 1 Bonner
and Mary ransier in
I Sunday
J ling guests in the Clifford Co home t— — — - —
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