Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1930 Page: 3 of 4
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SOONER STATE PRESS
PAGE THREE
Miss Phyllis Woodruff Oklahoma
City and J D Sapp jr member of
the advertising staff of the Oklahoma
Publishing company were married
June 5
Sapulpa residents have been invited
to inspect the new home of the Demo-
crat News which was moved to a new
location May 31 Glenn O Young is
publisher
F J Graves has purchased the Strat-
ford Star from Charles G Norton
Graves sold the Star to Norton about
two years ago and became editor of
the Keyes Advocate
In observance of the tenth anniver-
sary of the founding of the Norfniah'
Lions’ club the Norman Transcript
published a six-page Lions’ club edi-
tion on June 10
Material and pictures to be used in
filming Edna Ferber’s “Cimarron”
were gathered in Ponca City recently
by Doran H Cox Hollywood assist-
ant director for Radio Pictures
C E Herschberger editor of the
Medford Patriot-Star and the Grant
County Journal Medford has with
drawn from the race for state represen-
tative T P Bond is new editor and man-
ager of the Sallisaw Democrat-American
succeeding D L Buckles who
has gone to Wisconsin to enter a bus-
iness of his own
More than 75 people responded to
the Shawnee News June 4 in behalf of
a stranded family on the road between
Durant and Chandler with a horseless
buggy and no money
The Perry Daily Journal published
a 12-page tabloid section in recogni-
tion of the dedication of the new First
Methodist church of Perry on June 6
Ira J Williams is editor
A bathing beauty contest will be the
principal feature of the eighth annual
Hospitality day of the Muskogee
Times-Democrat and Phoenix to be
held June 26
F L Steenrod former editor of the
Collinsville Daily Times visited Col-
linsville on June 11 Steenrod is now
business manager of the San Fran-
cisco Call
Two thousand visitors attended the
official opening of the new modernized
press room of the El Reno American
on May 31 The new Duplex press
just installed by the American was in
operation during the day
B L Abernethy editor of the Dun-
can Daily Banner and W W Morri-
son of the Waurika News-Democrat
served on the jury at the session of
federal court held in Pauls Valley the
week of June 2
Dick Pearce editor of the Oklahoma
Daily University of Oklahoma student
paper and three members of his staff
left June 12 for a six weeks’ automo-
bile tour in the northwest Ed Mills
Oklahoma City Frank Ewing Hig-
gins Tex and Clarence Frost Nor-
man accompanied him
Martha Ellen Fields 3-year-old
daughter of Gus Fields business editor
of the Tulsa Tribune was on the pro-
gram for a reading during the after-
noon broadcast from KVOO Tulsa
rafio-'statioii:June 7- ’
p i
Tully Nettleton graduate of the Uni-
versity "of Oklahoma school of journal-
ism and a member of the staff of the
SEVERAL OKLAHOMANS
ATTEND N E A MEET
Oklahomans who attended the
National Editorial association
convention in Milwaukee June
16-18 included Jim Biggerstaff
Wagoner Record-Democrat John
H Casey University of Okla-
homa school of journalism Nor-
man Mr and Mrs L M Nich-
ols Bristow Record Mr and
Mrs A L Kates Claremore
Progress N A‘ Nichols El Reno
American and George McLean
- El Reio Casey spoke on “Forty-
five Years of Journalistic His-
tory” at the meeting on June 17
- -
Christian Science' Monitor Boston is
the author of the fourteenth of a series
of 20 signed articles on “Is Prohibition
Worth Keeping?” which appeared in
the Monitor recently Nettleton’s art-
icle was published June 2
Miss Ruth C -Smith 1930 graduate
of the University of Oklahoma school
of journalism began work as a report-
er for the Altus Times-Democrat on
June 9 - She spent last summer report-
ing for the Times-Democrat
Farmers in the Cushing district are
invited to write their views on agricul-
tural matters and submit them to the
Cushing' Daily Citizen for publication
A cash prize is offered the best letter
each month
Harry B Rutledge field manager
of the Oklahoma Press association
spoke at the luncheon of the Adver-
tising club Oklahoma City June 11
on the subject “The Advertising Man’s
Everyday World”
A story on the Journalism Press Inc
which was organized to own and oper-
ate mechanical equinment used by stu-
dent publications at the University of
Oklahoma was published in the May
issue of the Linotype News
The Clinton Tribune weekly paper
owned by Dick Mitchell appeared for
the first time in Clinton on May 22
Mitchell is former owner of the Custer
County Post-Dispatch Clinton and
has published papers at Cheyenne
Strong City Sayre and other Okla-
homa towns The first issue of the
Tribune had 16 7-column pages
Members of the Democratic Editor-
ial association a recently organized
group of Oklahoma editors with demo-
cratic policies were to be guests of
Robert L Kidd of the Poteau News
at a fish fry at Kidd’s lake betwen Po-
teau and Heavener on June 21 An
invitation was extended also to candi-
dates for state offices
Carrier boys for the Daily Oklaho-
man and Oklahoma City Times as-
sisted census workers in making final
enumerations and a report was made
to the census office by M W Halm-
bacher Oklahoman-Times circulation
manager
Mrs Ruth Myers cashier and book-
keeper of the Wewoka Publishing com-
pany died on June 6 in Wewoka Mrs
Myers had worked for the Wewoka
Publishing company publisher of the
Daily Times-Democrat and the Capi-tol-Democrat
for nearly two years
Broken Arrow Boy Scouts were in
charge of the issue of the Broken Ar-
row Ledger for June 12 with D $
McNeil manager acting as adviser A
portion of the proceeds from advertis-
ing including all local advertising
whether sold by the Scouts or not
went to a fund for the erection of a
cabin for the troop
A new seven-column weekly paper
the Hardesty Times was published
for the first time the week of June 2
at Hardesty a new town in Texas
county on the Amarillo-Liberal branch
of the Rock Island railway The Times
is being printed in the Guymon Herald
office by Giles E Miller editor of the
Panhandle Herald and R L Robin-
son 0
Four of the new officers of the Okla-
homa Press association were born
within a radius of 46 miles in Grundy
and Sullivan counties Missouri N A
Nichols president and L M Nichols
second vice president were born in
Trenton Ned $hepler first vice presi-
dent was born in Milan and Harry B
Rutledge secretary was born at Green
City
Edwin J Seifrit has been appointed
national advertising manager of the
Oklahoma News Seifrit has worked
on the advertising staffs of the Louis-
ville Courier-Journal Kansas City
Journal-Post and St Louis Post-Dispatch
He is a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Missouri school of journal-
ism Leo Huddleston 13-year-old Tulsa
boy who won the marble champion-
ship of Oklahoma will have a free trip
to Ocean City N J given by the
Tulsa World He will represent Tulsa
in the national marble tournament June
23 R P Matthews marble editor of
the World will accompany him
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