Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1947 Page: 1 of 4
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Volume 39
Norman Oklahoma June 21 1947
Number 39
Development of New Paper Mills Urged
Wild Roses Berries Barbecue
Accordion Tunes Greet Press
Rambling wild roses in full bloom ripe blackberries growing near a spring
towering pine trees beside a mountain trail an intriguing cave complete with
traditions ham and eggs with accordion music barbecue lunch and lemonade
with more accordion tunes in triplicate — these items of appeal to the eye ear
and palate were provided by Wilburton
The occasion was the Sunday outing
June 15 for members of the Oklahoma
Press association following the close of
their annual spring convention at Mc-
Alester The group arrived at Wilburton in
time for breakfast at the Eastern Okla-
homa A and M college A tour of shops
home economics laboratory classrooms
and the boys' dormitory ended in the au-
ditorium where Miss Jean Stambeck
Wilburton continued the accordion mu-
sic with which she had entertained edi-
tors from the time of their arrival
Dunlap Speaks
C C Dunlap college president greet-
ed the group He emphasized the debt
which the public owes the press for its
part in winning the war He discussed
the geography of the nearby area point-
ing out that although Wilburton is
sometimes referred to as a mountain
town it actually is 87 feet lower than
McAlester in elevation He mentioned
the mountains to the north the San Bois
range which adjoins the Kiamichis The
French name was acquired when this
area was part of the Louisiana Purchase
“Our institution gives two years of
college training" Dunlap said “and
many of our 500 students would be un-
able to attend college elsewhere" He
praised the educational institutions of
Oklahoma
J C Hopkins publisher of the Stil-
well Democrat-Journal press associa-
tion president responded to greetings
saying: “For years our press associa-
tion has been proud of its support of the
educational institutions of Oklahoma"
Education Urged
“We should have more schools and
should pay better salaries to our facul-
ties" Hopkins said “When we reach
that goal we will have fewer inmates of
that penal institution of rock and stone
which we visited in McAlester yester-
day" Fred Stovall publisher of the Latimer
County Tribune Wilburton made an-
nouncements of the day's program and
Harold Moore publisher of the Latimer
County News-Democrat invited the
group to stop at his newspaper office if
time permitted Stovall introduced a
few guests including O H Lachenmey-
er Cushing Daily Citizen publisher new
president of the press association and
Mrs Lachenmeyer F G Cowles Mc-
Alcster News-Capital publisher Whar-
ton Mathies Clayton member of the
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Four Contests Open
To State Editors
Who Attended Meet
Opportunity to compete in four con-
tests is offered those who attended the
annual spring meeting of the Oklahoma
Press association at McAlester June
13 and 14 followed by the outing at
Wilburton June 15
The supreme assembly of the Order
of the Rainbow McAlester will pay
$100 in cash for the best article written
by a visiting editor or member of his
staff on the subject: “How Can We Best
Serve the Youth of Our Communities?"
Articles must not exceed 1500 words
and must be in the hands of the supreme
assembly by September 1 The winning
article will be printed and mailed to all
assemblies One provision is that at
least 25 persons must enter the contest
The Wilburton Lions club is offering
a total of $25 (five prizes of $5 each)
for snapshots made by visiting editors
The McAlester News-Capital and Mc-
Alester Democrat offer prizes for the
three best editorials about the city and
for the three best news stories on the
convention These will be $5 for first in
each contest $3 for second and $2 for
third No deadlines have been announced
for the snapshot editorial and news
story contests connected with the con-
vention Robert Lee Kidd Buys
LeFlore County Sun
Robert Lee Kidd who resigned in
May as editor and publisher of the Alva
Review-Courier has bought the LeFlore
County Sun Poteau from F H Black-
ford Kidd 1936 graduate of the University
of Oklahoma school of journalism had
five years’ experience as publisher of the
Review-Courier Prior to that time he
had worked as advertising manager of
this paper the Altus Times-Democrat
and the Anadarko Daily News
Kidd grew up in Poteau where his
father Robert L Kidd sr for many
years published the Poteau Weekly
News
O H Lachenmeyer
Named President
Craddock Honored
Tarman Re-elected Miller Impson
Named Directors Tulsa Chosen
Convention City for 1948
Newsprint supplies must be devel-
oped in the United States by establish-
ment of additional paper mills in the
south M M Donosky Dallas Morn-
ing News treasurer told publishers at
the Oklahoma Press association con-
vention in McAlester June 14
The newsprint situation and adequate
insuring of newspaper plants were the
principal problems brought before edi-
tors at their annual
spring meeting
June 13 to 15 O
H Lachenmeyer
Cushing Daily Citi-
zen publisher was
advanced from the
position of vice pres-
ident to president of
the association and
James Craddock
Weatherford News
publisher was chos-
en vice president
Fred E Tarman
Norman Transcript
editor was re-elect-O H Lachenmeyer
ed treasurer Mem-
bers of the board of directors named
were Paul F Miller Broken Arrow
Ledger and Hiram Impson McAlester
Democrat
Tulsa was chosen as the 1948 annual
spring convention site A total of 212
registered for the McAlester and Wil-
burton sessions
The first event following the direc-
tors' meeting Friday morning was a
luncheon at which Dr Lawrence W
Johnson First Presbyterian church pas-
tor gave greetings J C Hopkins Stil-
well Democrat-Journal press associa-
tion president made a response and
editors left in buses for the U S naval
ammunition depot south of McAlester
Transportation was furnished by the
McAlester chamber of commerce and
the tour was under direction of Capt
John F Goodwin commanding officer
of USNAD
Visitors were shown the process of
loading practice a projectiles and of
cleaning ammunition tanks They saw
a demonstration of the burning of faul-
ty ammunition and incendiary bombs
and were shown the interior of one of
the 2000 ammunition storage dugouts
of the area
At the dinner Friday evening Hop-
kins introduced prominent editors in-
cluding J W Kayser Chickasha Star
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