Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1947 Page: 4 of 4
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SOONER STATE PRESS
ter L Saul Tulsa Public Service Co Gen
Coleman Lea Sherman Tulsa Tayloe Paper
Co Mr and Mrs Virgil Buzard Tulsa Tulsa
Paper Co Mr and Mrs A E Bishopberger
Tulsa Tribune Joseph Howell
Vici Beacon Mr and Mrs Ralph Cain
Wagoner Record-Democrat Mr and Mrs Jim
Biggerstaff Watonga Republican Mr and Mrs
Gerald T Curtin Weatherford News James
Craddock Weleetka American E A Gaston
Wetumka Gazette Mr and Mrs C A McWil-
liams Wewoka Times-Democrat Mr and Mrs
Erol G Austin: Wilburton Eastern Oklahoma
A and M college President and Mrs C C
Dunlap Wilburton Latimer County Tribune
Mr and Mrs Fred Stovall Wilburton News-
Democrat Harold Moore Howell Park Wil-
burton Mr and Mrs Don Abernathy Lester
Blaylock Mrs Clint Braden Mrs Jack Bradley
Mr and Mrs Pat Casey Mrs J D Ferris Mr
and Mrs J Poe Mr and Mrs Rex Ralls Mr
and Mrs George Royce Mrs Vera Utzman Mr
and Mrs W B Wynn jr Woodward Wood-
ward County Journal Jimmy Newby
Yukon Sun Mr and Mrs P B Vandament
Washington D C federal power commis-
sion Harrington Wimberly Chicago National
Research bureau Mr and Mrs Frank P Ken-
dall Chicago Rock Island lines T J O’Shaugh-
nessey Indianapolis American Legion head-
Juarters Raymond H Fields Kansas City Mo
mperial Type Metal Co Kenneth G Breed-
love St Louis Mo Kathleen Scott
Dallas Tex: Burke Kuipers and Mahoney
Inc A W Howe Harper Standard Engraving
Co Mr and Mrs Jack Harper Jack Harper
jr Dallas Morning News Mr and Mrs M M
Donosky Southwest Dailies George E Stone:
Superior Roller Co Bill Sanders U S Steel
Corp Cecil E Edwards
Salt Lake City Utah Porte Publishing Co
W L Carr
Woodward Press Loses
Editor to Station WKY
SHOP TALK
Paul John Sulphur Times-Democrat
editor is the new president of the Sul-
phur Rotary club
E A Briles publisher of the Stafford
(Kan) Courier is one of two out-of-state
men who will advise the Oklahoma
legislative council at its organization
meeting in Oklahoma City June 23
according to James C Nance president
pro tempore of the senate and publisher
of the Purcell Register and other state
papers
The McAlester chamber of commerce
and agriculture sponsored the plan of
using bills in giving change to editors
who spent money in the city during
the annual meeting of the Oklahoma
Press association Through that means
it is hoped to determine how much
money was spent and through what
channels
Starr Daily religious writer who has
been called a modern Jean Valjean and
an expert on prison reform talked at
spiritual retreats early in June at the
First Methodist church Oklahoma City
He told his audiences he “saw a vision”
while he was behind prison bars He is
author of the book “Love Can Open
Prison Doors”
Channing Guffey resigned as editor
of the Woodward Daily Press with the
issue of May 29 and will be associated
with the news bureau of station WKY
Oklahoma City
Before going to Woodward Guffey
was reporter for the Dodge City (Kan)
Daily Globe and newscaster for station
KGNO in Dodge City
Guffey has been replaced at Wood-
ward by Don Barnes Wichita (Kan)
newspaperman who has done newspa-
per and radio work in several midwest-
ern states
Enid Editors Hospitalized
Paul McBride editor of the Enid
Events and Enid Shopper is recovering
in St Mary’s hospital from a recent ill-
ness Robert S Kerr publisher has also
been hospitalized recently In McBride’s
absence Everett L Purcell former edi-
tor of the Events wrote his old column
“The Editor’s Squeaky Chair” in the
June 12 issue He said “We never
dreamed that publishing a Democratic
newspaper in Garfield county would put
Governor Kerr and Paul both in the
hospital”
Kates Undergoes Surgery
Harry Kates publisher of the Rogers
County News and Claremore Progress
underwent surgery at the Claremore
General hospital June 9 and was report-
ed progressing satisfactorily He was
expected to return to work in about 60
days
Allen Assigned New Duties
Robert B Allen jr managing editor
of the Cushing Daily Citizen has been
shifted to temporary duty with O H
Lachenmeyer’s newspapers at Texas
City and San Benito Tex Miss Nadene
Hahn Gallup N M University of
Oklahoma journalism graduate student
will edit the wire on the Citizen this
summer
Miss Catherine Casey Norman has
resigned her place as assistant editor of
Scene Dallas to become travel editor
of the Dallas Times-Herald She is
spending a June vacation at Estes Park
Colo with her parents Mr and Mrs
John H Casey She is a Vassar gradu-
ate Her father is professor of journal-
ism at the University of Oklahoma
Fred L Wenner Guthrie wrote a
story for the Guthrie Daily Leader of
May 30 describing the first Memorial
day in Guthrie in 1889 There were no
graves to decorate in the new tent city
but citizens held a parade headed by
a band and a company of U S infantry
led by Capt Arthur MacArthur father
of General Douglas MacArthur Wen-
ner was an early-day staff writer and
city editor on the Leader
H E Grimes Former
Ardmoreite Manager
Is Taken by Death
Harold E Grimes 56 vice president’
and general manager of radio station
KOME and former Ardmoreite manag-
er died June 12 of a heart ailment Born
in Clifton Tenn he had been engaged
in newspaper and radio work since
youth He worked on the Fort Worth
(Tex) Record 13 years during five of
which he was business manager
In 1922 he became half owner and
business manager of thea Ardmore Daily
Ardmoreite and held this position three
years He later became manager of the
Asheville (N C) Advocate
Before affiliating with KOME he was
associated with Tulsa trade publications
Survivors include the widow and two
brothers W E Grimes Oklahoma
City and D R Grimes Lawton
Roy E Crossett Sells
Soper Democrat
To W E Schooler
Roy E Crossett has sold the Soper
Democrat to W E Schooler Hugo
Daily News publisher In recording the
event the Associated Press stated this
established a record of some kind for
the Crossett brothers The story stated:
“Roy published the Soper Democrat for
33 years before selling out His brother
Guy has owned and published the Caddo
Herald for 45 years and another brother
Fay has published the Davis News since
1889”
Schooler himself has stick-to-it quali-
ties having entered the Hugo field in
1917 as city editor of the Hugo Huson-
ian He had owned and published the
Husonian the Kiamichi Valley News
at Antlers and the Southeast Oklaho-
man at Hugo before acquiring the Daily
News
Wild Roses Berries
Greet State Editors
(Continued from page 1)
state regents for higher education: Lou
Allard Drumright Derrick publisher
and county representative Mr and
Mrs Bill Wynn and Mr and Mrs
George Royce Wynn is president of the
Wilburton Lions club and Royce is
president-elect
Editors then drove to the Tom Hale
Boy Scout camp north of Wilburton
The camp located in the Robbers Cave
State park was occupied by a troop of
Scouts who served as waiters at the
barbecue lunch in the rustic dining hall
Music was furnished by the Stambeck
trio John August and Miss Jean Stam-
beck who have played to audiences in
various parts of the United States The
Wilburton Lions club was host at the
luncheon
Stovall introduced Earl McKeehan
scout executive of the Choctaw area
who explained that six or eight troops
have already occupied the camp this
season and that the schedule is com-
plete A note of sadness was injected when
Stovall announced that word had been
received that Carlton Weaver pioneer
Wilburton News-Democrat publisher
was critically ill in a McAlester hospi-
tal Stovall told editors tradition holds
that Belle Starr early-day character of
Indian Territory hid her cattle near
Robbers cave He said it was a fact that
“Pretty Boy” Floyd late bandit of mod-
ern times used the cave as a hideout
Editors visited Lake Carlton in Rob-
bers Cave park which was named for
Carlton Weaver
Burkhart News Editor
Charlie Burkhart has recently been
employed as news editor of the Sequoyah
County Times Sallisaw published by
Wheeler Mayo Before his discharge
from service in World War II Burk-
hart had experience on Camp Chaffee
newspapers
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