The Duncan American (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME THIRTY FIVE
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e W Lester Dies After
Being Hit By Auto Friday
Anndarko Man Driver Aids Injured Man Toj
I Iosital Where He Only laved Few
Honrs Accident Unavoidable
Friday soon after the noon t
hour a fatal car accident occur-1
red 7 miles south on Highway 81 1
which cost the life of George W
Lester
Stephens county
and stockman
vMrIhkfster wai u aNnK b“ide j
the highway and had started to
h atrk by i
car ven?y JTngley
Anadwko Tlngley picked the
to L 1Jured fman upi placAd uhlm ni
— aut° and brought him to
lrrr v 7
croc un?hcrLLWaifarrl
Pr°? is injuries were fatal He tnly
Ma -ed a few hours after reaching
it hospital
gra- tTls right leg was broken and
Prcadly mangled he sustained in-
fourtIlia injuries and he was badly
-van lt about tbe lace and hands
buuc Tirigley said he was going
9 r th when the accident occur-
red "I saw him step in front of the
car when I was trying to avoid
- hitting another car and a wagon
1 and he toppled to one side I
was so scared that all I can
v 1 really remember” Tlngley said
tJ According to a witness of the
accident a car with a wagon
trailing behind stopped to pick
Lester up Just before he was
struck
Mr Tlngley reported to police
here facts pretalnlng to the la-
mentable accident It was thought
to be unavoidable
Funeral services for Lester a
pioneer resident of the county
was held at the Fundamentalist
Baptist Church at 3 o'clock Sun-
day afternoon with the Rev Al-
den Mldlen pastor officiating
terment was made in the Co-
vell inche cemetery
way jr Lester settled In Stephens
owe nty many years ago when the
C rtory was opened coming here
tonl m Texas
gram he widow and three children
'that t Lester Duncan Marian Les-
1 opera nd Stallard Lester both of
ise jflanche five grandchildren
rrt ur brothers
re- vve
Pr°' 1 Lester did not regain con-
ord ousness after reaching the
v a spital
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AS E E BROWN—
and three sisters
P T A OFFICERS !
ORGANIZE AT RYAN
Mrs E E Brown second vice-
trldent State Parent - Teacher’s
ociation in company with a
oup of Duncan P T A officials
nt to Ryan Tuesday where they
? Instrumental In organizing
parents and teachers of the
xis there
drs Brown n her introductory
e an Interesting history of the
lanlzatlon emphasizing its pur-
ges and plans Mrs Brown who
nderstands the work most
toroughly having a wide experl-
ce concluded her address by
mtlonlng several projects which
! thought Ryan could success-
ly put over
1932 they now are almost three
times that Increase over the cor-
responding date two years ago
Hhers from Duncan assisting j Early In June this year these
organization were: Mrs Al-
l Davies president Irvin P T
Mrs Ben Ogden president
prices averaged 715 per cent ever
June 1932
The average price of hogs Is
irson Mrs W B Michels approximately 47 percent higher
nbershlp chairman and Mrs (than a year ago and 67 percent
H Lange representing the 1 higher than two years ago
rson school 1 Corn on the basis ol December
jtructive talks on practical future prices sells at 79 cents a
rams which the various Dun-1 bushel This Is 28 cents or
P T A have sponsored and abcait 54 per cent higher than
1 have proven helpful were a vear ago and 50 cents or 172
sed by those asslst'nj Mrs per cent higher than two years
n ago
ne women returned feeling December wheat at $104 per
idly toward Ryan and Its bushel was 14 cents higher than
hools as they were graciously a year ago and 50 cents above
'received by the good people who prices of two years ago an ad-
were interested in school achieve- vance of 92 per cent ver the
ients end of September 1932
Chicago cotton prices based on
'quotations for October deliveries
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD were 27 per cent higher than a
SAT FOR MRS RANKIN year aRC and 73 per cent higher
' than two years ago
Funeral services were held Sat-1
urday afternoon at Cache for the
j mains of Mrs Blanche Rankin
who was known by many Dun-
can residents
Mrs Rankin died at the home
her mother after a brief ill- j
I Rev Merryman assisted
t Rev M J Drew officiated
ihe last rites
du-ial was made In the Cachnlthe program and a candle ligh‘
service has been arranged
' Mis Gay Kiibv will open the
niALLENGE OF THE CROSS j PrcPram w 1 1 h the Instruments’
w
-v Challenge of The Cross”
5
rvice at the First Chris-
Yov lurch next Sunday This
prei is one of the series of and Grant
to t Sunday night services Preceedlng the benedict’on a
are being presented dur- musical reading will be given by
viis fall and winter I Mrs M B Carley entitled “The
here was an excellent at- Legend of the Twilight Bells” ac-
companied by Mrs Kirby
A social half hour will follow
dance present last Sunday
ht for the first of this series
’ It is anticipated that the
e will be filled to capacity
he beautiful service on next
ay evening at 7:33
r' f service will
Inspiring
be spiritual
DUNCAN
SA Fr lc EU'ESsc A lp injury
RtCEIAES SCALP INJIRY
Duncan was enroute to Duncan!
the door of the car swung open
whle the car was In motion
throwing him to the pavement
Mr shafrer received serious
scalp wounds and was hurried to
a Duncan hospital where the ln-
uuncan nospitai w nen
Jured parts were treated
H B Beverley and J A Ship-
ley were in the car at the time
they told hospital attendants that
Shaffer was leaning against the
car door when it Jarred open
THRILL SHOW ON STAGE OF
PALACE THEATRE MON KITE
Amid settings of Oriental splen-
dor we find Death In all his
glory! Advance reports Indicate
an unusual stage attraction at
the Palace special midnight show
Monday night LI Ho Chang
“Professor of Black Art” that
and which many people even to-
day believe In
Lo Ho Chang master of Ocult
Science perpetrator of mysteries
and prince of enchantment
brings to you one of the most
thrilling hair-raising and nerve-
defying evenings of your entire
existence
You will see many uncanny
manifestations of the ages un-
rolled before your very eyes You
will be amazed and thrilled You
will see and hear things beyond
the realm of human understand-
ing Skeletons that float before
your very faces voices that whis-
per Into your ears cut of nothing-
ness tables that mystify you by
floating away Into space from
before your very finger tips
More than twenty countries
have been thrilled by the Ocult
powers cf LI Ho Chang who In
vites you to come with him on
impregnable secrets of the Great
Beyond
Never before has the theatre-
'going public had the opportunity
1 to witness a performance of such
magnitude wnich will take place
at the Palace Theatre Monday
fjite at 11:15 p m
FARM PRICES UP 35 PERCENT
IN YR 101 PERCENT OVER 32
Based on end of September
prices the market value of wheat
corn hogs and cotton four basic
farm commodities defined by the
Agricultural Adjustment Act were
101 percent higher than at the
end of September 1932 and 35
percent above the average at the
end cf September 1933 Whereas
late in April this year the Chi-
cago market prices averaged 37
per cent higher than In April
MRS COVEY PRESENTS
CANDLE LIGHT SERVICE FRI
“Pictures that Preach” will be
the subject for study tomorrow
afternoon at the' Christian church
when the ladies Bible class meets
for the regular study hour
! Mrs Covey will be in charge of
prelude “Sweet Hour of Prayer"
I followed by Mrs Covey's drscrip-
tion of the “Angelus"
-The Story of the Church Bells”
will be given by Mrs McConnely
followed by a vocal duet “The
Old Church Boll” by Mmes Price
j the program
The only advantage of any alley
cr a one-way street Is that you
can see the car coming that Is
going to hit you
STEPHENS COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY OCTOBER 11
marland will rroadcast I
MONDAY MGIIT AT 7:30
How Oklahoma may cooperate!
in the national recovery program
In order that citizens of this
state may receive the c:mplete
benefits Intended under the re-
covery plan will be explained by
Congressman E W Marland Dem-
ocratic nominee for governor
when he addresses the electorate
In a
radio broadcast Monda
night October 15th
The broadcast will star at 7 30
p m and contiiue until 8 p m
over stations KOMA and WKY
Oklahoma Cltv KTUL Tulsa and
NASA Elk City
Mr Marland will explain the
policies he has in mind In order
that Oklthoma may participate to
the fullest extent In the economic
and governmental policies of the
Marland Headquart-
ers Opened Here
to the owners That includes cows
week in a successful effort to I n Duncan as well as on the
open “Marland Headquarters” bylIas-
B S Graham who is associated c°unty Killough asked
with the Democratic State Cen-tbat every cow
tral Committee and Ned Milligan 1 county K° to one c tbe bank3
another live Democratic wire
The Democratic headquarters
for Stephens county is located in
the court house in the apart-
ment previously set apart for
Anglin-for - Governor office Mrs
Joe Guynes Is In charge of the
offices She has had previous
experience in this line of duty
leading democrats were in favor
of her for the Job
Many disputed arguments will
be settled It Is hoped that con-
structive w'ork and cooperation
among the democratic ranks and
files will result in Stephens coun-
ty going on record 100 percent
strong for Oklahoma's new gov-
ernor E W Marland
ANNUAL
L S
BREAKFAST W
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The Woman’s Missionary Soci-
ety of the First Christian Church
held their tenth annual breakfast
Friday morning In the banquet
room of the church 01 all the
many beautiful and Interesting
occasions accredited to this or-
ganization none have excelled
this most delightful affair
The members were welcomed in-
to the spacious banquet room j women who were responsible for
which was artistically decorated l'
with a wealth of the seasons
flowers whl'e a tall bouquet of
lovely salmon shade gladolis
stood on the piano
The long tables T-shaped at
which the guests were seated
were centered with low bowls cf J afternoon s program
purple spike with touches of M Davies tumultous enthusl-
dainty lace vine blossoms Flut- j asm and Interest In better schools
ted runners in orchid tints fur-iand advancement in fine arts
ther carried out the color scheme was imbibed by all present and
of white and orchid j the meeting beamed with ardor
A most appetizing three course
breakfast was served preceedlng
the services The program had
for Its theme “Greater Things
Than These” The Introductory
was given by the leader Mrs Roy
Baker who explained that the
object cf the program was to
honor the memory of the pioneers
of 1874 those women who 60
years ago launched the women's
work of this organization
Mrs R K Arnold In a gentle
manner all her own very ably
worded the interesting story of
“The Birth of a Oreat Purpose”
In the candle lighting service
Mrs R A Edwards paid -tribute
to the Illustrious past lighting a
candle symbolic cf the glow It
has kindled in so many hearts
the world around
Mrs Johnson lighting the sec-
ond cand'e reprerenting the pres-
ent while the th'rd candle was
torched by Mrs Alva Stitch rep-
resenting the future
Mrs A H Joens presented th”
devotional fo lowed by circle
prayer of consecration
A vocal solo “Faith of cur
Mother” was effectively rendered
by Mrs Covev Preceedlng the
Missionary benediction Mrs Roy
Baker brought a most beautiful
and Inspirational message to the
class extracts of which we pass
on to our readers: —
“Here in the spirit of deep de-
votion that moved Caroline Nev-
ille Pearec and all our founders
to undertake what seemed to
them almost the impossible wc
come in this quiet moment of
consecration Like them we go
back to our Lord and Master f-r
the inspiration and the courage
to “Carry On" We know thev
must have spent much time with
Him else they could not have
found the courage cr achieved
a passion like unto His to Chris-
tian he the world
Truly “it Is a flame of the
Lord’s own kindling” they lit s
long a:o and “sot upon a hill"
to shed its blessings of light and
life abroad As they recalled the
words of their Master so do we
As they were thrilled with a pas-
sion to make him known to every
chl'd of God upon this eerth s"
alsc are we And wo can se'1
how fir already the flame they
start’d has run out kindling new
flames that burn and glow
around the world
Th? hands that first took up
this torch are now at rest Ere
they departed they passed on the
flame Down thru the years faith
fullv it has been kept and car-Clark O
frrward sometimes bv leans
rled
Farmers Mav Kppuro
X y QGCUTe
U S Test Project
If the farmers of this county
will cooperate In a move now on
foot to secure government aid In
test In t cows for tuberculosis a
$25000 program will be featured
here as Uncle Ram will spend
that amount In Stephens county
The cattle owners will only be
(asiecj raise $50000 as such
e-nenses n?t Included in the fed-
eral budget must be taken care
of
In addition to the $25000 spent
here provided the required sum
Is raised our government for the
first Ume offers to buy and de-
stroy inspected animals and pay
the owners up to $30 each for
the average type cf cow and up
to 50 np'ece for registered stock
Th program I3 far reaching
If the small amount of money
needed to get the pregram here
's ra'sed every cow In the coun-
ty over six months of age will
be tested absolutely without cost
as sern as possible and put at
least a dollar Into the fund Ar-
rangements have been made with
the bankers to receive the money
The time limit is short and
farmers should take advantage of
this unusual opportunity and
raise said money Immediately
It Is astounding said Killough
the number of T B Infected
cows there are In this and other
counties
MRS
ALBERT DAVIES
PRESIDES AT P T A
It was revealed Monday when
the Irving P T A met In the
afternoon that the dollar award
went to Miss Alice Hlnkson’s room
as the registration showed the
largest number of pITents whose
Interests centered in her room
were present
A dollar for each of the follow-
ing rooms having 500 wrappers
was also presented Including
Miss Beulah Hann Mrs Eula
Newman Miss Helen Miles Miss
Audrey Guthrie and Mrs Reford
Fowler’s rooms
Much Interest was manifested
In the beautiful art display Those
deed meet gracious and their ef
forts to stimulate Interest In art
Is very much appreciated and was
far reaching
Mrs Albert Davies president
Irving P T A presided during
and effulgent zeal
The finance committee reported
plans completed for a stunt show
and carnival to be held October
30 A street parade will be feat-
ured on the evening preceedlng
the sho v The funds will be
“sed 10 further P T A work In
Duncan
Earl Smith Jr of Marlow was
the Saturday night guest of Scott
Farris
and bounds sometimes with
greatest pain— but always It has
gone on and bn and now around
the world are many women yel-
low black and brown— who hold
aloft this flame and Join with us
the mighty throng of those to
whom the Master says “Ye are
the light of the world"
But have we always lifted high
our torch? Have we at times al-
lowed our hearts to fill with this
and that and cluttered up our
days so that our lights are dimmed-hidden
perhaps as Jesus
feared “under a bushel?” If the
cause for which our mothers gave
their all has lagged It is cur
fault who feebly tend the flam®
they set aloft We need such
anniversaries and times of
thoughtful retrospection They re-
call us one and all to the source
of power and help us to regain
that "vision glorious” to spur us
on World conquest for our Lcrd
and Master was their dream of
old and we will make it ours
And again there comes tie
challenge to us all from the sac-
red pages of the written word
“Therefore let us also seeing we
are compassed about with so great
a cloud cf witnesses” what a
thought How can we let the
flame burn low when we rec- H
the words and deeds cf those
loyal zealous women of the pa t
Such a cloud of witnesses v ill
!°ad vs on will strengthen us to
do our best”
Hostesses for the occasion w' re
Mrs T a Blaydes Mrs R L
Clark Mrs Vic Owen Mrs O A
Roberts and Mrs Vern Hartnnn
and Mrs U L White presided
over the guest book which reveals
the following registrations:
Mmes Roy Baker J P Hulsey
Nellie Enlow Joe Pruitt E II
Jennings Alva Stitch C M fe-
chlrst Fred Johnson J B Ball-
ard Z Kendrick A II Joens R
A Edwards E K Payte J’ck
Oo:sptt rarl V Covey R K Arn-
old C T Bradney J A Blaydes
U L White Vic Owen R L
A Roberts and M B
Carley
1934
STRONG BACKING OF
HOUSING LOANS BY
HEAD OF BANKERS
“The credit plan provided for
under the National Housing Act
and the regulations are workable”
says F M Law president of the
American Bankers Association In
a letter addressed to the 12000
bank members of the association
“This particular type of loan
seems to be especially entitled to
careful and sympathetic consider-
ation from the members of the
American Bankers Association
In addition to putting Idle
funds to work It will afford em-
p'oyment for all types of labor
engaged In building trades and
also the materials ‘consumed will
provide further employment for
those engaged in their manufac-
ture and sale”
Senator Gore To
Speak in Duncan
The Duncan American Is In
receipt of Senator T P Gore’s
Itinerary The Senator will be in
this part of the state October 18
19and 20
Speaking dates the week be-
ginning October 15 Is as follows:
Monday October 15 Holdenvllle
7:30
Tuesday October 16 Guthrie
7:30 p m
Wednesday October 17 Norman
7:30 p m
Thursday October 18 Oklahoma
City
Friday October 19 Chickasha
7:30 p m
Saturday October 20 Walters
10:30 a m Waurika 2:30 p m:
Duncan 8:00 p m
MRS
ALMA FINDLEY
SUCCEEDS IN
PRODUCE BUSINESS
Among the business women In
Duncan none deserves more cred-
it than does Mrs Alma Findley
widow of the late W C ttndley
who operates the Findley Pro-
duce and Feed Store 119 N 7th
Mrs Findley was left a widow
with one small son last March
when Mr Findley In the bloom of
young manhood was snatched
from her almost without a min-
ute’s warning
Mrs Findley had assisted her
husband prior to his untimely
death during the heavy seasons
but knew very little about man-
aging the business
With wavering faith yet with
a determination to carry on ever
bearing up under bitter mental
depression she faced each day
with Increased faith and showed
mere real grit and business tac-
tics than Is protrayed in most
men
The Findley Produce and Feed
Store is now enjoying one of the
best business seasons during its
existence all due to Mrs Find-
ley’s shrewd business ability and
her mother love and affection
for her fine young son Wadell
who is Just In his 4th year
The store Is heaping full of
choice feeds hay bran cotton
seed meal and such like Mrs
Findley also deals In flour She
enjoys a fine cream business and
buys poultry and eggs
It Is nothing unusual fer Mrs
Hndley to kill and dress as many
as thirty fowls before breakfast
filling cafe and market orders for
the day
We admire the “get up and go”
attlude In this little woman and
we rejoice In noting the success
In her business undertakings
DOUGLAS SCHOOL HERE
DOING GOOD WORK
Records coming from the Doug-
las (colored) school at the end
of the first month show that the
work being accomplished Is very
satisfactory
This Is the first year that the (
Duncan colored school system has
been able to offer the full senior
coure and several students are
taking advantage 0 f the oppor-
tunity to complete the course
E W Tolliver Is serving again
this years as principal with a
faculty of five teachers all car-
rying B S degrees as follows:
Wm Brown math and science:
Mattie L Morgan English and
music Principal Tolliver and
wife science domestic science and
art and the grades and Inter-
mediate classes are instructed bv
S lW Tolliver and Myrtle Scott
The patrons of the school ard
Duncan as a whole appreciate
the efforts put forth by the prin-
cipal of the Douglas Scho 1 and
his faculty They are to be com-
mended The enrollment this year has
passed the hundred- mark with
an additional enrollment expec-
ted soon Thirty of this number
have enrolled in high school
NEW PLYMOUTH SEDAN
PURCHASED BY
CITY
Duncan police are answering
calls this week in a brand new
Plymouth sedan There is no
possible chance for a culprit to
escape as this new “baby" speeds
along to the tune of about 75 cr
80 per
The city water department was
not over-looked in the purchase
The officials are very proud ctf
their new Ford and find It rather
useful as well as ornamental
NUMBER FOUR
TWO MORE LAKES
TO BE BUILT SOON
EACH LAKE TO BE CLOSE TO
CORNER OF COUNTY ARE
FERA PROJECTS
With four beautiful lakes sen-
tered In each four corners of the
county this Is soon to become a
vlrent garden of Eden no terri-
fying drouth or water shortage
will disturb our citizens when
these prospective lakes are a
reality
The big lake at Comanche Is
already so near completion that
It’s well worth any one's time to
visit the site and It's real value
to Comanche and that part of
the county cannot yet be esti-
mated If an artificial lake is such
a valuable asset to Comanche vi-
cinity— why not elsewhere?
At least that’s the attitude tak-
en by the residents of Rock Creek
and H?pe township
A project for two big lakes Is
well under way and as soon as
details are completed the work
will start
Duncan’s lake project Is look-
ing quite favorable and it is
thought by the promoters that
the proposition will meet all nec-
essary requirements
All four lakes will be built en-
tirely with FERA funds with the
land to be obtained through co-
operation of the county com-
missioners Plans for the lakes were drawn
by John R Clark district FERA
engineer who will be stationed In
Duncan this winter to look after
the projects
Clark from Oklahoma City
said there was no question about
the lake projects going through
They will be part of a state-wide
conservation plan worked out by
FERA officials and endorsed by E
W Marland Democratic nominee
for Governor and by President
Roosevelt
JOHNSON ADDRESSES
VETERAN AT 36TH
DIVISION REUNION
“War never made
safe for Democracy
will although universal Democra-
cy would make the world safe
from war" declared Congressman
Jed Johnson of Oklahoma in Fort
Worth Sunday In a memorial ad-
dress at the reunion of the 36th
Division in which he urged legis-
lation to outlaw future war prof-
iteering He predicted that revelation of
the U S Senate committee in-
vestigating profits of munitions
makers and charges these firms
have engaged in war propaganda
would force a show down at the
next session of Congress on pas-
sage of the Universal Draft Act
advocated by the American
Legion 4
“Let u pledge ourselves that
we will 80 everything humanly
possible to outlaw war” Johnson
the
and
world
never
urged the veterans "To my
min(ji the best Insurance against
war Is for Congress to pass legsi-
lation to outlaw future war prof-
iteering For many years a few
war veterans In Congress have
been advocating what is known
as the universal draft cat to
draft money and materials as
well as men in case of future
wars We believe that property
Is no more sacred than human
lives"
Johnson gave the annual mem-
orial address cf the reunion be-
fore a large crowd In Trinity
Park
ROLL CALL CHAIRMAN
NAMED AT RED CROSS
MEET THURSDAY
The “Ro 1 Call Campaign meet-
ing" was held here Thursday af-
ternoon In the office of Rev J
W Moseley Jr A fairly zod
representation from over the
county was present and much
constructive work was accom-
plished along prepatcry lines
preceedlng the Rail Call drive to
be launched in this county In the
near future
Jake VanZant Duncan was se-
lected to serve as countv chair-
man over the Red Cross Roll Call
drive Others named on this
committee were Mrs Lalla Leach
Preston Comanche and Mrs J
T O'Quinn Marl:w
Harry Richmond Lawton was
present and made a brief outline
of the workings and needs of this
benevolent organization Mr Rich-
mond t:ok the opportunity to pay
Rev Moseley and other Red Cross
supporters a glowing compliment
He commended the work accom-
plished In cur county during the
past year and uiged a continua-
tion of finance and support at
this cruical time
VIRGINIA STEIGLFADFlt
NAMED TRES SENIOR CLASS
Congratulations have been
heaped upon Virginia Steigleader
since the senior class selected her
as their president
What gui or buy Wuuikuh
honored over such? James Miller
was elected to serve ns vice presi-
dent while Mauren Angle win
serve as secretary and treasurer
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