The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 296, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1968 Page: 2 of 14
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Further Search At Prison Farm
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Deaths and Funerals
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7 Legal point
8 Javanese
badger
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Farm Bureau
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JACKSON GREEN RASBERRY
CEMENT — Funeral services
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36 Legal
instruments
37 Competiton
Hospital.
GIRL — Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Public Record
CIVIL ACTIONS
19 Of a doctor
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Insuvance
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adversity"
5---Oliver
MEN’S
WINTER
COATS
USED
FURNITURE AT
BARGAIN
PRICES
ALSO SEVERAL GOOD
USED RUGS
Marshall Settle
101 Chickasha
CA 4-3652
ONE LARGE
GROUP
MEN'S ACME
Senior Citizen
Pot Luck Event
Thursday Night
80 Belgian river
DOWN
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2 Michigan canal
3 Australian bird
swaneshdadues
LADIES - F. D.
JUSTIN
BOOTS
2 ONLY!
LADIES
WESTERN
SWEATERS
BOY — Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Stollhand, 424 Oregon Avenue,
IWTI FANM MUTUAL
automoiiii INSUNANCE company
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REG. 8.95 - BROKEN SIZES
MEN'S CORDUROY
WESTERN
SHIRTS
Benefit Game
Set Thursday
Rush Springs Head Start
Mr. Jarman preceded her in
death in December, 1945.
She was a member of the
Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife,
Betty, of the home; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Rebecca Moody of
Bay town, Tex., and Mrs. Alice
Welliver of Los Animas. Calif.;
MRS. POLLY ANN JARMAN
Funeral services for Mrs. Pol-
ly Ann Jarman. 89. Tuttle, who
died Tuesday in Grady Memor-
ial Hospital, will be held at 2
p.m. Thursday in the Tuttle
Church of Christ with Scott
Hurston, minister, officiating.
Mrs. Jarman was born, May
16, 1878. in Texas. She came
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Church with Rev. Gary Glo-
din. associate pastor of the
First Methodist Church, Law-
ton. officiating. assisted by Rev.
Charles Roberts, pastor of the
First Christian Church, Cement
Interment will be in Rose
Hill Cemetery. Chickasha. with
Masonic graveside rites by Cem-
ent Lodge No. 297. under the
direction of the Dalton Funeral
Home of Fletcher.
14-ounce, boy born at 2 02 p.m
Tuesday in Grady Memorial
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REG. 11-98 - BROKEN SIZES
MEN'S CORDUROY
WESTERN
PANTS
The Store That
Offers More"
SUGGESTS THAT
YOU ASK ONE OF
OUR INTERIOR
DECORATORS TO HELP
DEVELOP YOUR
INTERIOR PLAN
COMPLETELY
NO CHARGE
Home Furniture
company spokesman said. All
the Unes had been shut off in the
area while the crew searched
for the leak.
Interment was in Rose Hill
Cemetery.
resident of Dibble and Chick-
asha most of his life. He mov-
ed to Rush Springs two months
ago. He had been an invalid all
of his life.
He was a member of Circle
C Round-up Club at Tabler.
Survivors include his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Thomp-
son of Rush Springs; two sis-
ters, Mrs. Betty Craig of Nor-
man and Miss Connie Thomp-
son of the home; four brothers,
Doyle Thompson of Holbrook,
Ariz., Billy Dean, Roger Dale
and David Allen all of the
home; his grandparents, Mrs.
J. L. Glass of Cement aand ।
Mart Thompson of Oklahoma
City.
SIATE FARM
e
Survivors include three daugh-
ters. Mrs. Marie Moorhouse of
31 Troubles
32 Tardy
34 Exist
35 Driving
command
36 Lady
37 Be borne
factors
21 Shop
24 Enclosure
Interment will be in the Tut-
tle Fairview Cemetery, under
greenwood---" 17 Concur
12 Italian city
13 Before
asha. medical.
Mrs. George Thompson. Chick-
asha. surgical.
Janice Summers. Chickasha,
surgical.
Jesse Steel, Chickasha, sur-
gical.
47 iu capital
it Havana
49 Cynosure
51 Put down, as
the law
JOHN D. O'SHEA
John D. O'Shea, 54, died in
Germany following a heart at-
tack. He was a former Chick-
asha resident and the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs Pat
O'Shea.
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MEN'S WESTERN
PANTS
DONALD LEE THOMPSON
Donald Lee Thompson, 20.
Route 1, Rush Springs, died at
6 p.m. Tuesday in Grady Mem-
orial Hospital.
He was born, March 19, 1947,
in Chickasha and had been a
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HICKS WESTERN WEAR
408 CHOCTAW AVE.
2500
Funeral services for Robert
A i Bob i Pearcy were held at
manage- 10:30 a m. today in the chapel
of the Sevier Funeral Home
with Rev. J. C. Curry, Jr.
pastor of the Epworth Metho-
l dist Church, officiating.
Music was provided by Joe
Johnson, soloist, accompanied
by Mrs. Frieda Young.
Active pallbearers were Ola
Adams. Bill Parks, Roy Powell
Walter McBride. Jack Parrish.
Billie King.
i Parlof speech 2aAltheworld‘s
16 She fell in love 22 Attempted
owitha wrestler 23 Lubricated
18 Foreboding ----
20 Chromosome
proceeds going to the Rush
Springs Head Start program for
purchase of equipment.
The grade games will include
Alex - Bradley fifth and sixth
grade boys vs the Rush Springs
fifth and sixth grade boys. The
fifth and sixth grade girls teams
of the two schools will also
play.
from the building into the street
and shattered windows three
Want
to save an
to $125
when you buya car?
PITTSBURGH (UPD-Police
and firemen today recovered a
The company began an
investigation. Two state inspec-
MEN'S - 14 oz
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FADED
BLUE
JEANS
REG. 5.29
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FAMOUS BRANDS
grandsons and three great
granachildren.
REG.
REG. 8.00 MEN'S
LEE PREST-HOP SACK
LEE
Kelvery, of Woodsboro. Tex.
and Mrs. Nettie Ramsey of
Shawnee; two sons, Andv Jar-
man of Amber, and Robert
Jarman of Joliet, Ill.; 24 grand-
children and several great
grandchildren.
15 ONLY — MEN'S
Western Shirts
VALUES TO $15.00
now 4.47
45 Concluding
passage (music
46 Norse god
48 Constellation
50 Golf peg
52 Roman bronze
53 Cyprinoid fish
54 Beetle
ment at the county extension
service office, will be the speak-
er. His lecture will include
farm record keeping. There will
be discussion of pending farm
legislation.
Fick up your parking
money while shopping at
HOME
FURNITURE CO.
514 Chickasha Ave.
CA 4.2417
Mr. Rasberry was born June
12. 1882, in Jameson. Ala He
was married to the former
Eama Betts on June 3, 1913, in
Chickasha. She preceded him in
death in April 1919. He later
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pauper’s cemetery for prisoners
who died and had no family,”
Rockefeller said. "It could have
been a natural burial ground.
We don’t know yet.”
But, the governor conceded,
initial evidence indicated one of
the men whose skeleton was
dug up Monday met a violent
death. The man had been
decapitated.
Thomas O. Murton, the new
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to Oklahoma with her parents
around the turn of the century. . --------. ------.
She was married to A. R. Jar- 1o sisters, Mrs. Mattie Mea-
state prison superintendent who
has declared he will resign
rather than undergo the mental
anguish the job entails, says his
records show 213 prisoners
unaccounted for since 1900.
Rockefeller said he has heard
rumors concerning buried priso-
ners ever since he came to
Arkansas in 1953. Ard, he said,
Refreshments will be served
by Grady County Farm Bureau
women following the regular
meeting. ' °
convicts from all over the
country had sent him letters
48 “hirprnglpersonzrzz
41 Cape
4 Baking places
44 Nag
Marietta Estes vs. H. O Wal-
ker. M. J. Walker and E. S
Van Alstine, certified judgment
from Stephens County.
55 Mine ingress
56 Abstract being
57 Act again
S8Gnokkgatutensls“4 46 4s
"When I got to the street, a
crew of workers from the
m e — 39 Creeks
20, F “J*” of---" « Unruly horde
30 Looks askance 42 Meager
25 Group or three 3FrMor“tobe" 44 Spenhanh
scene.
The explosion leveled a half-1
block long, two-story frame I
building housing two insurance'
offices, a beauty shop, a real
estate office, a cleaning shop,
and three apartments.
The force of the blast was so
great it threw Mrs. Rosella I
Gensler, 66, at least 50 feet1
4
surzrsaDave Stephens, Chick- arethe parents of a seven pound.
seventh victim in the debris of tors also were dispatched to the
an explosion-shattered building
in suburban Ingram.
Honorary pallbearers were
Lee Burton, Bill Suddarth, Hor-
ace Stringer, M. L. < Bones i
। Brown. John C. Lewis. Jr., Roy
; Pierce, Ray Smith and Stuart
Downs.
"dirty linen" for weeks as each
body is exhumed.
"There might have been foul
play, and that area might also
have been a cemetery—a
Did You Hear...
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heart-
felt appreciation for the mes-
sages of sympathy and floral
tributes: locally, state. national
and from Uruguray, South Am-
erica. For the many acts of
kindness and the food from our
many friends and neighbors fol-
lowing the death of our loved
one. Rev. J. D. McMurray. So
many special thanks could be
made we must say only: "We
are eternally grateful to all.”
O. L. McMurray Family
C. W. McMurray Family
J. D. McMurray Family.
for Jackson Green Rasberry,
85. Cement, who died Monday
evening in a Lawton Hospital
will be held at 2 p.m Thursday
in the Cement First Methodist
married Miss Betty Starr on
Dec. 24, 1921, at Cement.
A retired oil field worker he
was a member of the Masonic
Lodge No. 297 at Cement; the
Guthrie Consistory and White
Shrine. He was also a member
of the Methodist Church.
He was born Sept. 4, 1913,
at Hennessee. He was a mem-
ber of the Catholic Church and
a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters, Maureen O’Shea and Jo
Ann O’Shea both of Bagley
Minn.i one son, John O’Shea
d , of Bagley; ore brother,
Paul O Shea of Chicago, Ill.,
and one sister, Mrs. Pat War-
ford of San Jose, Calif.
Scriptures and Rosary will be
said at 8 p.m. Thursday in the
chapel of the Sevier Funeral
Home. Requiem Mass will be
said at 11 a.m. Friday in the
Holy Name Catholic Church by
Rev. George Zins. I
The body will lie in state
until 10 a.m. Friday in the
chapel of the Sveier Funeral!
Home. The casket will not be
opened at the church.
Interment will be in the Holy
c^e, Section of Rose Hil
Cemetery.
4 LOCALLY OPERATED NEMDE
Vanderbeck, 2326 South 23rd. are
the parents of a seven-pound.
twa-uncesgi rlbornsat M10 P mi xnara, alir, MrsIUSteilaSMc-
zuesaay in Grady Memorial
Hospital.
FURNITURE co
410 Chickasha
The regular monthly covered
dish pot luck supper for senior
citizens will be held at 8 pm
Thursday at the Borden Park
senior ctizens center.
All senior ciitzens are invited
to attend and bring a covered
dish of their own choice. Each
person attending should also
bring his own utersils, since
such items are not available at
the center.
Coffee and soft drinks will
be available.
Special entertainment, featur-
ing the Verdenbelles, under the
direction of Mrs. Ersell Mc-
Nabb will highlight the dinner.
Anyone requiring transporta-
tion may call CA 4-1177.
CUMMINS PRISON FARM,
Ark. IUPI)—Pathological tests
on three skeletons exhumed
from a pig sty at Arkansas’
largest prison farm will deter-
mine whether dirt will be
turned in a search for 213
prisoners unaccounted for this
century,
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller
said Tuesday at Little Rock a
complete pathological report on
the skeletons found Monday
would be made. He held out the
possibility that the grassy
pastureland may have been the
site of a pauper’s grave.
Rockefeller said the probe -
into the finding of the skeletons
should be made wihout washing1
12 PRICE
12 Price
12 PRICE
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--------* THE CHICKASHA DAILY EXPRESS, WaJnw^y, January 31,
'Pathology Test To Determine
Thursday Night
Grady County Farm Bureau . , ---------....
will hold its quarterly meeting the direction of the Sevier Tut-
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the tie Funeral Home.
Oklahoma National Bank civic-----
room, according to Glen Bar- ROBERT A. (BOB! PEARCY
rington. FB president.
Richard Hoover, area exten-
sion agent in farm
12 Price
12 Price
Grady Memorial
Hospital
ADMISSIONS
Mrs. Lillie Bussey. Blanch-
ard, surgical.
Schelby D. Reeves Jr . Chick-
asha. medical.
Mrs. Morris Smith, Chickasha, t
telling him about inmates
buried there.
He said as a private citizen mothers will host Bradley - Al-
he felt it was not his concern
Bus. Ph 221-1068
Res. Ph 124-0771
KEN SINGLETON
■ 84 No JU
company were there,” Wolstron-
croft said. “Their faces and
hands were covered with blood.
md Mf
had stopped the boy, who was I
on horseback, east of Tuttle on 1
S. H 37 and talked with him.
Three hours later Klippel re-
ceived a report of a runaway
youth, fitting the description of
the boy he had talked with
earlier. Klippel returned to Tut-1
tie to find the youth had stop-1
ped in town and had planned I
to spend the night. Klippel said I
the boy had had an argument i
with his parents over his grades
for the past semester. ,
Six bodies were recovered
Tuesday and two persons were
missing and freared dead.
Twenty persons were injured in
the blast, 14 of them seriously
enough to be hospitalized.
Five of the known dead were
members of a 15-man Equitable
_____ ______ 0..G. Gas Co. crew boring holes in
This is a benefit game with Ingram Avenue searching for a
occurred1' when the blast blocks away. Mrs. Gensler was
urr d’ seriously hurt.
cauS havegnosidea what Herbert Wolstroncroft operat-
comdnithenexplosion,".a «“I ed one of the insurance offices.
When the walls and ceilings
collapsed, he ran out.
Clyitkasla Paily Express
202 Ne. 3ra strent
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Chrlatmas Day
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publication.
Sunday. 12 Noon Friday.
Monday: 8 nm Friday
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Chickasha cubseribers whe mi,,
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7:0 and 7:00 pm- Weekrays and 7:00
and 9:30 a m. Sunay
SUBSCRIPTION RATEE
.BLCARRIER IN CHICKASRA
One Year ... an
Six Mohth, --------- 82120
Three Month. ---- , $
One Month ~ 32
Week —------ * 5
"T MAIL IN OKLAHOMA •40
(Exeept Chlekasha)
One Year ... nn
Six Mentha * , „
Three Month. ----- ——.
One Month ” ~ ; „
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One Year __________ ... n
Six Months 300
Three Month? 138
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Six Month .. ..... "20
Three Month. -- I 72
One Month 120
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CIRCULATION
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Funeral services will be at
2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of
the Sevier Funeral Home.
Interment will be in the IOOF
Cemetery at Cement.
dows of Tipton and Mrs. Eula
Seminole and Skiatook area be- MArennhon of Rotan N M.:
fore moving to Tuttle in 1929. two
MRS. DORA FRANCIS 1
STEPHENS
n. Mrs, Dora Francis Stephens,
74, 718 North 12th, died at 9:15
Am. today in Grady Memorial
Hospital following a sudden
heart attack, en
i She was born June 9, 1893
in Montague County, Texas. She,
had, been a resident of Chick-
asha for the past 40 years,
lev "as formerly of Pauls Val-
ley Her husband, John David!
Stephens, preceded her in death
on Oct 25, 1946. "
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cSurvivors include three sons,
Claude Stephens and Floyd
Stephens of Othello, Wash., Wi.
iam H. Stephens of Oklahoma
Mti, four daughters, Mrs. I
Maude Baker of Mangum, Mrs.
Lorene Erwin and Mrs. Mary'
Hyatt of Chickaasha, and Mrs.
lola May Sharp of Othello
Wash.; one brother, Punt Smith
Mrs i Valley; three sisters,
Mrs. Lennie Morris, .Mrs. Sang -
Ll ardMrs. BirtieChassok
all of Pauls Valley; 17 grand-
children and 28 great grand-
children. 1
Funeral services are pending
under the direction of the Sev. I
ier Funeral Home.
George Washington's second
inaugural address is the shor-
test on record, containing only
135 words. A*’ — - — "
-_____________ ex Head Start mothers in a
fi baskenballgpmenatsqp.m.Thurs
KZ.w"h “• 1 Ther"wls
----tween fifth and sixth graders.
Mrs. W. A. Wilkerson. Chick-
asha, medical
Mrs. Arlie White, Chickasha,
medical.
Mrs. Bertha Colbert. Chick-
asha,, medical.
DISMISSALS
Mrs Nora Garrett. Chickasha
Andrew J. Hayes. Chickasha
Mrs. Bill Livingston, Chick-
asha.
Mrs E N. Potts. Chickasha.
Loyd B. Prock, Tuttle.
Mrs Jesse Waldron, Minco
Mrs. Shirley Sneed. Chickasha.
Miss Roberta Ann Smith,
Chickasha.
Claud Lout. Chickasha
Mrs. Ann R. Decker. Chick-
asha.
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Drew, Charles C. The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 296, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1968, newspaper, January 31, 1968; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1865117/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.