The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 313, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1978 Page: 1 of 22
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cloudy tonight and Thursday
1 ontinued cold tonight
warmer Thursday Local
temperatures 12 noon today
37; Tuesday high 38 Tuesday
low 28 Precipitation trace
At El Reno, a group of
farmers searched garbage
trucks for evidence foreign
produce w» purchased for
Police urged motorists to
avoid travel in central Illinois
and part of southern nlinois
State police in Champaign
III. Mamed icy road con-
ditions for a collision between
a chartered bus and a
semitrailer in which one
passenger was killed and n
others were injured
Forty motorists spent the
night at a National Guard
Armory in Mattoon. Ill Civil
Defense workers provided
stranded travelers with blan
kets, food and coffee at the
armory in Effingham Ill
Hundreds of rural schools
closed and some state high
school basketball tour
naments were postponed
Springfield. Ill broke its
season snowfall record of 44 3
inches Tuesday nigh’ and
snow kept falling today
(ieorge Hector Jr
JVENTYJWOPAGIS_____________CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA WtOHtSOAV MAUCH 8 1978
Storm Hangs Around Midwest
To Clog Roads, Halt Business
nEynInited Pren Inter its second day, stacked foot
A dawdling snowstorm, in aTvtrfi:
interstate and other major
highways
Rotarians
The Oklahoma Chorale
under the direction of Dr
B R Henson will present a
concert of chamber vocal
music at J IS p m Sunday in
the College Chapel on the
USAO campus
The concert is the second in
the Pro Musics Series
initiated this year by a local
group of music lovers
The Chorale will perform
Investments of general
fund monies to earn interest c 7.
for the district will generate 2s E
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Ken Heid
OKLAHOMA CITY I p|)
- Striking farmers unloaded
hoses and ags of fond from
15 pickups Wednesday and
placed them in a truck to be
taken to striking eastern
Oklahoma miners
We don t believe anyone
should go hungry when
they're trying to earn a
decent living like all of us
•re. said Guthrie farmer
Bob Price who organised the
fond Conation
Most of the food was pur
chased at stores since far
mers, like the rest of the
public rely on grocery stores
for much of their food he
said
The teachers just like
anybody else think that
people ought to make decent
livings Right now the far
mers and coal miners are in
trouble so we're just helping
them out," Oklahoma City
teachers union official Mike
Barlow said
dedicated to the performance positions of choral conductor
of choral literature at the for the San Antonio Sym
highest possible level The phony and the Midland,
group was organized for the Odessa Chorale and
purpose of researching and organizer conductor of Fort
performing choral literature Worth's Schola Cantorum as
not often heard in concert well as the TCU Acappeila
performances in Oklahoma Choir tcalled by leading
f >ne of the major aims of the critics the "moat professiona
chorale is the promotion of a of collegiate choral groups (
high level of cultural and Henson has served as guest
artistic activity in Oklahoma lecturer conductor at
Dr. Henson conductor of numerous colleges and
the Chorale is professor of universities including some
music in Norman Prior to his of the major schools in the
appointment to this position nation In addition, he has
in 1973 he had served for been guest conductor of all
several years as head of state choral festivals and
choral activities and vocal other major choral events in
music education at Texas 23 states He will assume
Christian University in San duties this coming year as
Antonio, Texas and choral associate director of one of
director at..McAllenHigh the most prestigious summer
School in McAllen Texqs music festivals in the
Highly successful tn all areas country, the Choral Institute
of choralmusic, Henson is of the Aspen Summer School
considered one of the major of Music in Aspen Coto
figure* in American chorale Admission is M for adults
music His professional and $2 for students who are
background includes the not season ticket holders
cause no problems nor will
any teacher be forced out
Retirements wil handle the
sittation, said Turley
The distriet has overspema
its budget, due to the bullding
programs and to increased
utility billings due to the
weather conditions this year
Heating costs have increased
and the electrical bills have
been near the budget
estimate
The superintendent said the
district will lose $50,000 to |
175.000 due to decline in
average daily attendance
plus the increase in utility
bills
AFL 10 representatives
and officials from teachers
and firefighters unions
helped load the truck
The Chickasha Exprena
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DONALD PAGE
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center Marty Brecht high
school coach and social
studies and Bob Davis ninth
grade coach and social
studies
Reinstated were Cynthia
Freeman and Rosalind
Schlegel, teachers who had
been on leave of absence,
with both assigned to
Intermediate School
Turley reported the school
will have a decrease in in-
come. due to decreased
enrollment and in the gross
production tax However the
district will have a carryover
in fund* The declined
enrollment is in the in-
termediate and junior high
level where one teacher will
be lost
Turley said there will be 21
fewer students at the
Intermediate level and a toe*
in junior high The reduction
in staff at both schoois will
COPDUSTptheoklahoma Chorale inthe second of the Pro Musica Series at 3 IS p m. Sunday
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Oklahoma Chorale To Give
Concert Of Chamber Music
From Reid
Ken Reid, governor of
Rotary District 575. will be
speaker for the Chickasha
Rotary Club's noon luncheon
on Thursday, in the
Chickasha Hotel
The Weatherford News
high reading
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The superintendent
reported students at the
Intermediate School have
moved into the renovated
West Wing of the building
Demolition of the East wing
has started in preparation for
the extensive remodeling of
that wing
The move was started
Friday with students taking
their desks and books to their
new home room on the west
Voting in the city election Shaw is the other councilmar
Tuesday was light By the end in Ward 2
of the day only 7* voters cast The Ward 3 race saw j«
ballots in Ward I. with 274 Ersland 923 Minnesota
voting inWard 2 and 295 carry ali four boxes in°t
voting inWard 3 ward However the race was
Ker. Johnston UH Maple close in one precinct Erslane
Lane, took a three to one received 196 votes while hu
victor,over Robert W Young opponent Don Brown
or the council sea-for Ward South Eight, received 9
1 Johnston received 306 votes votes The other councilmar
while Young received 93 He in Ward 3 is David Carter
will succeed Don R Ferguson Ward 4 is represented by
visit to
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Seven inches of snow
drifted badly in Indiana
Many north south roads were
blocked and schools shut
down Ice forced closure of
Interstate 65 near Seymour
Ind ice-laden tree limbs tore
down power lines and caused
a series of power failures at
Washington and Monroe City.
Ind
South of the snowstorm
springlike turbulence
produced severe thun
ders’orms, threatening flash
floods in southeastern
Missouri, southeastern
Mississippi and extreme
southern Illinois Ham and
thundershowers soaked the
Southern Atlantie states
Chickasha has three new and represent the ward with
councilmen to serve on the Councilman Melt Thompson
eight member city council,
two from each of four wards In Ward 2. George H
Mayor Jim Parker and Ward Hector Jr 1527 South 20th
4 Councilman Morris Dupire ousted Don R Martin loot
were unopposed for reelec South 17th, incumbant by a
lion 160 to 114 vote margin Wilbur
financial report building
progress report and a
reduction in staff, due to
increased enrollment at the
intermed.ate level, was given
by Supt Edgar Turley
The board president Dr
Ed Blevins, will appoint a
policy review committee with
members representing the
administratinn, teachers,
OCA. lay people and the
board
Resignations accepted
were by Mrs Tessamae
Hatfield junior high English,
Mr* Katherine Brown junior
Ordinances Face
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We Saw
item, to be considered The ordinance provides for • N-— VV
Thursday night by the city elimination of the existing ___
council _________ri.. . Mrs Kay Harrod, thrilled
The counci meeting at expansion* of the adta and hervo -tech VICA team
7 30 p m in City Hall is Open Pi " adjacent placed first in the district
to the public zoning districts: prohibits opening and Closing team
Official results from unuan in the "ding permit contestTuesday at ‘ hckasha
Tuesday* election wil be residentiai structure the High School Joe 1 Inder
presented to the council by propertv can . lin ne "ood, talking ‘bout the
the election board ’ Propecan buituP so location of the Lucile School
The resolution on the above the 100 year flood pteuT years ago Mrs Carolyn
Wichita Mountain Con a revised 7 1P in: Houser among guests at the
servancy District would cAmre sedqovernight school board meeting
request the Comanche County establishing or dina nce, Tuesday night Mr*
District Court to accept the standards wljj Sstroom Rowena Denney and M”
city's nominee* to serve on The Id h I Erma Holcomb taking part
the water district board The EhoPrrapos ed ye rnight in a state election board
city seeks to have three t‛ Holiday Inn No hind training session Roy
members on the board The Irondsed Y.nn) . other Pierce, talking about the
district is being reorganized PisPosedd elopme nts.of traffic light at Fourth and
and a new conservancy time V - is * hickasha being out of tune,
distri ctboard established In other business, the
Cine* wishing to participate council will bear a request Bob Hayes, taking care of
would be required to put up a from the Fire Departmentfir some business Greg
50-centper capnta based on collective bargaining to Campbell busy with some
the 970 population Under begin office work Tom
this,’thecosttnthecity would Follow mg the council making an earl, morning tfip
Xn™050and.would be ' meeting the members will the post office M"
, 1 1 ene' ure meet as the Municipal Trust Margaret Kemper stopping
A model flood plain or- Authority at the Daily Express office
the El Reno federal ref or
milton and found empty
tomato boxes from Mexico
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Ad
Ken Johnston
during 1975 1976 While E
president of the Paul* Valley ' m
Club Reid helped set up the E
Rotary Student Exchange E
Program for District 577 902
He is a member of the
Weatherford Chamber of -
MRraMoABuFroBuEtaThusoaakuptnuck.drivenbz MraFraneesDariela.Wymnema,
Oklahoma Preas Asaociation injured 5m0 S ll on SH 19 No one was injured Mrs Danieis was not
side Teacher desks and other publisher has been a Rotarian
equipment was moved since 1954, joining the Pauls
Saturday Valley Chib in that year He
An informal open house will ha* distinguished himself in
be held for the West wing aid Rotary by being named a
s full open house held when Paul Harris Fellow in 1977
the East wing is completed in and in being named district
time for school opening this governor for the 32 North
fall Lester Talbert, prin- western Oklahoma clubs
cipsl, urges townspeople to for 1977-78.
come by anytime to see the Reid, an Altus native, is a
new, and completely modem graduate of the University of
facilities The cluster, along Oklahoma School of Jour
with conventional plan of nalism He served a* ad
teaching was followed in vertising manager for the
remodeling which to a Claremore Daily Progress
degree, i* similer to the before becoming publisher of
Lincoln remodeling project the papers in Pauls Valley,
All playground equipment Wewoka and Frederick for 20
has been relocated at Grand years prior to purchasing the
Avenue and site preparation Weatherford News in 1972
will be started for addition of He served as president of
the all purpose building there. the Pauls Valley Rotary Club
said Turley in 1962-1963 and a* president
■r-__________ of the Weatherford Club
Oklal na Ililorlcal 3 ctity
mani “110 . Ji Miatoriaai Blig.
■ he fch* Baily Express
"OkIghomo’s Most KaaMla-Dallr Hamwar"
The ( hickasha Board of
Education elected W Gene
Smith as head football coach,
reinstated two teachers who
had been on leave of absence
and accepted five
resignations during its
meeting Tuesday evening at
the board offices in the
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today stranding hundreds of eastward off the central
motorists and bringing Great Plains Tusattey waa an
business to a near standstill emphatic reminder that the
The midsection of Illinois Winter of 1978 how*
and the southern two-thirds of brief its remaining lifeonthe
Indians caught the heaviest calendar still carries a
blows, but it was snowing potent punch
from central Oklahoma
acrons the Mississippi and A foot of snow in centrai
Ohio valleys, over the Illinois was whipped into
Appalachians and all the way drift, by high winds blockina
to the Atlantic coast hundreds 0f scondary rads
The storm which blew and shutting down several
"Neueliebeslieder (New
Love Song Waltzes ) and the
Ralph Vaughan Williams’
"Five Mystical Songs with
Kenneth Bowles as banton*
soloist Helen Ross Von Felt,
formerly of Chickasha, will
be a soloist in th* "Gypsy
Songs" Thomas Mitchell will
be st the piano for all three
selections
The Oklahoma Chorale
organized in 1974 by Dr
Henson, consists of musicians
of professional caliber and is
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Drew, Charles C. The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 313, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1978, newspaper, March 8, 1978; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1868464/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.