Lake Keystone News (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. [17], No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1976 Page: 1 of 8
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No. 20
Thurnday, May 6, 1976
PRIC E FIFTEEN CENTS 115c]
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baccalaureate
MHS stage band
Mannford, Oilton
Youth’ Broilers
In Auction Sale
6-Week First Aid
Class Concludes
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Hiking Trip with Buddy Ends
In Foot Loss for 13-Year-Old
MHS May
Calendar
MHS Band Plans
Auction Saturday
Placing fourth in the show
was Curtis Fender of Mann-
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46 Attend Night
Classes for Vets
A part of his philosophy of life is found
on his coffee cup, which. in essence.
taking care of him and he is
in very good spirits." Claude
Haney said Monday morning
of his son. Gary. 13. injured
the previous day in an oil rig
incident which necessitated
an amputation of half of his
left foot, including his toes.
INDIAN PARENTS’ MEET
Gerald Adair, chairman of
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Owl chapter
marshal
Directing
spends much of his time working for
and with, others "I firmly believe that
the best years of mv life are what I have
left of it." he said
Hikers had ideal weather for
their state camp-out.
Campers and hikers from
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Ma. Carolina Hughes, Cushing, Board
Oklahoma Board of Regents
in conjunction with the Okla-
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Medicine.
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SR. GIRL SCOUTS
A senior Girl Scout Troop,
with Jane Ireland as advisor,
is being organized in Mann-
ford. Fhe group met for the
first time last Monday even-
ing in Mrs. Ireland's home.
Membership is open to girls
in grades 9 through 12.
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ter. electrical and sanitary
facilities for the weekend was
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a Bicentennial reads: "We thank you. Lord, for this
Pie Supper Will
Benefit Grigsby s
A pie supper will be held in
Mannford Elementary Cafe-
teria at 7 p.m. Friday. Max 7.
This will be a benefit for the
Grigsby family whose home
was destroyed by fire.
Entertainment will be pro-
vided by the Hamrick family
and the Firey Brothers.
Everyone is welcome.
Another item discussed for
which a working committee,
with Al Tyson as chairman,
was appointed was the en
trance sign into the develop
ment. "We hope to have this
underway soon. It will help
the general attractiveness of
the area.'' a spokesman said
Included in the letter sent
out to members was this
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May 14
musical.
Max in
address.
Mas 18
concert.
Mannford's Band of Pirates
is holding an auction .Satur-
day. Mav 10 at 7 p.m. at
Varnell's Auction Barn.
Donations are coming from
the community, businesses,
and from the students them-
A MACHINE TOO! program student from Central
Vo-Tech recently placed second in the Pant Varendsrj
level contest The State V ocational-industrial Clubs ef
America IVICAI Post Secondary Skill Contest held at
Caddo-Kiow a Vo-Tech at Ft. Cobh featured post secondary
students from area vo-tech schools ard skill centers.
Here instructor James Dunn presents the second place
medal to Boyd Nicholson. Oilton.
Max 20 commencement.
Max 21 Awards Assembly,
last das of school
Mas 26 report cards due
Drumright High, whose box
of four birds weighed 18%
lbs.
ceremonies at Green Valley Park He is
Nick Nichols and he will give the
reading, "The Old Man and the Flag."
Since Christmas alone, Nichols said
that he had given his recitation on 52
different occasions. before Scout troops,
the American Legion and at many
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TWINS KENNY AND EDDIE RHEA ef Deer Creek,
among the younger members of the National Campers and
Hikers visiting -Mannford on the weekend, turn into
housing inspectors - in this case, of bird houses. The bird
houses were part of the conservation exhibits entered by
OUahema chapters of the NCHA.
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dents were given a garden
tour at his home and also
treated to strawberry ice
cream
Only one new student has
enrolled in the program this
semester, according to re-
cords He is Riley Norton.
Pawnee County commission
er of District 3.
funds for construction and
endowment have come from
the private sector No gov-
ernment funds have been
requested or received.
Clerk Bark row: Sherri Kellae, DECA
instructor; Denise Belt and Gac Lea
Broaddus of Mannford.
PD Class Plans
Trip to City Hall
Students in MHS instructor
Dean Pierce's Problems of
Democracy class will take a
field trip to City Hall on May
7. The 23-member class and
Mr Pierce will take the trip
during school hours.
"I'd like for the students to
see how city government
works We'd also like to
view the jail and the court
system. If we can, we would
like to sit in on a case that is
being tried." Mr Peirce
said.
fry-outs for MHS Pirate
Band drum majors and twirl-
ers were held Tuesday, April
27, at the school.
Chosen as drum majors
were Chris McCarty and
Tammy Prickett.
Renee Dudley was selected
by her fellow twirlers as head
t wirier.
Other twirlers arc Jeannette
Pitts, Janet Williams and
Lorri Almy. Judges were
Claude Jones and Mary Beth
Tyson.
Others could tell of many similar
examples of encouragement and bols-
tering of spirit which "Nick" passes
along daily in his contact with others.
"We are fortunate to secure ‘Nick’
during our July 3 activities," Mrs.
Langston said "He said it was on a
first come. first served basis and we got
in our bid early. We hope that you will
। ome around that evening to make his
acquaintance We also request that you
celebrate the 4th not by going on a trip '
but by spending it with us in Green ,
Valley Park Also. fly the flag to show
your patriotism during that weekend.”
Mannford evening classes
for veterans began April 1
this semester and will con-
tinue through June. Lillard
Brown, coordinator of the
program, said A total of
around 46 are presently en-
By NORMA ROSS "Call me early in the morning before
A man with a background of 24 years 8- or late at night if you want to find me
in the regular Sunday evening perform in." he said He added that since his
ance of The Drunkard" at the Tulsa wife. Mary's death about 4% years ago.
Spotlight Theatre will be on hand July 3 he has no pet of any sort, not even a
to help Mannford celebrate in the goldfish, to look after and that he
CHAIN MAKER - Frank Simpeon, right, ef che
Thunderbird NCHA Club, Enid. and Wilma Lynn, etate
conservation director for the NCHA, hold the winning
chain entered in the Oklahoma campers' and hikers' state
conservation contest. The chain, made of tabs from
beverage cans, is 424 feet long, ha* salvageble materlels
which will be recycled. A number of '.ng chains ware
entered by various clubs.
Eight Mannford youths and
six from Oilton had broilers
entered in the auction sale
Monday night at District
Fairgrounds, southeast of
Drumright
A 6 week long First Aid
Course, held at the Mann-
lord Methodist Church start-
ing March 24. was concluded
April 28. Classes met on
Wednesday mornings at 9:30
a m. Instructor for the class
was Norma Manners, a Red
C ross instructor, nurse and
Girl Scout worker "The Girl
Scouts brought the course to
Mannford for their leaders,
but some of the Garden Club
members were interested so
rolled. with about half at-
tending Loy Steward's horti-
Clllflire elace ane tha nthave ..
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in Charles Tabler s small resting fairly comfortable in
engine class.i t, Francis Hospital, al-
On the evening of Tuesday, Phough running a slight tem-
April 27. Mr. Steward's stu-
beautiful new day you have granted me.
especially since I messed up yesterday
so badly."
Mav 6 - last night of MHS
art show, open to public, 7-9
p.m.
Mav 6 - Mannford Band
Boost, rs' first banquet. 6:30
pm . in MHS gym
May 8 Junior Senior prom,
at Heritage House.
Mav II F H A banquet.
0:30 p m . in cafeteria
Max 12 - Student Council
election
Max 13 MHS Musical.
"Bye, Bye Birdie."
. - Successors to the New Mannford News and the Oilton News Dedicated to the development of Mannford. Oilton and the Keystone Lake area „
Lake Keystone News®
extended by the town of
Mannford. with w D.
"Butch" Adkins overseeing
arrangements in this area.
Campers had been arriving
in Mannford from all direc-
tions Thursday afternoon an
the trickle grew to a steady
stream of those preparing to
camp by late Friday Activ-
ities got into full swing
Friday evening and Saturday
and continued through Sun-
day morning. Games and
contests for all ages, plus a
parade through dow ntow n
Mannford Saturday after-
noon. highlighted the activ-
ities. Van Norton of the Hoot
Lions White Cane Day May 8
Saturday, Mav 8. will* be The 5-story, $2.7 million
observed bv Mannford I ions structure is centrally located
Club as White Cane Day in in Oklahoma City. In addi-
Mannford. Proceeds will go tion the function of the
to Dean A. McGee Eve institute. It provides offices
Institute in Oklahoma City for the Oklahoma Eye
Mannford Lions reveal that Foundation, the governing
McGee Eye Institute became body for the MEI, the Okla-
a reality last year and was homa Eye Bank, an Okla-
dedicated December 4 for the homa Lions Program. and
care and preservation of the houses the Department of
priceless gift of sight. The Opthalmology by an agree-
MFI is unique in that all ment or affiliation with the
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'Ofd Man and Flag’
The main topic of the meet
ing was a discussion of
mobile homes within the
development, which includes
subdivisions 1 and 2. Bv a
unanimous vote, the pro-
perty owners present voted
not to allow mobile homes to
come in for any length of
time The one exception in
which they are permitted is
within lots No 19-28. where
some already exist. The
decision made was to follow
restrictive covenants appli-
cable to the letter
selves, with all proceeds the Parent Committee for the
going to the band of Pirates. Title IV program, announces
II you would like to donate, that a meeting will be held
call Mike Arnold or any band Tuesday May 11. in Mann-
member. Band members ford High School. He urges
will canvass the community all concerned Indian parents
Max 8 to pick up donations. to attend.
from “Headache Hill."
headquarters of the direc-
tors. were Bill and Patty
Sprague.
This year the conservation
exhibit was combined with
the Patchland (patches for
jackets) and brought a much
larger audience In charge of
[See CAMPERS Page 8)
was parade
nature One day he gave it before
audiences 230 miles apart
"It's a short speech, but if it were
longer it would probably be too senti
mental," he said. "It is something of a
tear-jerker.”
Nichols is active in so many causes,
including the church at Boston Avenue
Methodist Church where he is a teacher
and in the past headed the Religious
Arts Festival there and at the Tulsa
Little Theater which has been his
"second home" for many years, that he
is difficult to find home.
Nichols e: . e.sed an interest in the
new amph theater to be built in the
Coyote Tra l area and reported that the
Tulsa Little Theater technical director.
Tom Coldwin. was resigning his job
there at the end of the next plav.
“Finishing Touches." to work for the
World Changers organization which is
constructing the amphitheater
Mrs Rowena langston. director of the
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At a special called meeting
of Pawnee County residents
who are members of the Lazy
Hill Property Owners As-
sociation. Connie Holscher
was named new chairman of
the Association. Continuing
as secretary-treasurer is
Reba Whitson. Elbert Wil-
son is also continuing in an
adyisary capacity on legal
concerns.
Mannford s Green Valley chapters throughout the
Park proved a bit boggy state and some out of state
during the weekend because .. put up temporary quarters
of heavy rains last Wednes- in the Mannford park
day and Friday -- but other- Facilities ranged from the
wise, the Oklahoma chapters deluxe Air Streams and mo-
tered a sedative in the hos-
pital and did not complain of
much pain. He also man-
aged to walk or drag himself
across a stream and was
some 300 yards away from
his oil pumper when his
friend. Clark Gatewood, re-
turned with help.
He and Clark. doth Sth
graders at Mannford, iad
hiked to the lease. abnut %
mile from the Haney home
on Kennyville Road. The
accident occurred at approx-
imately 3 p.m. when Gary
apparently climbed onto the
pumper, slipped and caught
his left foot between the arm
and support. His tennis
shoe was wrenched off and
the foot mangled, with only
two ligaments on the top and
two on the bottom left intact
to prevent a complete sever-
ing
Clark ran to the Haney
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statement: "It is our belief ford in eighth place was
that we can expect no help on Christy Saula and in 10th.
our roads from Pawnee Kara Prather Others from
County. We are therefore Mannford making the sale
urging property owners to ring were Jeff Ledbetter,
continue to contribute $2 per Donnie Fender. Tracy Jones,
month for maintenance of Dewax ne Rice and Dale Rice,
roads This will pay for Oilton 4 H and FFA stu-
gravel Even those not living dents whose entries were
here have an investment.” among the top 44 (those
Approximately 40 attended eligible fcr the auction) were
the meeting, which was held Lxnn Campbell. Connie
Friday evening. April 23. in Schonfield, Brenda Baker,
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Baker. Sieve Chand
R.H. Blake. Another meet- ler and John Burke.
ing has tentatively been set Winning grand champion
for three or four months in honors was Don Cross of
"His faith seems to be
July 3rd act ities, first met "Nick." as
almost everyone even with only a
nodding acquaintance calls him.
through the Tulsa branch of Republican
Women His late wife, Mary, was one
of the founders and after her death the
i hapter was named in her honor.
Often when I had to make one more
speech and I would think I wasn't up to
it Nick would entourage me He would
say. '( ome on. Johnny. I know you can
do it,' " she recalled.
coming on He was being
given antibiotics and hope-
fully, by Wednesday of this
week, a skin graft would be
made. with a layer of skin
taken from his stomach and
used to close the amputation.
Haney, and employee of the
Tulsa main post office, said
that he had previously en-
countered many accident
victims during 10 years as an
insurance salesman, and had
noted examples of mental
shock, in which he believed
his son to have been in
following his accident.
Differing from medical
shock, he said that in this
condition the brain was
almost sealed off, with the
blood veins sealing also and
little blood lost, and pain
would not be felt until later,
nor would a state of con-
sciousness be entirely lost.
Similarly, Gary, following
the accident, never lost con-
sciousness until adminis-
New Families
Fourteen new homes were
established in Mannford
during the month of April,
according to City Hall re-
cords. They were:
Steve Flintwood Woodlake
Apts No 24
James Todd Birch Drive.
Joe Nichols - 134 Birch
Kenneth Bailes - 109 Oak-
ridge Drive.
Dewayne Gregory - 124
Birch Drive.
Bill Woodard Woodlake
Apts., no 60.
Nell Sample - Salt Creek
Apis.. No. 1.
Jim Clawson - Wooalake
Apts No. 34.
Ronnie ! albert 128 Birch
Drive.
Cathy Stevenson - Wood-
lake Apts.. No. 6
Orlin White - 124 Green-
brier Circle.
Floyd Devine - Holmes's
Trailer Park
Roger Floyd - Woodlake
Apts.. No. 58.
Robert C ason - 120 Glen-
dale Circle
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graduating. five were Girl
Socut leaders. Graduates
were Dorothy McLain. Joy
Thornbrugh, Mary Clear.
Jewel Trantham, Kathy
Knott. Wanda Hancock.
Carolyn Gregor and Marcha
De Wine.
result of the recent Distribu-
tive Education Clubs of
America (DECA) competition
in Oklahoma City.
Gac Lea Broaddus, DECA
student from Mannford was
awarded first place in the
Reorganized Competitive
Event Automotive and Pet
roleum Master Employee
Level section of the contest
The state winner in each
section will attend the na
tional DECA competition
Max 7 and will feature
marketing study manuals of
all other 49 state winners.
Placing second in the state
DECA contest was Denise
Bell, also of Mannford.
Specializing in Individual
Studies in Marketing Home
Furnishings section was
Miss Bell's manual. Miss
Broaddus hopes to repeat the
success of last years national
winner Kathy Egner, also of
Mannford
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Engles, Margaret. Lake Keystone News (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. [17], No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1976, newspaper, May 6, 1976; Mannford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1945679/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Keystone Crossroads Historical Society.