Lake Keystone News (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. [17], No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1976 Page: 1 of 8
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Mannford Jaycees Will Aid
Muscular Dystrophy Drive
learning Disabilities' Project
Is New to Mannford Schools
Changes Are Made
In Football Rules
Lake Level Is Low
A letter of appreciation fot
Dates Announced
For Immunizing
Great Raft
Race Planned
Labor Day holiday Monday.
Indian Parents
To Meet Sept 14
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Nigh Praises
Lake Boosters
In Keystone
Small Children
and families will have their
Sth week social Monday,
Aug. 30. at the home of Mr.
evidence, please call 865-
2145 to be sure that the
September 6, Ada
crombie, postmaster,
nounced Tuesday.
NO SUNDAY MAIL
Mannford US Post Office
will have no incoming or
outgoing mail service Sun-
phones, with Willard Davis
installing them in the Mann-
ford Drug Store to receive
pledges during the telethon,
which begins at 10:30, Sun-
day, September 5 and runs
continually for 19 hours,
ending at 5:30. Monday,
September 6, Labor Day.
The number to call to pledge
donations is 865-2145.
Manning the phones to
receive pledges will be Bud
Vaughn. Rick Ireland. Larry
Johnson, Bob and Carol Ber-
ryman and Harry Shivery.
Other volunteers are needed
to man the phones during the
19 hour period.
In addition to the telephone
pledges, there will be a
house to house canvass for
pledges and donations on
Monday, September 6., Jay-
cee volunteers will wear a tag
designating them as “Mus-
cular Dystrophy Volunteer.”
During this residence can-
vass, the badge should be
worn and if it is not In
Aber-
an-
with the rule.
A second new rule is that
there must be five players on
the offensive line of scrim
mege with number on their
jerseys between 50 and 79.
This is done to help officials
determine whether or not a
reported that fishing was
quite slow, with a few sand
bus and small crappie being
caught.
The Cimarron river is quite
muddy at present and the
fishing in that area poor
A rain early Saturday morn-
ing helped.
The three new rule changes
this year may cause more
trouble among Pirates fans
than it does among players,
particularly one of them.
The one change which may
be confusing is the banning
of tackling or blocking with
the use of the head, known as
"butt tackling” by some.
This may cause a few players
around the state to have to
change tactics but for the
most part it will call for little
change.
"But it is tremendously
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was the Mannford Ueno Club
day, September 5, due to the conference a success,
An Indian Parent meeting
will be in the school library
Tuesday, September 14 at
7:30 p.m.
All parents of children with
any degree of Indian blood
are urged to attend.
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The letter reads:
Reports are still coming in
and from all indications, the
MARUC Conference held in
Tulsa was by far their best
ever.”
"This not only speaks well
for the Oklahoma Corpora-
tion Commission, but also for
the State of Oklahoma. Only
through your warmth, hos-
pitality and contributions
was it possible to make this
The Thursday morning
hearing began at 10:15 a.m
and ended at 11:07 a m.
Called as witnesses were
Charles Harvey, at that time
an ambulance driver and
emergency medical techni-
cian at the Drumright Hos-
pital; Amsey “Pee-Wee”
Cranston, parts manager in
Cleveland; and Benny Dale
Blackshire of Drumright,
brother-in-law of the fight
victim.
Harvey testified he waa on
duty in the emergency room
of the Drumright Hospital on
December 19. the night that
Kimberly was taken there aa
a patient. He told the court
he saw a dark red abrasion
across Kimberly’s forehead
and blood running out hia
mouth and noae.
"Dr. Hesson came in a
couple of minutes later,
checked the pupils of his
eyes and said he was going to
send him to Tulsa." Harvey
said.
Successors in the New Mannford News and the Oilton News - Dedicated to the development of Mannford, Oilton and the Keystone Lake area.
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mages is to evaluate the
progress of the team and
allow the coaches and play-
ers to see on what specific
area or areas the team needs
to improve.
After the film, a question
and answer session was held
and a report on two of
Mannford's opponents was
given.
The All Sports Booster Club
will meet every Thursday
night. All persons interested
are encouraged to attend.
E.A. Jackson, Lake Patrol-
man. stated that Lake Key-
stone Friday was seven feet
below normal. The lowest
the lake has ever been is 15
Cleveland Hospital and was
stictched and still is in the
hospital.
“A 6'1" man panicked in
five feet of water last spring
•• our second drowning,"
Jackson said "We searched
all night in the deeper water
before we finally located him
in the more shallow water . ”
"Friday, during the Sand
Springs' Rotary Club meet-
ing in Ward’s Cafeteria, I
talked on this same thing. I
try to impress on everyone to
keep life jackets on little
fellows around the lake,” he
continued.
"Parents get upset when I
try to get children to move
back to shallow water when
they are on an air mattress...
We can hardly stand to find
these children drowned.
These were my 106th and
107th drownings on Key-
stone and so many have been
between two and 10 years
old.
"This was the sixth and
seventh drowning this year
on Keystone - four of them
below the dam compared
with one on the lake last
year, when a 15-year-old boy
from Sapulpa slipped off a
rock down near the dam.
"We will have our air boat
all up and down the entire
area for the Great Raft Race,
it has a 250-HP engine. The
race will begin Just below the
low water dam. Other boats
on duty will be coordinated
by the Coast Guard Auxil-
iary," he said.
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Harvey first indicated he
had called District Attorney
David Young that night but
upon cross examination, ad-
mitted the call actually was
made several months later.
Second to testify Thursday
was Cranston, who said he
had been playing pool when
he observed a man in the
steak house "giving a wo-
man a hard time
"I won't stand around while
some man bad mouths a
woman and I told him she
didn't deserve that kind of
language," Cranston said.
He identified the man as
Charles Scott
”1 invited Mr. Scott out-
side," Cranston added. "He
in turn asked one of his
friends to come outside.
Everybody was trying to get
everybody outside then as
they saw there was going to
be trouble. Joe Maggard
and I stepped outside and we
anticipated the others com-
ing outside."
Two 5-year-old youngsters,
i boy from Oklahoma City
and a girl from Guthrie,
drowned Saturday, August
28, in Lake Keystone in the
vicinity of Keystone State
Park
The youngsters were ident-
ifled by the Oklahoma High-
way Patrol as Quinn M.
Harvey of Oklahoma City aad
Jill Brook of Guthrie. The
drowning occurred in 3%
feet of water.
According to E.A. Jackson
of Bristow, Lake Patrol su-
pervisor, the two children
were playing on a rock ledge
about four feet above water
Boosters See
Pirate Film
It is hoped that the Mann-
ford Jaycees can participate
in this elethon each year.
Larry Johnson stated that
help is needed and any other
local organization that would
like to volunteer to aid the
Jaycees in this undertaking,
and Mrs Larry Johnson 132
Granada Drive Plans will be
finalized at that time and the
schedule for manning the
SIGNING PARTY
Friday evening, Septem-
ber 3, the signing party for
the 1975-76 yearbooks will
take place. The event will
begin at 6 p.m. in the school
cafeteria and will continue
until game time. Students
are asked to bring their
receipts.
The All Sports Booster Chib
met at 8:00 Thursday night in
the Elementary School Cafe-
teria.
President Dale Ausbrook
presided and after conduct-
ing the business session,
turned the meeting over to
Head Football Coach Joe
Ballard.
Coach Ballard showed and
commented on the film of
Mannford's scrimmages
against Savannah. Dewar
and Kiefer held at Kiefer the
previous week.
The purposes of scrim-
A scuffle erupted Inside the
lobby before the lobby could
be cleared.
Among those going outside,
Cranston said, In addition to
himself, were Trooper De-
Witt. at that time off duty,
David and Joe Maggard and
Snooks Pollard. all of Mann-
ford.
Two of the men, DeWitt and
Thelbert "Snooks" Pollard
grabbed Kimberly and held
him. Cranston testified
Kimberly then said, "Okay.
I've been held long enough.
Turn me loose.” He said
Kimberly was released, im-
mediately afterwards came
towards the two and de-
clared. "It took both of you to
hold me. Now I'm going to
whip one of you — of......a.”
Kimberly then advanced
toward DeWitt, according to
Cranston's testimony, and
the trooper struck Kimberly,
who fell across a concrete
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The annual Great Raft
Race will be held on the
Arkansas River Septem-
ber 6, scheduled to be-
gin at 11:30 a.m. at the
River City Park, near the
low water dam.
E.A. Jackson stated
that the Lake Patrol,
Department of Public
Safety will have an air
boat on duty for the
safety of the partici-
pants.
It is hoped that the air
boat can remain in the
Lake Keystone area for
future use in connection
with boating accidents.
Juniors: Jeff Schad. Jim Charges of first degree
Worley. Clint Mills, Scot manalaughter, filed against a
Boone, Steve Turner, Bill Mannford trooper, Ron
Tony Bled sol, son of Mr. and Me hug else [22,000 arrears feet ef fleer
Mrs. Fred Bled sol, of Tulsa. epeco) to the buldimg for the mew Phelpa
The youngster was sitting on IGA Dleceunt Store and Bea Freakita
a dock of Walnut Creek at the Famfly Coater located to the Mammford
stern of a bass boat with legs Shopping Coater woat of the US poet otce.
Immunizations will be con-
ducted at the Town Hall in
Mannford from 1 to 4 p.m.
September 14 and again from
1 to 4 p.m. September 17,
Shinjah Elkins, Creek County
health nurse, announces.
"Any teacher or employee
who needs TB tests can go to
the September 14 clinic and
these can be read on Sep-
tember 17,” she said.
"These are not required but
are recommended.' ’
feet below normal. He
The Mannford Jaycees will
aid in the Jerry Lewis Tele-
thon, KTUL-TV. Channel 8
Muscular Dystrophy.
Bud Vaughn is chairman
with co-chairman being Larry
Johnson.
Bob Berryman is distribut-
ing coin cards to local hue-
messes Paul Norwood will
solicit pledges from merch-
ants and other businesses it
the area.
The Cimarron Telephone
Company has donated
player is an eligible pass
receiver.
This rule will probably
cause little change, except
where backfield players dur-
ing sophomore years have
had one jumper and then
moved to guard and would be
(See RULES Page 8]
hanging in the water. The
motor on the boat was run-
ning. A small boy put the
motor in reverse, cutting the
leg of the boy badly.
The boy's leg was mashed
into the dock and cut to the
bone all the way around the
calf. He was taken to
DeWitt, were dismissed
Thursday morning in Drum-
right by Clyde Patrick, spec-
ial district judge.
The dismissal followed a
day and a half of testimony
by 19 witnesses in District
Court, Drumright Division.
DeWitt, relieved of duty
during court proceedings,
was reinstated Thursday.
Originally set for August
12, the hearing was reset to
August 19 because a state
witness. Dr. Lee Beamer,
was not available. Sixteen
witnesses were heard August
19 and three more were
called Thursday morning to
testify in the beating death of
Stephen C. Kimberly, 25.
Drumright.
Kimberly died January 3 as
the result of head injuries
sustained in a fight at Fred-
die's Steak House December
19.
Mannford Schools have a that you sign these forms and school, at any time when you
proaram this vear that ie send them back tn achonl •> L..- . ______ . _____
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relatively new A Learning soon as possible. "Please tion. The main goal of the
Disabilitiez Program is being feel free to call the LD Learning Disabilities Progam
introduced in the elementary teachers. Nancy Martin in is to help our people function
and middle schools and if the elementary school or to the height of their abil-
possible some of the eighth Molly Gregory at the middle ity.” Mrs. Gregory said,
and ninth grade students will .
be involved Against Oilton
sSESE Pirates Open Season
or above average intelli-
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important that all players efforts and hospitality ex-
abide by the rule and use tended by Lake Keystone
only the shoulder in blocking boosters during the Midwest
and tackling and not the Association Railroad and
head This has been brought Utilities Commission con-
about by the many injuries vention June 15 was received
caused by “head tackling." by Col. Frank A Sandholm
A school may be sued as well from Lt. Governor George
a* fined for not complying Nigh this week.
WINNERS IN THE FIFTH Ammeel Striped
Beau Can t set ceucladed Auguat 21 are
shewn abeva. Frem left, Nie Crowder,
Sr., AM, BN, ples trephy Eddle Bell, Sr.,
Mammferd, secend, $50 plus trephy । and
Rebert Bates, Tulaa, flrat, $75 plus trophy.
Sri™: Friday in Mannford
the LD classroom functions
well in most areas but seems By WAYNE MUIRHEID Berstrom, Jim Lawson. Greg
to have some definite pro- .. McKinney, Bob Hailey and
blem in a particular area. The Mannford Pirates open Vince Watson.
Some have perception prob- theifoot al season against Sophomores Mac McIntire,
iems, motor problems, or the Oilton Panthers Friday, Barry Stearns, Sid Hilton,
special problems in their em ’ 4 P.min the Monte Floyd, John Ramsey,
individual subjects. annford High School t<M' Terry Hix, Tim McBroom,
Thestudentwhois.placed Pirates will be out “ gate. Cole Ellis, Steve 4-
he -Droom willcometo ...nr. 7-0 loss at oil, on Robert J
this class only one period a last year. Ela -n , 1531 ,
day and it will be fixed on a Head coach Joe Ballard Pollins Tracey anoEddie
rotating basis.so each child starts his second season at John Dwen and La"y wn.
will not miss hia class more Mannford and is assisted by son
thanoonetimeaweek. CharlieePrater and Ronnie Managers: Kelly Green and
T0make.thi is. program Humphrey. , Kevin Klintworth.
work and get it started as Coach Ballard reported that Film of the ... L.
toon as possible, we need the the Pirates have 37 players emtts.gmsicenibe
support of each parent in our this year. They are as Hasntttheweeky Asports
school district,” Molly Gre- follows: Bonster Club on Thuraday
gory, L.D. teacher, said. Seniors: Bob Morris, Steve _____ _
Following Preliminary Hearing
— " charge is Dismissed Against Ron DeWitt
Jaycee Chapter in the East- telephone* will be com-
ern Region participates in pieted.
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call Rick Ireland, Bud the drive for funds for Mus-
Vaughn, or Larry Johnson cular Dystrophy, the Sallisaw
The Jaycees. their wives, Jaycee Chapter
teer listed with the local
Jaycee Chapter.
This is the first year that the
Mannford Jaycees have par-
ticipated in this telethon,
being a newly organized
group. Only one other
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and accidentally slid off into
the water. They were given
artificial respiration until an
ambulance arrived.
It is unknown how long they
were in the water, Jackson
said.
"Life jackets could have
prevented this tragedy."
Jackson added. "Some
children have panicked and
drowned in two feet of wa-
ter."
A boating accident occurred
Sunday involving 6-year-old
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“Although I was unable, to
attend, I must say from all
the comments that I have
heard. the Flotilla Luau was
by far the moat enjoyable
event of the conference. It is
hard to express enough
thanks. colonel. for all you
and the Lake Keystone peo-
ple did in making for such a
wonderful evening,” Lt.
Governor Nigh concludes.
Col. Sandholm, who is pres-
ident of the Lake Keystone
(See PRAISES Page 8]
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Engles, Margaret. Lake Keystone News (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. [17], No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1976, newspaper, September 2, 1976; Mannford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1945696/m1/1/: accessed May 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Keystone Crossroads Historical Society.