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New Mannford News
Town
News From The Heart of The Lake Area
Volume 2, Number32
New Mannford News, Mannford, Oklahoma. Thursday, August 10, 1961
Page
Savings and Loans
News
Confuse Tax Issue,
A.B.A. Declares
Those attending from immediately across the Cimarron
First Baptist Church
Judy Williams,
g
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raised in
chaos. devastating impact.
L. R. Jones
Mannford News
until about 6 years ago when the
A
accept the specious
only Burton aid for 50 percent of the
the
Mrs.
Miss Sharon Snell is spending David went to Cleveland Tues-
—4
passenger
tinued.
that same year member savings
and loan associations paid fed-
number
up civrg
and family of Oklahoma
visited their parents. Mr.
Mrs. Allen Clegg and Mr.
Mrs. Clarence Gill Sunday.
branch line serving the
country of northwestern
homa with a passenger
afternoon.
the Olive
spent
grand-
day afternoon to visit her sis-
ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Green and her son. Tally
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Anderson.
Amy Anderson, Mrs. Mary Ann
Thomas and boys. Nadene Gre-
enwood and Marilyn were Sat-
eral income taxes totaling
$5,346,000. In other words.
The Olive School Board will
meet on Monday night to make
final plans for the new school
year. School will officially be-
gin on Monday, August 28, Mr.
this week in Tulsa visiting her
aunt and family, Mr. and Mrs.
shock.
and
wheat
Okla-
service
are Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Mea-
dor. Mrs. Bud Marrs. Mrs. Evan
Whitehead, Roger Wright, Jerr/
City
and
and
Bob Guest.
Mrs. Glye
McPeak, Devona
Ruth Warner,
and Edwin Clark.
superintendent brought the ice cream and for-
got to calculate the eating capa-
announces.
Frisco Track Taken
Up West of Mannford
Last week employees of"-the
ge=re
and was purchased about state-
hood by the SL-SF system as a
Monday morning and stay dur- Christian Church
ing the entire meeting. Besides
Pawnee County line. A spur was Methodist Church
built to take on oil. A grocery H’ews
store and a black smith shop and
and flourished during the oil bo-
rn, One of the little towns was
Gas Well. It was located where
the railroad crosses the Creek-
as much tax as the average sav-
ings and loan association in 31
states and the District of Clu-
umbia, and more than 20 times
as much in 14 additional states.
4. The average tax reported
on the typical individual return
for 1959 was almost as large as
the average tax paid by indivi-
dual savings and loan associat-
ions. In fact, many individuals
taxpayers with modest incomes
pay a good deal more in income
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service was
discon-
of small
inis line
arguments arial position offered to her
—a
cost of construction and equip-
ping of the hospital be filed.
Appointed at the meeting was
a group of citizens who were to
formulate a set of by-laws and
start proceedings toward the in
by Pipe For Gas Line
the Kemper Insurance Company Delivered To
Townsite
The pipe for the natural gas
was subsequently incorporated. Karen visited Mrs. Mary Harrell granddaughter Lynn came home
Clark. Mary mechanical repairs were the or-
taxes than do a number of giant number of ttrustees to a total of water. She plans to leave on
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dation. the week with their
Bernard A. Paulson, Robert mother. Mrs. Beckham.
federal income tax paid by com-
mercial banks was 155 times
that paid by the savings and
loan associations.
3. The average commercial
Gear. Vida and Greenwood and family. Her
with her to stay until Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Lester R. Rhoades and
Donna Jones visited Mrs. Hend-
ricks in the Cushing Hospital
Monday afternoon.
Miss Mary Ruth Warner en-
rolled last week at OSU for this
fall. She has attended college at
Edmond for the past two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Eizo of
Tulsa visited Mrs. Maggie Beck-
ham on Sunday. Their children,
Linda. Larry and Ned returned
the tax status of these institut- sociations are depriving the
By Marsha Evans ions. Since the U. S. League did Federal Government of much-
Claude Evans is visiting Glen not like the conclusion of that needed revenues. Other taxpay-
and Clint Evans and Ethel Ward study, it has made the Treasury ers, both individual and corpor-
this week. its prime target. ate. pay a fair share of taxes.
and Mrs. C. D. Greenwood will Mr. L. R. Jones, President of
leave next month for Newport, Mannford State Bank, stated to-
Rhode Island, where he will en day that the U. S. Savings and
ter naval officer’s training scho- Loan League was attempting to
ol September 18. After complet- confuse the issue of tax uniform
ing a 16 week course he will ity among competing financial
then go to Athens, Ga., for ad- institutions by issuing mislead-
ditional 26 weeks course. After ing statements to the Congress
graduating Mr. Greenwood will and the press. Mr. Jones’ state-
be commissioned a naval En- ment follows:
sign. • "The so-called facts set forth
Earl Horton, who is employ- in the U. S. League’s most re-
ed by the New Mannford News cent release aie merely conject-
as a printer, reports good fish- ures on the part of some savings
ing in several of Oklahoma’s and loan officials. The terms us-
urday guests of Mr. and
Claude Anderson.
Mannford at 3 a.m. last Satur-
day and went to Hula Lake near
Pawhuska where he fished. He
left Hula Saturday night and
went to Grand Lake where he
fished Saturday night and Sun-
day. He had good luck at both
lakes.
attending all sessions, Mrs. Beck
ham is looking forward to re-
newing “old” acquaintances.
Emily Warner and Ernestine
Frailey spent Sunday with Susan
Kaye Ogle honoring her thirte-
enth birthday.
The third week of Falls Cre-
ek Assembly began on Thursday
“The savings and loan claim used by the savings and loan
of a substantial reduction in industry in its attempt to pre- in Tulsa,
home mortgage lending done by vent the achievement of this Linda enrolled in Tulsa Bus-
savings and loan associations is basic tax equality so important iness College in August of last
so greatly exaggerated as to be to all taxpayers.” year and will receive her diplo-
insupportable. Would a reason- Cleveland Soon To ma from the college for the 12
able tax on an industry which , month seert .arial course this
has total assets of $71.5 billion have Hlospitel month.
impair its ability to extend Early in 1961. a group of civic She is the daughter of Mr.
mortgage credit? I hardly think minded persons in Cleveland and Bluford Lewis. formerly of
so. the surrounding area, feeling the Mannford, now of Locust Grove,
“There are some real facts to need for a community hospital, and is the granddaughter of
be considered by congress and began a series of investigations Mrs. Dora Lewis of Mannford,
the public in determining whe- in towns about the size of Cie- Linda plans to continue her
ther the Treasury conclusions veland where hospitals were un- education by attending evening
are valid: der construction or in the plann- classes in Tulsa.
1. Between 1952 and 1959 ing stages. um-Lepe On
insured commercial banks paid After several months of discus *Denn.“Ken9 vn
more than $6,700,000,000 in fed- sion, an open meeting was held Vacation in
savings and loan associations
continue to escape their tax ob-
ligations.
“Commercial bankers welcome
fair competition. That is why we
want Congress to remove the tax
a few residents made up the
town. The town has been gone
for many fears and no trace is
left. Only a few of the old tim-
ers know of its existence or lo-
cation.
H. Breeden, Jack D. Johnson.
Glenn M. Cook, and Ned H.
Ball, all of Cleveland. were
named to form the Cleveland
Area Hospital Foundation which
subsidy now enjoyed by savings Linda Lewis
and loan associations in order Graduates From
that commercial banks and these r.
associations may compete on Business College
equal terms. Linda Lewis has completed her
“I am confident that the Con- studies at Tulsa Business Col-
gress and the public will never lege and has accepted a secret-
Mrs. Clara Greenwood and
so forth, are crudely calculated
to mislead Congress and the
public.
“Equally as bad is tthe attack
on the Treasury Department.
Savings and loan association rep
resentatives were given equal
time to present their case to a
,s
The Lester Rhoades family has
returned home from a week’s
outing on Greenleaf Lake near
Muskogee.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wel-
chei and Pauletee have been
visiting friends and relatives
here in Oklahoma from Saud,
Arabia. Raymond and Paulette
also enjoyed the colored rodeo in
Drumright Saturday night.
the area. Matching L. p McPeak.
lakes last week end. Earl left ed such as recession.
It was a pleasure to see Mr.
Peck Martin up and feeling
much better this week. Mr. Mar-
tin underwent surgery in the
St. John's Hospital last month.
Raymond “Peck” Wasson. for
mer Mannford resident and well
known Quarter Horse trainer of
the Tulsa area was in Mannford
this week and picked up a palo-
mino filly belonging to Peck
Martin. He will condition this
filly for the fall race meet at
Centennial Park in Denver,
Colo. This filly gave a good ac-
count of herself at the Okla-
homa Exhibitors race meet held
at Enid this spring.
Clay Greenwood, son of Mr.
Treasury group which Jtudied tax free, savings and loan as-
started as soon as possible, and day.
Frisco Railroad started taking is being planned at the First
up the track on that portion of Christian Church in Mannford
the railroad that is below flood and a friendly invitattion is ex-
level. This part of the Frisco tended to all people without a
system was completed in 1903. church home to come and wor-
At that time it was the AV&W ship with us.
EASTERN STAR HAS
ANNUAL PICNIC
The Mannford Chapter of the
Eastern Star will have their an-
nual picnic Thursday, August
17. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hinton
will be host to the picnic which
is held in memory of Robert
Morris, founder of the Eastern
Star. All donations will go to
the Robert Morris Fund for the
aged and orphans.
funds of $180,000 will be sup-
plied by federal aid through the
Hill-Burton Act.
Cars Derailed
Near Mannford
Two box cars and two tank
cars, one loaded with oil, were
derailed last Saturday on the
siding near the new town. Ac-
cording to D. R. Hutchison,
agent for the Frisco Railroad,
the switch from the side track to
the main line was thrown open
after the engine had crossed and
as the cars struck the switch
they were derailed. Tre brake-
man. R. L. Wood from Enid, was
injured. He was on the side of
to overturn. He jumped and lost
his footing after striking the
cround. He suffered a dislocat-
ed shoulder. The Mannford
Funeral Service took him to the
Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital.
der of the day. Mrs. Bob Taylor
and Mrs. David Paine came to
the church about 9:30 p.m. and
served the men home made ice
cream. An enjoyable evening
was spent at work and every-
thing went OK until the ladies
city possessed by John Scovil
and “Frosty” Adsit when it
comes to homemade ice cream.
A new forward looking program
bank pays more than 100 times corporation of a hospital foun- home with them, having
15, including members from the
area.
Efforts are underway to de-
clare gifts to the foundation as
t ax-deductible, and as soon as
approval of the hospital plans
forefederal aid is assured, the
ampaign for funds will begin.
A. ea to be served by the hos-
ital includes Mannford, Key-
stone, Terlton, Jennings, Quay.
Mar.mec, Hallett, Blackburn,
Skedee. Osage, Prue, Boston
Poo], Wildhorse, and Cleveland.
As the centrtal point in the area
Cleveland will be the location of
the hospital.
Cost of the building and eq-
uipment, as recommended in
the survey, is $360.000.. with a
suggested $30 000 additional to
finance the operational costs for
the first year. $180,000 matching
funds, plus the $30,000 must be
River bridge. On Monday night
of this week, the men of the
church met and held a work
night. General cleaning and
that an application for Hill-
Four more members have be-
en added to the local Methodist
Church. This makes a net in-
crease of fifteen new members
since the 1st of June. The new
conference year began at that
time.
The W. S. C. S. luncheon and
program was at noon Wednes-
day. Meeting place was the
basement of the church. Hostess
es were Mrs. Dora Lewis and
Mrs. Paul McCrackin. The pro-
gram was presented by Mrs.
Jack Lynch and Mrs. Clara
Greenwood. Mrs. Mary Ann
Stroup, president, presided over
the business meeting. There
were 22 present.
The Men's Class recently pur-
chased a mimeograph machine
for the church. Church bulletins
and traditional Methodist servi-
ces have been instituted in the
church.
The Commission of Promotion
and Cultivation, of the Method-
ist Church, recently released
educational statistics of the de-
nomination. Over 15 million dol
lars are in use for ministreal
education, and an additional one
and one half million dollars are
given, as direct gifts, to camdi-
dates for the Methodist minis-
try, in colleges and seminaries.
Twelve per cent of each World
Service dollar goes to further
the education of Methodist min-
isterial students. There are over
135 colleges and seminaries un-
der the auspices of the Method-
ist Church, in the United States
alone.
The Union service of the
Methodist and Christian church
es. for the month of August,
was in the Christian Church.
The Methodist Church was well
represented, and Rev. Richard
Benefield was the guest speaker.
His sermon topic was “The Per-
son and Work of Satan.” The
text was I Timothy 5:15.
David Paine, newly appointed
minister, arrived on the field
this past week and filled the
pulpit for the first time at last
week's service. The minister, his
wife, and three children are
making their home in the for-
mer Bob Taylor residence just
These five men are the officers in Sand prings for several days,
of the Board of Trustees at the Representing the Olive Home
present time. At a meeting Demonstration, Mrs. Maggie
Wednesday, August 2. they were Beckham will attend the Annual
to discuss plans to increase the Homemakers Conference in Still
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Riley and
family of Fordyce. Arkansas,
are spending this week visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al-
vin Riley of Sand Springs and
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Langan of
Mannford. They are also visit-
ing other friends and relatives.
Mr Howard Evans and Wilam
visited with Mrs. Jackie Hinton
and son Wednesday afternoon.
Rita Klintworth and boys. Al-
ta Oller, and Mrs. Gene Barties
and girls enjoyed Saturday even
ing swimming at Cleveland.
: avings and loan associations.
5. By remaining virtually
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Floyd
are spending a few days with
Mrs. Della Evans.
Marsha and Wilma spent
Monday and Tuesday at Bristow
attending camp meetins.
Mrs. G. M. Evans. Marsha and
Jimmy shopped in Sand Springs
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. David Clegg and
Randy were hosts Saturday night
at a hamburger fry. Those at-
tending were Mr. and Mrs. Al-
vin Riley of Sand Springs. Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Riley and children
of Fordyce. Arkansas, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Ledbetter and Cecelia
aRinbolt of Mannford.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Gowdy and
children have moved to Spring-
field. Missouri. Dale will enroll
in Baptist Bible College there
this fall. Their address is 1320
W. Nichols.
Mrs. Evelyn Nantz of Still-
water and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Nantz of Sayre were Sunday
dinner guests of Mrs. Julia Nan-
tz.
Mrs. Clayton Greenwood. Mar-
ilyn, Virginia Anderson, and
Mrs. Joe Lee Craig went to Ed-
mond Sunday afternoon to at-
tend the wedding of Miss Jane
Cavalier and Mr. George Cook
at the Methodist Church in Ed-
mond. The couple plan on living
at Edmond after they return
from their honeymoon.
Mrs. Imogene Baker was tak-
en to the Hillcrest Hospital
Monday by the Mannford Funer
al Service. She suffered from
a heart attack.
Harold Rhoades is visiting his
grandmother and other relatives
in and near Liberal, Kansas.
While he is there he will attend
Gibson Baptist R A. Assembly.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allen Clegg
distribution system was to ar-
rive in Mannford on August 8.
The pipe is to be strung from
the delivered truck at the points
where it will be used. The ditch
work for this system is now
being dug. This work is under
the general supervision of J. D.
Cheek.
The grading, paving. and drain
age project at the new town-
site is proceeding according to
schedule. The Storm Sewer work
was 90 percent completed at
press time and the street exca-
vation was just getting under-
way. Most of the past week has
been spent in stripping the top
soil off and stockpiling it. The
material will be brought back
on the lots when all grading has
been completed. This work is
being done under the general
supervision of Mr. Curtis Cun-
ningham. recently appointed
Street Superintendent.
Church of God Camp
Meeting Near Bristow
An old fashioned camp meet-
ing is in progress near Bristow.
A large tent is erected on the
grounds with seating capacity of
about 2 000. The services are
conducted by the Rev. Willard
Wilcox of Ashland, Ky. He is
reported to be a very good speak
er. Mrs. Clint Evans and Mrs.
Glen Evans are spending this
week there and will be joined by
their sister-in-law, Mrs. Hobart
Gilreath.
-rne U. 3. Savings and Luan i hey writ nave to pay more if
League has dearly indicated that
it is also at odds with the fol-
lowing statement made by Presi
dent Kennedy in his message to
the nation last week:
I am certain that every Ameri
can wants to pay his fair share
(of taxes) and not leave the bur
den of defending freedom entire
ly on those who bear arms. For
we have mortgaged our very fu-
ture on this defense — and we
cannot fail to meet the pay-
ments.
eral income taxes or an annual in Cleveland to determine whe- California
average of 39.0 per cent of net ther there was enough interest
income. This contrasts with less and support in the community to ceci Shoemaker and children
than $40,000,000 of income taxes launch such a tremendous pro- Sharon, Paula, and Kenny are
paid by Federal Home Loan ject. Forty-five persons attend- vacationing in California, They
Bank Board member savings and ed the first meeting and express will tour several of the western
loan associations during this per ed the desire to begin action for states on their way out. They
iod or an annual average of 1.4 the organization of the project, will visit points of interest in
per cent of net income. In 1959. As a result of this first meet- Colorado and Nevada and re-
the latest year for which figures ing. a survey was conducted by turning they will visit Arizona,
are available, they paid less Kenneth Wallace, administrator New Mexico, and Texas.
than 1 per cent of net income in of st John’s hospital in Tulsa, Olive News
taxes, while commercial banks to determine the need of a hos- by Susan Ogle
paid almost 32 per cent, pital in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Warner
2. In 1959 insured commer- The surveyor recommended and Emily attended the Farm-
cial banks paid $832,797,000 in that plans to construct a modern ers Bureau meeting in Okla-
federal income taxes while in general 25-bed hospital be homa City on Monday amd Tues-
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