New Mannford News (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1968 Page: 3 of 6
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Traffic Law Series
festival is
Not to Early
overtaken police work.
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Mannford News July 18, 25
and August 1, 1968-3t.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
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106 E. Coonrod Ave.
Mannford, Oklahoma
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HIGHWAY 97 - 41st. STREET
BETWEEN SAND SPRINGS &
SAPULPA - - CI 5-2031
1964 Chevrolet Belair — $1095.00
4-Dr. Sedan, V-8, Powerglide, Air, Extra Clean
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1965 Chevrolet Belair — $1395.00
4-Dr., 6 Cyl., Standard Trans., Approx. 45,000 Miles
If you need a
New Pickup
We would like to tell you
more about this dependable,
low cost protection.
Complete Insurance Service
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some similar, approved com
prehensive course.
Be a Good Citizen
Register and Vote
Oklahoma Education Astclatih
Better Schoofs is Our Business
1965 Chevrolet Fleetside — $1395.00
V-8, Low Mileage, 3 Speed
1965 Falcon — $895.00
4-Dr., 6 Cyl.
GILLHAM DAM RESIDENT
ENGINEER NAMED
30%
1962 Chevrolet — $895.00
Di iiariiop. Factory Air, Power Steering, Runs Good
BOATERS!
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lure in a private lake near
here.
The catch, just short of the
state record, was so exciting
that Vest left the lake im-
mediately and took it to be
weighed and photographed.
The lunker's size was verifi-
ed by Department of Wildlife
Conservation Educator James
Bond of Broken Arrow.
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Store Hours: Mon., Tue. & Wed. - 10-6; Thur., Fri. & Sat - 10-8
FABRIC SALE
SAVE
Martin, a native of West-
20"1 25 %
Jones etal to rezone LOT 21,
BLOCK 1, SALT CREEK
POINT ADDITION to the
TOWN OF MANNFORD,
CREEK COUNTY, OKLA-
HOMA, from R-1 to R-2
(multiple family dwelling)
classification.
This hearing will be held on
the 3rd day of August, 1968,
at 10:00 A.M. at the City
Hall in Mannford, Oklahoma.
i you can’t buy for any less
A than you can from your
J authorized Chevrolet deal-.
Private driver training
schools which turn out hund-
reds of new Oklahoma motor-
ists every year must now
meet certain Department of
Public Safety standards in
mmanarree
Mannford’s Authorized Chevrolet Dealer
the new chairman. Norman
Swezey, Mannford, was elect-
ed as state committeeman
when Mr. Kadel of Drum-
right moved from the state.
Also attending from Mann-
ford was Tim Armstrong,
precinct treasurer.
PARTY SCHEDULED
A watermelon party for
members of the local TOPS
club has been scheduled Mon-
day night beginning at 7 p.m.
at the New Mannford Ramp
Park. All members have been
invited to attend.
ern Grove, Ark., attended the
College of the Ozarks in Clar-1
ksville, Ark., and Arkansas |
Polytechnical College at Rus-
sellville. Immediately after
leaving College, he joined the
Corps of Engineers which
was over 30 years ago. He
began working as a field eng-
ineer with the Little Rock
District.
In 1939, Martin was sent
to Tulsa as one of the origin-
al members of the Tulsa Dis-
trict. He has. worked at Key-
stone Dam for the past seven
years.
The appointment of A.B.
Elias, former resident eng-
ineer for construction at Key-
stone Dam, as resident eng-
ineer for Gillham, Dierks,
and DeQueen dams was an-
nounced July 29 by Col. Ver-
non W. Pinkey, Tulsa Dist-
rict Engineer. Lawrence A.
Martin was selected to re-
place Elias.
Construction is under way
on each of these projects,
located in the southwest corn-
er of Arkansas. Gillham, on
the Cossatot River, Dierks,
on the Saline River, and De-
Queen, on the Rolling Fork
River, will be a part of a sev-
.5.-02- --Ik motorists are
driving? Next—a look at the
new vehicle inspection law.
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New Mannford News, Mannford, Oklahoma, Thursday, August 1, 1968.
steps toward accident pre-
vention.
A uniform traffic ticket
also was ordered for all state
police agencies.
Finally, the legislature
agreed on participation in a
national “model traffic ord-
has been with the
among the state’s law enfor-
cement agencies, particularly
in the matter of making
reports.
From reports frequently
come the clues to the cause
of the very accidents they
describe, and from those
clues come safer streets and
highways for all Oklahomans.
Beginning with the off-
icers, the legislature ruled
that after July 1, no person
may become a police officer
in Oklahoma until he has
completed the basic, 120-hour
course at the Southwest
Center for Law Enforcement
Education in Norman,
Corps of Engineers since
1939. He has been a constr-
uction engineer in the Tulsa
District since that time. He
. received his mechanical eng-
। ineering degree from the Un-
COMMITTEE ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
The Creek County Repub-
lican committee met July 23
at the court house in Sapul-
pa to elect new officers due
to the resignation of the
chairman, Craig Tweedy,
who has filed for State Re-
presentative.
Mrs. Katherine Foshee,
vice-chairman was elected as
these laws by the last legis- WATERMErAN
lature, Oklahoma’s law enfor- ERMELON
Martin and his wife, Maud,
live at 417 N. Vine, Cleve-
land, Okla. They have one
daughter, Mrs. Doris Raney,
Stillwater, and a son, Law-
rence, 19.
The once-rare sound of a
Model T chugging down a
dusty road has been replaced
by the roar of a seemingly-
endless flow of traffic throu-
ghout the land.
In recent years, the feder-
al government has sought
some kind of standardization
among the states in the hand-
ling of traffic.
Oklahoma’s legislature also
has realized the need for
some kind of guidelines
Notice is hereby given that1 iversity of Arizona in 1930,
the MANNFORD PLANN-1 andilater did graduate study
ING COMMISSION and the' at.the University of Denver.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES of
MANNFORD, will
cement officers will be better Arc,
trained and better advised /AUGUST 10
A continuous program is
planned throughout the day
with judging in several cate-
egories of watermelons begin-
ning at 10:30 a.m. Several
band groups perform during
the day and evening.
One of the prizes in the
watermelon competition is
for the largest. Last year’s
winner weighed 83% pounds.
Rush Springs, recognized
as the watermelon capital,
will harvest over 2,000 acres
J of the fruit around the first1
week of August. Rush i
Springs watermelons leave
Cxlahoma by truck for all
points of the country.
The watermelon festival
began in 1940 and has been
CHANGING LINE
PAYS OFF
Putting a new 15-pound
test line on his reel every
two months finally paid off
for Sidney Vest of Claremore.
Vest landed an 11-pound
black bass about 6 a.m. one
inance ” a set of guidelines! But what about all of those
for cities to use in reviewing । cars that the motorists
and revising their traffic ---2-
laws.
r en-reservoir system in the
- Little River Basin. Operat-
ion of this system will pro-
vide a high degree of pro-
tection to 139,000 acres of
Part II - Raising Standards equipment, location, insur-
Gone are the days when1 ance, instructors, and the
any fearless young man could schools themselves.
pin on a badge, strap on a gun . A standard accident report
and oecome--overnight-a form to be used by all police
law enforcement officer , ‘epartments in Oklahoma
A . , | will create, officials believe
gAs in every other field, one of the outstanding acc-
rom, aviation * to zoology,1 ident record systems in the
technology and training have nation. From a study of
----- these records will come new
than were their predecessors.) Some 16 tons of free water-
melon will be served to more
than 10,000 persons August
10 at the annual Rush
bprings Watermelon Festival.
Among special personalit-
ies present will be Debi Faub-
ion of Norman, America's
Junior Miss, who will crown
the queen at 9:30 p.m. on
Saturday the 10th, following
the free watermelon which
begins at 7:30 p.m.
Through enactment of
continuous since 1948.
The celebration actually
gets underway August 7
when the Jaycee sponsored ’
rodeo swings into aition for a
three dav run
, phine, will make their home
public hearing „„ the appii4 inDeQueen, Ark., in the near
cation of Jones, Wistrom, |
Jenkins, Breitch, Jones and
All persons interested
appear and be heard.
Dated this 16th day
July, 1968.
s/ H.Z. Goatcher
Town Clerk
ON REGULAR 79c TO $2.29 FABRICS
F R EE
Sewing-Machine
NATIONAL ADVERTIZED BRAND
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
• JUST REGISTER
USE OUR CONVENIENT LAYAWAY
FOR BACK TO SCHOOL NEEDS
day last week while spin
fishing with a hellbender
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Buck, Lola. New Mannford News (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1968, newspaper, August 1, 1968; Mannford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1948774/m1/3/?q=music: accessed June 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Keystone Crossroads Historical Society.