The Mannford Eagle (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 10, 1983 Page: 1 of 20
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NOvEMbER 10, 1983
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CROUNdbREAkiNGDUE FOR
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to the Society from the time of
its first organizational meeting t
in Dec. 1975, ranging from be- 2 I
ing a board member to heading
the kitchen crew for six of the
tions of their classes and fewer
disciplinary problems are oc-
curring The matter was tabled
contingent upon review by the
board and placed on the agenda
at a later date and some deci-
sion made at that time.
Dick Wollard, as spokesman
for the Town Board and also
member of the Planning Com-
mission, approached the board
regarding the possibility of
entering into a joint project for
the school and the town to
build a sidewalk along the west
side of the high school proper-
ty.
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•A Homeowned Gewspaver with i Priority of Serving Mannford and dedicated to Workins for Prog ress•
group’s seven annual Arts and
Crafts shows. Also noted was
her holding of numerous
garage sales to benefit the
Society and being a support
and encouragement to her hus-
band, Eddie, in his duties as
Society president.
Among the decisions made
during the business part of the
meeting was to hold a second
open house in the museum
building during Oklahoma
Heritage Week. It is set for
Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 to 4
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Persons wishing to nominate
their candidates for the Fifth
Annual Bill Phelps Citizen of
the Year Award are reminded
that Wednesday, November 16
is the last date to do so,
Chamber of Commerce Presi-
dent Dick Austin said this
week.
The nominee may be a man or
woman who has made outstan-
ding contributions to the com-
munity. Also to be selected by
a special committee is a winner
of the Outstanding Newcomer
Award given by the Mannford
Area Chamber of Commerce.
Winners of both awards will be
announced at the annual ban-
quet and installation to be held
at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 12
at the Mannford Community
Center. Keynote speaker will
be Fay O’Dell, whose populari-
ty as speaker has taken him to
46 states. O’Dell is athletic
director at Perry High School
and well-known in the lake
area.
The Mannford Board of
Education, during their regular
meeting Monday evening,
passed a resolution calling for a
January 24, 1984 election.
Voting will decide upon a
bgard member for seat number
4, currently held by Dick
Wollard who won the 1982 elec-
tion having filled out a term for
the resigning Frank Behrens.
Also to be appear on the ballot
will be a 10 mill Local Support
Levy; 5 mill Emergency Levy
and 5 mill Building Fund Levy.
The resolution was passed
following the approval of the
Preliminary Estimate of Needs
A photo of an architect’s drawing shows the com- Don I. Nelson and Warbonnet Exploration, is
pleted structure of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic now under phase 1 of construction by W.C. Con-
Church of Mannford. The church, located on a struction owned by Tom Webb and Gary Cupps,
3-acre tract of land just south of the law offices of Sr.
with concerned, involved
parents do a much better job in
school. It is absolutely
necessary that parents re-
inforce the learning that takes
place in the classroom. It also
deals with such topics as
parent, teacher, school and stu-
dent relationships, self-
reliance, self-esteem and self-
discipline, as well as health and
safety. Other topics offer tips
on how parents can help in
math, arts, science, reading,
writing and social studies.
Come by and visit your child’s
school. Show your child you are
concerned and want to meet
his/her teacher. Interaction
between parents, students, and
teachers can mean a lot. Show
your child that not only the
Mannford Education Associa-
tion wants this to be, “Your
Child’s Best Year in School,”
but you, the parents, want this
also.
shotgun to be given away at
the Christmas dinner meeting,
scheduled for Dec. 9.
A board meeting will be held
at the Thulins at 7 p.m., Tues-
day, Nov. 15.
During the program, in which
facts on area history were
given by those present, the
following persons and places
were among those mentioned:
The home of the Vernon
Viners was previously owned
by the Gene Boxes.
Acting as witnesses on the
homestead application of John
Ross's grandfather, Edward
Lawmaster, were Basin
neighbors R.L. Wiggs, J.M.
Daniel, W.J. Baker and Chas.
E. Beyl.
The writer Washington Irving
(See Society, Page 2]
Editor's Note: Zola Sample,
well-known in the Mannford
area as a former teacher and
residef of the Basin, rias
received word from Evans
Publications of Perkins that
the firm is interested in putting
back into print her previously
published books, “The House
with the Jillion Memories” and
"Cherokee Strip Fever.” The
Eagle staff joins her other
friends in the Mannford area in
wishing her well, and in her
own inimitable way, Zola’s
following column for this week
wishes to thank readers:
"Eagle Reader Friends:
I wish to say THANKS to my
readers and friends in the Man-
nford area, also surrounding
places, who have put up with
my Thinking It Over column
these past years, especially the
editor, and publishing staff
during my long hand writing
periods, trip to Alaska and re-
cent accident and blindness.
You have stuck with me
through thick and thin, boring
article topics and some so
down to earth.
“If it were not for my writing I
would be ready to crawl the
wall at times. I have always
just loved to read, drive my car
and I will include hunting,
walking in the woods and over
mountain trails due to being
born on Eagle Mountain,
Basin. I miss it so. I am so glad
I traded that 30-0-6 for this
battered old typewriter back in
'52. And best of all I taught
myself to type without looking.
Even though I cannot read
what I write after I write it
(which might be good] I can
somehow get the job halfway
done. With folk helping, ha.ha.
...Now what I want to say
is..THANK YOU ALL for you
have helped to kinda keep me
in the limelight. Therefore I
want to share a letter from the
Publishing Company at
Perkins, Oklahoma with you.
Read the following. Keep your
fingers crossed for me. These
books may someday place this
area in the limelight. Okmulgee
librarian had "The House with
a Jillion Memories” reprinted
and bound to have a hundred
years or so she told me...Thank
you all again. I love you.”
From Evans Publishing:
“Dear Mrs. Sample:
I enjoyed visiting with you on
the phone Sunday afternoon.
At that time you said your
eyesight was failing and you
p.m. Anyone who has any type
of material or artifact relating
to area history to donate to the
museum for display is urged to
call Gene Box (865-3348] or br-
ing it by during the open
house.
In other action, Mrs. Austin
and Mrs. Box were named as
candidates for recognition by
the Oklahoma Heritage
Association, with Terri Reed to
handle sending this informa-
tion to the Association.
Action was deferred on voting
as to whether or not the Arts
and Crafts show shall remain
as a 3-day event or switch to a
2-day one.
Items now available from the
Society are bottle banks com-
memorating the 75th diamond
jubilee of Oklahoma and $1
donation tickets for a 12-gauge
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Official groundbreaking
ceremonies are pending for Our
Lady of the Lake Catholic
Church of Mannford now under
construction on a 3-acre tract
of land just east of Mannford
State Bank and adjoining pro-
perty housing Don I. Nelson
law offices and Warbonnet Ex-
ploration.
Father Vincent McGouldrick
who ministers to the local con-
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Knoblock Street in Stillwater.
This past week, I also checkced
out of the Stillwater library,
your book "Cherokee Strip
Fever,” which I am enjoying
reading now.
(See Zola, Page 2]
American Education Week is
being observed in Mannford
Public Schools the week of
November 14-18. Each school
will have open house and
parents are urged to come and
visit and classrooms.
Teachers have been busy put-
ting up material the children
have made. The theme this
year is "We Want This To Be
Your Child’s Best Year in
School.” Brochures have been
prepared and will be handed
out at each of the three schools
explaining the theme.
Open House at the high school
is Tuesday, November 15.
Elementary Open House is
Thursday, November 17, and
Middle School Open House
was November 8.
“Helping Children Get the
Best Education Possible” is
the goal of all concerned
parents and teachers. The
brochure explains that children
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educational buildings.
The Parish hall, under con-
struction by W.C. Construc-
tion, owned by Tom Webb and
Gary Cupps, Sr., will include a
large foyer, walkway and
breezeway. The building will be
a combination brick and stone
structure.
Completion of the Parish hall
portion of Our Lady of the
Lake Catholic Church is ex-
pected by April 1984. The
church will serve 50 families
currently on the church
register.
Planning has been underway
by the local congregation for
the past seven years, and funds
have mainly come in the form
of private donations, sup-
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State Rep. Jim Formby presente Kelly Thulin with a citation
awarded her by the state legislature as a worthy person.
plemented by fund-raising ac-
tivities. Members of the church
have raised $150,000 with an
added $50,000 being loaned by
the Diocese.
Building Chairman Glenn
Johnston has been assisted by
committee members Joe Hupp
and Jim Proszek.
Now meeting at the First
United Methodist Church, Our
Lady of the Lake Catholic
Church members have found a
"second home” made possible
by Methodist Church
members. “The congregation
of the Methodist Church over
the seven years has been very
gracious, and we appreciate
them,” Father McGouldrick
said.
could no longer drive. I am
sorry to hear that, and I hope
you are able to read my letter.
I bought a copy of your book
"The House with a Jillion
Memories” at the Caravan
Bood Store Annex on
Three were honored during the
Monday evening meeting of
the Keystone Crossroads
Historical Society at the
museum building. Sandy
Austin and Norma Ross receiv-
ed plaques reading, “in ap-
preciation for giving the Mann-
ford Flying Jenny wings to
soar on.” The wording referred
to their work as author-
compilers of the history-related
book on area history now sold
out.
In this connection, Mrs.
Austin presented Society presi-
dent Eddie Thulin with a
$1,500 check, representing net
profit on book sales. The
money had been kept in a
separate account until a lump
sum presentation could be
made.
Also recognized by the state
legislature as a worthy person
by the awarding of a citation
was Kelly Thulin. On hand to
present it was State Rep. Jim
Formby, accompanied to the
meeting by his wife, Ijean.
Mrs. Thulin’s citation men-
tioned her continuous service
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gregation as well as those
members of St. Patrick s
Catholic Church of Sand Spr-
ings. said Tuesday morning the
the first phase, a $200,000 pro-
ject, calls for the construction
of a Parish hall. Subsequent
phases will include construc-
tion also of the church and
Year should include a brief ex-
planation as to why the
nominee should be named reci-
pient of the award. A nomina-
tion blank may be found on
page of of this edition.
The late civic leader Bill
Phelps received the first
Citizen of the Year Award in
1979 and the award is named in
his memory. Subsequent win-
ners have included:
1980 - W.P. “Butch” Adkins.
1981 - Fay O. Stout.
1982 - Margaret Goatcher.
1983 - ?? Winner pending
Named for the first annual
Outstanding Newcomer Award
was Larry Downum, and last
year’s winner was Edd Viner.
Nominations may be mailed to
the Mannford Eagle
Newspaper, P.O. Drawer 430,
Mannford, OK. 74044, or
brought by the office next door
to In-N-Out on Highway 51; or
mailed to the Mannford Area
Chamber of Commerce, P.O.
Box 33, Mannford, OK. 74044.
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Discussed also by board
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election for additional
classrooms and possibly Phase
1 of a new gymnasium. Further
discussion will follow when
more information is received
from the bonding company.
In other business, Mrs. Peg
Hamilton and Mrs. Phebe
Floyd appeared before the
board to ask that the rules con-
cerning tardies and the punish-
ment be reviewed. Several
teachers expressed their ap-
proval of the rules now in ef-
fect, stating the fewer disrup-
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Sissom, Shirley. The Mannford Eagle (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 10, 1983, newspaper, November 10, 1983; Mannford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1948976/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Keystone Crossroads Historical Society.