Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 68, No. 96, Ed. 3 Friday, May 31, 1957 Page: 3 of 13
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Two Policemen Quit
PARIS, Texas, May 30 — Two
members of the Paris police de-
partment have resigned and a
be relayed only by sounding the
town’s fire siren and announcing
witnessed the tornado have since
died. There remain more than 40
business firms and nearly 600 res-
idents whose appreciation of what
Paris Tribute Paid
PARIS, May 30—Americans in
France, joined by hundreds of
their French friends, went Thurs-
day to 11 military cemeteries in
With the exception of one, all the storm. Leedey was never en-
of the six persons killled weretirely without water. Although the
City and another from Clinton
were on hand before midnight to
patrol the devastated area and
ade, these trees for the most part
have been replaced and the land-
warned of the tornado’s approach
and had time to seek refuge.
THE SCENE on Main street just
before the twisting fury struck was
one of bedlam. Automobiles
dashed here and there in wild
abandon; a barber left a customer
in the chair and ran out the door
of his shop with the customer fol-
lowing, the doth around his neck
standing straight out as he ran to
look for shelter. Merchants locked
their doors and in a remarkably
short time the street was deserted.
(Times Stillwater Bureau)
STILLWATER—Dr. Oliver Will-
ham. Oklahoma State university
president, said Thursday as much
of the school’s budget increase as
possible will be used to boost fac-
ulty salaries to the $6,000 average
Coordinates, street floor ...
Uptown and new It DING
on their senior trip.
Jerry Martin, Jeannie Patterson
and Inez VanAusdall were caught
With amazing rapidity, they re-
placed broken poles, restrung wire
and had the task well in hand
before nightfall Sunday. Practi-
i ally all business houses left stand-
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recommended by the board of (
higher education.
“It is our intention to use as |
much of this as we can for rais- 1
civil service examination has been
set for June 6 to establish a new
eligibility list. Patrolman Eddie
Gough’s resignation is effective
immediately and Patrolman Pete
Wilkerson leaves June 1.
mon in getting messages on their
way to relatives and other inter-
ested parties.
DURING THE period following
Wing-collared blouse with
tucks, 30-38
forward to meet the emergency.
Dr. W. E. Seba. the town’s only
physician, labored throughout the
night in caring for the injured and
directing the care of those who
needed hospital facilities.
Local citizens directed traffic
the others extensively repaired. It
is a face-lifting job that has last-
ed ih a telling manner throughout
the intervening years.
A period of 10 years is not long
enough to erase the memory of an
event such as occurred that Sat-
urday evening of May 31, 1947. It
was a calm day, with a few drops
of rain falling, but few, if any,
thought of impending disaster.
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$5,000.
Before donations stopped com-
ing in, more than $35,000 had been
received. Since the Red Cross was
competently caring for individual
family needs, all of this money,
went toward the restoring of utili-
ties and meeting other civic needs.
THE RED CROSS, through its
rehabilitation service, spent more
than $300,000 in rebuilding homes
and replacing business establish-
ments, so that within a year Lee-
dey was a bright, new city with
hopeful residents looking toward a
resplendent future.
When the more than 40 new
homes had been built on Leedey’s
north side, there still was one
noticeable need: The area was al-
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(Times Northwest Bureau)
LEEDEY—The town of Leedey,
whose northern half was torn away
by the May 31 tornado of 10 years
ago, makes no claim to lifting it-
self by its own bootstraps. Y'et it
has made a remarkable comeback
since that dreary evening when so
many predicted the catastrophe
would be the end of their little
hometown.
This is the east side of main street’s north block. The five buildings left
standing contained Leedey’s newspaper (farthest to left), a dry goods store, thea-
tre, variety store and drug store. The partially wrecked building at the right
held a bakery, whose owner was killed in the tornado.
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, offer food and refreshmert for
into the cellar before the wind,
storm took away the dwelling.
When the storm had passed, the
entire north half of town was as
barren as if a giant steam roller
had passed over it, leveling every-
thing in its path. Dozens of homes
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is beautiful with foliage.
Thus, Leedey looks to the future
The years have taken their toll [
and a half-dozen or more of the I
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with rhinestones or rainbow-
like Aurora Borealis stones.
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the many comparatively new' from town and, when it looked as | ing had power by Monday noon,
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nado only a little more than a
month before with a toll of nearly
100 lives. With 30 minutes' warn-
ing it would seem that everyone
would seek underground shelter.
But it was not so. For while there
had been a tornado in the north-
west rural area some 35 years be-
fore, in which one woman lost her
life, too many Leedey folk had be-
come possessed of the idea that a
devastating twister just wasn't
possible here.
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CHICAGO (CDN>—America's na-
tional security is at stake in Asia,
gays Gen. Carlos P. Romulo.
If all of Asia falls under the
communist orbit, it will mean the
end of democracy, the special
Philippine envoy to the United
States said here
“To conquer the world. Soviet
Russia must first conquer Asia,"
Gen. Romulo said. "That is the
basic teaching of communism.
"And if communism conquers all
of Asia, the very survival of ev-
ery American’s life is at stake."
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communism and the free world a
"life or death global struggle
which makes all previous wars
dwindle into insignificance."
He accused Russia of fighting
wars by proxy in Korea and
China.
He said America needs to culti-
vate more friends in Asia.
“No one single nation, no mat-
ter how rich or powerful can win
a war without friends," he said.
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. ALTUS—Joe Thurlow, director of
bands in the Altus school system
the past two years, has resigned
after purchasing a music store in
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SULPHUR—A second meeting in
the program to organize for the
construction of a 9-hole grass
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Neighboring cities set up what
And among the 16 business houses | their direction, returned to their j was known as the Leedey Relief
destroyed or damaged, 10 were re-, home and barely had time to get | Fund Corp, within a few days
alter the tornado, and contribu-
tions began pouring in from all
over Oklahoma and 'other states.
Woodward, which had so tellingly
felt the effects of their tornado
only a few weeks before, contribu-
ted more than $14,000 and Elk
City and Clinton gave mode than
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GRANITE—"Don't go near the Galveston bay, and had to be res-
i water" was a good admonition for cued by life guards.
the seniors of Lake Creek to fol- [ Other seniors on the trip were . _
low, when they visited Galveston Charles Gelnar, Louise Simmons [ this country and to the Arc de Tayored tab e. ..
and Richard Clemmer. Also their Triomphe in Paris for a ’ emorial WOllS targes Selling Aspirin For -hildres
class parents, Mr. and Mrs. Er-[ day tribute t o the sacrifices of j----------------------——
were razed with no chance for re-
construction. Small items of per-
sonal property such as pictures,
letters and valuable papers were
For several
Former residents returning to One family jumped into their au-
visit Leedey are quick to observe tomobile, drove two miles south
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IN LITTLE MORE than an hour,
ambulances and medical attend-
twister was reported some 15 [ants arrived from Elk City to-
miles southwest’of town The fun- gether with private citizens’who
nel was first sighted from the lo- [ volunteered aid in forming search-
cal telephone exchange and, since ing parties to explore the stricken
storm sirens were barely known! area The Red Cross and the sal-
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tion of the business
’The band director's resignation ANKARA, May 30 (A-Two oppo-
was the sixth in the local system sition newsmen were sentenced to
effective /at the end of the cur- jail Thursday night and a pub-
rent fiscal year, ending June 30. lisher was fined far material
All pthet vacancies have been ft
Yet it was more than a half-! prevent pilfering.
hour before the swirling, angry [days they blocked entrances to
cloud reached the town limits, and Leedey, allowing only those to en-most completely shorn of its trees [ j
ample time was afforded for all ter who had relatives or pressing and shrubbery. Now, after a dec- -
to seek protection in storm cellars. [ business that required immediate
The miracle was not that there ■ attention
called for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the
chamber of commerce conference
room.
Since the first meeting of the
group here two weeks ago. Floyd
Farley, Oklahoma City golf archi-
which they are given an oppor-
tunity to help others.
In all of these, Leedey has con-
sistently done more than her share,
even raising double her Red Cross 3
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tower fell with the storm's arrival,
water coming directly from the
town wells was available at all
times in parts of the town A new
tower was erected in the city park
where the original tower stood, but
this was months later.
Crews from the Public Service
Co. at Elk City and the L. E.
Myers Co. at Clinton restored elec-
trical service to mpst of the town
within 24 hours after the tragedy.
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Because it shapes you with a wonderful
new side control (inset foam crescents)
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Nylon lace. Black, white, blue, peach bloom
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are "so closely woven together" in
the budget picture that they cannot
be separated.
Dr. Willham said university offi-
cials will have to study further to
see how far the $850,000 increase
will go toward raising salaries.
and set up an information desk, was done for them reflects itself
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Clinton.
The resignation was revealed at
the last general faculty meeting of
the 1956-57 school year. Supt Clif-
ford Peterson said efforts will be
made to secure Thurlow’s succes-
sor shortly tect, was invited by the commit-
Thurlow came to Altus from tee to come, to Sulphur and check
the municipal airport and sulphur
Hills Land Co. properties as ten-
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up of the highschool band and the' tati e sites for .the course,
separate junior high band. He also' Farley told the committee the
had combined the elementary Sulphur Hill property would be an
school bands into an all-grade or- ideal layout for. one of the sporti-
ganization through weekly practice est nd most saenic, golf courses
Sessions ! in the southwest and that an ex-
Thurlow said owners of the Clin- cellent course could be construct-
ion music firm were retiring after ed at the airport.
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said, "but we must keep a bal- |
ance between salaries, facilities j
and research.”
OSU received about $850,000
more than m the previous budget
period, with 4 total of $7,765,577
for the university, extension serv-
ice, experiment station, veterinary
medicine school and the Okmulgee
technical training school.
Dr. Willham said salaries, facil-
ities and opportunities for research
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 68, No. 96, Ed. 3 Friday, May 31, 1957, newspaper, May 31, 1957; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1996265/m1/3/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.