The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 72, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1973 Page: 1 of 8
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HERE fN’ THERE
Jagged steel punctures lungand Hinges tear, doors springopen.
STORM AND FIRE ALARMS SIGNALS
Weather Forecast for Room 26
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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1973
Agent Elected
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Shall We Sell Our Water
Or Give It Away?
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WHS Grad
help will be appreciated. They now reside 1 mile southwest lahoma history.
Honored
church, and the middle of the road.”
WINNERS OF WILLCOX DRAWING ANNOUNCED
Willcox Home Furnishings announced the winners of the April them with well-earned certi-
Citizens of Wynnewood:
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DAVID GAITHER
Association
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TROY LEE TURNER
DON TURNER
DIXIE SMITH, JR.
THE
WYNNEWOOD
GAZETTE
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How Fast Can You Die In A Speeding Car?
In 7-10ths Of A Second!
word-picture of what happens
when an auto strikes an im-
movable object, asks and ans-
wers that grim question. One
The entire, writhing body of
the car is forced out of shape.
lahoma and its people,” said
Secretary of State John Rogers,
“lam therefore proud to honor
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IRS PHONE CHANGES
Clyde Bickerstaff, District Director of the Oklahoma City
IRS District, said today that effective May 1 the new Taxpayer
Service phone number will be 231-5121 as listed in the May
1973 telephone directory.
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NOTICE
The Bebout Family, who lived northwest of Wynnewood at
29 Highway and Meridian Road, lost everything they owned
when a tornado struck their home the night of April 19th. Any
of the river bridge on old highway 29. If you have anything
you would like to give, take the items to the First United Me-
thodist Church in Wynnewood.
Troy is the 4 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Turner
of Wynnewood.
The front bumper and chrome
"frosting” of the grillwork col-
lapse. slivers of steel pene-
trate the tree to a depth of
11/2 inches.
2/10ths of a second;
The hood rises, crumples,
smashes into toe windshield.
Spinning rear wheels leave the
ground. The fenders come into
contact with the tree, forcing
the rear parts out over the
front doors. The driver’s body
continues to move forward at the
vehicle’s original speed (20
28 drawing sponsored by the local furniture and appliance firm.
Winning tickets were drawn by the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Lowther of Wynnewood.
1st prize, RCA Television — Darrell Northcott, Davis.
2nd prize, Large Spanish Dancer plaque — Mrs. C.C. Scruggs,
W nnewood,
4th prize, Amber Hanging Lamp -- Sharon Garrett, Wynnewood,
A petition concerning the faulty air conditioner in Room
26 at the Wynnewood High School was presented to Hoyle
Sharber, Principal of WHS by the classes which use that
room. The reply was in the form of the following letter:
PEOPLE ARF FUNNY!
The following item was taken from the April 28 issue of "The
Cotton Gin and Oil Mill Press”, and givento us by Arch Rollow.
IRIS TOUR
The Wynnewood Garden Club is having its annual Iris tour
on May 4th. The group will leave the Methodist Church at
9:00 a.m.
The yards open for guests are: Elizabeth Settle, S.E.ofCity,
Mrs. Ruel Alexander, S.W. of City, Mrs. W.H. Riley, 307 S.
Powell, Mrs. C.F. Coonrod, 101 S. Taylor, Mrs. louis Whitaker,
310 N. Averytt, Audrey Ellis, 402 N. Carr, Mrs. L.N. Massey,
123 N. Chestnut, Pauls Valley, Mrs. Charles Price, 802 N.
Walnut, Pauls Valley, and Mrs. J.L. Smith, 201 Terrace Drive,
Pauls Valley.
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Sincerely,
Your Sympathetic Principal
— The Coalgate Record-Register
— By George B. Hill
phone Company Honor Dinner, m
Thursday night, April 26. This
banquet has become an annual
fete for Oklahoma’s outstanding
Future Farmers who receive
the State Farmer Degree.
Another highlight of the con-
vention, held on the Oklahoma
State University Campus, was
the appearance of Jerry Gold-
sby, National FFA Secretary,
from Guthrie, Oklahoma,
David Gaither, Chapter Pres-
ident, and Steve Martin, incom- A
Local FFA President
Awarded Farmer Degree
agriculture. The degree is aw-
arded to candidates only after
exacting requirements are met
by the young farmers. Each
boy must have earned or pro-
ductively invested a sizable
sum of money in his farming
program, maintained a high sc-
holastic standing, and must in
general be a top-notch farmer.
AU of the 1973 State Farmers
were guests at the 19th Ann-
ual Southwestern Bell Tele-
DEL TURNER
Del is the 5 year old son
of Mr, and Mrs. Don Turner
of Wynnewood.
United Press International,
in a sobering and terrifying
Don is the 6 year old son
of Mr, and Mrs, Don Turner
of Wynnewood,
"People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the back of the urdy pioneer traditions of Ok-
The tornado alert signal is given by the city siren with one
long continuous signal. Calling the police for information about
a fire or a storm hinders instead of helps — the calls tie up
phone lines needed by the police and fire departments.
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The letter was received with many different reactions,
one of them being, "He’s really not such a mean old
man after all.”
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BASEBALL MEETING PLANNED
There will be a meeting for all boys (ages 13-14,15-16) inter-
ested in playing baseball Thursday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the
High School cafeteria. The meeting will be concerned with.
getting the names of all boys interested, explaining eligibility '
rules and discussing the upcoming season. AU parents are
invited to come along with their sons.
The fire alarm, calling for the volunteer Fire Department
men, is usuuily vacillating blasts...usually three if early res-
ponse is satisfactory.
Dear Petitioners:
I hereby recognize your petition and at the same time
would like to call to your attention the fact that your
parents, teachers, principal, superintendent, and all other
individuals of high moral character, sturdy constitutions,
initiative, perserverance, etc. owe this to the fact that
we not only did not have air conditioning in the classroom,
but also walked two miles to school each day, (four miles
when it rained or snowed) had summer school, carried
cold biscuits for lunch, stood with our noses in a circle
on the blackboard when we presented petitions to the
principal, and on top of that had to wear flat-top hair-
cuts and go barefoot because we had no shoes. It seems
that today's young people have become so soft from the
easy life that our Oklahoma Legislature has just passed
and our honorable governor has just signed into law
a bill requiring all students through the 9th grade to take
a P.E. class. When the above mentioned people were in
school such a bill was not necessary because we got
plenty of exercise in hoeing corn, chopping cotton, slop-
ping hogs, feeding chickens, milking cows, and other
chores in general, besides doing homework by kerosene
light.
However, since you have become accustomed to the
easy life we have contacted the air conditioning men to
come to your rescue. With any luck at all you should
be receiving cooling breezes in a short time. Meanwhile,
Hang Tough!
lay team in 1:43.2, the sprint
medley in 1:50.2, and mile relay
in 3:58.
Total ribbons were 36 first
place (blue) ribbons, 22 second
place (red) ribbons, and 67
third place (white) ribbons. The
coaches of these young men,
Ken Layn, Randy Rice, and
Jerry Grove, were very pleased
with the efforts of the teams
and wish to commend them.
intercostal arteries,
spurts into his lungs.
6/10ths of a second;
The Wynnewood Volunteer Department again reminds the peo- year, 38,200 persons perished
pie about the siren signals used for fire alarms and storm alerts, in traffic accidents in this
" - country alone. That’s an
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Blood in one last convulsion, the seat
rams forward, pinning the
driver against the cruel steel
JOHN ANDERSON
A well-known area insurance
agent has been elected pres-
ident of the Southern Oklahoma
Association of Life Under-
writers with central offices at
Ardmore.
John M. Anderson, agent for
State Farm Insurance, the
newly elected president of the
Association, will be featured
in the May 7, 1973 issue of
Newsweek in State Farm’s
"millionaire ad”.
Association of Life Under-
writers committees will be se-
lected at their May 10 meeting.
4/10ths of a second:
The car's front 24 inches
have been demolished, but
the rear end is still traveling at
about 35 miles per hour. The
driver’s body is still traveling
55 miles per hour. The half-
ton motor block crunches into
the tree.
5/10ths of a second:
The driver’s fear-frozen
hands bend the steering column
into an almost verticle position.
The force of gravity impales
him on the steering shaft.
Gaining statewide recognition
are: James Thorn, Susan
Martin, Brady Thomas, Brock
Riddle, Roger Sloan, and Brent
Whitaker.
“These outstanding students
are helping preserve the st-
(NOTE FROM THE EDITOR — Communications between
WHS faculty and students are open! We discovered the
following letter in the Wynnewood High School news and
believing you’ll enjoy it as much as we did, we share the
letter of response from the sympathetic principal to the
students in Room 26.)
TO THE PEOPLE OF WYNNEWOOD
The $2.50 sewer tax does not go to retire any bonded indebt-
edness against the city of Wynnewood.
Marshall Glenn
WHS Students
Will Receive
History Awards
Secretary of State John Rogers
announced today that six
students of Wynnewood High
School will receive the Secre-
tary of State’s award for ach-
ievement of the highest degree
of excellence in study of Ok-
ficates of achievement.
"Their excellence as students
of Oklahoma history shows an
understanding of and desire to
follow the basic rules of citi-
zenship, loyalty and patriotism
which has made Oklahoma out-
standing among the states.
Their parents can take special
pride in students who have won
these awards, thus demonstrat-
ing both perseverance and abil-
ity."
Rogers initiated the custom of
giving these annual awards to
students excelling in Oklahoma
history. He decided to do so
because of "the uniqueness”
of Oklahoma.
"No other state can compare
with Oklahoma’s colorful
past," Rogers declared. "Our
strong Indian and pioneer trad-
ition makes the nation’s 46th
state, Oklahoma, the most truly
American of them all.”
ing Chapter President, were
Wynnewood’s official delegates
to the convention,
David Gaither and Butch
Bevers, incoming Vice-Pres-
ident, sang for the Convention
Delegation on Thursday after-
noon.
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Lindsey, Tyra Paterson, Joy
Taylor. Overall winner with
See Olympics P-8
times the normal forceof grav-
ity, his body weighs 3,200
pounds). His legs, ramrod
straight, snap at the knee joints,
3/10ths of a second:
The driver’s body is now off
the seat, torso upright, broken
knees pressing against the dash
board. The plastic and steel
frame of the steering wheel
begins to bend under his ter-
rible death grip. His head is
now near the sun visor, his
chest above the steering col-
umn.
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Tuesday afternoon, April 30,
the fifth, sixth, seventh, and
eighth grade track teams
went to Marietta for a track
meet. All the teams fared
well with the fifth, sixth, and
seventh grade teams all plac-
ing third. The eighth grade team
placed first in the meet, winning
first place in the 440 yard re-
lay, 880 yard relay, the sprint
medley, and the mile relay.
The runners in these events
were Randy Mauldin, Ricky
Washington, Maverick High,
and Charles Thompson.
First place in the pole vault
was won by John Mark Warden.
The eighth grade distance med-
ley, run by Bruce Flowers,
Gary Grove, Anthony Chandler,
and John Mark Warden placed
4th.
The 2 mile relay team, with
Gary Grove, Anthony Gibson,
John Mark Warden, and Anthony
Chandler won third place. All
these victories added together
were enough to place the eighth
grade team as number one.
The 440 yard relay team ran in
the time of 49.5, 880 yard re-
HOME FC STYLE SHOW SET FOR MAY 8
The WHS Home Economics Style Show will be held Tuesday
night, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. The style show will be staged at the
WHS auditorium. The public is cordially invited to at-
tend this annual affair.
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Ann Armstrong 2nd, Tyra Pat-
terson 3rd, Lisa Richards 4th.
RELAYS: Winning team was
Winifred Williams, Rhonda
GUEST EDITORIAL
West Texas is running short of water. When people run
short of water, they have to get it from somewhere.
Almost every proposal for curing that shortage casts
envious eyes at the 30 some-odd million acre feet which
runs off Eastern Oklahoma lands to the Mississippi.
Oklahoma City expects to have a population of a million
people in its metropolitan area in the next 25 years. Almost
every proposal to meet the water needs of those million
people includes use of Southeastern Oklahoma water and
they're going to get the water they need from somewhere,
All of Oklahoma has faced water problems at some time
in the past and will face other water problems at some
time in the future.
These facts make it absolutely necessary that South-
eastern Oklahoma join in plans to use at least a part
of our surplus water to meet those needs and that we
join in the effort to sell our water to Oklahomans who
need that water.
If we protect our own rights to the water, there is less
danger that our surplus water will be taken from us.
The current proposal in the Oklahoma legislature to
create a water commission to work out methods to do
this is a proposal which has evolved from several years
of study by Oklahoma Water Inc., a non-profit corpor-
ation, to accomplish these objectives and provide com-
plete protection to the area of origin at the same time.
Action has already been taken to give Southeastern and
Eastern Oklahoma first choice to all the surplus waters.
Tax rights have been considered in the bill.
All the objections we have had in the past have been met
in the proposed legislation and the objective of the plan
is to make it easier for all areas of Oklahoma to have
water readily available to local water districts, munici-
palities and other locally controlled organizations for
distribution in local areas of Oklahoma, including our
own.
Such a plan would make water available at times when
there are water shortages almost anywhere in Oklahoma.
It will make it possible for us, as part of such a water
authority or commission to sell such surpluses to those
areas which may need them.
The plan would use only a small part of the surplus water
now flowing from the state to feed the fish in the Gulf of
Mexico. It would protect the Oklahoma right to the 60
per cent of the surplus now guaranteed by the interstate
water compacts. It would assure Eastern and Southwestern
Oklahoma of all first rights while meeting water needs
in all parts of the state.
In addition to all of these features, our surpluses would
be distributed through a non-profit organization on a
self-supporting basis and make it possible for many
Southeastern and Eastern Oklahoma cities and towns,
farms and ranches to obtain water when needed at rates
cheaper than they can build their own reservoirs to
supply those needs.
We believe that the current proposal to establish a
water transfer system is the most important piece of
legislation in the history of Oklahoma designed to protect
the water rights of Oklahomans and to assure the greatest
agricultural economy in all of America.
Sate Historical Society
State Capitol Bldg.
Okla. City. Or1a. 73105
average of one such fatal trag-
edy every 14 minutes. There is
UPI’s slow-motion, split-
second reconstruction of what
happens when a car, traveling
55 miles an hour, crashes into
a solid, immovable tree:
1/10 of a second:
A Wynnewood High graduate
carried away his share of
honors at the annual East Cen-
tial State College awards
assembly held Wednesday,
April 25 in the college Science
Hall Auditorium,
Koehler Johnson, WHS grad-
uate claiming Wynnewood as
hometown, received the Student
of the Month award given to
students because of outstanding
conduct, the School Spirit award
presented by the College Book
Store to one boy and one girl
each year, the special Service
award, and the Who’s Who in
American Colleges and Univer-
sities award.
Koehler is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Lee Johnson of
Wynnewood. He is a senior
and will graduate May 12.
The driver’s feet are ripped of the steering shaft. Blood
from his tightly-laced shoes, leaps from his mouth, shock
The brake pedal shears off at has fozen his heart. He is now
the floor board. The chassis dead.
bends in the middle, shearing Time elapsed, seven-tenths
body bolts. The driver’s head of a second.
smashes into the windshield. Terrifying? — But true!
The rear of the car begins its Don’t let it happen to you!
downward fall, spinning wheels Drive careful...otherwise you
digging into the ground, may the next statistic some-
7/10ths of a second: one will be writing about!
.The.wynnewood.Ki wanis Club in RELAYS was Cami Carter Janice Smith 3rd, and Betsy
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whool system with Gerald Cox Second Grade DASH: Myra ran tied for 4th place. HUR.
T - , Flowers and Rhonda Flown DLLS: Miami Flowers 1st,
a Theplympics as usua ’ were tied for first place, Carolyn vonnie Little 2^, Lezlie Jones
a gnat success with the athe- Price, 2nd, Lavonda McNeil 3rd, Janice Smith 4th. Win-
Wes and spectators receiving 3rd, and 4th, ning team on relays was Leslie
much enjoyment throughout the DISTANCE; Myra Flowers and Jones, Vonnie Little, Toma Kei-
evening. , Rhonda Flowers again tied for >y. Andrea Cochran. over-
Winners in the girls divi- first place, Carolyn Price 2nd, all winner on Points was Miami
mnwer: i , Lavonda McNeil 3rd, and Tanza Flowers with 10 points.
F st.Grade Dash: Connie Wright 4th, Relays winning Fourth Grade DASH: Mar
Love st,Chery r 2nd, team was Cherrie Nixon, Vickie Jan Flowers ist, winirred wil-
Fam 4th DISTANCErieCar- Rushing, Nyra Flowers, and liams 2nd, sherri Cottrel 3rd,
dom4 1 , ‘ ‘ " Cami Darla Williamson. Overall Leontyne Hill 4th. DISTANCE:
Carrie st Connie Love.2nd, winner on points was Myra Winifred Williams ist. Mar Jan
Carrie Garrett 3rd Shelly Flowers with 12 1/2 points,. Flowers 2nd, Darsha Carter
Jackson 4 th 3rd,’Cheryl Third Grade DASHI: Rosiland 3rd, Sherr Cottrell 4th,
4th. Winning team Smith 1st, Vonnie Little 2nd, HURDLES: Darsha Carter 1st,
Eighth Grade Track Takes Meet
WYNNE WOOD OKLAHOMA VOLUME 72 NUMBERS
A member of the Wynnewood
Future Farmers of America
Chapter was nominated and re-
ceived the coveted State
Fanner degree at the Annual
State FFA Convention, April
26-27 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
He is David Gaither, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Gaither,
who will be among 345 Okla-
homa boys who have met the
qualifications for the degree
this year.
The State Farmer degree is
the highest awarded by the St-
ate FFA association to
its members who have done
outstanding work in vocational
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WYNNEWOOD CITIZENS OF TOMORROW
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CENTRAL STATE GRADS
Mppte May 6 EDMOND-Some 1386 Central
m&bld may -- state University students will
The Chickasaw and Choctaw receive degrees during Spring
Freedman Association (1866 Convocation ceremonies on the
treaty) meeting will be held Edmond campus May 16.
May 26 at Tatums, Oklahoma, Students receiving degrees in-
Dixie Smith, Jr., president of elude from Wynnewood: BAE:
the Association, announced this Eva Elaine Casida; ME: Wanda
week. jean Hammons; BBA: Ray P.
The association is a non- Hunt; ME: Marilyn Gail H.
profit organization making ap- Motes; BSE: Ramona Joy Nease;
plications to government au- ME: Carl C. Smith; ME: James
thorities for funds and land. Layton Watson.
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