Midwest City Leader and The Midwest City News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1958 Page: 1 of 8
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Midwest City
Chamber of
Commerce
VOLUME XV
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Oklahoma City Oklahoma
EDITORIAL
The Cry of the Mashed Cats
A few seasons ago a candidate speaking in Oklahoma
City was trying to impress people with his freedom from
nefarious influences "I don't have the city hall gang be-
hind me" he bragged "I don't have the federal building
mob I don't have the court house clique I don't have the
statehouse crowd"
A drunk a few feet back in the crowd interrupted:
4'Mister ain't you afixin' to get beat?"
Because they are being flattened by the W P Bill
Atkinson campaign bandwagon the other candidates —
fellows in misery — have united in the cry that "Gary is
for him" - The governor continues to express his neutrality
in the race and when you consider his relationships with
many of the candidates it is easier to believe him than
not
There was talk early in the race that the governor was
for Herbert Hope but when Hope's candidacy failed to get
off the ground the Hope people — most of them also Gary
people — began to spread to the other camps
It is true that W P Bill Atkinson has more representa-
tives more senators more statehouse employees more
county commissioners more sheriffs more school teachers
and more just plain men anti women with him than any
other candidate And it wouldn't be suil rising if the goy
ernor really votes his honest conviction based on a study
of the relative ability of the men in the race that his ballot
goes to Atkinson Nobody but the governor knows that
While all the candidates in the race are high class men
who have had expressions of confidence from their neigh-
bors none of them reaches Atkinson's stature on the basis
of ability and attainment
Their cries that Atkinson is a "machine candidate" is
the old cry of the mashed cats the candidates who have
been unable to attract following on their own merits and
who must resort to basking in the limelight of the really
big man in the race
It comes with ill grace that Bill Harkey speaker of the
house should all of a sudden discover that Gary is an
evil man Harkey managed Gary's campaign in Oklahoma
county and as a reward was Gary's choice for speaker of
the house — not once but twice Just when did Harkey
discover his idol had feet of clay?
Until their authorship of the law which made the Se-
lected Investments scandal possible became known and
witheed their gubernatorial aspirations on the vine neither
Jim Rinehart nor George Miskovsky had a bad word to say
for Gary Both served peacefully in the senate with him
and Miskovsky actively supported him for governor You
can bet your bottom dollar that if either of them felt he
could have statehouse support he would welcome it
Edmondson the promising youngster from Tulsa coun-
ty has become quite violent about the governcr especially
when he gets away from his experienced brother Ed but
youth will make its mistakes A few years from now
Howard will be a much mellower man
Judge Wilcoxen running in the deep shadows even of
his friend Edmondson is just dcing his best to garner a
few face saving votes from the debacle
The new Coe acme of gentleness deserted by most
leaders of his last campaign because of his poor sports-
manship in turning Republican in anger because the people
turned him down must be laughing up his sleeve at the
noisy candidates He had his lesson in jumping on people
last election and he has promised his wife he won't do it
any mom
The boys who are jumping on Atkinson will hay: to
learn the hard way too Everyone of them is smart enough
to know that when the state employees start drifting to-
ward any candidate it is the best indication in the world
that candidate is so far ahead it is safe to be for him
These people from all sections and every county of the
state get the news from hcme They know how the folk
think And they are not the sort of people who make a
i practice cf backing forlorn causes
When they started buzzing toward Atkinson it was the
best sign in the world Atkinson was making hay (to use a
Shetland pony term)
Flower Arranging Demonstration Is Set
Midwest City C3111C11 of Garden clubs is sponsoring a
Flower Arrangement demonstration by Mrs Charles Harbison
of Buffalo Okla in IIelnz hall Wick line Methodist church on
the evening of June 3 for the purpose of raising funds for
the Flower Show scho-1 Course V to be held in the fail The
public is welcome Price $1 This is an opportunity for gar-
deners who can no find time for the schools
Mrs Harbison is wel qualified being a Nationally ac-
crecilt?ci Flower Show judge and Flower Show instructor in
both flower arranging and Plower show practice She has
attended the Washington University art school in St Louis
Mo and the Marinello School of Design New York City
For the past 10 years Mrs IIarbison has studied Japanese
floral pr! under Mme Yoneo Arawall She is also a student of
Gegory Conway Claire Cronenwett Robert Rucker and Naida
Hayes
Mrs Harbison is a life member of Oklahoma Garden Clubs
Inc and ha i served six years on the state board four of them
being Flower Show chairman
She has made lecture demonstrations in seven states and
recently judged in the Mexico City Plower show also a guest
speaker arranger at the Arizona State Garden Club conven-
tion Mrs Harbison was chosen one of the 14 top arrangers in
the United States to compete in the Sterling Bowl tourna-
ment at the Jackson Perkins Rose garden in June represent-
ing the South Central region of National Couch l of Garden
Clubs Inc
Ws cm
and THE MIDWEST CITY NEWS
OKLAHOMA CITY — MIDWEST CITY OKLAHOMA MAY 22 1958 No 35—Price 5 Cents
Elks Prove Charity Can Be Fun as They Contribute
Pictured above with his wife Ella Is Carl Thompson 1024 Holly drive Joint chairman of
the Flag Day and National Foundation committee as he met with the Little Does of Midwest
City Elks Lodge No 1890 Mrs E K Porterfield 120 E Tiller bccame the first to donate to the
Elks Nat19nal Foundation Other members stand eagerly by to take part in the annual
"Charity Can Be Fun Drive"
Charity is a gift of the heart
rot the band and to Elks the
National foundation is Its symbol
of good works as it does the fine
and noble deeds which our own
thoughts have suggested fre-
quently but which we never find
time to perform
In the past few years the Elks
awarded over 2000 scholarships
financed specialized training of
personnel to staff Cerebral Pal-
sey treatment centers and re-
habilitated handicapped chil-
dren aiding them to become use
YMCA Free Learn
To Swim Program
Rec:dy to Start
The call went out this week if
I for all boys and girls in the
Tinker area who cannot swim to t
enrol in the YMCA free "learn
to swim" program starting Tues-
day morning June 3 at the Mid-
west City Municipal pool Boys
and girls must be from 8 to 17
years of age and be non-swimmers
unable to swim 25 feet
Classes will be conducted each
morning Monday through
Thursday during the first two
weeks in June A total of seven
consecutive lessons will be made
available and "YYY officials esti-
mate approximately 75 per cent
will complete the course satis-
factorily Instruction will be un-
der the direction of Don Colston H
lOther members of the teaching
staff will include John McLean
Martha Grayson and Susan MU- ill
ler
Enrollments for the two week
course are being taken now at
the Tinker Area Branch Y build-
the Tinker Area Branch Y build-
ing SE 15 and Sooner road Boys
and girls will be assigned to a
specific class at the lime of en-
rollment No enrollments will be
taken by phone and none will
be taken after May 31
Bus transportation will be pro-
vided to some of the outlying
school areas and schedules will
be distributed at the time of enrollment
Villa Teresa Summer
School Session Is Set
Villa Teresa school is conduct-
ing a summer school session of
six weeks between June 4 to July
15 Any child in need of special
help in his academic work can
obtain this help through the
teaching staff of Villa Teresa
from grades one to eight Spe-
cial remedial reading classes are
conducted as well as make up
classes in other subjects High
school credits may also be ob-
tained For further information
call Villa Teresa school office
RE 9-8652 or come in person to
make arrangements for your
child at 1216 Classen drive
Any child who has not been
able to make his or her first Holy
Communion during the school
year either because of illness or
remote distances from parochial
schools may receive instruction
during the summer school in
preparation fui- iirst Holy Com-
munion Parents please make
arrangements with the pastors
at your respective church
Arthur Harris Attends
Ford Co Meeting
Ford dealers from five central
Oklahoma counties elected A C
Harris of Arthur Harris Ford Co
Midwest City and J M Reynolds
of Reynolds Motors Norman as
their representatives to a Ford
dealer district council meeting
held In Oklahoma City May 21
ful citizens The income of the
fund is 100 per cent available to
foster approved projects A
unique feature of the fund is
that every dollar donacd is
linked with the destiny of the
American Flag The principle is
never spent but works perpetual-
ly for charity The accumulative
interest has already exceeded
$1500000 and each year this in-
terest is spent to carry on the
benevolent work of Elkdom The
administration expenses are paid
each year by the lodge
HERBERT D FLOWERS
Huhn Flowers Is
Made Life Member
Of P-TA Group
- Herbert D Flowers principal
of Country Estates school the
last two years recently was made
a life member of the P-TA The
certificate was presented by Mrs
Rodney Mills P-TA president
Flowers was born in Clarks-
ville Texas and moved to Ha-
worth where he graduated from
high school He holds a BS de-
gree from Southeastern State
college Durant MS and MA de-
grees from Oklahoma State Uni-
versity He has had 25 years teaching
experience including classroom
experience as school superin-
tendent and county superintend-
ent of schools He also has been
a member of the Oklahoma State
University faculty and formerly
was employed as director of
transportation for the State De-
partment of Education
During the administration of
the late Gov Leon C Phillips
he served in the Oklahoma legis-
lature where he was chairman of
the House Education committee
and author of the bill for the
Oklahoma Teacher Retirement
system
He married the former Juanita
Storey a teacher at Sooner
school They have two children
Nita Kaye 14 who is an eighth
grade student in Monroney Jun-
ior high and Joe Storey who is
a fifth grader at Country Es-
tates The family lives at 2008
Maple drive
Uptown Cafeteria
To Close May 30
For Memorial Day
In an effort to make Flag Day
and charity the social event of
the year in Midwest City the
Elks and their ladies are plan-
ning two big charity balls to Im-
mediately follow the Flad Day
ritual at Rose field Thousands
of cards are being distributed In
the Midwest City area a re-
trunder of both the Flag Day
rital and dances at the club
rooms at 6325 SE 15 and at the
new Elks Golf and Country club
corner Bluebird and Bellaire
St Philip Neri Has
Vacation School
t I A two-week religious vacation
1 school will begin Tuesday June
113 in the St Philip Neil school on
ilFeix place for all Catholic chil-
l dren of grade school and high
A
I
:school age who are not regularly
enrolled in Catholic schools
i Classes will meet 8:30 am to
11:30 am Monday through Fri-
! day
One of many such schools go-
1 ing into session this summer
throughout the state this course
of religious instruction will be
sponsored by the Confraternity
1 of Christian Doctrine The teach-
ing staff will be the Pelician Sis-
ters of St Philip Neri school
i The Confraternity is an or-
ganization for study and and
service clubs for lay persons of
the Catholic faith One of its
purposes is to assist local pastors
in bringing religious education
to students who do not attend
parochial schools Now active in
more than 30 dioceses in the
United States the Confraternity
was introduced into Oklahoma
last year by the late Bishop Eu-
gene J McGinness
City Officers Get
Certificates For
Auto Theft Work
Three Midwest City law en-
forczment officers were awarded
certificates at the University of
Oklahoma Thursday upon com-
pletion of the first Southwestern
seminar on auto theft May 13-15
Two Midwest City police offi-
cers Martin E Gates 306 E Boe-
ing and Leslie P Johnston 509
Atkinson drive and Leonard Fer-
ris agent for the state bureau of
investigation were enrolled with
a class of 71 men from seven
states
Plans for expanding the 1959
seminar were under way at the
OU extension division sponsor of
the event in cooperation with 19
law enforcement agencies
Miss Stockton To
Graduate May 30
From CC College
Johnnie Ann Stockton of 2912
Mockingbird lane will be one of
23 students to uaduate from
Central Christian college at the
annual commencement May 30 l
Miss Stockton will receive the
Junior College certificate at the
completion of the two-year pro-
gram L It Wilson the first presi-
dent of Central Christian col-
lege will deliver the commence-
ment address at 7 pm on the
college campus Baccalaureate
will be held on May 25 at 3 pm
at which time Paul Johnston el
lOklahoma City will be the speak- l
I er Central Christian college will
open its next semester of school l
work in September on its new i
Oklahoma City campus now be-
lug constructed
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Dance Revue Will
Aid St Philip Neri
Building Fund
Doctors From Area
At Optometric Meet
Dr and Mrs N Gene Perkins
Dr and Mrs Gifford McBride
and Dr and Mrs C E Roseboom
Del City attended the 53rd an-
nual convention of the Oklaho-
ma Optometric association at
Sequoyah State park May 10
through 13
Many educational topics were
covered by the speakers at the
meting&
Make Every Day
SAFE
DRIVING
D À Y
A gigantic increase in the Tinker Air Force base pay roll
which will total $744000 a year will show up on the June 15 pay
received by military personnel
The increase comes as a result of the signing by President
Eisenhower this week of the pay roll bill for military personnel
The raise 1411 give added dollars to about 4100 airmen and
officers at Tinker Field base
The increase will bring the
total military pay roll at the Carl Thompson Is
base to about $10000000
The present annual civilian L-
Apayroll for 19300 employees to- gam in Charge
tats $92000000 and is the largest
Industrial pay roll in Oklahoma
Of Flag Day Effort
The military pay increase
which is effective June 1 and
-
will appear on pay checks of
June 15 for those who are paid Carl Thompson chairman of
twice monthly and on Julcr for the Flag Day committee of Mid-
those paid nn a monthly bz3as west city rnrq Ind rto IROn
tLie
Broups representing several irom aawn dusk in honor of the 181st s
public schools will participate at niversary of the adoption of I
2 pm Saturday May 24 in a Stars and Stripes by the Con
dance revue at Midwest City nental congress on June 14 11
high school auditorium for the The Elks' leader requested tl
benefit of the St Philip Ned all civic fraternal and patdc
school building fund Mrs Milton groups in the city urge th
Roe Sabin will direct the revue members to fly the Stars a
The Jarman Junior high band Stripes on its birthday "in put
will play the overature tribute to the symbol of the la
Students taking part in will- of freedom we hold so dear a
ous numbers will include Sher- in rededication to the cherist
rie Carlton Nola Nolen Gail tradition of self-governmi
Chambless Juanita Robnett which it represents"
Emily Watson Kerrie Reynolds Exalted ruler Wayne Mayni
Jimmie Ann Reynolds Pat Car- named Allen Smith Paul Bray
ter Deckle Gautier Patricia Ac- er Wayne Crupper and Ha
tan Kim Miller Macy Robnett Hedson to assist Carl Thomp:
Geneva Martin Debbie Clark in planning a patriotic progr
Cynthia Dennia Helen Abbott on June 14 Plans are currer
Carolyn Brum Bonnie Hays being- made to have a "Libe
Beckie Tilley Doris Scott Parade" to Rose field in Midw
Linda Lippe Pattie Dickson City where the Elks plan to 4
Joan Maloney Sara Dunn Char- serve the ritual followed
lene Clift Kay Ann Kirkendall
Pamela Malchar Sharon Mal- dances at the club rooms and I chas Barbara Mileur Tony My- new Elks Golf and Country el According to Thompson t
erson Jackie Bowe Mary Mar-4 year's "Show Your Colors" ea
garet Real '
Nancy Saxon Talya Worley paign to be conducted across I
n
Sharon Stone Teresa Wester- ation by 1800 Elks lodg marks over a half century of (
man sally Saxon Roberta Mc- servance of Flag Day by the (
Coy Elise Westerman Ma 2'0
r-- der of Elks
McAfee Duffle Porter Nola Nol-
en Debbie Paris Judy Casper
Sylvia Broden Diann Snow
Sherrie Carlton Margaret 1Wickline Church
Palmer
Timmie Parker Virginia Sue 1 u
Johnston Kay Ann Kuykendall Observes Birthday
Sherrill Lindset Ginger Good-
rich Barbara Maloney 11ki
Barra Shiela Watson Jean Wickline Methitclist church v
Luckowski Michele K e n Ii e y celebrate its 15h anniversE
Suzanne Drerup Barbara Ma- June 8-11 This church was 1
loney Pamela DeLises Cecilia ganized and started services
Westerman Pamela Story a tent on June 13 1943 on
Pamela Stuart Teresa Cain present location 417 Mid Ame
Debbie Wesson Karen Bellows ca blvd
Nancy Nolen Jean Clark July This church has progres!
Farmer Timmie Parker Virginia from services in a tent to a be
Sue Johnston Marie Smith Vic- tiful building and has grown
ki Riddle Patricia Revard Mel- a membership of 2000 This
ody Hill Linda Nelson Eileen an experience that few churcl
Smith Cynthia Ann Williams have in the short period of
Terri Ann Stone Lynn Marie years -
Harmer Donna Kirkendall Arrangements have been ins'
Sherri Lou Carlton Jerry Payne for the former ministers to
John Michalik turn to the pulpit during the
- Carl Thompson chairman of
the Flag Day committee of Mid-
west City Elks lodge No 1890 has
called upon every citizen of Mid-
west City to demonstrate his pa-
triotism and pride in crr great
country and its heritage of free-
dom on Flag Day June 14
Appealing for community-wide
participation in the Elks' annual
"Show Your Colors" campaign
Carl Thompson asked that citi-
zens fly the flag from dawn to
dusk in honor of the 181st an-
niversary of the adoption of the
Stars and Stripes by the Conti-
nental congress on June 14 1777
The Elks' leader requested that
all civic fraternal and patriotic
groups in the city urge their
members to fly the Stars and
Stripes on its birthday "in public
tribute to the symbol of the land
of freedom we hold so dear and
in rededication to the cherished
tradition of self-government
which it represents"
Exalted ruler Wayne Maynord
named Allen Smith Paul Brawn-
er Wayne Crupper and Harry
Hedson to assist Carl Thompson
in planning a patriotic program
on June 14 Plans are currently
being made to have a "Liberty
Parade" to Rose field in Midwest
City where the Elks plan to ob-
serve the ritual followed by
dances at the club rooms and the
new Elks Golf and Country club
According to Thompson this
year's "Show Your Colors" cam-
paign to be conducted across the
nation by 1800 Elks lodges
marks over a half century of ob-
servance of Flag Day by the Or-
der of Elks
Wick line Methodist church will
celebrate its 1511 anniversary
June 8-11 This church was or-
ganized and started services in
a tent on June 13 1943 on its
present location 417 Mid Ameri-
ca blvd
This church has progressed
from services in a tent to a beau-
tiful building and has grown to
a membership of 2000 This is
an experience that few churches
have in the short period of 15
years -
Arrangements have been made
for the former ministers to re-
turn to the pulpit during the an-
niversary week Rev C E Nis-
bett Oklahoma City will preach
the sermon in both morning
services June 8 The Sunday eve-
ning service will be conducted by
Rev Wesley Doak of Muskogee
Rev Allen Polon will preach at
7:30 pm Monday June 9 and
Rev Lee Bowles of Frederick
Tuesday evening June 10
Wednesday evening at 6:45
pm a barbecue will be held at
Rose field to be climaxed by a
pageant before Rose stadium at
8 pm The pageant will depict
the back ground and history of
the growth of this great church
State School Board Convention
To Be field Here in November
Oklahoma State School Boards association has
definitely set the annual convention of the association
for Friday November 14 at Midwest City Announce-
ment of the coovention had been made previously
but the date has just been decided
An invitation has been extended to the Oklahoma
association of School Administrators to join with this
group in the annual convention and their action will
be forthcoming within the next couple of weeks
An effort is being made at this time to secure Dr
C C Trillingham county superintendent of Los An-
geles county as principal speaker Dr Trillingham is
the president president of the American association of
School Administrators
Should the OASA accept the invitation of the
School Board association it will be by far the best at-
tendance ever recorded at the state convention
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