Latimer County News-Tribune (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1958 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol 60 No 21 - Eight Pages
RAAIBLIN'
AROUND
With The Editor
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3 red Stovall
Litimer County News-Tribune
W:lburton Oklahoma
Dear Mr Stovall:
May I borrow a part of your
column "Rambling Around" in
order that I may publicly speak
to every Chamber of Commerce
mcmber
Monday Feb 24 is a very im-
portant date to not only Chamber
members but to Latimer County
This is the day when three offi-
cers will be elected who will di-
rect the Chamber of Commerce in
all of it's 1958 activities
Your Chamber of Commerce is
one of the County's biggest busi-
nesses Each member owes it to
himself and his children to go to
the meeting and see that the right
people who holds the County's in-
terest closely are elected to do the
job
Your Chamber is not a one man
organization It's success depends
-on you as a businessman ‘or in-
dividual and your support and
participation
A great man once said "United
We Stand Divided We Fall" At
the time he was speaking to a
Nation but the same phrase will
hold true in your own local Cham-
ber of Commerce
Even if you cast a losiLit sallot1
It will be necessary to -111y 1
around the new officials And give
their program whole-hearted
support Within this pholisophy
alone can we grow and compete
with other cities for industrial and
cultural growth
You may ask yourself why some
cities grow to enormous sizes while
others remain small Natural Re-
sources? True but human re-
sources working together de-
veloped that which nature pro-
vided You can do the same for
your communities
You are fortunate in Latimer
County You have recreation edu-
cation and plenty of just plain 1
good living in a pleasant and
'healthful climate Now is the time
to start developing and promotinit
these resources and your first step
can be attending the Feb 24 Gen- I
eral Meeting and help elect offi-
cials that will see that the only
organization equipped to act as a
unit in your behalf is staffed with
people who will direct it in a busi-
ness like manner
Remember the future you build
will be your own
Sincerely
Jay Casey Manager
Your Chamber of Commerce
City Filling Period
Opens February 26
For 5 Councilmen
Filing period for the five coun-
cilmen post in Wilburton will
open on Wednesday Feb 26 and
will close at 5 p m Saturday
Mar 8 The primary e:ection will
be held on Tuesday Mar 18 with
the general election following two
weeks later
One councilman will be elected
from each of the five wards
Councilmen whose terms wiE
expire this year are Deno Magi
ward 1 James Elliott ward 2 El-
mer Wallace ward 3 Troy Wag-
ner ward 4 and Jack Bohreer
ward 5
Registration books for all fiv-
wards will open on Feb 16 at the
county clerk's office and will re-
main open until Mar 8
Local Churches Will
Observe Prayer Day
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"World Day of Prayer" will be
observed here with a meeting at
the First Methodist church on Fri-
day Feb 21 at 2 p m it was an-
nounced this week by Mrs Harold
Reeder
"Men women and children of all
faiths are invited to attend this
pray-: m ftting Mrs Reeder stat-
ed This clay of prayer is bring ob-
served throughout the nation on
Friday and is sponsored by the
United Church Women of Amain
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Total prec 1957 6502
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(Entered as Second-Class Matter at the P coffIce at Wilburton Oklahoma)
New Scout
Groups Set
As Area Goal
Representatives To
Meet at Eastern
' For Dinner Meeting
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An effort to organize several
new Scout Troops Cub Packs
and Explorer Posts will be
launched at the Choctaw Area
Council's "Together" Dinner and
meeting of Feb 27th This meet-
ing will begin with a dinner serv-
ed in the Student Union Building
at Eastern Oklahoma A&M Col-
lege in Wilburton at 7:00 p m
Congressman Carl Albert is
chairman of the "Together Plan"
for the Boy Scout Council He has
reported that twenty-nine poten-
tial sponsoring institutions have
indicated that they will accept the
invitation to attend the meeting
Albert reported that the Choc-
taw Area Council Organization
and Extension Committee headed
by Curtis M McKnight of Mc-
Alester is working with the in-
stitutions to assure a good attend-
ance The work in the districts
is being led by Tom Johnston of
McAlester for the West District
and Glenn Evans of Poteau for
the East District
In addition to these leaders the
following men have been reported
as organizers to work with the in-
stitutions: C C Collins Douglas
Prout Wilbur Smith Sam Gold-
berg John Prock Euel Renfrow
P J Smith Robert Gentry Bill
McKinney and David Howery in
the East District and Roy Slayton
Leonard Stein Jack Vogel Louis
Gaberino Glynn Webster Richard
Hartman J A Allford Robert
Montgomery and Charles Casteel
in the West District
The institutions which have
agreed to send delegations to the
"Together" meeing include the
Fiirwood School the Pittsburg
School Jones Academy The Holy
Rosary Catholic Church and As-
sembly of God Church in Harts-
horne the Elks Club Central
Christian Church the First Church
of Christ the First Assembly of
of God Church the Church of the
Nazarene Victory Park Baptist
Church St Mary's Catholic
Church the National Guard and
Seamprufe Inc all of McAlester
Also the Summerfield School
Heavener Lions' Club the Le-
nore School the Monroo School
Red Oak Lions' Club the Panola
School the Arkoma School the
Buffalo Valley School the Cam-
eron School the Flower IIill
School the Muse School the Pa-
cola School the Shady Point
School the Tarby School and the
Emanuel Baptist Church of Po-
teau Roy Dodds chairman of the
Choctaw Area Council Camping
and Activities Committee reports
that plans are progressing for the
Third Annual Exposition of
Scouting to be held in April
The Cub Packs Scout Troops
and Explorer Posts of the council
will display Scouting Skills an 1
Crafts from 6:30 to 900 p m at
the Armory in Poteau on April
19th and at the Army Reserve
Building in McAlester on April
26th
Dodds reported that each show-
ing will be able to accommodate
thirty-two booths and more than
a quarter of the space has already
been reserved by units in the
council
Each district in the council has
an active Exposition Committee
which are making plans for the
shows Dr Paul Keesee of Poteau
is the East District chairman and
Neville Breahm is his co-chairman
Other members otfheeoJ
man Other members of the com-
mittee are Paul Stottsberry
George Carter Dr R G Gillson
Pete Clark and Dale Oldham
In the West District W E "Bill"
Allford is Exposition Chairman
Members of his committe include
Bill Reed Itoy Tumipseed Leon
Willis Ralph Stockton and Hugh
German
Tom Poteet Named
As Representative
NORMAN — Thomas Poteet
Wilburton has been eleetml repre-
sentative to the Independent Stu-
dents Association from Cleveland
house one of the men's housing
'nits at the University of Okla-
ma Poteet is the son of Mr and Mrs
T M Poteet Wilburton Ile is a
senior student at the University
and is majoring in journalism
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Wilburton Latimer County Oklahoma — Thursday February 20 1958
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Mrs Mavis illartin
Is Named Chairman
For Library Week
Mrs Mavis Martin was appoint-
ed this week as chairman of the
Latimer County Library Week
Committee
The program — with the theme
"Wake Up and Read!" — is a dra-
matic citizens' campaign to re-
establish reading for fun know-
ledge and advancement and on
the services of libraries of all
kinds the drive will culminate in
the first National Library Week
March 16-22
"Now as never before a united
effort to increase reading is need-
ed" Martin said "A recent sur-
vey shows that over 60 of U S
adults had not read a single book
last year other than the Bible
"More reading is vital for an
informed public in today's com-
plex world — and for mental chal-
lenge and satisfying recreation in
the coming age of leisure"
"This committee represents the
widest community interests Its
activities to encourage reading —
in homes schools churches busi-
nesses and civic centers — can
make our drive here one of the
nation's most effective" the new
Library Week Chairman said
National Library Week is being
organized by the National Book
Committee Inc an active non-
profit group devoted to wider and
wiser use of books and the Ameri-
can Library Association Its cam-
paign is drawing support from
magazines newspapers and nat-
ional radio and television net-
works National civic cultural and fra-
ternal organizations business
groups and labor unions are join-
ing this effort The U S Junior
Chamber of Commerce which has
achievea successful results in
many communities with their "Op-
eration Library" campaign is offic-
ially joining in the Library Week-
drive In the book field the American
Book Publishers Council tthe
American Booksellers Association
and the Children's Book Council
have all officially endorsed the
drive
The National Book Committee
is also working with othef inter-
ested groups such as the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers Asso-
ciation aid the Magazine Pub-
lishers Association
Former Resident
Is Merchant Police
A former law enforcement offi-
cer hvre has been named as the
new merchant policeman by the
Retail Merchants Association it
was disclosed today
Johnny Revis Holdenville has
been hired as merchant policeman
to fill the vacancy left by the
death of Harry Metcalf
Revis will work independent of
the local police department and
will receive his pay from the asso-
ciation Revis is the sox of Mr and Mrs
Clarence Revis of Red Oak
State Looking For Engineering Talent
The state highway department
is in the market for engineering
talent
The department announces it
will accept applications for enroll-
ment in its co-operative engineer-
ing trainee program up to April 15
‘ This is the third year for the
program that offers a formal engi-
neering education combined with
on-the-job training for high school
graduates engineering student'
and qualified employes of the department
More Tourist
Traffic Goal
of Chamber
Clinic is Scheduled
To Cover All Phases
Of Trade Relations
Primary arrangements have
been completed for a tourist clinic
to be held this spring E B Hamil-
ton Chamber of Curnmerce Pub-
lic Relations Chairman announc-
ed today
Hamilton said that the school
will be a four-session clinic of
two hours each session to be held
April 3-10-17-24 in the evenings
The meeting place has not been
designated
The Latimer County Chamber
of Commerce will sponsor the
clinic in cooperation with the
State Board for Vocational Edu-
cation Division of Distributive
Education and area educational
institutions
M J DeBenning Supervisor of
Vocational Distributive Education
will superviSe the programming
which will consist of a training
clinic that will be designed to cov-
er all phases of tourist relations
The program will be highlight- Last Rites For
ed each session by questions and
answer periods plus films and L C TT
known qudlified speakers and C 111110S
lecturers
Hamilton said that an attempt IIT11
LI1 be made to interest every tylli Be Fri
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will be made to interest every
county business establishment in
the program "By 100 attend-
ance to the clinic we would be
able to increase tourist business in
the county a great deal" he add-
ed Prior to the clinic a county wide
courtesy campaign will be held in
connection with the program
Program officials urged today
all business establishments and
organizations to make an effort
to keep their dates open for the
school and to make every effort
to see that employees attend
Sweepstike Award
Area Schools Goal
Beginning the annual rivalry for
the President's Sweepstakes
Award from Eastern Oklahoma
A&M College will be when the
District Speech Contest will be
held Feb 28 This contest will be
followed by the Junior Livestock
Show March 2-4 the District
Vocal and Piano Music Meet
March 13-14 the District Instru-
mental Music Meet March 20 the
Commercial Contest March 28
the Southeast District Land Judg-
ing Contest April 1 the District
Drivers Education Contest April
9 and the Future Farmers of
America Interscho!astic Meet
April 10
The system of point distribu-
tion has been developed in such
a way that small scnools entering
most of these contests and win-
ning a reasonable number of places
are able to successfully compete
with large highschools for the
award
Last year 44 highschools parti-
cipated Hartshorne highschool
won the trophy with 111 points of
a possible total of 700 Broken
Bow placed second with 58 points
and Spiro third with 56 points
The trophy is a 24-inch wing-
ed victory design with suitable
engraving The award will be pre-
sented by Dr E T Dunlap presi-
dent of Eastern Oklahoma A&M
College at a special assembly in
the highschool which wins
Bank Post Office
To Close Saturday
The Wilburton State Bank and
the local post office will Le CIOS-
ed Saturday Feb 22 in ob-
servance of Washington's Birth-
day a national holiday
It is a 6-year program with the
trainee first being assigned to on-the-job
duties for six months !rom
June through January
The trainee is then given a leave
of absence to attend the univer-
sity of his choice during the Fee-
ond semester and a two month
summer session February through
July returning to the on-the-Job
training Aug 1
This schedule is followed each
year until graduation
To be eligible the applicant must
have satisfactorily completed high
According to Dean Gerald Wil-
liams head of the Speech Depart-
ment Eastern Oklahoma A&M
College the annual Eastern Speech
Conference Tournament will be
held on Feb 27 and 28
Beginning at 7 p m one-act
plays will be presented in the col-
lege auditorium with Bob Pratt as
chairman of the event At the same
time a discussion contest will be
held in the Library building with
Dean Gerald Williams acting as
chairman of that event
Other events will be held Fri-
day Feb 28 which include: 8:30
a in — Drawing for Extemp
Humorous Literature Boys Itc'Th
Speaking and Standard Oratory
9:30 a m--Boys Extemp Speak
ill Be Friday
wwolwlt mPdomail
S-Sgt Louis Clay Krikes a
veteran of World War II and the
Korean conflict died at the Mus-
kogee Veterans Hospital Tuesday
He had been ill since last Nev
The 42 year old Marine had been
in the service for 19 years
The sergeant who enlisted in
the Marines in 1939 received the
presidential unit citation with 2
stars for his combat duty He had
also been awarded the American
Defence medal World War II 1ie-
tory medal Navy Occupation Ser-
vice medal and the Good Conduct
medal
Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack
in 1941 by the Japanese he had
been stationed there He took part
in several South Pacific invasions
beginning with the August 7 1942
invasion of Guadalcanal in the
Solomons His service also in-
cluded two years of occubation in
Japan
Sergeant Kirkes was born at
Sardis on July 23 1915 and at-
tended school at Anderson Creek
Funeral services will be held
at the First Baptist church here
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with
Reverend B W Morgan Harts-
horne officiating Burial will be at
the City Cemetery with the Burke-
Jones Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements
Those surviving are a son
Michael Eugene 6 of Buffalo Val-
ley his father Oscar Kfrkes
stepmother Leona Kirkes and one
brother Richard Kirkes all of
Wilburton
Pallbearers members of the
Marine Corps will be Pvt J J
Stankanvich Pvt M K Lindsay
Pvt R S Randolph Pvt J A
Williamson Pvt A J Burnett
Pfc W J Boyce Cpl D E Cox
and Sgt D E Turner NC0
Honorary pallbearers will be
Buster Ramsey James Wallace
Jack Bohreer Jimmy Cheatham
Ray Hendrix Buster Lewis Junior
Moye Derral Slater Dr G R
Booth Jr Dr J S Callahan and
C T Childress
Rev O'Donnell
To Preach Here
Rev E A O'Donnell of Chicka-
sha will preach at the Free Will
Baptist Church Sunday morning
and Sunday evening Feb 23
The public is invited
school algebra and plane geometry
and must be recommended for a
course in civil engineering as e
result of the placement test
Students are entitled to all
fringe benefits accorded regular
department employees pertaining
to vacation sick leave military
training social security and group
Insurance
Application forms and further
Information will be supplied by
G Jr Dittle department chief en-
gineer Capitol Office building
Oklahoma City
Local Chamber of Commerce
Will Elect 1958 Officers
At Meet Here Monday Night
Annual Eastern A-51 Speech Conference 3 Directors
Tournament Is Set for February 27-98 Named to be
According to Dean Gerald WU- ing Girls Extemp Speaking Poe-
hams head of the Speech Depart- try Interpretation Girls Radio
ment Eastern Oklahoma A&M Speaking Dramatic Literature nnou nced
College the annual Eastern Speech 10:30 a tn — Original Oratory
Tournament is Set for February 27-28
ing Girls Extemp Speaking Poe-
try Interpretation Girls Radio
Speaking Dramatic Literature
10:30 a m Original Oratory
Analysis of Public Address and
1 p m — Debate Pairings
Invitations to these contests
have been sent out to all the
schools in this southeast area said
Williams
As in the past the winners of
each event will qualify for partici-
pation in the state tournament In
addition the college will award a
cup to the highschool that accumu-
lates the highest number of points
a plaque to the winner of the ones
P et play festival medals to In-
dividual winners and certificates
to second place winners
State Will Build
Hartshorne Route
On Highway 270
The state highway commission
Tuesday agreed to build a city
route through Hartshorne on U 7:1
270 rather than waif until funds
are available for a $22 million
four-lane bypass State Sen Gene
Stipe McAlester announced
Stipe said the Hartshorne city
route was suggested by J I Coins
commisioner from Ardmore Goins
said that is what the people In the
area want and that it may be sev-
eral years before the four-lane
bypass can be built
Cost of the city route is esti-
mated at $200000
The bypass had been planned in
connection with the re-routing of
U S 270 through Pittsburg county
because of flooding from the Eu-
faula Dam
The highway commission voted
not to have a contract letting in
March hut will let an estimated
$10 million in interstate projects
In April
Director C A SUdt told the
commission thre will not be
enough time to work up a list of
projects by the next meeting
March 3 but said the total letting
on April 8 would amount to about
$12 million
The final paving project on
S H 2 north of here is expected
to be in this letting Represent-
ative Jim Cook stated today
Wister Spillway
Repairs Scheduled
Tulsa District Army Engineer!
announced Monday that a con-
tract on spillway repair and em-
bankment drains at Wister Dam
Poteau River Oklahoma will bc
advertised for bid March 3
Estimated cost of the contract
work will be under 8100000 and
will require approximately 15 cal-
endar days to comtlete
Work to be performed include !
grading of eroded area of spillway:
placement of about 320 cu yds of
concrete used in spillway repaii
work placement O! about 3000 cu
yds of riprap foi spillway area
installation of approximately 40C
linear ft of Goverment-furnished
8-inch perforated drain pipe in-
stallation of about 320 linear it
of contractor-furnished 10-inch
plain drain pipe construction of
about 600 linear ft of grouted
hand place riprap drains and con-
struction of 3 concrete drop inlets
Did opening date in tenativCy
scheduled for April 2
Election Ballots For
Chamber Mailed
Chamber President Winston
Cocke announced this morning
that members of the Chamber of
Commerce will receive their elect-
ion run-off ballots today
Cocke warned that all ballots
must be checked and returned im-
mediately in order that the votes
can be counted Monday
Results will be announced at the
General meeting Monday evening
Single Copy Price 5c
All Members Being
Urged to Attend
Important Meeting
Fifty-seven members of the
Latimer County Chamber of Com-
merce received votes for director
election officials announced today
The present Board who is act-
ing rro Election Committee said
that a total of one-hundred eighty-
nine votes were cast in the Wild
burton District with four local
business and professional men re-
ceiving almost one-third the total
cast
Leading the Wilburton District
were Sam Goldberg Dr L E
Church D H Montgomery and
Gene Belz who composited sixty
votes and are presently in a run-
off for the two vacated positions
for District 4 directorship
- John Cannon and C C Gillespie
Sr lead the Red Oak District One
witha total of nine of seventeen
votes cast for the District one
vacancy and P re now in the run-
off for that area
Six members received nomina-
tion votes with only 5 members of
the district failing to mail in bal-
lots Fifty members from district four
did not cast their ballot
Two members who are presently
on the board are in run-off posi-
tions Officials said that ballots for the
run-off were mailed this morning
All ballots must be immediately
returned to the Chamber of Com-
merce on or before Monday Feb
24 at which time the final results
will be announced at the General
meeting
Election of officers will be held
at the General meeting There will
be no nominations prior to the
meeting with all prospective C411-
didates for President 1st Vice
President and Second Vice Presi-
dent being nominated from the
floor at the meeting Five candi-
dates must be nominated for each
position Secret ballots will be cast
Retiring from the offices unless
re-elected will be Winston Cocke
President Gene Belz 1st Vice
President and Dr L E Church
3rd Vice President
Carry over members of the
board are I C Gunning District
3 C C Collins District 1 Clar-
ence Ray and Albert Messina of
District 4
Dr Dunlap Named
Illember of Panel
Dr E T Dunlap president of
Eastern Oklahoma AltzM College
has been named a member of a
panel to discuss American Junior
College Education at the regional
convention of the American Asso-
ciation of School Administrators
being held at St Louis Missouri
Feb 24
Dr Dunlap will use as his topic
for discussion "Aims and Object-
ives of the Junior college"
Other members of the panel
will include Dr Forrest W Mur-
phy Dean of Education Univer-
sity of Mississippi Dr Reese
Hughes President Kansas State
Teachers College Mr Chris D
Corbin Superintendent of Schools
Ft Smith Arkansas Dr L O
Todd Superintendent of Schools
Meridian Mississippi and Mr
Ralph Becker Superintendent of
Schools Evansville Indiana
Pie Supper To Be
Held At Cravens
A pie supper will be hela Feb
28 at the Cravens school The
event is sponsored jointly by the
Cravens home Demonstration
Club and the Neighborhood Pro-
gress Club
The supper was scheduled to be
held on Feb 14 but was postponed
due to bad weather
Everyone is invited
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ittimer County News-Tribune
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)ear Mr Stovall: Representatives
May I borrow a part of your Meet at Eastern
olumn "Rambling Around" in I
rder that I may publicly speak For Dinner Meeting:
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a every Chamber of Commerce --
lomber An effort to organize several
Monday Feb 24 is a very im- new Scout Troops Cub Packs $
ortant date to not only Chamber and Explorer Posts will be
lembers but to Latimer County lki -' !
launched at the Choctaw Area
his is the day when three offi-
Council's "Together" Dinner and
ers will be elected W h o will di-
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