The Enid Events (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 59, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1952 Page: 3 of 12
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TT'URSDAY JANUARY 3 s 1952
THE ENID EVENTS
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Entered in Post Office at Enid Oklahoma as second class matter
under the Act of March 8 1879
Make all remittances to Enid Events Publishing Co P O Box 1589
Business Office 117 E Broadway Enid Okla
ROBERT S KERR Publisher
SAM L WILLIAMS Co-Publisher and Manager
JOHN T FOSTER Editor
CATHARINE WHITE Society Editor
JACK l'UBB Advertising Manager
Member of Oklahoma Press Assin and National Editoral Amen
An Oklahoma "Selected Weekly"
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
(Prices quoted include 2 sales tax)
One year in Garfield County$204 Six Months in County 153
Two Years in County 357 One Year outside County $306
I As It Looks From Here
John Foster
FIRST WITH THE EVENTS
Weekly newspapers aren't supposed to score news beats
Because they publish once a week and because every weekly
has the very minimum new staff "scoops" on rival media
' would normally be few and far between
But looking back through some 50 issues of the Enid
- Events for 1951 we take some pride in the fact that you not
only received MORE LOCAL NEWS THAN IN ANY OTHER
LOCAL papers but heard about these things first in the
Events:
JANUARY: That Enid flood control plans were in for
long delays that the League of Women Voters were urg
ing women to run for the City Commission i that the court
ty commissioners would turn down parking in the square
FEBRUARY: That the‘ Tuberculosis association had se
lected a new executive that the Boy Scouts fund drive
would honor "Bus" Martin and that a local field executive
had been transferred that Enid's Canton water rights
would not expire as had been predicted that the League
of Women Voters were sending questionaires to all can-
didates MARCH: That new street lights were corning that
Civil Defense authorities were organizing school children
that there was a grandmother attending Enid high school
that a fleet of planes had arrived to fight greenbugs
ill that a new librarian had been chosen that the City Man-
ager would ask for increased sewer and water rtatie for
the city
APRIL: That civic leaers were pushing consolidation of
fund drives where "Maine" in the Maine Street came
from that public school purchasing methods were draw
: ing protests thatthe Scouts were planning a police patrol
that Booker T Washington school was going to be
modernized
! MAY: That the school board had decided upon a new
purchasing policy that double parking was going to be
prohibited that persons interested in flood control were
opposing the sewage plant bond vote that newly elected
- Mayor Streets was planning prayer at each commission
meeting that the U S Engineers were sticking by their
original plans despite local protests that investigation of
a county health unit was going on
:
JUNE: That a sportswriter know as "Casey" was leaving
Enid that 22 winning 4-1I clubers were getting a flight
to Oklahoma City that the city council would be asked
to prohibit door-to-door sales that state health officials
were clamping down on sewer extensions here that the
Medical Society recommended an expanded public health set
up here
JULY: That an Enid architect had won a $25 million con
tract that Emerson had a new coach that Enid's first
diaper service had been given the green light that Vance
airbase was anxious to tear down its old crash station
that merger of the city and county libraries was proposed but
getting a cold shoulder from county commissioners that
the Jay-Cees were going to buy resuscitators for the fire de-
partment AUGUST: That a former Enid girl had written a best
-' seller that a County Fair Queen was to be chosen
that the city council had refused a GO percent saving on legal
i
' notices that the library had a new childrens' librarian
that a blonde was in the beard contest that Phillips had
added a unit to its library that the fire department had
a special training man and a new up-grading program
i that the "oldest old-timer" was going to be honored
4
k SEPTEMBER: That a countywide planning commission
4 was planned that the Library was offering two "great
i: books groups" that television sets were being sought for
i Enid State school that a fireman with 25 years service
1
was retiring that Marquis James had been paid an old
1 debt that J L Allen of Drummond had won the "old
1 timer contest" that Norma Jean Hoover had won the
I Fair Queen race that the city's oldest dairy had a new
1 management that "A D C" relief racketeering was not
1 a State problem here that the city had street repair
equipment lying idle that the Business & Professional
4 women were taking over the city for a day
i
i i OCTOBER: That gypsum spreading was being tried here
' by farmers for the first time that 16 disaster svardens
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c were chosen that new schools were plagued with "build
I ing aches" that a "Walking Blood Bank" was scheduled
I here that the Events had won some state honors that
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i State School was offering special classes for Enid children
that a "famous hat" show would be held here that
- county employees were demanding a pay raise that they
i got it that the Library had a bird who needed a new
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- name that four 411'ers had won top state honors
NOVEMBER: That a milk inspection fee was being dis
cussed and drawing protests that a "Kiddie Karnival"
' would be held here that the City Manager's secretary
bad been made subject of a council "ordinance" that a
new city building code was planned that the county coin
missioners had spent a half million dollars without adver
used bidding that a city paving plant faced a rough road
that the Optimist club had bought 6000 Christmas trees
that an underpass at Chestnut and Third streets was be
Lug discussed
DECEMBER: That two ladies with outstanding Red Cross
records were to play key roles here that the PMA elec
(ion was underway that the city's Frisco shacks would
1 not be given to the garden clubs that the Ministerial Al-
liance had chosen a chairman to investigate law enforcement
here that street safety Islands and other safety measures
were being planned
' '
Add to this the week-in week-out "scoops"1 "beats" and
general coverage from the men women and young ladies
' who write our many columns every week consider the
fart that an average issiue of the Events carries over 2400
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Letter to the Editor
Events Editor:
Your editorial in the Dee 20
issu'e of the Enid Events was one
of the best I have ever read 1
wish America could read it
The front page was unique and
most interesting For once in my
life I read every line of the en-
tire front page of a newspaper
You are doing a superb job
My hearty congratulations to you
and your staff
May 1952 be your best year
Sincerely
M F Ewton
Minister
First Baptist Church
Dec 22 1951
Enid
Enid Okla
Dec 25 1952
EVENTS EDITOR:
I want to call to the attention
of the people of Enid a matter
which has been going on for sev-
eral years and which has been
brought to the attention of two
city managers No results no ac-
tion has been taken to date I
refer to what we in the Garfield
additions call the free waterline
Some years ago some
within a few blocks of the Rock
Island tracks on the east side
put down a well It was on the
edge of what amounts to a
swamp and should never have
been put there Well the water
was bad and the health depart-
ment condemned it The city them
ran a small waterline to near
that point and furnished free
water Now nearly 25 families
get their free water there and
water is being hauled from there
winter and summer for stock
Not only that the facuet is
left open nine-tenths of the time
the water continually runs
down the hill and into the marsh
The water department know all
about this condition and I have
personally called the attention of
Enid's two managers and nothing
has been done about it
Enid residents will remember
that not many years ago our
minimum water bill was 50 cents
Then it went to 60 cents and
finally $100 Now it is $150 and
the end is not yet
We have a $100000 a year
manager a $2800 a year assis-
tant and we have no more need
for either of them than a dog
has for two tails
I wonder when the people of
Enid will awake to the fact that
we are being sold the river and
I really mean We are being
taken for a cleaning
Very respectively yours
JOHN L JOHNS
1706 S 2nd Enid
Events Editor:
The Enid Education Associa-
tion wishes to thank you for all
the fine publicity you've given
our schools and association this
year You've been most generous
with space for pictures of various
occasions or special weeks
Sincerely yours
MISS LOUISE MAJOR
KEA president
MRS JEAN DRUMM
EEA secretary
ENID
Dec 22 1951
Events Editor:
The Enid Council of Camp
Fire Girls wants to say "Thank
You" for your cooperation dur-
ing 1931
We appreciate very much the
attention given the Camp Fire
Girls and Blue Birds through pic-
tures stories and the weekly
group news
Our wish for you is a very
successful fifty-two!
Sincerely
MARILYN WALLER
Enid Council of Camp
Fire Girls
ENID -
Dec 23 1951
Inmates and experts Agree
those in charge of Oklahoma's
penal institutions are wise in
emphasizing rehabilitation
ahead of punishment
Such an approach makes
life more hopeful for prison-
ers and is returning a greater
number to useful and happy
membership in society Trad-
ing one's personal identity
for a number remains punish-
ment enough for most peni-
tentiary inmates
Interviews conducted by a re-
porter for the "Eye-Opener"
state prison publication show
clearly the mental pain endured
by those removed from society
This prisoner-writer got the
views of a "short-termer" doing
a 5-year sentence another under
a 25-year term and a lifer
Here are exterpts from those
interviews which should streng-
then the New Year resolutions of
anyone inclined toward boredom
with the routine of ordinary law-
abiding citizenship
SHORT-TERMER: "T h a t
first night in the receiving cell
was a nightmare
"A criminal a numbered
man disgraced and condemn-
ed! That night was rough men-
tally "Before coming to prison I
A IA L a AN I s—
Senator
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The Tulsa World- who first
dubbed me "Sorghum Bob"
(bless their litle hearts) has
now honored me with a new
moniker That new moniker
is Robert S "(Spender)"
Kerr
I would like to inform them
however that the "S" in my
name is not for "Spender" at all
It stands for SUSpender—and
have the gitiluses to prove it I
also have the facts to prove that
the Tulsa World (and some- of
their partisan die-hards) have
been played for a sucker by a
slick propaganda machine fi-
nanced by special interests
What amuses me the Council
of Stale Chambers of Commerce
who started it all shuns the facts
like they would the small pox
They decline to discuss the mer-
its of the 20 "key votes" chosen
by them to measure "spending"
because they know their position
is in conflict with the real in-
terests of Oklahoma and the de-
velopment of the abundant re-
sources of our great state
The Council claims that it is
really just a reporting agency to
get information to the people if
this is true it would be eligible
for membership in the periodical
press gallery of Congress Actu-
ally it isjust another registered
lobbyist in Washington and if
it has any connection with any
group in Oklahoma the State
Chamber or otherwise it is such
a whispering connection that it
is not referred to in the Coun-
cil's sworn affidavits filed with
Congress
Those affidavits list 13 con-
tributing organizations for 1951
and 12 for 1950 but do not men-
tion the Oklahoma State Cham-
ber of Commerce The law re-
quires a lobbyist to list all those
contributing $500 or more If the
Oklahoma State Chamber has
made a contribution it is less
than $500 (and the list of con-
tributions goes all the way up to
$10500 from the Pennsylvania
State Chamber) or the affidavits
are false or the law which re-
I quires listing has been violated
or the National Council is just
as ashamed of the deal as the
Oklahoma State Chamber ought
to be
iVe in ' Oklahoma are very
much aware that many of the
older states already have their
development projects started
with federal funds a long time
ago—like navigation on the Ohio
and Mississippi—and all along1
we Oklahomans have been help-
ing to pay for them with OUR:
taxes Now I think some of the
newer states in the west are en-
titled to their share of federal
improvements instead of putting
everything on the other states to
further improve their position to
compete against us
The Southwest has been and
still is at a great disadvantage in !
building industries and an in:
dustrial economy To overcome
this handicap we must have
equality of transportation costs
(equal freight rates and naviga-
tion) abundant power at reason-
able costs conservation of all na-
tural resources including soil and
water and an attractive way of
life for farmers and workers
Much of this vital program was
involved in the legislation" which
OP
heard it was just a big Country
Club The guy who originated
that idea should spend lonely
hours in an iron-bound cage
listen to the screams of the
mentally tormented hear the
heartbreaking prayers and stor-
ies of the condemned
"When I get out my hope is
to Ket as far away from this
kind of life as I can'!
I supported and the Council cititl
leizes -
As a part of 'this general goala number Of bond issues have
been voted and tire being voted'
by local sub-divisions in Oklaho-
ma But even so all of these
bonds pledge future revenue for
years to come The votes I cast
in the U S Senate to which the
Council objects were to build a
better way of life for t11 Okla-
homans and the money for it was
to be paid out of eurrent reven-
ues And let me say I shall CON-
TINUE to support such construc-
tive measures despite the threats
and the smears from the Council
of State Chambers These are the
issues involved and I again chal-
lenge this paid registeced lobby
of special interests financed by
people and areas foreign to and
far removed from Oklahoma to
send their representatives (one
or more) here and debate these
issues before the people of Ok-
lahorna
I repeat I will meet them at
the Red River or the Kansas:
border and I predict if they ac-
cept this challenge it won't be
10 days until there wouldn't be a
team of mules or a far mtractor
in Oklahoma that could drag
them on a political stu m ri or
public platform to continue the
debate
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' HOME FOR CHRISTMAS: I
am deeply grateful that our
w:hole family was home for
Christmas They came from far
places: Breene with his Wife
from Fort DCVenS Mass Bob
who sails for Germany in Jan-
uary was here with his wife and
son Robert Samuel III from
Camp Polk La Kay from Well-
esley and Mrs Kerr Bill and I
from Washington
The visit of necessity will be
brief but we have spent much
time in fond anticipation We will
draw the time of the visit out to
its limits and then we will carry
the inspiration and memory of it
far into the New Year
I know just exactly what was
in the heart of a GI at a distant
army camp who with his bud-
dies was engaged- in their favor-
ite indoor sport bragging about
who was from the greatest state
He listened patiently to extrava-
gant praise as to the beauties and
wonders of their states from
Florida to California and from
New York to Texas Finally just
before bedtime the tall quiet
boy from Oklahoma spoke up
calmly but very intensely "Well
there's something in Oklahoma
you won't find anywhere else in
the world" As all eyes were turn-
ed upon him he squared his
shoulders and with a faraway
look he declared "MY HOME'
And feeling just like that old
boy let me say I'm mighty
thankful that so many of us could
be together in Oklahoma for
Christmas It will he a blessed
day Indeed when all of our boys
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kind ot ide as I ctn:
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L N G-TERMER: "After 81
years the outside iS like a myth
"The first year here life seem-
ed hopeless and without meaning'
So much sameness in each day
added to the cleanness f an al-
ready drab existence
'Nov I have learned to use
my time in study and "made I
Work" Still when I go to lied at
night I study my ha cell and
wonder about the !fumy who
have slept here below
LIFER: "After 19 years the
outside is a fairyland belong
ing to my childhood
"In my first year or 4 W
thought this can't happen to
me But it did happen to me
and I'm still here
"I have seen many types of
(prison) :tdministration
brutal and lackadaisical Ender
these men were more or less
on their own
"Then can modern penolo4
gists whose philosophy is to
guide rather than drive men
I believe they are on the right
track
"Doing Time' is a way of
life for me any like me We
have learned each must do his
own and that the hest we can
hope for is a peep Into the great
outside"
names of Enid and Garfield county people and their doings
the average of over 20 LOCAL pictures in each issue
and the unquestioned excellence of Events society coverage
and you see why the Enid Events makes a bulky but wel-
come arrival at most persons' homes every week
We do our best and have fun working for you Your sup-
port your forbearance of the inevitable mistakes we make
your willingness to help us by patronizing the folks who pay
the cost the advertisers in each issue of the Events these
we ask of you in fifty-two
We look back on 1951 with some degree of satisfaction But
well do better in the year ahead
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Some of us old "Die Hards"
are not going to like it but
we must make way for "prog-
ress" Just when we finished
learning that the alphabet
was not A-B-C but instead
was Able - Baker - Charlie
some one discovered that
those phonetic letters were
not V er y understandable
when spoken by some pilot
who couldn't speak English
so it is being changed to
Alfa-Bravo-Coca etc! These
new words so we are told
were selected by experts
so who are we to voice our
humble nay?
Another sign of progress is the
search for aircraft transmitters
that are not properly licensed In
doing this pilots are required to
give full identification of their
aircraft upon making first con-
tact with towers or range station
instead of the last three num-
hers as is now the case
For example when we call
the tower in the Woodpecker
Special we merely say "This
Is Triple Nine how"
(99911) but under the new
system we would say "This is
Nineva seven nine nine Ilamp-
erstannipherovitch" See how
much simpled the new way is?
Just as plain in a foreign lan-
guage as it is in English
and that is what "they" are after!
And still another sign of pro
gress is the changing as of July
I 1952 of the good old fashion-
ed 5280 footed mile to the one
just a little longer known as
a nautical mile This simplies fly-
ing very much For instead of
being able to look at ones watch
and check the time against the
distance between a couple high
can be rhere their hearts will
surely be and that is HOME FOR
CHRISTMAS
PS The HAT is also HOME
the one I left in a diner on Route
130 in New Jersey
ways all we have to do Is mul-
tiply the hypotenuse by the dia-
bolical consternation then sub-
stract last years profit and loss
and then we come with
KNOTS which is something
like miles per hour only differ-
ent Under the new system a pilot
! starts for Oklahoma City at
three bells and gives up some-
where over Chicago because he
cannot remember whether his
ship is Nan or Nineva or
whether he has his airman's
identification or just a driver's
license The Eskimos just hal
Icy "MUSH" and away they go
probably wouldn't take any
longer either!
Interesting sights we found on
our trip last week to Nebraska:
Fifteen inches of snow had fallen
last week and the big rotary
snow plow was blowing a huge
column of snow from off the run-
ways a sight that is hard to
forget Hunters in Northern Ne-
braska had driven a herd of fouri
deer down "south" and we found
them browsing in a cornfield'
southwest of Columbus Phea-
sants were seen by the dozens
since the heavy snow contrasted
against their leathers
Airplanes there were mounted
on skis and one pilot spotted
a car stuck in a snow bank He
landed alongside the stranded
auto gave the driver a welcome
push back onto the road then
flew away we spotted one
ert :digging a tractor out of a
huge drift just could see the
top of the machine
'Flying- Chef Jimmy Hitchcock
of Woodring Coffee Shop fame
chalked up a new speed record
last week while on his solo-cross
country flight to Ft Worth Tex-
as he flew from here to Ft
Worth in just a little over six
hours! Beat the old-pony-express
record by three minutes and ten
seconds Would have taken him
longer only he forgot his bill
fold at Chickasha and had to hur-
ry back before he ran out of gas
Rill Vacin has started a
"Rogue's Gallery" of pilot
photos in his airport office and
we Just contributed a new one
It is a reminder of the time
when his memory wasn't so
good and he tripped the gear
before the ship was airborne
Oklahoma's Aviation Commis-
sion has set up a new system of
filing flight plans that should
solves a great problem Flight
plans may be filed with the High-
way patrol when CAA stations
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Plan to visit this Latest Word in
Modern Food Stores Nothing will
be sold at this preview We just
want you to see this fine store at
the very peak of perfection! See
the huge display of $200000 in
prkes to be given away Monday
through Saturday of next week
TREATS FOR
EVERYBODY!
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are not within range The Patrol
will radio the plan to the near-
est CAA station where it will be
filed closing the plan is dc e
in the same manner Since there
are only a very few CAA sta-
tions in the state where flight
plans may he filed this new sy-
stem will be a great help
Am since Uncle iq looking hard
craft transmitters this is just a
suggestion that all pilots check
their licenses to see if they are in
effect The penalty is pretty
rough for failure to license a
transmitter FCC will furnish ap-
plication blanks upon request
Address Federal Communira-
lions Commission Washington
ac and ask for aircraft trans-
mitter license application Stmnle
only takes a while to get the
license after application is made
No charge
Thanks for several phone
calls regarding our column last
week We were sure we saw
"The Thing" and our confes-
sion brought several "seers" out
into thE open who also saw
"it"
It is well recognized that the
general improvement of stan-
dards of living and of the cond-
tions of employment plays a large
part in the prevention of tuberculosis
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