The Dewey County News (Seiling, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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SEILING OKLAHOMA: THURSDAY APRIL 4 1957
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Teepee Town Gets
Seiling's Go Ahead
Arrangements for highway sign advertising participation in the
kickoff parade for the state semi-centennial celebration at Okla-
homa City and a location for the site were underway this week as
Selling business and civic leaders knuckled down to work on the
planned tourist attraction of Indian teepees and handicraft work
The winning slogan or name
for the project as chosen by the
Blue Cross-Shield slogan committee Tuesday even
- in: was "Teepee Town" and was
Enrollment Opens lahoma Gas and Electric Co of-
first suggested by Bill Frass Ok-
ficial at Woodward The slogan
Monday in County mitted for consideration by Mrs
L C Elliott but Frass's was the
first entry
' Residents of Dewey and Wood The tourist project itself will
ward counties will have an op- be known as "Teepee Town" and
portunity to enroll on an "indivi- other slogans will be used to ad-
lual" basis in Oklahoma Blue vertise it such as "Home of Chief
:ross and Blue Shield prepay- Littleface" "Campsite of the Red-
ment health care plans during man" etc among some Luggest-
We period fpom April 8-23 Vial I ed by Mrs Elliott
' Residents of Dewey and Wood
ward counties will have an opportunity-
to enroll on an "indivi-
dual" basis in Oklahoma Blue
Cross and Blue Shield prepay-
ment health care plans during
the period fpom April 8-23 Wal-
ter V Bowman general chairman
of the membership campaign
and Woodward businessman said
today
Dewey and Woodward county
civic hospital and medical or-
ganizations have made arrange-
ments with Oklahoma Blue Cross
and Blue Shield to open t h e
community group for individuals
for new members and are spon-
soring the drive as a community
service project Bowman said
Sponsoring organizations a r e
the Selling Lions club Leedey
Lions club Taloga Kiwanis club
and the Woodward-Dewey coun-
ty Blue Cross committee
The enrollment has been en-
dorsed by Northwest Counties
medical society Custer County
medical society Beckham Coun-
ty medical society western dis-
trict Oklahoma Osteopathir asso-
ciation Northwest Community
hospital of Moore land the Wood-
ward Memorial hospital founda-
tion Inc and other Blue Cross
member hospitals in this area
Normally residents can enroll
In non-profit Blue Cross (the hos-
pital care plan) and Blue Shield
(the surgical-medical care plan)
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$653 Raised by Donation
Some $653 was raised this week
through business solicitation t o
advertise the project with high-
way signs and other media
A Monday night meeting o
organization voted to rent t h e
Gayway cafe building and lot for
$15 per month for a four month
period and plans are to erect
theteepees and other portions of
the project there -
Present plans call for the tee-
pees and some Cneyenne In-
dians to be doing various forms
of hanaicraft there Dririking and
restroom facilities NN ill be avail-
able for the tourists while they
shop for Indian curios and take
photographs of the Indians
If possible Indian dances will
be staged from time to time for
the tourists' benefit
Parade Entry Plca Ined
An entry for the state's official
sem-centennial Opening paradel
at Oklahoma City is planned on
April 18 Present plans include a
float with a teepee and several
Indian boys and girls in full re-
galia the Seiling highschool
only as mem'oers of employee band the Roundup club and a
groups I convertible with Chief Lithe Face
This Dewey county community 1 to be entered
enrollment for individuals how- The parade committee is corn-
ever is primarily designed t o posed of Ceorge Mason Wilbur
meet public demand for making 1 Kent and J K Autrey
flue Cross and Blue Shield) Beards Will Sprout
health care protection available 1 Beards will be the order of the
day through April 27 as Seiling
also gets i n the mood for a pony
SCOUt Camporee express run that is coming
: Planned April 5 6 7 through Sefling from Guymon on
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the way to Oklahoma City
Selling scouts will attend a The Selling Roundup club"' will
camporee at Boiling Springs park furnish riders for the mail from
in Woodward Friday Saturday i ilei: tL) ‘VALUit6c1 ctil'4 i-
a
nil Sunday Dean Gaden scout 1 ments for the riders
official said today Clean shaven pprrnits will be
scouts wanting to attend the issued to those who don't want
camnoree are asked to see George to struggle with the whiskers at
MaTion or Earl England a cost of $5 The monpv will help
They plan to camp out and will out on Vle tourist and p:rad pro
be back around noon Sunday Pets
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CHARTER PRESENTA'TION—Earl England Lions club president on the right is shown as he recciv-
Ci the charter last week for the Selling Boy Scout troop Elmer Pound scout official from Wociward
is making the presentation The Lions club is the sponsoring organization for the scouts Several
Selling scouts were awarded at a court of honor the same night
Capt Elliott Wins
navigator Wings
At Texas Air Base
Capt Louie C Elliott Jr a vva inaluviluu ill Ilia iLiat AUX
United States Air Force pilot for the storm knocked out bridges
the past 10 years was awarded on both sides of his farm home
his second pair of wings those of Selling received 21 inches 0 I
a navigator in graduation exer- rain Tuesday night and Wednes-
eises recently at James Connally day morning and at one time
AFB Waco Tex T Sgt Edgar
Odom USAF ree:-uit-fr at Clinton the downpour was so heavy wa-
ter covered main street from curb
said today ' to curb
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Ca illi-tt !: the o-)n of Mr I r Canton's engineers said that
and L C Elliott Selling only one inch of rain fell there
Tht graduation ceremonies 1vith a little hail and that strong
climaxed six months of special- winds accompanied the storm
ized navigator training designed
to prepare Elliott for duties as an Taloga Gets 212 Inches
aircraft commander of high
Taloga received 242 inches ot
speed jet Strategic Air Command
moisture with a light hail accom-
bomber aircraft This additional panied by strong winds
training has qualified him for
the triple rating of pilot-navi-
They received 52 inches last
gator-observer Officers who are Friday at Taloga
qualified for these three different Temperatures for the week ran
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lobs are often referred to as "The from a high reading of 68 d
Man Who Wears Three Hats" grees to a low of 21
Capt Elliott served in the Army
Air eoros and Air Force from 1943 ss ss
to 1948 and was recalled to ac Frilonds choir
tive duty in March 1951 Prior II isoKli
to being recalled to active duty is
and received his law
he attended Wayne university W
degreo from Sing bs
ill q
there in 1956 His Nvile is the
former Nellie Mae Curtis of Seda- The a cappella choir from the
ha Mo and they are the par- Friends Bible college rilvilancl
ents of three children Kan will appear in a sacred con
Sgt Odom is in 'Selling every cert at the Soiling school audi-
Friday afternoon and can be lo- torium at 7:30 p m Sunday
cated at the Post Office between
the hours of 3 and 4 p m or voo The 40-vo:ce ensemble from the
may call him collect at 1162 or west Kansas Quaker school is
2225 in Clinton at F---- o--- c--- now in its 18th year as a concert
information about enlistment in choir and has become known
widely throughout the midwest
air force or appointments
for its distinctive styling 0:
4-H Demonstration hymns and spirituals A much-
travelled group its annual tours
Contests Slated cover an average of five thousand
The annual club demon-
stration contests will be held
Wednesday at the Taloga school
Willa Dean Nicholson Wood-
ward Virginia Fite Cordell and
Mrs Leslie Vanderwork Taloga
vill judge the girls' division
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Frieals College a capella choir
Heavy Rains Hail Wind Lash
County Area Destroy Ponds
Dewey county and neighboring areas escaped the major wrath
of the tornadic spring weather this week but was dou3ed in rains
of from one to four inches hal) and high winds -
In the first damaging rain of the year at least two farm ponds
were broken and some four county bridge approaches washed out
There was no hail locally in Selling but it was reported heavy
southeast and south of town from one-half to three-fourths inches
in diameter
The heaviest rainfall was re-
ported from the Elmer Worthing-
ton farm eight miles east o f
Selling and the Bronnie Cook
farm some five miles south and
west of town
Cook's farm pond was broken
by the heavy downpour as was
Edwin Campbell's 12 miles east
of Selling
County 'bridges knocked o u t
by the storm were all southeast
of Selling in the Peewee a n d
l'iucMac areas All were repaired
by 4 p m Wednesday and ready
for use Jim Gilt county commis-
sioner said
Hailstones from one-half to
three fourths inches in diameter
hit hard in the Peewee and Iluc-
Mac area and the bar ditches
were still filled with them Wed-
nesday morning after the Tues-
day deluge Lue Diercks Selling
school bus driver said
9 Duane Pethod new bus driver
was marooned on his first day as
the storm knocked out bridges
on both sides of his farm home
Seiling received 21 inches 0
rain Tuesday night and Wednes-
day morning and at one time
the downpour was so heavy wa-
ter covered main street from curb
Hail Fills Ditches
The 40-voice ensemble from the
west Kansas Quaker school is
now in its 18th year as a concert
choir and has become known
widely throughout the midwest
for its distinctive styling o:
hymns and spirituals A much
group its annual tours
cover an average of five thousan1
miles presenting fifty concert
appearanceseach year in chord-1i
and youth rallies
The :!Iinisterial Alliance o I
7eiling cordially invites the pub-
lic to attend A free will offering
will be taken
10 Participate in
Sei ling GOC Alert
Ten observers participated I n
Seiling's Ground Observer corps
post alert Sunday afternoon
George Mason chief observer
said this week
Because of 1veather conditions
no planes were sighted by t h e
post
The Post was alerted Tuesday
night for possible storms in this
area and was manned by Mason
and Don Abel until around 10:30
p m
Plans for the construction o f
the new post two miles west of
town are underway and work is
expected to begin sometime this
weekend
Material for most of the lum-
ber in the structure is being do-
nated by W H Pittman Lee Boy-
er superintendent of schools
said Wednesday that FTA boys
would move the lumber to t h e
building site
School Takes Part
In Bundle Drive
' Next winter will be a little
wazmer for many boys and girls
if Selling students have their
way
Local students launched a dive
today collect good used clothing
for Save the Children feleration
to distribute to needy people i n
this country and overseas
Lee Boyer Selling
dent urged residents to give dis-
carded garments to the Bundle
irive He explained that while
::!iiildren's clothing is espeAally
wanted infant and adult wear
are also welcome
Items most needed are long-
sleeved sweaters shirts pants
dungarees overalls hats knit
caps cotton dresses underwear'
socks pajamas cloth coats
sheets blankets diapers baby
shirts bootees rubbers over-
shoes and xvork shoes
225 Three-in-One
Shots Administered
A total of 225 three-in-one
shots wer'c:ziven to school child-
ren ThiArsday at the Selling
school under the program being
sponsored by the Seiling P-TA
Lee Boyer superintendent said
to:lay
There were 43 Richmond school
and one Richniond pre-school a'ze
)upil also receiving shots Ray-
mond Gerrison Richinoni super-
intendent expressed his thanks
to Boyer and the Selling school
officials for letting Richmond
participate in the program
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NUMER S
June Contract
LottingIs Seen
For Taloga Bridge
Plans Ore proceeding satisfac-
torily for a contract letting i n
June on Taloga's South Canadian
river bridge on US 183 D I Mc-
Cullough state bridge engineer
said today
McCullough said the estimated
cost of the project is $900000 It
Is a vital project to all commun-
ities in this area and is a dircc4
route south and north for t h e
transient combines at harvest
time A national highway US 183
is heavily traveled
The estimate includes paved
approaches and a pile diversion
system at the north end a safety
measure designed to keep t h e
river from cutting its banks
McCullough's plans call for a
1600 foot bridge on 15 piers Six-
teen 100-foot steel I-beams will
go into the structure
The Midge will be located east
of the presentbridge and will be
66 feet longer
The present bridge was built
by county commissioners 'back In
1914
Lions Vote Pay for
Music Festival at
Wednesday Meeting
The Se:ling Lions club Wednesdayvoted-to
-pay $9631 to t h e
Selling Music Festival for out-
standing bills The club annual-
ly supports the festival as one of
its projects
Guests of the club included two
Oklahoma ACM college coeds
Mrs Betty Caywood Canton and
Joyce Jackson Butler also Mrs
Harold Stotts Selling home eco-
nomics teacher and Judy Brady
FHA piesident
Also Dorothy Sanler piano ac-
companiq and Delmar Robinson
Mrs Ca)wood and Miss Jack-
scn are observing instruction
rcthods at the Selling homemak-
ing class as a part of their work
at A&M this week
Six Register for
Draft During March
Six county youths registered
for the draft during March Reg-
14 Selling Students istra tion is compulsory upon
Make State Honor reaching your 18th 'birthday
Registrants were llovvard Lee
Rolls for Year tiliams Seiling Jerry Dale
Westenhaver Camargo Elmer
M Clayton Taloga Joe Leo Mc-
Fourtern Selling students made Ginnis Canton and Larry Dean
the state honor roll society this Adams and Ward Allen Cain
week Lee Boyer superintendent via
gaid today Hubert Hall Seiling and Ed-
Only the top 10 percent of each gar Lamb Camargo were t o
student body is so honored Boy- leave Tuesday on their induction
er said The listings are made for call
the last semester of last year and
the first semester of this year
Students on the roll were Lan-
ny Sander Bill Walters Wilma Mrs rs Cates Lists
Ward Pat Purvine Rosetta Theatre Show Days
Stands Gene Ward Karen -Furr
Betty Gilchrist Betty Hurt Lynn i
Jones Ralph Walters Mike Trib- I Mrs -Rhoda Cates said today
that she 'planned to run t w o
bey Roseanna Conner and Mar
garet Paris shows a week at the Tower Thea
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Mrs-Rhoda Cates said today
that she 'planned to run t w o
shows a week at the Tower Thea-
tre with an occasional third show
on Tuesday Wednesday a n d
Thursday
The regular shows will be o n
Friday and Saturdays and Sun-
day and Mondays Showtime will
be 8 p m
Mrs Cates reported a nice
crowd for Wednesday's show
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SAFETY HEAD WILL SPEAK
AT P-TA MEETING TONIGHT
Lt O B Patl-e-s3n t-aff1 safe-
ty education director with t h e
Oklahoma Highway patrol will
spnk to the Selling P-TA at 7:30
p m today at the school audi
torium
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Spies, Dwight & Boren, Ben. The Dewey County News (Seiling, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1957, newspaper, April 4, 1957; Seiling, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2078975/m1/1/: accessed June 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.