Blackwell Journal-Tribune (Blackwell, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 230, Ed. 1 Monday, September 16, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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TITE FATTIER
Tonight— Fair
Tomorrow— Fair warmer
Temperatures— High to 2 p m
Monday 80 low 56 Sunday h 1 2 h
75 low 59 year ago high 104
low 69
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R LACK WELL OKLA MONDAY SEPT 10 1 907
o° 0 Up l Three-Inch Rains
Chikaskia Watershed
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Bring River Swell Here
Bridge Pushed Toward Mid-October Ct
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CHARLOTTE HOLLOPETER middle daughter of Mr end Mrs
Charles Hollopeter southeast of the city was a runnerup in
the Oklahoma Junior Chamber of Commerce beauty contest
Sunday at Chickasha Cecile Roberts left Norman was the
winner and Kay Camp Okeene right also was named a
runnerup
Citv Girl’s Going to
Capital With Jaycees
Mis Charlotte Tfollopetor 18 24-36 and Miss Kay Camp 19
dau-hter of Mr and Mrs Charles (97' 24 37) the other runnerup
n aKo v ill be gnrn an all expenses
JlnllopeUr sou!ieast of the cit
and a sophomore student at
Oklahoma State at Stillwater
was declared a runnerup in the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
beauty contest held Sunday at
Chicka-ha and will accompany
ihe queen to Washington when
ino c — -
the wimer mgns oyer Oklahoma
Day Sept 28
Mi's Cecile Roberts 21 (35-23-
35) of Norman was declared the
Winner of the contest and will be
Mis- Oklahoma at Hie Washing-
ton festnal Mi's Hollopeter
Injured List
Drawn Alter
Konawa Wind
KUWWA Sept hi— IP - Light
ol well rigs were completely de-
s' i-oyed by the tornado that
struck at Konawa Saturday night
'nd an estimated $19000 damage
i
vas done to oil field equipment
Six of the lnjuicd during the
storm have been identified They (
i
are
Linda Ackerman 8 - year - old'
daughter of Mr and Mrs Mike
Aekmuau not s nou
A ( Semtner M broken
’ ’
1 S'
Hilda Semtner broken le
skull miury and crushed chest
c
cnlshVtf'ehesl ° ' ' " "rm
uusnio 1
A grandson of Semtner minor
K'!nrs' f 1
Nancy ( amphell daughter of
Mr and Mrs Ha'sell (amphell
killed in the storm seriously in
jured hut out of danger today
Three homes were reportedly
demolished and 18 houses and
buildings damaged '
There were reports of looting
Sunday but national guardsmen
said no serious incidents had oc-
rurred They said traffic had j p n Tuesday at the Alfred Tor-!
dogged county roads hut the (pr rrsKcncP ‘
people were mostly sightseers Burial will be in the local JOOE
rot troublemakers cemetery
Tast Matrons of the Order of
Uloodniobilc Coining Eastern Star are asked to meet
17) Donors Needed ul ult ui"-‘ p-m-
to attend the service in a group
Western Kav county residents Rcv- Lynn Butcher pastor of
mdudu'g Blai kw ell will he a'kcd Ibe Presbyterian church will of-
to donate blood when the Red ficiate and pallhearers will he
Cro'S Bloodmobile pays a visit Max Rogers (arl Randall Ace
here Wednesday Sept 25 from Black- a"ar Dyer W II Fey
9 a m to 213 p m in the Amer- and b rcd McGee
lean Legion building '
About 175 volunteer donor I’iay Opens Nct pri!
will he needed to fill the 160 JJU 4lrcadv Hit
pint quota according to ML
Stephen' new blood recruiting LONDON Sept 16— ir— Drury
chairman Lane theatre officials happily re-
Fer'ons who will donate are ported today that the musical
a-Ked to call the Red Cross of-"M Fair Lady" is going to be
fice phone 38 in Blackwell or a hit
Mrs Everett Mugg at 660 in The show opens at the Drury
Tnnkawa to make appointments Lane April 30 Officials said they
Miss Jessie Clift chairman of had received $84 000 in ticket ap-
volunlcer services will announce licatmns already although the
tier staff fur the vi it in the near box office does not open until
future i next month
paid 2 day trip to Washing to act
a attendants to Miss Roberts ’
Miss Hollopeter recently
crowned Blackwell Semi Centen-
ni al queen here and is five fc'V
seven inches tall Mi" Roberts'
s a smaller fne feet three
inches and Miss Camp is 5 8 a -
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Miss Roberts was crowned b
State Senator Walt Allen bc'forc
a crowd of more than 100 Miss
Hollopeter w a s accompanied
from here by her parents and
Mr and Mrs Nolen Brown
(3b-’Jaycee representatnes
Fred J Hoschlcr
Funeral Services
Here Wednesday
La't rites for Fred John Ho'di-1
lor 67 1202 West Radon who
died at 1 p m Sunday in the
Veterans hn'pital at Wichita will
he conducted at 2 p m Wcdnes-
n pl0)Pr( anf sIH15 chapel
Rev Dwight Hunt vull officiate
and burial will he m the IOOK
cemetery
Mr Hoschler a city employe1
bnrn Fpb n ln inwa
was an army veteran nl
World War I and a member of
the American Legion j
Surv''ors !lcllldP hls Vlfp' Mr5'
n°l'e five step daugli-
rrs’ Ml"' L?le ln and G
onnlp Breece Aentura Calif
Mrs Marcie Chalhs Mrs Tom-'
Block Blackwell five step sons
Cal forma Char -
gima Bobby Mur -
of Oiai Calif Carl Morris of
Blackwell and James Morris
MdJW0(jrj rallf two slstrr and
two brothers iham Hoschler
u) Waltpr 1I(chlrr Sacamcn-
)f) t-abf
J-’uneral at 3 Tuesday
yy J00s
rtPS for ir5 yy
p rook s 85 former Blackwell res-
jfprd wbf) (Cd Saturday in Kerr-
Tex will be conducted at
t'lf'iieral two ami one-half meh rain- m tin- ana
ami amount totalling: up to three mehes in the Chik-a-kia
w at or -heil on the uetkeml caused a 1 178 foot
rise in the river weather rd'-mcr I'lovd 'mtgr'nH'i y
said Monday
lie read a cre-t on the river at 1 : 1 " am Monday
after the rier had shown a Mow elinih all day Sun-
day The ample runoff proves that Kay county MibxH
is atill in good condition and farmer arc looking for-
waid to winking ground Indore autumn planting of
w heat
Montgomery's final rainfall figure for the weekend
was 2 16 inches bringing the September total to ‘177
over the 28) inch aeerago for the month
I'lir ri7 total has now reachi d
12 62 imho Mnntgoineiy said
Toifll official rainfall for the
weekend at Tonkawa was 2 65
inches bringing t ho September
nu oui enieni to 5 61 inrhes
( alduell rerened an ern
partly cloudv and mild Tuesday
three inches in the 56 hour period
night and Wednesday
K S S— Partly cloudy Tups-
day warmer ca't and smith pur-
turns high in 80s
1 d m
62
1 p ni
67
thp flUMlav lf) Tu(rax
lhnj(h Saurd‘a au e 5'
to dr5rpM ' bfl0M norniH
if jo tiegreps pcimv norma I mo rve-uay lorccas calico mr 1 i -
warmpr Tuesday turning oooler'trmprratiirrs to average 5 to If) Or Ray mond Crew s Oklahoma !of the starting gun at noon and
Thursday or Friday normal min- Degree below normal with warm unnersity hospital and the hos-t'a1lp directly to Blackwell
mUn n(ar60 n’ormal mai- weather Tuesday and turmugipHal assnriation Dr Flovd1 Ip sald hat Ilp remembers
muni m ?(K ’ p t will't-ooler again Thursday or Frida v Moorman Oklahoma City Med- bll-un a mlntp P'p f'om a iner-
au p from dl)nul T h The weathermen said preripita- tical association are members of chanl who had 'r1 lP business
uvtn tinn will axrraee from about 24 the adnsorv ernun in 3 rnt wlu'r the Security
western portion to 50 inch in
eastern Oklahoma occurring a'
scattered showers Wednesday
through Friday ’
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
Stock
Rond' lower
I’ S goyernment bonds ea-ier
in quiet trading
American stocks lower
Midwest stocks lower
Silver in New Yolk quoted at
J ‘°r n quipt lradins
f)n cents a fine ounce up 0 465
cent
( niton futures higher
(ranis in Chicago W heat
corn rye oats soybean
lard futon s-lnw or
JanailCSC 70 Ghcil
ii I 1 IT
II£nsClH)0 JfCgfCC
fiKUYAMA Japan Sept 16—
'IP1— Ileikel Matm ‘ yubseribcs 7o
(hp gda it-s npvpr (yo d
learn
MatMlj 7n
received a high-
H’hool dearer ehterdav after a
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Tl r e" h rtCHr'iPS(trit
" 7Ir'PJ lr) dmded °h Tart
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A A CCk for (-OmponC
Declared in Carolina
RALEIGH Nf Sept l6-(tr—
Cornpone is getting it just dcs-
verts
Gov Luthei Hodges describing
i the delicacy as "an integral part
of southern life" has designated
Oct 7-13 as "North Carolina
Cornbread Week"
up again"
Test Bomb a Big One
ATOMIC TEST SITE Nev
Sept 16 — gpi — The 20th nuclear!
blast of the atomic energy com-
mission's summer test series
slammed into the pre-dawn still-
POSSIBLES FOR UN PRESIDENCY-Leading candidate for jnps the Nevada desert today
election as president of the United Nation 12th General Astern- W1b an ps lm force of nearly
bly convening in New York Tuesday are Charles Malik left lw'rp that unleashed by atomic
and Sir Leslie Munro Malik is Foreign Minister of Lebanon bombs over Japan in World
Munro is from New Zealand War II
ending carh Sunday according
lf Edwin Garners official gauge
lanneis m that area were
happy at the increase in sml
moisture whuh makes prospects
bright for the fall season
he 80swth the mild Indian sum-
nirr w (alhfr continuing
The Tve-dav forecast called for
!lni1 "id a'crage from about 24
1udl ln fhc west to 50 m thej
cast occurring as scattered show -
Pr‘rpu: rn wpdlpsday Hirough
(I ri’ldA i
One Dies 6 Hurl
Tn rPncl nf
v5L U1
i) i j n
liOCKCl ngine
DOER N J Sept 16—42—
An cxpeiimcntal rocket engine
exploded today at a naval air
nnkt K-'i Lake
llnp' flrm manufaettires rock-
and Denmark
I First reports said our person aecme is to be sent to Okla-j Me they had a page from a
was killed and six others were loma on the ha'is of population
in nn eel un that the state should receive
The engine exploded as it wa about 13 per cent of vaccine re-
'being tested at Reaction Motor leased or about 13 WO shots out
earli million Oklahoma's
pt enKnP'' or thp navy and l
located on a portion of naval
testing station property
A company spokesman said the
lonr Vlctm 'as
( hance ought ( o of Dallas
i t i
I Three nf the inpired aDo were
' said to he representative of (he
nains frm The other three in-
)iured were reported to be plant
employes 1
I
A Lift for Thrift
' GENEVA Ill Srpl 16-IP — 1
The First National hank of Gen-
'ea gives parents a big lift in
teaching their children to save
money Thp hank has a hydrau-
lie cylinder that lifts small fry
up so they can meet the teller'
face-to-face
"
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'THE NEW BRIDGE across the Chikaskia river north of Blackwell is progressing normally toward a middle of October opening
date according to A P Thompson who is supervising the work In this picture all of the steel floor beams have been laid
State Charts
Mu Vaccine
Iroys Fd had a
Piece of pic then drifted off to
'r-An adusory comm Her fjrar Mnee he and his dad m(r krs Knmnng
the slate health department will started the ( hi mkee Slop race little of what lav ahead from ice was interrupted throughout
mert T hursoay afternoon in the from a r)lnt on lhP Kansas line that day in 1895 until 1957 'much of Oklahoma lodav when
stair hrallh offices to discus a riding double
rerommended priority system fori Treadway ' then ius a hm BLACKWELL highschool's band So"U('M‘’rn B(’11 Tftrphonp
giymg out Asian flu yaccine 'hung on for dear life while lus was in I’miea ( ity Monday morn- (n °Iu'ranl's lf employes re-
I Three comimllce members dad goaded a cow pony into the mg taking part n a parade held biscd to cros picket lines eslah-
kiixe already been named and promised land m conneelHin yv it h thp 64th an- li'hed by Western Electric Co
at lea't three others will hr se- 'inyetsary o the opening of the strikes
HE RECALLED Monday that Cherokee Strip J
they left Kansas with the crack' No formal celebration w as con-
f lpaM "r(T 'UlPrs T" fp M''
Tpd medical pharmaceu-
- u‘f’1 Hl(1 Ipital associations
the advisory group
pr Oradv Mathews
talh (Brcct’or said Oklahoma's
rrlnri(v wllI probably follow the
inA ent nn in TiCkmiri
one set up in Missouri
The system which vaccine
manufacturers have agreed to
follow in that MatP lists in order
med cal public heallh and Red
( ross workers policemen fire-
men prison guards hospital at-
tendants national guard em-
ployes of public utilities and tu-
berciilo'is victims 1
‘‘Of course" Dr Mathews saidj
‘ The armed forces should 'get
the very first share with two
pf
shots scheduled for each man"
share is not being released
through the state health depart-
'ment Dr Mathews said but i !
being distributed through the!
large pharmaceutical houses
i
Guns and Shells
!()() j( Medf)rd
MEDFORD Sept 16-Rrowler
broke into the Donalnie and Early
Hardware store here Sunday
night or early Monday and cs
caped with three guns and a
quantity of ammunition
The guns all pistols were re-
moved from the display case
Appairntlv nothing rise of value
was taken
Sheriff Lauren Mills said that
j admittance to the building was
gained tluuu(i a rear window
Drops Elevator East
To Start lTp Ajjain
i
CHICAGO Sept 16-ftr — Abe1
Sargis 77 is a man who has en-
joyed his ups and downs j
Sargis retiring after logging
30000 miles in 51 years as an
elevator operator said: "I likp
to get down fast so I can start
—
v- 4
Bought Pic in Tent on
Present Site of Bank
ED TREADWAY a pioneer
'Blackwell resident looked hack
j DlCV Klg Storm SCCIIC
sights for Sightseers
I
vucuunvA c W (B I t-ITTLE ROCK Ark Sept 16
WEWOKA Sept 16 — IP — 1
4entiil highschool the fo- Price Thomas manager cf
Charle Rhoades editor of the cal point of the hottest desegre- th oca Southwestern Bell
Wewoka Times said he came ElUin dl'l19(’ m history opened Telephone company office said
fr 11P lhird 'k f fall se- Monday noon that service to
upon some teenage boys in the meMcr today 111 debated telephone company subscribers
storm area around Konawa alld Protected from violence jn jbjs 4rea wa$ continuing as
usual and that he expected no
nd last effecj here from the strike He
night in a T interview1 that the ir (hat Western Electric strik-
troops may hr withdrawn by the er$ had let up no pje ines
end of the week There was nn n Blackwell and that he knry
on tre with a hatchet
rninutes Rhoades said he could
290 each eventually at Bartles-
ON THE WAY HOME lup anf yiuskogpg and tbe re
MANILA Srpl 16 - 4P — Ear! mainder of the 7600 in the five
When the editor approached 'Richard Williamson 28 of Oak-other cities across the state with
the boys and asked what they land (’alf- onp of hp 42 Ampr' Pltk('s-
were up to he was told they
were "just trying to fix up some
sights for the sightseers"
Federal Republic
Population 50000000
Armed Forces 100000
Police Groups 11000
Frontier Police 10000
Transport Police
Workers Fighting
Squads
Total Under Arms 121000
TMWM'A
FRANCE
AAj
WHO IS THREATENING HIS NEIGHBOR?— The Soviet
Union's pat answer as to why it is expanding its military
strength is that it is necessary to protect Communist coun-
tries agamrt "West German militarism’’ Boxes on Newstnap
give the present known strength of armed formations in both
parts of Gcimany The figuics show that the German Fed-
eral Republic with a total population of 50 million has some
120 OoO under arms in the Soviet zone of Germany which has
less than 18 million inhabitants there aie almost 400000 under
arms The Federal Republic which was rearmed under NATO
has one soldier for every 415 inhabitants The Soviet zon
has one soldier for every 45 persons
a v ' -r-Y ” v v "
v 'tej ‘ r ' ' i
v
hank now
'’Wht
Kike must
stands at 6 30 that
i
ducted in Blackwell in memory
'of lhe day when this section of
Oklahoma was opened to settle-
ment m Mew of the fact that a
three-day Semi Cenlrnmal cent
w as held earlier in the summer
Guard Still Stands at
iSrhool in Little Rock
indication exactly when he will
uiihdrdw
lean youths who visihd red China Officials of the telephone com-
m spite of state department warn- panv had no clear picture of the
mg passed through here on his problem and said “It seems to
wav home today
Soviet Occupied Zone
Population 17800000
Armed Forces 110000
Police Groups 20000
Frontier Police 40000
Transport Police 8000
Workers Fighting
Squods
Stale LI) Is
Interrupted
Hut Not Hen
Omy 550 Western Electric work-
'prc :n fi
!prs m nip Ma'e C5lPPCtp“ t0
take part in the mam strike
"1 l' flephone company said
1o' of ' 1100 of its employes
at nine offices thronchnut the
sale will he affected as they
honor picket lines of Western
Eli rtrie workers
The telephone company report-
ed 375 employes at Oklahoma
City will he affected 35(1 at Tulsa
0f none jn surrounding towns
he growing more serious by the
hour ’’
At 6 a m today the Commum-
Cations Workers of America post-
ed pickets at 11 cities across the
'late but by noon pickets had
I coon pulled off at Altus and Sal-
lisaw
I In five nf the exchanges with
'dial systems local telephone serv-
ice was functioning about as
usual But in Edmond Bartles-
jville ( hickaslia and Pauls Valley
lineal service was hampered Op-
erators were off at Oklahoma
j City Tulsa Muskogee Jloldcn-
ville and Norman
An operator at the local ex-
change said she went to work
before 7 am and left the build-
ing about 9 am for coffee When
she returned a picket was walk-
ing before the building "so I
didn’t go back in” Other oper-
ators failed to report at 7 a m
Supervisory workers were at-
tempting to maintain service a
telephone spokesman said The
telephone trouble came after
28 090 Western Electric workers
across the nation went on strike
for higher pay
Three From City OU
Greek Letter Pledges
Three freshmen students from
Blackwell at the University of
Oklahoma Norman are among
those who pledged sororities or
fraternities at the close of the
annual pre-school "rush" week
They are Sally Chormley Delta
Gamma Lynda Kay Bynum
Kappa Alpha Theta and Ray
Kinsinger Phi Gamma Delta
Two Kappa Sigma pledges from
Newkirk are DeArmond Wiles and
Michael McDowell
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