The Tonkawa News (Tonkawa, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 41, Ed. 1 Monday, June 24, 1957 Page: 1 of 6
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Saturday 90 66
Sunday 75 60
Monday (1:30 p m) 81 57
VOLUME 60
WEATHER
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An interesting item I re-
ceived through the mail this week
states that: "Letter carriers uni-
forms are a 50-50 blend of toe
Union Blue and Confederate
Grey" It is interesting to note
that our letter carriers uniforms
carry such historic significance
However during the summer
months with local letter carriers
wearing Frank Buck type helmet
hard to figure whether they
are hunting the African lion or
getting ready to tee off on the
back nine on the golf course with
their caddy carts
tct
Overheard on the Tennes-
see Ernie Ford show:
A man who didn't care to Spend
his money on tne home-town pa-
per sent his small boy over to
borrow the neighbor's In his
haste the boy didn't see the hive
of bees and tripped over them get-
ting hundreds of stings in the pro-
cess The old man hastened to his
aid ran through a barbed wire
fence tearing a pair of $995
trousers His wife turned over
the churn going to cut the man
out of the fence The baby
crawled through the cream onto
a new carpet a cow went out
through the hole in the fence ate
enough green alfalfa to kill her
calves chewed the arms off of
four shirts on the line and in all
the excitement the daughter
eloped with the hired hand
Moral: Subscribe to your home-
town paper its much cheaper than
going through all this
tct
June is a swell month for
the special events according to
our promotion calendar Here are
a few of the choicer tid-bits of
information: P or t a bl e Radio
Month American Fresh Water
Pearl Month National Hot Dog
Month Old Maid's Day National
Bow 'Fie Week and Mayonnaise
and Sala(' Dressing Week
tet
I happened to hear Dr Ir-
vin Krick the controversial "rair
maker" at a meeting recently and
he is a smooth speaker I guess
he would have to be to sell city
councils on the idea that he can
furnish them with moisture when
the situation WAS critical for
rain
Dr Krick said that his firm
can now take a contract and give
a money back guarantee that re-
sults will be obtained The firm
has been working for years "modi-
fying weather" as Dr Krick calls
it and has reached the point of
proficiency where they can call
their shots
Silver iodide generators are
used to release the moisture when
13tate Historical Zociety
corzp
Hi e cloud formation gets right Another improvement project
for rain Dr Krick said that in Rt the college has been curb gut-
the North Canadian watershed ter and apron work around the
where they operated for Oklaho- !ley Ntemorial Student Union and
ma City they controlled the situ- Easterling hall This work was
at ion so that there was no seri- completed this spring by Bert
ous flooding in the area He ex- Gray local contractor who held
plained that when their process the contract for $-1200 but no
releases the moisture it comesIbuilding permit was necessary for
down in much smaller drePletsIthe project (The -Student Union
and does a better job of soaking also uncle r w en t its finishing
in and does not run off so readi- I touches earlier this year but the
ly building permit had been issued
Another interesting point that before Jan 1 so it was not in
good Doctor made was the eluded in the 1957 total to date)
fact that in all the time that his' New Homes
firm has operated with their sil- The largest single slice of the
ver iodide generators there has building permit total during the
never been a hail storm or a tor- first six months of 1957 falls in
nado in the area they defended the classification of new private
They have some amazing results residences It amounts to an es-
to tell about the hail situation timated cost of $78750
If there is something to what New homes either have been or
Dr Krick has to offer and he are being constructed at scattered
sold me that he knows what he points over the city They include
is doing then it could mean that those of R D Thomas at 101
the destructive forte of tornadoes North Plum Etta M Green in the
could be a thing of the past in the 300 block of North Barnes J
mid-west Sterling Gilbert in Block 6 of
Also it would be great relief Snoddy addition Hugh McIntyre
to farmers if they could get bail in the 1300 block of East Grand
protection and Otto Strecker at 211 North
Its something to think about 11 th
I hope that Dr Krick is on the Other Building
right trail and that it will mean Other private building permits
control of t w o dreaded Pheo- for miscellaneous WOrk such as
flipOS of nature here in the mid- remodeling- homes and construe-
lands tion of garages storm shelters
tct etc have reached a total esti
Everett Fitzgerald had one mated cost of $13775 since Jan
of the shortest transfers in his- 1
tory Everett is Safety engineer Commercial building additions
for Continental Oil company and or improvements for the period
was told last M on day that he total an estimated $16200 The
would be tr ono Terre d to Fort latest and largest in this classifi-
Worth August the first Then on cation was permission granted this
Friday his transfer was cancelled past month to J D McComas for
It didn't hurt his I eeli ngs the construtelon of three buildings
though and we're glad that Con- on the Santa Fe railroad property
tinental changed their mind too jw:to north of North avenue at an
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Home of Northern Oklahoma Junior College
TONKAWA KAY COUNTY OKLAHOMA moNDAy JUNE 24 1957
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SECOND CAMPUS BUILDING-This is the UP heating p I a n t completed in the year of state-
hood and second building constructed on the campus
NOJC Plays Integral Role in Community
Life Almost Since the Beginning of City
(Editor's Note — This is an- city with elementary schools and Jeremiah Johnson of Newkirk
other in a series of articles deal- churches the settlers began think- As t h e curriculum expanded
ing with early-day Tonkawa be- ing in terms of higher levels ol' and enrollment increased new
big published this summer in education for their children equipment and ITIOre space be-
connection w i t h Oklahoma's By an act of the legislative as- came necessary To relieve the
senmi-Centennial celebration) sembly of Oklahoma Territory overcrowded condition the terri-
Only a few short years after passed on March 1 1901 money tonal legislature of 1905 appro-
the founding of Tonkawa in 1894 was appropriated for the estab- priated $60000 for buildings and
a pressing educational need was lishment of the University Prep- by September 1907 b o t h the
recognized and something big was oratory School to be located at south hall aid the heating plant
done to meet it with the establish- Tonkawa As a result of this legis- were completed
ment of Univeristy Preparatory lotion Central hall was construct- Junior College Later
School—one of Oklahoma Terri- ed a faculty of seven teachers
tory's most important and pictur- was hired and other essential of James Wilkin Tunkawa mem-'
esque educational instit u t i o n s an educational institution were be' of the territorial legislature
Nk
which since has become Northern provided 'aS instrumental in securing the
Oklahoma Junior college 227 Eenroll appropriation and the new south
And for 56 years the school In September of 1902 the new hall was named in his honor
Junior
has been a main cog in the coin- school opened its doors to 227 college work was added
munity cultural and e c o n -co m i c young men and women and the
in 1920 and the school was offi-
life of Tonkawa as well as the first commencement exe r c i s e s cially designated University Prep-
rest of north-central Oklahoma A were held in a tent in the spring oratory School and Junior College
number of persons who were pies of 1904 During the first year the By legislative act in 1941 the
ent at the school's opening still number of students increased to name became Northern Oklahoma
reside in the city and area and re- 315 and three additional faculty Junior college Preparatory class-
call its beginning and develop- members were hired J H Kelly a ea gradually had given way to
ment g r a d u a t e of the Iowa Normal college courses until the school
- Higher Learning school and of Cornell college was Was offering complete curricula
After the Cherokee Strip pio- elected to the presidency On the in arts and sciences fine arts
fleets began to flow in and take first board of regents a ere Gov commerce and industrial arts
up homelands in the area and Ton- I T B Ferguson of W a t o n g a Construction
kawa began to thrive as a young Thomas Martin of Muskogee and Like the statehood year of 1907
the semi-centennial year of 1957
go i has been a building year with a
Building n Tonkawa Is half 7million dollar construtclon
program completed Modern build
ings on the campus include Eas-
atoll jlo
Nearing 0 Mark
tm e
e r lniinogr i ahl sal1
iugdi(1:ilistutni 1 (1rin't i n the ge
200
Thielkeld hall the fieldhouse and
industrial arts building 0 t h e r
Tonkawa's seasonal construction work like the harvest has gotten buildings have undergone exten-
off to a sloggi start having been hampered by prolonged rain and sive remodeling over the years and
flooding conditions but with the arrival of summer Friday and just especially this past year
41 few days of favorable weather building activity was being renewed j Markley hall for men is ded-
A check this week of building permits authorized by city council icated to the memory of Robert
(luring the first six months of 1957 disclosed that Tonkawa's total Harold Markley the first Okla-
construction for the period has reached an estimated $187983 This human reported to have lost his
resembles closely the pattern set life at Pearl Harbor and a student
in 1956 being just about half of approximate cost of $10000 at NOJC from la38-i1 Threlkeld
last year's 12-month t o t a 1 of Second Half Outlook hall is named for Horace Walton
$368246 The second half of - 1957 prom-
Threlkeld d c a n of the college
January Big Month ises to come up with a far greater from 1919 until his death in 19-12
osterling hall is named for Dr
The largest single permit of the building program in Tonkawa than F
V R Fosterling now president
25 issued so far this year has been has the first half
the one early iii January to John City voters in March approved of the school'
10
Smith Tonkawa contractor for a by an overwhelming 15 to 1 mar-
Presidents
$75658 remodeling job of Wilkin gin a $208000 bond issue for Dr Easterling who assumed the
hall and auditorium on the cam- construction of a new junior and position in August 1953 is the
pus of Northern Oklahoma Jun- senior highschool just west of the l Oth president of the college Oth-
ior college Work on the auditn- National Guard armory School of- er presidents have b e e n Kelly
rium is not yet completed but is finials have expressed hope that 1902-14009 John A I 1 e y 1909-
expected to be by next fall construction can be launched by 1911 Lynn Glover 1911-1916
Another improvement project Aug 15 or Sept 1 and that the i W C French 1016-1917 R M
at the college has been curb gut- building will be ready for at least Caldwell 1919-1928 R R Rob-
te and apron work around the partial occupancy by the begin- inson 192s-1939 Loren N Brown
new Memorial Student Union and ning of the 1958 school year 1039-1951 Dr George P Huck-
Easterling hall This work was Phone Building Planned aby 1951-1952 and Howard R
completed t h i s spring by Bert The Southwestern Bell Tele- I Ilar°1d acting president 1952-
Gray local contractor who held phone company also is planning to 1”5:3
the contract for S-1200 but no erect a new building here al- This past February The Move-
building permit was necessary for though it has not yet' been an- rick student newspaper at NOJC
the project (The -Student Union flounced just when the work will published its Golden Jubilee edi-
also u n d e r w e n t its finishing be started A site for the new tion and in it were interviews
touches earlier this year but the telephone building Las been pur- i with several persons still in the
building permit had been issued chased at the southwest corner o'l ' area who attended the school at
before Jan 1 so it was not in- the Main street-Tonkawa avenue ' about the t i m e of statehood
eluded in the 1957 total to date) intersection i Among them were Ray Gregory
Mr and Airs Fred Ii by Mor-
Southwestern Bell has complet-
ed laying underground cable here gan Bush and Mrs B A Cockrell
all of Tonkawa and Felix Duvall
as a part of a project designed to
improv e long-distance telephone Of Ponca City Their stories Will
be re-told in future articles of the
service to Tonkawa and surround- current Ferios
jog communities The $3850000
expansion program which is near-
ing completion extends from Ok-
lahoma City to the Kansas state Two Tonkawans Register
line tuning via Edmond Guthrie
Mulhall Perry Red Rock flu-With Draft Board in May
hogs Tonkalta Ponca City and Two Tonkawans were among' the
Newkii k with major branches to 27 Kay county youths registering
Enid Stillwater and Blackwell with the Selective Service Board
Number 36 at Ponca City during
May it was announced Friday
Deadline Near for PO
us a part or a project designed to Of Ponca (ay Their stories will
improve long-distance telephone be re-told in future articles of the
service to Tonkawa and surround- current eries
ing communities The $3850000
expansion program which is near-
ing completion extends from Ok-
lahoma City to the Kansas state Two Tonkawans Register
line tuning via Edmond Guthrie I
Mulhall Perry Red Rock flu-With Draft Board in May
lings Tonkalta Ponca City andi Two Tonkawans were among the
Newkirk with major branches to 27 Kay county youths registering
Enid Stillwater and Blackwell with the Selective Service Board
Number 36 at Ponca City during
May it was announced Friday
Deadline Near for PO
They were Roger I) Wano of
Clerk Examination Here 629 North Ninth street and
liam C Brinng i of 505 East Grand
Postmaster Glen Sti ange an-
nounced today that July I is the avenue
deadline by w-hich applications for ow Nok
examinations for a subs tit u t e
datia realiteb
cleik-carrier's position at the Ton-
kawa postoffice must be filed with - -
Dallas regional office Local buyers a r e paying the
The U S Civil Service commis- following prices today:
sion has announced the examina- Wheat $196
dons Further information and ap- Produce Market
plication forms may be obtained T h e Tonkawa Produce market
either at the postoffice here or at 1:30 pm today:
from the regional director Eighth Cream 52c
U S Civil Service Region Room Fggs 22c
!Oil C it m 01 eree street Dallas Hens 10c
rex I Cockrels 4c
K VAVA N
Scoff Sisters Are
Invited to Gulf
Coast MU Meet
Published Every Monday & Thursday
Three Tonkawa sisters who
'iave registered outstanding ath-
'etie records have been invited to
oarticipate in the Gulf Coast AAU Lane to Be Tried
lunio Olympics at Houston Tex
the last two days in July Mal- a
(ooltn Orr their coach disclosed
Friday On Kay Charge
Although final confirmation had
ar of
not yet been reveived Orr said - Attempted Rape
rangements are being made to
send Betty Mary and Pat Scott
daughters of Mr and Mrs Murray James !inc 29-year-old Ton
Scott to the track and field churn- kawa man charged with attempted
pionship event as members of the first degree tape appeared before
Meeker Okla team The negntia- County Judge Walter M Doggett
tions were being oiled out with for a preliminary hearing in New-
T S Nunnery Meeker highsch001 kirk Friday and f ollowing a
coach and the girls are planning stormy sessiom mas bound ovei
to accept the invitation for trial in district court
Betty will participate in 60-yerd Bond was set at $7500 and
hurdles and shot put events and failing to post it Lane was re-
either the 75-yard (lash or relay manded to the county jail
in the senior division Mary also The h earing as highlighted
a senior will enter the high jump- when the defendant's counsel
jug competition l'at an interme- Raymond Trapp Of Blackwell
diate running the 50-yard dash withdrew followingo repeated out-
and in the 200-yard relay bursts by Lane in which state l'it
The two older girls turned in mosses were challenged At two
top performances reeentlY at the points during the proeeedinos
Oklahoma Junior Olympics in Tut- Judge Doggett threatened to cite
sa Lane too' contempt of court Lane
Betty ran the 60-yard hurdles insisted that he would act as his
in the senior girls' division in 85 Own defense
seconds This was a new state rec- He said he is v'anted in Kansas
ord and only one-tenth of a sec- for parole violation in connection
ond off the national AAU record with a former conviction on a
She also placed first in the 75- rape charge He (lemanded that he
yard dash and second in the shot l retui mod to finish a 17-year
Put event ' KtiliSHS prison term but this was
her sister Mary placed first! refused by Assistant Kay County
at Tulsa in the senior girls' high Attorney Don Welch
jump with a leap of 4 feet 6 The current charge alleges that
inches Lane attempted to assault a LIyear-old
Blackwell girl at Black
ell on Jane -1 Ile has admitted
Citian Attending being ut k that
ith the girl and beating
her b denies he attempted
to rape her
Workshop at OU 0
Vera Kimble 701 East Grand: Ri
avn tes Sunday for
eue Tonkawa is attendi ng the
16th annual workshop sponsored
bv the Association for Childhood
Education at the University of M IS Fred Muegge
Oklahoma June 17-28 Theme of Funeral services were conduct
the nationally-known 2-week con- 1
Weekend Gully Washers Again Cripple
Harvest Block Highways in Wide Area
IE s SINGLE COPY
FIVE CENTS
kiKialliMiti dune I 1-sa Intone ot Funeral services were conduct- '"' ''" "1"‘"0: '"" Path of a houthbound car driven
the nationally-known 2-week con- ed Sunday afternoon in the First 32-inch total here bringmg th
by Robert Jerry Koehn 19 of 619
ference held jointly with the uni- Christian church here for Mrs year's total to date to 3 ro44
North Ninth Police said Koehn
versity's extension division
n and (i t (Delia) Muegge of 401 'Inc"' was traveling only betwen 15 and
the College of Educaton is "Good ll" miles per hour at the time he
East Grand avenue who passed The rains were ne 20 hou
Schools for All Children" away at 4 pm Thursday in a throughout the t a t as the VHS approaching the parkel car
Featured as lecturers for the Ponca City hospital at the age of The accident occurred in front
fronts moved from west to east
s e s s i o n s are Dr Celia Burns 82 and many roads and highways of the home of the little girl's
Stendler professor of education Rev W R Elswick officiated were blocked as creeks and riv- grandparents Mr and Mrs Lloyd
at the University of Illinois and and burial was in the Tonkawa ers escaped their banks once Barker 408 North Ninth w i t h
Dr Helen K Mackintosh chief of 100F cemetery The McCafferty more whom she and her mother are
elementary schools section of the I Funeral how was in charge of The State Highway Patrol re- making their home for the press
Us S Office of Education arrangements ported Sunday that only trucks eta Her father is employed at
Mary Belle Sullivan P o n c a Mrs Muegge was born in Mc- and pickups were being allowed Boeing Aircraft in Wichita
City director of the wJakshops Phtuson counts Kans on Feb through on US ill north of Enid A menther of the luridly said
since 1952 and a staff of expert 1875 She had been a resident State Highway 64 was open only this morning that Pamela was re-
in the field of elementary educa- of the Tonkawa community since to one-way traffic to Perry and covering "very well"
tion WO present a program of new 192'' and prior to that had lived north on US 77 to Ponca City o
materials and techniques to the in the Lamont area She was a US 71 was closed six miles north
workshop groups Each (lays pro- member Of the Rebekah lodge and of Garber where Red Rock creek yeagers Named to
gram includes lectures s t u d y Christian church here Her bus- i went out of its banks and left the
groups and studios for creative htted preceded her in death in ! road under five feet of water A
work August 1956 Rock Nand passenger train was District VFW and
o Survivors include two daugh- stalled at Pond Creek anti its pas-
Citian Will Attend Iowa tin Mrs Harold Meade Ponca sengers were transferred to a bus
City and Mrs Bird Gaston La- (This is only a partial list of con- uxi lary Positions
Presbyterian Convention mont three sons Nierle of La- ditions reported by the patrol as
Among more than 1800 Pie- intuit Carl of Eddy and Bill of lAlde sections of the state also mt 4d Mr Jim yeg were
byterian young people who will Kodiak Alaska two b r o t h e r s were affectool) in Enid recently attending the Vet-
attend the National Youth Assem- Sam Curby of Billings and W'il- Tonkawa police reported at eratts of Foreign Wars and aux-
bly at Grinnell college in Iowa ham Curby of Tonkaw-a one sis- 8 o'clock this morning that to iliaiy district convention
Bob Carter of the Tonkawa First ter Niis Ed Orndoff of Salida their knowledge o n I y 74 re- MN 'eager as district presi-
from June 26 to July 3 will be Colo I I grandchildren and 13 mained tightly closed at that ihint pt esided at the meeting held
Presbyterian churei great grandchildren time in this general area in the new Enid club home which
Delegates attending the conven- Pallbeaters at the Sunday
ater once again 1A'as over 177 is not yet quite completed Mrs A
tion the Fourth Westminister toernoon services were Robin W
as-
just s o u t h of Tonkawa at the T Dirickson Tonkawa auxiliary
Fellowship National assembly will ton Thornton Paynter C a 1 v i n
county ad idatktee hut stet( h president also attended and was
represent every part of the United young NI: it mot kyfr jr I
' 2--e' --" -'eu bound traffic IA as getting through appointed to serve as junior vice
States and several countries over- i Hill and Mike Muegge
by use at a slight detour to the chairman for the meetings
seas They will consider man's 0
west The Salt Fork to ested up- I At the business session Nits
spiritual needs Go(h's answer the
BPW Names Miss Taylor river Sunday night but was still Yeager ' as elected unanimously
devotional life and the social life"
The program will include "talk- As Queen Candidate for raising here this morning Black to serve as I) r e s i (I e n t again
Bear creek north of Perly al-1 througli 1957 and 195S
it-over" sessions on such subjects
e Mar-
ts 11 was across the highway Sundae Others elected were Mrs
W011d-Wide chin he (Pinch and t spark- teieuration at Blackwell
ni ht but was subsiding n
g ihis o''' griret Moore of Blackwell sen r
io
as basic tenets of Christianity the Mrs faille Ciseek presided witen i: vice president Mrs Grace Peck
jog of youth groups in the lotal !numbers Of the Tonkawa Business N t - i Enid treasurer Mrs Jane Dayk
leanwrine reports from rodt K-
church Work shops relating to and Professional 'tVomen's club II Pet rv chaphtin MN Waunts
ill be con a
well said that the Chickaskia had
wducted Speak ill t f
ers w meor a picnic meeting Thurs- VanWinkle of Alva conductress
crested at 21 feet there early to
Westminister Ft hip activitit t day evening at the home of Nliss MI s Essie Bal:er of Blzickwell
day Water was over 177 ntoth of "
guard Mrs Ella Billings of Enid
include outstanding Presbyterian mary meKiolay
Blackwell but traffic was still get-
churchmen During the session Miss Leah secitlary and Mrs Mary Tinslin
o Beth Taylor daughter of Mr and tin g through police said
of Wakita patriotie instruetrus
Pfc Blaine Musselman Mrs J Rodney Taylor was Da III- TemPeratimes dr°1Wed sha'PlY Color heaters chosen welt Mrs
with the passing of the s t o r m
ed the Torrkawa Brws Blackwell Marion Dirickson Tonkawa NUM-
Arrives for Korea Duty Semi-centennial queen entry Win- fr"tlf "HY SundaY TheY reached ber I Mrs Mary Honper of Enid
Pfc Blaine Musselman so: of tiers of the queen contest which is a nmnrling how of 41() and fell ""'" Number 9 Mrs Billit fissile of
Mr and Nits Fred Musselman being sponsored by the Blackwell futther to a 57 this morning Sun- pltry Nutehti 3 and mr meetit
110 S Fifth has arrived in Korea BPW club will It chosen at a da)t's high v'as l'nlY 75 Robb of Pens Numher
where he N'ill assume duty with f ccieniony d u r i n g the four-day IFenV Benifiel of Enid vtas elect-
the 21th Division Blackwell celebt ation beginning I el pianist
1
Mussehnan graduate of Tonka- July 4 Miss Lou V
ou Ann alleen Pool Closing Changed Yeager was named district jun-
vs a highschool in 1956 enlisted was named alternate lot vice commander of the VFW
in the army on June 11 of that The EPW district school of in- Wednesday to Satday The official seal of all district
year After a year's stateside struction was announced for June letcams will be completed at the
training he arrived in Korea On 2s at Pawnee Mrs Cheek and The weekly closing day for depattment convention in Lawtoa
that sm
ae date of this year Mrs Kathr 'W
en 'White will I cpresen the Tonkawa Municipal swim-
t later this month
Ni 1 s Musselman w ho lives in the local club ming pool is b e i n g changed i)- —
Tonkawa is the fol mer Jane-The session was the final meet- from Wednesday to Saturday
Three Sands Residents
Clark daughter of Mr anti Mrs nig of the club year Pool Manager Malcolm Orr an-
Willis Clark 507 N Seventh -0 nounced this week
Planning Second Reunion
Fitzgerald to Stay The change will become ef- '
f
0 he second I cun ion of former
fective this Wednesday when
Garden Club Tour Everett Fitzgerald of 507 North ad present residents and teach-
the pool will remain open and
n
The Tonkawa Garden club bus Sixth street said Friday that his ers of the Three Sands area has
then next Saturday when it will
tour will leave in the morning anounced transfer to Ft Worth been scheduled here for Jul' 4
(Tuesday) at 7 am as previously Tex has been cancelled An engi- be closed Orr said that nor- on I in v34 ide of Ray see pat k
malty the crowds are smaller
scheduled Mrs William Barclay neer w i t h the Continental Oil basket dinner will he served at
Saturdays through the sum- pni
visiting gardens ch a i r in a n an- company Fitzget all had b e e n "
than they are during the
mer
The first reunion was hold
nounced today Weather and road seheduled for a transfer to as-
I it55 at w hict time plans ttere
conditions have been chocked and some hi duties in a itrillar posi- '"'"k
the repo t is favot aid( she athirst lion in Texas on A wz 1 I made to otyct tscey two p:41 b
High winds once more battered
down the wheat during this past
weekend's storms and little or
none remained upright today
Farmers also are eying oncoming
weeds with apprehension as the
newest threat to their crop s
Crain !tab'
Two separate thunderstorm
lines moved across north-central
Oklahoma over t h e weekend to
deal the Intest misery—one Fri-
day night and the other more se-
vere early Sunday The Consoli-
dated Gas company reported a
32-inch total here bringing the
year's total to date to 3544
inchet
The rains were g n r a I
throughout the state as the
fronts moved from west to east
and many roads and highways
were blocked as creeks and riv-
ers escaped their banks once
more
The State Highway Patrol re-
ported Sunday that only trucks
and pickups were tieing allimed
through on US ftl north of Enid
State Highway tit was open only
to one-way traffic to l'erry and
north on US 77 to Ponca City
US 74 was closed six tulles north
of Garber where Red It creek
went out of its banks arid left the
road under five feet of v4ater A
Rock Nand passenger train as
stalled at Pond Creek and its pas-
sengers were transferreil to a bus
(This is 0 nIS a partial list of con-
ditions reported by the patrol as
1Aide sections of the state also
were a f fort ed)
52e visiting gardens eh i r in a n an- company Fitzgei aid had been
22c nouneed today Weather and road scheduled for a transfer to as-
10e conditions have ChOt ki-41 and Stahl hi duties in a 4iirillar posi-
4el the repo t favoi aid( lion iii Jxa o Am! 1
SIX PAGES NUMBER 41
New gully-washing rains over the weekend wrote another discour-
aging chapter to Tonkaisa area farmers' outlook for much ef a wheat
crop at all this year Repeatedly soaked by drenching storms this
spring growers aie mired in again today with available combines
idle and IA ith little prospect of getting back to work for at least three
or four days
Estimates On acreage completed so far in the Tonkawa area
range from as little as 5 per cent to a more libm al 30 per cent It is
difficult to say with much accuracy since some of the fields already
have been ruined anti many mine'
ate in oqrious danger of being! BULLET IN
lost The Salt Fork river was rag-
At least half the farmers In ing here this morning and ob-
this area hav cut no wheat at servers believe it already has
all yet and time is running out it a new record level liovac
Miller who records the official
What has been cut has been of
mesurements at the Tonkawa
lower-than ge quality for bridge reported at noon today
the most part and the situation that the level had reached 2075
worsens with each new weather-
feet this morning and the river
caused delay
was still rising Miller sr id this
Joe Crain manager of the is the highest it's been this year
and the highest since he began
Farmers Co-Opvrative vie vat or
taking readings The crest was
here reported this morning that
only between 5000 and 0000 expected to be reached later
Monday following heavy week
bushels have been brought in to
end rains here and to the west
the Co-Op since the sputtering
harvest began about )0 days ago - ---
This is substantially less than was s
received during a single ditY 134 5 struck by
year he said
Marvin Gannon said that the r but
Continental Grain elevator's total Auto Friday but
to date has reached only between
20000 and 25000 bushels
Both agreed however that urt Only Slightly
all the farmers they had talked
to have not yet decided to aban- A iittle girl otissed death or s
don what remains of their crop I rious injury Friday evening whi
Mlii
A little girl missed death or se-
rious injury Friday evening when
site stepped in front of a moving
car here and vas struck
Pamela Kay Bittle 5-year-old
daughter of 51r and Mrs Robert
It Bitt le was x-rayed and treated
at a Tonhawa clinic following the
mishap but suffered no apparent
serious injury other than lumps
and bruises
According to a police accident
report the little girl and a play-
mate had been playing at about
6:25 pm when she stepped from
behind a parked car in the 400
block of North Ninth and into the
path of a southbound car driven
by Robert Jerry Koehn 19 of 619
North Ninth Police said Koehn
vas traveling only betwen 15 and
20 miles per hour at the time he
was approaching the parkel car
The accident occurred in front
of the home of the little girl's
grandparents Mr and Mrs Lloyd
Barker 408 North Ninth with
whom she and her mother are
making their home for the pres-
ent iler father is employed at
lloeing Aircraft in Wichita
A member of the family said
this morning that Pamela was re-
covering "very well"
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