The Southeast Oklahoman (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1960 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME XXXX
HUGO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY JANUARY 28 1960
NUMBER 4
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A
COLUMN
OF
COMMENT
By E M DEWrEsz
"I wholly disapprove of what
you say but will defend to the
death your right to say it"
—Voltaire
"Honesty and competency
require no shield of secrecy"
—Woodrow Wilson
Drop in Federal
Aid Insignificant
A HEADLINE which said "Drop
in Federal Aid Expected" sounded
good but the second paragraph of
the item provided disappointment
for those who favor a program of
cutting rather than increasing fed-
eral handouts to state and local
governments
Uncle Sam will lay out 67123
billions during the 1961 fiscal year
a drop of only $312 millions accord-
ing to the budget bureau
This decrease is Infinitesimal
compared to the total But if an
actual start — - the beginning of
a program to be continued - it
would be gratifying Of that we
certainly cannot be n'ire In fact
it is doubtful for states and com-
munities are too well wedded to
their flesh pots for any realist to
expect reform short of necessity
dictated by catasrophe
Federal handouts are more con-
veniences than actual benefits Act-
ually what is happening is that
Uncle Sam sends back to us what
he will collect in taxes - - and
he charges a stiff brokerage fee
In the long pull states and smaller
units of government would save
money if they provided the costs of
their own needs as best they could
But who expects that to hap-
pen? Long forgotten by most or
disbelieved outright by the few who
know of it is President Grover
Cleveland's theory that it is the
business of people to support gov-
ernment not government to sup-
port people Indeed government
cannot support people except and
- unless it takes from them in tax-
ation Government has been ra-
ther well defined as an agency
having as its principal function the
taking of money out of one set of
pockets and putting it in another
set of pockets Part of the money
always vanishes in the process
Sloppy Court
Procedure
OKLAHOMA'S Court of Criminal
Appeals quite properly granted a
new trial for a defendant sentenced
to two years in prson after he had
entered a plea of guilty "under
circumstances" to quote the courts
opinion "of great confusion and
misunderstanding
Following a 30-day stay in a men-
tal institution the defendant had
sought to withdraw his plea of
guilty but his motion was over-
ruled Gravity of offense does not alter
the necessity as the appellate court
pointed out that "where a defend-
ant enters a plea of guilty said
plea should be direct and certain
and in substantial compliance with
the statute"
In other words there is a right
way and a wrong way of adminis-
tering Justice The rules are based
on sound logic and are the result
of lcng judicial experience Why
some trial courts in this state do
not take enough time to be sure
of their procedure Is past under-
standing A Judge who permits his
to be little better than a kangaroo
court ought to be thrown off the
bench
Expenses of appeal and expenses
of new trials not to speak of pos-
sible injustices can in many in-
stances be avoided by reasonable
care in conduct of trials
Poor Taste If
Not Crude Politics
IT IS WELL that bigger than life
billboard advertisements showing the
Tulsa mayor donating blood to the
local Red Cross blood bank center
are being taken down
The mayor is a candidate for re-
election and is being accused of
"politics' Since the pictures were
made months ago that charge could
be unfounded But the big-lettered
message accompanying the poster
would make anyone wonder It
read "Maxwell the mayor's name)
- Good to the Last Drop" If not
crude politics it certainly was
poor taste
S S Man Due
Bill Keeley field representative
for Social Security office at Mc-
Alester will be in Hugo February
9 and 10 from 10 am to 2 pm to
confer with county residents with
social security problems He may
be contacted on those dates at the
county court house
AX FACTS FOR THE HOMEOWNE1 NO 2
Buying Selling Or Improving
Your Home
(TM is iloo of &mita of articles on federal income tan
Mind The artitlea ere based on information provided by the
American institute of Certified roadie Accountants and (hal
Okla "Ina Society at Certified Poiblio 44112184Si' in coopem2
ation with the Manua Benenna 8evv1ca)
TN TODAY'S economy with constantly rising prices and
land values it is quite common for the family man to
look upon his home alt an investment Not that he enter-
tains the idea of selling it necessarily but at least he knows
that it will probably climb in value and that he could then
sell it if he wanted to However as an investment the owner-
ship of a home differs in many respects from the ownership
of stocks or bonds and these differences have important
tax implications that you should be aware of
Changing Your Residents
If you sell your house (which
is your principal residence) at a
profit and move to a new house
you may not have to pay tax on
the profit Let's say you bought
a house five years ago for 215-
000 which you sold last year for
220000 Since you held the house
for more than six months the
proflt of 25000 is taxable as a
long-term capital gain at a maxi-
mum rate of 25 per cent How-
ever if you move into a new
house either one year before or
one year after the sale and if
the new house costs 220000 or
more then you pay no tax on
the 25000 profit If you are
having the new house built for
yourself and construction begins
either one year before or one
year after the sale of the old
house then the period of replace-
ment is extended to eighteen
months from date of sale provid-
ing you occupy it within that
period
The important point here Is
that the new house must cost as
much or more than the amount
you receive for the old house If
it cost only 219000 you must
pay the long-term capital gains
tax on the balance of 21000
You could actually sell your
house at a profit and buy a new
one every few years without pay
log a tax on the profit but you
aren't really avoiding the tax
you are merely postponing it
The cumulative gain will be
taxed when the last house is
finally sold without being re-
placed Expenses of Owning a Roots
A home owner is usually in a
snore advantageous tax position
than a person who rents This is
because home owners who elect
to itemize their deductions
rather than use the standard 10
per cent deduction are allowed
Next Article: The Home
CEARLEY RITES
CONDUCTED IN
CHURCH HERE
Funeral services for A C (Ches-
ter) Cearley resident of Hugo most
of his life were conducted Monday
afternoon from First Methodist
church the Rev D C Welsh pas-
tor officiating Coffey Funeral
Home made burial in Mt Olivet
cemetery
Serving as pallbearers were Frank
Knipp Hershel Bright Lee Kim-
brough J E Burris Joe Hammons
Frank Griffith Jim Finney and
Hermon Baggett
Mr Cearley died early Saturday
In his steep at his home 710 West
Clayton Only a few days earlier
he had completed service on the
Jury panel of Choctaw county dis-
trict court had attended the family
night supper at his church and
had attended lodge
Ambrise Chester Cearley was
born in Blue September 27 1891
He retired a few years ago while
working at Miami He worked in
Hugo many years as a boilermaker
at the Frisco roundhouse and also
worked for a time in Paris Tex
On retirement he and Mrs Cearley
returned to their home here to
resume residence
Mr Cearley was a Master Mason
being raised to that degree in cere-
monies at Hugo Masonic Temple
on May 27 1935 He later affiliated
with I h e Royal Arch Masons
Knights Templar and Order of
Easern Star here His petition for
membership in the latter body was
the first one his wife received after
she was installed as worthy ma-
tron of Hugo chapter in 1951 He
also was a member of McAlester
Consistory and Bedouin Temple
Ancient Order of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine
He was a long-time member of
First Methodist church which be
attended regularly He was enrolled
In the E A Burke Bible class there
In the forties Mr Cearley repre-
sented Fourth Ward as a member
of Hugo city cOuncl
Survivors are his wife Mrs Cle-
dith Cearley and these sons and
daughters: Chester Ray Cearley
and Robert Cearley Hugo: Mrs
Winona Harrison Durant Mrs Ila
Mae Moore Muskogee: Mrs Patsy
Smith Dallas and Mrs Betty Jo
Lowery now in Germany Twelve
grandchildren and two stepchil-
dren whom he and Mrs Cearley
reared also survive The latter are
Wayne Sanguin Hugo and Mrs
Harold Sewell Tulsa Mrs Idell
Nolen Denison Tex is a sister
to deduct interest and property
taxes paid during the year They
can also deduct the loss on dam
age to their house and grounds
resulting from a lirs storm
earthquake or other casualty
(this was discussed in the first
article of the series) Taxpayers
who rent their homes from
others undoubtedly are paying
for these costs by rent but they
cannot elaim any tax deduction
Home Improvements and Repairs
Repairs to your home are con-
sidered personal expenses They
are not deductible and for tax
purposes do not increase the cost
of your house Although repairs
and maintainance costs are not
deductible they can be used to
reduce the amount which must
be spent on a new house in
order to postpone payment of
tax on the gain However this
only applies to such costs if they
are incurred within 90 days be-
fore contracting to sell the house
or paid within 30 days after
Improvements to your house
are not deductible either but
they do increase the cost of your
house This is an important
point to remember when plan-
ning to sell your house To de-
termine the amount you will
gain from the sale of your house
add the cost of improvements
you have made to the original
cost of the house and subtract
the total from the selling price
If you bought it for 915000
added $2000 worth of improve
ments and sold it for $20000
your gain would be $3000
Wben you invest in a home it
Is almost like investing in a
business To be able to take ad
vantage of the legitimate tax
considerations you are entitled
to you will need to keep ac-
curate records of your various
expenses So don't forget to save
your paid bills from year to year
as on Income Producer
Heart Attack at
Parsonage Fatal
To Boswell Man
The Rev James Henry Bradley
65 pastor of Boswell Baptist church
since early January died at his
home Tuesday morning about 9
o'clock of a heart attack
Funeral services were anounced
today for 2 pm Friday in the
Baptist church at Coalgate where
Cooper Funeral Home will make
burial in Coalgate cemetery pre-
ceded by Masonic Lodge and Am-
erican Legion committal rites
A Collin county Tex native
the Rev Mr Bradley assumed du-
ties of pastor of the Boswell church
two weeks ago after spending eight
years in Coalgate lie was born
February 5 1893 He was a World
War II army chaplain
Survivors are his wife Mrs Mary
Lee Bradley and two sons Gerald
Bradley of Guymon and Sfc
Gordon Bradley of Vicenza Italy
Five grandchildren and a brother
and sister also survive the latter
being Mrs A E Fox Claude Tex
and A M Bradley Detroit Mich
The Boswell minister was stricken
shortly after he returned home
from an uptown errand suffering
the attack as he opened a package
he had purchased uptown
Cooper Funeral Home Coalgate
conducted services the body being
returned Tuesday to Coalgate from
Coffey Funeral Home Hugo
I
SCS to Elect New
Member of Board
Of Supervisors
Notice is given in an advertise-
ment elsewhere in this issue of The
Southeast Oklahoman of the March
11 election of a new member of the
board of supervisors of Kiamichi
District Soil Conservation Service
Any duly qualified cooperator of
the district may file for the post
between Monday February 15 and
5 pm Friday February 26 Walter
B Hall chairman of the district
announces
Filings are made with the clerk
of the district in the Soil Con-
servation Service office 219 North
Broadway Hugo
Hugo Man Charged
With Molesting Car
Roland David Moore 51 Hugo
was charged In Justice of the peace
court here with molesting a stand-
ing automobile after being arrested
Sunday by Deputy Sheriffs Ralph
Bow lin and Tom McClanahan He
was charged with ransacking an
automobile owned by Don Keener
from which he allegedly attempted
to remove a battery
2 Hugo Troops
Take Booth Space
At Exposition
Two Boy Scout troops from
Hugo have made reservations for
booth space - for the big Scout
Exposition to be held in Paris on
February 13
This brings to 26 the number of
Scout Units that have officially
entered the colorful event
Troop No 81 sponsored by the
Hugo Masonic Lodge will put on
a demonstration cf "Home Re-
pairs" Merit Badge This is de-
signed to help the Scout to be more
useful round the home in the mat-
ter of fixing and repairing furni-
lure toys and fixtures E F Green
is the Scoutmaster of this Troop
Troop No 86 sponsored by the
First Methodist church of Hugo
has selected the subject "Hiking
& Camping" Dentis Brown is
the Scoutmaster
Entries already received have as-
sured this of being one of the lar-
gest of Its kind ever held in this
Council The whole shcm which is
scheduled continuoual- from 7 to 9
pm will feature "INs In Action"
Tickets may be obtained from
any Cub Boy Scout or Explorer
and proceeds go diretcly for f unit
s of units
REVIVAL OPENS
AT NAZARENE
CHURCH HERE
The Church of the Nazarene
minister who once built the largest
Sunday school atendance of his
denomination in the state of Texas
Monday evening will open a one-
week revival at the Hugo church
the Rev Lloyd Wyett pastor an-
nounces The Rev H P Crews and Mrs
Crews who now live s 1 Kilgore
Tex and devote full time to evan-
gelistic work will be in charge of
services held each night at 7:30
o'clock Monday through Sunday
The minister preaches and joins his
wife in singing duets She is a
pianist and sings solos
The Texas couple have been in
evangelistic work for a number of
years Before that the Rev Mr
Wyett says he filled a successful
pastorate At Pittsbtu'L andi
riorienn
pastorate jt Pittsburg Tex and
Denison
He spent 16 years at Denison dur-
He spent 16 years at Denison dur-
ing which time Sunday school at-
tendance at the church tripled and
the school became the largest in
the Church of the Nazarene in
Texas
11 Men Called
To Take Army
Physical Exams
Eleven Choctaw county men were
notified by Joe G Pierce clerk of
Selective -service Local Board No
12 to report Tuesday morning for
transportation to Oklahoma City for
examination for acceptability In
the armed forces of the United
States
In the current call were Frank-
lin Delano Simpson Hugo Artie
Luther Herman Soper: Raphael
Dee Wilson Ft Towson J D Stan
field Sawyer and Ray Jene Jef
fells Bluff
Also in the current call but trans
ferring were Frisco Daniels Charles
Blanc Reuse Garry Lee Landreth
Larry Dee Landreth all of Hugo
Elmer Gene Graham Sawyer and
Ray Willard Draper Soper Charles
Marvin Parker was a transfer into
the jurisdiction of the Hugo board
from El Centor Calif
Rotary Magazine
Program Presented
At Session Tuesday
"An Adventure in Friendship" a
series Of color slides on the Rotar-
ian mrzazine of Rotary Interna-
tional was presented as Tuesday's
program of the Hugo Rotary club
Jack Cambrell was narrator serv-
ing in place of John Bryan chair-
man of the clubs magazine com-
mittee who was unable to attend
Two editions of the magazine
The Rotarian published in Eng-
ish and Revista Rotaria in Span-
ish go to 407886 Rotarians over
the world In the United States and
Canada each member receives a
copy Subscriptions to members in
other countries are voluntary
The magazine long listed in top
ratings of periodical guides is one
of the most quoted magazines of
all types published
Box Suppers Sold
As Benefit for
Hugo High Band
Orders now are being taken by
Hugo High school band members
for chicken box suppers to be de-
livered Saturday evening February
6 beginning about 5 pm
The box -suppers will be prepared
by members of the Band Boosters
club as a benefit for the band
Orders will close on Wednesday
February 3 and persons desiring
boxes but failing to be contacted
by a band member may order them
by contacting Mrs Richard Biard
at her home
The boxes will contain a half of a
fried chicken baked beans and
Slaw Mrs Bard said
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To CONDUCT
HEART MINI
Nucleus for conducting the 1960
heart fund campaign to be con-
ducted in Choctaw county in Feb-
ruary is announced by Mias Mar-
gurette Simpson county chairman
who said the drive will open Mon-
day The quota ia 61060 and a con-
centrated effort will be made by the
cc inty crew to reach that amount
since their succegi vial affect di-
rectly the estimated 1275 Choctaw
county residents now suffering with
heart or circulatory diseases
M113 R H Stanley la named by
Miss Simpson as special gifts com-
mittee chairman aati Charles A
Haasing will be county treasurer
Mack Jeffrey is lingo drive chair
man while other town and com-
munity chairmen are:
Boswell — Mrs Claudia Jean
Walker
Soper—Mrs Joe ?nate -
Nelson—P C Rowland
Grant—Mrs Wilbur Wilkins
Sawyer—Mrs Finis Welch
Spencerville — Mrs Henrietta
Christenson -
Swink—Mrs Et Leroy Baker
Miss Simpson points out that one
out of every 16 Americans is hit by
either heart or circulatory ailments
making it the nation's No 1 health
problem at this time
The campaign workers will try
to give every wage earner in the
-ounty an opportunity to contribute
Miss Simpson said but donations
can be made by sending cash or
checks addressed to -HEART' in
care of any post office Postal of-
ficials have agreed to forward such
contributions she explained
The biggest effort of the cam-
paign will come nn Heart Sunday
February 28 sen door-to-door
olicitation of funds is scheduled
for all communities and rural areas
the county leader said
Miss Simpson noted a report from
the Oklahoma State Heart Associa-
tion showing that 75 per cent of the
funds raised in Oklahoma last year
remained in the state Research
projects in Oklahoma received al-
most one half of all the money re-
ceived by the state association
IDR
TOfil WYCHE
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FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Dr Tom
Wyche Durant dentist and son of
Mrs Carrie Wycl-se Hugo were
conducted in Durant First Chris-
tian church Wednesday afternoon
burial being made in Durant ceme-
tery Doctor Wyche who had practiced
dentistry in Durant 19 years was a
brother of Dr J C Wyche Hugo
dentist and a son of the late "Uncle
John" Wyche of Hugo Other sur-
vivors are a son Tommie Wyche
of Arlington Tex three grandchil-
dren and one sister Mrs Paul
Hamilton of Wagoner
Doctor Wyche died shortly before
noon Tuesday in a Durant hospital
where he had been a patient since
suffering a heart attack last Wed-
nesday He had been in failing
health four years
Born May 17 1904 in Otaremore
Doctor Wyche was graduated from
high school there and was a grad-
uate of the Kansas City Western
Dental College Kansas City Mo
He was in Buckner Mo and Cha-
nute Kans before moving to Du-
rant 19 years ago
He was a member of First Chris-
tian church there was a Mason and
a member of the Kiwanis club He
had extensive landholdings in Bryan
county
Teachera- to Go -
To Workshop in
Durant Monday
Choctaw county school teachers
are planning 100 per cent attend-
ance at a six-county workshop to
be held on the campus of South-
eastern State College Durant next
Monday
Schools are expected to be closed
all day in order that the teachers
may attend the workshop which is
conducted annually by Oklahoma
Education Association
Spencemlle Woman
Died on Wednesday
Funeral liervioe arrangements
this morning were pending at Cof-
fey Funeral Home for Mrs Minnie
Nora Nicholson 63 of Spencerville
who died Wednesday night in Mem-
orial hospital here
Mrs Nicholson was a native of
Mc Loud born August 281896 She
was a Baptist church member and
had lived at Spencerville the past
two years
Survivors are these sons and
daughters: Mrs Mar VIII Cooley and
Gordon R Nicholson Spencerville
Mrs Sylvia Fay Blain Davidson
John G Nicholson and Gylvia
Ray Nicholson Oklahoma City
George W Ray Denison Tex
Mrs M Z Smith Robert E Nich-
oLson and James W Nicholson Palo
Alto Calif and Mrs Eddie Miller
whose home Ls in Virginia One sis-
ter Mrs R V Stull Tulsa also
survives
NAMFS FORCE
COOPERATION LACKING
Only 10 Churches in
1 All County Reported
: Attendance Figures
Failure of a number of Choctaw
county churches to cooperate with
the Ministerial Alliance's current
1
church and Sunday school attend-
ance campaign by reporting their
records this week pulls the report
to the lowest level in several ways
Miss Jane Wilkie the alliance' s re
corder says
Only ten churches in all Choctaw
1 county reported their attendance
figures to Miss Wilkie before the
Monday 5 pm deadline All are
' In Hugo Toe preceding week 15
: churches reported 1408 persons in
!Sunday school 1258 in worship
services and 642 in evening serv-
! ices
1 The ten churches cooperating
Iwith reports from last Sunday's at-
tendance showed an aggregate of
1312 in Sunday school 1113 in
morning worship services and 607
at the evening service
I "We feel sure" the Rev D C
Welsh president of the alliance
I said that this past Sunday's at-
Itendance figures would have climb-
ed above the preceding week's had
I
we had the cooperation of the same
I churches which reported the week
: before And if every church in the
county had reported the figures
!might even have doubled"
i The alliance head emphasizes
I that a true picture of Sunday school
i
and church attendance in Choctaw
I county can be obtained only if the
!churches have someone make an
i actual head count at each service
' and then report these figures to
Miss Wilkie before 5 pm Monday
of each week
Figures for the ten churches
Iwhich cooperated in making this
week's report are listed below giv-
ing Sunday school enrollment at-
tendance church morning service
and evening service attendance in
that order
1st Presbyterian 125 95 81 24
First Methodist 381 232 226 82
Wesley Methodist 95 66 66 - -
I Church of the
Nazarene 70 43 34 31
Clayton Av Bap 408 199 180 85
First Baptist 617 411 286 142
Southside Baptist 75 56 56 28
Oak Grove Bap 47 37 37 22
Mt Calvary Bap 150 91 87 135
First Christian 132 82 60 58
TOTALS --2100 1312 1113 607
Seventh Grade Is
Scholastic Leader
At Junior High
Seventh grade pupils of Hugo
Junior High school led the scholas-
tic parade both for the last six
weeks of the first semester of the
school year and for the entire se-
mester Principal Walter Leonard how-
ever noted some new names on the
eighth grade honor lists the past
six weeks and remarked that it is
possible the eighth grade boys and
girls will pull to top place in the
next period
Fifteen seventh and ten eighth
grade students made no grade low-
er than an A throughout the first
semester Making nothing below a
B were 25 seventh grade pupils
and 22 In the eighth grade
In the all A group were Betsy
Allen Linda Kay Beard Mike
Bloodworth Carol Campbell and
Frances Hamill
Sherry Ann Hobbs Gary Kizer
Dorothy Lee Mike O'Neal and Sue
Whaley
Frances Claire Anderson Sharon
Bell Barbara Brindley Linda Clan
cy Patricia Dawkins Ann Lynn
Eddleman Nelda Finley Donna
Freeman
Ann Hacker Jan Hacker Suzanne
Houser Linda Nesbit Martha Par-
ker Gary Popchoke and Sharon
No grade lower than a B for the
same period was credited to An-
drea Bright Mike Brown Diane
Boyd Ronnie Campbell Gary Cline
Kenneth Davis Susan Ford Mike
Ford Maragrett Gregg Merle Ja-
cobs and Veralyn Johnson
Barbara Miller Jimmy Moore
Pat McDonel Herbert Needham
Noel Penc e Judy Satterfield
Charks Smith Jan Vandergriff
Hack Welch Mickey Wesson and
Susan White
Martha Adcock Loxi Cearley
Phyllis Clancy Johnnie Crabtree
Susan Cummins Rickee Eddleman
I laine Fisher Marian Hamill Su-
zanne Hanna Bobby Harrington
Donnie Hendrix Tommy Johnson
and Kathy Kirtley
Linda Lee Jerry Mathis Mary
Norris Sue Oakes Lynn Parnell
Nelda Partin Twilla Sangster
Danny Sasser Cynthia Sims Joyce
Sell Sue Wells and Lola Wheeler
All A grades for the six weeks
recently ending were made by
Betsy Allen Mike Bloodworth An- !
drea Bright Mike Brown and Ca-
reI Campbell
Gary Kizer Dorothy Lee Mike
O'Neal and Sue Whaley
Frances Claire Anderson Sharon
Bell Barbara Erinciley Loxi Cear-
ley Linda Clancy Ann Lynn Ed-
dleman Nelda Finley Elaine Fish-
e and Donna Freeman
Ann Hacker Jan Hacker Bobby
Harrington Susanne Houser Linda
Nesbit Martha Parker Gary Pop-
choke and Sharon Wyett
No grade lower than a B was
made by Linda Kay Beard Diane
Boyd Gary Cline Kenneth Davis
&WTI Ford Mike Ford Margarett
Gregg Frances Hamill J n e t t
Hampton Sharon Hobbs and Vera-
lyn Johnson
Pat McDonel Barbara Miller
See SEVENTH GRADE Page Two
NEW STATE ELECTION LAW
t
REQUIRES PAYMENT OF $50
I TO $100 CANDIDATE FEES
1
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110
days have passed since Choctaw
county's last highway or road
traffic accident death was re-
corded Drive safely all this week and
make it —
117 DAYS
CHOCTAW COUNTY HAD 5
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC DEATHS
IN 1959 5 IN 1958 6 IN 1951
A total of 118 persons have died
of automobile accident injuries
sustained in Choctaw county in
the past 24 years
REFORM BILLS
To BE STUDIED
HERE FRIDAY
Opposition to Gov J Howard
Edmondson's four proposed "re-
form bills" is expected from speak-
ers at a "better government" meet-
ing called for Friday night at 7:30
o'clock in the gymnasium of Hugo
Junior High school
Similar meetings have drawn
large attendance in a number of
towns over the state and Choctaw
Mc Curtain and Pushmataha coun-
ties are expected to follow the same
pattern according to Howard Rorie
Hugo district's county commission-
er A number of state senators and
representatives - - including Sen
Keith Cartwright Durant and Rep
Lucien Spear of Choctaw county
have been invited to attend the
meeting
Acceptances have been indicated
by a number of well known senators
and representatives Rorie said Ex-
pected to attend are Tishomingo'S
Senator Joe Bailey Cobb Sen Le
roy McClendon Idabel Sen Col-
lins Sapulpa Gene Herndon Ma-
dill Monte Hu len Oklahoma City
and Sen MoSpadden of Sapulpa
The four proposed reforms to be
under study at the meeting are the
proposal for a constitutional State
Highway Commission making it a
continuing body the road bill
which would allow counties to vote
on whether they want county road
building to be in the hands of the
State Highway Department or the
county commissioners the merit
system for state employes and the
legislative re apportionment of
counties
Hugo Club 100
Per Cent Backer of
Rotary Foundation
The Hugo Rotary club now gives
100 per cent support to Rotary
Foundation a multi-million dollar
setup of Rotary International which
provides funds for graduate study
of American students abroad and
foreign students in the United
States it was announced at Tues-
day's luncheon by Hershel Simp-
son Hugo Rotary president This
participation amounts to $10 per
member
The club also Is participating 100
per cent in a district educational
foundation which supports foreign
students in attendance at colleges
in the district All clubs of the
district except Hugo are located in
Texas Foreign students attend
Texas colleges
Decision of the Hugo club's board
cf directors that an added td of
the entrance fee of each new mem-
Der will go to the Rotary Founda-
tion fund also was announced Tues-
day Leroy Comfort Has
Leg Broken in
1
Frisco Accident
Leroy Comfort Frisco laborer 1
suff(:ed fractures of both bones
Iin the left leg and a puncture
wound in an accident at work Mon-
day afternocn near the Frisco
tround house The fractures were I
two inches above the ankle the
' man's doctor said and the patient I
lost considerable blood from the I
wound
The injury occurred when Corn-
fort was struck by a section of steel
rail which was being moved by I
crane to loan on a flat car
Judge Bert Bush
Assesses $160
Gambling Fine
Judge Bert Bush Wednesday as-
sessed a gambling equipment pos-
ession fine and costs totaling $160
against D L Dangerfield said to
be from Las Vegas Nev
Dangerfteld entered a plea of
guilty to the charge filed alter a
recent raid on the Tesoma club
south of Hugo on US 271 made
by state officers
Political candidates for election
to public offices in Choctaw county
and Oklahoma have a new problem
to ponder
Effective with the next election
the law now requires payment by
certified chek of a 850 to 00
fee It's a 1950 law designed among
other things to reduce the length
of the ticket particularly the state
primary election ticket
Choctaw county's election board
secretary Wayne Mills Boswell
says It will work this wayo aa he
understands the law
With the exception of persona
seeking city offices all candidates
from township to state levels must
pay the fee
Alternative Allowed
It will cost $50 if the candidate
files with the county election boatel
8100 if the office he seeks requires
filing with the state board Pay-
ment must be by certified check
There Is one means however by
which the office-seeker may avoid
legally the fee payment "The law
specifies that the filing papers be
accompanied by the fee or a peti-
tion bearing the personal signa-
tures of five per cent of the reg-
istered voters in the township dis-
trict county or state which the can-
didate will if elected represent
Thus if a county has 8000 regts-
tered voters and a man seeks elec-
tion to the °nice of sheriff he has
his choice of paying the 850 or pre-
senting petition carrying personal
signatures of 400 bonatide register-
ed voters
I Most Poll lo
Mills says the law further pro-
vides that an unopposed candidate
or One who receives as much as
ten per cent of the votes cast in
his particular race then is eligible
to have his fee refunded by the
i board
1 If a candidate does not qualify
for a refund his $50 or $100 auto-
matically is forfeited and may be
Iused by the county or state election
board to which it was paid to assist
In meeting election expenses
Mills points out that actually
relatively few Choctaw county can-
didates poll less than ten per cent
of the votes cast in theLr particu-
lar races
May Cut Ticket
Two years ago only four candi-
dates in a field of 30 in the July
primary election in Choctaw coun-
ty failed to receive ten per cent
of the votes east for the office they
sought Thus under this new law
all but $200 of the $1500 fees depos-
ited would have been returned to
the candidates
Mills did not say so but election
officials and workers generaly seem
to agree that the No 1 objective
of the law la to discourage people
from filing for office merely be-
cause they have a "good" name
such as Will Rogers or Robert E
Lee or a "tricky" one It also is
hoped to deter persons from filing
just to keep someone else from
"going in without opposition"
What effect this law will have on
1960 elections in Choctaw county
and Oklahoma remains to be seen
of course but general opinion is its
principal impact will be on the
state ticket for two reasons One is
that it is harder to get ten per
cent of votes cast in a state race
The other is that $100 is a larger
bite than 850
Hugo Re8ident 93
SisterBuried in -
-Glendale Calif
Mrs Selma Jackson about 83
a former resident of Hugo and
Cooper Tex died Sunday morning
in Lakewood Calif where she
made her home with a daughter
Mrs H O Carver
!Mrs Jackson whse death was
attributed to pneumonia had been
improving after suffering a hip
fracture She was a sister of Ws
I Jennie Burrous 805 East Jackson
' Hugo She lived here rnany years
ago and visited here after moving
to Cooper
Survivors are two daughters Mrs
Carver and Mrs Farris Harden
Kilgore Tex two stepdaughters
and a stepson Mrs Durrel Gard-
ner Glendale Calif Mrs Johnnie
Herndon Dallas Tex and Richard
!Jackson Glendale
In addition to Mrs Burrous who
' was unable to attend the services
In California surviving sisters and
and brothers are Mrs Kate Elmore
Boswell B A Howard and Gaith-
er Howard Paris Tex and Mrs
Pearlie Chewning Childress Tex
County Wettest
Spot in Area for
The Past Week
A total of 97100 inch of rainfall
in Choctaw county in the viect end-
ing January 23 made this the wet-
test spot in the tri-county area
weather observer Max Echols re-
ports Pushmataha county recorded
a total of 62100 inches and Mc-
Curtain county had 75100 inches
Antlers was the coldest spot in
the area during the week ending
January 26 with 52 and 14 degrees
recorded
In Hugo the high for the week
was 53 degrees the low was Ilk
Idabel's top and bottom tempera-
tures were 50 degrees and 19 de-
grees
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