The Southeast Oklahoman (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1960 Page: 1 of 4
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
THE SOUTHEAST SKLAHOMAN
VOLUME XXXX
HUGO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY FEBRUARY is 190)
In
NUMBER 7
A
COLUMN
OF
COMMENT
By E M DEWEESE
"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 Wi4§on
i
Oasis n Desert
Of "New" Ideas
OKLAHOMA SENATOR Mike
Monroney's dream of lidping needy
nations to help themselves rather
than perpetually subsidizing them
with gifts of American money
reached the threshold of reality on
February 1 with the announce-
ment by the World Bank of a $1
billion charter for the Interna-
tional Development Association
which he first envisioned and pro-
pounded in 1958 according to the
Washington Post
The IDA's purpose is to provide
money - - $t billion initially - - -
for low-interest loans to needy
countries on the theory that what
both they and the U S taxpayers
prefer is a self-respecting business
deal rather than a hand-out
Something like this is long over-
due It can be a boon to suffering
taxpayers as well as a stimulant
to the If respect of under-developed
countries which are friendly
to the West but which must have
assistance from somewhere to stay
out of the clutches of Russian
Communism
About three years ago Senator
Monroncy concluded that there was
a constructive answer to the ques-
tion that he and others were ask-
ing The answer he decided was
about as outlined in the first two
paragraphs above The idea caught
on and was developed at a pace
unusually rapid for innovations of
that kind The Senator has to
quote Arthur Knock dean of the
Washington press corps writing in
the New York Times on February
2 had the "rare and pleasing ex-
perience" of seeing his idea take
form in the newly announced ar-
tides of incorporation of IDA
"Senator Monroney is not among
the Democrats who are seeking na-
tional office in 1960' Krock point-
ed out But he produced one of
the 'new' ideas which some of the
candidates accuse the Administra-
tion of lacking while not notably
producing any of their own" Con-
cluding his article he said that
Monroney has "generated a world
fiscal plan which could become of
vital impolance in maintaining the
free cavtalistic system This is
something none of the active can-
didates Or their brain-trusts have
thus far produced on a comparable
scale"
Thinking Oklahomans certainly
have reason for steisfaction that
their junior Senatoi devotes time to
acknowledged statesmanship rather
than domestic politics of the crude I
variety which afflicts us in national I
campaign years
Their Feet Set
In Straight Path
SERIOUS and straight thinking
of the group of Hugo high school
youngsters who gave Rotarians the
berefit of the ideas which they ad-
vanced at the White House Con-
ference on Youth the Oklahoma
section of which they attended at
Ctidahoma City University- last
fall impressed this writer and
probably most others in attendance
at the club meeting here Tuesday
While these boys and girls rep-
resent the upper ten per cent of
their classes it is safe to assume
that their leadership makes it rath-
er certain that the majority of stu-
dents have similar ideas
If most high school students of
this country have their feet set in
this path those of us who have re-
garded the future with dread may
feel better about it
County s November
Retail Sales Up
1067 Per Cent
Retail sales in Choctaw county in
the month of November 1959 were
1067 per cent higher in volume
than in the same month ot the
preceding year
The gain is indicated by Okla-
homa Tax Commission's December
sales tax collections report based
on November sales
Mc Curtain countY showed a 1070
per cent gain while Pushmataha
and Atoka counties north of here
and Bryan county west showed
losses ranging from 16 in Push-
mataha and 10 in Bryan county
to 722 in Atoka The state overall
gain was 332 per cent so that
Choctaw and McCurtain counties
showed a larger than average gain
Choctaw's two per cent sales tax
rose frOM $14169 in November
1958 to S15681 in 1959 McCurtain
rose from S18856 to $20873
Only eight of Oklahoma's total
of 77 counties showed a greater
pereentage of gain than Choctaw
The percentage ranged from Mc-
Curain's 03 per cen gain to Has-
kell county's 2982 per cent gain
D011ar-WISe the gain in Haskell
county was from $7975 to $10354
STOCK CLINIC
WILL BE HERE
FEBRUARY 25
First large livestock clinic held in
I Choctaw county in several years is
I set for Thursday February 25 at
the county fairgrounds beginning
at 10 am and continuing into the
afternoon
A live display of cattle will be
I a feature of a talk on cattle grades
!the animals being supplied by
I several county farmer-stockmen
1 The clinic was arranged through
I joint efforts of county vocational
1 agriculture instructors assisted by
the Extension Service personnel
I A free barbecue dinner prepared
under the supervision of C G
Wages Boswell barbecue special-
ist will be served at noon
Speakers will discuss such sub-
! jects as parasite control animal
diseases common to this area
!grades herd management and grad-
ing procedures
I These subjects will be discussed
iby such authorities as Newt Flora
E'xtension Service entomologist
'George Reid Oklahoma Cattlemen's
i Association secertary Bob Forgan
of the stockyards of Central Corn-
mission Company Oklahoma City
'Clyde Reed Extension Service live-
:
stock specialist and Dr M N
Riemenschneider state veterina-
rian a brands specialist represent-
ing the State Board of Agriculture
G F Parsons Idabel associate
county agent of McCurtain county
and possibly others
Choctaw county vocational agri
' culture instructors are Bob Mas-
sengale Hugo Thurman L Rhodes
Ft Towson Luke Benton Grant
Calvin Moyer Soper: and Ray-
mond Keener Boswt They will
be assisted by personnel of the
county Extension Service
Business firms and professional
men assisting in various ways in-
I elude Montgomery's Meat Market
Sooner Drug store Palace Drug
store City Drug store Dr C H
Forthman veterinarian Little Dixie
Feed and Seed Company Mauld-
in's Feed store Farmers Feed and
Seed Company Bright Implement
Company Wortham's Bakery Pepsi-Cola
Bottling Company Hugo
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Ice Cream Company Redwine's
Grocery Kay's Food Store Pratt
Grocery Security First National
Bank Citizens State Bank and
Choctaw County Chamber of Com-
merce RICE FUNERAL
MONDAY
Funeral services for A L Rice
87 were conducted Monday after-
noon at 2 o'clock in the Assembly
If God church here by the pas-
tor the Rev J A Hobson and
the Rev M N McFarland Baptist
minister Burial was in Mt Olivet
cemetery by Coffey Funeral Home
Mr Rice died at his home 601
West Duke street February 11 aft-
er brief illness Ambrose Lynn
Rice was a native of Randolph
county Mo born April 28 1872
He farmed for many years and twice
was a resident of Choctaw county
returning here the last time in
1945 He attended the Assembly of
God church
Mr Rice is survived by his wife
Mrs Annie Rice and five brothers
Cecil Rice and Floyd Rice Denver
Colo Towson Rice Spokane
Wash Dr Grover C Rice Bruns-
wick Mo and Forrest Rice whose
home is in California
Also surviving are these step-
children: Mrs Thelma Taylor Ha-
worth Mrs Matte Wallace Ard-
more Mrs Evelene Williams Lov-4
ington N M Mrs Aida Griffin
Lufkin Tex Frank Lynch Ker-
mit Tex and Roy Lynch Aztec
NM
BOSWELL BOND
ELECTION SET
Friday February 26 is date set
by proclamation of Boswell School
District No 1 for a special election
to determine whether the district
shall issue bonds in the amount
of $63000 to build a new grade
school building and combination
auditorium and gymnasium
Decision to call the election came
after nearly 200 perasns met in the
high school auditorium for consid-
eration of the proposal
Speakers giving information
concerning the proposed issue's
effect on the local tax structure
were Ted Vernon Ardmore and
Elmo J Robison county assessor
A question and answer period fol-
lowed In the election call the board
stated that the money would be
used "for the purpose of construc-
ting repairing remodeling and
equipping school buildings acquir-
ing school furniture and fixtures
and improving school site"'
The bonds are proposed to be-
ccme due serially in 15 years with
Interest not to exceed the rate
of five per cent per year
Election will be held in the high
school auditorium with polls to be
open from 2 to 6 pm Mrs Ruth
Foreman has been designated in-
spector Barton Joiner Judge: and
Mrs Jim Clark clerk
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PRESENTS PLAQUE — Congressman Carl Albert of MoAlesterj(right) presents a plaque bearing
the national motto 'In God We Trust" to Washington D C Postmastkr Carlton Beall in a ceremony in
the Nation's Capitol Congressman Albert made the presentation on behalf of the City of Durant first
city in the nation to install such a plaque inits post office
CHAPEL RITES
ARE HELD FOR
MRS DOWNING
Funeral services for Mrs J N
Downing long-time resident of
Hugo were reAd Wednesday after-
noon from Limoton Funeral Home
chapel the Rev D C Welsh pas-
tor of First Methodist church of-
ficiating Burial was in Mt Olivet
cemetery
Named pallbearers were Perry
Griffith Walter Griffith Frank
Griffith Glen Mc Daniels W P
Patterson and Morrison Smith
Mrs Downing died Sunday after-
noon in a Tulsa hospital after an
illness of five weeks
Born Emily Seale on October 29
1876 in Iola Tex Mrs Downing
and Mr Downing were married in
Clarksville Tex in 1897 They
moved from Bogota Tex to Indian
Tcrritory in 1901 locating at
what now is Hugo Mr Downing
died here November 17 1932
She was a member of First Meth
°dist church here and made her
home at 601 West Clayton for 55
years
Survivors are three daughters and
a son They are Mrs Jean Nesse
and Mrs Robinson Ford Hugo
Mrs Galen N Dickson Tulsa and
Wiley Downing Pensacola Fla Six
grandchildren a n d four great
grandchildren include Mrs John
Stockwell Inglewood Calif whom
Mrs Downing reared after the
death of her ?mother Mrs A L
Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs
Downing
Mrs Henderson's
Funeral Conducted
In Swink Church
Funeral services were held Mon-
day afternoon in the Baptist church
at Swink for Mrs Mary Henderson I
86 who lived at Swink until mov-
ing eight years ago to Benton Ark
where she died Saturday
The Rev Thurman McCasland of-
ficiated at the service and Cof-
fey Funeral Home made burial in
Valiant cemetery
I
Mrs Henderson Henderson of A F
iHenderson Sawyer was a native of
Center Miss born January 6 1874
She was a Baptist church member
and lived at Swink from 1919 to
1952
In addition to the son at Saw-
yer she is survived by two other
sons two dauhgters and 15 other
descendants The former are Fred
A Henderson Norman Leroy Hen-
derson Fairfax Nto Mrs Ilernice
Wilson and Mrs Lois Brewer both
of Benton A brother Lum Stowe
lives in Center Miss
I
Former Local Man
Buried in Texas
Funeral services were held Thurs-
day in Mineral 'Wells Tex for O
I L Holly 68 a former Hugo car-
penter and native of Clarksville
I Tex He was the husband of the
former Miss Edna McDade of
Hugo He died early this week after
a ten-day illness in Mineral Wells
where he had lived since 1947
Surviving are his wife two step-
'children and a sister Mrs Maggie
Williams Hugo
Scottish Rite
Dinner Friday
Moved to Temple
Because of the illness of Kelly
'tiller place for a dinner set for
Friday night for Scottish Rite Ma-
sons Of Choctaw county has been
changed from the Mi 4r home on
Kirk Road to Masonic Temple Ed
Edinger president announces
Dinner will be served at 7 o'clock
members of Hugo chapter No
211 Order of Eastern Star Scot-
tish Rite Masons of Choctaw
county and degree candidates are
Invited
A special guest will be Miss Kay
Sanguin who has been honored by
designation as Miss Liberty in the
patriotic pageant which annually
merks the McAlester Consistory re-
union which will begin in Mc-
Alester Sunday
WHITE TO QUIT
MARSHAL JOB
W A (Bill) White deputy U
S marshal tor the Eastern Okla-
homa district United States Court
Friday announced he will retire
from the post July 31
White nearly 70 years old has
held the office 23 years having
been appointed in November 1937
He has lived in Choctaw county
approximately 50 years being a
resident of Ft Towson prior to
moving to Hugo in 1925 He was a
Hugo business man before being
deputy marshal
'If
Robert L Petty
Rites Held Monday
At Choctaw Baptist
Funeral services for Robert L
Petty 92 were conducted Monday
afternoon from the Choctaw Bap-
tist church which he attended
The Rev Bill Golden pastor of-
ficiated and Coffey Funeral Home
made burial in Mt Olivet ceme-
tery ! Named pallbearers were Harrison
1 J Burnett Haskell Williams Bill
Whaley and three nephews Marvin
Mayes Jack Mayes and Jimmie
! Owens
i Mr Petty died Saturday evening
in Memorial hospital here His
home was at 611 South E street
and he was a retired carpenter
living here since 1942
He was a native of Adairsville
Ky where be was born September
16 1867
Survivors are his wife Mrs Ovay
Marie Petty of the home address
a sister Mrs Nelle Owens Dallas:
! and a stepdaughter Mrs Margene
! Sexton Allen 'rex Three step-
! children also survive
i ilattiru palioeltrrrb
J
Burnett Haskell
' Whaley and three nel
Mar's Jack Mayes
Owens
1
Mr Petty died Sat'
in Memorial hospit
home was at 611 So
and he was a rent
living here since 194'4'
1
He was a native o
Ky where he was bc
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16' 1667
Survivors are tits V
Marie Petty of the I
I
a sister Mrs Nelle (
and a stepdaughter
Sexton Allen 'rex
'children also survive
I
Rev Lee Smith
Is New Pastor of
Soper Baptists
The Rev Lee Smith of Paris
Tex has accepted the position of
pastor of Soper First Baptist
church and will conduct worship
services Sunday
The new pastor and his wife are
establishing a home in Soper after
approximately four and one-half
years with the Biardstown Friend-
ship Baptist church in Lamar
county Tex
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CITY TO MAKE
APPLICATION
FOR UPS GRANT
Application for it Federal grant
for money to be used in connection
with proposed sewage plant im-
provements in Hugo if as and when
other finance is available was au-
thorized hy unanimous vote of
Hugo city council Tuesday night
The application will have abso-
lutely no significance it was em-
phasized by Mayor Gortm Camp-
bell to the council members other
than to place Hugo high on the
priority list for such grants if as
and when the other finance is
available
The council entered into a verbal
agreement to be covered later by
written contract with five land-
owners living south of U S High-
way 70 arid west of Lena Moore's
place to famish metered water
service to their homes under these
conditions:
The city will install a two-inch
water line from the nearest main
to the property lines provided the
five landowners supply the material
costs being 'estimated by Water Su-
perintendent C D Clark at $1600
The city then will accept main-
tenance of the line
The landowners Eli Collins Bird
Collins Clifton Totty R L Houser
and Jack Cowley were represented
by the first two named men
The council directed City Attor-
ney James Bounds to prepare con-
tract covering the above terms and
specifying irrevocably that the city
will not make any rebate to the
landowners for their materials in-
vestment either in cash or in water
service
The council voted unanimously to
extend a four-inch water line
owned by the city 200 feet east
from its present terminal on East
Jefferson street to provide service
to new homes to be built in that
'area Clark advised the council
that he ha3 thelrnaterigkl on hand
for the extension
Youths Arrested
Few Hours After
Station Burglary
Two white youths brothers
claiming Kansas City Kans as
their home were arrested Tuesday
morning in Durant by Police Chief
Neal Bolin for questioning by
sheriff's deputies aot Hugo
The boys - - 16 and 17 years old
- admitted t4 Undersheriff
Ralph Bow lin and Policeman bill
Page that they had burglarized a
local automobile service station
during the night Subsequent ques-
tioning by the officers and County
Attorney Ralph K 1enner brought
out that the boys allegedly stole a
MIC truck in Little Rock Ark
abandoning it near Idabel They
claimed they then stole a 1151
model Chevrolet car there using
it to travel to a point east of
Durant where thty abandoned it on
Highway 70
In the W V Hutchings Service
station burglary here candy chew-
ing guns and cigarettes were re-
ported taken along with a small
amount of change from a vending
machine Bow lin said the station
was Entered through a high win-
dow which was broken Out It was
reached by standing on a truck tire
The merchandise was recovered
by the officers
IALBERT DUE
To SPEAK AT
NATIONAL REA
Congressman Carl Albert will be
tiny of the principal speakers at
tliP Hth annual meeting of the
I
:Notional Rural Electric Coopera-
tive Ascociation to be held at the
Henry W Kiel auditorium in St
I t Mo Monday through Thurs
day
1 ons thivri errrtexcerrintl'ut
'The third district congressman's ' I tne past zs years
address on the critical issues in-
volved in the federal resource de- I
velopment program is scheduled for i FuNERAL FOR
t'es opening day of the °emelt- 1
tion I
This year's convention takes on I
added significance because it falls I FoRmER sopER
en the silver anniversary of the 1
rural electrification program ogra A
record-breaking attendance is ex- BANKER TODAY
pected Last year a total of 7262
registered for the convention held
in Washington D C
Planning to attend the tneeting I Chapel services were set for 1
from Choctaw Electric Cooperative 0 ''-21c this afternoon in Lamptor
one of 958 rural electric systems Pam rat Home for Lon Allen for-
comprisine the national association mer banker and resident of Choc
membership are John A Bryan taw county since 1008 The Rev
a member of the board of trustees Cooper Cumming pastor of First
and Jack Gambrell manager Presbyterian church was to offi-
ciate burial to be made in Sone!
Other speakers at the silver an- cemetery
niversary jubilee convention will
include Congressman H Carl An- Mr Allen in failing health sev
dersen of Minnesota Senators Olin eral years died about 11:30 o'clock
D Johnston of South Carolina Tuesday night in Memorial hos-
George D Alkin of Vermont and pita'
Frank E Moss of Utah David A He was a native of Ladonia Tex
Harrill administrator of the Rural horn December 4 1879 a son al
Electrification Administration and C B and Mary J (Woods) Mien
Claude R Wikard former Secre- He attended school there and was a
tary of Agriculture Stan Musial member of the old Fannin Counts
will give the address of welcome Guards during the Spanish Amer-
In inviting Congressman Albert lean War although he was toc
to address the convention Clyde T young for actual service in the reg-
Ellis general manager of the Na-
War army
tional Rural Electric Cooperative He came to Soper from Ladonia
Association said he was the unan- in 1908 and had lived there and ir
imous choice of the organization's Hugo since
program planning committee In the early days at Soper he
"In planning our program each was head of the old First National
year the committee first agrees Bank and later was vise-president
upon the subjects to be covered and
then seeks to obtain the best pos- Of the First National in Hugo He Bible speaker for each topic" wm a state bank examiner and re-
m I ceiver under the late C 0 Shull
its said also of Hugo
WORK BEGUN
ON SH 109
McKnight Construction Company
last week began tearing up Sixth
street in Boswell in preparation
for paving 430 feet with concrete
as the first leg of 55 miles of
surfacing for State Highway 109
Outside the city limits of Boa-
well the contract calls for double
bituminous surfacing on a base of
crushed rock
Inside Boswell a six-inch layer of
sand will be laid before the 64-
foot wide seven-inch thick con-
crete paving is put down
First job on the Boswell work
involves moving an eight-inch
water main approximately eight
feet east to get it out from under
the new pavement
Retired Printer
Burled Tuesday
In Spring's Chapel
Oraveside services in Spring's
Chapel cemetery were conducted
Tuesday morning for Arnold E
Oren 65-year-old retired printer
who died Saturday evening in Mem-
orial hospital here Coffey Funeral
Home mitele- interment The Rev
C F Kelm pastor of Clayton Ave-
nue Bantist church officiated
Born July 4 1894 in Lynn Kans
Mr Oren worked as a printer more
than 40 years He lived here four
years in the forties working for
both E M DeWeese and Company
and the Hugo Daily News He went
fro:n here to Valliant operating a
weekly newspaper and commercial
printing shoo which be later sold
when he left Oklanoma for a time
He returned to Hugo about two
years ago and lived at Slater Rest
Home until he became critically
ill a week before his death
Survivors are a sister Mrs Henry
Opoenlander in Clay Center Kans
and two sons and a daughter living
n California Thiri latter are L E
Oren Sacramento: Charles Oren
Oakland and Mrs Verla Andrews
Vallejo Calif Several grandchil-
dren also survive
Morrison Funeral
Held Tuesday in
Church of God
Funeral services for C M Mor-
rison 76 a retired farmer and
awmil1 cmoloye were conducted
Tuesday afternein from the Church
of God the Rev Jimmy Liei pas-
tor °l1neal:11g
Named pakbearers were the Rev
Carle s M Barrett Albert Dilbeek
Grover Thorpe L C Beaucl
Brunson and Ben Spring Coffey
Funeral Home made burial in Mt
Olivt cemetery
Mr l'forrison who lived on East
Duke -ttreet died Monday morning
in Memorial hospital where he had
been a patient several days
He was a native of Arkansas
born in June 1883 He was a re-
tired fanner and saw mill employe
and member of the Church of
God He had lived in Hugo 15
years
131
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 —
138 DAYS
citorrAw COUNT Y IIAD 5
111611WY TRAFFIC DEATHS
IN 1959 5 IN 1958 6 IN 1957
A total of US persons have died
of automobile accident injuries
sustained in Choctaw county in
the past 24 years
Chapel services were set for 2
c '-2k this afternoon in Latnpton
Pantral Home for Lon Allen for-
mer blinker and resident of Choc-
taw county since 1008 The Hey
Cooper Cumming pastor of First
Presbyterian church was to offi-
ciate burial to be made in Soper
cemetery
Mr Allen in failing health sev-
eral years died about 11:30 o'clock
Tuesday night in Memorial hos-
pital He was a native of Ladonia Tex
born December 4 1879 a son of
C B and Mary J (Woods) Mien
He attended school there and was a
member of the old Fannin County
Guards during the Spanish Amer
lean War although he was too
young for actual service in the reg-
ular army
He came to Soper from Ladonia
In 1908 and had lived there and in
Hugo since
In the early days at Soper he
was head of the old First National
Bank and later was vise-president
of the First National in Hugo He
was a state bank examiner and re-
ceiver under the late C 0 Shull
also of Hugo
In more reecnt years he dealt
in real estate and operated a gro-
cery store He was a Methodist
church membei
Surviving are five children a
number of grandchildren two sis-
ters and a half brother The for-
mer are Mrs Mary Gill Mrs
Louise Nance Mrs Lonnell Karnes
all of Phoenix Ariz: George Al-
len Oklahoma City and Frank B
Allen San Antonio Tex
Mrs W A Simco Durant and
Mrs Ethel Gunn El Dorado Tex
ar sisters and Cecil Baldwin of
Hobart Is a half brother
Nine HHS Student
Leaders Present
Rotary Program
Nine Hugo High school students
representing the upper ten per cent
of their classes presented for Hugo
Rotary club members Tuesday noon
resumes of the ideas which they
advanced at the Oklahoma section
of the White House Conference on
youth at Oklahoma City Univrsity
last fall
Those appearing on the program
were Joe Webb Frank Houser Joe
Anderson Jr Christi Ford Toni
Biard Theresa Woolsey Ruth Ann
Griffith Johnny Mashburn and
Eddy Vandergriff
Among other topics they discuss-
ed problems of education beyond
high school Juvenile delinquency
and recreation
They were presented by Simon
Parker high school principal and
Rotary program chairman who
emphasized his belief that leader-
ship of youngsters like the mem-
bers of this group promises definite
improvement in the thinking of
their generation
16 Churches in
County Averaged
100 in Services
Sixteen Choctaw county churches
Monday reported church school at-
tendance aggregating 1391 with
Imorning and evening worship
service aggregating 1600
By churches the report follows
figures indicating enrollment and
attendance in Sunday school in
that order and morning and eve-
I ning worship service attendance
Where no figure is given it means
no service was held
11 u g o
Church of God in
Christ No 2 20 29 18 19
1st Christian 135 76 67 56
1st Methodist 375 228 193 52
I Wesley Meth 95 83 70 44
Hugo
Chapel Bap 52 28 -- 20
rs t
Presbyterian 120 78 70 18
1st Baptist 614 379 298 137
Southside
Bap 1ision 75 39 26 12
I Mt
Calvary Bap 150 87 -- 43
Clayton
Ave Baptist 408 155 129 58
St Mark's
Epsicopa1 19 14 26 --
Church of
the Nazarene 75 50 46 41
Grant
Presbyterian 65 45 -- --
Baptist 123 68 68 35
Methodist 40 17 20 --
Ft Towou
Methodist 43 25 34 -
46 41
68 35
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CLARIFICATION:
CANDIDATES IN
LOCAL RACES
MUST PAY $50
Candidates for Hugo city offices
and those in other Choctaw county
towns will be faced with require-
ment to pay $50 each for the priv-
ilerre of fling for office Leo Win-
ters secretary of the State Election
Board has advised county election
board secretaries
This means that each person
seeking city office in Choctaw
county - including Hugos coun-
cil members who serve for a token
$i pet year - - must pay the $50
fee which if a candidate receives
as high ten per cent of the total
votes cas in his race will be re-
funded to him by his county elec-
tion board Or if he has no oppo-
sition to file the fee is returned
Previously it had been under-
stood many places that city can-
Ididates were exceptions to the 1959
law requiring $50 payment by
candidates filing with county elec-
tion boards and $100 payment by
those filing with the state board
The confusion now clarified by
Winters hinged on what kind of
city government a town has
Hugo and other county towns
under a statutory form of govern-
ment fall in the category requir-
ing the $50 filing fee because the
candidates are required by law to
file with the secretary of the coun-
ty election board
A town with a city manager
form of government escapes the
fee because its candidates file with -
the city clerk
Winters' statement is as follows:
"If the city candidates file their
notifications and declarations with
the county election board this lawk
does apply and a $50 deposit is re-
quired with each Mag
"However if a city's charter pro-
vides that the candidates file with
the city clerk the above law does
not apply"
The law further requires a cer-
tified or cashier's check must be
a ttahced to the filing papers
neither cash nor personal checks
being acceptable under the law
Candidates may avoid paying the
$50 (or COO as required by circum-
stances) by one legal means They
may attach ta lieu of chock a —
petition bearing the personal sig-
natures of five per cent of the reg-
istered voters in the area which
the candidate will serve if he is
elected
Thus if a candidate seeks a coun-
ty office and there are 8000 regis-
tered voters in the county he has
the choice of paying the 00 fee
or presenting a petition signed by
400 bonafide registered vuters
An unopposed candidate and each
One receiving as much as ten per
cent of total votes cast in bite race
is eligible for a refund in full of
his deposit
Wayne Mills secretary of the
Choctaw County Election Board
says he and the board members
favor immediate deposit of the fil-
ing fees in a special trust account
from which refunds may be made
as candidates qualify for them
If a candidate does not qualify
for a refund his fee automatically
is forfeited and may be used by
the county or state election board
to assist in paying election ex-
penses Actually relatively few Choctaw
county candidates poll less than
ten per cent of the votes cast in
their races
Two years ago only four candi-
dates in a field of 30 in the July
pritnaryelection in Choctaw coun"
ty failedto receive ten per cent of
the votes cast for the office they
sought Thus under the new law i
all but $200 of the $1500 fees de-
posited would have been returned
to the candidates
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The international home of the
Junior Chamber of Cormnerce Is at
Tulsa
Oklahoma Historical Society
museum In Oklahoma City has the
largest collection of Indian archives
found anywhere in the world ex-
cept at the Smithsonian Institu-
tion -K0BMost
photographed statue irt the
southwest is the Pioneer Woman
statue located at Ponca City
i Owners of Dogs
Are Liable for
Damages They Do
Pointing out that Oklahoma state
law makes the owner of a dog lia-
lble for damages suffered by any
lindividual bitten by the dog Hum
letter carriers are appealing for
protettion from the animals
Three later carriers have been
bitten lately one of them Zle
'Meredith halirg required rabies
lantioxiii Also bitten were Jack
ard George Shelton
! i'r'tel laws prohibit dqlivery to
i points where a dog is at the mail
one letter carrier painted out
! that both state and federal na-
1 tutes reeognize dangers to letter
Icarriers front the animals
prohibit delivery to
dog Is at the mail
carrier painted out
ate and federal sta-
dangers to letter
the animals
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