Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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Ah the peace and quiet of 'a
family man's home—without the
family That's a rarity many
men look forward to —a chance
to relax and enjoy himself with
no family chores and absolutely
nothing to do until he takes a
notion
He can get up at the last
minute and dash to work eat
out or cook whatever his de-
sires demand and just "live"
Real freedom
No kids underfoot no wife to
consider just plain self enjoy-
ment At least for a couple of
hours
Then the eerie quiet of the
evening replaces the pouncing
of one of the kids on you
and the penetrating stillness
overcomes the interest of the
book or favorite program
"Too much noise" is the more
common reason for insomnia
but "too little noise" is just as
bad Just try it with the wife
and a couple of youngsters vis-
iting grandma and grandpa for
a week That's where the better
ths of the Tenneys are
Ordinarily there's a pattern
to the noises when the family
is home as usual For instance
the youngest has her time for
you-know-what and when papa
is lying there half asleep wait-
ing for the signal peaceful
snoozing just isn't easy
Then the alarm goes off and
nobody turned up the fires and
the room is cold Nobody has put
the coffee pot on and oddly
enough breakfast isn't cooked
In a daze he starts cooking
his favorite delicacy but it turns
out its easier to cook toast Just
exercising real freedom
Then to the office and you
scratch your hand across your
unshaven face Not forgetful
just demanding freedom
Yep it's a real enjoyment to
be free from the responsibilities
of fatherhood At least for a
couple of hours
9 Twirlers Earn Top
Rating Others Show
At Pawnee Parade
The instrumental music de-
partment of Welectka schools
attended the annual Pawnee Pa-
rade in Shawnee Saturday Di-
rector Charles Briley reports
The high school marching band
won the third place trophy in
class C and the high school con-
cert band won third place also
in class C
The junior high band was ra-
ted excellent
The cornet trio was rated su-
perior Sharon Kennedy rated
good in bass clarinet solo
The cornet trio was composed
of Bill Bolt Morgan Mason and
Ricky Scott
Nine twirlers rated superior
and one excellent Twirlers en-
tered in the contest were Pat
Briggs Jane Thomas Melba
Waits Joy Itodgens Sharon
Kennedy Gail Gibson Bobby
Kettle Sharon Payne Connie
Fuller and Donna Briggs
Joy Hodgens received the med-
al as the best twirler in the 7th
and 8th grade class
Free Will Church to
Have Summer Camp
The Free Will Baptist Bible
camp has been tentatively set for
June 29 through July 3 It will
be held at the Progressive Assoc-
iational camp grounds near We-
woka Several young people of the
kcal church are planning on att-
ending the camp this year
204 a year in Trade Area
Club Watches Tornado Film
11usiness Items Transacted
Tornadoes—and NN''hat to do
when they come your way—was
the theme of the motion picture
shown at the Chamber of Com-
merce meetng Monday night
The film followed numerous
items of business brought before
the club at its regular monthly
business meeting Jarrett King-
solver presided There were 19
members present
Kingsolver said that a proto-
type of the boat dock for the
city lake has been built and is
on a pond near Public Service
Co Work will begin soon on
a larger dock which will be
built by the agriculture students
It will use barrels for floating
Present at the meeting was
councilman-elect John Under
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Cunningham New
Scout Leader Dates
To Be Set Friday
Don Cunningham has accept-
ed the job of scoutmaster for
the Weleetka troop with Smack
Reddick as assistant
A new scout committee of Dr
J B Trottmann M J Hughey
and M B Hamby has also been
selected Bill Crandall field ex-
ecutive of the district reports
Lee Tenney is the institutional
representative The troop is be-
ing sponsored by the Weleetka
Chamber of Commerce
A meeting will be held Friday
to set the date for the scout
meetings
Iffillmillifilimillimillitutillilimil
Matthews Completes
Army Missile Study
Army PFC Harold E Matt
hews son of Mr and Mrs Clyde
C Matthews Route 1 Weleetka
Oklahoma completed the 11 week
Nike Hercules missile fire- control-system
maintenance trans-
ition course April 3 at the Air
Defense School F or t Bliss
Texas
Matthews received training in
the employment operation ad-
justment and maintenance of the
Nike Ajax missile fire control
system a n d associated radar
equipment to comparable pro'
ficiency for the Nike Hercules
system
The 22 year old soldier entered
the Army in August 1957 and
completed basic training at Fort
Carson Colorado
He was graduated from Sp-
ring Hill High School in 1955
and was employed by the Rock-
well Register Company Tulsa
before entering the Army
Area 4ffig
set (a
Approximately 200 boys girls
parents and local leaders from
16 of the 19 county 4-11 clubs
participated in the Okfuskee
county 4-11 rally at Bearden
sclhool Thursday April 9
The girls' divisions were div-
ided into demonstrations over
and under 12 years of age as
were the 4-11 speech entrants
Winners from Graham and
Pharoah the two Weleetka area
clubs were:
Demonstrations under 12 from
Graham: Nancy Webb and Su-
san Wilhite red ribbon Debby
El lig and Phyla- Fife red Phyl-
lis Artussee and Anita Barnett
white lis Fife and Linda
Fish white Peggy Rayburn and
Allene Barnett white
Speeches under 12: Alta Lee
Trunk blue Pharoah Debby
El lig Phyllis Fe Linda Fish
and Anita Barnett red ribbons
Graham
Over 12 cL monstrations from
Graham: Patsy Gresset and An
Weleetka Okfuskeq County Oklahoma
wood who suggested thought be
given to establishing a council
with a larger number of per-
sons He also proposed a com-
mittee from the club to work
closely with the council
Three money motions were
passed One will pay for eye
glass repair for a student art-
other for $2500 membership fit
the Oklahoma Development coun-
cil and another for an unde-
termined amount to help send
Miss Pat Moore a state
officer from Weleetka to tile
national convention
Scouter Present
Ken Escott former scoutmaS-
ter introduced Bill Crandall
field executive for the Boy
Scouts who discussed the scout-
ing problem in the community
He scheduled a meeting for the
Grades to Present
Operetta Friday
We I eetk a primary students will
be the stars in "The Frog
Prince" when the operetta will
be presented at the thigh school
auditorium The annual produc-
tion will be presented at 8 p
Friday April 17 and will be
directed by Mrs Cozette Cooper
Mrs Pauline Kennedy Mrs Ed-
na Stankewitz and Mrs Violet
King
Parents and teachers have
been busy the past few -01e1
making elaborate costumes for
the children and a full-house
is expected to see the event
which takes place in the garden
of the palace and the dining
room of the palace It is in
three acts
The part of the prince will be
played by Brent Shurley Markle
Hansen will be the princess
Doyle Stanford Frog Tommy
Watkins King Betty Reddick
Queen Sharon Milum Gypsy
rnd Jimmy Hamby Butler
The dolls will be Nancy Bur-
lea and Gerald Scott Spain
Lovell Ballew Switzerland Ed-
die Ellig Alaska Sharon Gor-
don England June Cossey Hol-
land Becky Humphrey Italy
Nancy Jackson Hawaii Cherryl
Hensley Russia Jackie Ha
Japan Debbie Sandlin France
and David Haddox Uncle Sam
The maids are Gail Kingsolv-
cr Terri McKinney and Betty
Scott butlers Tommy McKin-
non Bobby Kub and Bruce
Jones Swiss dolls Janet Mc-
Kinnon Jimmie Thompson Lin-
da Mason nrenda Watkins and
'Tommy Smith Alaskan dolls
Cene Pullen Mike Mason Jerry
'ers Win at Rally
na Jo Fife blue Mary Evans
ad Christine Williams blue
Patsy Jackson and Linda Ray-
burn red Rose Williams and
Ethel Lane white
Over 12 speeches: Ellen Rut-
land blue and Ruth Ann Wil-
liams red both of Pharoah
Christine Williams blue Mary
Evans blue Ethel Lane blue
Linda Rayburn red Rose Wil-
liams red Anna Joe Fife red
Patsy Jackson red and Patsy
Gressett red Graham
4-11 Boys Results
4-11 talks under 12): Thomas
Lodner Pharoah blue 'login Da-
vid Williams Pharoah blue Al-
an Evans Graham red Michael
Patterson Graham red Johnny
Van Matthews Pharoah red
4-11 talks (over 12): Johnny Ar-
tussee Grat :lam blue Eddie
Franks Pharoah red Robert
Williams Pharoah red David
Pippin Graham red Harold
Henderson Graham red Ray
Brazel Graham red Billy Gul-
lty Pharoah red Russell Jones
mencan
next day at which steps were
taken to start the troop again
Blasts Are Warning
Following the tornado picture
which showed tornadoes in ac-
tion discussion was held con
cerning the local situation It
was brought out that in the past
the signal for such a storm was
short blasts on the siren is the
danger signal
The picture pointed out that
persons are safer in the south-
west corner of a building and
near an inner wall if no storm
cellar or low place is available
The weather bureau suggested
that windows on the north and
east sides of the house be open-
ed to equalize pressure and re-
duce the risk of damage by let-
ting the pressure equalize more
quickly
Hoover Roy Bridges and Pinky
Jones English dolls Nancy
Warns ley Garland Langston and
Wendell Wainscott
Dutch dolls will be Patty Co-
wan Terry Anglin Linda Jen-
kins and Gail Earls Hawaiian
dolls Daniel Simmer Buford
Had° Shirley Harjo and Betty
Wacochee
The Japanese dolls will be
Lucy Fields Kay Long and Ev-
elyn Itarjo and the Indian dolls
will be Jessie Canard Marvin
Brown Jimmie Kelough Robert
Pullen and Andy Jackson
The peasant boys will be
James Ladd Roger Williams
George Wainscott Roy Byrd
Ricky Sandlin Larry Roberts
Johnny Reid Glenn DeMoss
and Billy Hark)
Acting as the peasant girls
are Susan Carroll Nancy Earls
Dolly Lollis Sana McGarr Bren-
da Johnson Linda Woods Janet
Kingsolver Sue Long Donna
Hunt
The publi -! is invited to attend
the program
Dossey Dies
Nathaniel Dossey 77 promi-
nent pioneer Okemahn died at
his home there Monday follow-
ing a lengthy illness Services
were Wednesday afternoon in
the First Presbyterian church
He and this wife moved to
Okemah in 1908
Mr Dossey served as an aud-
itor with a state employment
agency clerk of the Okfuskee
selective service board and as
court clerk in the early 1930's
Pharoah red and Sonny Ken-
drick Pharoah red
Team demonstrations (over 12)
Floyd Fowler and Donnie Fowl-
er Graham blue on "Profitable
Use of Fertilizer:" Bobby Wil-
liams and Barton Williams Gra-
ham red "Soil and Water Con-
servation" Jeryl Williams and
Virgil Wells Graham red on
"Grafting Pecans:" Robert Bri-
son and Donnie Pang le Graham
red "Taking Soil Samples"
Boys' appropriate clothing con-
test: Allen Evans Graham blue
sports clothes
David Powers Mason was se-
lected grand champion of the
entire group with his sports out-
fit and Allen Johnston of Beard-
en was reserve champion
From this group of boys will
be selected 12 official delegates
to attend the state 4-11 club
roundup as delegates from the
county The state rounduR will
be held May 26 to 29 in Still-
water Cecil Dowell county
agent reports
a
Thursday April 16 1959
Governor Proclaims
it's Clean-up Month
It's clean-up paint-up and
fix-up time in Weleetka and
the rest of the state and pic-
tured' above is Oklahoma's Gov
J 'Toward Edmondson present-
ing Fred Templeman Enid lum-
ber dealer and president of the
Oklahoma Lumbermen and Max
Genet jr director of the state
department of commerce and in-
dustry with a proclamation for
Clearview Board
Rehires Most of
Faculty for '59 Term
The Clean lew school board
at a recent regular meeting com-
pleted - their faculty for next
Rehired by the 5-man board
were F D Durham superintend-
ent Tom Withers jr Rac!-lel S
Durham Ardell Withers Or-
ville M Bradford Dorothy D
Stewart Charlotte J Walker
Haydee F Shumake and a new
teacher Deanna Hayes who will
teach in the elementary school
Faced with the possibility
of losing a teadher clue to a
drop in average daily attend-
ance the board failed to renew
contracts with two teachers who
had asked for maternal leaves
of absence
Members of the school board
are John Patton president J
A Tucker secretary and Glen
Norton W L Bush and Arthur
Harris members
Governor's Plan to
Take Road Building
From Commissioners
Governor Edmondson Monday
proposed the state take over
spending of 32 million dollars
a year in state gasoline taxes
now going to county commis-
sioners and that schools and
colleges get a $27 million boost
over their appropriation two
years ago Ile also recommended
a $2 million school for mentally
retarJed children
Edmondson gas e his finance
program fattened by the liquor
tax in a speech prepared for
delivery before a joint session
of the House and Senate
He recommended a whisky tax
of $250 per gallon equal to that
of Arkanasas which has the
highest in the southwest
The county commissioner pro-
posal takes no money away from
counties but places all road con-
struction under the state High-
way Department It will likely1
be one of the stormiest bills to
be introduced this session The
governor offered as an alterna-
tive a 2-cmt bike in the gas-
oline tax
Sale Lands Listed
A description of lands to be
sold by the Bureau of Indian
At lairs Las been received by
The American Scaled bids only
will be received' until the des-
ignated time of sale
Anyone interested may see the
list at the office
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the three "ups" for Oklahoma
communities during the rest of
April
One of the best ways to invite
industry to our state is to have
well-kept communities attractive
to industry Genet said
The Weleetka Chamber of
Commerce at a recent meeting
voted to sponsor a drive for
a prettier town and will be an-
nounced next week
Sand lin Speaker
At Banquet for
FFA and Guests
State Senator Hugh Sand lin
empLasized the importance of
agriculture and proper soil use
in a speech Friday night at the
school lunch room Ile w14g tlua
main speaker when the Future
Farmers of America and tiheir
fathers and guests were enter-
tained with a banquet served by
the Future Homemakers
He described it as the most
important industry in Oklahoma
Rep Harlon Avey also spoke
briefly
In a setting of national blue
and gold Clifford Mahan acted
as master of ceremonies Bryan
Sand lin gave the report of in-
vestment of chapter members
Guests introduced were Jean
Luellen chapter sweetheart Ray
Taylor and Jim Fleming state
honorary chapter farmers We-
leetka chapter (honorary farmers
and the members of the board
of education C M Johnson in-
troduced the speaker
The menu consisted of fried
chicken baked potatoes green
beans orange marmalade rolls
butter tea coffee apple pie and
ice cream The chapter raised
by the Future Farmers
The Future Homemakers dec-
orated and served the banquet
Nearly 100 attended the dinner
Nine at Graham
Have Straight A's
J H Evans superintendent of
Graham school announced the
names of the thigh school stu-
dents on the honor roll con-
cisting of those with no grade
less than "B"
Those with all A's for the six
weeks are David Pippin Bill Ev-
ans Mary Fowler Linda Wat-
son Joyce Cleland Mary Evans
Joyce Gann Carole Morgan and
Pearl Owens
Those receiving no grade less
than B were Barton Williams
Polly Farley Patsy Gann Wil-
ma Smith Jesse Cooper Albert
Fisth Teddy Morgan Virginia
Cooper Joyce Had° Willa Pip-
pin Floyd Fowler Donnie Pan-
gle Julie Brison Beverly Brown
Jewel Gressett and Anita Walters
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Legion to Meet
here will be an American Le-
gion meeting Thursday night
( tonight) at 7:30 at the Legion
Hut Loy Lollis eommancler reports
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