The Custer County Chronicle (Clinton, Okla.), No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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Warn-111g Friday
Fair tonight slightly warmer
Friday low onight 22 - 26: high
Friday 40 - 45 Clinton high
Wednesday 63 overnight low
23: at 1 pm today 37 barome-
ter 3040 ristrtg
WARMING Up
Serving All the Towns and Communities of Custer
County
Single Copies 5 Cents
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Clinton (Custer County) Oklah()rna Thursday January 8 1959
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Clinton Fire Damage in 1958
Estimated at Over $17000
Fire loss in Clinton last year fires in Clinton was $878860 with
totaled oniy $17580 while flam- loss set at about two per cent of
es coat the rural area an esti- the value
mated $43850 according tO Fire "I am happy to report that al-
Chief Rogers Gauger though there was a large in-
Gauger presented his annual crease in the number of alarms
tcport to the city commission answertd there was a noted de-
this week along with recommen- crease in the amount of loss due
dations for improving the fire to fire" Gauger noted in the re-
department's "operating effi- port
ciency" Principal cause of the fires
Clinton firemen answered 109 was the "unauthorized or unsu-
alarms inside the city and 54 pervised burning of grass and
In the rural areas during 1938 trash" Gauger said lie listed
Gauger disclosed Estimated val- 37 fires in this category
tie of property involved in the Misuse of electricity caused 20
Sex Sadist Kills
Young Mother
Intense Search Is
Begun in Missouri
ST LOUIS (UPI) — Police
launched an intense search today
for a sex sadist in the slaying of
a young mother that a hortricid ?
detective called "a horror murder
that could happen again"
The body of Mrs Charles E
Montague was found in the
back seat ot her car Wednesday
title had been strangled mutilat-
ed and sexually assaulted
"This is a horror murder"
llomicide Chief Maurice O'Neill
"It could happen again"
The car was parked in front of
the home where the red-haired
Mrs Montague had attended a
sorority party Tuesday night The
body was discovered by her broth-
er Donald Jones after the fnmily
had teen searching for hours
The husband 34 told authori-
ties he had dozed off while sitting
with the couple's two children
Charles 10 and Linda 9 and be-
Came alarmed when he awoke at
2:15 am Wednesday and discov-
ered his wife had not returned
from the party
Montague and Jones both 'under-
went lie detector tests IrPrintAday
that were negative authorities
Said However the husband was
questioned by police into the early
morning hours today
The coroner's office said Mrs
Montague a social worker and
Sunday school teacher had been
strangled with "great force" Po-
lice found two lengths of stranded
hemp rope near the car appar-
ently used by the killer
her legs had been slashed and
bore puncture wounds her under-
garments had been cut from her
body and she had been sexually'
molested The mutilations were
made after death and there was
minimal bleeding the autopsy in-
dicated Detectives said mud on tht
heels of her shoes indicated she
bad been dragged and they im-
mediately launched a search of
nearby Tower Grove Park and
other areas for clues where the
slaying occurred
Lawton Man Pleads
Innocent to Charge
Milton Douglas Segar appearing
for arraignment in Custer County
court at Arapaho has entered a
plea of not guilty to a charge of ag-
gravated ssult and battery
The 26 - year - old Lawton rnan
was released on $1000 bond ansi
his trial was set for the next jury
term of county court
He is accused of the Jan 2 beat-
ing of Stanley Whiteshirt 38-yearold
Clinton Indian at a local bar
Whiteshirt was hospitalized with
several broken ribs and numerous
facial and head cuts received in
the beating
Also having trial set for the next
jury session was Lein Owen Stock-
ton Clinton !targed with driving
while intoxicated here on Jan 2
le pleaded innocent to the charge
and was released on $300 bond
A charge of assault and battery
against Lyman Orange Clinton
was dismissed when the prosecut-
ing witness Theresa Orange re-
fused to press the charge
Affairs Board Head
Is Silent on Plans
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI t —Carl
K Bates Muskogee businessman
who is the new chairman of the
State Board of Affairs is silent
about plans for the office
Bates and Mike Pedrick new
Republican members of the board
met In the office of outgoing chair-
man Owen Townsend Wednesday
to learn how the board operates
Bates said he would make no
comment On possible changes in
board procedures until after Gov-
Elect lioward Edmondson takes of
nee
Rebel Leader
Makes Entry
Into Havana
HAVANA (CPI)—Rebel leader
Fidel Castro bolstered by U S
diplomatic recognition makes his
long-awaited triumphal entry into
Havana today at the head of an
armored cavalcade and 2000 bat-
tle - tested guerrillas
Shoothig was heard in Havana
during the night but no trouble
was expected between the troops
arriving with Castro and t h e
thousands of other revolutionary
forces now occupying the city
President Manuel Urrutia called
a midnight meeting of the various
rebel factions to settle minor dif-
ferences that developed among
them at the last minute The
meeting assured a unanimous wet-
comP for the victorious leader of
the revolt
Urrutia announced at a press
conference earlier that the revolu-
tionary capital would be moved
to Havana from Santiago in Ori-
ente Province where the rebels
scored their first victories against
former President Fulgencio Batis-
ta Opposes Gambling Casinos
He also said his government
was opposed to Havana's gam-
bling casinos because of gam-
bling's corrupting influences and
he announced that the revolution-
ary government would conduct
war criminal trials of Batista
wrongdoers the 'same as the
United Nations did against the
Nazis"
The rebels announced that a
firing squad had executed Santa
Clara police chief Col Cornelio
Rojas who had been condemned
by a summary court martial This
brought to 20 those reported shot
following such lals Another 20
Batista follow us were reported
slain by militi —ten without trials
Some shooting was heard in va-
rious parts of Havana Wednesday
night but no casualties were re-
ported The police radio said the
shootings were caused by "confu-
sion" on the part of a police pa-
trol and that "all means" would
be used to prevent similar inci-
dents Castro arrived at Matanzas 50
miles east of Havana Wednesday
night on his triumphant march
across Cuba
Ile met with the press at Cien-
fuegos and announced that Cuba
no longer wanted the services of
the U S military mission
"Nothing they taught (the Cu-
ban army) was of any value" he
said In fact he added the "ben-
eci tries of (American o instruc-
tion served to assure the triumph
of the revolution"
Castro said the Cuban army
must be reorganized completely
Nurses Aide
Class Slated
The third nurses aide class to be
conducted here will get underway
on Jan 20 Benny Carlisle admin-
istrator of Oklahoma General lios-
pital announced today
Taught by Mrs Mildred Cress a
registered nurse the class will
meet two or three times per week
for a total of between GO and 70
hours
Each class will be two hours in
length
Carlisle imited women between
the ages of 18 and 50 who are in-
terested in the training to contact
Miss Juanita Murphy director of
nursing at 0G11
A maximum of 15 women will be
pArmitted to enrol and the hospi-
tal administrator reported "quite a
bit" of intcrest
Woolen receiving the training
will qualify to work as nurses sides
in the hoFpital and doctors' offices
While the hospital doesn't "guar-
antee employment" of persons tak-
ing the course Carlisle said sever-
al from previous classes have been
employed at °GIL
lie said women are required to
take the course before being em-
ployed as nurses aides at the hospital
while burning cigarets or cigars
were blamed for 11 and children
playing with fire resulted in nine
fires
Fireworks which are outlawed
by city ordinance caused s wen
There were 35 residential and
10 business fire alarms 32 grass
and trash 15 automobile one
school three manufacturing
three barns and storage two
smoke scares seven miscellan-
eous and one train
Rural fire alarms included 30
grass and trash 10 wheat fields
(See FIRES Page 2)
Brisk Weather
Is on Schedule
Another Cold Night
In Prospect for City
Brisk but not uncomfortable
weather was back in Clinton today
Just as had been forecast Wednes-
day as another cooler mass of air
moved over the area and state
Temperatures were running
some 15 degrees lower than those
of the previous 24 hours locally
with a 1 pm reading today of 37
as compared with a high of 53
Wednesday The overnight low was
a chilly 23
Wednesdays 53 was the highest
thermometers have been he”e
thermometers have been he”e
since Dec 31 according to Weath-
er Observer Walter Loving
United Press Internationel re -
ported that Oklahoma's wobbly
weather wl
kh had reached spr-
ing like proportions Wednesday
changed a
gaM bringing tumbling
temperatures cloudy skies and
brisk cold winds
Clear Skies Here
Skies were clear in the Clinton
area this afternoon
n however
— er Observer Walter Loving
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The weatherman aid northerly1
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winds of 20 to 30 miles per hou'd
in cloudy areas which extend as
far west as central Oklahoma
would make for a very chilly dayI
Tonight was expected o be
ti
another cold Dile with the 11121
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winds of 20 to 30 miles 1)er hour
another cold Dile with the mer- Howard Edmondson takes offie I '"'"‘'""
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cury dipping to the 15-to-20-depree The higher education approprla-ling a staunch supporter of the
range in the Panhandle and climb- tion bill was introduced by Statel handicapped program"
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ing to 20 or 30 in the remainder Rep J II Arrington Stillwater Under Program
She re-
of the state and 14 co-authors ported that there are ap
s
Friday was expected to be roost- Patrol Use Opposed
proximately 60 student MIA enrol-
ly sunny and slightly warmer Rep Shockley Shoemake Wy-
I led at South the rehabilitation program and stern State under
Overnight minimums dropped to nona author of the new repeali
the 20s in the west and to the 30's resolution said his measure hast she commended Burton for "being
I most cooperative in doing the
In the east tighter controls and would pro-
Thomas Rites Pend
For S J Goodson
THOMAS --(Special) — Funeral
services were pendine today for
Samuel J Goodson 88 who died
'Wednesday evening in the Thomas
Nlemorial hospital
Goodson a long - time farmer
here had been hospitalized the
'Wednesday evening in the Thomas
Nlenmrial Hospital
Goodson a long - time farmer
here had been hospitalized the
past 11 months
He homestead
homesteaded on a farm
northwest of Thomas in 1896
Surviving are four daughters
Mrs C J Davis Oklahoma City
M rs L E
Crow dis Thomas Mr s
Sarn Jones Independence Mo and
Mrs Dale Corder Glendora
redif throe iiting ilitrt a ()On hi-i-
ters Mrs Maggie Hoyt Custer
City Mrs Maude Andrews and
Mrs Mary Hulatt Oklahoma City
and Mrs May Miller Hydro 16
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren
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MAP ASSIGNMENTS: Project Chairman Gayle
Burnham (left) and Chapter President Wade Cypret
scan a city map preparatory to making assignments for
coverage on a city-wide survey for community better-
ment suggestions to be started Friday Ly the Clinton
Jaycees (Stall Photo)
Reapportioning
Bill Introduced
In Legislature
Another Measure
For Repeal Also
Tossed Into Mill
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI)—
Reapportionment joined re-
peal in the legislative mill
today as both houses wound
up the first week's business
and prepared for the new
governor's inauguration
The lizst big money bill of
the sesMon calling for 64
million dollars for colleges
was introduced in the House
That's a 21 million dollar in-
crease over the amount for
the current biennium
A reapportiofment bill was Irk
troduced in the House and a third
repeal measure was drafted for
the lower chamber The new liq-
uor measure calls for state-owned
liquor stores as opposed to private
outlets in the other two It also
calls for a county option vote in
d uly 1960
Bill Next Tuesday
Rep Richard Romang Enid Re-
publican and longtime advocate of
reapportionment proposed a con-
stitutional amendment to require
the State Supreme Court to appor-
tion the Legislature "upon the
suit of any citizen" if the Legis-
lature fails to follow the constitu-
bon Today's resolution also sets1
up one representative for each
ULM IULttly b I bt7IN
uP one representative for each
i fIlirtqr
I coun ty
the Senate floor leader
In
Charles Wilson said the adminis-
tration reapportionment bill will
be introduced in the Senate next
Tuesda Edmondson has prom-
i
to each county but has not dis-
sed at y least one House member
closed full details
W hile the House zipped throug
h
a ready session sparked by a
broad lampooning of plans for the
I WEAU SCaUmt
inaugural ball the Senate planned
an executive session to discuss ap-
an -e'xee-utive session to disc:Liss
ap--
pointments
Administration plans were to t
1
send them to committee for five
dys — nt fter
a uil a G ov Elect
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Hoixard Edmondson takes office
60
Rep J Under Program 11 Arrington Stillwater
and 14 co-authors him reported that there are ap-
Patrol Use Opposed proximately 60 students nOW enrol-
wy1 led at Southwestern State under
Rep Shockley Shoemake
the rehabilitation program and
nona author of the new repcal
she
resolution said his measure hast commended Burton for "being
most cooperative in doing the
tighter controls and would pro-
things which tend to make it more
vide several times the revenue of
the other two convenient for the severely handl-
Meanwhile opposition developed caPPed"
One such action was the boildlne
to any attempt by Edmondson tol
of ramps "to enable the handicap-
use the highway Patrol to crack
down on bootleggers Sen Everett !-)ed to l'et in and out of the build-
ings more easily" Miss liohenshelt Collins Sapulpa said he would'
recOmmend to the Senate public'
safety committee which he heads
that the Patrol concentrate on en-
forcing rules of the road instead'
of making liquor raids
Collins was joined by Rep Bill
Shibley Bristow who said when
!
the patrol was created "all thel
wiiincintactruty mit vim' ttucit
of making liquor raids
1"Ile has always been wrost anxious
Collins was joined by Rep Bill
to recomtnend handicapped per-
Shibley Bristow who said when!
the patrol was created "all Mel sons for positions they are qualiii-
hd in mind for the patrol f° fill
!wooly a: ed
lovas to direct traffic assist pople
'Bursting at Seams'
o the highways and save lives e!
"Under his leadSouth- -rship S
n
grown by leans and
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hnalso at ti
m es it se cm ed
practically bursting at l
lion dollars for roads was intro- I as if il vi as
duced in the House today
the seams-
The bill introduced by Rep She reported that for the —past
'n flint uiit iT u twO YearS Southwestern has con—
duced in the House today
The bill introduced by Rep
was
Ralph Vandiver Ileavencr
identical to the one introduced
late Wednesday in the Senate
en Kith Cartwright Durant
S e
author of the bill said Wednesday
the cash must either be voted or
there will be no more highway
lettings until July 1
Cartwright and Vandiver head
the roads and highways commit-
tees of their respective houses
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DESIGN OF RESERVE CENTER: Pictured is the recently completed US Army
Reserve Center at IMiarni Okla- the design of which is to be duplicated in the Clinton
center Bids on the local building which will cost more than $1000GO will be invited
by the Tulsa District Corps of Engineers on Jan 15
Certificate Is
Given to Burton
Committee Honors
I I f etiodft
President of SWC
Picture on Page 2
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EATEEFORD —tSpeciall —
R If Burton Southwestern State
College president Wednesday IAas
presented a certificate of apprecia -
lion for being a "staunch support -
- e
er of th statewide program for
handicapped persons
urton rvceived the
certificate
-
a meeting of the Weatherford
at a meeting of the Weatherford'
Rotary Club from Miss Bose
11-"kni I t'li nt tal st ihn
Rotary Club from liss Hose Urn-
A
henshelt Clinton a member of the
Governor's Committee on Employ-
Handicapped
ment of the
In making thr presentation Miss
ilohensheit praised Burton for be
"
"
Ile IBurton) has never been
a'ked to ifi anything by the corn-
mittee that he has not coop(' raid
wholeheartedly" she continued
Ile
has always been most an
to recommend handicapped per-
sons for positions they are qualiii-
She reported that for the —past!
two years Sout hwestern has eon-
tributed a two - year tuition and
le? scholarship as one of the prizcs
in the state essay enntest a P111
of the state program m
to ephasize!
the need fur employing handicap-!
Ped Petsu"s 1
The Governor's Committee has
thei
sponsored an essay conest
past several years for high school!
students who writ? their views on
etnployment of the handienPped!
riliptt ilirKit 111 11 lictiMiLI111
persons As awards Stale colleges:
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have given scholars!lips
Interest on Local Level
t
Mtss llohcmhell said he and
tther members of the Guvernor's !
Interest on Local Level
Hohenshelt said she and
other members Of the Governor's:
C b e ommittee —lieve the handicap-i
d interest is duo to the scholar-
ric
pcd interet-tt is duo to the scholar-
(See BURTON Page 2) '
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Jaycees
Request Help
The Clinton Junnir Chamr oi
Commerce chapter' Fridity ail bl ed
gin a community - with! surkcy
I
seeking the public's help in delcr-i
mining how the organization can
better contribu nit te to commu y b
et-i
torrnont i
ferment
Abt 30 members of the orgatil
i
re-1
Zation via canvass ail retitientiall
and busness districts asking
sidents arid busin-ssmen k hat pro-1
jects they wo ee idd like to s thel
Jaycees sp4risor in 1'l39 to better
our community”
Jaycees sponsor in 1ti3l) to better' met Extension Service corn MCM1- zarene Church Wednesday to federal district court
our community" cation eindermire at Woodward SmAivora include three datwh- here that the bankrupt firm cannot
The Jaycees then stelert Harold Casey district extension S J“1 Hess Chnton be reorgamied
IA hat they consider the hest and aoltt and Miss Irma Manning dis-i Mrs Opal Iless Riverside Calif WI M Harrison who has been
top priority suggestiohs and ear-I trait home demonstration iicentI and Airs Lois filiZgins West Los the firm's trustee since Jan 1
ry out as many of them as possil both of S'illwat ir are in chati2it Aneeits Calif two swe-t M-So sant he felt "selected could not be
ble durin g the year I of arrangements for the meeting Earl NicArthur Hattiesburg Miss reorganied to the advantage" of
Gayle Burnham is heading tipl and C G Laurnan exlension ae-I and Lee NIcArthur litversid-' two its more titan 9tloo certificate hold-
the survey He said todi'y that dal ronernist also of Stillwitter i1 step-daugnters Mrs Betty Sitior crs throinjtout oklahoma
survey will be completed Rhin a be among the speakers I Elk City and Mrs Drew Watkins A hearing on possible recrgani-
week and a(tion on the saggctionst The Tr'01$ and women's sessions LRian 'rex one step son Roy zation or liquidation of Selected is
submitted will follow as "woo as are scheduled to end Friday af-: Lon Elk City 13 grandchildren scht-hled Jul 4 before US Dia
possible" ttanoon and seven step trandchilthen trict Jodie 'eptit11 Ltalidier
r e
r
Water Line Pipe is
Purchased by City
City commissioners in a spe cial meeting "Wednesday
n afternoo approved the purchase of pipe for a 12-inch water
line to the site of the new Army Reserve Center ) 18th and
OPaL
The governing board also decided to order four -inch
: pipe for a new line to he installed along Oil Mill Road in
1 Lincoln Addition
All of the pipe approximately
1 2000 feet Of 12 - inch and 1700 Sew W
er s ill
f
1 ct of four - inch — will he our
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ehawd from the Sherman 'Machine
and L'O n Works Oklahoma City
and L'On WOrkS Oklahoma City
Sherman in its bid opened by
the cOMMiSsion Titplay nieht
agreed to ship the pipe within “vo
o tree Wei' ks a fit the order i
t h
receivell
vl tit cost 11-1
3 8 per foot Ix tide the !nice of the!
"" v' "" ""' Clinton will be studied Jan 20 al
four - filen Pipe will be Per a joint meeting of the city COMPli3-
foot skin and Chamber of Commerce
Different Stipulation directors Mayor J M smith jr
Sherman's bid which was thekaid today
same on all pipe as that of the U The mayor said the breakfast
S l'iPe and F()1111'10' Un-' was ae- ssion wmild be held at 7 am al
eptcd because of a stipulation In 1
the latter's offer concerning ft-eight I lPed m
along by zo-ite per
ing
itri)srit'sTi-ni's1i'M during ile
the hour winds the flames leaped tu
charges
myet are recommtendations con-1
US Pipe and Foundry noted in the roof of a neighbor's homr that
cernmit sewer exte nsion fr
s om thel
it-L Were foreed to play their hoses on
its bid Mat in the event freight cll -iocrosr Ell it 1 of ( harles Ware and firemen
rates should increase before re- okimima 31 6 "ling
t HY
ceipt Of the pipe the City of Chit- ' ' it rather than the Gardner home
tofl would have to pay the freight Guernsey employed as consult- Funeral To Be Today
The Sherman comprmy's bid had jug engineer for the flub City re-1 The house was located about
no such linolzition mdicatmg 0tyl (Tully presented his recommen0a-1 three blocks from the last water
that the price included delivery to tions after a sloth of the need for main in this little farming village
Clitilon sewer improvements to serve neW Of :0)0M 1000 persons located 24
layor J Al Smith Jr said tin developments in ChniOn nrileS West of Hugo in southeast-
Ae htni'ing
d m
l
approximately 2000 feet of 12-inch Plans for the Jan 20 meeting ern OkliihOina When the water in
pipo to be ordered actually is morel ixee made during a special meet the tank was used up the volun-
than needed for installing the !1(Wi ing Of the city coMmission Wed- leers haA to leave the holocaust
line from the large water storage nesday afternoon to return to town for a Fecal
tanks at lirth and Broadway to thei Hangar Not in Way Authorities waited until day-
see
lleterve Center site two blocks' break to enter the ruins The
south Alo during the mting corn- bodies v ere brought to Hugo
mi n
ssioers learned that the need
For Future Development V01: re they are to be taken this
for rere-ivinq one of three harntarsi -
Air 'ore munity
But he said the extra pipe was' from c lin4n '' er- - ' "' afernoon to the little Negro emai-
l nma n A of Oberlin about 13 miles
being porehascd now so it wouldi
be on hand for -future develoo-i '''' ' has heyn delayed II south of here for a quick burial
tiiiiiitm
Alayor J M Smith Jr said Met
approximately 2000 feet of 12-inch i
pipo to) be ordered acillith is morel
than needed for installing the new
line fro the large water stora
ge
m
tanks at Bith and B
Broadway to the
Ilewrve Center site two blueksi
South
For Future Development
But he said the extra pipe was
being purchased now so it would i
lie on hand fur "future develop- i
being purchased nOW SO it wutdd i
he n ha
ond fur - futu iT develop
nent
I be Army bas aeceed to pay 58H
500 of the cost of lip 1 111cH
which will he installed by city em-
pitiy l
Bids on the iteserve Center aro!
to be invited on Jan 15 l' m
Ito (em
!
nig date has not been learned here!
'
l'be Imilding wilt be contrurtvd
under the supervision of the Tulsa
C:S AltitY I'm"' "s thsti I" (0) al
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of Sill000
Square Feet
430Ct
Principal wit! k features will in-
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trninin vvilti to111 1nroititt11 I
Principal we! k' features will in-!
chide a masonr y - nl
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framim2 center wii approximately
4310 square feet of floor area asi
nult PIterPto driuo
p:thi-iic'cntfcie silrup (it-kw:and
parking arris with portl and ce-
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BOSWELL (UPI) — Sixteen
persons died early toda y
-
' ' when fire engulfed a small
I frame house near here
F trapping a woman and 13
Ichildren who apparently had
- clung to her for protection
The father farm laborer
!ently completed US Army --okT Gardner 45 was 'coon
be duplicated in the Clinton 1uiitini 12 miles away and
an $10000 will be Invited I was not located until the bod-
ies had been removed A
charred refrigerator was all
that poked up through the
ie PipeIs ashes of his home when he
returned
The blaze was the worst
residential fire in Oklahoma
to a s'ehool house
history and was second only
by
City killed 36 in 1924 fire which
Panicked on Bed
special fleeting "Wednesday city 11arsha1 Stanley Shoemake
ise of pipe for a 12-inch water
sial(101ill (of Ihe chilithren wire fold
lny Reserve Center 18th and
10(t1 t
s?ili) t
(l'tallife :)vtonal'ran"Mtrse
Atte Gardner was "underneath
decided to order four-inch ni pit h-olding her newbom
tailed along Oil Mill Road in twins to her"
------- Ten of the children were tiers
three IA ere nieces and two were
nephews
Sewers Will
"They all must have panicked
and Jumped on top her for pro-
t seiton" Shoemake said "The
Be Discussed looked like it gave 'way under
their weight"
Two more children viere found
AI Meeting a few feet from the bed in the
four room one-story wooden house
that Shoemake said "burned like
Possible SeWer extensions fort
Clinton will be studied Jan 20 al a mate"'I'''
llosviell Constable J B Rich-
e joint meeting of the city commis-
°erg' who arrived first at the
sion and Chamber of Commerce scene directors Mayor J M smith jr scene With the town s only fire
truck said the roof bad already
said today
caved in when he got there and
The mayor stici the breakfast that the 'sides laere Just burning
session vlaild be held at 7 am al st1:”
Pop Hicks restaurant ltelped along by 20-mile per
Slated for discussion during the hour viinds the flames leaped to
myeting are reromnreratations con-
I the roof of a neighbor's home that
cerning sewer extensions from the' of (harks yam and firemen
CIL Gul'Ims(31 Enilleering Ct-L Were foreed to play- their hoses on
Oklahoma City
it rather than the Gardner home
Gaernsey employed as consult- Funeral To Be Today
jog engineer for the Hub City re-1 The house was located about
Be Discussed
A
At Meeting
rusibl spwer xlinii s fot
ci "fttrA 911 n
developments in Clinton 1
1
"I"ng
Plans for the Jan 20 meeting i
were made during a special nweil
tog of the city coMmission Wed-
n
esday afternoon
Hangar Not in Way
i 1 g the meeting cum—
missioners learned that the niCd
Also curn i
Co in
for i--ivq one of three
hanvarsi
-I -om Clinton Sh
'
t - er Force
i 0 man Air
"' s "'I"( lae(i 1
from Clinton - 'sherman Air F — '
" DI t ei munity of Oberlin tibout 13 miles
Base has been delayed 1 south of here for a quick burial
' '
City officials inspected the ham- Ilichherg said the fire apparently
gar Wednesday mornimg d an were' started icom a Won(' StOVe
informed by b a a
se uthorities thatl l ite neighbor W re
a said he WEIS
the build"! Will flit illItTrtijd Cun- n
1 aVrakeed alna m
lt 130 a "by
struction actIvitvr Mere before e
re nxt people hollerg d in an screaming"
August or Scl!tember illy said he heard some glass break-
n
Commissioners had planned In in"-1 and he looked outside to see
athiErtise the huge hangar el flames l-luoding out the window of
structed at the base &mire World' ''IrtinelS illInle
Sr 11 for bids this monlh i "1 could see the fire was going
Mayor Smith said today hidsl to czitch our house too" he said
-so too tk iii find i rnn innlo ornn
mud not be invited at this 011ie
vicArthur Rit la
es
t
McArthur Rit
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aturday
IK City Saturday
LIN It y jatill La y 1 Ole gill-smoldering rubble with
1 slicks lining the bodies up beside
ELK ciTy —(s)ecial — Funer— IL'' hi'll'4e
1 Itichberg and Shocmake identi-
al services for John T NIcArthur1fitd ow vo:tim it addition t 111s
be at 230 p in Stiturday Cartinet as lwr children Juanita
at the Nazarene (Mitch here mith 15 11'Ier 13 Ittilac 11 Louise 9
‘itil i 11'1' 1(i)et t(i)li Pl'IaliYria"::niciCa:citililigetkiltryliani 1 1111111 '''''r''61:n:j1:1-:I:1'2ti'1‘:7:lnisti:It'lh' '131tt(r(1("Illaiet1:1(eitils1-7
Elk City I itobbie Woolbritht 11 Peggy Sue
McArthur died this morning at a tivVaordc17i161ratilil i: fito1
ti 1aliain4 Wr:di11:okalia
id
local nursing home
ht CI y fretidie
Porn on Jan lit 1E75 in Sul-1 Webb 13 and wurschci yraner10
h e o l
p ur Hock Ark b came t Elis
City in 1016 rind had li‘ed in orl
near FAT(' evvr SilltP i Trliete" CONitl CMIAAuLAw -I
near here ever since
7 i
i IT 11917'111kcArt"1111 ‘1"s i rilar"1
He was married in 11):-2 to Mrs
-(1 --Lna "m" v"u Lie' in "- -
Dora Long
Ile A e
N as a membr of the Na-
zarene Church
gLirt iViit ittid3111” 0eriet ti 1
c:
yman
House Blaze Is
Believed Started
By Wood Stove
nnICS Wrst of Itugo in southeast-
t - - —
ern Oklahoma When the water in
the tank was used up the volum
leers had to leave the holocaust
to) return to town for a Fecal
Authorities waited until day
bodies
w ere brought to Hugo
break to enter the ruins The
V IF re they are to be taken this
aBernuon to the little NeLtro com-
munity of Oberlin about 13 miles
smith of here for a quick burial
"SO 1y SS ite and I ran inside grab-
hed a suitcase Oh some clothes
in it and two or three quilts and
hurried outade"
Ware said he then ran to the
city hail to report the blaze
authortlies
At break probed
the gill-smoliterimt rubble With
Trustee Says Selected
Can't Be Reorganized
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K 1-2-i I 10M (Try !uPt) —The'
court - appointed trustee for
C iTted Investments orp reported
‘Vedne - tdily to federal di-4triet court
ti
Weone-alay to federal dr-drict court
here that the bankrupt firm cannot
be reorganucd
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Engleman, Charles E. The Custer County Chronicle (Clinton, Okla.), No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1959, newspaper, January 8, 1959; Clinton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2132701/m1/1/?q=Cadet+Nurse+Corps: accessed May 31, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.