The Alva Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1927 Page: 2 of 12
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THE ALVA RECORD THURSDAY MAY 19 1927
THE ALVA RECORD
A W DOUGHTY Editor and Owner
FublLhed every Thursday
'Another Gold Rush”
No Bath House
“Have some whi-kty?”
“No thanks I never touch an thing
but water”
“Well I’m not asking you to wu-h
your hands in it”
i r
Entered at the IV loffioe at Alva Oklahoma os second da s matter
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
One Year $200
Fix Months $12
'Jhicn Month 7a
jin— ji — "
Summer Training Camps
A young army of 32425 hoys wili play soldier lor one month
this summer m 53 camps conducted by Uncle Sam The United
States will gi e 33425 months of military training to the youth
Measured m yearn that would he 2785 years and five months
Measured m tenns of icguler army men who serve 30 years to re
tirement that would he equal to the services of 93 old timers added
together
The hoys attend these camps not under compulsion hut vol-
untarily They go for the fun of camp life swimming riding and
the wonderful entertainments planned for them even more than
they go for foot-dull The 0 M T (2 is a great boon to the
moral and physical character of youth
$ jfc £ $ $
Commendable Work
$ ?f FOR FEEDERS
That’s what our feed means to you
Now is the time for every feeder to use
California System Chick Mash
(It contains Cod Liver Oil and Buttermilk)
and
Improved Otto Weiss Chick Feed
Farmers’ Co-operative
Ass’n
PHONE 436
The wnik of the Wi-enn-in State Highway Commisdon in
eliminating 41 dangerous railroad highway grade crossings a part
of its 1926 highway piogram is commendable This policy of mak-
ing crossings safer ha long been a problem hut it has been only in
recent years that such del mite action has been
4-H CLUB
PRIZES ARE
INCREASED
scon sin
cnmmi-sii ms
Club Prizes To Ee Greater at State
Fair State’s Best Club Meb-
ber To Be Picked
has thus set a good example for other state highway
to follow in planning their good roads program i An ad led inomtivi for 4-II dub
With the inci casing amount of tourist travel and the grow-j rhglvatiy tinS'dlS”
ing number of bus and trucking lines the crossing has taken an in- offered on boys and girls dub work
creasing toll in lives and injuries Every state is confronted with li7whickSnabeSthdd in Ok&
lahoma City September 24 to Octo-
ber I
Announcement has jurt been made
by the state fair that premiums in
this problem and all are seeking its solution
Passing of Tramp Printer
P H and W L John-on diove to
Woodward TIu-y aie not ba-hful
now a tl ' y got ph iity of -and for a
v lie
I lelbei t VcAlpin spe!i‘ one day and
night with Wilbert and Harold John-
son Iouian John on i- getting his
house in a ly coni leti d
Mr- I inner ton of Pond Creek
and Mr and Mr Ca berry of Fair-
valley visited with J A Tegardens
Monday
Kafir planting seems to be the or-
der of tie day
Mu-solini wants the world to grow
more cereal Is he afraid of a short-
age of macroni?
The old tramp printers who used to drop into the newspaper : off the press shows that every phase
f twice a year and “clean up shop’’ are rap- ?f cI?b Vork in thn rd-!i
7 r tional prizes In the livestock divis
offices on an average o
idly passing Only a few of the old fellows arc making the rounds
They seldom visit the large shops for the simple reason they have
no use for the modern linotypes and such “contraptions” the big
papers use And their field is fast becoming limited as so many
of the weeklies arc installing machines
Commencement
v jt me iuiue xciil iurt picimuma in m V
the dub department have been prac-! Y 0111 Hpnlfh
tit-ally doubled from those offered a AiKW UUX X XttflllA
by Purification
rally
year ago
The club premium li-t ju-t
ry phase
the addi-
Tens ot thousands of young men and women are finishing
their formal schooling at this time All over the country during
the months of May and June in every high school and college boys
2nd girls go out as graduates from the halls where the past four
years have been spent in search of knowledge
Thousands of varying personalities arc represented — eager
vibrant wistlul each with a hunger of the soul for something be-
sides life’s meat and drink All arc seeking a remedy for the prob-
lems of the woi Id It is of such fabric as this that dreams which
come true are made It is always youth which is ready to attempt
the impossible
Any physician will tell you that
ion of club work and in one or two “Perfect Purification of the System
other departments the premiums have is Nature’s Foundation of Perfect
been doubled and in some cases treb-i Health” Why not rid yourself of
led I chronic ailments that are undermin-
The capital prize an entirely- new ing your vitality? Purify your en-
feature this year will be awarded to ' tire system by taking a thorough
Oklahoma’s champion hoy or girl club1 course of Calotabs — once or twice a
member This prize consists of a sil- week for several weeks — and see how
ver trophy valued at fifty dollars and Nature rewards you with health
a two hundred dollar scholarship at j Calotabs are the greatest of all
the A & M college This prize is system purifiers Get a family pack-
being given by Mr Frank I Johnson age containing full directions Only
president of the American-First Na-1 85 cts At any drug store (AdvA
tional Hank of Oklahoma City The
selection of the champion club mem-1 — — — - —
Aside from the selection of the out j
standing club member in the state1
numerous other scholarships and spe-
cial prizes besides those put up by
the fair association will he offered
on club work
W D Myers Preside nt M W Strawn Cashier
E Ik Myers Vice l’res M K Downer Asst Cash
Wm F Funk Asst Cash
STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITION OF
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
“THE PERSONAL SERVICE BANK”
ALVA OKLAHOMA
at the close of business March 23rd 1927
— SBurceT
Loans and discounts $45802290 LlALlLUIc
tofflL Fur- 1'891'M P1
niture and Fixtures 1970000 j Surplus and Un-
Federal Reserve Ek Stk 255000 y
Other Real Estate 456238 j divided Profits 3792784
Ronds & I Pills Payable NONE
Comr‘ ” 274’500’68 Rediscounts NONE
Paper 5000000 DEPOSITS 116487984
Cash & Sight
Exchange 44158023 7CC08091
TOTAL $125280768 TOTAL $125280768
The above statement is correct
M W STRAWN Cashier
We offer all advantage of a connection wilb a strong-growing bank
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Exceptional Pug
Some of the scribes are said to be annoyed because Gene
Tunncy dodges the spotlight of publicity Well most of the fans
won’t greatly mind — so long as that's the only thing he dodges
“The greatest heavyweight of all time” is the way one editor de-
scribes the present king of the heavyweights He says it looks like
Gentleman Gene is seated on the fistic thrunc for years
The Boy Wa Right
“Last winter at college the tem-
perature on three successive nights
dropped to zero”
“That’s nothing” snorted Freddie
the Fro-h “that’s nothing”
“What’s nothing” indignantly ask-
ed Same the Senior
“Zeio” remarked Freddie snappily
as he bolted the door
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Townsend
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Gaining Knowledge
The rural population declined 649000 during the last year
Well that means that 659000 ex-farmers soon will realize that
city dwellers need relief just as much as farmers do
Having Posies
It is possible to pay $600 for a single bulb but that does not
mean that one must be a millionaire to have posies in the yard
World map makers are waiting on China
'
A man is judged by the company he keeps out of
The old iadiioned
picnic season is again on tap
S No
ii
:ecie i
a tailor advertising in an exchange
B lsehall
they come
Mtcher is about the only fellow who takes thing
Eight nation-
chicken cof
s as
aie now watching China like a hawk watches a
Wonder who bake
throw at each other?
all
custard pies
movie comedians
Speaking ot frozen Inarm
tw’O million dollar1-
the hank of
Iceland plans to borrow
A man with so large a fortune as that enioyed by Henry Ford
must expect a few law -tut
FLAGG DIST S9
J B Evans and family vi-ited with
C A McAlpins Sunday
E H Clino and family visited at
J F John-ons Sunday
Mrs Grace Rogers spent one day
with Mrs Martha Reed
The entire community extend sym-
pathy to Mr and Mrs IJovd Rocrers
in the death of their infant son May
C
We sure had a severe hail storm
here Most of the wheat was not in--ummI
so we hear
Mr and Mrs Noah Hacker visited
one day at the Johnson and Evans
homes
Mr and Mrs Jacob Cline were
dinner guests at John Evans Wed-
nesday Mrs Grace Rogers and Leeta Ev-
ans helped Mrs Tegarden clean
house
Roy Evans passed the 8th grade ex-
amination with an average grade of
So plus and Ietha Cline also made
good but she has moved from our
district an i we dul not Earn what
her ‘'red wa
Cm Mot si day the J P Johnson
family J Ik Evans anil family and
STOP!
TURN TO THE RIGHT
at Monfort’s Corner and fill
'your car with our Red Crown
Gas and Polarine Is Oxis Oils
None better
BRAD’S
Service Station
— PHONE 707—
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Quarrels over
“the skv is the limit’
ir channels for radio
’ i not eprecive after all
uggest that the phrase
It’s going to he a hair-raising year Paris ai biters say the bob
is doomed
Same Trice
former 55ijems
25 “25
USE LESS THAN OF
HIGHER PRICED BRANDS
Why Pay
( I Far Prices?
THE GOVERNMENT USED
MILLION'S OF POUNDS
INVITATION
You an1 eoiditlly invited to visit
Our Di-play Room and in-peet the
Lame and Complete Stock of
FINISHFO MONUMENTS ON
EXHIBITION
We Have about Two Hundred
Monument and Matkeis to
Select Trom
This is a di-nlay which no one
about to purcha-t? a bmoiid unj
a II oid to mi-- Th-e wi-hirg to
have a Monument or Mnker plac-
ed for their loved one- In fore!
Mtmori I Day May 30 should'
p'oee t n ir older as soon as po--i-tde
1
ALVA
MEMORIAL
WORKS
E I SAMS Prop
BOLENE GAS and KEROSENE
Polarine and Mobile Oil and Grease
Wholesale and Retail
Office Phone 77 Res Phone 45
“Service Our Motto”
Dacoma Oklahoma
EVERY Public Utility under private ownership is'
con-tantly striving to increase its business —
THUS new uses for its service are developed — and
the benefits of this greater usefulness arc en-
jiwed by the entire community
THE SOUTHWEST POWER CO
CHAS H LAM PI I LRU Mt
Aim Oklakosia
GEO POTUZNIIC
SHOE SHOP
“Let George Rebuild ‘Em”
ALVA OKLA
Phone 494 Polish and Laces
FRESH CAT FISH
—
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Baby Beef Steak ISc
' Sausage
Hamburger 2 for 25c
2(c
Residence
524 Choctaw St
Phone 636
Alva
SCHNITZER MARKET
PHONE 6S
Okla
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Doughty, A. W. The Alva Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1927, newspaper, May 19, 1927; Alva, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2133456/m1/2/?q=music: accessed June 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.