The Stratford Star (Stratford, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1957 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME XXXII'
Edward tee Wilson Editor and Publisher Published every Thursday at Stratfo!d
under the act of Congress ri March 3 1837 Subscription Rate $150 in Trade
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THIS THAT AND THE OTHER
NOTE—The personal points of view in these editorials
are chargeable only to their writer
The narrow minded person can't see his own defects
THE STRATFORD STAR STRATFORD OKLAHOMA-----
RITES HELD FOR
JAMES S GOODWIN'
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Thursday AUGUST 1 1957
McBRO031--WATTS BOOSTERS CLUB
EXCHANGE VOWS DINNER TUESDAY
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Okla Entered as second class matter at the Post Office in Stratford Okla
Area—$200 Outside Trade Area—$100 for Old Age Pensioners in Trade Area
NUMBER V
ICE CREAM & CAKE
SLTPPER AT CORLEY
are chargeable only to their writer
Funeral services for James! Miss Nona Pile Mc Broom 1 The monthly meeting of On Friday Au ust 9 at
Stokes Goodwin 90 were! daughter of Mrs Agnes B 1 the Stratford Boosters Club 7:30 13 m three !ill be an
The narrow minded person can't see his own defects held Sunday at 2:30 in the I Green of Stratford became I will be held Tuesday even- ice cream and cake supper
Church of Christ with Bro I the bride of Mr Ralph Al ing August 6th at 7 p m in at the Corley School House
WORD AS GOOD AS BOND Ira Wommack officiating den Watts son of Mr an the Methodist Church with rounds the proceeds will
Stokes Goodwin was borr Mrs Roy A Watts in a can the W S C S Club serving be towards the rebuilding ol
I vividly remember one night a man handing over to
1867 in Tennessee die light ceremony Friday
the Corley Community cen
my father seven hundre4 ($70000) as a private loan I AP!' y y
while a sma Ilboy There he I June 26 at 8 p m Rev
was the only witness—not a word was signed The only
guarantee of payment was my father's integrity Will we
and came to Harrison Ark iTerry T Thomason Denver W C it U TO HAVE ter
met Miss Euphemia E jonetColo1 performed the cere- BAKS—RUMMAGE SALE I The price will be fifty
ever return to those days? and they were married Feb moni 1 cents for adults and thirty
s
cents for children—All yo
FOOD FOR TODAY -
ruary 15 1892 I Mrs Helen Winn organ The W C T U will have I can eat of home - made lo
The family moved to Stratt 1st played a melody of wed 1
ford in 1950 - Goodwin din music she accom ani a food and rummage sale cream and home made cakt
Consider this!The Social environg nt that our dill-
taught in various rural ed gMiss D' ana Duty P whc —Saturday August 10 in the! Everyone is invited—tb
dren and youth find themselves in—who made it? We' old bank building more the merrier
older folks Are we properly undoing what we have i
ools n Arkansas and a sang "Till" "Because" an
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done? Are we equipping the youngsters of today to
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He was postmaster in Strat1"The Lords Prayer" Mr
cope with the world we have given them? Are we inspir-
h 1922 unti ford from Marc I Ralth A Dawson uncle of JACK EEDS HAS PINK & BLUE SHOWER
ing them to do a better job than we have done? July 1933 Surviving are his
i the bride 'gave her in mar NEW GRANDDAUGHTER I HELD FOR MRS GALLOF
wife Euphemia two daugh riage Mrs Jan Garrison of
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ters Mrs Roy Beckham oil Ada was Matron of honor
Mrs Jack Eed s is spend-1 A pink and blue shower
It is noticeable that close to 2500 (two thousand five Glass of Oklahoma C
WIIEN IS NEWS NOT NEWS? Midwest City and Mrs Mary I miss Wandell White of
Mist mg a few days in Oklahoma honoring Mrs Hollis Gal
City l r Oklahoma City and Mi
City getting acquainted with lop was given Thursday
Patsy Bates also of Okla-
hundred people) people can have an annual meeting in son John odf thlde home ta snc i
he mew grand daughter ' evening in the Educational
homa City were bridesmaids
the Ada ball park and the dailies ignore the event either nine gran chili children six ee
Sharon Kay Flowers born 1 Building of the First Bap-
William Rudolph Lewis of July 25th and weighed in tist Church of Stratford
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-in saying "here it comes" of there it goes Yet Thurs- great grand c Carrie r Jenonesa siosf
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ter Mrs am the U S Navy was best J
- day of last week it happened It has kappened in past
Lorenza Texas man Following the cere at seven pounds and fifteen' Hostesses were Mrs
years too
— A son lames Walter waf 'ounces Her parents are Glayds Blackburn Mrs Des
The Pennte's Electric Administration (REAL electric I mony a reception was held T 1
WIIEN IS NEWS NOT NEWS? Midwest City and Mrs MarY Miss Wandell White of Mrs Jack Eeds is spend-1 A pink and blue shower
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It is noticeable that close to 2500 (two thousand five Glass of Oklahoma City Oklahoma City and Mist ng a few days in Oklahomahonoring Mrs Hollis Gal
City getting acquainted with I lop was given Thursday
Patsy Bates also of Okla-
he mew grand daughter evening in the Educational
hundred people) people can have an annual meeting in son John of the home alsc i
the Ada ball park and the dailies ignore the event either nine grandchildren sixteen homa City were bridesmaids
in saying "here it comes" of there it goes Yet Thurs- great grand children a sis- William Rudolph Lewis of Sharon Kay Flowers born Building of the First Bap
- day of last week it happened It has happened in past ter Mrs Carrie Jones of the U S Navy was best July 25th and weighed in tist Church of Stratford
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years too - Lorenza Texas man Following the cere seven pounds and fifteen' Hostesses were Mrs
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The People's Electric Administration (REA) electric A son James Walter wad mony a reception was held Her parents areiGlayds Blackburn Mrs Des
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cooperative had their 19th annual meeting This organ- Ailued in France November in the Fellowship Hall of Vondel and Eva Mae Flow sie Millsap and Mrs Lu
ization has about 8170 meters in use and assets of close 6 1918 during World War I the Church
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ers This is the first grand cille Reed Mrs Millsap pre-
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to five million dollars It paid on its debts months ' The bride was a graduate daughter in h e Eeds fam- sented the gifts to the hono
ahead of time MELTON—HENAGAR 1 from Stratford High School fly and they are very prow ' rep Mrs Gallup was assis
in 1955 She attended Drau-lof her They have foul ted in opening and display-
qeems to me that is as much news as a Hollywood di- EXCHANGE VOWS
vorce or a speeder goiag to court I ghon's School of Business grand sons :rig the gifts by her mother
1 'and received an Executive' 1Mrs Bill Cook and mother
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' :Secretarial diploma iThr POTTERS HAVE in-law Mrs Horace Gallop
I Miss Johnnie Sue Melton
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GOVERNMENT AND ITS OBLIGATIONS ' and Raymond Henagar weri i bridegroom is a 'graduate ot FAMILY REUNION i Punch and cookies were ser-
I believe that the government of the state of Oklahoma married Thursday July 25th the Stratford High SchoO ved
or the United States government has the same moral ob- at Pauls Valley The couple i and presently is 'attending ---- Present or sending gifts
ligation to honor its agreemets that any private corpora- ' are living at present with the University of Oklahoma Mr and Mrs C A Pottei were: Mrs S H Freeman
tion has But legally either can renig if it so chooses his parents Mr and Mrs 1 where he is majoring in pet had a family reunion Sun- Mrs Boyd Perry Mrs Marie
Or I believe that once conditions of a contract are made' Jack Henager roleuM engeering- eTh cou- day night those present Alford Mrs V E Townsend
and entered into the government has no right to change - I pie left on a wedding trir were Mr and -Mrs - Vaughn Mrs Roland Cole Mr and
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the terms of that 'contract without the full consent of all t GRIFFIN HAVE to Rockaway Beach Mo Potter and Phyllis Mr Mrs Gilbert Gallop and son
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parties concerned ILY RE UNION When the couple returns and Mrs Euel Potter and Mrs Everett Manns Mr
FAM
Why should government be any less obligated than they wil lbe at home at 71C Doris and Mr and Mrs 3 and Mrs Pat Gallop and
a corporation or an individual? I Cbataqua Norman B Spraul They all enjoyed daughters Mrs Melvin
ial ecurity in
1 ' Mr and Mrs C L Grit home made ice cream Lunsford Mrs Ruby Green
For instance— - fin had as week end guest' 1
À N BROWN RITES --- Mrs Deletha Lobaugh Mr
As I understand the Soc S setup—and I was ren r an rs
their' child M d M
this spring with a
HELD TIIURSDAY CHURCH ATTENDANCE and Mrs W D Buttler and
two sessions discussing this matter i Marvin Matlock and famil- ' — SUNDAY JULY Ir and Mrs Hoe-
28 chi ld ren A
social security specialist n charge—if Congress takes a Mr and Mrs Lowell Wren I ace Gallop Mrs Ruby Burk-
notion to lower the benefits or raise the conditions only Mr and Mrs Harold Griffin I Andrew N Brown died ' --
their learof public condemnation can keep them from and f 1 M d
ami y r an Mrs !Wednesday at 3 a m July Church of Christ 164 hart Mrs Della Burnett Mr
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making vhatever modification they want sto make If Hoyle Sharber and son al' i 30 at the age of 87 Brown 1st Baptist Church 13 and Mrs L P Shi Mrs
'theyNvant to use some of that money for something other of Stra t ford Mr an d Mrs I had been a resident of Gari Alethodist Church !yin County since 1910 He Pentecostal' Holiness 9 mith Mrs Evelyn William-
10:: Evelyn Carleton Mrs Marie
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than social security paments what is to kee them from 1
' Rex Jackson and family Mr came to Garvin County ' Freewill Baptist rt son Mrs Sybol Reed Mrs
doing so?' That is no y t fair! p and Mrs Ernest Evans and from Texas and lived North !Ott Jones Mrs Aster Jones
A private individual or a corporation is morally and family' all ef Gard Mrs Ray Burnett Mr
egally
l obligated to keep itself financially able at all times - AM ' en G rove I of Pauls Valley for three I MARINE CORPS TO
'L - Mr and Mrs Ray years He movev to the Wal- I HAVE OFFICER IN and Mrs Jakie Mann and
tb meet its contracted obligations according to the terms E vans and m
- 1- - i family of Holt- ker community n 1914 andIPAULS VALLEY sons Mrs Hazel Brund-
of the contract in terms of the contract at the time the
vine Calif and Mr and Mrs 'lived there until 1941 Hel ridge Mrs Nettie Williams
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contract ii being made Something stronger than whims Bob' ' Mickneer' and family has made his home in itrat- Men and women wishing Mrs Del Jinks Mrs O M
of the times should be binding on Congress and theruleS I of Prospect Pass Penn and ford for the past 16 years to join the regular U S Sallee Mr and Mrs Bot
and regulations it presses on the public 1Mrand Mrs James Bur- He became a member of the Marine Corps for a three or Forrest Mrs Wanda Shi
nett of Ft Worth Texas IChurch of Christ when he I four year period will be in Mrs Helen Winn Mrs Wit-
WHY All ' WANT OPEN SALOONS?
1 the children except was 19 years old I terviewed at the Selective lie Watts Mr and Mrs Bill
Some people are alarmed abour the liquor situation in one was here The funeral services were Service Office in Pauls Val- Cook Mrs: Minnie Williams
BILLY A5IS
Oklahoma So tl e i nt to jump out of the frying pan ' —
into the fire of ope sabons 1 AD
Mrs Mary Taylor anr held Thursday 2:30 at the ley Monday August
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SUFFERS
Church of Christ in Strat- from 9:00 'am to 4 p Li
Let a fellow with some grey' hairs but a keen memory daughter Miss Dove Dean ford Bro J E MeClaren of Master' Sergeant Fred L
recite some open saloon history' I spent Thursday' in Sha BROKEN LEG
wnee ficiating The burial was in Dean Marine Corps Publicl
M i child I grew up in New England lumber camps
IBodasso hoafdSatish
visiting with Mrs Murk b
& the McGee cemetery Sur Relations Representative mi ill(yshA
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where every pay day was a signal to close down opera- I Heimer viving are the wife Hattie the State will accept appli -
isef a n
lions for two or three days for the outfit to get drtmk N
and sober up again What I saw plus the example and ANDREWS HAVE o daughters Mrs Ear' cations from men be:wee:i
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Finimons of Stratford ane the ages of 17 and 30 He ortune Amds m of falling from
teaching of parents turned me against whiskey and open EASTERN VISITORS Mrs C N Webster of Min- will be assisted by TSgt
saloons I era! Wells Texas Two sons John A Criego Ara rem:-
p i tf aol r a ns d e 11
v ewril
lahsr ce:1 si m1 i d ae tvii hen ibigey galh ethere b s e 1 t H of wo s ef e i le is na yi n t 1 bit re a kkvin nae 1 ge
As a very young teenager I came to Kingfisher Ok- Mrs Della Vestal Sher- Robert Brown of Stratford ter
y
lahoma and soon was at work irt a cafe wedged in man Texas her daughter and Pete Brown of Hart Staff Sergeant Louise A
between two large saloons I went to livery stables to Betty Vestal New Ircrk 1 Texas and two foster sons Rashid representative (31 days a
get empty whiskey bottles out of rent car:pages to sell to City and friend Pam Chat :Bill Blets of Theadore Ala the Women Marine for the t
the saloons at a penny each to get candy money not rea- teck of England visited Mr Wayne Updergraff of Okla I State will accept applica -
Mr and Mrs Frank Ran
lizing I was patronizing the liquor traffic Too I was and Mrs Kenneteh Andrews homa City tions from women between nals and Mr and Mrs W W
there to see wonderful improvement suddenly set in after and family Wednesday I Sisters Mattie Pearl an( the ages of 18 and 30 Reynolds visited Sunday
statehood 'with legal whiskey -knocked out : : Mr and Mrs Carroll Col -t Ester of Athens Ala Mrs Male enlistees will be with Mrs W O Reed of
As a young adult I homesteaded near a small town in her and children Karen and 1 Emma Gordon Ft Worth flown from Oklahoma Cit: Sulphur
wr—:— 1-s 1 — - i Don Mrs C F Billings and Mrs Nancy Birdwell Dallas I to San Diego Calif by corn—
M a child I grew up in New England lumber camps i visiting with Mrs Murk& the McGee cemetery Sur- Relations Representative tin
where every pay day was a signal to close down opera- I Heimer viving are the wife Hattie the State will accept appli-
lions for two or three days for the outfit to get drunk two daughters Mrs Ear cations from men between
and sober up again—What I saw plus the example and ANDREWS HAVE Fimmons of Stratford and the ages of 17 and 30 He
teaching of parents turned me against whiskey and open EASTERN VISITORS Mrs C N Webster of Min- will be assisted by TSgt
saloons I era! Wells Texas Two sons John A Criego Ara recrui-
As a very young teenager I came to Kingfisher Ok- Mrs Della Vestal Sher- Robcrt Brown of Stratfore ter
lahoma and soon was at work irt a cafe wedged in man Texas her daughter mid Pete Brown of Hart Staff Sergeant Louise A
between two large saloons I went to livery stables to Betty Vestal New Yerk 1 Texas and two foster sons Rashid representative of
get empty whiskey bottles out of rent cariiages to sell to ' City and friend Pam Chat : Bill Blets of Theadore Ala the Women Marine for the
the saloons at a penny each to get candy money not rea- teck of England visited Mr Wayne Updergraff of Okla State will accept applica
lizing I was patronizing the liquor traffic Too I was and Mrs Kenneteh Andrews homa City tions from women betweer
there to see wonderful improvement suddenly set in after and family Wednesday I Sisters Mattie Pearl an the ages of 18 and 30
statehood 'with legal whiskey -knocked out : : Mr and Mrs Carroll Col -t Ester of Athens Ala Mrs Male enlistees will be
As a young adult I homesteaded near a small town in her and children Karen and 1 Emma Gordon Ft Worth flown from Oklahoma Cit:
Wyoming where there were as many Saloons as grocery Don Mrs C F Billings and Mrs Nancy Birdwell Dallas to San Diego Calif by come
stores While I was there that state voted dry and closed Mr and Mrs Edwin Gard- i Texas ' brothers George of merciar airliner for 12 weeks
son of Ada also visited in : Athens and Will of Deca- training at the Marine
the soloons There was a definite improvement right
away I have observed in many places The chan'ge has the Andrews home Wednes- tur Ma 18 grand children Corps Recruit Depot
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been for the better - daay afternoon 146 great grand children and Lady enlistees will receive
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: four great great grand chil- eight weeks training at th(
In spite of present defects they are not a drop in the Mrs Sam Boatright wbi4Idren Marine Corps Recruiting De-
had an emergency operation bucket contrasted to conditions under open saloons My p i pot Parris Islan
d S C They
memory has some vivid impressions of the past and the - - -
ast week sdomg fine and I- Mr Mrs Kenneth will leave Oklahoma City by
and
present Those who want the open saloons have neither ' 1
will- be released from thc Turner and babies of Shaw- railway
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the observation nor the expenence to be able to judge:hos 't I S d she con nee and Mrs
pi a un ay if -i James Selby
fairly What we now have isr far sitfer than: wt 6 ha e
p n tattles to improve She will and Debra of Ada spent Sat Mrs Jeweir Btiiiiion Mni
saloonswilrbring Us ' ' ' -
- go to Stonewall and stay e urday light with-their::par- Guy Andrews Mrs -C 0
Temperance edusation is our th d
vii two adaughters for' ents Mr and Mrs O' V Hunt Mrs Blackburn Mrs
educated citizenry will stay sober big need—a properly ' 1 '
awhile 1 ILf:21171n Turner Millsap and Mrs Reed
Mr and Mrs V E Town
send and Leonard Fremar
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daughter of the TownsendeE
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and Marie Cole
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Wilson, Edward Lee. The Stratford Star (Stratford, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1957, newspaper, August 1, 1957; Stratford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2143209/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 21, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.