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WEATHERFORD OKLAHOMA' THURSDAY ' APRIL 28 1932
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VOL XX2'011 No 17
OBSERVER
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A column of -personal bbsee
I vations and opinions on cur'
rent event's by the publisher
of The News
1 One is likely Jo receive an
anomyous letter most any time
but it is rather'rarer to receive a
card of this nature
This happens to be the case
with me i
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' After seVeral days however
Observer is confident that he has
solved the mystery of the writer
Tho card arrived and at first it
was difficult to get any meaning
from it The signature was a well
known One but' it was forged
There were no threats or any ran-
som plots in the contents of the
card but just a few potent quo-
tations : -
' There is only one person that
I canbelieve wrote that card He
is Fred L Cramer-
Fred being on the retired list
at present is supposed to be run-
ning around tn Iowa and other
parts in that section
I mention this little incident only
to provide some proof against him
when he gets back He forged a
man's name who has a reputation
for warfare on a big Seakk and
unless something goes wrong I
should have an axe over Fred's
head from here on out—it might
even prove profitable some time
-Weatherford has been voted a
- signal honor in being selected as
the first convention city by the
Western Oklahoma Chamber of
Commerce
Along with the honor goes one
of the largest tasks that this city
has ever undertaken
The convention will very likely
attract a mammoth crowd It will
require ' the greatest effort and
cooperation on the part of all lo-
cal organizations and citizens to
care for the convention in a
proper manner 7
INTecessary preparations can not
be made within a week or 10
days The project will require
careful planning and much work
It will necessitate early action on
the part of the Weatherford
Chamber of Commerce and all
other organizations '
tiOn in any manner short of the
very best will be worse than not
having it at all Minds of civic
leaders should be made up right
now to go into this thing on a
different basis than any similar
project has been undertaken
The coming convention presents
a 'golden opportunityfor Weath
erford to ' get ii some Mighty
good 'work' ThiS of course may
appear to be 'a selfish Tribtive' but
few cities -in ithis old world are
not guilty of this motive There
will be many people here who
have never been here before Per-
haps they have heard of us but
they have na idea that We have
a town that is- really as good as
it is It will be up to us to
demonstrate the advantages of our
city
Now is the time to start think-
ing about it It will never do to
wait until the last minute on this
proposition as it ' is entirely too
large
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e
It seems that the Seger Indian
school at Colony is slated to be
abolished
Just why this is to be done if
it is is unknown to me
If it is a portion of the expense
reduction program it seems as if
there might be ther places where
the same' amount could be sliced
off instead of this particular one
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Of course there may be good
argument for a consolidation of
schools or something of that order
but there' has been no indication
as far as I can learn that is to
be done
It will require quite a reduc-
tion in operating costs to offset
the original investment at Col-
ony There happens to be a lot
of good land in this particular
project that has been farmed in
conjunction with the school Much
money is tied up in buildings and
equipment —
The Indian is entitled to' what
education facilities that he has
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TWO FOSITIIIES
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JAIL DELIVERY
Three Prisoners Break 'Jail
in Weatherford Saturday
Night One Is Taken Again
by Officers r
LOCAL STORE ROBBED
Merchandise Valued atAround
$200 Is Taken From Penn's
Store as Thieves Are Busy
Here
City officers were kept busy
over the week-end with an un
usual nuinber of arrests that was
climaxed by a jail break Satur-
dayl night
Three priSoners escaped from
the city jail and only one had
been taken again late Wednesday
Four men were in the jail at the
time but only three of them es-
caped A negro- whose name was not
1cm:own was one of the three to
break jail He was arrested by
City Officer Harry Milward Sat-
urday on a chargé of shoplift-
ing at the C R Anthony store
Bed Norman being held on a
previous charge pending settle-
ment of a fine was one of the
trio who left the jail He was re-
arrested and was back in jail Monday
Battery Stolen -
VI Bergis facing a theft charge
also made good his escape Bergis
and a companion had stolen a bat
tery from an automobile belong-
ing to Jack Smith at the Cotton-
wood school house Friday night
His companion was- the one who
failed to make the break for lib-
erty and he was paroled by City
Judge H H Beard Monday morn-
ing No trace of the two fugitives
had been found late Wednesday
The heavy lock on the Jail door
was broken in the delivery City
Officer Milward states that the
lock was either broken by some-
one on the outside or else neces-
sary tools for the job were slip-
ped into the Jail by someone
will necessitate early action on Store Looted
e part of the Weatherford Thieves entered the Penn's store
lamber of Commerce and all on Main-st sometime Friday night
her organizations and escaped with merchandise
valued at around $200 Entrance
To fail to care for the conven- into the store was made through
$n in any manner short of the the' skylight After looting the
ry best will be worse than not store the thieves made their get-
ving it at all Minds of civic away by the same means using a
aders should be made up right ladder to roach the skylight from
w to go into this thing on a the floor below
Fferent basis than any similar Merchandise taken included 15i
oject Ifas been :undertaken dresses three coats silk hose1
's purses and the like
Officer Bob Cate httcl noted the
license number of an automobile
the street late -Friday night
and when the robbery: was re-
ported ' Oklahoma City O'fficerzi
were advised td look forfile car
e The car and driver werct appre-
hended but nbk definite evidence
was found to link the owner with
the robbery Cate stated Wednes-
day Three men were arrested Satur-
day night on charges of being
drunk and were fined Monday
morning by Judge Beard The
names given were Lex Wilburn
L H Harreld and Dennis Gilmore
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FUNERAL HITE HELD
Mrs William L Meier Dies
After An Illness of 19
Days' Funeral Services at
Anadarko
Funeral services were conducted
at Anadarko Sunday for Mrs
William L Meier who died in
Weatherford Friday —
Mrs Melei who was 44 years
old died after an illness of 19
days
Mr and Mrs Meier moved to
Weatherford in February from
Thomas They had formerly lived
at Cordell
Burial was in the Apache ceme-
tery at Apache Sunday
Members of her immediate fam-
ily who survive her are her hus-
band a son and daughter Edgar
and Malisa Jean
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
- Mr and Mrs Charles Shoe-
maker have announced the birth
of a son born April 18 The new
son weighed eight pounds
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' giant balloon with a new spherical
Slie-HtfCandidate
ED PfiELPS
p PHELPS ANNOUNCES
Night Chief of Police at Clin
ton Is Seeking Democratic
Nomination for Sheriff Is
Experienced Officer
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' Ed Phelps night chief of police
at Clinton ' hag authorized the
News to announce his candidacy
for sheriff of Custer county on
the democratic ticket
Phelps is a native of Kentucky
He moved to Custer county in
1907
He has had nine years' experi-
ence as an officer having served
as a deputy sheriff in Washita
county as chief of police at Elk
City over : two years on the po-
lice force at Oklahoma City as
special agent for the Rock Island
and as a federal officer '
Phelps is a World War veteran
having enlisted in the army the
day following America's entrance
into the struggle He served 18
months overseas He is an active
member of the American Legion
Phelps is married and has three
children
He feels that his experience has
qualified him for the office of
sheriff
"If elected your shqriff I will
serve to the best of my ability
and will appreciate an investiga-
tion of my past record by voters
of Custer county" Phelps states
BUSINESS MAN DIES
Edward C Thompson Victim
of Apoplexy Sunday Even-
ing Body Returned to Iowa
for Funeral Rites
' Edward C Thompson 65 Weath-
erford business man died sud-
denly of apoplexy at his home on
E Main-st Sunday evening
Funeral services were to be con-
ducted in Vinton' Iowa with burial
to follow in the Evergreen ceme-
tery at the same place
Thompson moved to Weathec
ford in 1930 11e and Mrs
Thompson ha've beri'engiged in
business here since- that time 'op-
erating the Th'oinpson likt' and
Garment Shop They lived at Mc-
Laughlin South Dakota before
moving to Weatherford
Thompson was a native of Iowa
having been born at Vinton in
1867
The body was taken to Vinton
Monday where final arrangements
for the funeral services were to
be made'
He is survived by his widow ore
son Howard' of Chicago two
brothers Alva Thompson of Vin-
ton Iowa and Elmer Thompson
of Long Beach Calif
NEWLY NAMED CHIEF
OF COLLEGE VISITS
C W Richards 'newly named
president of Southwestern State
Teachers college was in Weath-
erford Wednesday
Richards head of the rehabili-
tation division of the state depart-
ment of education is to assume
his new duties at the close of the
present term
He spent several hours'in
Weatherford Wednesday in renew-
ing old acquaintances and meet-
ing local people He was en route
to his office in Oklahoma City
from Altus where he spent Tuesday
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Marriage Licenses
Only one marriage license was
issued at the Custer county clerk's
office during the past week The
lone license was issued to Ray-
mond Collins Weatherford and
Dorothy Fancher Foss
Building Loan
Groui3s Will
Moot Hero
Weatherford will be host to rep-
resentatives from practically all
Building 'and Loan associations in
Western Oklahoma on May ac-
cording to Eugene Howe 'secre-
tary of the Ynatherford Build-
ing and Loan association "
The meeting is the result of let-
ters sent out by Howe to the vari-
ous associations holding property
in various Western Oklahoma
towns
In many towns in this section
of the state reptal problems have
become acute and the meeting is
planned for the purpose of dis-
cussing the situation and provid-
ing relief for it according to the
letters sent out'
Many replies were received to
the original letters and plans for
the meeting to be held here were
formulated immediately
It is believed that a large per
cent of the 44 associations that
have been invited will send repre-
sentatives to the meeting here
A group of questions has been
prepared and the discussion of
these will form the major part of
the program Howe states
The meeting will begin at 10
a m A special luncheon will be
served at noon with another busi-
ness session to follow in the afternoon
Indian School
At Colony May
Be Abolished
Abandonment of the Seger In-
dian school at Colony on June 30
appeared likely this week
Officials at the school stated
that they had been advised from
Washington to complete the year's
work quicker than originally plan-
ned as present plans call for the
abandonment of the school at the
close of the present term
While nothing definite seems to
be knownat Colony about the sit-
uation people there are talking
about the possible closing of the
school
Thousands of dollars in build-
ings and equipment are represent-
ed in the government institution
at Colony
The regular emtiloyes of the
school total 23 F It is understood
that they will move away at the
close of the present term instead
of remakning in Colony throughout
the summer as has been the cus-
tom in the pvt
Several hundred acres of land
is included in the Indian holdings
at Colony an'd this is farmed in
conjunction with the school
A new Indian hospital origin-
ally ' planned for Colony was
switched' to Clinton' several months
ago
: IF O
OK CLUB IN MAKING
Alex Miller Is Chosen To
Manage Weatherford Team
Will Attempt To Play in
Sooner Valley League
Organization of a baseball club
in Weatherford started here last
week was climaxed Tuesday night
by the selection of a manager and
the sounding of a call for the first
practice session
Alex Miller was selected by fans
and players as temporary man-
ager with Bill Hambrick as field
captain Miller has asked all who
want to play ball to report to him
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the ball field east of the public
school
school
A delegation from Weatherford
is scheduled to attend-the organi-
zation meeting of the Sooner Val-
ley League at Watonga Thurs-
day night It is understood that
other members of the league will
accept Weatherford's entry and in
case this is done plans will go
ahead here to meet the necessary
requirements
It is planned to match a game
for Sunday in order to give Mil-
ler a chance to look over his pros-
pects The baseball movement was
started here by fans and players
In the event that the club is ad-
mitted to the league it is planned
to ask the support of Weather-
ford fans in raising the necessary
equipment
The ball club is to be conducted
on a strictly amateur basis with
no provision for the paying of ball
players
Senior Candidate
Miss Ruth Sugden popular mem-
ber of the senior class of the
Weatherford high school who is
the choice of her class for May
Queen
CORDELL IS WINNER
S W I M NET MEET
Cordell was the winner of the
S W I M tennis meet held here
Monday and Tuesday 25-26 with
a total score of 16 points Hollis
was second with 10 points and
Mangum third with seven points
Killian of Cordell won the boys
singles and Killian and Jones won
the doubles Ida Maden of Hol-
lis won the girls singles and to-
gether with her sister Margaret
carried off the honors in the girls
doubles
Opal Shurburn of Cordell won
second place in girls singles and
Opal and Ellen Ash won second
in the girls doubles
Mangum won second in both
singles 2nd doubles with Harold
Freeman winning the singles and
Bedford Mc Kinzie and Freeman
the doubles
The boys team entered were
Weatherford Clinton CordellFred-
erick Altus Elk City Hollis
Mangum Sayre and Thomas
The girls teams represented were
Clinton Cordell Hollis Mangum
and Weatherford
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NELSON IS CANOIDATE
Clinton Gr Fin Man Is Seeking
Office of County Clerk
Pledges Economy and Ef
ficiency
Frank W Nelson Clinton is
seeking the democratic nomination
for county clerk of Custer county
Nelson was in Weatherford last
week in the interest of his cam-
paign A native of Texas Nelson came
to Oklahoma in 1913 and has been
engaged in the grain business in
Custer county for I many years
under -the name of Nelson Grain
Co of Clinton and Custer City
"I have been a taxpayer in
Custer county for a long time and
if I am elected will operate the
office with strictest economy
without sacrificing efficiency"
Nelson states
"I will conduct the office in a
manner that will reduce taxes as
far as this particular office is
concerned" he added
Nelson is experienced in abstract
and title work and is an experi-
enced accountant and office man
This is the first time that he
has ever sought public office
CHURCH OF CHRIST
TEAMS SCORES WIN
The Church of Christ baseball
team added another victory to its
list Tuesday evening at the ex-
pense of the Baptists
The score was 4 to 3
Wallace Mc Cowen winning
pitcher kept the opposition bat-
ters well in hand and was given
fair support in the field
Bill Thomas Baptist pitcher
hurled steadily but his team failed
to get him enough runs to win
Tuesday's game marked the sec-
ond consecutive defeat the Bap-
tisst have suffered at the hands of
the Church of Christ crew
ANNOUNCE DAUGHTER
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Mr and Mrs H C Harten-
berger of Watonga announce the
birth of a 10-pound baby girl
born April 21
The new arrival's name is Doris
Anne
Mrs Hartenberger is the young-
est daughter of Mr and Mrs M
D Smith of Weatherford
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Byron'Chody Is
To Pitch for
Iowa Club
Byron Chody Weatherford base-
ball star fresh from the spring
training camp of the Cltveland
Indians at New Orleans is home
for a few days before reporting
to the Burlington Iowa club of the
Three-Eye league
Chody was signed by Cleveland
late last summer following his
stellar pitching in sandlot tour-
naments at Amarillo Texas and
Wichita Kan
The Weatherford youth made a
good showing in spring training
where he was thrown againgt 21
other rookie pitchers along with
a full crew of veterans
Chody withstood the early weed-
ing out of rookies and stayed in
camp until the Indians started
back home to open' the American
league season He has been farmed
out for the present season to the
Burlington club
He is scheduled to leave near
the end of the week for Burlington
MRS KIR IN RACE
Clinton Woman Authorizes
News to Announce Her
Candidacy for County
Clerk—Is Democrat
Mrs Katie McAbee-Miller of
Clinton has authorized the News to
announce her candidacy for county
clerk on the democratic ticket
Mrs Miller is experienced in the
work of the office having served
as a deputy
She has sold automobile license
tags in Clinton for three years
and worked for the Oklahoma Cot-
ton Growers association at Clinton
last year
Mrs Miller attended South-
western State Teachers college at
Weatherford in 1920-21
The present campaign marks
her first attempt at public office
having never been a candidate be-
fore Mrs Miller is the daughter of
William J McAbee pioneer Cus-
ter county resident
In the event of election Mrs
Miller promises courtesy effi-
ciency and economy in the county
clerk's office
RED CROSS FLOUR TO
BE AVAILABLE SOON
Plans for the distribution of
Red Cross flour in Custer county
were being formulated at Clinton
this week
Some 135000 pounds of flour
for distribution to the needy of
the country was scheduled to ar-
rive Wednesday
L L Shaw secretary of ttie
Chamber of Commerce here will
have charge of the distribution of
the flour in the Weatherford com-
munity The flour is to be issued
in small quantities
AT G O P RALLY
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Among the Weatherford repre-
sentatives at the state republican
convention at Oklahoma City Mon-
day were Rev and Mrs L L
Shaw Mr and Mrs G W Gates
R B Horton E F Boyer and A
H Bergthold
ALCOAN IS CANDIDATE
Clinton Officer Seeks Nomi-
nation For Sheriff of Cus-
ter County—Resident of
1 County for 31 Years
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William Alcorn Clinton is seek-
ing the democratic nomination for
sheriff of Custer county and has
authorized the News to announce
his candidacy
Alcorn has lived in Custer county
for 31 years and has been an of-
ficer for seven years He has
spent five years as a deputy sher-
iff and two years on the police
force at Clinton
This is the first time he has
sought public office
He has lived in Clinton for the
past 10 years having moved there
from the farm in 1922
Alcorn promises to conduct the
office to the best of his ability
if elected
NEW DAUGHTER
Mr and Mrs Arthur Clark are
the parents of a baby daughter
born Wednesday April 20
The new member of the Clark
family weighed 8 14 pounds '
$100 PER YEAR
V11E3'1E1111 SHOUP
Is TO COUYEtIE
HERE JUR 8-9
Weatherford Is Ch6sen Con-
vention City for Western
Oklahoma Chamber of Com-
merce Gathering
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PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY
Indications Point Toward Rec-
ord Attendance for Big
Two-Day Event Prominent
Speakers Booked
Weatherford is to be host to
the first annual convention of the
Western Oklahoma Chamber of
Commerce' according to announce-
ment from W J Milburn man-
ager of the organization with
headquarters at Sayre
Selection of Weatherford as the
convention city was made by bal-
lots of members of the organiza-
tion Lone Wolf and Mangum
were also bidding for the meet-
ing The two-day event to be held
June 8 and 9 will probably be the
largest gathering in Weatherford's
history
It is estimated that the conven-
tion will attract a crowd of 5000
people
Many Delegates
Assurance of large delegations
from Oklahoma City Enid and
Wichita Falls Texas has already
been given and it is believed that
every town in the organization
will be represented here
Definite plans for the meeting
are already underwa7 and much
work on the part of local organi-
zations and the Weatherford
Chamber of Commerce is expected
to be done during the next few
weeks
Dr W B Bizzell president of
the University of Oklahoma and
Josh Lee also of O U are two
prominent speakers who are al-
ready' on the program Milburn
stated Wednesday
1-000 Voices
It is planned to assemble a
chorus of at least 1000 voices
during the convention Many bands
will also be on hand to lend color
and enthusiasm to the occasion
There will be complete programs
both day and night throughout the
two days of the convention Vari-
ous meetings will be underway in
separate auditoriums at the same
time in order to carry out the
huge program that will be ready
for the visitors
Weatherford committees will be
put to work immediately to con-
tract hotels cafes and the like to
insure accommodations for the
many visitors wflo are expected to
be here
There will be a great demand
for rooms and local committees
will be expected to list every
available one within the city
PIONEER RESIDENT OF
CORN COMMUNITY DIES
Funeral services were conducted
for Mrs Elizabeth Richert 80 at
the Mennonite church at Corn
Sunday at 2 p m
Mrs Richert died at her home
at Corn April 24
She was born in Russia in 1851
and came to Kansas in 1886 She
moved to the Corn community with
her husband in 1893 where they
settled on a claim
She leaves to mourn her death
five sons and three daughters
Her husband preceded her in death
several years ago
Interment was made in the Men-
nonite cemetery near Corn
IS ROTARY GUEST
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Bruce Stout making two A's
and two A—'s is the representa-
tive of the high school as Rotary
luncheon guest for the last six
weeks of school
Bruce is an active member of
the high school belonging to the
boys' glee club mixed quartet and
"IV"- club He was one of the
contestants in the conference ten-
nis tournament held Monday and
Tuesday April 25 and 26
E B HOWARD WILL
BE IIERE SATURDAY
E B Howard of Tulsa demo-
cratic candidate for congressman
at large will speak in Weather-
ford Saturday April 30
Howard will speak on the streets
at 2 p rn
The Tulsan was in Weatherford
Tuesday en route to Erick and
points in Roger Mills county
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