The Weatherford News (Weatherford, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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A COMMUNITY NKWHPATKU
THE WEATHERFORD NEWS
I'M Mena tm
VOL XXXV No 29
WEATHERFORD OKfiAlIOMA THURSDAY JULY 19 1931
100 I’ER YEAR
OBSERVER
By J J C
A column of personal obser-
vation and opinion on cur
rent event by tb publisher
of I'lio Now
Continued drouth here hn be
come a decided menace to tree
In Weatherford
Union precaution nrn token It
I very likely that many tree
will full to weather the tun Id
temperature
Kvnry tree In Weatherford I
worth something to the olty n a
whole a well a to the Individual
propurty owner They are certain-
ly worth raving
Some folk who seem to know
Homelhlng about the care of tree
have been trenching around them
and then applying a genernu pup-
ply of water It I paid that the
procep I not pucceful union
plenty of water I uand
Tree ure
and ahould
attention
well worth paving
he given Immodlalu
City Commlaaloner Luther Fry
Iiuh been fluahlng a very Inter-
eating photograph during the peat
few day
Luther Floyd Collier and Kvni’-
alt llume have Juat returned
from the cool atretcho of Colo-
rado mountain atream ami the
photograph la offered a proof of
the luck they enjoyed
The airing of flail wua rather
long and the Individual firth were
alo much longer than the aver-
age 1
Fry any they would have had
plenty more had Iluma not be-
come o homealck Hint they could
not koop him out there any
longer
Weatherford 1m become a big
town overnight
Tuoaduy night one could drive
along Main atreet Juat about a
lie pleaaed but Wedneaday morn-
ing the atreet wa graced with
big "No-U Turn" and "No rack-
ing In The Center of The Street”
algna
The algna look rnther nice In
general appearance but their pres-
ence will not be exactly welcome
to many folk who do lumlnea
along Main atreet
There la one Weatherford real
dent who ha a kindly folding
for tho hot wnnlhor hut then
ho la engaged In n Imidne that
thmiHamla departed three yeara
ago
Ileferenco Ih made to Rave
Kakln operator of the only
miniature golf rourHu In (Ida or
any other section of the country
that wo know anything about
The fact that IOakln la atlll
operating hi courao and I en-
joying ronalderaldn pnlrnnngn la
an unuauid fact Add the fact
that ho llkoa tho lint weather he-
cauao It Improve hla bualnea and
you have quite n queer combi-
nation When It ruin tho golf luialneaa
I out of luck When It la cool
or oven allghtly ao people aluy
at home and rend piny bridge or
nomelldng elan
Hut when these old hot sultry
night enmo along that wo have
been having tho folk gel out In
tho open mid a lot ef them find
their way to the miniature golf
course
Ho hH rogwlar runtoniorH from
surrounding towns They tell him
that hla la the only miniature
emira In operation In the slate
mid Kakln cornea hack with
"Stntn nothing It must he the
only one In the world"
If our community I becoming
fmnous through thla golf course
wo feel that wo ewe tho place
some honor something like
tho folks nt Meeker feel about
Carl lluhhell or those nt Clinton
feel about their Mill-burned lake
— — n —
COMM I'm: K M FACTS
A meeting of member of the
planning remmlttee for the na-
tional park project lit Lake Clin-
toij waa hold nt the lake Tuesday
Work Started Thin Week to
TrnnMform Clinton Luke
Into National Park Build-
lug Road
TOTAL COST $10000009
Six Counties Included In Gl-
gantlc Recreation Urogram
FKIIA Labor Will Re Used
Throughout
Work waa plaited thla week on
the float of a aerie of project
nt the Clinton lake that I do-
tlued to convert the apot Into a
national park
J’lana for the project call for
the expenditure of $10000000 of
government -money through the
FKIIA orgmilaatlon
Hlx enuntlo are Hated nsahar-
log In tho project with the work-
er to he uhciI acheduled to he
taken from all alx couutlc
Countlo Included lice Custer
Huger Mill lleckhnni Dewey
Wnahllii and Kill
Meet At Lake
He)reentatlvea from tho veil-
on countlea met at the lake law I
Tlmraday and went over proposed
pinna and named a planning com-
mittee Roane Farr of Clinton la
ohnlrmiin of (lie committee with
Albert Katun anil Mra llmiaten
of Cualer City na momher from
thla county
FKIIA official In clmrge of the
project are anxlou to get the
work underway it quickly nape
alhle ami actual work on the
building of a read nt the lake
waa atarted thla week
A swimming peel I acheduled
to he atarted within the next few
day
Furnlwli Labor
A golf courae and other park
nccoaHorlea nre to he Included In
tho project
According to plana aubmllted nt
the meeting laid week varied or
gnnlntloii throughout the alx
countlea will ho given sites for
club hoiiaea and the llhe Official
Hlaleil that the varloti nvgniilxif-
tlon will have to furnlwli mate-
rial while FKIIA labor will he
UHed In erecting the building
A similar program 1m been
launched at Lake A Hum
Once the park I completed the
government I acheduled to lake
It over nnd maintain It
CHECK COTTON ACRES
Mensumnent of Fields Under
Pultun nnd t'om-llog Con-
tracts to Begin In I'nnnly
In Near Future
Measurement of cotton ami
corn hog acre will l nlnrted In
Cualer county within tho next four
week Field to he measured will
Include the acre plunted to Cot-
ton or corn uml the ncrea des-
ignated n conlrai'leil or rented
acre acco"illn to Phil llodgers
county ng-nt
Contract signet ore milled to
put stake nt each corner of the
field on the farm that lire to
ho mnaeurod as an ull to tlm
specter who doc the I'li'usurl'ig
These fields on the farm are of
course first to be measured by the
farmer himself so that he will
hnvti the approximate number of
acre out nnd will experience no
delay should any of the field
vary from the figure permitted
nn the contract
Measurement will he done by
local men Those who wish to
imiusuro cotton or corn-hog acre
should write the county agent
office mid make application for
the Job Approximately DO men
will he necessary In limbing the
measurement on the RIO0 rollon
contract nnd tlm 710 corn-hog
coiitriicta limlgera alntea
o— -—
PLHNTY HOT
Temperature for wlint la known
the cotton urea Including Cuwtcr
nnd other southwestern countlo
for Tuesday averaged 10IU
Four Cty rches
To Hold Union
Services Here
FI rat of a aerlea of union aerv-
Ice by four Weatherford churche
will he held Holiday evening at
tho Mothodlat church Hov ilor-
uce l’nlton numumced thla week
The flrat aorvlce waa originally
acheduled for the Federated church
hut condition have made It neo-
eaaary to change the place of the
Initial aorvlce It waa explained
Churche purllclpntlng the union
aorvlce Include the Methmllat
Kvnngollcul Federated and Free-
hyterlan The aervlcea will he held each
Sunday evening
The college Kpworlli Longue
will he In charge of the union
aervlcea for the young people'
meeting at 7 p m
Announcement ef future aerv-
ea will he made later according
to Itev Fntton
FUNERAL RIFES RFID
Mnmlle Louise Thnckei'
Dmiglitei' of Rev John
Tlmcker Former Wenther
ford Resident Dies
Funeral aervhea were conduct
ed here Friday for Ml Mnutlle
Louise Thacker 2'J dmighler of
Itev mul Mra John Tlmcker of
Medford
Ml Tlmcker died In u I Ini-
aleud Kan hospital July ID sev-
eral day after mi operation Him
wua apparently well on the road
to recovery when complication
set In her death coming within
u few hour
Service were held lit the Moth-
odlat church Imre under the di-
rection of Itev W It Johnson
I) R district superintendent of
the Knld district of the Ohlnhonm
Molhudlst conference with Itev
II M James Watonga Itev C
II Hchuernmnn Itenfrow and
Itev Horace Fatten Weatherford
assisting
Mlsa Thacker's father Itev
John Timelier la n brother of
Harvey mid Claude Timelier of
Weatherford lie waa formerly
engaged In the grocery business
here
Mis Tlmcker graduated from
tho Turley high school its vale
dlclorlmt of her da Him thou
entered the Oklahoma A and M
eollege from which Institution she
was graduated last spring with
u II H degree III home ernnonilra
Hite had been employed to leach
In the Independence school north
west of bore during tlm next
school term
Surviving her lire her fathrr
mid foster mother five brother
mid four aleterai Amos of Me
Lean Texas Ituhy mid (llmlys
f Itoosevelt Coy of lllnloii
John of Ohliilmnm City Whams
Mildred Lynn and Huey at home
BOLLENIUCII HOKUM VN
HAVE EASON AGENCY
IliO'old llollenhach ami ('liirenee
lloerman am tho new dlalrlhulora
for Kasmi nil prndurta In Weath-
erford Ihillenlmcli and lloerumn were
cheeked In na agent for the com-
pany on Wednesday of Inal week
They will operate both the whole-
sale and retail department here
with tlm Ccntrnl filling slntloii
a their retail base
llnllcuhach uml lloernmu have
been operating tlm Texaco Hlathm
hem for tlm past several month
We owe our reader ami sev-
eral contributor an apology thl
week
lleramm of soiTou trouble with
our typesetting machine and other
Itmt-mlimle condition over which
we had no control many Item
of personal Interest to many of
our reader are nut In the paper
this week
We are Indeed sorry that thla
has happened mul will endeavor
to prevent It from occurring In
tlm future —The Filllor
Weathcrjord Couple Observes
Golden Wedding Anniversary
SnLu relay July M wax just nnnllier day to many
ju'oplu hero but tlio day hold tv siieclal algnlfleuneo lor
two Wuiitlieil’ord peoplo— -Mr and Mr Fred L Flshur
Saturday inarltud tho fiftieth wedding anniversary of
this Weatherford couple
’i'lie gulden nmilvai'Kury waa flt-p—
tlngty oliaerved at the Flaher group of gueala after which
home mi W Key street
Mr nnd Mra Fisher were mar-
ried (10 years ago In Wmmtnh
liul mat lived there until lliOII
when they moved with their fam-
ily to Weatherford They have
spent lilt of their AO yeara to-
gether In Weatherford
III (ibaervmtee of tlm anniver-
sary a program depleting a scene
of AO yeara ago waa enacted In
thla part ef tho program lllll
l'hyllla Alum Katun mul Lloyd
lloxmTh played Urn part of bride
mid groom with Itev L II Knaey
of Clinton and (leorge A (lick
of Wichita Kan dlracllng tho de-
votional Another part of the program
featured aimga unit reading clos-
ing with tlm song "lllest lie tlm
Tie Tlml lllndw”
Rlnner waa served to tlm large
WEATHERFORD SCHOOLS MAf NOT GET
EXPECTED HIE FRDIil TOANSEERS
Wunlhorfoi'd public school nuUiorILlim Wmlnemlny
woi'o gravely concernml over tho poHHlblllly of their 1’ulltiru
to reeelvu about $1170000 thought to ho duo the local
Hcliool from truiiHler fee
CHANGE IS MADE IN
VOTING FLACK HERE
One rliungn has been made In
the voting place In Weatherford
for next Tueaduy'a second pri-
mary election
The change la la Ward one
precinct four People living In this
p reel m-1 will vole nt tlm Duvall
imtet liirtteail of nt tlm Davidson-
Case lumber yard It waa nil-mmm-eil
this week
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR IIAIIY
HOY
Funeral riles were cmiilurteil at
Hydro Tuesday for list Infant son
of Mr ami Mr Limine llrmllcy
wlm live smith of llyilru
Tho little hoy three month
old died Mouilny following a
viook'a Illness
lliirlnl was mude smilli of Cor-
dell Mrs llrmllcy Is the daughter of
Mr mul Mr 1 M Whitworth
of Weatherford
WRESTLERS WIN TO
STAY IN CITY RACE
In a stiililmruly rmitestsd game
the wrestler TtioHiluy afternoon
hung on to their rlmnre nt the
sot-mid half city snftlmll li'iigue
title hy heating tlm Nlmvcr l-'l
to FJ
The victory iteadlocked tlm
WruHlIer and Hlmvor for the
si'i-oml half title necessltalliig a
playoff to settle the nrirument
nee Tuesday' game was the lust
of tlm r-miilsr Kohoiliilo for both
teams
Until tennis have imw last mm
gaum t'lii'lt having limiten umi-h
nthcr
It I likely tlml the plnynff
will he staged curly next week
nlthnugh no definite m rnngemeiit
have been inuiln
Tlm Itolary and Klwmil clubs
arti at-hi'iluh'd to meet Thursday
evening In tlm lust tilt of tlm sen-
soil with tlm outcome having no
hearing on the aecimil half race
A victory for tlm Uotarlan will
malm tlm Klwnnlaa share the
cellar with them while h loss
will give them iindbiputi'il posses-
sion of tlm bottom berth a
position held hy tlm Klwimlansnt
tlm dose of tlm flrt half
COKItKCTION
Hecimsii of nn error In last
week's edition the statement of
conilltlon of the Liberty National
bank of Weatherford I carried
again In thl Issue of tlm New
The corrected Htntemest nmy he
found on page aeveu
pleaamil social period waa cn
Joyed by thus present
Tlioan wlin nltenilml tlm unnl
veraary gathering werai John
Flaher mid daughter Mr mid Mr
Joo Klknr of Hydro liev and
Mr (leorge (lick Wichita Kan
Mr mid Mra Hurry HoxurUimid
children Klimt Lloyd nnd Leon
of Custer City Itev mid Mra L
II Knaey Mr mid Mra llouamnn
mul daughters Alice and Naomi
of Clinton Mr nnd Mra Craw-
ford Mr and Mra Shaffer
(Iramlma Drunk Mra Hhmnhlln
Cornelia Koop Mra Albert Katin
nnd dmighler l’hyllla Anno Clar-
ence Flaher Clam Flalmr From
JarkHim ami ltlla Marleal
All of Mr and Mra Flalmr'
children were present except one
son Harry F Flaher who lives
at Urlinua III
through thu ulnlu th'imrlmciil
o Mupcrlntcmlcnt It M Handle
recelviul a letter Tuesday from
County Superintendent Orville J
Frier to tlm effect that tlm stale
dcpurlimmt had ruled that Weath-
erford uml two other illlrlct
who received aid through the
FKHA were not to get the trans-
fer funds
This action eimm a a complete
shock to school authorlll" The
fund were counted In the esti-
mate In making urrungonmnl to
complete the school teem and war-
rant have been wi'Hlmi In an-
Llclpnllmi of obtaining the money
according to Joo (iiioiliTdi Hrhool
hom'd treasurer
When Weatherford failed to re-
ceive the state money along with
other districts In Coster eniinty
u few week ago It was ex-
plained that lluoiii ilialiJct that
did not got FKHA help were being
paid first Lurid imthorlLles how-
ever were assured lit that time
that the slate funds would he
paid nci'onlliig to Huperlnti'iiiieiil
Handle
Tlm situation I a ilcvidiipmaiil
of tlm new Irimsfer law pao-ed
hy the last legislature tinder the
new In vv illslrlet from wldrli
atudeiil nre transferred an to
pay what part of the per eap'ia
eost that they ran with Urn rlii'e
paying tlm linlimre
Transfer fee in Weatherford
during tlm past year totaled
slightly more than $'1700 (M) Of
this amount only a little more
Hum $100000 has lieen paid hy
Urn illstrlels nffei'ti'd nrrordlng to
(looilrli'h
Without the trimufer nomey
much mure l-'KHA aid would have
lieou necessary to rompl-te Hie
I teem la all estimates Hie
transfer Hem has heei figured e
uvallnhlo funds and w-w-nnl hue
been Issued up In
of tho rush die'
Ihe lull me mul
EASTERN STARS TO
BE MASONIC GUESTS
Members of the Im-al Masiilile
lodge will he host to their wive
uml member of thn Knstern Slur
nt a soelal meeting In the Ma-
son I e hull Thursday night
n'rlnek
A brief meeting of the
will hn held hi'glmilng at
p m
FUNERAL RITES FOR
ONE-YEAR-OLD
Funeral si rvlees were emahicl-
ml at Alfalfa mi July X for Rival
Casper Jr who dbl July 7 lie
was mm year eld
Itev Alvl-i Muriel of ('loud
Chief romlm-ted the funeral rite
Auction To Be
Held As Usual
On Wednesday
With roullmiml hot weather
having fulled to halt plana for
th regular monthly auction sale
In Weatherford the sixteenth
community event will he held here
next Wednesday
Hale official have gone right
ahead with preparations for the
monthly sale and ure expecting
another banner event
Weatherford merchant nre
again harking the sale nnd are
offering special trada Induce-
ment for the day
Kpeclal price are being offered
on quality merchnndlHO hy tnnny
local firm In conjunction with
the auction
While owner have been low In
listing their article for thn sale
thl time thue In charge Imllove
that 'plenty of llvctock farm
Implement nnd other nrllrle will
he on hand wlmn thn sale begin
The sale I scheduled to begin
nt It a m
Articles may lie listed up to tlm
limn thn mile starts
ORIOUE ON 66 OPENED
Hugo Structure Over Cana
dlun River lit Bridgeport
I Officially Dedicated
Thl Week
With thn auu limiting down to
the tune of uhout 105 degree uml
with thousands of people braving
the iimnue of sunstroke and the
like on hand to see It done
the notorious Drldgeport gap on
U H Highway (HI censed to ex-
ist Tuesday
Thn closing of the gap waa In
reality the official opening of the
gigantic bridge acre the ('a en-
dian river
Festivities for Uni day were di-
rected hy the Hinton Chamber of
Commerce
With the opening of the hildge
thn route from Weatherford east
over U H IKI la now a solid
stretch of paving and the rond to
Oklahoma City and other point
omit la several mile shorter
The bridge lma linen completed
for aeveral monlbs hut could not
lie uni'd I the road leading
to It had not been flnlsheil
The bridge la the Inrgent oil (PI
from IT Louis to the west coast
LEGION WILL SELECT
OFFICERS NEXT MONTH
Nomination of officers for Urn
fuming year was tlm principal
Item of business ul the regular
meeting of Weatherford post N"
PI of the American Legion Tiu'ii-
day night Klei llon of officer will
he held the first meeting In
August In order that the new
Imulers may nlteml Die ilepart-
inonl ciiiiveiitlim at Oklahiinm City
September H -'I anil 4 ami iioslul
In formiilnlliig the stale prugram
of service
Those nomlimlod were: for rum-
mender (I II Motharsemlj vice
cumnmnder K Flei'imi'i adju-
tant K K liana's I'limiiee olTI-
cr -1 K Davenport poet his-
torian Un 1 1 K I n Wlllluniii service
lee officer K II Rrlnklllj ser-
Kea'd-at-urm II L Holier ion
Nomlualhms will he lad
uni II tlm next meeting It was
UoUllcoil
mi-
STUDENT IS INJURED
IN TUMBLING TRICKS
I'larem-e llanlerger Southwest-
ern student was sorlouidy Injured
Monday evening lit the tennis
courts wldle "rutting capers" mul
turning flips with a group of
hoys It was thought at first that
hi nct'k wa hrohon Iml upon a
more thoruiigh oxumlimtliui lit
Clinton hospital where he was
taken It was disproved However
paralysis has i-esiiheil from his
Injury according to reports The
last report was that lie had been
placed In n caul
ESTIMATE PUIILISI1KR
Weatherford' city estimate of
need for tlm city government
during the next year ha hern
completed The complete estimate
Is nn page 10
CLIMAX IN HOT
BALLOT BATTLE
Weatherford Hu Hide Iu
In Second ITimury in
Form of Vote On City Pool
Hull Ordinance
CAMPAIGN NEARS END
McCIIntlc Musalngnle Keen
AhIi Llggett-liuinM Wil-
son Dunn Content Claim
Cunter-Co Spotlight
Weatherford voter will trek
along to the poll next Tuesday
and complete the task which they
started on July 9 that of nam-
ing nominee for various state
district and county offices
A the runoff campaign near
It close major Interest In Cus-
ter county still center upon th
congressional race between Jim
McCllutlr veteran Incumbent nnd
Hum Muaalnguln of Cordell
Heport from various paint
throughout the southwestern tier
of countlea comprising the sev-
enth congressional district Indi-
cate that the Interest In the con-
gri'N race la general throughout
the area
Vote (In Fool Hell
Weatherford voter will have
an added chore next Tucsduy
They will he culled upon to ap-
prove or reject a petition ask-
ing for the privilege of operat-
ing snooker hull or pool hall
here
Considerable local Interest I
expected to bo shown In the Issue
The present city ordinance pro-
hibit the operation of pool hall
hero An effort was made about
two year ago to got around the
ordinance hy tho operation of
"club" pool room While tho op-
erator enjoyed a fair patronage
during tho Unto the place wa
open It wa eventually timed In
the face of city opposition
Heated Kate
While county nnd state race
have become rather quiet since
thn first primary the McCIIntlo-
Masslngale scrap ha been stead-
ily gaining heal
Maaslngnhi waa here last week-
end nnd McCIIntlc followed Satur-
day night J T Dnlley speaking
for Musalngnln wna hero Tues-
day night of thla week
Another rare that la holding tlm
Interest of voter In thla section
la that between Claude Liggett
and Ri'Hoy Hum for alula sen-
ate Liggett the Incumbent was
high limn In the first primary
and his supporters hero Imvn lieen
exceedingly busy during the past
several days Doth candldati-a hall
f nun Kiowa county
Ash nnd Keen
A It Ash of Cor l-ll and W
F Keen present Custer county
Judge are In the runoff for dis-
trict Judge Keen wna high mini
In flest primary
John K Wilson end Hill Dunn
ere seeking tlm nomination for
state representntlvA from Custer
enmity having dhilmiced thn fluid
In tlm first primary
Two county races nre attract-
ing little nttentlon Katie Me Alien
Miller la In tlm runoff with Jesse
Hatchett for county clerk while
Nova Allilre end Itosa llelllgmnnn
Clinton are on tho ticket for
eounly nasesaur Mra Miller nnd
Alltire both Ineumhenla piled up
commanding lends lit the first
primary
o
LOCAL FARMERS VISIT
GOVERNMENT STATION
About 10 farmers from the
Weatherford community accom-
panied by n committee from thn
iornl Klwunla rlult visited thn
government soil conservation sta-
tion at CiithiTe Wedm-silay
Thn group left Weatherford
about 7:00 a in nnd spent the
day lit going over tho vnrlmis ex-
pcrlmenlnl project nt tlm gov-
ernment farm
Heat method of preventing or
curbing sell erosion were In-
spected and studied
All arrangement for the trip
were made under the dlrei-tlen of
the KIwiiiiIk club's agriculture
committee
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