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A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
THE WEATHERFORD
NEWS
VOL XXXVIII No 1)0
WEATHERFORD OKLAHOIV1A DECEMRER 16 2 937
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OBSERVER
By J J C
Ate avoalmoir
A column of permmal
vstIons and opinions on cur
rent events by the publisher
of ne News
A victim of the weather ele
mnts this week was Jim fired-
MI(1 who has been making this
territory for years and years for
the Nash-Finch Wholesale Co
A tier vainly trying all day Teem
day to phone his orders in to
Oklahoma City he finally gave
up headed his car coat and de
livered his orders in person
I
sind month' that followed They
have been disillusloned about war
There WWI a time when the
sinking of an American boat
would have brought countless de-
mends to shoulder arms and even
the score Today the general
opinion is to get out of the war
zone and leave the war powers
alone
S
Of course we feel like almost
everyone else does that the Japs
could have laid off Uncle Bam's
gunboat and even the Standard
Oil Company's tankers But this
brings up the Idea of staying
away from the firing zone an a
good method of escaping damage
The Japanese have apologized
hut that within Itself Is a rather
weak gesture Apologies can be
bad for the asking in any coun-
try e
1
We are no n t aauthority on 111
(Continued on l'age Four)
WINTEH'S OUST
SUSPENDS PHONE
COMMUNICATION
Heavy Blanket of lee NO
hit49 4 Weatherford Tuesday
and Wednemday Relief
Believed To Bo Near
DAMAGE TOLL IS HEAVY
Wd fatMEMPI
Telephone and Power Cam
panics Suffer Jimmy !Ams
in State Travel on High
way 66 at Low Ebb
We take it for granted that his Weatherford wag odowly freeing' - — MAILY IDA COX
effort was duly appreciated by hie iseell of a heuvy coat of lee
D
hoes as well as his customer Wednesday and with the ss R SANT
proce —
EAA CLAUS:
— ettme hope for the curly restera How ere you? Old you like tr
It Is maid that thome Teepee- tion of telephone communiention go to ochool 7 1 11140 to read best
elide for the Winter Frolic' at with the outside world
of
the college ahould have no harsh I OIL
Rain that early turned to Ice 11( Id brie me stream
word" for the weatherman theran who Iblitnkm1 vertically ttil of Okia intertrie)'11 a
1e Fillet mound notleep
aent much Inclement weather for 'home Monday night and Weath out Daddy will let you In
the performance Tuesday night trforel wax heavily coeted along H011itY HUMP
became! It
a
— Wg a willtnr at kith the rext of the Mate ' Don't mind my dog lle met
moapneretnat was neing created Telephene and power lines wr bite
and nature Juxt came along with bard bit by the otorm ——
a helping hand
I Late Wedneeday it was Impel: DEAR SANTA CLAUS:
We are among theme who are mil" to get father than Hydro How are you? I am a little
glad that the 'thew to be given
ov telenin ne The Southwestern girl I inn In the first amide I
Ix 1- '
Bell toll lines between Weather like to read 1 have read nine
again tonight It would have been
ford
a hame for o many who were
and Clinton were broken but booke
a s
crews were hoping to rextere seri Will yell bring me a dy-den
kept at home by the lee to have
bad to miss the performance en Ice Wedneoulay night doll? I like you
tirely The Farmer's Mutual Telephone CLETA MAT
I Exchange of Weatherford was ---
The weatherman abet took a unable to it xervice to any town Weatherford nide
outside of Weetherford Howard December 7 19:17
fairly cruel slap at the boys who
Sponhaltz manager sald Wed- DEAR SANTA CLAUS:
kidnaped the college snow queen
we are told that it wax nemday that the damage woe com- I am in the wend grade My
quite it chore to travel the he paratively light in Weatherford name le Kenneth Lee Smalley 1
coated highway to Clinton In but that pole' and linex in the am very good
country were heavily iced It will Please bring me a football a
order to get her back in time for probably be two or three days football oult footled! shoes end a
the coronation Tuesday night
— before the rura4 line e are cleared wagon
Probably two of the buelext he geld Your friend
men In town Wednesday were Auxiliary Power KENNETH LEE SMALLEY
Wayne Mallory and Howard The Southwestern Light and
Spenhaltz It Is their buxinesx Power Company's high line wax Winter Frolics
to keep the telephone lines In broken In a number of places
shape for buminexe and social and Weatherford wax without
gabbing power for about 40 minute x Tune
— day morning according to IL II Christmas Tree Fire
Weatherford hoot an Induottry Bereft local manager The chief
that hex grown from Infancy to difficulty in repairing the lines Causes Heavy Loss
maturity during the pant few wax the lack of telephone serv- --
yearx and the fact is not gener- ice which made it neceothary to First damage of the holiday
ally known do much of the repair work by 'mason occurred here Wednesday
We have reference to Lawrence guesx Sprat said afternoon when fire which caught
Snow's Standard Neon Co The company's auxiliary unit in a email Christnutx tree owept
I was pressed into service here through the Hester Itirchfield
The realization of this growth Tueoulay and was in use until home on N Indians ottreet caue-
came to me rather forcibly mhortly after noon Wednexday Ing several hundred dollar g loom
Wednexday afternoon when we Telegraph connections were Three room of tho ItIrchfield
went down to hie shop and Raw " otev tel In many sections of the residence were gutted before fire-
In the final mtageot of completion ' -
state but the service was main men could extinguish tho flames
the largext Ford Neon sign In the
t4 n I ell in Weatherford Almost all of the fureiture In
atate Thig particular mign le
sernetbing to see and the process Traffic Light the roomu woe destroyed end the
of its manufacture ix a generous Automobile traffic was erne Interior wells were builly charred
education for meet of tox It is fleetly belted all day Tuesday The building IN owned by Fred
18 feet high JO feet wide at the but wax resumed Wednesday Hayee
top and otix feet wide at the hot Several trucks were tied up here The fire le said to have etarted
tom It Is one of these compd while their drivers awaited orders when Iiirchfield etruek a match
cated modelx with what we be Hummel and treble continued near the Christ:num tree nod a
lieve LaWrenee Called en anima throughout the Atom but found spark ignited the melon-
time border that Mabee on and it difficult to maintain regular Firemen were delayed In an
off In sectionst The colors are schedules swering the coil because a cent-
red green blue and gold Despite the slippery condition Ing of lee prevented uso of the
It lot to be finished this week of the highways no serious auto fire siren
and delivered to W A Willis at mobile accidents were reported The building was insured but no
Tulsa here inoturonee was carried on the do
One bright spot in the storm molished furniture -
Incientally there are not too picture wax the feet that the --o--
many townx of any size in the cold did not roach Intense pro FROLICS CAST GIVES
ptate today that do not have portions and there wee no wind PROGRAM FOR ROTARY 1
from tom to a half dozen Weath- When the lee began to mit —
erford-made Neon signot leaky roofs wore discovered that Numberx from Southweetern's
— calmed considerable trouble in Whiter Erolice made up a big 1
Expreootion of local opinion fol memo quarters part of tho program at the meet—
lowing the sinking of the Amer- Weatherford's Christmam deco- ing of tho notary club at noon I
lean gunbosit by the Japaneme last ration x were heavily leed and two Wednesday A talk by Mime Elide
Sunday indicatex the geeeral feel- 'druids of wire were broken with Shoemaker waot almo a feature of I
log toward the entanglement of prospeetx bright for further dam the luneheon
America in anybetly'm war The nge If the ice holds on much Included in the program given i
A MeriCan people too well re- longer by membere of the frolics cost
member those flat days of 1917 —o— were several numliere by a girls'
and 1918 end the days and week' SPEAKS AT TALOGA trio compomed of Moodie v I
- I t
Miss Mary Forbes third grade
supervisor at the Weatherford
public schools W8 1 among the
guest speakers at a county meet
Ing of primary teachers of Dewey
county held in Taloga Monday
evening
Mime Forbee spoke on 'The
Teaching of Reading in the Pri-
mary Grades"
CAMP PLANNFJ)
Weatherford Scout troops HI
and 185 plan to bold their wIn
ter camp at Camp Little Wolf
during the Chriatmas holidays
The N4!outs will have December
81 and return January 2
NEW SECRETARY
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Miss Clara Shanks has been
employed as secretary by Ray
mond Brod local attorney Mixt
Shanks is a graduate of Hill's
business college
tier Frieda Fast and Virginia
lierod violin selections by Mal-
coin) Caren and a Russian dance
by Dorothy Jean Impey
Walter Tyszkowski also enter-
tained with a unique light-swinging
exhibition and Mrs Dolph
shoitso sidcley Douglas and Mary
Ellen Wild appeared in a toy-
eoldier dance
Miss fihoemalter in her talk be-
fore the group discussed the
four-eitied Atom which le being
planned by the Q dramatics
club at the college The various
advantages of the new idea in
staging were pointed out in her
diecuesion
The program wax arranged by
W W Isle MIMI Virginia Fester
introduced members of the frolics
emit
Dr Itarvey term became a
new Rotarian at the meeting
Visitors included Harvey Hach-
ett anti (inlaid Martin of Clin-
ton and Frank Moffit of Lufkin
Tex
LETTERS TO SANTA
DEAR MANTA CLAUS:
How Aro you?
1 in g little girl I urn In the
first grado I like my school 1
have rend 17 books'
We wont to town Moriarty Wo
NM lag of toys I want A (iydoe
Your friend
VISTA litioN
MMMMMMMIO
!WAR SANTA CLAUS:
flow aro you? r am A little
girl I in In tho first grodo
Wo have good Ones At our school
Wn trlintood our tron
Please bring me a Milo piano
owl please bring toys to good
children
MAW IDA COX
PMA It SANTA CLAW:
How lira you ? Did you like to
go to ochool ? I illoo to road hest
or olL
iCould you bring mo II stroton
Ined trloyelo PH lin mound tooloop
Jut Daddy will lot you I FL
TIMMY HUMP
Don't mind my dog Ito wool
bit"
hIM LAsT en!
Children who haw NO for
neglocted to writo their letter
to Hindu nous hove 01M nifil
1111(1)(11 to get thom publis)ed
There will bo only ono moro
boom of the News before
Christmos ond that issuo
will carry ull of tho Sonia
Chum letters thot um received
up to Tuosoloy noon December
21
Writ() your lottor today and
moll It or brim it to the
Wentherford News offico
Nolo: If oily !otters that
hove been received oro omit-
told front this issuo they will
bo published mod week
DEAR SANTA CLAUS:
am a Pala girl I lika to rood
Plow bring toys to good chit-
dron Will you bring ma a nogro
doll? I have rend eight bookm
BONNIE LEM KELLY
DEAR SANTA CLAUS:
tin' I littio girl I have read
six hooks I ilko to road
How am o you? Wo saw your
pirturo in Anthony's Pleamo
bring mo doll
MARJORIE COODIN
MilArt SANTA CLAUS:
I want you to bring mo o drum
a horn and a bond suit so
con ploy In tho bond
JIMMIE' NELSON
Winter Frolics To Be Presented Again Tonight
College Show Given
Praise For First
Performance
HAVITig 0014 to ft big crowd
&mike a most dimeourgging
weather brunette 'fume iny night
8outhwemtern'g Winter Frolics will
bo prosonted In tho collego audi-
torium hero molt) Thursdny (to
night) et 8:15 It wag announced
Wednmoloy
Original plang called for only
ono performanre by tho big cast
but beenumo tho weather ji revent
ed ninny peoplo from attending
tho allow Tumidity night roquosts
for g oeond plwforninnen were
plontiful Wednesday
Thom) who saw OM 1101101Th
mien Tuesday praised It highly
&scribing It as except lonely
good ontortainment
Mmny townsitoopin dld not fool
into henving tho Icy ittrools to
moo tho mhow Tuotohty night mid
Llici oundition of highways mpiked
pravtionily mil fit Wild:UHT rtOlit
(Itit of town
Spotlit! Inortitt rolos have hoot
ntmounood for tho o1(to11(1
formative Admission tiokots tire
ilstoml tit 10 cents for stmlomm
15 conts for Adults with rosorvo
montm itt 10 vents additional
MIS J It McCOVN'S
BROTHER SUCCUMBS
OFIMMk0
Funeral sorviceo woro ((II d Sunday nt Willow for C IL
Adams 74 brothor of Wm J
McCown 44 Wonthorford Ile
died In Oklahoma City on Irri
day December 10 Ito had been
In III health for sevoral yearn
Surviving him aro throo dough-
term ono Hon ono brothor tuni
Motor Milt MCCOWIL
OM
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DEAR SANTA CLAUS:
hin a little girl um In the
first grmle 1 like to rend I have
roml 10 books Our room Is protty
We wont to town We saw lots
of toys Will you bring me a
tricyrin Nesse bring toys to
good chilitron
Joy JESTER
nomimmwling
DEAR SANTA CLAUS:
How ore yott ? I tun t littio
boy I um in tho first grotto I
liko to Noll I hove rend lrt books
Wo wont to town nod NOW many
toys Will you bring mo a big
bluo cur?
WAYNE CIALLOP
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DEAR SANTA:
I tun little girl Nix ming old
wont you to britur me a new
root A Sliirlpy Temple doll and
Wow my !ROI brotherx a little
roil wagon anti lot) or mull
untidy
Your little friend
WILDA MARIE JUMP
unruly Arapaho Man Ends
Your little friend
Life With Shotgun
WILDA MARIE JUMP
DEAR SANTA CLAUS: Cy Ilowenetine Jr young
I low ere you ? A minim Inwyer and son et a
I am a little girl I am In the pioneer Cumter county family
first grade I like my mehool I ended hia own tiro Wetineaday at
hews reed in 'woke noon according to infornuttion re
Please hring me A dydi3O o1I COMA here
PATRICIA KELLEY Ile shot himself in the cheat
with a 'shotgun at his home In
DEAR SANTA CLAUS: Arnpuho Ile died 10 minutes
I ani a good girl I AM In the after his arrival at the Clinton
first grade We like our room hospital where he was mailed
Wo have a pretty tree medietely after firing the e)wt
Will you please bri hie a Ms mother-In-law A the only
dydee doll ? other person In the house at the
CELVSTE SMITH time of tho
Ilowenstine was the AM of Cy
DEAR sANTA CLAUS: Itowenstine Sr president of the
A little boy Custer County State bank at
WM you bring me A tenchine Arena° Do wee employed at the
gun I huve read els books bank for AbOUt SOVVA yearn
RAY CONDE IL For tho past two years he had
deveted his time to the practice
More Sent Clime Lettere—Page 8 of law
Ile had 'spent nil of his life in
Again Tonight Arapaho and wan well known
throughout the county Ile re
ceived hie education At the lini
verity of Okinhoma where he
completed I'm school about nine
Vacation To Start years ago
At Schools Friday Ilowenstine had suf fermi period-
ically from poor health for the
poet Revere! years
Weatherford 'schools will be diA mu wife wht survives hitu
Tilemed Fridny at 4 o'clock for a employed in the office of the
woweeke1 vaeution over the county treemurer
Arlstmas holidays
!loth the public echoolm and
outhweetern State Toucher! col- BIGGER PROGRAM INt
ego will discontinue regular Achim! PLANNED FOR SCOUTS
vork Friday although the 'ye- —
A decialon to curry on a more
'ha Saturday chooses ut the col-
extensive scouting campaign in
ego will meet tide week
Weatherford with less uttention
80"11 Prr"1" hve bee" to the promotion or Boy Scout
Fromm!' We venom' eeparG- work In other porta of the die-
a on publie Plehook for tekt
Is—n14- reached by keel 'lona
be doming "Y' Pregrlimm will be I !adore at a meeting Ilonday aft-
lven in' each of the lower grades
ertmon
nd a I pedal Chrimtmas ASt4011
't en group voted to make
ly will be held sit the high
mailer contributions to central
choot Friday orternnon
mond headquArtere and devote a
4eh""1 will lH "lin" "fl larger port of their funds to hi '
lominy morning January IL cut nctivitiee 'wording to L D
--0-- Schreiner district ecout chuir-
SON ARRIVES
In the pant a large part of the I
funds Fiq ItS1110 for seouting here
nnd mrs Earl Townson !UN b0P11 rnvd to the central
nenoquarfere for tho pnyment Or
r (kitry linve Announced the
st'"ut tImseutivo Under the
Icth of it pon at the Emergency new n moor portion of the
hero on Saturday De- mud sun eeout budget hero
miller 1 1 The IIPW C rniVAI win he need in toent projeI't s
l'itthod elifht 1IIII1IM "'I will Purchase Of new equipment and 1
known ea nu' mod Tonkin- the possible construvtion Of a
camp near hero eve among the t
M Milid118111 WnS formvoy piens made 'wording to Schrel-
Ism Imogene Stover and is the ner
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'Vacation To Start
I At Schools Friday
Wenthorford schools will be ditl
missed Friday ut 4 o'clock for a
twowooks1 vacation over the
Christmas holidays
!loth the public schools and
Southwomtorn $tate Toachore col
loge will discontintio regular school
work Friday although the app-
oint Saturday classes at the col
Igo will meet this week
Spocial programs havo heen
proparod In the various depart
meow or Lim publie schook for
tho closing day Programs will be
given in each of tho lower grades
and a special Christmas assom
lily will bo held at the high
school Friday afternoon
School will ho resumed on
Monday morning January 1
SON A It It I V ES
Mr mid MrA Enid l'olikinson
or (kitry )ve tlin
hirtli of it oon ut tlio
Il()MI)It III hern Slit ii day 1)1-
1 efitillier 1 Tile tinw nrrivnl
kviiittlind night pounds mid will
I)(' known fig 1lnr1 David Tonkin-
ion M vs wns tornitirly
Allsm Initigntin Stover and
Atilighliir lit Mr and A1 r A
Sttwer or welithorrua
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1411( )1vsllip m EU:TING
WnOMabmimn
A fellowship meeting and oys-
ter stew for tho men of the Fed
(Toted church was held in the
church basement last Monday eve-
ning A group of 28 attended the of
fair Checkere Nhufflohoard
other gamem occupied the evening
Civic Chief
OaMmm11
HARVEY THACKER
1111)1t0 M AN Tit E ATE)
FOR CLINSHOT WOUND
nowt 1 King or I I ydro Vint
given treatniont In the Etnerg-
envy hospital here for a gunshot
round sustained while rabbit
hunt lug Wednesday i Iternoon
K ing k mill to have been try-
ing to find out vhy the 22-callbre
rifle would not shoot When
the gen wam dimehargett sending
the bullet Into him side
The bullet penetrated the stom-
twit muscles etruek the hip bone
mut WWI dislodged according to
Dr J Guild Wood physician in
charge The doctor stated that
King was fortunate that the In-
jury did not prove more Perlous
The patient returned to his home
at Hydro Wednesday afternoon
mo0
COTTON' GINNINGS
Cotton glnnod In Custer county
from the 1037 crop prior to No-
vomber 14 totaled 8232 boles
according to JoReph E Strieltion
special Agent for the tr S de
portment of commerce At the
mime time lost year only 1567
boles had been ginned
HARIET THACkEll
CHOSEN TO HEAD
D OF C Ifl 1930
--
Vrotninent Crocer Elected At
Monthly Meeting Tuesday
Night Will Take Office in
Januarys
DIRECTORS ARE NAMED
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Visit of Santa Clang With
Treats for Children Sate&
vied for December 21
Cift 1Veek Starts Saturday
liarey J Thacker prominent
Wentherford grocer will head the
Weatherford Chember of Com-
mem) as president during 1938
Thacker was eleeted at the regu-
lar monthly meeting of the or-
ganization at the Federated
church Tuesday night
The IHNW C of C president hut'
long been aetive In civic affairz
and served as head of the local
Chamber of Commerce several
years ago At present ha is cheir-
man of the retail trade comrn't-
tee Thacker will succeed L A
White as president of the C of
C
A board of directors was also
named at the Tuesday meeting
This group Includes Eugene
!Iowa Albert Eaton 11 L Lock-
atone J11111081 Craddock Gil
lirawner and L A White
New officers will be installed
at the first meeting in January
Election of officers occupied
moat of the time at the Tuesday
meeting which wns cut short in
order that members might attend
the Winter Frolles at the college
or the basketball gem at the
high echool
A report on the sixth annual
poultry show held early this
month was made by llob Kendall
chairman of the agriculture com-
mittee Kendall Ptated that the
show was a auccess Calling at-
tendon to the fact that (leveret
more varietiea of birds were
shown this year then last al-
though the total number of birds
was less The egg department of
the show also made a big gain
Nvith 70 doyen eggs being dis-
played this year compared to 17
dozen last year
Another report was given by
Harvey Thacker relating to the
aetivities of the retail trade com-
mittee Thacker stated that all
plans have been completed for
thn special Christmus gift week
which begins this Saturdny and
continues through Friday of next
week with Monday excepted
The annunt visit of Santa Claus
lins been arrnoged Santo will be
here on Friday December 21
with trents for the children A
bnnd emicert will also be held on
the afternoon of December 21
feat uring Roger Fenn's Weather-
ford high P01001 band
ftn dMMMIMMP
OPM1EmMiON
EAGLETs nowN 11YDRO
IN PRACTICE GAME
1011MS
Tito Weatherford junior high
pullout Eaglets opened thoir bits-
kothall twason with a 24 to 0
victory over the 'Hydro Junior
cagorm in a practio game last
Friday night
Tho local squad bombartivil tho
basket for an I I to 0 lead In tho
morning quarter anti coasted
through to an easy win
Coach "Dumpy" Rice POW it Lit
frooly after the first quarter
allowing almost every member of
tho Eaglet aqua(' to WM tho
floor
Intl Williams guard nod Ilar-
t1ct Hogan forward were high
acorera for tho 'Weatherford team
marking no six pointa each
The Fuglette first eon forenco
grotto la Mated for January 14
against Mangum
mn0
P O OPEN SATURDAY
In order to accommodate thone
who have Chriatrone mailing to
do the Weatherford pont office
will remain open all tiny Saar-
day rontmanter James M Crab-
tree announced this week
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FATHER ILL
Burton Colegrove of Arapaho
father of Mrs L R DIVN40n was
said to be aeriously ill this week
Mr and Mrs Dawson were called
to Arapaho Tuesday evening but
were back In Weatherford Wednesday
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