The Drumright Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 9, 1947 Page: 3 of 8
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EElcv Ni lin B11 Cook Jr 'm tie eke -
)rolram of niUSIC played by I iremen NI4tice Run
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Mrs rs Mrs PrOc nose in the air for smoke as
Mrs Minnie 311 Brazil
Mrs Cab!e Mrs °lir Mrs veil 's news I walked out the
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front door and a few steps up
Report Fro Mayors Office 1 The mayor rep( 11 jji
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411t1 Fort Davis Visors present I
the street and there was the
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We undostood the city debt "
e on was t!aa60 or ti 4 - vtin 4 1 and on down Main street all
Bawers Mrs Doris
and Sheron Dee of Chi- fire truck coming toward me
was being paid oft so we ' '1- - -- an
year Same litti 11 1e t d — ca) and 1 Ir CJok and Billy
cuizzed a bit to find out the to the Moss residence on the
fac in
ts We were told that when I provements xt ro le I i 7 :Ii -1 It was a N'ery nice meeting 1 hill just outside the city limits
the present mayor took office tt'" ettlt(in'i "I" a I '! er i t Ll( d by all and especially I it
P!Pe was ins' A ( i 1 ) cal ry the music played by Billy ' turned out to te only a gra
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fire but when I viewed the
itmths ago the city was in
debt $125 GOO In that time watcr "P ta t1-'(' '''cu" '''' ' scale after the excitement 'wa
Mayor Phillips has filled not s
of the junior 1 i ii 1:!:(i !r: it ' ( ashing Chests w over and the crowd gone I saw
seemed that th pl!)- ta to Mr ilnd Mrs Glen Bonerton the quick work of our firemen
c nly his 3w n office but the of-
t mall and w I a a 1 p tsoinH o!' Coshing We're Sunday c Yen- accomplished The Muss family
flees of the water superintend-
' ent and street superintenuent was low I he '1'l1"11 w '1111 111 I111 !ttlests ill the home of Mr has been gone all summer and
saying the city $19000 which Irate' We art i alu I - al' I : Jilt Mrs Bill Cook Peggy and J m
Jack had only emu
went toward retiring the city to "1"A "t1 r ' - 1' ' 1 --- ---- in home on Friday and the
debt It has been an uphill job t
t':'"IY°1: l'11ill''''' ' I I' ' ' M''' 11°L1 To Tulsa grass and weeds of a whole
!nd 41 in 1-vo tqrs tom t cuot rel 11 Vti i mrs Alf 1-1017 Suent several : summer's growth w as dry and
the present mayor took office
104 rnrmths ago the city was in
debt $125 000 In t hat time
Mayor Phillips nas filled not
c fly his 3W n of fice but the of-
fices of the water superintend-
ent and street superintenuent
saving the city $19000 whin
went toward retiring the city
debt It has been an uphill joh
tind still have $25300 to go
Maybe we can stii be able to
1001c the world in the face and
say NAe are free of Lielit some
i!ay
Mrs Boone Has A I'llitrr
While- talking to Mrs Bo(Wir
the otner day we learned she
had a night blooming nowt r
hut thinks so little tbout it ht
lorgot to stay up and watch IL
bloom It had eiglit bhesoom
on it at (ille time She does not
call her Hower "Sacn d Lilly of
Jerusalem" but it is the same
specie and has the tinte sort
ol a blossom and belongs to
the cactus family Mrs Boone
fayS IL wculd be real pretty
she paid any attention tu it
and gave it the care it needs
Appreciates the Jourual
Mrs Fay Wiison tuid us
vhile she was here that she
leally enjoyed the Journal They
living at Pampa Texas
:old the paper keps them in
touch with everything and
everybody they knew in °Ron
Mrs Wilson says 'we read it
from cover to cover"
Council and School Board Meet
The City Council and the
School board met Tuesday night
to thresh Out the question ot
how much the school should pay
the city for water this year
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delicious cover01 fveulty and will teach
rn was serv(1 to 14 r)—o10 '1!iish and Journalism We
loses were u 1 tl ti -wcial-stand Mr Braden is fami-
ving room Hn I It with Journalism both in
Aftcr it nyyt la back and front of the of -
:lg the afterDoon 11 'we lie has worked in every
ady's -11t j tepartment
and every colcr
costs more
I: Bi thday Dinner
TIE liebeeva Lodge nad a
1!2e 'Utenclanee at its August
Hrt hday dinner It is their ens-
tir have a dinner yach
I I: !ith jr IfitTlIbITS having a
(1ty tnat month The
dS hylil Friday the 29th
this nionth and A'LIS an all-
quilted lit tvti Ntv niembers
7": alviled as guests and the
11iutince was ahout 30 in all
isiins Faculty
Mrs Al! Hull spent several
(lays in Tulsa in t he home of
1t r dau2hier and sun-in-law
AIL and Mrs John Belzer and
sne tame home Thinsday
niny: her t anikon youti!
‘kunn her
No wonder the carnin:s of the tele-
phone company in 01--1ma are
lower than they have ball in 23 years
True total revenws N-ve gone up
but costs have risyn tvn
p:yrolls—more th:1111111111c cost of
furnishing service—ha-c more than
tpiplid since 1940 Mterials and
equipment cost much more than they
did six years ago
For exa1p12 $100 xvorth of tele-
phone poles in 1940 now costs $235
A construction truck that cost us
$2656 then costs S4054 today Every
dollar's worth of copper we used to
grew up to the house as well as
the barn and could be burned
both very easily if the firemen
had not been so fast Mosi ur
the buys on the truck were ex
Ul's and as I vatelied them a!
oil it easy to see they
had nut forgotten their train-
ing and team woi k Someone
Move t ear over the tire :hose
nd busted it They evidently
dal nut u n d e rst and the
hre 2uard was telling 1 hem not
the hose It was good
col k boys and a job well tione
PranksBeabout 1Ve41ding -
Mrs Rill' 'Ann Franks of
Seminole Okla and Mr PA
Franks of San P(4(11'0 Calif
announce the marriage of their
daughter Imogene to Mr
Walter B Beabatit son of Mr
iind Mrs I I P Beatiout of ()1-
imi ho (II 1Ul)lt I in ceremony
was read by Rev R Raton
Augusi in the par-
sonage of the First Baptist
Church at Shawnee
The bride wore a melon color
gabardine suit Alin black ao-
cessories and a corsage of white
carnations
Mrs DD Barris sister of
the bride was matron of honor
and wore a pale gray crepe
Miss with ‘ihite accessories
and a corsage of pink carna-
tions Mr D D Harris bro
now makes
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handle
buy sells for $180 now It's the same
for practically everything that goes
into giving telephone service
Rates for local service here today
are as low or lower than they were
20 years ago During that period the
value and qualty of the service have
increased steadily
With more calls than ever but
with each call costing more to handle
our earnings are going down We need
to place earnings on a sound basis so
that we will be able to meet the de
mand for more and better telephone
service for the people of Oklahoma
EPHONE COMPANY A21
SOLITHWESTEIM BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
TITE DIIUMRIGHT COICIAH6MAI
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ther-in-law of the bride wasp)
hest man Mr and Mrs Murk!
are of SPIninote I Mrs Ceyer's Condition Good
graduate of Seminole High
School and is now employed by
Nichols Insurance Aency Sem-
inole Mr Beabout is a gradthite of
Oi Iton High SAiool and serveel
19 mon tris in the U S Navy
cnd since his discharge from
the service has atLended the
Smino le Junior College at
minole one year He plans
to attend Oklahoma A
at Stillwater this vcar where
he couple AA lit mke I heir
Ed Note! This newspaper has
arranged with the Washington Bu-
reau of National Weekly News-
paper Service 1616 Eye St N W
Washington 6 D C to answer
questions pertaining to servicemen
and veterans These questions wili
be answered in this column if ad-
dressed as above No repes can
be made by mail but this paper
will print answers to all questions
received
Q I lati writing to you about my
car I mild $600 for IL I bought it
before I was 21 I had to put it in
dati's name Now he won't gke
It back to me I was in the army at
that time I had Just got back from
overseas after being in the army 2
years anti 4 months I was a prisoner
of the Germans 10 months of that
time That's where I got part of my
money Could you help me to get
DI y WO back? They also spent
some of my war bonds Could you
cheek them and tell me the serial
numbers? I don't knbsv how many
I had far I never saw hut four or
five of them I am married now and
have a son six months old and vie
need the money If you can help me
I sure would appreciate it—LLA
Jr Amherst Ohio
A I am afraid there is nothing
this column can do about your car
It would seem it's between you and
your dad Insofar as your bonds are
concerned you might write to War
Bond Dtvision U S Army 4300
Goodfellow Blvd St Louis 20 Mis-
souri and find out how many bonds
you have to your credit aid their
serial numbers Give them your full
name the outfit you were with and
where you purchasPd the bonds
Q I served in the Canadian army
during the war Am I entitled to the
benefits of the GI I
Hobart Indiana
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Mrs Im (Tyne M about is a I an appendectomy o per at I od
aduat e of Sernin ale High Saturday morning in the Cush
hoot and is now eirployed by ing nospitia and her condition
chols Inanance Aency Sent- i3 eunsidered very good The
oI)( t at ion was delayed a v eek
Mr Beabout is a graduate of 1' at in g tor Dr Humphreys to
1ton High SAtool and served yet urn fr(m ashington
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A Yell M1 nre unless yot: have
received it s nnilar benefit 'rom the
Canadian go‘ernment There Is a
bill in congress whic:1 has already
passed the senate which would liber-
Mire this feature of the law giving
to veterahs who are citizens of the
United States but who served in al-
lied armed forces during the war all
provisions of the GI bill and Pub lie
I I-1W No lit but subtracting any
brnents which they have received
from allied governments
Q Is It possible for a war veteran
who has received an honorable dis-
charge to take a correspondence
course ander the CI bill and get his
tuition paid?—STr siker Spring
alarylaod
A Yes there are approximately
150000 world war II veterans taking
correspondence courses from some
I30 slate-approved schools colleges
and universities and other institua
(ions giving veterans mail-order
courst” at government expense Vet-
erans who take these courses how-
ever are not entitled to subsistence
allowances Stulgest you contact your
nearest VA office to obtain the name
of correspondence schools in your
area with which contracts have been
signed
Q Is It true that we can -nov
cash our terminal leave bonds? Our
local bank says tie cannot although
a number of my friends say we can
What about M Sikeston
Missouri
A The bank is right YoU cannot
cmh them as yet except for use as
payment on your national service
hte insuralve lIovever these are
several bills now before congress one
of which likely will be passed at this
session which will provide for im
mediate cash payment of the term
that leave bonds
home
Employment Soars
The mition's total em:iloy-
theta reftcc ed the staggering
tat al of 60 million dui mg June
111 is prollably u11 Ian of as
wct“ rs tuturn to school
this Lill
A 13IG SURPRISE
AWAITS WOMEN WHO ENTER
OUR SIGRE BEFORE 9:30 A M
Thursday Friday or Saturday
All Irish Linen Pr Yd
Was $229 PURE ART LINEN NOW $179
Was $239 PURE IIDKII LINEN NOW $189
Colors White and Blue
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20'h Reduction On
Lunch Cloths Madera Napkins Guest Towels
50 SUMMER HATS 50
Your Chrfic e for Only 98e
RAINCOATS
We Have a few raincoats left at a 25 Discount
20 OFF ON
Infant blankets spreads and carriage robes
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We are well on the way of closing out our store
but we still have many bargains that we know
you couldn't possibly resist if you will come in and
look for yourself
Take this opportunity to save up to 5070 on your
winter needs
HURRY BUY SAVE
LOOKING' AHEAD with LOWS W0s-rt
COFFEE CitY6TAL9t 5A10 70 ZGIAIN FLAVOR
OF me51-w 1312aVED COFFEE AND
INSTAN7LY SOLUBLE IN 1407 OR COLD MATEZt
ON WILL 8 G hIAZgEIGD
PUBLIC RUCTION
will sell at public auction on Wed-
nesday afternoon September 17 to the
highest bidder two houses located at
:306 and 308 South Jones Street Drum-
right ONE 4100M MODERN HOUSE
28 x 28
ONE SEMODERN HOUSE
3-ROOM-12 x 42
FIVE ROOMS OF FURNITURE
All in Good Shape
This Sale Will Start Promptly at 1 pm
MR AND MRS ARCH FLOOD
Owners
Phone 849-W
Col GEORGE SEABEA Auctioneer
Were 398
Were 298
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Values up
Values up
Values up
t These Closing Out Prices
Values up to $2000
Values up to $3000
Values up to $3500
SLACKS
Girls Woolen Slacks
Ages 3 to 6
SKIRTS
Girls Wool Skirts
Ages :3 Va' 6
DRESSES
to $1000
to $1695
to $2550
HANDBAGS
137 EAST BROADWAY PHONE 770-NV
DRUMRIGHT0 OKLAHOMA
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Sensational Values in Suits
LADIES & CHILDRENS COATS
A Few Real Bargains Left
MARGUERITE'S APPAREL SHOP
NOW 298
NOW 193
Closing out at $ 998
Closing out at $1498
Closing out at $1995
NOW $ 648
NOW $ 998
NOW $1448
5 ONLY—Momarte All Leather Handbags
Were $1350 to $1650
CLOSING OUT PRICES $995 and $1295
A few reptile and plastic leather and plastic patent
handbags left Prices were from $495 to $1195
CLOSE OUT PRICE $295
Don't wait until the last minute HURRY down
and see us now while we still have your size in
your winter Coat Suit or Dress
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