The Drumright Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 48, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 14, 1959 Page: 2 of 6
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PACE TWO
4fh District Leads Nation
In Soil Conservation Steps
Oklahoma's Fourth Congres-
sional district will hold the nation-
al! leadership in upstream soil con-
servation projects for the BUM
straight year Congressman Toni
Steed announced today
As the Agriculture Appropria
lions bill for the fiscal year open-
ing July 1 was signed into law
Steed released figures showing
$2200000 In federal funds ear-
marked for eight project p princi-
pally or wholly within the district
This SUM a mounts to one-tenth
of the entire national appropria-
tion for small watershed develop-
ment — S22750000
"Latest figures show 21 re-
tention pools already completed in
the Fourth district projects"
Steed said "In addition 32 are
under construction They will all
be complete within a year with
49 more scheduled bringing the
oVerall total to 102"
The bill also provides $3825000
for the Washita basin flood pre-
vention project authorized under
an earlier law and $115000 for
watershed planning Two other
items bring the state conservation
total to $6238220
'The Soil Conservation Service
has made tentative allocations oh
Oklahoma funds by projects
These sums are guideposts sub-
ject to revision in the event some
local sponsors move ahead of
schedule and others arenot ready
tG proceed They include a token
item for the Upper clear Boggy
project in Pontotoc and Coal coun-
ties not yet submitted to Con
Hit & Miss
By WILMA ALLARD
After Ike rainstorm of Monday
who says we can't talk about "the
time we had a nor'wester" in
Drumrightat least rain came
from that direction one time and
several other directions the rest
of the timeexcept for broken
limbs from trees all over town
no other damage has been report-
Billie Scribner points out some-
thing probably noticed but taken
for granted by others in town
and that is the American flag
flown daily in front of the B and
L Auto Supply except in stormy
weather or after darka mighty
fine thing and one that would be
nice to follow all over townjust
to show that Drumrighters are
proud of' that red white and blue
every day and not just on special
oceasionsdrive by the L W
Shideler residence on Layton and
see what they've added to their
new homea big carport with an
attractive wind-break on the north
–very nice
The Cramer Well Servicing is
adding a new unit to their oper-
rtions one costing well over 300110
dollars which leads us to
believe it will be a slightly larger-
truck than the ordinary run of the
milltalthough Tulsa elairls the
title of Oil Capitol of the world
Drumriglit could give them a good
run for their money with all our
oilfield equipment companies here
—the swimming pool has been in
constant use since it's delayed
opening by young water babies
(and slightly older ones) and
some good fearless swimmers are
emergingfive year old Roy Wol-
ever drthinks it's fun to jump
'off the high dive swim the length
of the pool climb out and do it
:cver again and againand again
all under the watchful eye of the
pool manager or life guardDav-id
Barber and Gene Mouser Jr
are two more water enthusiasts
who may one day represent us in
'competitive swimming races
these kids are tireless
Steve Moody who has been de-
nendsble help at the NuWay Gro
' eery this summer came no with
a good one at the family break-
fast table recentivsavs his Dal
--ming from the table "Well back
to the salt mines"says Steve
getting no also "Well bark to the
-salt pork"
- Jim Shanks doesn't have to hire
professional helo with signs for
the windows of Home Sootily dur-
ing saleson David is the mas
tkr artist of the signs decorating
the front of the storehave you
read 'emwe think they are catch
ler than any professional could
have dreamed
Gertrude and Yvonne Von Goik
er are here visiting their father
and grandfather Harry Crisman
Gertrude and I grew in togeth-
er went to school together and
:she turned out to he the smart
cne she teaches schoolshe and
Orville (he formerly taught jour-
nalism at DRS) now live in Cali-
fornianice to have them home
I You may have the makings of
a bobby just outside your back
door The budding geologist will
' be surprised at the varied rock
specimens he can lind in big own
i
backyard Your nearby hobby
store probably has the infor-
- !nation color illustrations and
mountir g boards necessary to
'pursue this inexpensive and fas-
cinating bobby
gress for authorization by the Ad-
ministration Steed cited Soil Conservation
Service figures for projects in-
cluding parts of all It) Fourth Dis-
trict counties LIS 10110W
Sandy Creek Pontotoc and nal-
vin counties $636176: Bear Fall-
Coon creeks Logan Lincoln and
Oklahoma counties $11825 Lit-
tle Deep Fork Creek Lincoln and
Okmulgee Counties S12481
Big Wewoka creek Seminole
Puttawatomie and Hughes comi-
ties $:92699: Little We‘koka
Creek Semirude Okfuskee and
Hughes counties $301S73
Long Branch cretic Payne and
Noble counties $-l371: Sdt Creel
Seminole a Ti d PottoA atomie
counties $1202(74 Upper Clear
Boggy Pontotoc Coal and John-
ston counties S200oo
In addition Whilegrass
Waterhole creeks in Mc Curtain
county are slated for S49344 anti
Double Creek in Washington
(ounty for $5058
"W'e owe a tremendous a Mount
of credit to the local people Om
have worked so hard on these
projects which through local con-
trol can reclaim our bottomlands
from flood and erosion and save
Millions in damage to roads
and soil" Steed said
The House Appropriations com-
mittee of which Steed is a mem-
ber voted $25500000 for the na-
tional watershed program hut the
F um eventually was dropped
slightly to S22750000 when the Sett
tile approved a lesser amount
Slate Lets Contract
For Keystone Bridge
Damaged by Truck
The state highway commis skin
opened bids for repair of the dam-
aged Keystone bridge Wednes-
day afternoon The contract was
to be let immediately because of
its emergency nature
Damage to the bridge which oc-
eurred after a transport truck
went over it and the bridge col-
lapsed was estimated by the
Highway department at $19000
Engineering and inspection costs
bring the total bill to S21000 Be-
cause the bridge was posted the
state is billing the company which
owned the truck for the cost of
repairing
Awarded the contract was Brew-
er and McMichael company of
lloldenville who bid $9470 less
than half the estimated cost Five
bids were submitted on the pro-
ject ranging from the low bid
up to $10670
The contractor has five days in
which to start repairs The bridge
is expected to he reopened in
three weeks
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(Continued from rage 1)
News Notes
Helping to keep tip the tradi
tion that "neither rain nor hail
nor snow nor sleet nor dark of
uight can keep these carriers from
their appointed rounds"—or how
ever that quotation goes — Mom
day afternocn Was Drumright
Mail carrier Hobert Linville
While the rain storm v'as at its
height Linville passed the news-
paper office with his wziterproof
pack on his back and the water
pouring off of him
Three young Drumright men
letting together unexpectedly re-
t ntly in Nehraska have probably
decided there's no place hke home
They are Don Archer Terry
Smith and Don Smith Don is the
son of the Fred Archers Terry prents :-e the Joe S Smith's and
Don Smith's parents are :NIL and
Don Smith All three boys
are workin in the wheat harvest
this summer
The two Smiths in NebraAa
With a crew which started at Wel
Lngton Texas going north spot-
ted another crew in a bus on
the side chich was painted
the Employers name Terry's
mothr had written him that
Don Archer was in this particular
crew The bus was flagged down
iind the tree Drumrighters held a
euniom
Don's crew was enroute to Kim-
ball Neb Si) Thursday night the
South boys went to Kimball
where they talked about happen-
ings back home in Drumright —
Archer had just received a home-
tiwn paper and a letter Saturday
Don Smith and Terry Smith mov-
ed to On S D following tile
harvest elide Don Archer went
to Harrisburg Neb kVhile in that
icinity Archer was anticipating a
visit with John "Butch" Kane
and his crew members in Potter
Neb
Four arrests occurred in Drum-
right Friday morning Donald
Dean Wilson picked up at 12:30
a IT was charged with public
drunkenness Ernest Cleveland
Wilson picked up at the same
fime also was charged with pub-
lic drunkenness Braxton Clark
Euxbess picked up at 1:06 am
Friday was booked on two counts
public drunkenness and reckless
driving Emery Samuel Ross was
charged with running a stop sign
at the corner of Jones and Br(1-
way
Carl Osterhout local funeral
home director after observing
the zhiiolder-to-Qhoutiter crowd al
Kraker Brothers' store Firday
morning commented: "If busi-
tess can be that good I think I'll
run a sale at my place'
It would be all right if he would
offer the "buy now — pay later"
plan
A former Drumrighter who has
h en away from Druinright for
several )enrs still keeps in con-
tact with friends and acquaintan-
ces here via the Derrick ant! Jour
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THE DRITTARIMIT (OT:t AMOM k) DERRICT
Slate Dairy
Field Day Is
Set July 15
On Vtlednesday July 15 a State
Dairy Field day will be held near
Sapulpa
Tim Hershberger and Dr T
11 Ratliff co-owners of a Cuern
sey farm will act as hosts at their
farm just southeast of Sapulpa on
Til liens road
The theme of the field day will
be -New a n d Better Ways of
Dairying" Besides a well-organizn1
program a junior and adult
judging contest will be held with
toth individual and group prizes
of
Lloyd Stinnett Ernie Berousek
Clifford Burton and other dairy
tiuthorities from Oklahoma State
university will help conduct the
I rogram New labor-say im
equipment will be on display
The Tibbens Home Demonstra
I ion club will serve the noon meal
and free milk will be furnished
by the hosts
The Hershberger-Ratliff farm
was recently purchased from
Earl Luker and adjoins his home
place Markers will be placed in
the area to assure no difficulty in
finding the location of the farm
which is located 14 mile east of
Sapulpa city limits on Tibbens
road From Tibbens road visitors
will enter Luker Lane the present
location of a hew housing area
and then follow Woodland Lane
to the last house which is the site
of the dairy farm
The Guernsey cattle club of Ok
lahoma is assisting with arrange
roents for this field day
All interested persons are urg-
ed to attend this meeting says
George Maynard county agent
°Mon Students Are
Listed on Honor Roll
Two Oi Iton students attending
Oklahoma State university Still
water were named to the dean's
honor roll for the spring semester
They were James Isaac Arnold
an engineering junior and Wil-
liam A Cox arts and sciences
senior
Meredith Greenwood Mannford
business freshman also was list
ed
nal Endo Fed with Edward fie-
Jarnett's renewal subscription
was the note that "although we
have been away for several years
we still look forward to the Drum-
right news The DeJarnetts live
rt 438 West 22nd in Hoost" 8
Texas
An observant Drumrighter not-
ed that the only flag displayed in
downtown Drumright on the
Fourth of July as the one in
front of the rG4i1 hall
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STOP throwtng meaty down- -
the drain repairing your
present car and burning mitre
gas and oil as older cars do
STOP watching your car go
down in resale value before
your eyes missing the
comfort tun and safety of -
new Ford on your vacation trip
SWAP while out iremendeue
sales let us give the most
tremendous trade-ins in our
history SWAP before your
vacation when you can get
the most pleasure out of a new
car SWAP on e car that will
stay in style stay worth -
more the worlds most
beautifully proportioned car —
SAVE on lint equipped soot 1
up to $55 a year on gas
and oil with an alumintzed
muffler that lasts longer SAVE
with no-wan Diamond Lustre
Finish with a long-lasting
standard 66 plate battery
SAVE on a honey ot a deal
duringFord's Summer Swapping
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Every ford lits
SAFITY GLASS In every window
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STORM
storm hit Cushing 20 minutes
earlier pounding the city with
hail stories anti flooding the street
Since Drumright is situated on
hills most of Drtnnright's sur-
face water gushed down the hills
like torrential streams for sever
l hours follmking the brunt of the
storm
The branch in the east part of
tOWn vh i It flows into Tiger
creek itself had more water than
t has had in months but did not
flood
Ushering the storm into Drum-
right was a portentous black cloud
from the west and ncrthwest As
the cloud drew nearer its under
cdge was a pale green which could
be distinguished as far away as
Tulsa The storm was caused by
two heavy currents of air one
from the northeast meeting an-
other from the west
The combination of the cooler
with the warmer air resulted in
the creation of strong winds On
South Ohio strong guests of winds
were blowing dust and loose ob
jects up the street north then in
reverse acton the sante ob-
jects would come south back down
seconds later as the direction Of
wind changed Bright streaks of
lightning lit up the sky in the
northwest Decause of the dark-
ness caused by the approachiroZ
storm street lights vcre turned
on in town The lights by :kong
Out also helped !service breaks
A large tree limb broken by the
storm floated on south Ohio in
front of the newspaper office
Many persons apprehensive be-
cLuse of the ominous appearance
of the approaching storm took to
their cellars and basements No
tornado warnings had been issued
however
( Con'nued from Pace I )
SCHOOL
schools in Midwest City: Mrs
Agnes Si Ivey Muskocee utility
company representative: Mrs
Mary ALce Fisher vocational
home economics teacher Noble
Mavnt Schumacher methods
mcnt dietitian University
Meci1 (enter Oklahoma City
Joe F Kirg Stillwater elemen-
tary rrncipal and these OSU
staff 7nenib4:rs Dr Jessie Ward-
pra Bot Daugherty Dorothy Stro-
zier and Dr Rebecca Pate
10$
on Winning Team
Li I 1
CHESTER OLIVER a gradu-
ate of Drumright high school with
this spring's class is a member
of the leat tie leading Cushing
Jaycees baseball team The team
the Connie Marks have a 5 won-3
loss record Friday night they de
crated the Northeast Kiwanis
Sunday the team went to Okla-
homa City for an AllStat contest
While 2 high school student
Chestcr distinguished himself as
an All State basketball player Ile
is the son Nir and Mrs Lee
Oli‘er
HOPE I MAKE
BERLIN FOR
LUNCH!
EN5EN ERNST THE
NOWECIAN CROSS-COUNTRY
RLINNER RAN FROM PARIS
TO MOSCOW IN TWO WEEKS
AVERA6IN6 125 MI5
PER DAY
For Insurance Today Ski
Phone 439 110 E Bdwy
TELEPHONE
A 1E
COOK INSURANCE
by Bill Boone Manager Drumright
ACTIVE TEENAGERS
In looking over my copy of the Drumright Der-
rick I couldn't help but notice all the activities of
the Drumright boys and girls during their summer
vacations
Truly they are a fine bunch of young people
and I couldn't help but think W1 Mt it would meat
to them to have their names listed in the telephont
directery They must have many out-of-town friends
that will not know how to reach them as Well as
friends in town Just call your telephone company
business office and we will make the necessary
arrangements
TEN RINGS
With backyard barbecues so popular nowadays
people are spending more and mire time outdoors
So when you call your friends remember it may be
quite a run from the backyard to the kitchen
telephone
Give them time to make the dash by letting: the
telephone ring ten times
Who knows They may ask you over too for
some of those hamburgers on the grill
VACATION AND TELEPHONPS
When you think of vacation—and who doesn't
about this time of 'ear—you usually thinl)f fish-
ing or swimming visiting with friends or inst plain
relaxing at some quiet out-of-the-wav place
Well I'm happy to say that more and more
people are now including the telephone as a big Part
of their vacation plans As a matter of fact a Ilum-
hpr pf friends around town tell me that a coonle of
i-4-)ne calls helped them to have more fun on
their tries
hnw it worked for them and Yen run
de 010 SqrrIP if You're oile of tiv lucky people 001
leol”)v f)rwProl In a vacation
c)11 P heìd to reserve your acenryinwla
tions in IPt the family know NV1)en arrive
NPvt POI ahead to make overnight vocprvoions
slonor the highway This xvav you can drive longer
and fi11 LP sore of a nlace to shiv
think you'll find that thiQ "q1ling-abegd
habit" will help you and your family have an even
better time on vacation
Why not give it a try And remember call
station-to-station and you can talk longer for less
Z ee iv' s Twice As fad
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ROTARY
vanee warning of its potentialities
via radio station KUSH The
people who constantly deride
Drumright and anything the citi-
zens try to do in the way cf
growth
"Druinright is only as good as
the people in it This town has
good people — but it needs unity
We had more unity and more
pulling together in a common ef-
fort immediately following the
tornado than at any time I can
remember It shouldn't take a
sudden disaster to make us work
together
TUESDAY JULY 14 1959
"THERE'S Mannford for in-
stance The people of that corn
munity are planning to rebuild
their lawn at another location
"Drumright needs a lot Of
things but if we work together
we'll gradually get them We
need housing but plans are now
being carried out for a new hous-
ing developtnent
"If people would quit crying
and bemoaning the fact that
Drumright 'isn't what it used to
he' and work together the
town's outlook will improve ini
mediately"
Read it in The Derrick
new manaciement
loldet
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200 East Broadway
IFIMIE
COFFEE
and
DOUGHNUTS
Wedne3day July 15th
10 to 11 am-3 to 4 pm
A PROFITABLE STORY
'Twas a short time before Spring
And all through the store
Not a thing had moved
Nct even the door
The goods had been placed
With the greatest of care
Still waiting for business
That hadn't come there
Real situation saddening sight
No sales no profits what a plight
Crotta do something quick
Else all the goods will stick
It's a recognized fact
With merchants who sell
They run some good ads
Their story to tell
So "he" stepped to the phone
"He" needed help soon
So we dropped in the store
Being of help more and more
Wasn't so bad for one who knew
S-11ing goods is our favorite stew
Placed his cony in the Derrick
Things started to happen
he lost his blues
Another soul made happy
No longer forlorn
For he did big business
'Ere the new month was born
MORAL
If you want to increase salesReach
the most people at the lowest cost
Telephone 90 today those who are
going out for business today aren't
apt to go out of business later
The Drumright Derrick
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