Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 74, No. 62, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1967 Page: 1 of 10
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PRICE PLEDGES
CLUB AT PHILLIPS
ENID — Harold Price, son:
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Price, 515
Grove street. Perry, is a pledge
of Camelot club, a local frater-1
nity on the campus of Phillips
university, where he is a fresh-
man.
Price is one of 45 men pledg-
ing the three local fraternities
on the Phillips campus. Seventy
coeds also are pledging the1
three Phillips sororities.
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Perry Daily Journal
74th Year — No. 62 Perry, Oklahoma Thursday, Mar 2, 1 967 Your Home Newspaper
5 Cents
GIFTS from youngsters who ride the school bus he drives at Central
State college, Edmond, cover a wide spectrum, according to D. C.
Eby, Perry junior at CSC, but he prefers chewing gum Eby is
the son of Mrs. Ruth Eby of Perry.
Show-Tell Souvenirs
Deluge Bus Drivers
By LARRY SNIPES
EDMOND — With a contro-
versy raging around the Okla-
homa City school bus service,
four Central State college stu
dents who drive school buses in
Edmond recently were getting
greeting cards from their young
admirers.
D C. Eby, Perry junior. Ron
Gist, Oklahoma City junior;
Mike Holbrook, Woodward sen
ior; and Mark Mades, Edmond
sophomore, were practically
deluged with Valentine cards
from students in elementary,
junior high and senior high
scools.
Eby relates that cards are
not all the students have giv-
en — or at least offered — to
him.
Cedar Street
Crossing To
Be Improved
Frisco Railroad crewmen
He explains that on show-
and-tell days anything from
scorpions to moose heads have
been his for the taking. He said
he preferred the chewing gum
i they usually offered.
The four drivers are all
members of Acacia fraternity
at Central The day for them
— as well as their roommates
in the fraternity house — begins
early, with 6 a.m. waking
hours in order.
were moving equipment Thurs off they head around the Ed-
day to the line s Cedar street mond area to pick up and de-
crossing to improve the rail- liver the pupils before the tardy
road bed and eliminate bumps bells ring Eby and Mades both
for motor traffic. serve Clegern elementary
Worth Roberts, city street school; Holbrook goes to Rus-
commissioner, said it is un sel Dougherty elementary
likely that it will be necessary school, and Gist delivers his
to close the crossing as was wards to the old junior high
the case at the Frisco crossing school.
on Seventh The Seventh street Gather some 50 students to-
crossing was closed last Thurs- gether, Eby said, and there's
day and reopened Tuesday going to be some sort of action
Smoothing work at that cross- As punishment for the bad
ing was nearly complete Thurs- kids," he has them write out
day the multiplication table 10
Frisco has a bulldozer operat- times This must be signed by
ing this week on railroad one of the parents as proof that
right-of-way property between the transgression is known to
Fir avenue and Ivanhoe streets, mom and dad he explained
The 'dozer is being used to Usually, Eby said with a
open a ditch and thus improve knowing grin, the parents end
water drainage for that area of up doing the tables, in addition
Perry, Roberts said Frisco also to signing it
is planning other improvement The school bus trouble in 0k-
work along its right-of-way in
Perry.
Santa Fe will begin work
soon to improve its railroad
beds and smooth street cross-
lahoma City mainly concerns I
overcrowded conditions. All
four of the collegiate busmen
agree that the Edmond buses
are full, but not overcrowded
DETAILS RECEIVED
OF RUSSELL’S DEATH
Detailed information has been
received here about circum-
stances surrounding the death
of Marine Corps Cpl. Kenneth
Russell, 20, outstanding Perry
high school athlete who was
killed last month in Vietnam.
Russell's uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Polk of
Philadelphia, Pa., formerly of L.
Perry, are here this week. !
They received information
===== Ditch Witch Plant BigFire Filina Set io Open
rine Corps battalion landing. - " ■ ■ _ 4 BASES Wwl ‘ wnvil
team 1-4. Kelley was Russell’s . •
company commander, CaL C.L1 J * . DOTTICQ
Russell was fatally wounded eAAAi RAIMA
while on a mission with hispla- jaicj luul Liiuiiiu I A
toon moving north from SaInLGcC
Huynb in South Vietnam. An * c ,■■■ l wo)
enemy sniper opened fire. Rus- | torthe faret of twousone week face I trenching machine. . , Filing for school board of- Superintendent of schools or
sell, a Marine Corps sniper, with dealers and for ch Dwaine Goldsberry, sales A huge continuous grass fire fices in Perry and other dis T. A Bluethman district
=-= - = == =-==== -=- - . -.
Russell stepped on a land Works, Perry-based manufac- about the same number are ex- about 1 a.m. Thursday. Match 8 ' p.m. Saturday, school districts throughout the
-------"Fire Chief Loyd Berger said a crehsdated omuct eld deith cell county poiichiiiroushout the
pean representatives also are survey had not been completed ar didates mu fill with will be open from
here for the first week’s school at noon Thursday to estimate clerk of the school board in . p.m. in Perry and
I The sales department con- how many acres of grass burn- di ere they live. In 1 from 2 to 6 p.m. in all other
ducts the annual schools, as-ed. Firemen with two trucks Perry district, filing papers ol districts. Vot-
1 sisted by representatives of all and volunteers fought the available at the office of the
other departments at the plant flames for nearly four hours,
Attending the school this until 5 a.m. Thursday. Mrs M’Candlers
week, as pictured above: Berger said indications are 0 .
Front row, left to right: the blaze was touched off at buccumbs at 91,
Elizabaeth- the north end, six miles north- City Rites Slated
Mrs. Florence Conaway Dor-
mine which exploded, causing turer of the world - famous pected next week Two Euro-
his death.
For School Board
Military funeral services and (A
burial were Monday in San oulTy TTA
Angelo, Texas, I.
* Contest Set
WARRENS, JONES *
TO ATTEND PARLEY Here Friday
Mr and Mrs Bud Warren 11tl V II goy
and Loyd Jones, all of Perry,
plan to leave this week for New A speech contest and chapter Hughlett Heath. ___________. ... ..........
Orleans, La., to attend the na- model meeting contest for coun- town, Ky.; Floyd Boughton, east of Perry by a south-
tional convention of the Ameri- ty Future Farmers of America Grand Island, Neb ; Jim Roth, bound Santa Fe freight train
can Quarter Horse association will begin at 7 p m Friday in Perry; John Bridal, Perry. Ber- Sparks from the train appar-
Warren is a past president of the Perry high school vocation- nard Heppler, Perry; Bill ently set other fires along the rance McCandless, 91, widow o
the association Mr. and Mrs al agriculture building. Haynes, Perry: Chuck Davis,, five-mile route extending south a pi "fr !'‘ rry bar
Warren will leave Friday for First and second place win- Southfield. Mich: Harold Ches- The big blaze was aided by one-time city cultural leader
New Orleans and Jones will ners in the three divisions of nutt. Perry, J D Grim, Per- strong winds and low humidity died Wednesday
leave Saturday.
district will elect
1001 board member and
levy propositions.
ffice held bv Harold
up for election in
district Chesnutt rep-
ward ne, and candi-
he post must live in
d. However, the entire
on candidates
i n. Chesnutt was ap-
1 to fill the unexpired
--------- . „ . term of Pern Gang, who mov-
the speech contest will compete ry; H L. Mandeville, Perry; The fire made a brilliant glow 1 ity Mo * owing an iline S ed to I can from Perry last
for district honors March 30 in Bob Marshall, Shakopee, Minn.; in the northeast sky Large of several months
Pond Creek, according to John- ' Bud Hollingsworth, Perry, acreages burned on farms of Graveside serv ices w hool hoard
ny Rogers, Perry FFA chapter Ralph Pritchard, Annapolis, Ernest Shryock, Grover Mit 2 : e •
Blackie) Blackmore reporter. First and second place Md : Dave Hynson, Richmond, teach Jr and John Streller An ' emetery w t uh an
has assumed duties as local winners in the chapter model Va E J Spradlin, Aurora, estimate of grass loss in acres Belk, minister of the ' "O, one
manager for Bankers Invest- meeting contest will compete Colo.; Norm Antonson, Grand was not available Thursday. RCaries E. Mar-
ment Loan Co ! later in a contest among FFA Island, Neb : and J D Sadler. Pasture and other grass burn Newton funeral home is in ‘ ir four, now tea vice
Blackmore moved to Perry chapters of Noble, Kay, Grant Perry, ed on farms of S W (Zeke) charge of arrangements president, two years; Dr.
from Woodward with his wife, and Garfield counties. Second row, left to right: Ben Walker, 12 to 15 acres: Bill Mrs McCandless, who was S. Wayne Bilby, outlying
Cara Lou, and their son and i Entries are expected Friday Niles, Perry: Gifford Glover. Gengler, 15 acres; Bud Warren, once described as "the best now the presi-
two daughters, Mike, 8: Chris-from FFA chapters in Perry, Arlington, Texas: A. J Ingle, 40 to 50 acres; and Kenneth ballad singer ever produced ir der years; and
6 and Dee Ann, 2, They Billings and Morrison Chapter Houst Texa Larry Glass K rchner, 40 acres, ' ird three, the
(Continued on page 5) in Red Rock and Marland also Arlington, Texas: Jimmie Craig. About 10 acres of grass burn- in Brooklyn Towa id 1 irs
- are eligible to participateArlington, Texas; Ron Herford, ed on the farm of II E Koch married there in 1899 to H A Candidate for board of edu-
Perry FFA speech contestants Merriam. Kan Dewey Terry after 3 pm Wednesday near McC andle s, who at the t not run as represen-
will be bankers division. Ken- Sioux Falls, S.D.; Joe Winkle- the southeast edge of Perr. was an executive ol the i ati a political party,
neth Harrison and John Palo- pleck, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Ervin Berger said Koch had been change bank of Perry The co
vik; cooperative. Harold Hodge; Tank. Southfield, Mich ; Larry burning brush purposely when ple made the TT i NT +
and FFA division. David Za- Chinery, Cincinnati, Ohio; Glen the flames spread into grass, after their r DO piTat Notes
■ vodny and Johnny Rogers, Friend, Benton, Ark.; Dwaine A small area of grass burned McCandless came here soon (Memorial hospital visiting hours:
Teams were being organized Goldsberry, Perry, Mrs Charles on property of Loyd Jones at after the opening of the Cher- I p.m. to 4 p.m.; 7 p.m. to #:30
- Thursday for the chapter model Malzahn, Perry: Edwin Mal the northwest edge of Perry okee Strip in 1893 and v th the D.T
meeting contest. The model zahn. Perry: Mrs Ralph Pritch- about 3 15 pm Wednesday late Fred Moore org anized • (
meetings will include six boys ard, Annapolis, Md W J Ar- Cause of this blaze was not Exchange bank Mc( ir :•
representing chapter officers, nauts, Antwerp, Belgium: Ed determined
plus six more members, Maldonado, Perry: Etsell
Emde, Perry; Ken Schuermann Cot
STORE BURGLARIZED Perry; Art Coffey, Long Beach TIVa
- EL RENO (AP) - Burelars Burg Fille p rank Boothe Per At Red Rock
entered Bournes Jewelry Store ry; and R D. Boyd, Perry Baptist Church
- here during the night and stole Third row left to right: Jean DapuST bnuren
cash and jewelry estimated by Pierre Portalier, La Celle-St A week-long revival will open
the owner, R.H. Bourne, as to- Cloud, France; Bill Martinell, Sunday evening in the Red
taling several thousand dollars. Seattle. Wash; Vern Reinking Rock First Baptist church with and Mrs McCandless were in sed Wednesday,
The burglars sawed through Eugene, Ore.; Earl Klinge, Eu Rev Luther Berry of Derby, members and leaders f Enid General
- the floor of a dance hall above gene. Ore ; Donovan Kenney. Kan. a former pastor of the First Presbyterian chur She Har Haefner, Perry, dis-
, the store to gain entrance They Indianapolis, Ind.; Vernon church, as evangelist was a member of the Tie 1, m ed after treatment.
left a note written on the store Fleming, Indianapolis; John Mr Berry, now pastor of Afternoon club
typewriter saying "Thanks for Mynatt, Indianapolis Dwaine Pleasant Hill B ptist church in The McCandless home MILES STANDISH DIES
the college education.” Larson, Slater, Iowa; Roland Derby, served the Red Rock Eighth street now owned by
Falk, Franklin, Wis.; William church about 12 years ago Dr and Mrs. Delmar C Hr t , ' ' AS CITY, Mo. (AP)-
Hutchins, Southfield, Mich. Vic Services will start at 7 30 considered one of tl Standish, 73, a ninth
Lindstedt, Winnipeg, Manitoba, each evening, March 5-11, and finest examples of early-day lineal descendant of Capt. Myles
Canada; Ed Damon, Agawam, the revival will close with Oklahoma architecture 17th century Pilgrim
Mass.; P. L. Wiltfong, Phoenix, morning services at 11 o'clock McCandless was president of ead r, died Tuesday.
Ariz. Vince Von Doris, Phoe- Sunday, March 12 the Oklahoma Indian Territory
nix, Ariz.; Charles O'Loughlin, Mrs. Raymond Berry will be Bankers associatic WeatherDotaile
Columbus, Ohio: Bill Finley, music director and Mrs Lee Survivors noludLuedu
Perry: Bill Durham, Alexan- McClellan will be pianist Both Robert, of Phoenix Ari
dria, La.; and Eddie Edwards, are members of the Red Rock will arrive here Thursday night
board Alexandria, La, church I a sister, in California ' .
CITY LOAN OFFICE
HAS NEW MANAGER
W E
Candidates
Column
REPUBLICAN
For Mayor
WILLIAM P. ELLIOTT
DEMOCRAT
For City Marshal
GENE C. WOOD
in Kansas
not Exchange bank
died in 1923, and his wife mov
ed to Ponca City a few years
later to make her home with a
son, Robert, now of Phoenix.
Ariz.
Perry Memorial
Sanders, Oklaho-
dmitted Thursday for
I Enright, 1307 Elm
sed Thursday.
O.C. Mercy
R ing. Perry, transfer-
shoma City Bap-
Mrs. McCandless, a contrail
spurned professional singing of-
fers to become a housewife in
early-day Perry She also was
an accomplished pianist Mr.
and Mrs. McCandless
For City Clerk
ALMA FERN EDGAR
For City Treasurer
VELMA G. LINDSEY
ings through the city. The pro-
ject is to begin along Santa Fe
right-of-way at the south edge nancing their college careers,
of Perry and move north tive for For Councilman Ward 1
. „ arising al 6 a.m and facing 3 RONALD M BAETZ
( omino events: id of youngsters is summed
E *> CALLS yp by Holbrook who said "I For Street Commissioner
Thursday, March 2 - Bene- like kids! WORTH ROBERTS
fit chili supper sponsored by
Odd Fellows lodge, 5:30 to 8
p m . IOOF ball.
Thursday, March 2 — Kim-
brel-Best Veterans of Foreign
Wars post meets, 8 pm., VFW
hall on Skyline drive,
Thursday, March 2 - Fellow-
ship of Christian Athletes, 8
p.m., meet in Fellowship hall
of First Christian church.
Thursday, March 2 — Annual
March of Dimes march with
high school students and moth-1
ers participating, 5 to 7 p m
Sunday, March 5 — Ground-
breaking ceremony for mu-
seum of Noble county chapter'
of Cherokee Strip Historical so-
The salary appeals to this
foursome who are partially fi-
like kids'"
With each holding a fistful of
cards, it's obvious the "kids"
also like them — at least on
Valentine's day.
County Juniors
To Enter Stock
In District Show
For Councilman Ward 2
LEON MURROW
O.C. St. Anthony
hnson, 515 Fir ave-
Annual Fair Board
Elections Saturday
ciety, 3 p.m., at building site
on West Fir avenue.
Monday, March 6 — Election
filing period opens for munici
pal officials in Perry and other
incorporated Noble county
towns; filing ends March 10
Monday, March 6 — Separate
meetings of Shea-Nelson chap-
ter and auxiliary of Disabled
American Veterans, 7:30 p.m.,
DAV ball.
Monday, March fi — Special
membership meeting of Noble
Strip Historical society, 7 30
pm. Chamber of Commerce
conference room.
county's three county commis-
sioner districts are eligible to
Noble county 4-H club boys take part in annual county free
and girls and Future Farmers fair board elections starting at
of America are grooming en 2 p.m. Saturday
tries for the northwest Oklaho Candidates for fair board
ma junior livestock show in members will be nominated and
Enid, opening this weekend voted on at meetings in each
Entries will be taken to Enid of the three districts. County
Friday. Sheep and swine
classes will be judged Sunday
and steers will lie judged Mon-
day
A survey among FFA mem-
bers and 4-H clubbers indicates
Noble county entries from com-
munities will be Perry, two
calves: Red Rock, three head
of beef cattle; Billings, three
head of beef cattle, two lambs
and 14 head of swine, Mar
land, 11 beef cattle, eight sheep
and 14 head of swine; Morri
son, eight head of cattle, 12
atures for the 24-hour
period ending at 11 a.m. Thursday:
1 p.m. 77 2 p.m. 77
3 p.m 76 4 p.m. 76
6 p.m 71 7 p.m. 66
Registered voters in Noble | Ratliff holds over two years
Ratliff was appointed a
member Jan 31 to succeed H. I Fourth row, left to right: _____ ______..
A. Linn, who resigned Charles C. Long, Charlotte, Oklahoma State university and also of California A de ghter,
' The district two office up for NO; John Bridwell, Perry, Southwestern seminary in Fort Mrs. Albert (Ester) M
election is held by Ed Feken. John K Price Jr • Charlotte, Worth, Texas In addition to mick, preceded her in death in
Holding over in the district are NC,; Dale Prescott, South- Red Rock and Derby, he has 1952.
. Joe Sewell Jr one year, and field, Mich.; George McGlas- been pastor of churches in
Mrs Lowell Highfill, two years, son, Eugene, Ore , Larry Hall, Spearman Texas, and at Minco ME ASURE ADV ANC I S
District three voters Satur- Perry; Harold Keith, Shakopee, Rev Sherwood Glazener, pas OKLAHOMA CITY (AP).
day will ballot on the office Minn.; Roland Unruh, Wichita tor of the Red Rock church the \ bill to r - . sou I ly winds 20 to 35 miles
now held . Harvey Harting Gail Ferree, Oklahoma City: past four years, recently re- a to pay for driver , er hour Fair and unseason-
Holding over are A. H Rupp Dave Hotson, Oklahoma City sig ed to accept a call to t lay and tonight
one year; and Donald Bay, two John J. Kurt, Northfield Cen-Liberty Baptist church of Pon-Don prEram Fire
years Rupp also was appointed ter, Ohio; Donn Hoyt, Dickin- ca City The Red Rock church new federal Highway Safety
by the commissioners Jan 31, son, N D.: James Ghilmony, is temporarily without a regu- was approve Y ne e
following the resignation of Mac Dickinson, ND : Sheldon lar pastor 6 Committee on Public Safety and
Mittasch. Bloomer, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Penal Affairs Wednesday
State law requires that fair Canada Scotty Linginfelter, ADMIT FALSE ALARMS Titre trot
board members live in the com- Maryville Tenn Lowell High- DAMAGING RANGE FIRE
missioner district they repre- fill. Perry; Gilbert Needs, Slat- ST LOUIS, Mo (AP) Two ATOKA (AP) - A rar - fir
sent. There is no filing period er. Iowa; Kenneth Dickson, St. Louis boys, 8 and 9 yea th.
before the elections and candi- East Point, Ga . H. E McEw old, have told police they turned Wednesday night destroy | or e 6 "
dates are not nominated accord- en. Birmingham, Ala Wayne in 19 false fire alarms after residence and 3,000
ing to political parties. D Orender, New Braunfels, sniffing airplane glue rangeland
he fair board is responsible Texas; Larry Jarman, Frank- One of the boys is in custody. Fire officials said the I
or organizing and conducting lin, Wis.; Don Woolf, Shakopee, I but another has been missing was owned by J W Borde
county fair and the spring Minn, and Gene Allen, Mm- from his home for three days. Several outbuildin S also were
and FFA livestock fair, neapolis, Minn. I police said. destroyed.
church. |a sister, in California, and ,
Mr Berry is a graduate of grandson, Steven McCormick
5 p.m. 75
8 p.m. 63
p.m. 62 10 pm 61 11 p.m. 59
12 M. 58 1 a.m. 58
3a.m 56 4 a m 54
6a.m 50 7 a m 50
2 a.m. 56
5 a.m. 54
8 a.m. 51
57 10 a.m. 58 11 a.m. 65
Forecast
ry area Lake wind
commissioners will preside at
the meetings in their districts.
John Pat Carpenter, district
one commissioner, will preside
at the district one election in
the county warehouse at Ceres.
Commissioner Foy Smith will
preside at the district two elec-
tion in the district courtroom in
the courthouse. Presiding at the
district three election will be
Commissioner Gene Bay in the
county engineer's office on the
second floor of the courthouse.
In district one, the fair board
post held by Carl Tautfest, now
sheep and 14 head of swine. --------uass sauuest now
and from 4-H club members in board president is up for elec
scattered county areas, three tion Mrs. Ted Tautfest holds
, lambs and six head of swine, over for one year and Mickey
ire in effect today for
idy and mild Friday,
A ly 80 to 84. Low to-
50s High Friday in
70s.
Okla ■ i Fair and windy
clear to partly cloudy
riday little cooler north-
vest. Low tonight 12 northwest
10 thwest to 82 south and east.
Temperatures for the 24-hour
d • at 11 a.m. Thurs.
vere high 77, low 50, Tem-
peratures for the 24-hour period
ending at 11 a.m. a year ago
were: high 65, low 18.
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