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OKLAHOMA TISTOHI CAL OCIETY
STATE CAPITOL STATI N
OKLAHOMA CITY KLA 73105
Garber’s 1975 Basketball Queen Candidates
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HOME OF
CHAMPIONS
74 Years of News
and Advertising
Concerning the
Garber Community
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75th Year
No. 15
Thursday, Jan. 9, 1975
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Debbie Peat was slected car-
nival queen last fall. She has
also been a football queen at-
tendant and basketball n
attendant. In FHA she i pro-
gram chairman. She is a cheer-
leader and member of the- Pep
Club and plays guard on the I T
ketball team. A senior this year,
she is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Joe Peat.
Selena Connolly has played
bask tball since she was in the
fifth grade. She is also active in
the Pep Club and was a cheer-
leader I t year. She was also a
member of the junior play cast.
Sele a has been a football queen
candidate and carnival queen
contestant twice. Her parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Connolly.
Gwen Neundorf is this year’s
football queen and is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alton J.
Neundorf. She is a senior this
year and has attended Garber
schools all 12 years. She is a
member of the Garber Christian
Church, played basketball all
three of her high school years, is
secretary of the Pep Club, and
secretary of the senior class. She
also serves as historian of FHA.
New BasketballQueen Will
Be Crowned Here Fri. Nite
The 1975 basketball homecom-
ing queen will be crowned at
the basketball game here Friday
night with Billings. Queen can-
didates are Gwen Neundorf,
Debbie Peat and Selena Connol-
ly. Their escorts will be Jon
Nelson, Doug Green and Troy
Dennis. The flower girl will be
Peggy Sue White and crown
bearer is Marty Meyer.
Both teams won their game
at Ponca City Tuesday night
Score for the girls was 42 1 and
their record is seven won, four
lost. The boys won over the
Ponca City "B" team 43-31 and
also have a 7-4 record.
Game in Statistics
rb re pt
Boys Game
Jon Nelson
Doug Green
Troy Dennis
Bill Disney
Gary Gash
Ray Fincher
Allen Johnson
Jim Fagan
Bruce Fischer
10
10
6
7
9
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
3
7
11
2
7
9
4
0
0
Gwen Neundorf
LuAnn Schultz
Robin Hafner
Susan Wilson
Vicki Kroll
Lynn Pralle
Paula Schnaithman
Selena Connolly
Becky Thedford
4
6
3
0
2
10
5
3
1
0
4 32
0
1
1
Headline Events Listed in Area for 1974
Outlaw Band to
Present Program
At Gym Sat.
The Garber Band Boosters are
sponsoring a program at the
school gym on Saturday, Jan. 11.
“The Outlaws” from Oklahoma
State Penitentary will give the
program.
The group promises lots of
laughter, good music, stage
show and a full evening of en-
tertainment.
“The Outlaws” will be guests
at a dinner in the school cafe-
teria preceding the show. Two
guards are included in the 10-
member “Outlaw Band.”
Proceeds from the tickets
which can be purchased at the
door, will be put into the new
uniform fund. The 82-member
band is directed by Larry Beeby.
meals; Wolverines to meet Can-
ton for first game Friday night;
Lung capacity to be tested at
county fair; Health clinic at
Methodist Church Wednesday;
Pep Club plans rally on Main
St. Friday; Czech Day to be
held at Caldwell on Sept. 7.
Bonus Checks to be given at
Chamber Meet Monday; Two
questions and runoff to be de-
cided; FFA show champions at
Garfield County Fair; Wolver-
ines beat Tigers, to host Pioneer-
Pleasant Vale next; Band Boost-
ers to have first meet of school
year; History of Nursing Home
told to Senior Citizens; Garber
Lions attended District 3-A meet
in Alva.
October 5 date set for Home-
coming activities; Wolverines to
play Wakita in District game;
Garber 4-H girls are winners at
state level; Garber and State go
with David Boren and Ed Ed-
mondson; Garber receives $1,-
475.09 from one-cent sales tax;
Garber 4-H Club placed third
with educational booth; Band
wins second in parade at Perry
Saturday; Mrs. Rippetoe is hired
as teachers aid.
Wolverines whip Wakita, to
tackle Okeene; New 1975 cars to
be shown at Halsey Long Ford;
Paul Schnaithmans named Far-
mer-Rancher of Year; Cars-
pickups on display at D&M
Chevrolet; Garber FHA has
opening at sub-district rally;
Class of 1948 plans reunion for
Oct. 4.
for election officials.
Garber makes news with over
10 inches of rain; Lions Club will
sponsor ice cream social; Garber
receives $1,614.79 from one-cent
sales tax; Pool to be open thro-
ugh Labor Day; Don Davidson
to bid for State Senate; Sandy
Snell and Mary Ann Bowie are
new teachers; Breckinridge Stars
one of top 10 extension groups;
Lisa Schnaithman selected Suf-
folk sheep princess; Roger Haf-
ner barn struck by lightning.
Total of 508 students are en-
rolled in Garber schools; Steve
Buss has two grand champions
at Hunter Fair; Primary election
to be held Tuesday; Dave Long
elected district director of Nor-
thwest District Oklahoma Junior
Polled Hereford association;
Garber’s six high school cheer
leaders are in top ten at OSU
clinic.
School in full swing with en-
rollment of 513; Policy for free
meals and milk outlined by
school; Boren, McSpadden, In-
hofe win in governor’s race;
First county junior livestock sale
to be Sept. 7; Jerry Brehmer
elected president of Southwest-
ern State University Band; Holi-
days for Garber students listed;
Kathye Peters accepted into Dal-
las Adv. League; Susan Pralle
winner in sewing contest.
September
Paul Schnaithman named Far-
mer-Rancher of Month; Hunter
school announces policy for free
July
Girls join Little League Base-
ball team; Tri-County Singing
Convention meets in Billings;
Free clinic to be held in Garber;
Director of Missions to speak at
First Baptist Church; Assembly
of God to have Camp Meeting;
Rhonda Hermanski in Brazil.
Eight Garber High students,
Donna Long, Jon Nelson, Lee
Schnaithman, Steve Pralle, Rob-
in Hafner, Kim Sallinger, Carla
Beckner and Paula Schnaith-
man, invited to Red Carpet
Country Youth Citizenship Sem-
inar; Lutheran Bible School to
be held July 22-26; Childrens
pictures to be taken free in col-
or; Filing period for political
offices closed Wednesday; Win-
ners listed for Swim Meet held
on July 4th; Thomas Naugle
president of Energy Services
group
Garber receives $1,428.16 from
one-cent sales tax; Garfield
County 4-H Camp held at Ro-
man Nose Park; Dr Ray Stowers
to help man Medford Clinic;
Dates for Baptist Bible school
are July 29-August 2; New cor-
poration talked about at Cham-
ber meet; Garber youths to at-
tend Baptist camp; Arkla asks
rate study.
Eleven youths are helping
spruce up City of Garber; School
Board approves bids on lockers
and ovens; Assembly of God Bi-
ble School to be August 5-9;
Women and Girls to enter Soft-
ball League next year; Thresh-
ing Bee to be held in Pawnee;
High temperature for the week
was 112 on July 21.
August
Garber Swimmers to enter
amateur meet in Enid; Explo-
sion and fire takes toll at Dale
Wilson Chevrolet Co. in Perry;
Rush Metal plant at Billings ex-
panding; Softball game sched-
uled between firemen and girls;
FFA members return from Fin
’n Feather.
School faculty complete, six
new teachers hired; Garber
brings 20 medals back from Enid
swim meet; School Board votes
to air condition grade building;
first football practice August 13,
first game Sept. 6; football boys
reminded to have physical; Hun-
ter school fair slated for August
14-15-16; Training school held
Woman Killed in Bank Robbery
Is Aunt of Mrs. T. Ripperoe
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Rippetoe
left Tuesday to attend services
for Mrs. Rippetoe’s aunt, Mrs.
Wanda Masters, who was killed
in a bank robbery at Gould's
First State Bank Monday morn-
ing.
Two female hostages were
shot, killing one (Mrs. Masters)
and seriously wounding another.
The women were found by an
abandoned farm on the outskirts
of the exereme southwest Okla-
homa town shortly after the rob-
bery. Investigating officers said
Mrs. Masters, who was a teller
in the bank, was believed to have
been shot once in the head and
in the hip. Jana Robinson was
taken to Harmon County Memo-
rial Hospital in serious condition
with a bullet wound in her face.
She was later transferred to St.
Anthony Hospital in Amarillo.
The bank president was re-
portedly beaten over the head
with a chair by one of the ban-
dits. His condition was listed as
satisfactory.
Zachariah To Play For
Dance At City Holl Friday
The Parents Club will be spon-
soring a homecoming dance at
the City Hall Friday, Jan. 10. It
will be held from 10 p.m. to 1
a.m. The band, Zachariah, will
furnish the music.
Hospital Notes
Admitted to St. Mary’s Hospi-
tal Jan. 5 were Jason Scott Cha-
ney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Chaney in room 524, James D.
McDaniel in room 422, Velma
Lee Hildabrand, Hunter, in
room 208 and Eunice Schultz of
Billings in room 349. Jason
Scott is expected to return home
Thursday or Friday.
Those dismissed from hospitals
were Mrs. Glen Moore and Leo-
nard Wallace from St. Mary’s
and Dale Winslow and James
Fairless from Bass Baptist.
Mobil Radio
To Be Purchased
For Police Car
The Garber city council met
January 6 for their regular
monthly meeting .The minutes
were read and approved. All
claims were approved.
The council will be checking
into the cost of a new mobile
unit radio for the police car. The
city will have to buy a new ra-
dio because everyone is switch-
ing frequencies and in order to
remain in contact a new radio
will have to be purchased.
Also compliance to the Okla-
homa Solid Management Act of
1970 was discussed.
The Fireman’s Pensions board
met and approved checks to re-
tired firemen. Garber has six
retired firemen and one widow’.
Applications For NewSupt.
To Be Accepted Until Feb. 4
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First Baptist Church To
Use New Furniture Sunday
The First Baptist Church will
be using newly purchased furni-
ture Sunday. There are 16 four-
foot pews for the congregation,
■ ■■ 10 1 s 1 e three pews in the choir and one
( arm 115 H airomic’s AurrOF pulpit pew, with matching pul-
vvVIlla 0 IvIlvIllUd 3 PUTS CT y pit and prayer altar.
.. " The pews are fully padded and
upholstered in gold color and
Ends ner l’eace torp stint tcodrood is finished in fruit-
, . . The church is also in January
out in the rural areas to begin Bible study this week. The book
“Working Together in Christ’s
Bi ides training in the center, Mission” on the book of Acts is
each volunteer was assigned to being taught by the pastor. Rev.
live with a family in that housing Archie Klusmeyer, for adults
addition. Mrs. Holcomb’s par- and youth. “Music in Bible
ents (actually younger than her Times” for the younger children
37 years), lived in a modest but js being taught by Mrs. Fred
nice house, had sons, ages 6 and Kime.
4. and spoke only one English
word—"OK". So Mrs. Holcomb
had to pick up Spanish to com-
municate with her assigned Funeral Services Held
For Mary Grace Johnson
"We certainly used our Span- 5 y
ish-English dictionary a lot Final rites for Mrs. Mary
those first days,” she recalled. Grace Johnson, 80. were held
The trainees were also taken Friday in the Christian Union
on field trips, both in the capital Church at Douglas with Rev.
city and through the country. Harold Brown and Rev. Jerry
They learned to read the Span- Hamilton officiating. Burial was
ish-language newspapers (“at jn Douglas Cemetery,
least Dennis the Menace and my Mrs. Johnson died in the Gar-
horoscope.” Mrs. Holcomb said), ber Nursing Home last Tuesday
Living in Paraguay. Mrs. Hol- following a long illness. She was
tomb discovered the foods to be born in Crescent on April 23,
very bland, cooked with very 1894 and moved with her parents
little seasoning, at an early age to Kansas where
She was also surprised to learn she attended school. Her family
the stores open at 7:30 each later moved to the Waukomis
morning, close at 12 noon for a comunity and in 1913 she mar-
two or three-hour siesta, then ried George C. Johnson. She
reopen. They close at 7 or 8 p.m. spent most of her life in the
so most families have their eve- Douglas and Marshall communi-
ning meal around 9 o’clock. ties. .
3 . 1 1, .1 Survivors include five sons,
September proved o be early Clarence of Marshall, Harvey of
with gentle rolling hills.and a Amarillo, Texas and Mrs. Elvada
few mountains “like the Ar- Y Cincture
buckles of Oklahoma”; red dirt Marie VanHauen,Covington;
1 ‘ two brothers, Herman Over-
and some sandy places, street and Everett Overstreet,
With the Peace Corps out of both of Enid; three sisters, Mrs.
the picture. Mrs. Holcomb would Ruth Marnane, Covington, Mrs.
still like to return to South Frcda Horstman, Bland, Mo. and
America, and may do so later Mrs. Mildred Krausse. Douglas
this month to visit her adopted and a host of grandchildren and
parents, her former instructors great-grandchildren.
and her fellow students. She was preceded in death by
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What started out to be two
years work as a Peace Corps vol-
unteer in Paraguay for a former
Garber teacher, Cecilia Holcomb,
was not to be after fate inter-
vened.
On Sept. 15. Mrs. Holcomb
joined three other American at
the Miami, Fla. airport and to-
gether they flew to South
America. The other three com-
pleted their 12-week training
course and w’ent to work, but
Mrs. Holcomb ret
states for surgery, never to re -
turn to Peace Corps work.
Although she had recently
undergone a thorough physical
examination Mrs. Holcomb dis-
covered a lump in her breast
while in her eighth week of
Peace Corps training in Ascen-
sion, capital city of Paraguay.
Peace Corps doctors checked
her into a hospital where a bi-
opsy showed the lump to be ma-
lignant. She was flown to Wash-
ington, D. C., where she ent' red
Doctors’ Hospital for surgery.
She was released a week later,
having been pronounced “com-
pletely cured” with no follow -up
treatment necessary.
But it meant the end of her
Peace Corps dreams The corps’
leaders felt that she should con-
tinue to have exams every 90 to
120 days and “they couldn’t af-
ford to fly me back to the States
from Paraguay three or four
times a year at $750 a flight,"
Mrs. Holcomb said.
But she has high praise for the
Peace Corps program. In As-
cension, the Peace Corps train-
ing center is in a converted
home in the middle of a housing
addition. At the center, staffed
by half a dozen Paraguayans the
volunteers were instructed in
three basic areas: (1) the Span-
ish language, (2) the customs,
culture and history of the coun-
try, and (3) education, since
Mrs. Holcomb was to have work-
ed with home economics teachers
in public schools.
When the four arrived to begin
training, five others were also in
training. But they soon com-
pleted their 12 weeks and went
S-Sgt. Henderson Graduates
From Officers School In Mo.
GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Staff
Sergeant Clarence E. Henderson
Jr., son of Mr and Mrs. C. F.
Henderson of Garber, has grad-
uated from the Air Force Com-
munications Service Noncom-
missioned Officer Leadership
School at Richards-Gebaur AFB,
Missouri.
The sergeant, who was trained
in military management and
supervi k n, is an air traffic con-
trol operator at Richards- Geb-
aur.
Sergeant Henderson is a 1964
graduate of Garber High School.
His wife, Carla, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Powell of
Garber.—(USAF HOME TOWN
NEWS CENTER)
Then she may return to college
to work on an advanced degree.
Before starting her Peace Corps
adventure. Mrs. Holcomb had
taught home economics in Gar-
ber. But now she would like to
work on the college level, teach-
ing or as a counselor.
her husband and one daughter.
Mrs. A. A. Toulouse of Bil-
lings. Mont, visited friends in
Blackwell on her Christmas va-
cation. While there she had some
friends bring her to call on Mrs.
Ida Stowers.
Precinct Meets
Republican precinct meetings
will be held throughout Oklaho-
ma on Monday, Feb. 3, at 7:30
p.m., James Hoffsommer, the
Garfield County chairman, has
announced.
“Electing our party leadership
and setting the direction of the
party for the next two years is
the primary purpose of the pre-
cinct meetings,” Hoffsommer
said. “They are open to all reg-
istered Republicans and we
strongly encourage all Republi-
cans to participate.
“We are currently working to
set locations for each precinct
meeting in the county. Any reg-
istered Republican who would
like to host a precinct meeting
in their home should contact me
immediately, so that we can fin-
alize and announce the neces-
sary details prior to Feb. 3,” he
said.
Billings-Garber
Residents
In Collison
on the county road in a 1973
Dodge pickup truck. The acci-
dent occurred as Shimanek was
attempting a left turn to travel
east on the highway. Trooper
LeValley said. Shimanek also
escaped injury.
The right front of the Shima-
nek pickup truck collided with
the left front wheel area of the
Brunken vehicle. Damage esti-
mate was $600 for Shimanek’s
Dodge and $1,200 for Brunken’s
Ford.
Two Garber children were in-
volved in a traffic accident Dec.
30 between two pickup trucks at
a county road intersection seven
miles north and 4% west of Per-
ry on new U.S. highway 64.
LeAnn Brunken, 9, Garber,
sustained a laceration on one
knee and her sister, Stephnee, 3,
was shaken . The girls were pas-
sengers in a 1964 Ford pickup
truck being driven east on high-
way 64 by their father, Linwood
Brunken, 32. Garber, who es-
caped injury.
Highway patrol trooper Fred
LeValley, stationed at Morrison,
said Curtis Shimanek, 17, route
one, Billings, was driving south
About People You Know
Those helping Mrs. Erma Sims
celebrate her 88th birthday at
her home Dec. 31 were Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Maupin, Lamar, Mo.,
Art Sims and Willa Rae Postier
of Enid and Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Postier.
After routine approval of the
Encumbrance Ledger and Fi-
nancial Report the Garber Board
of Education set January 29 at
7:00 p.m. as the date to admin-
ister the oath of office to the
newly elected member and re-
organize the board.
The board voted to accept ap-
plications for the superinten-
dent’s position vacated by Dr.
Hodges. Applications will be ac-
cepted until February 4. 1975.
Selected candidates will then be
interviewed by the Board of
Education.
Dr. Hodges reported on plan-
ned repairs at the Garber Base-
ball Park and the status of the
electrical survey-
In other matters the board re-
ceived reports from Dr. Hodges
concerning anticipated expendi-
tures for the remainder of the
fiscal year and recent court
cases in education.
The board members inspected
the newly installed lockers in
the Junior High Building.
Wolverines Split Pair of
Games With Drummond
Last Friday night the Garber
Wolverines split a pair of con-
ference games with Drummond.
The Garber girls won with the
score of 41-23. The boys game
went into overtime to break the
tie with Drummond winning. 58-
57.
The offensive statistics of the
girls game includes Lynn Pralle,
high scorer with 11 points, two
rebounds, two steals; Lu Ann
Schultz tied for high scorer with
11 points, five rebounds and
three steals; Gwen Neundorf
made eight points, one steal;
Robin Hafner, three points; Su-
san Wilson, six points; Barbara
Potter with two rebounds and
Lori Johnson with two points.
On the defensive were Paula
Schnaithman with two rebounds,
one steal; Debbie Peat, three re-
bounds, two steals; Selena Con-
nolly, five rebounds, one steal;
Debbie Sebranek. two rebounds,
one steal and Beth Bonner with
one rebound.
In the boys game Troy Dennis
was high scorer with 19 points
and had five rebounds and one
steal. Ray Fincher made 16
points with 11 rebounds. Jon
Nelson made 10 points, eight re-
bounds and three steals. Doug
Green made 10 points, two re-
bounds and Gary Gash had
chalked up two points with nine
rebounds.
Singing Convention To Be
Held Sunday In Enid Church
The Tri-County Singing Con-
vention will be held Sunday.
Jan. 12 in the Trinity United
Methodist Church, Enid
Churches in Garfield. Noble and
Logan Counties are invited to
attend and bring special num-
bers, also others who enjoy
gospel singing. The singing be-
gins at 2 p.m. and continues
until 4.
Services For Emma Schweer
Held Tuesday In Fairmont
Services for Emma C. Schweer,
84. were held Tuesday in the
Zion Lutheran Church, Fair-
mont, with Rev. Glen Niebling
of Edmond and Rev. M. G. Her-
ring of Fairmont officiating.
Burial was in Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Mrs. Schweer died Sunday
morning in an Enid nursing
home following a period of ill
health. She was born January
29, 1890 in Nebraska. She came
to Oklahoma in 1911 and settled
in the Covington community.
She moved to Enid a year ago
last May from Edmond where
she had lived with a niece, Mrs.
John Postier, for eight years. She
was a former member of the
Lutheran Church at Edmond and
had recently transferred to Zion
Lutheran Church Fairmont.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Amanda Heim. Enid and
Mrs. Marie Bartels. Storm Lake,
Iowa; and several nieces and
nephews.
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