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84th Year (USPS 213-540)
No. 16 Thursday, Feb. 14,1985
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MEET AN EMI
B. J. Logsden, EMT. He is married and has two sons. Employed
at ARCO Production, he has lived in Garber two years. He is an
auxiliary policeman and a volunteer fireman. He is also a certified
respiratory therapist.
The ambulance number is 1-800-522-1494
ROTARY HEARS ABOUT FFA WEEK
Condition Of Street New Water Supt.
Discussed At City Council Meeting
Feb. 7,1985
Still meeting in the Methodist
Church basement and comfort-
able. All members present ex-
cept Don Anderson and Kurt
Grieshober. Edwin and Ron
were a little tardy. - Excused.
We sang the National Anthem.
Invocation by Frank Neal. Fall
in for beef patties in gravy,
golden corn,mashed potatoes,
and gravy, orange Jello salad,
iced tea and cake - slicked up.
Secretary’s report by Rex.
Guests were Elmo Castle, Cur-
tis Roggow and Tony Kroll, re-
presenting the FFA to present
the program with Frank Neal
in charge. Frank introduced
Curt Roggow, president of the
Garber FFA chapter and Tony
Kroll, chairman of the Safety
Committee.
Curtis spoke first and ex-
plainedivery thoroughly the ob-
jects and workings of the Future
Farmers - what they must be-
lieve in, what rules to execute,
the records they must keep and
all accomplishments and tro-
phies. won. Curt displayed a
beautiful album of his activities
* and prizes received during bis •
three years of FFA work, with
photos of his different animals
cared for and sold. Each FFA
member has to start withacer-
tain amount of cash and strive
to increase that amount to twice
the value in his three year
: EASTERN STAR
Several members of Garber
. Chapter No. 87, Order of
3 Eastern Star, twill assist in
' hosting of Worthy Grand Matron
Myra Lyle and Worthy Grand
Patron Joe Blair at an Official 4
Visit held in Hennessey Tues.,
Feb. 12. Dinner is at 6:30
p.m. and meeting at 7:30. A
reception will follow.
XYZ MENUS
100
iked
Had,
BBO Bee - Ob-nt
Bears, cureot WIalsin.
Pears, Milk. ’ ‘
‘ TUESDAY, FEB. 19
Ham, Catsup, Great North-
ern Beans, Pickled Beets, Corn-
bread, Butter, Apple Crisp,
Orange Juice, Milk.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20
Oven Fried Chicken, Mashed
potatoes, Gravy, Buttered Peas
Carrot Sticks, Hot Roll,Butter,
□terry Cobbler, Milk.
THURSDAY, FEB. 21
Beef Stew Meat w Vegetables
trawberry Fruit Jello, Whole
Theat Bread, Butter, Peanut
utter Cookies, Milk.
FRIDAY, FEB. 22
Dinner Links, Sauerkraut,
uttered Mixed Vegetables,
ean Soup, Hot Rolls, Butter,
ineapple Upside Down Cake,
ilk
Coffee op aged Tea Daily.
term and keep neat and accurate
record of his earnings. Parents
may assist. Curt has good par-
ents for that, especially his
mother. A good report and well
received.
Tony then gave us his report
as Chairman of the FFA Safety
Committee and this chapter’s
application to the National FFA
awards commitee for the Nat-
ional Award. The Garber Chap-
ter has been a contender in
most every FFA national
contests and has been very
successful since 1933 under
FFA advisor Benton Thomason,
who, as reported, brought home
everything but the building.
A very goodprogram. Thanks
Frank, Elmo, Curt and Tony.
Next week Ed Long has Valen-
tine’s Day program.
Cecil Eby, Reporter
OCU METHODIST
YOUTH DAY
IS SATURDAY
OKLA. CITY - Young people
from all over Oklahoma will
converge upon Oklahoma City
University on Sat., Feb. 16, to
participate, in the annual OCU
Methodist Youth Day. A day of
entertainment, getting acquain-
ted and learning about OCU is
planned for the youth, who will
attend with their church spon-
sors.
The day will begin with an
organ recital followed by a de-
votion service. The students
will then be treated to a comp-
limentary luncheon, with ent-
ertainment. After touring the
campus, they will attend a con-
cert featuring the OCU Ameri-
can Spirit Dance Company and
the Surrey Singers.
That evening the young people
will have the option ofattending
either the OCU men’s and wo-
men’s basketball games at the
Myriad or seeing the Puccini
opera "Madame Butterfly,”
presented by the OCU School
of Music and Performing Arts.
Plan to attend the Chuck
Wagon dinner Sat., Feb. 23 at
the school cafeteria.
CODY MICHAEL FIRST CHILD
FOR THE MIKE PEACOCKS
Pam and Mike Peacock of
Covington announce the birth
of their firstborn, Cody Michael.
He was born Feb. 11 in St.
Mary's Hospital and weighed
eight pounds, 1312 ounces. He
was 22 inches long.
Cody's maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Elliot
of Chickasha and his paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Peacock of Garber.
Great-grandparents are Mrs.
Bill True of Alex, Okla, and
Charlie Peacock of Phoenix,
Arizona.
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INTERVIEWED - Three Garber High School Students were
interviewed by "Up With People” representatives for possible
participation in the program. The "Up With People” cast
presented a two-hour show Monday in Enid. Shown being inter-
viewed are Kevin Shrader of Billings, Mont., Tony Kroll, Lisa
Pralle, Matt Landes and Hank Lloyd from Arizona. A more
detailed article will appear next week. Kevin and Hank spent
Sunday night through Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Tip
Car roll.
Tony Kroll Outstanding
At NW Honor Band
Many area students partici-
pated in the Northwest Honor
Band and Clinic held Feb. 8
and 9 at Phillips University
in Enid. The students played
in one of the three bands which
were composed of 120 members
or more.
Tony Kroll was named Out-
standing Student out of the 145
members andreceivedaplaque.
Those from Garber were
Amanda Cary, Clarinet I; Matt
Landes, Clarinet II; Tony Kroll,
Saxophone; Scott Burrow, Sax-
ophone; Robert Hogan, Tenor
Sax and Wendy Heiberg, French
Horn.
In the junior high Garberi
students were Jon Carey, Alto
Sax; Tom Miller, Tuba; Angie
Hall, Misty Sumner and John
Hall and Misty Sumner, Clar-
inets; John Jennings, Bass
Clarinet; Kristi Landes, Trum-
pet; Jeff Robinson, Trombone;
TUESDAY NOON is the dead-
line for the news and advertis-
ing for Garber Free Press
"MY GARDEN" VIRGIL MAHAFFEY
My wife and 1 live on a
160 acre farm, one mile east of
Enid, OK, city limits. I am re-
tired and my bobby is fishing in
my two lakes and gardening.
In 1984 we picked 446 pints of
strawberries. Varieties were
Cardinals, Honey Red, Blake-
more, which grew on a bed 25
feet by 15 feet. Cardinals out-
produced the others but the
Blakemores had the best flavor.
The old bed was tilled up in
October and a new bed set out
with approximately 350 new
plants. The plants were watered
every week after loads of com-
post were worked into the ground
and light mulch scattered
around the plants. New growth
started before the first frost.
Orchard consists of apples,
peas, peaches, apricots, cher-
ries, persimmons, dewberries
and pecans. We have new vari-
ties of both fruit and berries
and some semi-dwarf trees.
Tomatoes were the best pro-
ducer of all of the garden and
Bonus was our preference. We
picked tomatoes until November
and made juice with a Squeeze
Juicer. We had five varieties
of cucumbers. We like Burpee’s
Pickier and Park’s Burpless
best, with County Fair next.
We give away our overflow and
sell some of all the garden and
fruit. Our snap bean crop was
a failure due to bad weather
conditions. Clemson Spineless
okra was our choice and we
raised red okra for variety.
We freeze and pressure-can
our fruit and vegetables for our
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The students spent Friday
learning new techniques and
improving their current tech-
niques. The groups gave a con-
cert Saturday afternoon at 3.
Each of the three bands per-
formed several numbers.
The guest conductor and
clinician for the groups was
Kenneth Bloomquist, chairman
of the School of Music at Mich-
igan State University in East
Lansing. From 1970-1978 he
was the director of Bands at
MSU and prior to that time
served as the director of bands
and trumpet professor at the
University of Kansas. He holds
two degrees from the Univer-
sity of Illinois in Music Educa-
tion and in 1966 was named an
Outstanding from that institu-
tion.
He is active in professional
music groups and from 1980-
82 was national president of
the National Bands Associa-
tion. He has had several art-
icles published in music per-
iodicals such as The Instru-
mentalist, The School Musician
and the Music Educators
Journal.
use and also enter both fresh
fruit, vegetables, frosh and can-
ned and flowers in the Garfield
County Fair and have won many
ribbons.
The cold weather killed many
of our shrubs, roses and per-
ennials which we have replaced.
The weather did not affect
the population of insects, and
while we do organic gardening
as much as possible we find
it necessary to use some
insecticides and commercial
fertilizer. I keep a compost
pile, using all peelings and
vegetation and waste material
with the exception of any fatty
material.
We both belong to Garden Clubs
and are active and hold respon-
sible duties. We toured Europe
in 1984 and enjoyed the diff-
erence in their field crops,
gardens, flowers, greenhouses
and vineyards.
By Mrs. Virgil Mahaffey
Harmony Club
We all, like sheep, have gone
astray, each of us has turned
to his own way; and the Lord
has laid on him the iniquity of
us all.
Isaiah 53:6
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE SOClETY
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The discussion of street re-
pair and hiring a new water
superintendent were theimain
items at the City Council meet-
ing Feb. 4. All members were
A present with the exception of
Myron King. Several towns-
people attended. Mayor Frank
Neal opened the meeting tonew
business and public forum.
During the executive session
and after looking over applica-
tions, Jim Whitehead was hired
as the new water superintend-
ent. He is also the animal
control officer.
, to finish Central area which
Neal said that Dennis had * is Main Street west to the high-
approached him and then asked %
if he could approach the coun-
cil. Neal said he took it that
J. R. was just trying to clear
up some figures in his own
mind.
J. R.tDennis opened the meet-
ing and stated that he was not
accusing anyone of anything,
he just wanted some answers,
in reference to the streets. His
first question was about the 32
tons of rock at the cost of
$1,600.00 put on Choctaw St.,
between Ray's Easy Shop and
the Car Wash. He said he had
been down that street and could
not see 32 tons of rock, also that
he talked to Don Kroll (who
was hired to repair the streets)
and was told the rock had been
put down and it disappeared.
Then he went back and put on
more rock. He asked if anyone
could give him some answers.
The mayor had wanted a
"V” ditch but that was thrown
out by the Council and the
people. Todd said a "belly
ditch” would expose the utility
lines. Neal stated that other
towns were ditching the same
and had good results.
National FFA Week
To Be Celebrated
Over 17,000 Future Farmers
of America members across
Oklahoma will join one half-
million other FFA members
across the country Feb. 16-23
in celebrating National FFA
Week.
The FFA is a nationwide
organization of high school
students enrolled in vocational
agriculture, who are preparing
for careers in agriculture.
Future Farmer members in
Oklahoma’s 372 local FFA
chapters will be promoting their
youth organization and planning
activities around this year’s
theme: "Keep Agriculture No.
1 - Support FFA and Vocational
Agriculture.”
Oklahoma chapters’ activities
include presenting radio and
television programs, attending
church as groups, presenting
high school assemblies, and
conducting safety activities, as
well as a host of other special
events.
The National FFA Week em-
phasis this year is to inform
people about the importance of
FFA and agriculture’ since the
production of food and fiber is
so necessary to our survival,
health and even happiness. As
the major supplier of jobs in
this country and as the major
exporter of products, agricul-
“Focus On The Family" *
To Be Shown Sunday
The second film of the series
"Focus on the Family” will be
shown at the school cafeteria
Sunday night beginning at7p.m.
This series of films is spon-
sored by the Garber Minist-
erial Alliance with the cooper-
ation of all the churches in
Garber financing the series.
The nursery Sunday night
will be at the Methodist Church.
"Shaping the Will Without
Breaking the Spirit" is the '
second one in the series.
Other films include "Christ-
ian Fathering”; Preparing for
Adolescence :The Origins of Self
Doubt"; "Preparing tor Adoles-
cence: Peer Pressure and Sex-
uality”; "What Wives Wish
Their Husbands Knew About
Women: The Lonely Housewife"
"What Wives Wish Their Hus-
bands Knew About Women:
Money, Sex, Children".
Dr. James Dobson is feat-
ured in these films offering
sound Biblical advice that has
proven to be a help to many
people. He is considered to be
fv* % *
Dennis said he was getting
involved because he thought he
should. That be had voted for
them and was not going tocome
in or call up everytime some-
thing took place, because he felt
they could do the job.
Dennis repeated that he was
not accusing anyone of anything
but wanted to know bow much
more it would cost to repair
the streets and # we can afford
it. He also asked if the city was
going to run out of money. Neal’s
answer was in the affirmative..
But he said they bad the money
way. Then Dennis asked Kroll
if the city runs out of money,
if he would continue to work on
the streets. Kroll said that was
illegal. %
“What are we going to do
about our streets while the city
is getting more money?” was
asked. Southwick's answer was
"pay as we go”. Told told him
that was the decision that was
made a long time ago. "We
cannot operate on money we
don’t have.”
Neal stated that by June or
July we should have $40,000
and this summer we shouldhave
all the drainage on the prop-
erty area completed from Main
Street west. "Then we can start
surfacing that area and finish
by 1987”, He said the new
addition has good drainage and
all that has to be done there
is rip up the streets there
and resurface.
He also asked if anyone knew
how much had been spent on the
streets? “For eight blocks,
Garton did it cost $7,500 and
for the eight blocks by Kroll,
it cost $7,500. That is $15,000
and the streets are still bad”.
ture occupies aposition of great
responsibility.
The FFA was established in
1928, and it promotes leader-
ship, cooperation, and citizen-
ship among high school stud-
ents. Vocational agriculture ed-
ucation in high school prepares
students for a wide variety of
agricultural careers. This in- the services ofCovington, so the
eludes j obs in agr ibus ines s as %i money Ms H otson was being paid
will be used for Culp’s raise.
well as jobs in production agri-
culture, and community leader-
ship positions. Today, one fartr.
family provides food for 78
other people.
Oklahoma’s FFA is recogni-
zed as the national’s leader in
national competition. 1984 was
another banner year for the
state, as proved at November’s
National FFA Convention, in
Kansas City. At the conven-
tion, 28 Oklahoma FFA mem-
bers were awarded the Ameri-:
can Farmer degree, the highest
degree available in the organi-
zation. Included was the Stir,
Agribusinessman of America."
National FFA Week coin-
cides with the date of George
Washington’s birthday. Wash-
ington was recognized as a
master farmer on his Virginia
plantation, and the National FFA
Center in Alexandria stands on
! land that was formerly part of
his estate.
the leading Christian author-
ity on the family in America.
This film series has been the
winner of the Best Film Series
Award from the Christian Film
Distributors Association.
This series is for all fam-
ilies and everyone in the area
is invited to attend.
ATTENTION MOBILE HOME
OWNERS 1
According to Joe Forbes,
Garfield County Assessor,
Mobile Home Owners areurged
to assess their Mobile Homes
with the County Assessor’s
office.
Registration and title are
needed to complete the assess-
ment, and must be completed
before March 15 to avoid a pen-
alty. Mall in assessments are
running behind the previous
year, and Home Owners, Rent
ers and Apartment dwellers
are requested to mail in their
Personal Property Assessment
or stop by the office for assist-
ance. spot
Dennis commented.
Kroll stated he had put four
bob tail truck loads of rock on
% this half block, then J. R. told
him a car had gotten stuck so
he put on another load.
’ Dennis said he was trying to
figure out if it was going to
cost $1,600.00 for a half block
on all our streets. With 32
tons of rock, that is going to
Stake 64 tons before we even get
anything done to our streets.
Dennis asked the council mem-
bers to look at the pictures
he had taken. Councilman South-
wick said if he was talking
about that particular area, his
knowledge was that it was a
burger to stant with and noth-
ing would be proved until the
city gets the water draining
from it. Todd said the Council
lhad authorized $5,000 for that
project because that one block ,
was so bad.
Dennis said he had been asked
about the streets and that was
why he was asking the Council
as a whole.
"We’ve got 16 blocks for
$15,000.00. Actually we got
those extra blocks that cost
extra money'. How come the 12
blocks cost more than the 16
4
blocks to start with? Were
they rougher to do?" was
asked by Dennis.
Kron stated they did eight
blocks. Then Dennis asked if
Garton did eight blocks? “No,
it was more like six blocks”,
the Councilmen stated.
Kroll's answer to the ques-
tion about why he didn’t finish
one block before starting on
another was that they had to
wait on the residents to buy
their whistles and they had to
cut out concrete, then they had
to wait and were then shut down
because the had back to back
contracts.
"After the ditches are all
dug, will we have better streets
and drainage?" was asked by
Dennis. Kroll said it showed
it would drain, it drains to the
south and west. The high point
in town drains towards Beebys’
and in front of Fred Smiths.
Chief of Police Blake Culp
has completed bis probation
period and Mayor Neal recom-
.mended they retain him and
also to give him a raise of
$150. As of the first of the
month Garber no longer uses
Motion made by Southwick, see
conded by Todd, carried.
The mayor said Judy Culp*
and Joye Dennis had been doing
this work voluntarily.
Discussion was held on the
Boy Scouts using the basement ‘
for their meetings. Council
members agreed to this after
looking into their insurance cov-
erage. 1 1
Chief Culp made * report and
said things were going well.
Concerning the tickets the pol-
icemen issued last month, all
but seven were out of townerS.
i
He said the school flashing
lights are here and all that is %
needed is a couple of nice days
so they can get the ground
I dug for the posts.
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CITY MANAGERS.
ATTEND CONF.
IN STILLWATER
1 Circuit Rider city Managers
Don Morrison and Doug Bishop
of the NODA staff, recently
attended the 29th Annual Win-
‘ tex Conference for Professional €
City Administrators" in Still-
water. Morrison and Bishop
represent NODA towns dr
Aline, Billings, Garba, Cleo
Springs, Covington, Drummond,
Goltry, Helena, Hillsdale, Krem.
lin, Longdale, Meno and Ring,
wood. The purpose of the conf-
erence is to keep city admin-
istrators informed on recent
changes in state laws and fed-
eral policies. The curriculum
for the conference is designed
to allow participants to incr-
ease their professional know-
ledge as well as their personal
growth.
Morrison and Bishop joined
over 80 city managers and ad-
ministrators from around the
state to discuss the following
important issues: legislative
lobbying by city managers,gov.
erning board relations, safety
planning and programming,
changes in codes and zoning
regulations for manufactured
housing, state financial assis-
tance for water, and emerg-
encyresponse planning.
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