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TOP DRUM & BUGLE CORPS AT NORMAN
Several drum and bugle corps
which were among the top groups
in last year’s Drum Corps nt.
ternational finals will be com-
peting in “Sooner Esprit de
Corps" on August 4 at 8 p.m.
at Memorial Stadium on the
campus of the University of Okla.
Corps scheduled to compete
include the Blue Devils from
Concord, Calif.; The Madison
Scouts from Madison, Wisc.; the
Cavaliers from Rosemont, Ill.;
the Troopers from Casper, Wyo.;
and Valley Fever from Modesto,
Calif.
Tickets may be ordered in
advance for $6.00. If at least
20 tickets are ordered, reserved
seats will be held. Any band stud-
ent (or parents) who are inter-
ested, see Brent Cecil at the
swimming pool or Larry
Beeby. Money needs to be coll-
ected by Wednesday, July 20.
“Let's not miss this oppor-
tunity to see and hear some out-
standing performances by some
of the nation’s top drum and
bugle corps”, Beeby said.
City Council Meets
THW YARD OF THE WEEK - Marguerite Burroughs is the
winner of the Green Spade award this week. She states, "It
has always been my belief that whereever we are, we must
make our "little corner of the world” as presentable as
possible. My love of flowers and a nice yard gives me a
great inner satisfaction. I have tried the past few years
to put out as many blooming perrenials as possible for con-
tinuous bloom and fill in vacancies with annuals such as
petunias, geraniums and coleus for breaks of bloom by
perrenials, I have pear, apple, plum and fig trees. I do not
put out too much of a vegetable garden anymore but still
cannot resist putting out a few tomatoes, peppers and cuc-
umbers. My love of outdoors can be summed up best by
a poem by an unknown author "The Kiss of the Sun for
Pardon, a touch of the Rain for Mirth, One is closer to
God in a garden, than any place else on earth’. I do not
have a hobby as such but sew, knit, embroider, paint and re-
finish furniture, etc.”
Baptist Church Plans
Back Yard Bible Clubs
The First Baptist Church will
hold Back-Yard-Bible Clubs for
children in first through sixth
grades last year. The clubs will
meet during the week of July 18-
22. There will be two separate
clubs for children to choose
from which will cover the same
material. The morning club will
meet from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
while the afternoon club will meet
from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Both
clubs will meet at 509 Seneca
(the corner of Seneca and Cher-
okee).
The clubs will consist of Bible
studies, games, refreshments,
and other activities designed just
for the kids. On Friday night,
the 22nd, there will be a special
program for all kids first thr-
ough sixth grade, which will in-
clude the movie “Becoming
God's Children". This program
wifi be held at the First Baptist
Church fellowship hall from 7:00
to 8:00 p.m.
There was some confusion and
SERVICES TODAY FOR
FORMER RESIDENT
Donald Beckner, 603 Otoe,
Perry, died Tuesday morning
five miles north and one east of
Covington. He was born June
28, 1956 in Enid to Clyde Beck-
ner and Madgalene Schultz Beck-
ner.
He came to this area in 1972
and attended Garber school from
the first to the 10th grade. He
graduated from Perry High
School in 1974. He attended South-
ern State College in Arkansas.
He married Debra Crossfield
at Lucien in 1979. He was an
electrician for Billingsley Elect-
rical Co.
Survivors are his wife and two
children, Steffanie and Greg, all
of the home; his father and step-
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Becker of Wynona, Minn.; five
brothers, Ben, Secunty, Colo.,
Robert, Oklahoma City, Clyde,
Jr., Lucien, Jim, Frazee, Minn,
and Virgil, Lucien; two sisters,
Mrs. Robert (Juanita) Hise,
Perry and Mrs. Richard (Ruth)
Greber, Perry.
Services will be held at 2 p.m.
today (Thursday) in the First
United Methodist Church, Lucien
with burial in the Polo ceme-
tery under direction of Parker
Funeral Home, Perry.
Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Society
or to the Methodist Church at
Lucien with the funeral home
as custodians of the funds.
it was thought the church would
have to cancel these clubs. How-
ever, Summer Missionaries
from toe Perry Baptist Associa-
tion will be coming to lead them.
Patty Webb is from Velma,
Okla, and Melissa Young is from
Beaver, Okla. These two young
ladies, like other Southern Bap-
tist Summer Missionaries, have
given toeir summer to working
in an area doing mission work
such as these Bible clubs.
All are welcome to attend and
a good time is planned of study
and learning about the Lord Jesus
Christ
SERVICES HELD SATURDAY
FOR CLARK DANIEL HUGHES
Graveside services for Clark
Daniel Hughes, 30, were held
Saturday morning in the Garber
cemetery with the Rev. Don Todd
officiating. Burial was under the
direction of Anderson Funeral
Home.
Clark died Wednesday after-
noon of last week. He was born
August 1, 1952 and had lived in
the Garber-Covington area most
of his life and had attended school
here. He had worked in the oil
fields.
Hughes is survived by a son,
mother and stepfather, Frank
and Dolly Powell of Garber; a
brother and three sisters, Jake
Hughes of Enid, Susie Moody of
Tulsa, Emma Cato, Tahlequah,
and Janie Parks, Enid; four step-
brothers and a stepsister. How.
ard Powell, Billings, Keith Pow-
ell, Woodward, David Powell of
Great Bend, Kan., Richard Pow-
ell of Rhode Island and Terry
Collins, Topeka, Kan.
4-H NEWS
Money for 4-H camp is due this
Friday, July 15 in the 4-H office.
The two year old constantly
315 E. Oxford, Enid. $25. will wants to help, a sure signal of
help you spend four days at
Camp Wentz the first week in
August.
The Garber FFA Chapter will
meet Monday, July 18 at7:30 p.m.
to make final plans for the annual
FFA summer trip. Those who are
in FFA or those who will be
freshmen and are enrolled in
Vo-Ag next year are asked to
attend.
The date set for the trip is
July 26, 27, 28, 29. If you are
planning on going and cannot
attend this meeting, you should
contact Elmo Castle or Curt
Roggow.
The Garber City Council met
July 11 in a regular session. The
meeting was opened with prayer
by Lynn Nikkel, pastor of the
First Baptist Church.
During the public forum Keith
Noteware, owner of the Garber
Package Store, asked for a clari-
fication of the matter of the
Occupational Tax imposed by the
City of Garber on establishments
selling beer and alcoholic bev-
erages.
The Occupational Tax hadbeen
$10.00 for all stores selling beer
and alcolohic beverages for sev-
eral years. Councilman Todd
read a long list of selections from
the City Code and toe State Statues
pertaining to licensing of such
establishments. Todd said that
the City Code provides for a fee
of $200 from a package store,
$20 from a place which sells
beer on premises cosumption
and $10 from a store which sells
beer for consumption off prem-
ises.
Mayor Frank Neal asked CR
Manager Don Morrison to contact
the city’s attorney for a legal
opinion of this matter. Todd in-
sisted that no legal opinion was
needed. After a lengthy discuss-
ion, the matter was tabled until
the next meeting.
Don Morrison discussed the
Revenue Sharing budget He said
that with the revenue sharing
money on hand and what will be
received by October, the city
should have approximately $12,-
745 in Revenue Sharing money.
“Of course these figures can
change,” Morrison said, "and
remember, just because you have
this money to budget, you don’t
have to spend it”
Chief of Police Charles Con.
nor reported that Garber has no
ordinance regulating the use of
fireworks in the city limits and
suggested that the council look
at this problem before the next
4th of July. He also reported that
he has consulted the State Fire
inspector and the Jails inspec-
tor about the possibility of up-
grading the Garber jail for a
12-hour holding facility. He
stated it would cost approxi-
mately $1,000 to do the upgrad-
ing. Conner asked the council
to approve two new reserve off-
icers he had appointed. They are
Greg Parks and Timothy E.
Hale, both of Enid. He also said
that Charles Meier and Gary
Wehrenberg are still reserve
officers.
GROWING CHILD
LIVING WITH A TWO-YEAR OLD
The legendary “terrible twos”
need not be such a terrible time
if parents know how to deal with
a child this age.
A major cuase of contrari-
ness is rapid maturation,
according to Growing Child, the
monthly child development news,
letter.
Unfortunately, everything about
a child is not advancing at the
same level. Sometimes he acts
like a young toddler, other times
he's a two-year-old. But al-
ways he reacts with his whole
self - a combination of muscle,
mind and emotion.
Contrariness takes a variety
of forms from fretfulness to
full-blown temper tantrums.
Here are some of the conditions
which provoke negative behav-
ior and ways to reduce or elim-
inate it.
extra mess and more clean-ups.
In spite of how you may feel,
it helps to accept his offer and
exploit it
Assign him simple tasks that
he can do with you. If he wants
to dust, give him his own dust-
ing mitt This practice is train-
ing for the future when he will
enjoy bigger responsibilities
such as setting the table and
putting objects away.
Many parents complain and
wonder why their children don’t
pick up after themselves. The
lack of early experiences like
helping in the home may be an
answer.
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In other police business, Ron
Luper was approved as a reg-
ular police officer and the coun-
cil voted to pay Mrs. Conner
and Mrs. Luper, wives of the
police officers, $200 a month
each to be night dispatchers,
provided the city attorney sees
no conflict of interest
Brent Cecil, manager of the
swimming pool, asked to coun-
cil to have a pay telephone in-
stalled at the pool. He stated
that this would free toe city hall
phone from use of patrons at the
pool, also the phone would always
be available in case of an emer-
gency at the pooL This would be
a pay phone, but local calls would
be free. The council voted to have
this done. The phone would be
disconnected during the season
when the pool is closed.
Two building permits were
approved. Mike Peat to build a
new home at 221 W. Ponca and
Gerald Smith to build anew home
at 520 Cheyenne. These were app-
roved with changes to comply
with the spacing guidelines of
the building code.
In other business the council
approved a Revenue Sharing pro-
posed use hearing for July 25
and a later budget hearing. They
also approved toe county’s assis-
tance with street repair and
drainage and agreed to take bids
on cleaning out drainage ditches
and culverts and dig some of the
drainage.
Mayor Frank Neal proposed a
salary of $1,600 per month for
Chief of Police Conner and a
salary of $1,275 for officer
Luper. The council approved
a slary of of $1,500 for Conner
and $1,250 for Luper.
Council members voted to re-
quire written resignations from
employees leaving toe city and
to provide each employee with a
written job description upon his
employment They also app-
roved the Personnel Policy and
the Police Policy and Procedure
manual.
Councilman Ron Cooper was
elected president of toe council.
An ordinance was passed to
comply with the new state law
requiring the driver of any
vehicle to carry in the vehicle
a Liability Verification form.
ROTARY NEWS
July 7,1983
All members were present
except Paul Southwick and Omer
Reim, Alice was absent-no music
Rex had his son-in-law from Lub-
bock, Texas as his guest He
reports it is this hot in the
Texas Panhandle.
President Ray Walls just re-
turned from California and re-
ports the Marines have things
in control They had a fine trip
and visit with son, Dusty. Ray
seemed to be foil of the Rotary
spirit and ready to make this a
good Rotary year.
He says this Club needs act-
ive projects and an increase in
membership. He suggests addi-
tional clean up campaigns such
as the one held recently by the
Chamber of Commerce headed
up by Mona Long with prizes
or premiums to the business
and family homes which show the
most improvement in appear-
ance in the next few months. Not
necessarily how nice and new
but how much improvement and
not judged by the Club but by a
special committee.
He called for suggestions from
other members for projects for
the betterment of this commun-
ity and objectives for action and
raising of funds. Club memb.
ers suggested special games,
contests, fireside meetings of
members and their wives, more
ladies night meetings and mem-
bership drives.
It was a good meeting. LET’S
GO AHEAD!
Ona’s steak under Spanish
sauce, mashed potatoes and
gravy, green beans, jello salad,
hot rolls, cake and iced tea was
up to par.
QUESTION: Who will be the
first one or two to do a project
or enlist a new member?
Cecil Eby, Reporter I
RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP -
Tabby Anoatubby has been noti- Aesamii, FeE eg.
fled that she has received a $500 Moo-mEY GOU
scholarship from the Oklahoma. . __ -
Eastern Star. Tabby served the Care Hare K read
State of Oklahoma for Rainbow •% to FUGo EUE wodsese
as Grand Soloist the past year. Hey Kids! Starting July 18
She finished her Grand Appoint- through July 21 a Kid’s Kru-
ment in June, 1983. Tabby is sade will be held at toe Assembly
enrolling at Oklahoma Christian of God Church. Starting time
College at Oklahoma City. She is 9 a.m. and will be dismissed
will be attending the O.E.S. at 12 noon. "Come join us for
Grand Chapter in October to lots of fun? state the leaders,
officially be recognized as a Wednesday there will be an
recipient of toe scholarship along eight foot banana split to be
with the other girls who have re- shared by everyone!
“Flash” toe clown will be
celved scholarships.
SPECIAL EVENTS
PLANNED AT
GARBER POOL
The Swim for Heart event has
been changed to Saturday, July
16. Any person interested in
having fun and winning prizes
while raising money for the
American Heart Association
should sign up now. This event
is for all ages and will be
great to your own health.
The Garber Swimming Pool
is 60 years old! A birthday
party is tentively set for Sun.,
July 24. Several ideas are being
formed and planned now, if any-
one has suggestions for the cele-
bration,information on the pool’s
history, or want to help in or-
ganizing, all will be greatly
appreciated. Please contact
manager Brent Cecil at the pool
or call 863-2905,
The slide is in but we still
need money.
by Brent Cecil, Mgr.
BLOOD DONORS
ARE NEEDED
IN SUMMER
Summer is a time when blood
donations frequently dwindle to
dangerously low levels. Many
Oklahomans take vacations and
travel out of state during the
summer months and find them-
selves with less time to donate
badly needed blood. At the same
time, daily blood requirements
may actually increase due to
summertime accidents. This
combination of low summer dona-
tions and heavy daily needs pro-
duces a tremendous burden on
Oklahoma’s blood supply.
to an effort to keep summer
blood supplies at safe levels,
the Okla. State Dept, of Health
is encouraging Oklahoma citi-
zens to donate blood this sum-
mer at their local blood center
or mobile blood unit. Type 0
blood, the most common blood
and therefore is often needed the
most Unfortunately, since 0
blood is found more in the pop-
ulation than other types, people
with 0 blood often feel that they
do not need to donate on a regular
basis.
State Health Commissioner Joan
K. Leavitt, M.D., explains, “It
isn’t unusual for people with less
common blood types to donate
regularly while people with 0
type blood receive more trans-
fusions. Oklahomans with type
0 blood are very special indi-
viduals and are essential for
maintaining safe levels of life-
giving blood.”
However, all blood types are
always needed everyday, she
said, especially during the sum-
mer months. So before going on
vacation, Oklahomans should
take a trip to toeir local blood
center or mobile blood unit.
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
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15 & Under Win
Rural Town Tournament
The Garber 15 andUnder Base,
ball Team captured the champ-
ionship of toe Rural Town Base-
ball Tournament held last week
at Wakita.
In the first game of the
tournament the local boys de-
feated Medford by a score of
26-5. to the second game the
team defeated Covington-Doug-
las 13-3. to the championship
game the Garber boys scored
a 12-7 victory over Medford.
The team finished the season
with a record of 16 wins and six
losses.
JCettes News
The Garber JCettes are very
excited about the plans that they
are making with toeir new Pres-
ident, Linda King, for the 1983.
84 year. To start the year off.
we will be having a swim party
at toe president’s home on July 21
As all of the Garber Com-
munity knows, toe main purpose
of JCettes is to help make our
community a better place for our
children to grow up in. We are
very proud of the many things
that we have worked on in our
community in the past and we
plan to continue doing the work
for our community.
If there are any young women
between the ages of 18 and 36,
who would like to join us in
doing these many projects for
our Community, please feel free
to give any of us a caU. During
the summer we are only meeting
once a month, but during toe
school year we meet on the 1st
and 3rd Thursday of each monto.
We would love to have as many
of the young women in our com-
munity to join in with us, ft
isn’t always only work, we do have
fun at every one of our meetings.
A little bit of past news and
future news about the Garber JC-
ette members: Karyn Brunken
and her family have justreturned
from attending National Jay-
ceette Convention in Hartford,
Conn., where many changes in
our organization took place.
Every minute spent there was
exciting and enjoyed by all. The
Garber JCettes are planning to
attend Summer Board Meeting at
Elk City in August and this should
be very exciting also, because of
the many things that will be hap-
pening there.
The Garber JCettes invite you
to become a part of toe comm-
unity in which we live. And let’s
all strive to make it better for
our young people growing up
here.
Reporter: Karyn Brunken
ATTEND WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs, fra Simmering
and Mr. and Mrs. David (Joyce)
Von Dielingen and family of
Jackson Mich, attended the wed-
ding of Michael Simmering to
Susan Smith on July 4 at Our
Savior Lutheran Church Dallas,
Mike’s daughter Amy was
a flower girl and Susan’s girl
Tisha was also a flower girl.
Tina, also a daughter of the
bride,was a candlelighter.
Mrs. Ray (Lynda) McDoniel
of Ft Worth played the organ
and sang. Ray was a groomsman.
The father of the bridegroom,
fra Simmering, was toe best man.
Joyce and David Von Dielingen
and family left last Monday after
a visit here. Mike andhis family
spent three days with hisparents
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Simmer,
ing plan to move to Garber in
August and will be living south
of Garber.
there every day with some,
thing special and Sylvester the
Cat will share also.
For those who attend all
three days there will be a trip
to Frontier City on Thursday.
Children six and under must
have their parents with them on
the trip.
Team members were Mickle
Schovanec, Tony Edwards, Sam
Simic, Marty Meyer, Scott Todd,
Todd Malaska, Jay Betchan,
Travis Levings, Jake Jennings,
Craig Cunningham, Roger Todd
and Troy Hood.
Warren Dell was the coach of
the team with help from Fred
Levings and Adrian Meyer.
JOHN E. HALL RITES
HELD HERE FRIDAY
Services for John E. Hall, 58,
who died suddenly Tuesday eve-
ning in his home, were held
Friday in the Assembly of God
- Church with the Rev. Gene Ano.
atubby officiating. Burial was
in the Paradise Cemetery at
Breckinridge under the direct-
ion of Anderson Funeral Home.
Hall was born June 25, 1925,
at Davenport, the son of Tom
and Belle Hall. He attended Still-
water and Oklahoma City schools,
then joined the U. S. Navy Sea-
bees. He later joined the U. S.
Army and served 22 years before
retiring in 1964.
Hall was a veteran of World
War II and the Korean War. After
his discharge, he lived at Law.
ton until moving to Tonkawa in
1967 to attend welding school.
He worked for Wetmore Mfg. until
1969 when he moved to Garber
and worked for B&B Supply .
Hall is survived by his wife,
Ola Mae "Tommie’’ Hall of the
home; five daughters, Quanah
Hall and Cheryn Bickle, Garber,
Maudie B. Chartier and Terry
Lynn Hall, Enid, Audrey Kinsey
Clinton; four sons, Marion B.,
Woodwoard, John E., Jr. and
Jacob, both of Enid, Eddie James
of Garber; a stepson, James E.
Burrow; 27 grandchildren anda
sister, Grace Maness, Law!ni
Memorials may be made to
the Garber Assembly of God
Church Building Fund.
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce will
meet Tuesday July 19 at 7:30
in the school library.
All interested persons are
invited to attend.
Trout, largemouth
stocked in state
OKC--Two strains of
largemouth bass plus rain-
bow trout and striped bass
hybrids were stocked June
2-24 in public waters ac-
cording to the Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife
Conservation.
Fisheries Division stocked
87.227 Florida largemouth
fingerlings at Grand Lake.
Other lakes receiving Flor-
ida largemouths and num-
bers at each were Atoka
(3,100). Jap Reaver (2.795).
and Hall (2.150).
Northern largemouth
fingerlings werestocked in
J. A. Lowe in Washington
County (250). Sahoma in
Creek County (26,300).
Waurika in Stephens Coun-
ty (53.200), Newt Graham
(10.000) and Chouteau
(11.900) in Wagoner County.
Atoka County Lake(59,20N
and Eufaula (30,000).
Lake Overholser in Ok-
lahoma City was stocked
with 110,200 striped bass
hybrid fry.
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