The Osage Journal-News (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 69, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1978 Page: 1 of 4
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Medical records are stacked nearly to the ceiling at the Pawhuska hospital. Irene
Renfroe (left) is head of the medical records department at the hospital and is
assisted by Faye Ferguson who transcribes the thousands of words of medical in-
formation that flow into the department each week. The hospital medical records
section maintains records on patients dating back to the old hospital's operation when
the hospital was located in it's old building on Lynn Avenue. (J-C Photo).
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Brief
BLUESTEM SQUARES--The Bluestem
Squares will be having a Christmas
Party for members only at 7 p.m.,
Saturday, Dec. 16, at the home of
Dorsey McCartney, 315 E. 14th. Guests
are invited to the square dance at the
Women’s building at the fairgrounds at
8 p.m. Saturday
CHRISTMAS PLANS - -Going
somewhere over the Christmas
holidays or planning to have a big
family dinner at your home? Send your
Christmas plans to the J-C so we can
include them in our special Christmas
section, Sunday, Dec. 24.
SANTA LETTERS - -Persons close to the
source report that Santa Claus reads
the J-C regularly. To be sure he sees
your Christmas wish letter, send it to
the J-C and we’ll publish it.
Chamber plans
Appeal issued
to vandals
City Manager Morgan Hays made an
appeal Monday to youngsters who have
been damaging Christmas decorations.
Hays said the Christmas Tree at the
north end of the Triangle Building
sustained considerable damage when
someone, apparantly going by in a car,
grabbed a string of lights, ripped them
from the tree, damaging the lights,
breaking bulbs and damaging the tree.
“The decorations are for the en-
joyment of everyone and we hate to see
them damaged or destroyed by vandals,"
Hays said.
“We didn’t have a tree set in the street
last year, due to the paving program.
This year we drilled the street to set the
tree, and then some thoughtless people
damaged it. It is too bad that they can’t
consider others before they damage the
decorations. Everyone enjoys them, it is
a shame to rip them down,” he said.
The tree at the Triangle Building this
year was donated to the city by Benny
Smith who allowed city crews to cut the
tree from his yard and erect it at the
Triangle building, Hays said.
City crews Monday were repairing
the damage to the lights.
Jan. banquet
The Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce
has finalized its plans for its Jan 25 in-
stallation banquet.
Tickets will be going on sale soon for
the banquet. Price of the tickets has not
yet been determined, according to
chamber officials.
In other business at their Wednesday
morning meeting, the chamber elected
Betty Reber as second vice-president.
The group also descussed heating
problems in the chamber office.
‘Messiah’
presented
Sunday
Selections from Handel’s "Messiah”
will be presented by members of six
Pawhuska church choirs Sunday af-
ternoon at3 p.m. at the Christian Church.
Russell Webster, choir director at the
church and Glenn Hale, vocal music
instructor at the high school, will direct
the choir.
Practices began in late November and
the group has been practicing each
Sunday for the event. It will be a com-
munity service presentation and no
admission or collection will be asked at
the concert.
Choir members from the First
Presbyterian, St. Thomas Episcopal,
First Christian, First United Methodist,
Church of Christ and the Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church will be
singing in the program.
Soloists scheduled during the program
will include Mrs. Carolyn Baldwin, Mrs.
Linda Hale and Mrs. Carolyn Erwin.
Accompanying the choir on the piano will
be Barbara Websterof the Pawhuska
School’s vocal music department. Mrs.
Brush of Bartlesville will provide organ
accompanyment for the concert.
The program is planned as a special
Christmas season presentation. It will be
open to the public and an invitation has
been extended to the gneeral public to
attend the concert.
Rabid skunk
killed here
Another Rabid Skunk has been verified
in Pawhuska. This one was attacking a
family dog. The dog, which had not been
vaccinated, will either have to be im-
pounded for six months or will have to be
destroyed, Police officers said.
The agressive skunk was captured and
killed by city control officers and the
head shipped to the University of
Oklahoma for tests to verify a suspected
rabies case. The test cam back
positive,-the skunk had the disease
The incident occured just south of main
street. It is the second verified rabid
skunk reported in the past few months.
Another animal's head was sent for
tests Wednesday. Officer', when
suspected rabid animals are killed, send
the heads into verify the fact if the
animal was diseased or not.
“We urge Pawhuskans to keep their
dogs tied up and in their yards. The fact
that rabies has been verified is a par-
ticular caution,” Rudy Woodard of the
department stressed
“Also people are reminded that dogs
must be vaccinated each year for rabies.
If the animal is not protected with the
vaccine, the owners are inviting trouble,
like the family whose dog was attacked
by the skunk this week," he said.
An agressive program of picking up all
strays will continue to elirnate as much
as possible, any problem with the spread
of rabies, city officials said.
students to graduate from CSU
Two county residents will be among the
634 persons who will receive degrees
from Central State University at the end
of the fall semester, it was announced by
Dr. Bill Lillard, CSU president.
James T. Stoabs of Pawhuska will
receive his masters in education in
counseling psychology and Leslie E.
Johnston will receive his masters of
business administration.
There will be 138 graduates from the
CSU school of business; 117 from the
school of education, 99 from the school of
liberal arts; 56 from the school of
Mathematics and Science and 55 from
the school of special arts and sciences for
a total of 465 fall graduates. The
graduate school will confer 169 master’s
degrees
While there will be no graduation
ceremonies mid-term, all graduates are
invited to attend commencement in May.
Th
URNAL-NEWS
Volume 69 No. 50 Friday, December 15, 1978 • SECD 412620 $6.00 Per Year
Cool weather collage
Below-freezing temperatures and back water combine to
produce thin skims of ice on Bird Creek. Two bleached tree
trunks, washed down in earlier floods, cast shadows over the
newly.formed ice, which was streaked with patterns from un-
der-water algae. It is a cold looking stream, but not cold
enough, yet, for skating. (J-C photo)
Santa visits Pawhuska
Santa Claus prevailed on the Pawhuska Fire Station for a ride during the Pawhuska
Christmas Parade Saturday. The lolly old man was in Pawhuska Saturday to hand
Ambulance
certificates
available
Certificates are now available for pre-
paid ambulance service, according to
Eddie Pitta, owner of the Pawhuska
Ambulance Service, the new ambulance
service operating here under contract
with the city.
Pitta said the certificates have arrived
and can be purchased at the service’s
headquarters, which is housed in the old
fire station near the city hall.
The $25 certificates will be valid for one
year for an area of within 14 miles of the
city The service will provide two trips to
local clinics, the hospital, nursing home
and return, at no cost if the individual
holds a certificate. Normally two in-city
ambulance calls would amount to $80.
Information on the certificates may be
obtained by calling the service at 287-1600
or stopping by the old fire station.
BRIEF
BLOODMOBILE-The Red Cross
Bloodmobile will be in Pawhuska
Thursday, Dec. 21, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
at the First Presbyterian Church.
out candy and hear Christmas wishes. He was ushered through the downtown protion
of the city by a short parade of floats and an honor guard. (J-C Photo).
Rotary honors
Ralph Tolson
Ralph Tolson, Pawhuska businessman,
was made a Paul Harris Fellow Tuesday
night The honor was bestowed by the
Rotary International by its district
Governor Marvin Petty of Oklahoma
City.
The award, consisting of a large rib-
bon-suspended medallion, lapel pin and
engraved certificate, was presented
during the local Rotary Club's ladies
night at the Country Roads restaurant.
Forty-five club members and guests
took part in honoring Tolson who, along
with 24 other Pawhuskans, founded the
Pawhuska Rotary Club in February of
1920. Tolson and Jay Briscoe of Tulsa,
are the only two surviving members of
the original club. The club has been
existence since its founding here and
Tolson has been a member all 58 years.
Tolson was also a charter member of
the then Rotary Club’s Crippled
Children's committee. The Crippled
Children state-wide clinic, which grew
from that original committee, is now a
state-financed function of the Depart-
ment of Welfare.
Tolson also headed, for 31 years, the
club’s student loan program. Twenty
eight local students have been financed
through college by the local fund and the
entire amount loaned has been repaid to
the fund with one exception. President
Dick Bogard said the one exception was a
young man who was killed during World
War II.
Bogard was toastmaster at the dinner
and introduced the visiting district
governor who made the trip to Pawhuska
to make the formal presentation of the
medallion to Tolson. Mrs. Tolson, Lee,
attended the presentation as did two of
Tolson’s sons who are also rotary
members, Strat and Melvin. The elder
Tolson and both sons have all served as
president of the local club.
Special out-of-town guests present for
the presentation last night included Pete
Pershall, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lundsford,
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Boyles, Mr. and Mrs.
lee Cook all of Cleveland; Jack Graham,
Steve Neff, Ed Davis of Barnsdall, Mrs.
and Mrs. Dennie Cubbage of Cushing,
Governor Petty and his wife.
Entertainment for the evening was a
Christmas musical Program presented
by the Rev. and Mrs. Scott Neighbors of
Barnsdall
The club elected new officers, to
assume office July 1 including Harvey
Payne, president and E.C. Schirmer,
Leon Sewell, Cecil Wood, Ed Red Eagle
and O’Dell Monger. Red Eagle, a former
Rotarian, was introduced as a new
member of the Pawhuska club.
GUESS WHAT, CHUCK!
CHRISTMAS IS JUST
AROUND THE CORNER'
Motorists find city streets
a little slick to handle
Snowy weather and icy roads have
caused several fenderbenders in
Pawhuska since the first snow oc-
curred Wednesday night, according
to reports filed in the Pawhuska
Police Station.
Cloyd Barnes was reportedly
traveling west on 9th Street Friday
evening when an unidentified car
turned left in front of him. When the
brakes were applied, Barnes’s
vehicle slid into a parked car
belonging to Wesley Gregoff.
Gregoff’s vehicle was reportedly
parked in the front of his home when
the accident occurred. No estimates
have been made on the amount of
damages done to either vehicle.
James P. Stanford reported that
his car was hit by an unknown
vehicle while parked in front of his
house Wednesday evening. He car
received $50 worth of damage.
Cecil Woolman reported that his
vehicle collided with a vehicle
driven by Eddie Vulgamore,
Thursday. Vulgamore was
reportedly backing at 6th and Leahy
when the accident. Woolman's car
received $112 worth of damages.
A vehicle driven by Nia Nave
skidded off the road and swerved
into some mailboxes on the opposite
side of the road in the 1900 block of
Lynn early Thursday. The vehicle
reportedly went into a ditch. No
estimates have been made on the
amount of damage the vehicle
received.
No citation were filed in any of the
accident, police report
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