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ABOUT OKMULQEE AND OKMULOEEAN8 —
stuff and
things
Tuesday November 2 is the big day
It should decide a lot of things
But we're wondering if it will settle as much as a lot
f people want to believe
Here are some ideas about elections and government
ivhich could produce long and hard head scratching
Government state national and local is run on a few
iindamental ideals by elected officials
Now that’s where the peculiar part of our modern day
olitics creep in
Just stop and think How little do you reaUy
know about the issues at stake? What are the is
sues? What is their importance to our current and
future needs?
Are the men elected beca use they believe in certain
isues or are they elected because they are Democrats or
tepublicans? ’
And if that is the case what do the Democrats and the
tepublicans believe? Are they for free enterprise? Do
(iey despise it? What is the farm issue What do they
itend to do about it? How about labor? How about the
snior citizens? How about business opportunity How
bout job opportunity? Are these the responsibility of
overnment?
And who is really responsible for what?
What are the real issues What are the imaginary?
The truth of the matter is the average voter hates
issues It requires too much thinking too much stu
dy and there is very little excitement connected
wUh dull and technical issues
The voter likes to deal with personalities The more
srsonality the better qualified or not
What’s worse The voter usually goes to the polls to
jte against something or somebody instead of going to
te for someone or something "
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Yes it’s emotions rather than intelligence jn meet
The puzzler in our book is how are we going to achieve
higher calibre government by electing public officials
ho the most of us don’t have the slightest idea how
ey feel about this or that
Now we grant you politicians do a lot of talking and
omising during their campaigns But if you ever ana
re one of their statements by pure cold logic you can
e each statement qualified to the point it means abso-
tely nothing
It is only rarely a candidate makes a point blank
statement regarding a particular issue without qua
lificatons ( f
Is this the candidate's fault altogether? No the voter
tnself is the person who brings this about
A lot of voters today have an uncurable case of the
mts
Some want jobs Some want special favors Others
int government contracts government business spec-
legislation that will favor their own little group
But how few of them make the single demand for
good government for everyone?
The voter takes advantage of the public office seeker
this relation They know the candidate is running a
ured race He fears everyone and everything which
ght cause him to lose the race
So he wants to please All He promises the individual
dreams will come true The groups seeking special
’islation are assured they have nothing to fear
iPity the poor candidate now Then the poor voter
later for the candidate who is elected can deliver on-
ly a smigen of what he has so faithfully promised ’
All this reminds ur of a friend who is our favorite
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He loved to tell lies In fact he excelled at the art’
Ihis friend knew he was lying you knew it and he
sw that you knew it
It was a perfect set up He could tell his wild tales
sryone enjoyed them and had a big laugh and no harm
s done ‘
Politics government and the weather are subjects we
f a lot of Iip-eArvice to but do 'little fo change them
IVhat is more important? What do we gripe more ab-
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Between now and the moment you cast your vote
Tuesday stop and think ' i ‘ i
re you voting for a man just because he is Republi
i or Democrat? A popular personality he's out-prom-I
his opponent’ f- - ! '' 1
Ay voting friend! the philosophy these men live by
I react to when administering our government is the
st important thing to consider
Vhat is their philosophy? What issues do they ap
ve disapprove '
Good government is your individual responsibility
fou cannot vote too wisely — that is if you vote at all
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VOLUME I
Hepes Are High
As Cccnty Veters
Go To Pells
It will be the votesr turn this
Tuesday
County election officials party
workers and candidates are all
speculating on the total number
of votes to be cast as the 1954 ge-
neral election
A small vote tends to favor the
Incumbent while a larger vote
could mean npaeta In aeveral of-
fices If the trend goes to put the
present officiate out
Both party officials are predic-
ting victory locally and on i the
national level
The number of votes cast In
the county will probably not re-
flect the state or national aver-
age because of the added Interest
In the $300000 Road Bond Issue
for county road Improvements
and particularly for the purchase
of right of ways for the bee-line
highway and State Highway 16
east of Beggs
This issue Is expected to greatly
Increase the number of votes
Moon Mullins secretary of the
election board made a guess of
around 12000 voters going to the
polls Mr Mullins based his guess
on ths 11384 votes cast In the
general election of 1950 when
Murray ran against Furgeson and
the large number of votes cast In
1952 when 16 832 persons voted
Democrat headquarters In the
state has stated that Gary will
win the governor’s office by a
majority of 50000 votes
Meanwhile Republican head-
quarters spokesmen state the Re-
publican candidate Reuben Sparks
will win by 35000
Okmulgee Chamber of Comme-
rce officials as well as officials in
Henryetta and Beggs are predic-
ting the Road Issue will carry by
a vote of about go percent The
issue must carry by at least sixty
percent majority
There are only three races In
the county
Incumbent Ellis Holly demo-
crat faces Elmer Cathnm for the
office of County Sheriff
Don Barnet Democrat facet L
L Cowley for the Superior Judge
office j j '
And Sam Pyle Democrat- faces
Henry Heck for the past of coun-
ty commissioner of District 1
Local observers are predicting
the Democrat candidates of the
county will win by a decided mar-
gin Particular Interest Is being
shown In the race of Sam Pyle
and Henry Heck Pyle is expect-
ed to oust Heck who has served as
commissioner of district one for
the past twelve years
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Legionnaires Sell
Show Tickets
Adult tickets went on sale Mon-
day for the Tommy Scott Show
and Circus Revue being sponsored
by the American Legion Post 10
Tickets may be obtained from
Poet members or purchased at the
Star Drug or the Bob’s Rexall
The show will take place Mon-
day November 15 at - the Yale
Theatre beginning at 7:30 pm
Tickets are SI 00 per adult Inclu-
ding tax Children's tickets were
sold several weeks ago
Proceeds from the sale of tick-
ets will be used In youth work by
the Legion
Services for MrsJ Mary Reed
97 who died Friday In- S' local
nursing home were conducted on
Monday morning at 10:00 in the
Buchanan Funeral - chapel with
Rev Clarence Ridge pastor of the
First Methodist Church officiat-
ing Mrs Reed had lived here in
Okmulgee since 1932 She was
bom In Indianapolis Ind She Is
survived by one niece Mrs Mary
Ann Kane of 1208 N Collins one
great nephew G D Checote of
the Ua Navy two grandchildren
Mrs Bert Guinn of Cannon and E
A- Pool of Poteau three great
grandchildren and two great gr-
eat grandchildren Burial was In
Okmulgee cemetery under direc-
tion of -Buchanan's v
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Services for M E Youngblood
were held Monday afternoon at
2:00 in the Buchanan Funeral
Chapel with Rev Floyd M Craig
pastor of the Southslde Baptist
Church officiating He was born
February 14 1890 He Is survived
by his wife Mrs Lula' Young-
blood of the home 828 8 Rogers
one daughter Mrs Tate Hale of
820 8 Rogers one son Milton
three sisters Mrs Robert Cork
and Mrs D Hall both of Adams-
vllle Alabama: and Mrs George
McKay of Henryetta one brother
W H Youngblood of Kerrvllle
Texas Burial was In the Ok-
mulgee cemetery
THE OKMULGEEAN
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FORECAST
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FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED The above map compiled by the Oklahoma Department of Public
Safety shews the number of accidente and fatalities lor the week ef Nov 8 through 14 1953 Notice
that moot aeeldeats occurred between 7 am and 7 pm Note also that eight ef the IS fatalities
occurred daring those hoars The chart also shows that oa Sunday Nov 8 Iheru were fewer acci-
dents and fata titles than on the preceding Saturday and the following Monday— an nnnsual situation
Based oa otmllar weather conditions and continuation of the Increase in traffic shown by high-
Way department traffic counter the department of public safety predicts that 14 people will dte on
Oklahoma streets and hit bwaya In S5S trsfflo accidents during the comparable week this ‘ year —
Not 7 through 13 Only yon can prove that prediction Incorrect
Sportsmen To Elect
New Officios
Membersof the Okmulgee Spo-
rtsman Club will elect new offi-
cials for 1955 at thfir meeting in
the Court House Tuesday evening
The officials now are King
Klngshafer president George
Fields vice-president -and Glen
Flleds secretary
The new official will assume
their duties at the first meeting
in December
Following the election the club
will discuss plans for the special
meeting to be held November 10
at which time the local 4ecr sea-
son will be discussed' A member
of the fish and game department
will be here to advise the group
Okmulgee has been selected as
one of the 33 check points for
dear hunters in the state
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Agric&nr& Go j
To Area Meet
The local Board of Supervisors
of the Soil Conservation District
will attend the Area 3 supervisors
meeting In Muskogee November
4 according to the local SCD of-
fice The meeting will be held In the
Severs Hotel in Muskogee with
Fuel Lancaster area representa-
tive of the State Soil Conservation
Board as chairman Frank Dun-
away president of the Oklahoma
Association of the Soil Conserva-
tion District will serve as the co-
chairman Registration will begin at 9:00
am with the speech contest at
10 am Mrs Perry Palmer of the
Wilson community will deliver
her speech “Water Problems In
My Soil Conservation District”
Mrs W L Spears last year's
national winner will also be pres-
ent Soil Cinservation ' supervisors'
wives will organize their ladles
auxiliary for the first time at this
meeting t
Members of the local board who
will' make the trip are M N Dan-
iels O L McCart Walter Pro-
phet and Ed Bright Others
planning to go are Mrs Clarence
Idsardi secretary of the local
SCD office Fred Hindman new
aork unit conservationist and
Nolen Denton s
Sixteen counties will be repres-
ented at this meeting
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Hunters Find-
Many Ducks i vjy
Duck hunters are having a hey-
day on county lakes ponds and
streams
Reports from several hunter
indicate that heavy flights of
ducks are being found over the
entire county
However duck flights are on the
move and only stay a short time
after feeding
So far no hunters have reported
finding any diseased ducks or any
dying ducki In this area Several
hundred diseased ducks were discovered-
recently on Ft Olbson
lake and hunters were cautioned
to exercise extreme care after
killing ducks that not UL
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New SCD Hed ?
To Arrive Friday
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Fred Hindman of Watonga wlU
assume his duties here Friday as
the local work unit conservation-
ist Mr Hindman replsses Nolen
Denton who has received a pro-
motion to a similar position at
Muskogee
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OKMULGEE OKLAHOMA
Large IkfitMl
Churches Plan
World Day
Here Friday
World Community Day will be
observed In Okmulgee on Friday
November 5 with a program be-
ginning at 2:00 pm In the First
Christian church The program is
being planned and presented un-
der the sponsorship of the United
Council of Church Women
Mrs Richard Archibald Is in
charge of the program assisted
by Mrs Everett Grounds: Mrs
Robert Alexander (will lead the
day's program and Mrs H R
Kidd will lead the dramatization
Participating in the dramatlza-
ton will be Mrs Ken Woodward
Deanne Woodward and Bruce Ar-
chibald Sixteen women coming from
each of the participating churches
will appear on the program dress-
ed in authentic costumes of the
various countries and carrying the
flags of that country
The appeal this year la for chil-
dren’s clothing from age one to
six -The clothing should be clean
and mended and may be brought
to the First Christian church any
time between now and World
Community Day It will be packed
and distributed to refugee camps
all over the world Blankets of
any kind or size are also needed
An offering will also be taken
at the close of the program to be
used for aid to refugees
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Band Group Set
For Paper Drive
The Band Boosters will spon-
sor their first paper drive of the
tall on Saturday and Sunday
November and 7 according to
Mrs Helen Santee publicity chair
man -
Trucks will work the downtown
area on Saturday and the resi-
dential district on Sunday
Okmulgeeans are asked to have
their scrap paper tied in bundles
or boxed and placed on their front
parkings by 1:00 pm Sunday If
you happen to be missed by the
truck please call 2058 and some-
one will pick up the paper
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Club Women To Take
Housing Tour Here
County Home Demonstration
club women will participate In a
bousing tour Wednesday under
the dlrecton of E R Bell hous-
ing specialist Mrs Evelyn Nantz
home demonstration agent an-
nounced today
The trip will begin at lo am
with a tour of the new A B But-
ler home In the Morris vicinity
Lunch will be eaten at the
home of Mrs Nantz 404 8 Cen-
tral The club women will bring
a sack lunch and Mrs Nanta will
make coffee - -
Further stop will be made at
the John Doan place 7 miles on
the Lake road and at BUI Spears
home at the old Nuyaka mission
Both of these places have had
some remodeling
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Jaycees To Activate
Recreational Program
The Jaycee Recreational Pro-
gram for Okmulgee's teenage boys
will be put into action here Tues-
day :
Oareth Holford chairman of
the committee' said today the
committee add several special
guests will meet at his home on
Tuesday to put the program Intb
action
Mr HOlford said today the lat-
est development of the program
is the possibility of securing the
aid of a professional wrestler to
help tgsch wrestling
TUESDAY NO1
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Tnl AnMnu §r Tim ( Os?
Nurses To Host
District Meeting
Local nurses will host the an-
nual banquet and Installation of
officers for the Oklahoma State
Nurses Association District 14 on
November 4 at 7 pm at the Log
Cabin 1
Special tribute will be paid to
Mrs Edith Wirlck a member of
District 14 who has Just been el-
ected president of thee State Nur-
ses Association
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Two Scouters Honored '
By Order of the Arrow
Two local 8couters were Induc-
ted Into the Virgil Honor of the
Order pf the Arrow this weekend
by an Induction team from Tulsa
headed by W F Forrest
Ken Wood wart and L OC’frltts
were awarded 'this highest nonor
given to members of the Order a-
long with Tom Echols and Glen
Echols of Sapulpa
Awards will be made at the an-
nual Scout Council meeting early
in December it was announced
City Orders Pipe
For New Addition
Work to lay water lines at the
new housing development Just
yest of the college will get under-
way soon
The new addition will be known
as the College Heights addition
City officials this week ordered
three thousand feet of six Inch
water line 640 feet of four Inch
water line and several thousand
feet of sewer line for the new
project
Councllmen will meet tonight
to discuss the buying of a backhoe
ditch digging machine The city
does not have a machine to dig
the ditches for water and sewer
lines
PTA Members Hear
Talks By Faculty '
Miss Mildred Nelson grade-
school coordinator and Leon Dav-
is principal of Wilson School
spoke to members of the PTA
council on ways of encouraging a
better relationship between par-
ents and teachers at their meeting
Monday afternoon
Mrs D C Evans presided at the
meeting which was held in the
living room of the high school
During the business session a re-
port was made from the leader-
ship training conference ln-Tulsa
which was attended by Mrs John
Pickard Mrs Warren Page Mrs
Earl Foedyke and Mrs Evans
Mrs Evans and Mrs Carroll also
attended the one-day State Board
meeting In Norman recently
The State Convention was an-
nounced for May 1 2 and 3 In
Oklahoma City
Each school was represented and
made a report as to the programs
they have had and the projects
they are undertaking for this
year
Attending the meeting were Mr
James R Frazier Miss Agaes
Rooney Mrs Evans Mrs Oeorge
Rousseau Mrs Stewart Martin
Mrs Carroll Newman and Mrs
J N Poison representing the
council' Mrs John Pickard and
Mm L M Baxter for the' high
school Mrs T R Campbell Mias
Esther LaMar Mrs D L Hos-
kins Mrs Orover P Blvln Mrs
Bob Jones and Mrs Don Johnson
for Roosevelt Mrs Warren Page
Miss Mildred Nelson and Keith
Benson for Horace Mann Mias
Flora Christian Mrs Earl Fos-
dyke Mrs Ben Aspy for Emerson
Mrs C E Poe and Miss Adolph-
ine Relchel for Franklin Lean
Davis Mrs George Ridgeley Mrs
J W Sudik and Mr L M Bax-
ter for Wilson
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Council Studies
Plan To Surrey
Needs Of City
An Intensive survey of the needs
of the tlty of Okmulgee Is being
considered by the City Council
Manager Marshall Bingham re-
vealed ttday j
The Council heard two official
of the institute of community
Development at the University at
Oklahoma explain their work at
a meeting last week
GouncUmen are considering to
have the Institute make a com-
plete survey of Okmulgee which
win give an objective report on
the needs for the community
Olflcials of the Institute stated
that such a survey would taek at
least eighteen months and would
cost the city $10500
The survey would Include every
phase of community life schools
churches parks playgrounds ball
parks recreational facilities traf-
fic health and other community
activities
Dr Leonard Logan one of ths
officials of the Institute pointed
out to the council the need for
such a survey or a similar one
Dr Logan said the house wife
plana her three meals a day and
her house work The business man
plans his business investments
and selling programs but often
the city goes about its business
without a complete knowledge of
their needs and without aim or
purpose
The Institute of Community
Development with offices at tha
University of Oklahoma has made
survey from Maine to California
and Canada to Texas In hund-
reds of cities and towns
One city official said the in-
vestment costs of $10500 seems
steep but considering the city of
Okmulgee's government cost is
about V6 million dollars this sur-
vey could save the city this much
money each tear by better plan-
ning both onthe short and long
range 1
The mattes la being studied by
the council apt a decision is ex-
pected within tiie next few vchl
Veters Rearmed
Of Vote Prizes
Voters were Issued a last minute
reminder to deposit the stub ol
their Road Bond Issue ballot at
the Council House so they may be
eligible to wli) one of the five $29
Savings Bonds to be given by five
civic organizations
This move to add extra Interest
to the election is being sponsored
by the Business and Professional
Women's club
Other groups who are giving
bonds are the Jaycees Lions Ro-
tary and Chamber of Commerce
The voter Is asked to write his
name and address and telephone
number on the stub and oeposu
it In the box at the council house
Winners of the bonds wlu uc
notified
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Local Nurses Win
State Offices
Three nurses from District 14
of which Okmulgee la a part will
serve on the State Nurse’s Asso-
ciation Board of Directors for this
next year
Mrs Edith Wirlck of Okmulgee
was elected president of the As-
sociation to conclude their annual
convention in Bartlesville Friday
Bernlece Slater was elected state
Office Nurse chairman and Mrs
Edith Smith of Okemah was el-
ected state Private Duty Nurse
vice-chairman Both wm serve on-
the board of directors
District 14 Is one of the smaller
of the twenty-six districts In the
state ' i
Attending the convention from
this district were Mrs Wirlck
Mrs Thomas Carney Betty Over-
lies Sari Holcomb Ada Harmon
and Bernlece Slater from Okmul-
gee Mrs Mary Morris and Mrs -Edith
Smith of Okemah
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REJL To Host
District Meet
The local REA will host a supervisor-foreman
conference fan
cooperative personnel on Novem-
ber 22 and 23 according to H M
Dillon manager'''
About 21 employees of rural el-
ectric co-ops In Stillwater Cleve-
land Collinsville- Vlnita Wagon-
er and Stlgler are expected to
meet In Okmulgee for the two— '
day conference -
John Lane Oklahoma AAcM col-
lege agricultural engineer ’ and
Olenn Smith - head of teacher
training AAcM trade and lndust- -rial
department are scheduled to
conduct the conference
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