The Altus Weekly News. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Mslies Victor!ei'l StiUiv
'THE ALTUS WEEKLY NEWS.
DmMid to tht Inltmli tt Mat and Jackien Courtly
VOL. XXI.
ALTUS. JACKSON COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. JULY 22. 1920
NO 22
THE CHAUTAUQUA BEGINS JULY 31
THE FAMOUS PLAY
"PEG 0' MY HEART*
• IS TO BE STAGED
*U«Y ifAMiiOFlAJO
• of tho Ohtosgo Orsad Opera Company.
Whit# and Myers Chautauqua
will be in Altus July 31st, Aug-
ust *1, 2, 3 and 4. This Chau-
tauqua is composed of some of
the best entertainers available;
among whom are: Irene Bewley
as one of the best entertainers
of today, W. H. "Taffy" Sears
in "Grumblers," Hon. Leslie W.
Sprague in "The Prophesy of
the Present Unrest,' Ruby Ev-
start in working on the suecc :<
of our Chautauqua, we shoiul
{>ut every effort into making)
t our biggest Chautauqua sue- ;
cess. The Chautauqua wat:
purchased outright for this sea-
son, so the efforts we put forth
to make a profit come back to
the town. A Chautauqua is a
vital necessity in our comunity
because we do not have avail-
ans from the Chicago Soprano1, able at all times of the year
Grande Opera Company, Edwin such a class of talent in any oth-
Pound in 'Saving the Victory," jer way. Let's all start putting
Dr. Marvin R. Hefin in "The the Chautauqua over right now.
Passing of the old and the cdm-'And let's all remember that the
ing of the new," "Old Times Chautauqua isn't somebody else.
Down in Dixie," featuring Dixie It's yours and mine and evenr
Girls and the old Fiddlers' con- man's woman's and child s in
test. They have one of the best this community. So everybody
quartet composed of the Mary- BOOST
land Singers. They will feature
one of the best plays on the
Chautauquas today, it being the
There is evidence among a
number of towns in this section
of the state that some mighty
l^liuuutuquiu* lUUttV, it WCIU5 * . " i . . ttmo Vi_,
great Irish love comedy, "Peg 0'| fine work in those towns ha^
my Heart.' This play is a New come through the Chamber ot
York production with the same Commerce and such orgamza-
cast and scenery as played initions. Altus is sleeping on her
New York, London and other rights by not putting eveiy en-
tities. This is the first tiirtej fort in this sort of work. A
the Peg 0' My Heart has ever i number of excellent things have
been presented on a Chautau-1 been provided and put over
qua. This is the play that will,through this organization, and
cost you in a city a dollar and j many others can be if we al
a half or two dollars. |work and.dont' leave it up to
While we're getting a late somebody else.
BILL FORD AND HAROLD
TELL OF NEW EDEN
W. H. Ford, wife and daught- connected with the exercise of
er, Bernice, and J. H. Harold, riding the waves, and enjoyed
wife and daughter, Mary Inez, their supper in their temporary
left Altus a few days ago and home on wheels. From there
joined a party of 180 at Dallas, they started for their destina-
WERE WAS BOBBY?
GREAT MYSTERY HAS
BEEN SOLVED
COUNTY FAIR
IN SEPTEMBER
At. a meeting of the Fair of-
ficials, the dates for the Jack-
j t son County Fair were chosen.
Yeth, sir, mama, papa and ^ese dates are September 5,
went to the Yas and thaw a & ? ^ g> Jackgon County
great big bear, and * f has a prospect for securing ex-
a rhi-irhi-nozeros, and the trip- ^ year ^ ought to
let elephants yeth thir, we did, assure a very SUCCessful Fair.
too, didn't we, papa. j ^0j-t0U now promises to be
Then we thaw the greatest eariy and 0f the finest quality,
swimming match in the world.'where it has not been hailed or
Papa said their names wath An- blown out. Grain exhibits
net* HUman and, ",'
ever Max Sennetts Bathing but thgre ig plenty of
Beauty's name is. I vegetables grown to make a
Oh! and, mama,Iam going to;good showing at the Fair.
be rich and travel a whole lot, pouitry and livestock exhibits
fall in love with a bee-year-ti-ful wiU ^ better than ever, accord- The family did all that they
lady and marry her; cry "what ^ ^ the Home Demonstration were a^]e t0 ,j0 to preserve the
have I one to deserve this? Agent, and the County Agent,j,ifoofthe littIefellow#even bav.
and eat her biscuits and then die serry. There are more , Childress
gallantly. Am too, cause the ^ poetry and more fine,*®* thc uncle> Dp* Lh,ldre8 :
fortune teller told me so. Didn't „tock here than in past
she papa? ' and apparently more atv....,
. When papa thaw 'Why never the Boys ' and Girls'
leave home" he thaid: "That's ciubs. Special premiums will be
tho, son, that's tho, 'member | „ jven' hoys and girls. Canning
The artistic musical feature of our
Chautauqua will he the grand concert
by Ruby Brans assisted by a trio of
Instrumental artists. Miss Evans was
engaged by Signor Campaninl as So-
prano in the Chicago Grand Opera
Company in the season of 1917-18.
LltUe more needs to be said to estabUsh
her as a singer wnom everyone will
want to bear. As a member ot that
Texas, for a trip to Southern
Texas, not having very much of
an idea what they were going
to find on arriving at their de-
stination. The party was as-
signed a sleeper at Dallas with
dining room acommodations,
and from Dallas went to Hous-
ton Texas; the car being side-
tracked for them while they
were being shown the city of
Houston in automobile. After
having seen as much of this
city as they cared to see, they
returned to their sleeper and
were hooked onto by the next
outgoing train and were again
sidetracked at Galveston, Texas.
Tliey were again shown the city
j by a reception committee in cars
visiting all the places of inter-
iest in the city and especially
the beach, as "Bill" by this
time was beginning to need a
bath in pure salt water. They
plunged in the briny deep to
their heart's content; refreshed
and rejuvenated they again
were taken back to their car
that was standing on the side-
company She sang with such wtdel: . ^ in the yards waiting for
them. It wiuld be well to say
. . . ,?rrar\. . ,gr ® i-irrVif Wo that nil were verv
tion, Mercedes, Texas, 276 mile*
south of San Antonio, not mak-
ing any more stops on th£ way.
They started from Galveston at
6 o'clock p.m. and landed in Mer-
cedes at 9 o'clock the next morn-
ing. Ford says that he went
to bed and slept from 9 o'clock
that night until 8 o'clock the
next morning. The car again
being side-tracked for than,
they were met by a receptive
crowd that was waiting to re-
ceive them and show them the
unbelievable things.
The New Eden
Lest we forget to tell you, the
name of this party was the W.
E. Stewart Land Company. Af-
ter the party was taken from
the train and they had gotten
a breath of the new air, they all
began to realize that something
had happened in the short
sapce of nine hours;' they felt
different and everything look-
ed different, in fact, was differ-
ent, but none of the party had
until this time expressed them-
selves. One of the first places
that they were taken to was n
Qe Farrar Though stui a youni - banana "orchard where they
she STat Jned the greatest Z right here that all were very saw bananas growing on the
s open to singers, a career in Gram hungry after their salty bath| Continued on page three
ira.
Miss Evans is an American who fin
!«|ed her musical education in Europe
and for several years sang ther* ii
Grand Opera. Concert and Oratorio.
DEATH OF JOE
ALLEN AUSTIN
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Austin lost
'their only child by death July 16.
This came as a shock to not only
the father and mother of the lit-
tle boy, but to the whole relation.
The child was loved by all who
knew him and was unusually
bright for two years of age.
Even the neighbors in talking
about him say that he was one
of the sweetest children that they
have ever known.
IMPROVING
rijjle nuisance. In fact this
■ Iteilding will have all the nec-
essary improvements made upon
it. Another new feature of the
M West Ward will be the creation
ww of two class rooms in the base~
ment; another splendid improve
ment.
East Ward
I The high school proper is to
be replastered where it is need-
SSc here than in pastgears' from Fredrick to come up and
and am>arently more activity consult with Dr. Hicks, who had
. —j been faithful by his bedside,
but it seems that the Father had
called him from above and he
awake with God to enjoy the as-1 OF ALTOS OKLA.
sociation of the purified throngs j
whohave long since gone from the! _
earth and pitched their tents on Putting N% ^oor* R f
the Everlasting Hill, on the,
banks of the River of Life to New Heatjng Systems, Etc.
dwell forever more in that Land j _____
of eternal Spring. Joe Allen, we The mothers who were so ed, the roof repaired, a floor
hope to know you when we all ned over the comfort of put The high school proper is
get there. their children last year during to be replastered where it is
STALLINGS HAS RETURNED the^ e^veme\y ac^u^*a^ floor put down in th domest c
, winter as there will be no cause science rom, a larger new boiler,
W. J. Stailings and his httle r uneasiness on'the part together with a new heating
son, Jack, have returned fromj f.. Darents as to the comfort system; new radiators and new
a three weeks 'visit with rel; 0f the pupils sidewalks on the campus, lead-
atives and friends m some of j ^oote of Altus are be- ing up to the building, allot
the principle cities of Texas, . iyen the necessary atten- which gives the city a complete
while his daughters, Misses Wil- .Jn and are ^nig repaired and system of schools with a
an A Clara are spending sev- renovated from top to "botom. [strong, vigorous and progress-
East Ward 1 ive leader to guide the mindsjof
New radiators are being in- the youth in their battle
stalled in the Eeast Ward, a against ignorafice and supersti-
new furnace ahd new heating tion.
system; new shades for the:
I given boys and girls. Canning
that" 'clubs are making preparations
Then I drank three glasses for a njce exhibit and also var-
pink soda pop, and two glass- ious organizations of the
es red lemonade and ate six ice county.
cream cones and then I couldn't- c - ,e powel| ig Secretory
find my papa. I looked and, T R d Mttrg
looked for him but couldn't find ™d H.T. Kimhell. J.lteed. Msre.
him so I cried. A nice woman the Fair ass0C'fV^"L pi'
told me he wath in the "Follies", with the Farm
and sure enough he wath. with monstrahon Ajenfa; ai«: bepn^
a lauglun 'and clappin'. The ning to plan to make^ the Fair
women all dressed up in great jnlerestmK^ The Altus Cham
hi- huhhlps woth "Dei-fect ber of Commerce will provide
t&STJZiMLt.SB SSSSS
Papa said that too. Didn't you, of ^
nana' And thev had a bijr variety of form products, nve
TeSding and dLd thaid the
bride wath the prettiest one he er a.^d. ? p_}r and
ever thaw. You did, too, didn't ™"1*1 help
vou naDa? i encourage interest and improve
* What did you say? Why '' mlTSZZnld
don't you know where. I wath?
Why, we wath at the Navajo interest in their own Free Fair.
Campfire Girls' Carnival Satur-
ma and Clara are spending sev
eral weeks with their sister,
Mrs. Mae Kelley, who lives at
Tulsa, Okla.* W. J. reports a
very enjoyable visit.
J. W. SHIELD FOR
JUSTICEOF PEACE
J. W. Shield, every body knows.
him, announces for Justice of
Peace for the Altus precinct
Mr. Shield came to this country
before the statehood in the year
of 1903 and also served as
> a iar Dngnier wor.u deputy county weigher after the
Tha ripar little fellow statehood and served for three
—........ Thedear IttUeJf1,ow!COnsecutive years. Shield was
took seriously ill on his birthday, j rjgj,t jn the battle for Jackson
July 10 and grew worse from the I COunty in the early days and
start taking it like a little sol-! stayed with the boys untiH the
dter, telling his loved ones and county was obtained.with Altus
rien-ss when they asked hi^, Jferff/the Modern Woodman
how he felt he would reply j Rg we)| u deputy for the same and installed in tne oasemem ui
"Fine" It is so comforting to,. for gix ar9 or where-,the West Ward and new radia-
thinkthat he was^ not suffering jabQut ^ {act Mr Shield has j to^install^ t^^out^he
from the fifth down are going
to be moved to the East W ard.
Prof. Cooley said and the West
Ward from the sixth to Eighth
grades inclusive are going to do
som ehigh school work in this
buildinf. That is a wonderful
must go to Him, so he passed
quitely away bourne on angels
wings to his Fathers house,
where a glorified throng was
waiting to receive and welcome
his spirit to a far brighter world
that this.
AND IDLE IDEAS
"YE PLANERY*
day night.
lira. Jess Brown from Mis-
srari is visiting Mrs. Fagin
this week.
during his last hours, in this 8hown himself efficient in several
The Misses Catheleen and Ay-
leen Rooter, have returned from
a visit with relatives at Bowk|
Texas; their coosin. Miss Clark,
retained with them.
—" ~ . shown mmseu emcieni in wvero.
unfriendly world, but was just ^ ud u look8 M if he would
lingering, just being detained - • *
long enough for his loved ones
to get there and bid him good-
bye. Joe Allen Austin, which
name he bore on earth, will not
be forgotten here and the time
will cone when we shall see him
•lain. He is,
"AiUtj i* Jmh. blcMed
FIMIVUCIimm tm wake «
And to be asleep in Jesus is to be
CJ UkVIll «
aTth.90 S? 5HOPEFUL BINTS
children as well as in making i
tht room comfortable. !
Where it is necessary, new|
floors are being put in an^j
plastering on the walls and ceil-
Z IS! o? "Sr^lmat1 . Boy, Howdy -buUm^
jh^ward . complete e,uip-
WEST WARD health and long life;—flower
There will be made many boxes, trellis', pergolas and sum-
M in the West Ward, both mer houses for ^auty^sc^n
in building and arrangement ot doors and wire ,—paint io
claw rooms in keeping with looks and protection and even
the ideas of 'our modern Super- the formers are,bu.y"\g houses,
intendent Prof. Coolev. The les, chicken and hog hous«.
hater is^ going to be * moved, Then, too, eveiy new^ auto
from the High School building'means a garage *°.r 0Uf*L
and installed in the basement of j a^ev^
* ! needs more homes.
As Briggs would say: "Oh Boy
—but ain't it a grand and glori-
ous feeling?"
Clifford Pendleton of Wichita
Falls, Texas, visited his psrents
here over Sunday.
G. J. Crotsland snd family sre
visiting their friend. Mrs. Clark,
at Lawton.
Mr. Leonard and family havw
returned from nvfcit with re*-
be a good man for tne place of
Justice of Peace office. He de-
sires this office and wants it on
his merits only. While he is not at
this time able to do manual labor. | *r~ ward j9 to
can fill this offiee with esse. He . ^ jjew ccmeBt walks through
ssks that the voters take him in- M veQ u all the other
to consideratioa and if at all poe- warU, whidi will protect the
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Keith, E. C. The Altus Weekly News. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1920, newspaper, July 22, 1920; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276622/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.