Elk City News-Democrat (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1921 Page: 1 of 14
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1 CITY NEWS-DEMOCRAT
SUCCESSOR TO BECKHAM COUNTY NEWS AND ELK CITY RECORD
VOLUME XIX
ELK CITY, BECKHAM COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1921.
NUMBER 4
| COMINQ TO D. C. D. CONVENTION
Memorial Day Services
Tke^ rest! Tke treasure of peace they v?on,
Tkrougk weary marckes, and pain, and
blood,
Illumes our v?ay, as tke skirting sun
Skeds glorious light cr)er land and flood.
No flag so*fair as above tkem vJaves!
No flower too sweet for Our Heroes’
graces!
OIL WELL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Taylor of Jack Pfeifle, secretary of the Car-
Sentinel, were here Sunday. Claude ter Oil Co., says repirs are being
says a number are coming from ' made at the Carter well and they ex-
there to the D. C. D. Convention. He | pect to commence drilling by the first
told us the roads from Sentinel to of June and will drill night and day.
Elk City were just fine and being | They have eight men working now.
The Elk City Post of the American
Legion will conduct Memorial Ser-
vices at the Baptist tabernacle, Sun-
day at 2:30 p. m., in memory of our
boys who made the supreme sacrifice
during the World War and other
wars.
The boys will march from the
American Legion Home to the taber-
nacle where they will have a. short
program, after which they will march
to the Fairlawn cemetery and con-
tinue the services, paying tribute to
Elk City’s heroes who were buried
there.
The true significance of Memorial
Day is a rededication of the lives of
the American people today, to the'
ideals of our government for which
our sleeping heroes have paid “the
last full measure of devotion.” They
made the supreme sacrifice and it is
our duty to pause and pay tribute to
them on this one day, which will
finally become a truly national holi-
day and one of the holiest days of the
year.
"Dear to them than the right to
live,
Was the right to die in their
country’s cause.’’
One of the highest tributes we can
offer to our soldier dead is to smother
their resting places with flowers.
ATTENTION EX-SOLDIERS
Members of the American Legion
and all other ex-soldiers are request-
ed to meet at the American Legion
Home, Sunday at 2 p. m., to take part
in the Memorial Services. Wear
your Army uniform if you have one.
Come anyhow, whether or not you
have a uniform. The Chamber of
Commerce Band will head the march
to tabernacle, also to cemetery.
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DECORATION DAY EXERCISES
At the Sayre-Doxey cemetery on
next Monday, May 30th, at 2:30 p. m.
Decoration Day exercises will be held.
A nice program has been arranged
for the occasion. Everybody invited.
FREE LECTURE
“Transfer of Civilisation” at the
First M. E. Church, Broadway and
Adams, Sunday morning, May 29th,
by H. W. Lewis, one time candidate
for Governor of Texas. Everybody
(.; ome.
OLD SETTLER’S RE-UNION
There will be an Old Settler’s re-
union at Berlin. Friday, June 3rd. A
special invitation is given to the early
day settlers. Bring your lunch and
spend the day, and talk about the
experiences of long ago. Many of
the former Berlinites live in Elk City
and expect to be there. Mrs. Alice
Blackburn of the News-Democrat has
been asked to give some of those
■early day experiences.
POPPIES FOR MEMORIAL DAY
The Memorial Poppy, the floral
emblem of Flanders Fields should be
worn on Memorial Day (Sunday) by
every man, woman and child as a
tribute to our boys who are sleeping
“over there." Poppies that were
blade in France have been sent to
every American Legion Post in the
U. S., to be sold at ten cents each.
The proceeds to be used for the
benefit of the American-French
Children’s League.
The Flanders Poppy blows over the
graves of our American heroes, who
were buried in France. Will you not
wear one in their memory Sunday?
from Missouri, we wanted to "see
for ourselves” so we made a trip,
going as far as Port, and we can
truly substantiate all Claude told us,
for it is a grand and glorious road
and if you have not tried it, you had
better do so. Don’t let us think
wc have to go clear to Kansas or
California to get on good roads, but
enjoy tha ones we have right at home.
By-the-way, we would like some
good suggestions on places of in-
terest around Elk City which would
make a nice drive. Of course there
is the Granite mountains, the Carter
oil well. Granite well, etc. Some
have driven to the Doxey park with
supper and enjoyed themselves.
Where have you gone on a short
pleasure trip?
Word has been received from many
towns (.long the D. C. D. Highway,
I t'-iit plans arc being made to send
delegates here to the D. C. D. Con-
vention June 7th and'8th.
El!: City is making elaborate ar-
rangements for the entertainment of
the guests of which more than two
hundred are expected. Among those
who have accepted invitations to be
here are Governor Robertson and
John Whitehurst.
HAVE YOU FLOWERS?
The American Legion would like
to have a wreath of flowers for each
soldier’s grave Sunday. If anyone
wishes to help furnish the floral off-
erings, make wreaths of flowers and
bring or send to the American Le-
gion Home at 1:30 p. m. Sunday. If
you haven’t enough for a wreath,
bring or send a small bouquet.
ACK DAVIS LOSES TRUCK
Last Friday Ack Davis drove
home for dinner in Herring k
Young’s truck, as was his custom,
and on his return he stopped at the
Post Office for his mail. He was
so interested he forgot the car and
walked down to the store. Pretty
soon he needed the car and ran out
in front and the car was not to be
fbund. He declared he left it
parked in front of the store and be-
gan to accuse some of “the boys”
of playing a joke on him. In their
search for the thief they found the
car in front of the Post Office just
where Mr. Davis had left it.
Ack went to his son Walter’s
Saturday evening and started home
without his hat. He is about as bad
as the manager of the News-Demo-
crat, who when going home from a
visit to the hospital forgot his wife.
They must be getting old.
GETS PENITENTIARY SENTENCE
Jess King, who attempted to rob
the Dixie a few weeks ago, entered a
plea of guilty and was sentenced to
the pententiary for two years.
Dutch Duree was sentenced for
five years for theft of a horse from
Bob Anderson.
CULTUS CLUB CONTRIBUTES
TO ARMENIAN RELIEF
In response to a call made in be-
half of Aremnia, the Cultus Club
contributed sixty dollars, which sum
insuresi food and clothing for an
Armenian child for a period of one
year. The fund was raised by a
free-will offering of the Club mem-
bers, and a few friends who are in-
terested in Armenian Relief work.
Can now be found at my home
Sixth and Washington.
AUDRIE MADDOX
HEALTH CONDITION OF
CHILDREN IN COUNTY
Miss Olive Conn, demonstration
public health nurse for the State
Association, working under the joint
supervision of the Beckham County
Public Health Committee and the
Beckham County Chapter American
Red Cross has completed an exten-
sive health survey and nursing
demonstration in Beckham County.
Miss Conn examined school children
in the following cities: Sayre, Elk
City, Texola, Carter, Erick, Delhi and
in the country districts of the county
Of the 3,577 children examined,
2665 were found to have physical
defects. A list of the defects found
and number of instances which oc-
cured follows: Defective vision 387;
adenoids 446; enlarged tonsils 816;
diseased gums 31; scabies 8.
Mrs. E. E. Wall,
Secretary Beckham County Public !
Health Committee !
FROM ETHEL ADAIR
1931 Park Place
Oklahoma C'ty, Okla.
May 22, 1921.
Dear Mrs. Blackburn:—
As my subscription expires soon,
I am sending a two dollar check to
move it up another year. My work
the past year has been very pleasant.
I have taught English at Lee, the
third largest school here. As a part
of my work I had to take charge of
debates, and, though our school had
never before debated and the work
was new to me, we won nine out of
the ten debates and are now cham-
pions in the city grade debates. Per-
haps that is one reason I am re-elect-
ed for next year with an increase in
salary of two hundred dollars.
Papa and mama are to move here
the first of June. I do not know yet
what our new address will be.
I hope to see the old home town
in August.
Very sincerely,
ETHEL ADAIR.
A KNOCKER OR A BOOSTER
When you hear a man complaining
about the town in which he lives, you
see a man who complains of his own
family. He is a man whom you would
not trust in any deal. You would
not take his word. You would insist
upon a bond as a guarantee that his
word would be made good. Nine
chances to one such a man is not an
active worker in the Chamber of
Commerce, neither will you find his
name as a doner for the Good Roads
Fund, nor is he for anything else that
is for the best interests of the com-
munity.
The really good citizen; the real
patriot, is the man who boosts for his
home town Of course there could
I®© Brandi
Following tke doWnWard trend of
prices, bread Has been reduced to
tke old price, io cents.
We also ka-Oe 15c and 20c Loaves.
be improvements, but continual
knocking is not going to get them. It
• takes united efforts on the part of
l every citizen.
Our home city is what we make it.
If a citizen is not willing to get into
the harness and be a booster, he is
not loyal, and it would be better for
himself and decidedly better for his
town if he found a place more to his
liking.
A LARGE PIG
Jim Lewis has a pig that weighs
720 pounds and he gets on the pigs
back and rides all over the yard.
J The pig was two years old last Sun-
day and when Jim told us that O. H.
Young said “why that’s my birthday
too’.
Mr Pfeifle says that at the Star
well in the Granite field, they baled
out the well for three hours lowering
it about forty-two feet. At that rate
it will be a 350 barrel well, though
others think it will reach more than
that. They have sent away for a
special oil pump and this will guage
the well accurately every twenty-four
hours. It begins to look like this will
be the best shallow well in Oklahoma.
The new Keystone rig is being set up
one-half mile east of the Star well
across the river. That is being drilled
by Shelton & Burress of Mangum.
This new well must be spudded in by
May 27th.
I SCHOOL CALENDAR
High School Auditorium
Friday, May 27th
2:30 P.M.
Eighth Grade Exercises
Address by Rev. J. A. Tracy.
8:30 P. M.
Graduation Exercises
Address by Dr. Edwin DeBarr, Vice-
President University of Oklahoma.
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ELK CITY’S CALENDAR
MUSICAL RECITAL
Miss Hera Robinson’s music class
will give a recital at the School Au-
ditorium, on next Thursday night,
June 2nd, which will be of special
interest.
A children’s operetta will be given
called “A Day in Flowerdom”. Four
pianos will be used on which will be
rendered a quartette, also eight
scholars will play the same piece at
the same time on pinos. There
will be violin and other special num-
bers. Everybody invited. Admission
free.
Sunday, May 29th, 2:30 p. m.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Baptist Tabernacle
June 7th and 8th
D. C. D. Convention
June 20- 27 Inclusive
Chautauqua
September 14, IS, 16, and 17
Beckham County Fair
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— BROTHER DROWNS
Charlie Fritch received word from
Okmulgee Sunday evening that his
brother Edward Fritch, twenty-one
years of age was drowned there. He
left on night train, accompanied by
his brother, J. P. Fritch of Carter.
The funeral was held yesterday.
THE NORTHWEST IS
COMINGTO ELK CITY
D. J. Young, President, W. A.
Palmer, Secretary-Manager ami
several others from Canadian, hava
returned from a trip over the D. C. D.
Highway as far as Lamar, Colo. The
trip was made for the special purpose
among others of arousing interest in
the fourth annual convention of the
D. C. D. Highway at Elk City, June
7th and 8th. As a result of this visit
the management are assured that
there will be not less than six cars
from Colorado at the Elk City Con-
vention. Elkhart, Kansas; Guymon,
Okla., Perryton, Texas, will send cars.
Canadian expects to send twenty-five
cars to the convention. The cars from
the northwest will spend the night of
the 6th at Canadian, at which time
a banquet will be served the visitors.
The party will leave Canadian at
seven A. M., central time for Elk
City, have a picnic lunch on the road
and reach Elk City by one o’clock.
Hon. Allyn Cole of Lamar, form-
erly speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives of Colorado will be the
official representative of the State
of Colorado.
Many towns of Oklahoma and
Texas have assured Secretary Palmer
that they~will send good delegations
to Elk City.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY AND
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
O. H. Young was sixty-three years
old last Sunday and his wife prepar-
ed a fine dinner to celebrate the oc-
casion. One of the special features
was the birthday cake on which were
sixty-three eandles. The guests
made a wish and blew out the can-
dles. The guests were, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Tracy, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Young and
Maryola, Miss Rautenburg, Miss Imo
Lee and Miss Beulah Johnson.
At Sunday school that morning
Mr. Young put his pennies in the
birthday box.
This was also the 39th wedding an-
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Young.
Mr. Young says his wife had never
cooked a meal when they were mar-
ried and knew nothing whatever
about it and the fine dinner Sunday
war very much different from the
dinner she could have prepared
thirty-nine years ago. He thinks now
she is the finest culinary artist in the
world.
JUNIOR. SENIOR BANQUET
The Juniors gave the annual ban-
quet in honor of the Seniors, May
twenty-first. The study hall was
decorated in brown and white, the
High School colors.
Clifford Jones began the program
for the evening with a toast to the
Seniors, and a clever response was
given by George Peeler. The next
number was a vocal selection, “I
Want to Live in a High School Town”
by Marguerite McKinney, Ethel Lord,
Ruth Brown, Suzanne Smallwood
and Naomi Miller. The next toast,
“Our School” by , Marguerite Mc-
Kinney, was responded to by Mr.
Steele, and this was followed by a
piano duet by Miss Hera Jane Robin-
son and Ruthanne Mitchell. A read-
ing very appropriate for the occasion.
“The Sweet Girl Graduate." was
given by Ruth Brown. Mr. Richards
closed the program with an alumni
address.
The Juniors and the Domestic
Science class are to be congratulated
on their preparation and serving of
the banquet.
Mena
Fruit Cocktail
Chicken cronuettes. Potatoes a la rose
Creamed neas. Stuffed pickles.
Parker house rolls. Butter balls
Marshmallow Salad
Cafe au Lait
Orange Ice Angel Food Cake
Mints.
The Home of Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
™ STORY
(Under New Management)
Tomorrow—Saturday, May 28th
(beautiful) GLADYS WALTON
in “PINK TIGHTS”
a fascinating lure of a circus story
also a Roaring Comedy.
Monday, May 30th
H. B. Warner in
“ONE HOUR BEFORE DAWN”
a baffling play with the throb of action and thrill of
suspense.
also International News
Tuesday, May 31st.
Ethel Clayton in
“A LADY IN LOVE”
a romance of youth
also STAR Comedy
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UNCLE DIES
Mrs. M. F. Harrison received word
of the death of her brother-in law,
Rev. T. E. Sharp, who passed away
in Memphis, Tenn. His body was
sent to Macon, Mo., for burial. He
was an uncle of Mrs. T. M. Vaughn
and S. C. Harrison. His wife' was
Miss Linnie Harrison.
Wednesday, June 1st
ART ACORD
the Cowboy King in
“The WHITE HORSEMAN”
Some action—Some picture, a thriller and clean
-Added Attractions-
“BROWNE” the educational dog in the “DOG DOC-
TOR”, a roaring Century Comedy..
Also “THE SHOWDOWN.” a Western.
A bill for the Kiddies—Bring them.
Thursday, June 2nd
Bryant Washburn in
‘TOO MUCH FOR JOHNSON”
a roaring riots of laughs
also “LADIES FIRST” Sennett Comedy
Coming Next Week, Monday, June Sth
WALLACE REID, IN
“ALWAYS AUDACIOUS
a smashing tale of a shanghied millionaire who came
back home a stranger. Extra good.
Starting at QUALITY, Saturday, June 11th
-Everybody,’s Favorite-
EDDIE POLO in “DO or DIE”
this is the latest and best serial.
-added attractions each week-
RETURNS FROM MARKET
H. C. Powell returned Sunday
night from St. Louis, where he had
been for a week buying goods for the
three Diamond “C” stores.
SCHOOL LEVY CARRIED
In the election Tuesday for the
school levy, the voted stood 155 for
the levy and 18 against.
D. C. D. Convention, June 7tb-8th.
a HOOT GIBSON WESTERN and Century Comedy.
(Don’t miss this woflderful Thriller)
” The Story Theatre opens Monday, June 6th, at two
p. m., running continuous to 11 p. m., starting that
date. The management of the Story and Quality
Theatres feel that the people of Elk City are entiled to
a continuous preformance, so that they can come any-
time or hour between 2 and 11 and see a complete pro-
gram. Remember the date.
IUST a reminder that the Bankrupt Sale of the M. Z. King Stock
J will continue until June 4th. We are including merchandise
that is arriving daily. This store will hereafter be known as
OLIVER’S CASH STORE
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