The El Reno American (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 61, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1955 Page: 4 of 12
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4-A The El Reno (Okie.) American, Thursday, May 12, 1955
Lincoln School Grabs Lion’s Share of
Kiwanis Club’s Little Olympic Honors
Lincoln school again captured a hulk of the honors
at the annual Little Olympics track meet, which was held
Friday afternoon in Memorial Stadium under the sponsor-
ship of the El Reno Kiwanis club. Lincoln, who totaled
98 points for the day, was followed by Concho, with *11
points, ami Rose Witcher*
school with 29 tallies. a* q C jL >
other three teams finished, \yest Coast Jaunt
was Irving with 2d points,
Central with I I and Webster ! by 11 Woods
whose contestants scored 8 ; Last week we left off our travel
points.
Joe Sliwa was meet chairman
and Harvey Dozier again served
as coordinator for the affair, as-
sisting the chairman and making
story at Vista Calif., and here we
go again! After two fine days
of Ilobgood hospitality we took to
the trail again, following 101 up
the coast to San Pedro. We took
the wrong fork where 101 splits
many of the beloiehand piep.ua- .iruj founcj ourselves on the inland
tions for the event. 1 r0ute. Finally managed to wan-
There were seven events in each
of the hoys five weight da visions,
with two special contests, a med-
ley relay and bicycle relay, thrown
in for good measure in the “below
66-pound" class. In the girls
contests there were four events
in each of the two weight divi-
sions.
Boys Contests
Placings in the class A boys
events were: 100-yard dash —
Rutherford Loneman, Concho, 1st;
Kee I>*e Yazzie, Concho, 2nd; and
Mike Conner, Irving 3rd. 440-yard
relay - Concho, 1st; Lincoln, 2nd;
and Rose Witcher, 3rd. Broad
.lump Rutherford Loneman, 1st;
Don Noble, Concho, 2nd; and Leon
Warren, Lincoln, 3rd. IliKh Jump
—Charles Mitchell, Concho, 1st;
Jimmy Isles, Lincoln, 2nd; and Pat
Jordan, Lincoln, 3rd. Softball
throw — Loneman, 1st; Jimmy
Isles: 2nd; and Wayne Abies, Lin-
coln, 3rd. Shot Put Kee Lee,
Yazzie, Concho, 1st; Harvey Pesh-
lakai, Concho, 2nd; and Wayne
Abies, Lincoln, 3rd.
B Boys Event*
Results of the class B boys
events were: 100-yard dash Roy
Lee Miller, Rose Witcher, 1st;
Mike O'Neal, Lincoln, 2nd; and
Leland Friday, Concho 3rd. 440-
yard relay - Irving, 1st; Concho.
2nd; and Webster, 3rd. Broad
Jump Don Johnson, Unwin,
1st; Winfred Garrett, Irving, 2nd;
and Leland Friday, 3rd, High
Jump Don Johnson, Lincoln,
1st; Ben Red Buffalo, Concho, 2nd;
and Arthur Vnlderas, Irving 3rd
Sol'ethall throw Mike O'Neal.
Lincoln, 1st; Don Johnson, 2nd;
and Emery Yant, Central, 3rd.
Class (’. Results
The winner of class C events
were; 75-yard dash Kenneth
Atwood, Lincoln 1st; Do way nr
Gibson, Webster, 2nd; and Vin-
cent Ofielby, Central, 3rd. 300-
yard relay Concho, 1st; Rose
Witcher, 2nd; and Lincoln, 3rd
Broad Jump Jerry Bass, Rose
Witcher 1st; Kenneth Atwood, Lin-
coln, 2nd; and Tony Pratt, Webs-
ter, 3rd. High Jump Kenneth
Atwood, 1st; Victor Ashford, Lin-
coln, 2nd; and Dick Mnxey, Rose
Witcher, 3rd Softball throw
Victor Ashford, 1st; Kenneth At-
wood, 2nd; and Albert Shawnee,
Concho, 3rd
Winners Class I)
Dan Patman of Lincoln domin-
ated the events in class I) for hoys
In the 60-75 pound weight divi-
sion with one first place and two
seconds for a total of seven points.
Individual results were; 60-yard
dash — Roger Childs, Lincoln, 1st;
Dan Patman, Lincoln, 2nd; and
Michael Ogilvie, Central, 3rd. 240
v.od relay iJncoln, i t Rot<
Witcher, 2nd and Irving 3rd.
Board Jump Dan Patman, 1st;
Phil Frizzell, Rose Witcher, 2nd:
and Bruce Carroll, Rose Witcher,
3rd. High Jump Roger Childs,
Lincoln, 1st; George Cox, Irving,
2nd; and Glenn Riekner, Irving,
2rd, Softball throw
der back to the coast at Seal
Beach and eventually to the home
of our two sisters in San Pedro.
One of them, Miss Helen, was be-
ing feted with a birthday dinner
as we arrived. From then on we
were in a mad rush throughout
our stay in the Los Angeles area.
The following day Sary was de-
posited with her sister, Miss Kath-
leen Scott, former El Reno teach-
er, who now instructs in the ex-
clusive Miss Buckley school in
Sherman Oaks, which is in the
San Fernando Valley, some 30
miles north of San Pedro. We
visited the school one day and
found the bright-eyed youngsters
of the effete rich most intelligent,
poised and courteous. As Kathleen
was still suffering from a back
injury received in an auto acci-
dent last year, she and Sary had
to forego the opportunity to visit
over the weekend in the mountain
cabin owned by our eldest broth-
er, Cliff and wife, in the Crest-
line mountain area near San Ber-
nardino.
Visit In Mountain Area
This beautiful resort area lies
in the San Bernardino mountains
with Lakes Gregory, Arrowhead
and Big Bear as the main attrac-
tions. Much of the architecture of
the cabins is modelled on Swiss
Duke, Lincoln, 3rd. 200-yard re-
lay - Lincoln, 1st; Rose Witcher,
2nd; and Irving, 3rd. Board Jump
Bobby Swain, Lincoln, 1st; Lar-
ry Jennings, Irving, 2nd; and Ro-
chelle White Buffalo, Concho, 3rd
High jump Bobby Norris, Lin-
coln, 1st; Larry Jennings, Irving,
2nd; and Jimmie Caster, Lincoln,
3rd. Softball throw Bobby Doke.
Lincoln, 1st; Jimmy Dyer, Lin-
coln, 2nd; and Eddie WHkcrson,
Irving 3rd. Medley relay Con-
cho, 1st; Irving, 2nd; and Lincoln
3rd. Bicycle relay Rose Wit-
cher, 1st; Irving, 2nd; and Lin-
coln, 3rd.
Girls’ Contests
Lincoln school swept a majority
of the girls events with a total
of 20 points scored compared with
runner-up Central, whose girls
scored II tallies. Results in the
individual contests in the Class A
girls weight division, for the girls
over 75-pounds were: Softball
throw Mary Parr, Central, 1st;
Rose Castillo, Concho, 2nd; and
Laura Tiller, Concho, 3rd. 410-
yard relay Central, 1st; Con-
cho, 2nd; and Lincoln 3rd. 300-
yard relay Lincoln, 1st; Central,
2nd; and Concho, 3rd. 75-yard
dash Clara Belle Greany, Lin-
coln, 1st; Elane Gresham, Lincoln,
2nd; and I’atsv Lorcnzen, Central,
3rd.
Class B. Girls
Results in the class B girls
weight divisions, for students un-
der 75 pounds were: Softball
throw Anna Path, Webster 1st;
Jane Hayward, Lincoln, 2nd; and
Phillis Bartlett, Central, 3rd. 240-
yard relay Lincoln, 1st; Irving,
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SOIL CONSERVATION
COUNTY
IN CANADIAN
J. D. Randolph, Work Unit Conservationist
East Canadian County SCD News
A woman driver is a person
who, when obeying every rule, is
blamed for slowing down a man
who isn’t. ▲
The man who shows his better
side doesn’t have to put up a
false front.
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Twister Gets Barn
The five-minute blow on the west edge of El Reno shortly after
7 a.m. Monday completely wrecked this barn on a farm across the
road from tne southwest corner of the reformatory reservation. W. M. Lovell of 1619 South Choc-
taw, who farms the land, said he believed the storm to be a small twister thut dipped to the
ground. Debris from the barn was carried in a line for a quarter mile in the direction of Adams
park where the twister apparently came to the ground u second time and ripped a number of
large limbs from trees.
Jrd. Suit ball throw Phil Friz-, 2nd; and Central 3rd. 206-yard
zell 1st; Dan aPtman, 2nd; and relay Lincoln, 1st; Rose Witch-
Pat Daily, 3rd.
Class E Boys
In the class E events the le-
er, 2nd; and Webster, 3rd. 50-
yard dash — Janie Hayward. Lin-
coln, 1st: Sandra Jackson, Lin-
coln. 2nd; and Mary Sue Bruce,
suits were: 56-yard dash Arlit
Miller, Rose Witcher, 1st; Bobby! Rose Witcher.' 3rd!
• >wain, Lincoln, 2nd; and Hobby1 Price,firsti Uhrtthifit.firstts
chalets and the restful atmosphere
in the beautiful pines gave us an
opportunity to indulge in sonic
high-powered visiting. Our youn-
ger brother, Bill, and his wife, our
two sisters and other relatives
joined in.
On Sunday we toured the moun-
tain area, visiting Lake Arrow-
head and Big Bear, returning to
San Pedro that evening. Next
day we motored to Sherman Oaks
to pick up Sary and together we
rubbernecked (town Wilshire bou-
levard. The next day we worked
in a jaunt to the famed Farmers
market in Beverly Hills, and the
next door enterprise the CBS-TV
broadcasting station. Here we wit-
nessed the Art Link let ter and Bob
Crosby shows.
Lacking tickets which we should
have procured in advance, we join-
ed the no-ticket line with a gloomy
likelihood of getting into the show.
However, a good Samaritan in the
person of a former Okie with two
•xtra tickets, came along the line,
ingled us out and presented the
necessary ducats. Said he has
ilways had sympathy for those
n the end of the lino since de-
pression days in Oklahoma. Once
he lined up with 300 others to try
to get a job with Phillips Petrole-
um and he was third from the last.
The boss walked down the line
and took the last three men, and
he has always been grateful for
the consideration and interested in
those at the tail end of long lines.
Following a Mexican dinner in
tin* Farmers Market, a mammoth
enterprise in retailing just about
anything one could want or ima-
gine, we visited the L.A. city hall.
There we looked up Miss Vivian
Van Ausdall, formerly of El Reno,
who is secretary to one of the
prominent councilmen. She has
made a career of being secretary
to one councilman after another
and is now prominent in Los An-
geles civic affairs due to her poli-
tical acumen, long time acquaint-
ance with the civic machinery and
her helpful disposition.
Seat View Is Destroyed
Another day we made a brief
jaunt to Long Beach and were dis-
appointed to find that the famed
Pike fronting on the sea had been I
robbed of its beautiful ocean view. |
Filling in for the area inclosed
by the Rainbow Pier to make a
large parking area has obscured
the v iew of the blue Pacific. How-
ever, the parking area thus pro-
vided is expected to prove quite
popular to the bathers.
That evening the Woods family
split again with Sary spending the
night with Kathleen while we join-
ed the remainder of the Woods
tribe and went to the home of
brother Bill in Playa del Roy. The
evening was spent in showing
glides of many ofthe family affairs
in recent years.
Next morning we packed up and
with Brother Cliff and wife and
sister Margaret, headed for Knott’s
Berry Farm. There we were join-
ed by Kathleen and Sary and a
most enjoyable day was spent.
This Ghost Town has been ex-
tensively publicized in The Ameri-
can by Bob Hadley, Russell Mac-
Clain and others, and needless to
say our party was delighted with
the nostalgic reproductions of the
i t- t? T*
I,a, unbM • Intern-1 S'11™1"'. «*l Cnn-
ing collection of Americana and m * ’
City League Bowling
Champs Are Named
With the bowling season coming
to a close this week, winners for
the 1954-55 series are being an-
nounced daily. In the Men’s City
league, the Band Box Cleaners
won top honors, capturing the
trophy without a playoff, having
won both the first and second
halves. The team is sponsored
by A. D. Cox, ji\, who operates
the cleaners and also the bowling
lanes. On the team are Homer
he is doing an effective job of
reminding Americans of the pres-
ent day ol the fun, foibles and con-
tributions of the generations of the
recent past.
From Knott’s we headed for
Crestline for a final night’s stay
and thereby getting a good start
On Monday night the Women’s
City league closed the season with
Kelso’s topping the Keglers for
first place. Members of the team
are Mrs. Robert Moulton, Mrs.
Ralph Phillips, Mrs. Carl Lyons,
Mrs. John Creed and Mrs. Ted
Baker. Mrs. Creed replaced Mis.
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IJO NOHTh ROCK ISLAND
J. D. Rudolph, Work Unit Con-
servationist of the El Reno Work
Unit, would like to encourage all
farmers to harvest their grass seed
this year. It is not likely that
there will be any native grass
seed harvested, this year, due to
the drought. Farmers who have
planted King Ranch, weeping love
grass, cauciasian blue stem, blue
panic and fescue should try to
harvest seed for there will be a
demand for seed.
R. L. Fry, a district cooperator
living southwest of Yukon, thinks
a great deal of King’s Ranch. He
started planting King’s Ranch in
1952. Fry and J. D. Randolph,
observed one of the plantings last
week, and found the grass to be
making a good growth, in spite of
the dry weather. Fry says, “King
ranch spreads over the ground and
protects the soil from water and
wind erosion.”
George Watson, a district co-
operator, living south of Yukon,
has found King’s Ranch to be a
very desirable pasture grass.
Carl Merveldt, northeast of El
Reno, cooperating with the Dis-
trict has planted King’s Ranch and
finds that it provides a lot of graz-
ing for his beef herd. Many other
farmers have planted King’s ranch
and find it a valuable grass. The
work Unit technicians have ob-
served that King’s ranch grows
well on most soils, except wet
lands. It does fairly well on this
soils. King’s ranch has. made the
best growth where the seed bed
Who howled with the team tin
greater part of the season. Mrs.
Phillips replaced Mrs. Christine
Dlfen of Chickasha, who left the
team in December.
was firm, and where the soil was
welt firmed over the seed. Many
plantirtgs appear to be a thin
stand. This is probably due to
only half enough seed being plant-
ed, because the seed was high
priced. If these thin stands are
allowed to seed, in manv instances
the stands art improved. Right
now is the proper time to seed
blue panic, and weeping love grass.
Wepping love grass will pay big
dividends if properly managed.
It is good to see through a
thing; it is better to see a thing
through.
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........ jaunt on to Baker, Ore "i,/H Kunau' now of California,
Oeemrhun b New n ature ! chool and the former went tol
We didn't get to see all the in- California in 1922. He joined the
Ici est ing things Brother Hadley Los Angeles city engineering staff
suggested in his recent disserta- 30 years ago Tuesday and is due
lion on Los Angeles in this paper, p, retire in a couple of years,
but we did see everything that Brother Bill has a most interesting
time allowed, and enjoyed it large- work as field director for the
ly. Near .San Pedro we did see Research Corporation of America,
a new feature which Bob should in this work he covers the west
include in his present trip to the third of the U.S., setting up and
coast. That is the Oceanarium at inspecting research projects fin-
Portuguese Bend. This is a new anced from the revenue of the
and ritzy settlement a short dis- patents administered by the cor-
tance west around the Palos Verde poration. The corporation was
hills from San Pedro. The brand made possible bv bequests by
new museum provides an unusual prominent inventors and the cash
view of marine lile, and a cafe grants are made without strings
and hotel in connection are the attached mainly to college pro-
last word in modernistic and com- fessors over the nation. West coast
fort able accommodations. j offices for the corporation are
Our brothers, Cliff and Bill, are maintained at Santa Monica,
confirmed Californians. Both are, Next week we will report on our
graduates of the OU engineering1 jaunt to Oregon and home.
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