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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 19SS
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY-ALL HOME PRINT
City's Flood Control Project May Be
Revived With Army Engineers’ Help
Rinehart, Gad berry
Succeed in Getting
Restudy of Job
Possibility of reviving the pro-
posed flood-control project for the
construction of one large flood
control reservoir a mile west of
El Reno, together with four small
flood control ponds, was indicated
as good Friday when Senator Jim
Rinehart and Luther C. Oadberry
returned from a conference with
Col. Reiff of the army engineers
at the Tulsa office.
While a former application by
the city for flood control funds to
finance the proposed projects had
\ been rejected by the army engi-
neers on the grounds that the
benefits would not justify the cost
f of the construction, the recon-
sideration by the army may make
possible the improvement on a
federal-city joint basis.
However, L. C. Gadberry, a
member of the chamber of com-
merce flood control committee,
pointed out at Friday’s meeting
that the city sustained damages of
nearly half a million during the
flood of October, 1953, when an
8-inch rain on the watershed to
the southwest of the city dumped
floodwaters on the lower sections
in the west, northwest and north-
east portions of the city.
Following Gadberry’s explana-
tion, Col. Reiff indicated that the
army folks would be willing to re-
consider the project if the city of
El Reno would agree to partici-
pate in the cost. The engineers
proposed that the government as-
sume the cost of the purely flood
control phase, while El Reno
would assume the costs represent-
ed by the recreational features and
El Reno Band Is
Grand Champ Of
Big Fair Parade
El Reno’s marching band did
well by itself Saturday at the an-
nual state fair parade in Okla-
homa City by coming home with
the first place trophy in its class
“A” competition and the grand
champion honor for being named
the best of the 85 units to march
in the 18-block parade.
The 45-minute parade wound
through downtown Oklahoma City
and included musical and march-
ing units from throughout the
state. The Saturday win for El
Reno's blue and white clad musi-
cians was nothing new though—
It was the fourth time in five
trips that they have copped the
grand champ trophy. The other
time they were named reserve
champion. Oklahoma City Central
was runnerup to the El Reno ag-
gregation.
Victory for the local students
was sweet as they had aimed for
the honor for several weeks. They
had been reporting to daily prac-
tices at 8 a.m. each morning be-
fore regular classwork.
Following the morning parade,
students were admitted to the
state fair and attended the after-
noon grandstand show.
Legion Purchases
Peabody Building
Purchase of the property built
four years ago by Chas. V. Pea-
w
2 Prominent Business
Men of El Reno Die
for the possible future water sup- bod-v tbe Peabody D<|ir.v Pro-
ply | ducts Co., and later used for the
Both Mr. Gadberry and Senator
Rinehart expressed the blief JJiat
the city would be willing to as-
sume this share, and agreed to
present the proposals at the next
meeting of the city council.
Soil conservation engineers made
a survey 6f the project and fur-
nished the chamber of commerce
with estimates of size of reser-
voirs needed to provide protection
against future floods, sizes of dams
required and the probable cost.
Farm groups of the county have
indicated an interest in the pro-
ject as a pilot model for a num-
ber of upstream soil and water
conservation measures for the
county.
Chamber Prepares
To Elect 5 New
Board Directors
Organization of nomination pro-
ceedings for the forthcoming
election of five new members to
the board of directors was the
main item of business Wednesday
afternoon at a meeting of the El
Reno chamber of Commerce nom-
ination committee.
Members of that committee,
Morris Stock, chairman, Lewis
Reiter, Fred Becket, Vestus Morris
David DeLana and R. E. Hinchey,
mapped final plans for the nom-
ination of canadidates by chamber
members which closes Monday,
Oct. 10.
The five directors whose three-
year tenures expire are Carlos
Weaver, Morris Stock, H. M.
Woods, Dr. C. Riley Strong and
Lewis Reiter. Under the chamber’s
bylaws, the five will not be eligi-
ble to serve on the board until
one year hap elasped.
The nominating committee Wed-
nesday directed that nomination
blanks be forwarded from the
chamber office today to all mem-
bers. Chamber members can nom-
inate any other member they
choose for a seat on the board
provided they secure the signature
of ten members before the nomi-
nation blank Is presented to the
nomination committee.
• The chamber board is composed
* of 17 members—15 elected mem-
bers, the president of the junior
chamber of commerce, and the
immediate past president.
Grace Museum, located on the
west edge of El Reno on U.S. 66
was voted at the meeting of the
El Reno Legion post, Thursday
evening.
Immediately after the details of
purchase have been concluded the
Legion plans to embark on a re-
modeling program estimated to
cost between $10,000 and $15,000,
in order to provide all the facili-
ties necessary for a clubhouse. The
Legion Auxiliary also will have a
large room in the building and it
has indicated its desire to provide
the equipment for the kitchen.
The building is located on a
two-acre tract and the post ex-
pects to develop this area for re-
creational purposes for the mem-
bers and their families. The main
salesroom in the building is to be
utilized for the meeting hall and
other rooms will be set aside for
clubrooms, offices and kitchen.
Consideration for the purchase
handled by the Nlghswander Real-
ty Co., was $25,000. The post al-
ready owns the building at 121
North Bickford and plans to re-
tain this property. It has accum-
ulated sufficient cash in its build-
ing fund, to finance the purchase
of the new structure, the officers
indicate.
Mr. Peabody now resides in Den-
ver, hut during his residence in
El Reno, he was an active mem-
ber of the Legion post.
Game Farm Ships Out
Last Quail of '55 Season
Last of the 1955 crop of quail
from the state game farm at
Darlington were shipped out Tues-
day, according to Supt. George
Wint. The birds went to clubs at
Colony, Verdigris, Muskogee and
Eufaula.
Total production of the Darling-
ton plant for 1955 was approxi-
mately 94,000 quail and 28,000
pheasants, according to Wint. This
is the same number of quail as
last year but about 4,000 more
pheasants than last year.
Mr. Wint returned Friday even-
ing from Stillwater where he at-
tended the Habitat Improvement
Conference for the Great Plains
states, which drew an attendance
from throughout the central area
of the nation as well as Canada.
He appeared on the program with
an address on “Food Values as
Basis for Habitat Improvement.”
He based his talked on experi-
ments he has conducted on diff-
erent native foods for game birds.
Sacred Heart To
Open Play Soon
In (-Man Football
Something new in the way of
entertainment for local sports fans
will be coming El Reno's way
soon as Sacred Heart opens play
in six-man football ... a fast
rough, tough game which has
been absent from the local scene
for a number of years.
The Redbirds will open play in
Memorial stadium against the
Lawton Catholic school, October
6. Coaching the Catholic squad is
Jerry Welch, El Reno high school
hackfield standout who was grad-
uated last year and is now attend-
ing El Reno junior college.
—Eleven Men Out—
Welch reports that he has 11
men out for daily practice and
has a first unit which is fast
enough to make the game inter-
esting with just about any opposi-
tion.
The Redbirds’ mentor explains
that in six-man football there are
three men on the line and three
hackfield men. He pointed out
that the game is "wide open” as
everyone is an eligible pass re-
ceiver. It differs somewhat from
t h e conventional eleven - man
game in that 15 yards in four
plays is required for a first down.
—First Unit Named—
The Redbirds have been work-
ing out daily in Legion Park. The
boys currently holding down ber-
ths on Welch’s first unit are sen-
iors Tony Reding, halfback, and
Bob Flores, center; juniors Tom
Reding, quarterback and Larry
Ellis, right end; freshmen Billy
Hill, right halfback, and Danny
Warren, left End.
The Redbirds schedule calls for
a return engagement later in the
season whith Lawton and game
here at an undisclosed date with
Enid. Welch said that he was
about scheduling contests with
contacting several other teams
them.
' Murray Ashbrook
Rites Held Today
Services were held at 3:30 p m.
in the Benson funeral home chap-
el for Murray A. Ashbrook, 1001
South Hoff, prominent Investment
broker and insurance agent, who
died at his home Wednesday
morning after a brief illness.
Mr. Ashbrook was born Sept.
26, 1876, in Plesantville, Ohio, and
located in El Reno in 1909. He
was active in civic affairs and
served six years on the city coun-
cil after it was formed in 1922.
He was one of the backers of the
managerial form of city govern-
ment and was influential in hav-
ing El Reno adopt it.
He was a member of the Pres-
byterian church, Masonic Lodge
for 50 years, Royal Arch No. 9,
Ascension Commandery No. 4, life
member of the India Temple and
a charter member of the El Reno
Country Club of which he served
as secretary for 27 years.
Survivors include two sons,
Barnes Ashbrook of the home, and
Robert Ashbrook of Oklahoma
City; a daughter, Mrs. A. E. Addy-
man, Fort Worth; a niece, Mary K.
Ashbrook, 1012 South Hoff; and
four grandchildren.
Miss Irene March, Christian
Science Reader, officiated at the
rites and burial was in the El Reno
cemetery under direction of the
Benson funeral home.
County Youths Grab Many Top
Awards at State Fair This Week
Jimmy
Jensen
Angus
Wins!
Jimmy Jensen Shows Champion
Angus Steer-Women Also Score
Frank A. Vogel
Succumbs Today
Calls 18 of Saturday ! 20 Games Correctly
Hutson Wins Top Honors in American's
Football Gonfalon—Gustafson Second
Football predicting in The
American’s weekly contest of ex-
perts zoomed Bill Hutson to the
top of the list when he correctly
called 18 of the 20 major college
games of the nation, with Bill
Gustafson hot on his heels with
17 correct.
Opening game upsets were
numerous throughout the nation
and the uncertainly as to the
comparative strength of the teams
made the prognosticating unusual-
ly difficult. In spite of this lack
of information nine of the guess-
ers called 16 correctly to place in
the honorable mehtion class. They
were John H. Irvine, Mrs. Dwight
Rukes, Lawrence A. Deloney, E. R.
Dennis. Kenneth Crownover, Dr.
. T. L. Pike, Gilbert Wledeman,
Barbara Schaff and Jerry Welch.
In the sweepstakes, five of the
predictors are now tied for lead
position with scores of 29 each.
They are: John Irvine. Pat Meyer,
Shirley Murphy, Helen Sheldon
L and Wilbur Stine.
Runners up in the sweepstakes
m contest with 28 each are: Walt
I Blackowl, Thos. C. Brock, Kenneth
I, Crownover, R. W. Davis, E. R.
I Dennis, Paul C. Ellis, Kay Enfield.
Bill Hutson, Fred B. Hutson, Mrs.
Fred Hutson, Bill M. Penwright,
Jerry Welch, Gilbert Wiedemann
and Roger Worsham. Those with
scores of 27 are: Vera Borchers,
C. C. Coyle, Bus Deardorff, Fran-
ces Deardorff, Cathcrin Ellis,
James E. Gambel, Jim Heinen,
Merv Meyer, Dr. T. L. Pike, Alice
Rowe, Betty Rush, Barbara Schaff
R. H. Schaff, L. E. Sheldon, Louis
Spainhower, Belle B. Warner and
Clay Wellborn.
The third Saturday of the ser-
ies will bring some more tough
games to call, when teams such as
Pitt and O.U. tangle with the out-
come very much in doubht. An
invitation is given to everyone to
enter this popular contest. Com-
plete instructions are given on the
special football page in this issue.
Simply call at one of the adver-
tisers on the page and secure an
entry blank—they’re free and no
obligations to buy. Fill in your
prediction of the outcome of the
games—there’s one listed in each
of the ads. Depoist your entry
blank in the box at The Ameri-
can by 12 noon Saturday and
perhaps you’ll share In one of the
prizes.
Masons To Honor
50-Year Members
El Reno lodge No. 50 AF&AM
will be host to District No. 20
at a regular district meeting at the
Masonic Temple, on Friday, Sept.
30, at an open meeting. At the
same time, as part of the program
the Grand Lodge of the State of
Oklahoma and El Reno lodge will
honor three of its members who
have been members for 50 years
or more. W. Earl Goode, Senior
Grand Warden from Canton, will
represent the Grand lodge, present
the certificates and gold pins and
make an address.
The three to be honored are C.
C. Kegelman, Highland Addition,
J. H. Nighswander, 701 W, Wade
and Willie Wallace of Okarche,
Route 3. Mr. Kegelman and Mr.
Wallace are Past Masters of El
Reno lodge. Also Murray A Ash-
brook was to have been honored
until his unexpected death Wed-
nesday morning.
The business session will be
presided over by the district offi-
cers from Hinton lodge. Rev. L. B.
Saltzgiver, a past master of El
Reno lodge will serve as Master
of Ceremonies. Readings and musi-
cal selections by Rainbow for
Girls will be the lighter part of
the evening program preceding
the presentation of awards. Re-
freshments will be served at the
close of the meeting.
District No. 20 is made up of
Masonic lodges from Kingfisher,
Yukon, Geary, Hinton, Calumet,
Bridgeport, Loyal, Piedmont and
Mustang in addition to El Reno.
Three other members of El
Reno lodge, currently residing in
California, will leceive 50 year
awards sometime this year. They
will be presented by the Grand
Lodge of California on behalf of
the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma.
They are H. L. Merry of West
Covina, Lewis Rex Gephart of
Long Beach and Harry E. Harri
son, also a Past Master of Bakers-
field. Calif.
Draft Board Calls
2, Reclassifies 59
The Canadian county draft
hoard today named two registr-
ants who are on orders to report
for induction Tuesday and re-
leased the names of 59 other men
whose registration classification
has been changed during the past
month.
The men entering the armed
forces next week are: John Her-
man Everett, Union City and Mel-
ton Eugene Wright., El Reno.
Those men who have reclasi-
fied are: 1-A Fredrick W. Heupel.
1-C (inducted) Henry K. Moore,
Larry W. Wood and Doald L.
Reese. 1-C (enlisted) Jestin L.
Brazzeal, Charles E. Norman, Phil-
ip W. Walch, Rodney M. Thomas,
Marvin L. Ballard and Claude K.
Smith, jr., 1-C (discharge) Leslie
H. Johnson, Darrell R. Williams,
Albert L. Frazier, Donnie L. Le-
Fever, Melvin G. Robinson, Nor-
man L. Booth, Thomas G. Taylor,
and Joe M. Madbull. 1-C (reser-
ves) Donald Ray Taylor, Joseph
M. Phelps, Kenneth R. Barton,
Sammy Goodman, John H. Marsh,
and Max Huston.
Central Oklahoma
Hospital Managers
d Meet In El Reno
Hospital administrators from the
Oklahoma State Hospital Associa-
tion's central district met in El
Reno today for the group’s quar-
terly meting being held in Park
View with Robert E. Trimble,
vice-chairman of the district, ser-
ving as host.
Featured speaker of the day
was Jack Shrode, administrator of
Wesley hospital in Oklahoma City
who spoke on "Safety Training
and Motivation; Basic Safe Prac-
tices; and Special Departmental
”, Another phase of the
entitled "Safety of the
Patient and Protecting the Visitor
from Injury” was presented by
personnel from the University hos-
Indians Squeak Past Clinton; Brace
For Conference Opener With Norman
HaltinK a laft half surge, the FI Reno Indians held
out for a 21-14 victory over a strong Clinton squad last
Friday evening at Clinton. The Tribe is home this week
sharpening their scalping knives and mixing the war paint
for tonight’s invasion of the Tigers from Norman. Tonights
clash will be the highschool “game of the week” as both
teams lay undefeated records on the line.
“-♦ Last,week the Indians, scoring
inee in the first quarter and twice
in the second, finally sprang back
to stop the Tornadoes who had
mustered a late rally.
— Indians Get Fumble—
The Indians first talley, came
after a long punt by Harold John-
son which a Clinton back fumbled
deep in his own territory. Bob
McDaniels, Tribe halfback, recov-
ered the ball and the Warriors
scored from there with Jerry Till-
ery doing the honors. Chuck Jan-
ssen toed the ball through the up-
right to make it 7-0, El Reno.
At the start of the second quar-
ter Johnson again lofted the ball
deep into Clinton territory where
Jerry Tillery dropped on the sec-
ond mishandled punt of the even-
ing. A few plays later, Burke Pre-
vratil, the Indian’s 195 pound full-
hack, took an off-tackle handoff
from Adams and bulled over for
the score.
Coach Kamm's Indians last scor-
ing of the evening came when
Frank A. Vogel, Jr.
Services will be Saturday at
10 a.m. in the El Reno Presby-
terian church for Frank J. Vogel,
jr., 1412 South Reno, prominent
El Reno businessman who died
early this morning after a lengthy
illness in a local hospital.
Mr. Vogel was born Oct. 2, 1911
in Arkansas City, Kan., and came
to El Reno in 1947 from Okla-
homa City. He was in business in
El Reno since that time, with the
exception of two years, as an
automobile dealer. He was a 1936
graduate of the University of Ok-
lahoma where he was affiliated
with Sigma Nu social fraternity.
He was a member of the Presby-
terian church. El Reno country
club and B.P.O.E.
Survivors include the wife. Bet-
ty Lu of the home, a daughter,
Judith Vogel, of the home; a son
Frank J. Vogel, III, of the home;
the mother, Mrs. Blanche Howard
Vogel, Arkansas City, Kan.; two
brothers, Louis Vogel of Alice,
Tex., and Charles H. Vogel of
Santa Clara, Calif.
Officiating will be Rev. Otto
Bergncr, pastor, and assisting will
be Rev. Russell Wingert. Hereford
Tex. Interment will be in the
Arkansas City Riverside ceme-
tery. Wilson funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Private Physicians
Get Polio Serum
Dr. Alpha Johnson, president of
the Canadian County Medical As-
sociation made the announcement
today that all Canadian county
physicians have supplies of the
Salk polio serum for private dis-
tribution.
Dr. Johnson said that the sup-
ply of the serum was yet critically
short but it was believed that
enough serum was available
through the private physicians to
finish innocuiating all children in
the five through nine age bracket.
Under the program earlier this
year when the first and second
school children were innoculated,
the serum was provided free of
charge by the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, but he
pointed out doctors now had to
purchase the serum from manu-
facturers and that there would be
a fee charged for Innoculation.
pital in Oklahoma City , T . _ ,. , ,
Cleveland Rogers, executive dir- ' Por!fr blocked a Clinton
ector of the state hospital associa- bw.n >n iornado territory. Bill
lion, was present and gave a brief Adarn* dir<*ted th,e Fr,be d°wn to
talk to the administrators on the 4 tornadoes four yard line
Oklahoma Commission for Crip- where he Promptly plowed over
fet, J. R. Howard, Joe E. Potts,
Joe Roush, jr., Rudolph R. Tavlw,
Kenneth L. Boevers, Bobby W.
Smith, Bill G. Williams, Melfred
R. Loyall, Ralph J. Mengers,
Clarence R. R. Brothers, Phillip
L. Shanklin, Marvin K. Smith,
Cecil L. King, Dallard E. House,
Carl D. Klohn, James E. Emmert,
Richard W. Royse, Richard A.
Robertson. VirRil R, Randell, Don-
ald R. Nason and Stanley L. Will-
hoitc. 4-F Osker K. Byrne, Leon
J. Ross, Frank Gilbert and Bur*
gess L. Prentiss. 5-A Dennis E.
Patton, Jack S. Barker, Boy B.
iIackie L. Stout. Robert L.
Others are: J-A Marvin J. Hin-jLord, Delfrcd F Vletzke and
kle, Jackie E. Hurd, Alien B. Mof-1 Frank W. Whinery.
pled Children program.
Other officers in the district or-
ganization are Raymond Crews,
University hospital in Oklahoma
City, chairman and Jim Dennis,
manager of the Oklahoma Blue
Cross, secretary.
ONG To Launch
Free Trip Contest
For $2,500 Trip
Someone is going to win a trip
to any point in the world they de-
sire providing the cost doesn’t ex-
tced 2,500, when the outcome of
a contest launched by the Oklaho-
ma Natural Gas Company is de-
cided.
The co-operative campaign by
the gas company along with gas
appliance dealers of the state was
launched at a banquet Tuesday
evening at Oklahoma City, when a
number of El Reno folks attended.
Wayman Humphrey, local mana-
ger, announces that the campaign
is being titled "Where in the
World,” since some gas range cus-
tomer is to be awarded the free
Jaunt. The actual contest will be
inaugurated Oct. 2, to stimulate
the sale of gas ranges.
In addition it was announced at
the banquet that a new method of
financing the purchase of gas
ranges is being started whereby
monthly payments my be paid
at the Oklahoma Natural Gas
Co. office along with the monthly
gas bill.
Attending the banquet and sub-
sequent meeting from El Reno
were Mr. Humphrey, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl O'Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Pur-
due, Willard Parks, Morris Wright,
J. C. Ezell, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Brinkley, Mr. and Mrs. John Fox.
Buddy Crump. Mrs. Marie Lyons,
Mrs. Allie Park, Dean Ward and
Eddie Bradford.
PURCHASES EL RENO HOME
Mrs. Mary Tanner moved this
week into the residence at 831
South Reno which she purchased
from Mrs. Myrtle Dull. She has
rented her farm 14 miles north-
west of F.I Reno to Paul Elmen-
horst.
for the score. The attempt was
good and the score stood at 21-0
at the half.
—Tornadoes March—
Clinton breezed out of the dress-
ing room and onto the field where
they marched down to the Indians
two yard line. The Tribe; put up a
brick wall defense hut Calvin
Browning, on last down, nudged
over for the counter. The point-
after was good and Clinton trailed
21-7. In the latter stages of the
third quarter an Indian lateral
went askew and ended up in a
Clinton’s back’s arms who raced
unmolested across the double-
stripe. The conversion went true
and the Tornadoes were down
21-14. This concluded the scoring
for the night as both teams met
stout defensive play in the final
quarter.
—Norman Unbeaten-
Tonight, the Indians meet their
first conference opponet, the Nor-
man Tigers, at 8 p.m. in Memorial
Stadium. The Tigers, rated sev-
enth in the current prep polls,
have tuned up for their first
Boomer Conference tilt by trounc-
ing Seminole 7-0, Enid 21-14, and
Tulsa Cascia Hall 27-0. Broncho
McGugan’s Tigers are expected
to throw everything but the kitc-
hen sink at the Indians in an at-
tempt to dislodge them from their
second place perch.
Guy B. Gaines Rites
To Be Held Friday
Services will be Friday at 2
p.m. in the Wilson Funeral home
chapel for Guy B. Gaines, 505
South Miles, who died in his
home early today after a lengthy
illness.
Mr. Gaines was born March 12,
1904 in Naturita, Colo., and had
made his home in El Reno for the
past years, coming here from
Seattle, Wash. He was a member
of the Episcopal church.
Survivors Include the wife,
Deanne of the home; and a broth-
er, Dwight Brown Gaines, Mun-
delein, 111.
Officiating will be Rev. Frank
Cahoon and burial will be in
Memorial park cemetery in Okla-
homa City. Wilson funeral home
will be in charge of arrangements.
State fair entries from Cana-
dian county made exhibitors from
other counties sit up and take no-
tice this week as they wrapped
up contest after contest and dec-
orated their goods with an abun-
dance of blue ribbons.
The county 4-H youths and the
FFA boys made especially good
showings. One of the top wards
of the Tuesday judging went to
Jimmy Jensen, El Reno, who won
top award In the Angus breed with
his steer and then went on to win
over the other exhibitors for the
junior grand champion award. It
was the first time in state fair
history that an Angus has earned
the title.
The 4-H girls earning first place
awards were: Janice Bollinger,
Union City 4-H club 5th year
shirt and blouse; Sandra Stout of
Piedmont, 7th year wool diess;
Virginia Lee Stults, Calumet, 8th
year silk dress; Susan Smith of
Union City, first in canning judg-
ing; Carol Griffith, Calumet, 1st
home improvement judging.
County teams winning first
place awards were: Home beauti-
lication judging contest; and Un-
ion City community grounds im-
provement project. Members of
the home beautification team in-
cluded Susan Smith, Karen Huch-
temann and Virginia Stults.
Other 4-H winners were: Cher-
ita Walker, Yukon, 2nd in first
year head scarf; Betty Jean
Brandlcy, American Eagles, 11th
place in second year apron; Caro-
lyn Taylor, Yukon, 9th in third
year dress; Barbara Jensen, 5th
in fourth year dress; Ruby Korte-
meier, 9th in sixth year cotton
dress; Sandra Sue Stout, 4th in
the cotton special exhibits; Karen
Kirkegard, 3rd in pin cushion;
Pamela Chiles, Central Circle, 6th
in hand towel; Della Mae Huch-
temann, B-Square, 12th in pillow
cases; Karen Huchtemann, El Re-
no Hi, 2nd in laundry bag; San-
dra Stout, 5th in chair and 12th
in bedroom curtains; Nancy Kun-
neman, El Reno Hi, 5th in cotton
special, Barbara Lorenzen, El Re-
no Hi, flth in vegetable seed dis-
play; Virginia Lee Stults, Calu-
met, 9th in eighth year canning
and 4th in emergency meal; Gary
Smith, El Reno HI, 2nd in land-
scaping; Mary Smith, Union City,
individual home beautification
contest.
In the livestock competition and
several other miscellaneous divis-
ions county boys and girls also
made a good showing. They cop-
ped a total of six individual 1st
places and one team 1st. The
team blue ribbon came in Crops
Judging with Earl Donald Folk,
Karlson Mannschrcck, Billy Pink-
ston and French Den wait com-
posing the quartet
Other blue ribbons earned were:
Ernest Morrison, grain sorghum;
Buddy Stout, champion Dorset
lamb; Sandra Stout, Hampshire
ewe; Jean Clair Griggs, Guernsey
3 years and over, and 1st place in
2-year-old Guernsey heifer; Rob-
ert Griggs, junior yearling Guern-
sey heifer.
Other winners were: Gary
Smith, 2nd in landscaping; Billy
Jeffrey, 3rd in alfalfa seed; French
Denwalt, 5th and 9th in hard red
winter wheat; Linn Denwalt, 6th
hard red winter wheat; Earl Folk.
7th in barley; Marcia Snyder, 10th
in first year insect collection; Fred
Knight, 2nd place Hampshire ewe;
Marilyn Berousek, 2nd place in
junior yearling Guernsey; Jean
Clair Griggs and Marilyn Berous-
ek 2nd place district herd.
Two 4-H’crs also copped wins
in the open class. They were
Robert Griggs, 7th place in junior
yearling heifer; and Marilyn Be-
rousek, 6th place Guernsey year-
ling and 7th place in 3-year-olds,
County Home Demonstration
women also made a creditable
showing and brought home three
individual blue ribbons as well
as the county educational booth
top prize which earned a $75 prize
for the county council treasury.
The women’s division winners
were: BLUE RIBBONS—Mrs. Jas.
Rudcliff, child’s dress; Mrs. Paul
Baustert, draperies; Mrs. Fred
Von Tungein, living room cur-
tains. RED RIBBONS—Mrs. Har-
vey Steffen, wool dress; Mrs. Em-
il Rehcrman, kitchen curtains;
Canadian county display, canned
display. WHITE RIBBONS—Mrs.
Harry WUderson, work dress; Mrs.
Rex Coit, braided rug.
El Reno Stamp Collector Authors Article
For National Philatelic Magazine Recently
Oscar Romine, 502 W. Owens, .officer at (he reformatory, wrote
who’is quite well known in these i an article entitled, '’Brazil—Big
parts for his stamp collecting .T*!e
prowess, is also making a name
for himself in writing circles. Ro-
mine authored one of the top
stories carried recently by the
Weekly Philatelic Gossip, a nat-
ional magazine for stamp collect-
ors.
Romia. who is a correctional
which gave a brief history of the
South American country and ex-
plained a growing trend among
U. S. philatelists for collecting
stamps from that country.
The three-page article carried
a photograph of the article and
District Governor
Visits Rotary Club
Special guest of the El Reno
Rotary club today at their regular
weekly luncheon was Ed B. Smith,
Enid, who is governor of the 181st
District of Rotary International
and currently touring western
Oklahoma Rotary clubs.
Smith, a retired manager of the
Oklahoma Gas and Electric com-
pany serves as a member of the
Garfield county fair board and is
active in the Enid chamber of
commerce and Boy Scouts. He was
named to the governor's post in
June at the Golden Anniversary
convention in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Morris, 600
S. Williams, have been attending
a meeting of the American Bank-
Voters Warned To
Check Registration
Location of County
Registrars Is Given
J. L. Patman, scretary of Cana-
dian county’s election board, is-
sued the caution today that a
great number of voters will not
be eligible to vote in the county-
wide $100,000 road bond issue
Oct. 25, because they have been
dropped from the registeration
books for missing three elections.
—Many Are Dropped-
Patman thumbed back through
records and pointed out that those
who had not voted in elections
since the primary election July 6,
1954, are not eligible to cast their
ballot unless they register between
now and Oct. 14 when the books
are closed ten days prior to the
election.
The board secretary reported
that a voter would be eligible for
the upcoming election if he was
still on the books and voted in
the primary runoff July 27, 1954;
the general election last year on
Nov. 2; or the city-school election
April 4, 1955. He recommended
the voters to check with their
precinct registrar if they were in
doubt of their registration stand-
ing.
The names of the registrars over
the county where the information
can be obtained and where books
will be open for voter registration
are:
—El Reno Precincts—
1-A Harry A Morris, 211 N.
Barker; 1-B Faye Roblyer, 115
North M; 2-A Katheryne Messen-
ger, 320 North Choctaw; 2-B Clara
Bums, 107 North Admire; 2-C
Bertha Parks, 604 North Admire;
3-A Florence M. Devitt, 403 West
Wade; 3-B Lucile Tammen, 810
West Watts; 3-C Hattie Hutchens,
825 S; Miles. 3-D Virginia L. Rob-
erts, 1020 South Miles; 3-E Thelma
Masters, 1019 West Wade; 3-K
Crystal Kelley, 725 South iMahan;
3-G Jaqueline Newman, 1123
South Miles; 4-A Hazel Ricketts,
402 South Roberts; 4-B T. F. Up-
ton, 714 S. Rock Island; 4-C
Theresa Ninman, 1021 Mi South
Macomb; 4-D Velma Rice, 2405
Sunset Drive.
—County Precincts—
Calumet—Mrs. C. W. Draper,
Calumet, Oklahoma; Darlington—
Mildred Shiflett, RFD, El Reno;
Maple—Mrs. Augusta H. Powell,
Rt. 3, Calumet; Mathewson—Mar-
ion Hart, Piedmont; Meridian 1—
Rachel Finn, RFD, El Reno;
Mustang—Susan Bowlware, Mus-
tang; Oak—Harriet Stroud, Rt. 2,
Calumet; Okarche—Josephine Lo-
des, Okarche; Prairie — Lorena
Bollinger, Rt. 1, El Reno Purcell—
Mrs. E. H. Bornemann, Banner;
Reno No. 1—Leora Siler, Rt. 3,
El Reno; Reno No. 2—Lottie Jones,
Rt 3, El Reno; Union—Emma
Sweeney, Union City; Valley No.
1—Georgia Owen, Geary; Valley
No. 2—Mildred Crothers, Geary;
East Walnut—Charlene Wright,
Hinton; West Walnut—Mrs. Otto
Buhr Rt. 2, Hinton; Yukon No.
1—Peggy Larson, 619 Main, Yukon
Yukon No. 2—Gertrude Ritter,
Yukon; Yukon No. 3—Ruth Chap-
man Cox, Yukon; Yukon No. 4—
Mrs. Leslie Fitzgerald, Yukon;
Yukon No. 5—Arlene Mach, Rt. 1,
Yukon.
El Reno Firm Hit
By Thieves; $1,500
In Loot Is Taken
Thieves struck hard at an El
Reno firm Wednesday night, mak-
ing off with loot which was valued
by its owner at over $1,500.
Victim of the theft was the
Schulte Oil Company office, locat-
ed at the intersection of Evans
and Oak in the south edge of the
city.
Owner, William J. Schulte, said
that an electric typewriter, two
standard desk typewriters, a table
model radio, adding machine,
stapler, desk pen and pencil set,
and some $7 In postage stamps
were known to be missing from
the office. Patrolman Harold Knox
who investigated the burglary,
established time of the theft at
11:40 Wednesday night as the
thieves pulled the plug of an elec-
tric clock as they made off with
the furnishings.
Knox said that they had gained
entrance to the office by knocking
out an east window and unlocking
it. Footprints led from the office
north across the company pro-
perty to Oak street where the
stolen articles were placed In a
waiting car.
considerable art work on pieces ers association in Chicago, Sept
included In hi* writing 26-28.
♦ SCHWEITZER ENDS BASIC
Pvt. Jean Schweitzer, husband
of Mrs. Winifred Schweitzer, route
2 Geary, has completed his army
basic training with the 3rd Arm-
ored division in Fort Knox, Ky.,
the unit announced recently.
Private Schweitzer, who is a
graduate of Calumet high school,
class of ’47, will continue his
training by attending one of the
army’s specialist schools.
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