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The El Reno (Okla.) Daily Tribune
Monday, October 17, 1955
The El Reno Daily Tribune
A Blue Ribbon Nowipopor Serving e Blue Ribbon Community
Adrift
»*nd cntorcd'a second ^dasa^m a i/m atUT° u ridor’tlia^a c t*of a rcb ^187^ 1
RAY J. DYER
Editor end Publieher
DEAN WARD JAMES M. ROGERS
Business Menegtr Managing Editor
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Circulation and Office Manager
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Monday, October 17, 1M5
ind In the morning, rising up a great whil. before ^ay. he went out
md departed into a solitary place, and there Prayed.^ark borni
ire troubled by insomnia and do not know what to do about it. Why
lot talk to God? It will surely be profitable.__
Opps! Somebody Slipped
HOWARD PYLE, one of President Eisenhower’s assistants,
dropped a remark the other day that he ought to have
»een sorrv for the moment he uttered it. ... .,
What the former Republican governor of Arizona said
vas this: “You can’t build a strong army out of deserters
rom the opposition.” .... ,
Bv army, of course, he meant political party, and since
ic was obviously speaking as a Republican, “deserters meant
Jemocrats who jump the fence. . . .
Unless what Pyle said was badly ripped out of context
is reported bv the newspapers, then his statement aid vises
lepublicans not to try to entice Democrats onto their i cgis-
ration rolls. ^ . . ,, ,e__
Presumably if Pyle were a Democrat, he would offer the
ame advice in reverse.
pttlS seems rather odd counsel for any party seeking to
* expand. One would think voters could be drawn from a
>ot tom less reservoir.
Where can a party get new recruits?
1. Brand-new voters come of age.
2. Newly naturalized citizens who never have been al-
owed to vote before.
3 Stav-at-homes who for one reason or another have
lever troubled to vote, yet whose views arc presumed to be
mown.
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NEA Service, Inc
THE COWARD
rpilK,’ New England storms,
* while not in the least comi-
cal remind me of the pedestrian
who was rim over bv a truck. At
the exact moment of impact the
driyrr of the truck yelled “look
it!"
BY RAY LAPICA
Copyright 1955 by NEA Service, Inc.
THE STORY: Tim Rogers, whose I THERE was a long silence. Clair j her Then his words came to her,
cowardice in the war cos* the life watched him — the short, fat, hushed and sad.
TWr, who finally settle down and register after J
uncing around so frequently they seldom, if ever, qualify danger C|air is being trailed by
legal residents under voting laws. thrae hoodlums who were sent to
5. Members Of the opposition party. prison because of her testimony
The crop of young new voters is always a fairly limited yaars a0O. But Tim tells the hood-
gment, even with our rising population. The floaters and iums where to find her in cieve-
ituralized citizens arc relatively negligible factors. land. Then Tim goes to Cleveland
himself to warn her of the danger.
'HE late Senator Taft of Ohio put great store by the stay-at-} * * *
homes. He was convinced Republican victory could be X
lilt on getting them to the polls, but it never worked out THE young police patrolman who ----- .
o often disappointingly small. , .. . Tl ... pnnr,,ai i,is f(.ar a little to give him hack the rest
The really big P°°'s ^«ior ^^ies* B^thefr^X^iona* from the officer, but he was shak- of it. to make what remained
active voters m the two majot parties. Hy tneir occasional 1 worth living.
■ systematic shifts of allegiance, millions affect the balloting ^ up ' - •
•stilts in this country. One would imagine their permanent h0‘* d
lift would be greatlv desired by both the parties. T,m sUr“tl 10 >'iy
To close the door'on them is to contend that Republicans when he saw a short, dark, gorilla
r Democratsi arc born, not made. It is to argue that affih- like figure at the hotel entrance,
ion can be gained only by original membership, not by it was Dan Traskis.
onsfer. Dan looked across the sidewalk
A forceful, dynamic party should welcome all comers. If jnto Tim Rogers' eyes Tim turned
has to fear the “corrupting" influence of “deserters” from t0 the driver “Quick!" he whis-
ic opposition then that is a definition of its own weakness, pered. “Turn around and go hack
he Republicans hardlv owe Pyle a vote of thanks for sug-|to Richmond Heights lie shoved
»sting that they operate like an exclusive club. No dub ever .a bill into the surprised drivers
on a presidential election. i band.
“Forgot something'’"
frightened man, sitting hunched in j “What happened was so terrible
her grandfather's kitchen, weep- ] j*u never be able to talk about it
danger. Liair is being rranea oy ing because he was a coward and long as 1 live. Even if I could,
three hoodlums who were sent to because he knew he couldn't stop j it wouldn't help. Let it be, Clair, j
—i— i-------- I— being a coward, and suddenly she it s over."
knew what she must do. She and * * *
Sharon would be taking a chance | AND she turned on the light and
But she could end it when the game whirled on him with savage fury, periscopes too close off ®bore,
became too dangerous. j her brown eyes blazing, her breasts earthquakes of dire q ,
She had to try it, for Tim must j heaving, the color glowing in her
be given a chance to regain the cheeks and the blood pounding in
courage she knew he once had. [ her temples.
our” The badlv mangled pedes-
trian raised himself on an elbow
and cried out “What for? Are
you coming hack?”
Am beeinning to wonder if we
stopped the flow of monev too
soon as it appears that Diane
isn’t coming back but her roueh
and toueh second cousin is mak-
ing a flank attack. Red Cross re-
ports are anything hut cheerful
and there are those poor pconle
who took such a terrific beating
a couple of months ago are now
completely bankrupt.
Good old Oklahoma. A great
many persons living on the sea-
boards think of the middle west
as the solid ground holding the
seaboards together; that it is
hot. dry and without culture:
that the people all talk like Ado
Annie in the show, Oklahoma:
and that if one must span its
boundless waste he should either
fly or arrange for a stiff narcotic
to keep him in a semi-comatose
condition until the other side of
the Rockies or the Adirondacks
has been reached, depending on
which way he is going.
I’m proud of my ancestors who
chiseled a living out of the rocky
land of the slate of Maine and
as they said “got up early enough
to prv up the sun so the folks in
New York and Jersey would know
it was time to go to work, but
for me the waving fields of
wheat, the sweet smelling fields
of blooming alfalfa, watermelons
a yard long and a foot thick,
and Hcrefords and Angus, fat and
sleek with practically no light un-
der them, feeding on native grass
with nothing to do but put on
more meat and more fat until
they appear on our tables in the
form of steak to which the New
Englander’s lobster doesn't hold
a candle.
No hurricanes, no tidal waves,
no forest fires, no smog, nor fog,
no peeking over the head board
of the bed and seeing a bearded
Cossack or a Red Chinaman: No
“Dave—will you DO something about this Peeping
Tom?”
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★WASHINGTON COLUMN;
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent
Speedy Jet Planes Give Nav
Oversize Cargo of Headache
1ITASHINGTON — (NEA) — The i off the canopy and neatly dcca
Y» U.S. navy is having its trou- tate the pilot.
hies keeping up with the jet age. 1 As far as the nonsecrct recuR
The problem is the longer take- [ 0f the project go, this hasn’t h;;
pened However, British navy pil
have been killed in the dcveR|
ment stage of the flexdeck.
THE OBVIOUS BUGS include J
difficulty of catching the call
with the hook if the carrier is r«
ing slightly and the difficulty
getting the planes off the deck!
a hurry when a lot of them <j
landing. There would have to
But first she had to know his
secret, fearful as it might be.
“That money for the school,”
she said, “there wasn’t anybody
else in with you, was there?”
He shook his h'.'ad dumbly.
“Why did you do it. Tim?”
He shook his head again
“I know it's something that hap-
pened over there. Wasn't it?'
Tim nodded.
“Can you tell me what it was,
Tim?”
Tim shook his head, Then sud-
For you it's over — and for-
gotten! But not for me! Not for
me, Tim! For 10 years I've wanted I
to know what really happened to
Al. I never believed he died in
combat. 1 have a right to know, ;
Tim. 1 demand to know!”
He shook his head. ‘‘I love you,
Clair. I can’t hurt you any more. J
Help me. Don’t make it worse for
me.
(To Be Continued)
and as for culture, what we
salvaged out of what our folks
brought from the east is real and
not sham.
I'm satisfied, nay, even glad.
Short Stories
About Home Folks
off and landing distances required
by the faster jet aircraft.
Two major research projects are
under way to beat this problem,
but the navy is having trouble with
both of them.
The great hope of the navy has
been the much publicized vertical
take-off planes which zoom straight
up and can come straight down.
The other project attempting to ^ ”ranes rcady t0 m th
‘lck ‘h* «?rob,e® ls, CtaHe? ‘«i aside for the next planes,
flexible deck, or flexdeck. It was ., „„
developed by the British, but they i However, these problems are
stopped monkeying with it when much more insurmountable t!
the U.S navy came up with the ‘he grea problem they ve use
vertical take-off planes fed in the use of vert.cle pla
Now that the vertical take-off f ships at sea. That is land,
idea gives hints of becoming a ‘hem on the def when the si
turkey, the Mritish might go back ,s rocking or rolling slightly,
to the flexdeck And the U.S. navy Test pilots are having an •
i. already in the midst of advanced | trcmely difficult time with t
. _ j* The take-off from a rolling d«
work on ! is easy. But if the deck is mov
THE IDEA INVOLVES the use I up or down or sideways just a f
of a plane which has no landing degrees, the landing plane tei
gear. The gearless plane is launch- to tip over,
ed straight into the air with a This is bad because the whi
giant steam catapult. | idea is to use the planes at i
The landing mat consists of a > under any conditions and in s
Look and Learn
Miss Edith Decker, Mrs. James
B. West and Mrs. L. L. Washburn
of Chickasha were guests Sunday
in the home of Sam H. Brown, 414
South Rock Island.
300-foot row of inflated, rubberized
“logs.” There is a cable stretched
across the approach end of the
mat about two feet above its sur-
face.
When the pilot lands, he drops a
weather.
Lesson in English
Tim stammered. “Hur-
Telling the hole truth and nothing but the truth keeps a “Yes,
t of golf scores up where they belong. car lurched forward and Tim
TV' is often why parents who wait up to kiss the kids good *•“ backward into the scat in a
sh. don't 6ot enough sleep. |“„7.r Th.
When anybody keeps right on talking when you want to. oto.oljr
: s a bore.
Most of Hie happiness in the world is found by people who
; not too doggone particular. _
Down Memory Lane
Oct. 17, 1935
'HE El Reno Indians were defeated 6-0 by the Shawnee
Wolves in the most talked about game of the season played
mrfday night in Shawnee.
Approximately 160 former service men and their wives
tended the outpost meeting of the El Reno American Legion
ist No. 34 and its auxiliary at Union City Thursday night,
e first of a series of such programs to be conducted in
injunction with the annual membership drive.
Elizabeth Cox. 1115 South Barker, entertained members
the Little Women's club Wednesday evening after school,
ith six members and one guest, Barbara Taylor, present.
ie latter was elected to membership in the club during the
jsincss session
Ralph Costin, 634 South Ellison, resumed duties at the
itizens National bank Thursday following a week’s illness.
Oct. 17; 1945
MISS LOU ANN FE1STEL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
1 Feistel, 900 South Ellison, has been elected vice president
[ the newly organized German Club at Oklahoma College for
fomen in Chickasha.
Paul R. Taylor, superintendent of El Reno schools, was
ected associate lay leader of the Methodist church for the
linton district at the district conference conducted Monday
t Watonga, it was announced today. He succeeds J. H. Craven
ho has been associate district lay leader in this district for
le past four years.
All reports from El Reno housing authorities point to the
ict that El Reno now is seeing the blackest period since
earl Harbor as far as housing is concerned. H. G. Keller,
jeretary of the El Reno chamber of commerce, reports that
pproximately 50 unfilled applications for houses or apart-
lents are on file in his office.
The Victory Sunday school class of the First Christian
hurch met F'riday in the home of Mrs. Fred Lamb, 706
outh Bickford.
Ladies Golf club will meet Thursday at the El Reno Golf
nd Country club with Mrs. Robert Greenleaf and Mrs. J. B.
waim as hostesses
J. N Roberson, El Reno city manager, wras guest speaker
rhen the El Reno Lions club met for the regular luncheon
rogram at the Oxford cafe Tuesday, discussing the condition
f city finances and plans for Alevelopment of Adams park.
Clair’s house, Tim threw a $10 bill
to the driver and dismissed him.
He rushed up to the front door
in the moonlight and rang the
doorbell furiously. The house was
dark.
A gruff voice railed out: “Who
is it?"
Something moved behind the
glass door as Tim shouted his
name.
They let him in—the patrolman
in his trousers and undershirt, ;
barefooted, and Clair, in a negli-
gee. her thick brown hair in a net.
Tim told them about Dan Traskis
in short, panicky grunts. “We got
to get out of town. Now. Before
they come out here. I've got a
brother in Detroit. He’s got room
for you. You can stay there till
they catch them.”
Clair took him to the kitchen
and poured some whisky into him.
The patrolman grinned. “Just two
mugs and all this stew? We got a
patrol ear half a block away with
two men and a tom my gun. Take
it easy."
Tim gulped another drink but
wouldn’t be mollified. He lie need.
He shouted. He drowned Clair’s
common sense in a flood of rhet-
oric. He told her the police would
capture the Traskises whether she
stayed in Cleveland or not. He told
her she was endangering her
grandfathter by remaining in his
house. He grew more and more
frightened as he raced on. not mov-
ing her, until he began to blubber.
She motioned to the patrolman
to leave the room. She came to
Tim sitting head down on his hands
at the kitchen table and put her
hands on his huge shoulders.
Tim’s trembling subsided at last.
“I'm sorry."
“Al once said if you live with
something long enough you'll learn
how to get along with it. Have you
tried everything, Tim?”
“Yes . . . except jumping off a
bridge. And so far I've been too
scared to do that
1. Who holds the record for the ' yr and Mrs. John Brewer and
highest season’s batting average [ children, Kathy Ann aod David ot
in major league baseball history Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Wayne
den'ly'he took her by the shoulders. 2. What are homonyms? Todd ot Rosemead, Calif., were
His iron grasp hurt her but she j 3. What is the larva of a butter- j weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
didn’t notice. “The war made all j fly popularly called? Elmer Schwab, 1001 South Hadden,
of us do cruel things. Never ask
me again what 1 did."
He let her go. When the numb-
ness left her shoulders, she walked i .wstn ^........
away from him to the window, batting mark of .424 while playing ter, Mr. and Mrs. George Dahi-
The blinds were down. Turning out with the St. Louis Cardinals in' J J n " ru'
the light so he couldn’t see her 1924.
2. Words which sound alike, but
differ in meaning, and often in
spelling—as "bear and “bare.”
3. Caterpillar.
4. Gem-cutter.
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4, Is a lapidary a gem-cutter, a Mrs. Schwab is an aunt of Mrs.
small dog. or a beehive? Brewer and the sister of Mrs. Todd.
ANSWERS Sunday guests in the Schwab home
1. Rogers Hornsby compiled a were their son-in-law and daugh-
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little hook in the back of h s plane rather5 lhan studymg •■ S;
he™eiucky!°Mtches t » 0^ | .;»«*„
cable and bounces comfortably to OFTEN MISPRONOUNCE
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The cable pays out on a hydrau- ^ as m preach and
lie spool which cases the jolt of s {jrst s UaMe
the stop. The inflated deck absorbs OFTEn MISSPELLED: Tari
the shock of the landing.
face, she asked softly in the dark-
ness :
“You killed him, didn’t you?
The pause before he spoke was
so long she thought he hadn’l heard
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lahoma City
Mrs. Roy B. Cox, llt5 South
Barker and Mrs. Tom J. Chambers,
1021 South Ellison, attended the
University of Oktahoma-University
of Kansas Homecoming footbjdl
game at Owen field in Norman
Saturday afternoon.
That's what happens when every-
thing works
Catching his hook on the cable,
with only two feet to spare is a
teat which only the most skilled
one r and two f’s. Tarrier (q
who delays); two r’s.
WORD STUDY: "Use a wcj
three times and it is yours.” ll
us increase our vocabulary
teat which only the most skilled mastering one word each day. v
pilots can master. A top navy test day,s word; ENCOMIUM: wa
pilot, Lieutenant John M. Moore, 1 hjgh prajse ..The etnpioyC
learned the trick from the British | encomiums kept the interest of
and is working on the project in j employces at high pitch.”
the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. David Hecker of
Oklahoma City were guests Sun-
day in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Younghcim, 815
South Rock Island.
THE CABLE HAS to be close to
the deck to keep the plane from
bouncing out of control. The plane
acts like a ball attached to a
paddle by a rubber band. If the
bouncing movement were too great
the pilot would be shaken to bits.
There’s another hazard to the
operation which caused the British
fliers to call it the "Guillotine.” If
the pilot should come in too low
and the cable should come up over
the nose of the plane, it .would rip
Problem a Day
The ages of a father and 4
total 40 years. Two years ago f
father was just five times as •
as his son. How old are tl
now?
ANSWER
32 and 8 years. Multiply < I
ference between 40 and 2 by
add 2; divide by sum of 5 and I
for Ihe father's age; subtract fr<
40 for the son's age.
Mrs. H. T. French, a former El
Reno resident, who has been ill
for the ijast four weeks at her
home in Oklahoma City, is report-
ed as slightly improved.
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44 Mrlon
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Lieutenant and Mrs. Harry W.
Cox and children, Thomas and
Sherita, left Friday for their home
in Benton Harbor, Mich., follow-
ing a visit with his mother, Mrs.
J. W. Cox, 800 South Ellison.
Mrs. Alyene Beard. 12m South
Bickford and Mrs. Edna McMahan
Kelly, 1011 South Macomb, were
the 1 o’clock dinner guests Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McMahan
in Union City. Mrs. McMahan is
the sister of Mrs. Beard and Mr.
McMahan is the brother of Mrs.
Kelly.
El Reno friends have received
the word that Mrs. Jessie Smith
has entered the Presbyterian
hospital in Albuquerque, N. M.,
where she will undergo major
surgery. Mrs. Smith formerly liv-
ed here.
Rev. and Mrs. Leaford Cavins
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Simp-
son of Topeka, Kan., were guests
Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Cavins and daughters, Jcanie and
Judy, lilt West Wade.
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