Checotah News (Newspaper) - May 21, 1965, Checotah, Oklahoma The Checotah News 22 21. City Boosters At New Lodge Monday Night was observed at the new lodge on Lake Eufaula Monday night with an overflow crowd of local civic and in The which came to boost the lodge and the entire lake was estimated at 210 The group a style Jackson president of the chamber of presided as master ol ceremonies during the Lairy assistant to Congressman Ed made a five minute talk on current legislation now up for consideration ol Tom formerly oJE who is now employed by the Resources and Development Board of the Bureau of Indian Affairs spoke on proposed plans for development of the gigantic million Indian USA project which will be constructed on waterworks southwest of when funds are made available by congress and other Wayne manager of the new lodge told how he appreciated the backing of the City of Checotah and hoped that everyone who attended the meeting left with a good impression of the lights in the fountain area at the north entrance played on plumes of water as the guests All of the Checotah visitors were taken on guided tours of the Harry Lou Maurice Mip speakers on the pointed out the practical value oii the lodge and said that all -t residents should be to about the lodge to Inquiring tourists who come to the Jackson Emerson stated that he had encouraged the group to participate in the alumni reunion which will be held in Checotah June 4 and 5 and usually draws about people to the Harvey also a speaker on the led in singing Me Call You with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Paul Town Topics By Rubye Buford Harold who was named county teacher of the year in of outstanding career as a and math Harold to the spot in a recent tiy county Me has a stalwart on tlic local faculty lor many and was a form u- and tennis coach Teen-ager skateboard fans have found a dandy They group at one of the paved access roads on 1-40 that is not open to public driving and use the perfectly sloped roadway for exciting zooming runs poised with exacting precision atop the single The Bud have been about getting their chillun off to school all these years come rain or come Tommy a students at had a 12-year perfect attendance a will graduate this month with another perfect attendance award and Connie in the sixth is on her way to carrying out the Hale tradition since she hasn't been absent or tardy during her whole chool Maybe mom should get an Mrs. Violet Dunnegan Mize has the beautiful half-acre of iris you ever saw over at her on She actually has in full Dloom the largest of yellow and purple iris could find a Its to see Im part any and here watch a dancer perform in the shadow of the wonder of the worlA - the famed at for 4,0M Tean ago at U aUM from modem o Vernon McGilbra Gets Air Training Airman Vernon S. son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. of Route 1, has completed Air Force basic training at Lackland The a 1964 graduate of Indian attended Northeastern State College at O Post Office Seeks Depot Mail Bid The Checotah post office will accept bids for mall passenger service from the to the MKT depot up to May 26, Red local has The contractor will handle mall from Katy trains 5 and 6 every except Simday and Bid forms may be obtained at the post - o - David Williams On Drill Cadet S. Sgt. David son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. route 3, has been awarded a letter at Oklahoma Military for being a member of the academy's precision drill The drill team has made appearances the past two years In the Mardl Gras parade and at the New York World's O Elm Grove Church Has New Preacher John Intern will preach at Elm Grove it been Joe former at the church has accepted a in - Mrs. Roy Woods spent Monday MhL Wash helping to hens for the At a recent press meet at we were entertained with a chicken barbecue and a wolf hunt out on a ranch in the Ben owner of one of the told us he had been raising and this family of wolf hounds since 1917 and had never sold a He declared the animals could run at a speed of miles an hour for j when led by la wolf deep into the ' by the dogs are three weeks making it hack home When wo hoard hat wc naturally decided not to However this time the pack ran the wolf to the ground along about 4:30 a.m. We weren't around for that Third graders were delighted that they were chosen to take part in a tooth brushing contest Each child was given a toothbrush and a little tube of a gift which they received with much from Dr. T. O. The third grade children then lined up to brush their returning to the room to chew a pill which revealed in magical maimer all the Incorrect methods of brushing The kids were most impressed with practical lesson in hygiene and those who didn't eat all the toothpaste on the spot proudly took a kit home to display to parents and less fortunate members of the Our Joe who was In Japan during the directing a group of Japanese in building a seaplane recently heard from one of his young Japanese Dalzo who brought him up to date on his career and the expansion of construction in Japan in a beautifully written and interesting letter with a charming Japanese He stated that after the war Japan decided to modern construction system in- and Guy F. Atkinson Company of Los Angeles was nominated to be our technical With the guidance of this firm and using modem Amerlaan equipment the whole project in four According to Japanese common sense the project would needed about 7 if we slicked to our old way of Dalzo goes on to write among such Atkinson persons was one family called Mr. and Mrs. Pat Chadwell from As I still remembered one day I told to Mr. Chadwell that I used to work for Mr. Joe from Oklahoma and to my they knew your name as one of your daughters used to be State Wolf Hunt To Open At Fame Wolf and fox hounds from all over the southwestern United States will gather on the shores of Lake Eufaula near Fame Thursday night for the annual field trial and bench show of the East Oklahoma Fox and Wolf Hunter's Eddie Buzan of the says entries have already started coming in and over 350 hounds are expected to be Luke of Lexington a nationally known hound wtU Judge the bench The master of hounds this year will be Joe Dodrill of Earl president of the as says this win be the ever conducted in the ' The dogs will Ije cast Friday and Saturday and the champions will be announced late Memorial Shelf At Local Library The Checotah High school library has a memorial shelf on which may be placed dedicated to the memory of friends or relatives Hi to 1 Tltc most recent contribution is copy each of a pictorial and These books were presented to tlie library by Edna and George Turner in memory of the late John Additional information about the may be obtained from Harold 5 Local Students To Finish At OSU Lake Eufaula Port Facilities Get Approval A works advance of 00 under the f in Washington for of ports in The N will and Authorities ti on the river and The project to establish ports on Eufaula and at the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir near would cost upwards of It was announced by Senators Mike and Fred R. Harris and Congressman Ed The navigation features will not be possible until a is cut from the rher from a point near Webbers Falls to the giant Eufaula Local promoters of the project believe that of tons of coal could be mined in the area and shipped profitably by barges to on the Mississippi river navigation Additional plans call for the establishment of a canal from the Deep Fork arm of Lake Eufaula to Oklahoma City to bring seaports to the heart of The project has tne approval 4>f the corps of engineers and Its feasibility has been Jess Steen Rites Set Friday Jess years retired died in a local early Wednesday services will be held at the church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. Howard Gage Burial I will be under of the Funeral Mr. was bom in Mcintosh county September 20. 1S09 and had lived in this area all of his He a member of the Masonic Survivors two of Checotah and Charley of two Mrs. Ella Graham of and Mrs. Tisha Mullins of Oklahoma Eleanor Douglas Dies In California CLASSIC * line the of hoteL The 21-story Hotel pire in Yokohama feet high - the nation's The decor la new hotel is traditional except the Slat lAich a revolving i were at 9U Gov. Bellmon Blasts State's School Heads Five Checotah students at Oklahoma State University are among 2,293 for degrees to be conferred at commencement exercises in Lewis Field stadium at 7 p.m. May 23. Local candidates and the degrees they seek Betty home economics Jack business chemical Gary agricultural Miller electronics technology and technical O Rural Mail Box Repair Is Asked A mail box Improvement campaign has been launched for rural patrons of the Checotah post Red urged all patrons to cooperate In the annual Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Louise Parman and Carolyn Koob visited Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hayes in Broken Arrow last their assured our father that now Japan has plenty of heavy equipment made in Japan and no contractor can get a job this modern Just goes to show you how true is that bit about being a small Just keep popping up all over the Creek Nation Fund Is Given Approval A Creek Nation neighborhood youth program which will provide summer for 750 young men and women in Creek and gee has been in the U. S. The which will be administered by Connors College at will cost a total of. of which the government will pay under the neighborhood youth corps war on poverty to help peoples age 16 to 21 to earn money to stay in Announcement of the Indian aid project was made by Senators Mike and Fred Harris and Congressman Ed O The many Checotah friends of Eleanor Douglas were shocked and grieved to hear of her sudden death May 7 in San Mrs. Douglas had undergone surgery a few weeks before and was recuperating at the home of her Mrs. Howard Gulot in San The had Just returned from Chile to make their home in Services were held there and burial was in the National cemetery in San She taught piano here and has many former pupils Revival To Open At Lindsoy Chapel The public Is Invited to attend a week-end revival at Lindsay Chapel Baptist church near Friday and Saturday Dudley Jackson will fill the pulpit and Joe Tyson will be the song Ronnie and student at will Dinner be served at noon and In the afternoon old-fashioned preaching and song services will be Kindred Gains Honors At OSU David O. freshman at Oklahoma State has been Into Phi Eta national honor society for freshman Kindred fulfilled requirements for the by achieving a 3.5 or better grade average his first semester at O Mr. and Mrs. Pete lett for California on a business trip this FHA Installation Planned Sundoy The Checotah chapter of Future of America will hold a formal Installation of officers at the Harvey Parker home at 2:00 p. m. Jerre Parker will act of installing New officials who take office Cynthia Connie Jean Ambia Genla Mrs. WUey Mathews will be given a red rose to be planted in memory of her four years as club Friends and relatives of FHA members are invited to Sponsors are vocational Mrs. Jesse Reynolds and Edna Harold Stout Gets Seminary Degree Harold E. Stout of is listed among the 135 students scheduled to graduate from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ky. at commencement exercises May 28. He will receive the BCM of church degree from the seminary's school of church Stout graduated from Oklahoma with the bachelor of music degree in 1962. Ky Henry If you arc inclined to schools are bad as they have been these Oklahoma is one of in the nation that does not teacher with An Oklahoma of ranks eighth n ihe top 12 schools in the in National Merit Scholarship In 60 across tlie state had stu dents who qualified for scholar ships In this Oklahoma annually in the Gulf States region for iwu Rhodes scholarship Rhodes competition is 60 years more years than Oklahoma a Oklahoma hi won 39 Although having iy 10 percent of the region's have won 32.5 percent of the Oklahoma has a greater percent of Its population getting a college education than any of the 15 southern The percent of Oklahoma's pop alation 14 years old and older that are illiterate is 1.9 The national average is 2.4 have not had as much In total dollars and cents to on education as some other but have given a larger percent of their Income than a majority of the The U. S. Department of Commerce reports that Oklahomans spent of every 51,000 of their personal income on In the citizen spent Texas Missouri and New York The per capita Income of Oklahomans compared to what Oklahoma pays Its teachers shows that Oklahomans care about Based on ability to only nine states pay their teachers more than pays its teachers but in California the per capita im is 53 percent greater than in The same is true J for Colorado and Only 20 states provide more per in state expenditures for The figure for Oklahoma is The national average s On January 25 the department of reported the average salary of school teachers In Oklahoma is under the national We have proposed an In connection with the average salary for Oklahoma it should bp noted that the latest survey of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the of living for the average urban family in the United States is compared to in a representative Oklahoma Some figures for other states New York California Colorado Missouri Kansas and Texas Treasurer's Office Records Examined An audit of the office of county was recently completed under the direction of John Rogers examiner and all of which were shown to be in proper order Included the following Balance on collections of disbursements balance on Decoration day will be at the Pierce cemetery according to Jack All area are to County Recordings Warranty Deeds Mary Ice to Arthur tract In 1110-16; Eva to Otis tract In 9-10-17; Forrest Saylor to Warren tracts in 2710-17; Bob lo tract in 19-10-15; Slab Polk to John Lot 5 of 6-1016; Bob Lasley to John Lot 6 of 610-16; Jesse Berry to Friend E2 NW 15-11-14; Willie Brown to Velma Ogle and Naomi SW SW 4-1218; Thelma Bennett to Dyton tract In 191018. Quit Claim Deeds N. D Harkey to J. L. Lot 4 Blk 117, Roy Roberts to Leroy Roberts tract la 15-11-15; James Layman to Geneva tracts in 33-9-14. Real Mortgages Marshall Foley lo & lots In Blk 88, Arthur Miller to Mary tract In 10-11-16; Richard S. to First National tracts at Buel Brown to 5 Blk 14 faulas Lot 2, Blk 102,
