Fort Gibson Independent (Newspaper) - March 24, 1938, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma Oldest Town In Oklahoma - Home of the Old Stockade - On Highway 62 - Quaint but Interesting No Other Place On Earth Like 20,000 READERS EACH MONTH Fort Gibson Independent HERB SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS UNA WED BY GRAFTERS OR CORRUPT BY GAIN MUSKOGEE COUNTY'S GREATEST WEEKLY VOLUME XIII FORT MUSKOGEE 24. 1938 NO. 45 As I See It By John A. Woods Sometime we have to kill two birds with one so this week we pulled a fast The written by M r. included a good article concerning the 4-H Club Meet to meet here the 81st., and Mr. Harmon had asked us to give i t some space too so we took the liberty of adding a little to Mr. Bell's article and transferred it to the front Hope Mr. Bell isn't offended and Mr. Harmon is Since they have plenty of the girls helping in the WPA library in the Legion wonder why they do not have some o f the boys mow the lawn around the The new scarcely has a chance with such a ragged Fort Gibson Street Project To Start Monday The work order has been issued for the starting of a n e vv WPA project in Fort The Fort Gibson street which calls for the and draining of the streets of the town of Fort the building of three bridges and This project is approved in the sum o f and calls for the employment o f men per month to extend over a period of three Q. B. Boydstun o f i Fort Gibson has been appointed There has been spent t o date on relief projects i n Fort not including the street All those projects have been sponsored by the town of Fort Gibson and the credit for 4-H GLUBS MEET HERE THURSDAY MARCH 31ST Nine Schools Represented In District 4-H Contest - t h e institution and working o f This coming Tuesday will bring these projects should be given t o another school election the Board o f Trustees and the promises to be an exciting d a y I of Fort and It seems to me that meni and their devout backers would put forth as much efforts ati d town of Fort Glbson has money to have a school and more work and has had town and ci vie more projects than any other we would town jn Muskogee County and a 11 called fights side of the city of SERVICE MUST MEET EVERY says The Engineer Electric service is a vital necessity in more than ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND plus thousands more of Industrial and Commercial Institutions we are privileged to Each year the requirements of these customers become more exacting and we must constantly make improvements to and increase capacities of transmission and distribution That's the job of the He must use his keenest judgment and the generous ingenuity of his technical mind FAR IN ADVANCE so that every emergency will be met. Planning and foresight both are vital to the program to GO you YOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE MUST Electric Service the nation's third largest contribute about ONE HALF BILLION Dollars a year to mines and factories for new materials and gas mid electric What Helps Helps Hurts Hurts Yam On March 31, one of the largest group o f school children to ever assemble at the local school will pay us a The contest will be the district 4H club contests that will last that entire The contest will start at nine o clock and will be completed at about two thirty in the In the morning the contest will be the timely team plays and In the afternoon the contests will turn to health and all entrances will be examined by a state nurse and The other and perhaps the most interesting contest will be the appropriate dress which will parade the garments made by the girls during the year and the clothes the school boy should The winning club in the high school division will be awarded a pennant as will the winner of the grade division and each individual winner will be given a blue The winners and the second placers will go to on April 16 to the Annual Rally day for the county Schools that will compete here will be Hyde H e i Mountain Riverside and Fort Following is a score card o f possible Points No. 1 Summary of 2 Demonstration teams H. S. Boys Grade Boys H. S. Girls ( Grade Girls 3 Timely Topics H. S. Boys Grade Boys H. S. Girls Grade Girls Fort Gibson Boy Makes Honor Roll At O. M. A. H. who is enrolled i n Junior College at the Oklahoma Military Academy from Fort Gibson is ed on the Dean's Honor Roll for the first six weeks of the second Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends for the kind favors and expressions of also for the beautiful floral offerings during the illness and death of our beloved husband and Mrs. James Brooks Mary J. Shipley Esta Brooks Mr. Joe Brooks Mr. Frank Old Fort Club Meets The Old Fort Club met i n regular session Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mack Palmer with Miss Irene Roberts County Farm Home and 2 0 members Free Show Pass Each week we will take two names from our subscription list and place some where in the columns of the Independent and those whos names appear be given a free pass either to the Ritz or Broadway when they eall at this These passes are given away through the courtesv of the management o f the and Broadway Ot the RITZ Friday and Saturday Claudette Colbert Charles Boyer 12 10 10 ie 10 5 5 5 5 and Tuesday The Ritz Charlie McCarty Andrea Leeds 4 Health 10 10 Boy Girl Appropriate Dress Boy Girl Games Songs Stunts or One Act Play Lunch for all 4-H Club members will be sold by 4-H Club members on the 6 7 8 10 10 5 7 6 Wednesday and Thursday Are Only Young Lewis Stone - Mickey Rooney Friday and Saturday Tommy Kelly JOE E. SCOTT Democrat for PRESIDENT STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE Build Oklahoma Gen. Keys In Muskogee Special to the General W. S. Democrat candidate for will be i n Muskogee March 25th. He will arrive in the morning and be at the Severs hotel throughout the C. Manager Eastern Division 1 There must be something slightly wrong with the present day boys when they let 96 year grand pappy heat their SPECIAL SATURDAY and MONDAY AT Corner Drug Store Syrup Drene Jergens Groves Chill Mum 1.00 Wine Vicks Lucky Tiger 5 lb Bag 100 NYAL HESS STOCK PREPARATIONS FRANKLINS SERUMS and REMEDIES Fresh At All Timet Corner Drug Store Prescription Specialist Phone 89 Ft. Gibson