Stilwell Express (Newspaper) - May 2, 1973, Stilwell, Oklahoma UJl Permit No. 39 749W| xpress ADAIR OKLAHOMA MAY 2, 1 f. VOLUME 1 NUMBER 52 REWARD OFFERED On May 2, 1865, President Andrew Johnson offered a reward of to anyone capturing Jefferson president of the Rodeo Queen Shown here is Michael Danile with his five and one-half pound caught this fish while at hit favorite spot on the minds Our proud fisherman is a third grade student at and Is the grandson of Sid and Jackie Morrow of Council Accepts Perry Store Permit The Stllwell city council re- property fused to revoke a permit He said Perry received such sued to Jack Perry for the consent by getting the of a commercial tures of five of the seven in Block 14 at a perty owners in the poned meeting last Mowery contended that Lloyd E. dents and property owners were Mr. and Mrs. Otto the Insisted that no such The wards was ants and were not Perry was represented by used in the Perry in- Gene Mowery read from Section Mowery said that after Perry 92 of the city charter which received the he that a person or firm before the council and Intending to use a section of had the block any block must get consent from On Jan. 24, a permit was lathe majority of and sued by Ralph city Mayor Harold building looks like we're going to is not a residential have a lawsuit whichever way Mowery S. L. Isaacs made a motion 1973 before Judge that and property Walkingstick pleaded not guilty both be and his bail was set at Mrs. Nancy Garrett seconded the ft was defeated Icy Bell Hi DOS 2-3. J Dewey Moss then made a lng to a number of businesses in the surrounding including an repair now operating in the same Street 59) is going to be commercialized If Stllwell Is going to he Cole said he only wanted the council to take action on criterion the council used whether and property or only will decide whether a business can operate In a action will give the people of the community a criterion of what to Cole - J.C. Morris Miss Joni Mtss Joni daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike 2, Stilwell is the 1973 Rodeo She is a sophomore at Stilwell High where she Is a member of the 4-H a member of the high school chorus and one of the During her reign she was honored at rodeos at and Ark. She will appear on the John television show May 2, with members from the Roundup Club to promote the Strawberry A new queen will be crowned for the coming year at the rodeo on May 12, Strawberry Festival Spring Concert The Spring Concert for the Stilwell Hands was held In the E.G. McLemore F i e I dhouse April 30. There was a very good Solos were played by the following students In the Beginners Evelyn Paula Jessie Penny Susan Terrye Michelle Theresa Kayla Susie and Amy The Junior High Band featured a coronet solo by Spottedhorse and the Senior High Band had a trombone solo by Susan Band Queen is Patsy a Attendants are Mary Melissa Myrna Escorts were Taylor Danny Ken and Joe Flower girl was Misha Richards and Crown Bearer was Junior PATTON'S PISTOLS The famous pair of ivory-handled pistols carried by Gen George Patton in World War II were presented recently to the military museum at Fort Ky by the late general's 8-year-old Ben Enjoy Fiesta Time Increase Efficient Production Only motion that permit be W U 1 ia m Long seconded the ft carried with three and two Prior to the Mowery presented a petition signed by a majority of and those living in the Ch ar get Icy Bell was arraigned before Judge Harris on a charge and bail was set at Hibbs pleaded not blackward guilty Steve Blackward pleaded guilty to the charge of public drunk and was fined plus court Blackward appeared before Judge Projects Swon of district highway com Fort Worth Man Speaking before the Adair County Development Swon said a project Charged With DWI Mickey Gordon McClendon was arraigned on a DWI charge last April 30 before Judge McClendon pleaded not His bail was set at Local Man Charged Zeke was charged with DWI last April 30, efficient production of fresh meat is answer to reasonable meat prices and adequate an area farm leader has consumer protests and government imposed ceilings merely serve to confuse and hamper the farmers In the meat production says J. C. president of the Adair County the unnatural factors of - coupled with the effects of the President's meat price ceiling and the wake of the April - have caused disruption and uncertainty among farmers and he thankful the proposed rollback in prices was defeated in It could have calls for the realigning U.S. 62 a lot of west of to eliminate a and the other problems we now face are a potential shortage of I the laying of a new coat of feed later this year caused He noted that although the meat boycott apparently has lost of a lot of its retail prices of red meat are not likely to decrease greatly this boycotters start to the confusion could easily discourage many farmers and ranchers from increasing their beef and pork the Bureau pointed effects of a meat boycott represent an artificial disruption of the supply and demand factors and will bring on even higher meat Morris prices consumers are paying today are the best assurance that we'll have plenty of meat in years to un Off R THE saddle asphalt on Oklahoma 51 from Stllwell to the Cherokee County Swon also predicted that due to increased traffic the highway between and Muskogee will result in that route eventually becoming a by extremely wet Spring higher prices we must pay for feed and other items we use in meat and the replacement of meat animals that died during the past said 237857.58 247558.01 257055.16 266351.50 276442t 2872360 2973550 Stllwell Cub Scout Pack 261 held its April Pack meeting Monday Theme for the month was and the Cub Scouts dressed in Mexican costumes for the A contest was held to determine the funniest and most original Winners were Den 3 - Cliff Stephen most Den 4 - Tommy Chris most Den 5 - Todd Jeffrey most Bobcat badges were a- Track Meet Stllwell and Maryetta combined to form a team to go to an Invitational Track Meet for the Seventh and Eighth Grades at 28. There were eight boys chosen from and six from There were nine schools represented from Eastern Oklahoma and the competition was stated Coach Ethridge from The Eighth Grade team won fourth in the overall track with some of our boys winning ribbons in individual which made tbe total of 25 points for the Those winning ribbons 440 yard relay race - Jim Perry Brewer and William Pole vaulting - Perry nine 75 yard dash - who also placed second in the broad Freddie Brown scored one warded to the following Cub Scouts In Den 5 - Johnny Tony Kevin Gregory Bunch and Todd Den 5 also presented a skit which was enjoyed by everyone Den Leader is Mrs. Alex The boys displayed for their parents Mexican masks and other crafts that they made at their weekly Den Mrs. Charles Cosby Is Den Leader for Den 3 and Mrs. Donald Bruner is Den Leader for Den 4. The boys broke filled with candy and goodies at the close of the fifth in the high We are very proud of all the boys that went to this event and won honors for our Stilwell area Holds Classes The Sew What Shoppe II one of the most interesting fabric shops we have The M. Laffoon operates this unique shop in Mrs. Laffoon holds a masters degree from Northeastern Tahlequah and taught school far She is an Instructor in and is certified in this She has held schools in and In the Sew What Shoppe they teach classes in Men's Basic Knits and If you really want to learn about fabrics and you should attend one of their They Tornado Weather More Frequent During Spring Pleasant spring days In Oklahoma and Arkansas are The sun shines warm on green fields and the scent of early flowers fills the But those same conditions can be quickly changed into a nightmare when calm skies turn into turbulent spring storms that are the breeding grounds of Several nature's most dreaded have already struck with blows in Oklahoma and claiming Innocent and leaving a path of Below are some facts and figures about Tornadoes are local storms of short duration formed of winds rotating at very high usually in a counterclockwise These storms are visible as a whirlpool structure Fof winds rotating about a hollow cavity in which centrifugal forces produce a partial As condensation occurs the a pale cloud the familiar and frightening tornado FFA cers The FFA Chapter elected officers for the 1973-74 school year and they are as Robert vice Jeff David Ray Morris Audie David Tbe officers installed fMw Air surrounding the funnel is also part of the tornado as the storm moves along the this outer ring of rotating winds becomes dark with dust and which may eventually darken the entire On the tornado paths are only a quarter of a mile wide and seldom more than 16 miles long. But there have been spectacular Instances In which tornadoes have caused heavy destruction along paths more than a mile wide and 300 miles long. The winds of tbe tornado vortex have not been successfully but are estimated to be more than 300 miles per Their deep roar is like the rumble of a large bomber and can be heard as far away as 25 If there is some question as to the cause of there is none on the destructive effect of these violent The dark funnel of a tornado can destroy solid make a deadly missle of apiece of uproot trees and hurt people and animals for hundreds of In 1931, a tornado in Minnesota carried an 83-ton railroad coach and its 117 passengers 80 feet through the and drooped them In a Where there is complete destruction there Is loss of On April 11, 1965, Palm 37 tornadoes struck the killing 271 persons and Injuring more than 5000; property damage was estimated at Since the early 1950s, the tornado death toll has averaged 72 per During the period 1953-64, an average of 605 tornadoes per year occured in the United about half of them during three May and For the same the annual average number of tornado days on which one or more tornadoes were was 156. In 1965, 898 tornadoes were constituting an all-time Texas and Kansas experienced the greatest number of these CONCORDE RECORD A record altitude of 68,000 feet was reached by the French-built Concorde prototype 001 during test flights in according to a recent announcement by the Receives State Farmer Degree Ronnie a member of the Stilwell Future Farmers of America Chapter has received the coveted State Farmer Degree at the annual State FFA April 26-27, Okla. Ronnie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hale of the Oak Grove who was among 345 Oklahoma FFA boys who met tbe qualifications for the degree this The State Farmer Degree Is the highest awarded by the State FFA Association to Its who nave done outstanding work in vocational This degree la awarded only after live met by the Each bay must vested a sizable sum of money In his farming maintained a high scholastic and in be a top-notch Ronnie's supervised farming program has consisted of beef and farm He has a productive agriculture profit of a farm mechanics profit of 125.50; and from agriculture work for a total of during his three and one-half years in Vocational and the He has an average in Ids vocational agriculture classes and an in all other He presently has invested in He has showed beef and swine at county and district i Ronnie Hale Tornadoes may occur at of the day or but because of the meteorological combinations which create they form most readily during the warmest hours of the The greatest number of 82 percent of the occurs between noon and and the g r e a t e s t single 23 percent of total tornado falls between 4 and 6 p.m. AFRICAN VIOLENCE Police in South Africa shot and killed 94 people in 1972 compared with 54 the previous 77 of the dead were according to a recent disclosure by Louwrens minister of His major show winnings was Reserve Grand Champion on a crossbred barrow at the county fair artd Champion on the same barrow at the Fort Ark. Ronnie is also a member of the Farm Survey team that has placed first at ten contests in the past three He was also high point man In four of these All of the 1973 State Farmers were guests at the 19th Annual Southwestern Bell Telephone Company honor April 26. This banquet has become an annual fete for Oklahoma's Outstanding Future Farmers who receive the State Another highlight of the to be held on the Oklahoma State University was the appearance of Jerry National FFA Okla. An uprising of Indians Chief Pontiac began near Detroit on May 6, 1763. To Develop Industrial Park The Economic Development Administration announced recently the approval of a grant of to the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to develop the industrial park south of The Cherokee Nation will provide an additional to complete the total B. Bob business manager for the Cherokee said that the funds will be used for building sewer and water systems and constructing paved roads in the industrial park located about four and one-half miles south of Stilwell on US 59. Stopp said the tract totals between 90 and 100 will start construction soon after we receive the federal he Is our plan to fully develop the acreage so that all a new Industry has to do when It decides to locate here Is to build its he Stopp said that he hopes to cooperate with the Stilwell Chamber of Commerce In obtaining new Industries for the industrial Banquet Held The Banquet was held April 27 with two L. J. Ketcher and Daisy receiving the E. G. McLemore Leaders Sportsmanship The Pep Club's was won by Rhonda point for the team by placing are held on A Real Fishing Hole Edward went fishing at the lake behind W. C. Campbell's in the community Saturday afternoon 21X His pickup got stuck ISO feet away from the so be left it He went back the next day after tt The picture shows where he found completely submerged with 18 inches of water covering it The other picture shows tt being pulled tram the
