Basketball Outlook Below Par Schedule For Season Set Up
Coach Guy Gardner notes the 1946 47 squad has one returning letterman and John King as the only C wearer. The team faces a fast pace schedule starting December 3 against Council Hill with both boys and girls openers. Roster includes Llewellyn Cleasion Matthews Tom Miner J W Emerson Herbert Smith Tom Hogan Jack Gladden Paul Sheppard Billy Ledbetter Jack Ledbetter Carrie Hunter Truman Nobles Jack Emerson Lloyd Meyers Leroy Halloway. Season dates list multiple openers and tournaments through February with several conference games and invitational events.
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Guy Gardner
Tern
John King
Armed Service
Gardner
Council Hill
Poth
Llewellyn
Cleasion Matthews
Tom Miner
J. W. Emerson
Herbert Smith
Tom, Hogan
Jack Gladden
Paul Sheppard
Billy
Jack Ledbetter
Carrie Hunter
Truman Nobles
Jack Emerson
Lloyd ‘Meyers
Leroy Halloway
Council
Bixby
Roynten
Checotah
Haske's
Wagoner
Stigler
Eufaula
Westville
Haskell
Masons To Have Special Meeting Friday Night
Checotah Lodge No. 86 A F and A M will hold a special meeting at the Masonic Hall Friday evening November 29. Mason Degree to be conferred by a Muskogee lodge special team. Members and visiting brethren urged to attend and join in refreshments after. Doris Marlin of Oklahoma College for Women helped open the Oklahoma play in Oklahoma City. Cy Conrad Pierce born November 26 in San Diego weighing six pounds seven ounces. Grandmothers Mrs Ben Huddleston and Mrs Grace Pierce of Checotah noted.
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Checotah Lodge No
A.F
A.M
Masonic Hall
Neal Johnson
Mason Degee
Muskogee
Doris Marlin
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Cyril Pierce
San Diego
California
Cy. Conrad
Ben’ Huddleston
Grace Pierce
Checotah
Coughran Defends Grand Jury Responsibility Inquiry
In McIntosh County the grand jury adjourned last Friday amid claims over who originated the petition for investigation. The Checotah News denies involvement, stating it had no knowledge until signed, while Franzer Coughran relays the sequence of events and decisions by county officials in 1945 regarding deputy assessor Gene Waters and related pay disputes.
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McIntosh County
Checotah News
Franzer Coughran
Rufus Hogan
Twe
Gene G. Waters
Norwood
Waters
Hogan
Attorney General's
Oklahoma City
Mr. Waters
Excise Board
Checotah Football Banquet Set for December 16
The Checotah High School football banquet is announced for December 16 in the Longfel school lunch room. Tickets go on sale at Central and Rexall Drug Stores. Attendance is limited to 125. The event includes a meal a program by Checotah schools and a guest speaker from outside the area. Checotah Wildcats finished the season as co champions with Wagoner and Talihqua in the Northeastern Oklahoma Athletic Association. Coach Guy Gardner praised the team and assistants Vance McCary and Lou Sharpe for their efforts.
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Checotal
Guy Gardner
Longfel School
Je Mae Curry
Roeem
Ers
Central
Rexall Drug
Checotah
Wildcats
Wagoner
Talizquah
Northeastern Oklahoma Athletic Association
Gardner
Vance McCa Bry
Lou Sharpe
Odd Fellows Dinner Brings 500 Plus Members to Hall
More than five hundred Odd Fellows and Rebekahs with families attended a Thanksgiving turkey dinner and banquet last Friday evening. High school girls glee club opened the program with vocal selections directed by Prof. Johnson. Cafeteria service followed as games led by Mrs. Guy Swadley and Mrs. Bil Reynolds sparked laughter.
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Odd Fellows
Tiwo
Johnson
Guy Swadley
Bil Reynolds
Leader defends Grand Jury petition amid smear campaign
A local figure explains taking lead in drafting and signing a Grand Jury petition. He asserts responsibility for the move, criticizes efforts to smear constitutional rights, and vows to stand firm against alleged taxpayer exploitation by others.
New Electric Range Installed At School
Vandiver Hardware installed a Westinghouse electric range in Checotah schools home economics department last Saturday. Additional Westinghouse units will come soon. Oklahoma Natural Gas to install a new range in the school lunch room after the first of the year, aiding the Langlow building’s noon lunch operation. Teachers pupils patrons and authorities praise the generosity of Vandiver Hardware Westinghouse and Oklahoma Natural Gas Company for these modern, efficient upgrades.
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Vandiver
Westinghouse
Checotah
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
Witch
Langfellow
Vandiver Hardware
Oklahoora Natural Gas Company
Bonicelli Learns of Mother's Death in Italy
Bonicelli, wholesale grocer in Muskegee, received word Monday of his mother Mrs. Matilda Poniessi 80, near Valmadonna in the Po River valley Italy. Details are scarce but photographs showed she was in good health weeks earlier. Her husband died over a year ago after enduring German occupation and combat dangers. A requiem Mass was held Wednesday morning at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Musketee.
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Paul
Bonicelli
Matilda Poniessi
Valmadonna
Italy
Requyn
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Musketee
Home Economics Display At Chenault & Johnson
Checotah High School home economics students showcase garment making in Chenault and Johnson Dry Goods windows. Mrs Ethel Lake, the class instructor, supervised the display for observers.
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Chenault & Johnson
Checotah
Chenault & Johnson Dry Goods Company
Ethel Lake
Farmers Union Meeting Set for December 5 at High School Gym
The Checotah local Farmers Union schedules its regular meeting at the high school gym on December 5. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and a report of the past year’s business will be presented. All members and interested parties are urged to attend. Raymond Hel, Secretary.
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Checotah
The
Farmers Union
Lodge Activities Report 1.0.C.F. Lodge Nov 22 Feasts and Elections
On November 22 the two hundred Odd Fellows Rebeckahs and families met for a turkey dinner then socialized with games. Grand Master Earl Ward of Pryor presided. On November 26 the lodge held regular session, conferred the second degree on a candidate, and elected officers for the coming term with W. K. Hayes Noble Grand Henry Ross vice Grand J. D. Joiner secretary J. D. Lrrvsey treasurer and Robert North to another Board of Trustees seat. Board nominees Ed Marlin and Lee Looper.
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Noble Grand
Henry Ross
J. D. Joiner
J. D. Lrrvsey
Robert North
Board of
Ed Marlin
Lee Looper
Former Checotah Girl Recalls Alaska Trip Notebook style
A reader letter recounts a Checotah resident Juanita Nicht describing a crossing from Montana to Alaska with James. The couple travels the Alcan Highway through Dawson Creek Canada to Fairbanks Alaska facing cold, snow, ice, long gas gaps, and wildlife. They endure a night in a deserted RAF camp and a forest fire near the road.
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Juanita Nicht
James
Tsackesr
Montana
Andi
Fairbanks
Alaska
Marseline
Honv
Canada
Dawson Creek
U.sa
Royal Air Force
Dawson
Afternoon session of Intedh County Teachers meet in Eufaula
The afternoon and evening sessions of the Intedh County Teachers meeting in Eufaula on Friday December 6 will cover education and improvement programs. Educators from the state will address both sessions with topics on health, tuition, welfare, and soil conservation.
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Intedh
Eufaula
Walker
Eufana Methodist
Eufaula High School
Sara Criswell
Litha Travis Lane
Una B.golding
Meritor County
Lund
Oklahoma University
A. G. Sweezy
McIntosh Cs. Teachers Association
Army Accepting Disabled Veterans For Enlistment
Army recruiting accepts partially disabled combat wounded veterans for three year enlistments. Capt Vernon Cornelius, Muskogee recruiting station CO, says they must meet medical standards for regular enlistment except combat related disabilities that are service connected.
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Army
Vernon ¥. Cornelius
Muskogee
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Coughran
Grand Jury
North Canadian
Petitgorr
Muust
County Teachers Association
Mother
Raymond, Hel
Ernest, Chapman
Proud
C.F
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