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Miami News-Record from Miami, Oklahoma • 15

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5V the various parasites and insects Writer Envjn also is a singer and guitar player who composes Champion Bull To 7 Get eature Role men when they find they cannot buy Pope once refuse to sell one of his prized bulls at any price to a representative of a foreign gov ernment However in real life no COWBOYS AT CLEAR Raymond Pope and his JO year' old son Buckshot sort out Brangus calves for use in a movie series being filmed at Clear View rjinch near Welch Buckshot an able cowhand despite his age much prefers his nickname to his given name of Walter Profile of a movie star Clear King Tut leading man But the biggest star was producer of the historical quiz a aUo LJ rri c'Kmir 'lanHc1 rxr I irvon that dm Will UC a glCULU Vliailljivix JJlCUlgUO ouun uunuo iiiuv uiuv bull! a Raymond Pope who started out By THELMA GARPNER WELCH (Special) Soon our new American breed of cattle the Brangus developed in Northeast ern Oklahoma oter the past's 13 years will be featured in a differ ent kind of western television mov ie series Harry Donahue president of Western Horizons Inc Hollywood accompanied by his assistant Tony Andary came to Vinita a couple of weeks ago to make arrange ments with Raymond Pope of Clear View ranch for filming of 39 sepa rate dramatic stories for the series Edward Erwin' script writer for the company also spent several days last month at the ranch soak ing up local atmosphefe and fa miliarizing hijnself with the opera tion of a modem efficient and profitable cattle spread The parent company has now formed a subsidiary called Bran gus Productions Inc with head quarters at Vinita Most of the scenes in the shows will be filmed at Clear View ranch to develop the Brangus breed and I and hundreds of feet of film al who doubtless has done more to ready have been shot for back perfect these beautiful coal black ground material i hornless cattle than anyone else Today a 'dozen movie actors in the world has been made tech about the Brangus which he sang and played over the Vinita radio station last week It had such ap pealing melody and lyrics that it already has made a hit with the Brangus cowboys who even now are singing it on the range But all this sudden glamor did not come about by accident Ray mond Pope was born on a cattle ranch near Coalgate Okla rom his boyhood he dreamed of owning his own pure bred cattle spread He went to Oklahoma where he studied animal husbandry and genetics He was on livestock judg ing teams and was considered an authority on cattle breeding even before he graduated When rank Buttram a prom inent Oklahoma City oil million aire heard of him he decided Raymond was the man he want ed to manage the Buttram Brown cattie ranch In Louisiana So on the day Pope was graduated he married Edith Johnson also an graduate from Tulsa and together they proceeded to the new job and their new home Nearby at Jeanerette La the Dept of Agriculture was conduct ing experiments in cross breeding of various British breeds of cattle with various Rrahman breeds to actresses technicians and make up nical director foi the film series miliar with plot( action and Though the plots in the individ fjnd a hybrid that would withstand men are flying into Tulsa from Later on these men plan to make California continue by car an educational film qlso about the to Vinita A young Hollywood star Brangus breed Jame (pronounced Jamie) Young Western Horizons Inc also has will be leading lady and Jim Dav a studio in Phoenix Ariz where is an experienced western actor it has filmed westerns The firm Movie Cameras Grind Away at Pope Brangus Ranch fb 4 Arrival Slated Today by ilm Actors Crews tray the modem methods of mid west ranching where station wagons and airplanes are often used instead of the horse i However he still believes in the horse and agrees even with the i modern rancher that there are oc one has ever yet tried to steal casidns when the horse is more one of his champions practical than the newer methods of transportation riends and neighbors of thesis own songs to go with his pic ss Popes have been invited to come tures He wrote a ballad type song 3 watcn me proceedings many oi them appear in the first shots de picting a round up loading of cat tie into trailers and corral chores i around a modem ranch Edith Pope wife is busy with a thousand and one du ties running errands showing the movie people and visitors around the ranch entertaining guests and attempting to keep her home and family life normal amidst all the confusion Their children Buck shot 10 and Sally 8 also are get ting into the movie scenes occa sionally and parts for them likely will be written into the story by the script writer not only to keep them happy but for more TV view er appeal Edith has kept accurate rec ords of the Brangus cattle raised by her husband since the begin ning nf the development in 1943 She also has kept clippings of nil mine dintirc ait men avutiuva ouivj oiiunot prizes visitors and various re search data assembled by writ ers on the Brangus origin All' these were used to prepare a cpmprehensive history on which the film stories will be based especially the educational mov ies pears on various TV stations Donahue who is both produc ing and directing Brangus Pro ductions believes time for something to be introduced in western type films He realizes that most young folks are so fa M11UUL a UHU scenery that they can tell what ual dramatic series will be purely humid heat of the gulf coast is going to happen in most typ fiction they will be based on true beable to assimilate the sparse ical westerns Rather than the incidents more or less The first nadve grasses of the pegion to old fashioned horse and buggy story of the series concerns a prize make better beef and be more re shoot up days he through blue ribbon champion Brangus bull sjstant to pink eye cancer eye and his script writer intends to por which is stolen by foreign cattle tbe various parasites and insects I' mb Justice Swift REVIVES WHEAT IN COUNTY AL SO GARY ANSWERS SCANDAL BLAST Rain Restores Childhood Sceiies orger Learns fc s' of dis Coffeyville of cake to sell Members already 4 Hambleh al! of Joe Hamblen of 21 Coffey Hulse 22 be returned) by received by the I ANNIVERSARY BEACON Deputy Sheriff John Yaccarine of Osborne Hill recently celebrated the 38th anniversary of his He was erroneously reported killed in men after Keystone Project Will Start Soon Pioneer County Resident Dead the sky darkened or thunder rolled i The most wonderful rniiiy days were in the summers I spent with grandma In an upstairs room were stacks and stacks of magazines and funny papers Slim Jim Bar ney Google and Mutt and Jeff Aunt old hats were in a Okla a fla which the Rites Today for Mrs Anna Smith Crowd Slim in Minnesota for Address uneral services for Mrs Anna Smith pioneer Ottawa county busi nesswoman who operated one of first drug stores will be conducted at the Birks mortuary chapel in Afton at 2 tn today The ReV Veach will offici ate A'" Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery near Afton Mrs Smith died at her home 128 A street northwest at 12:30 a Saturday after an extended illness She was 80 years old Moving to Miami in 1907 Mrs Smith and her late husband Smith operated a drug store here until 1911 when they opened a simi lar establishment in Commerce which they operated until 1922 Mr" and Mrs Smith then opened a drug store in Afton which they operated jointly until he died in 1939 With her son Glen Mrs Smith operated the store at Afton until she retired in 1946 Glen Smith is owner of the Afton drug store today A member of the Presbyterian church Mrs Smith also is survived by a granddaughter Mrs Pauline Black Oklahoma City and a great granddaughter i TULSA Nov 3 Tulsa trict Army Engineers reported Sat urday that construction of the Key stone dam project on the Arkansas River will begin' within a few weeks The engineers will advertise for bids Nov 16 for construction of project buildings and a service road to the damsite The $138 million Keystone 'dam and reservoir will be built west of Tulsa below the junction of the Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers GOOD RECORD HELPED IRONDEQUOIT Seventy eight years Without being arrested proved helpful to Wills Taylor of Irondequoit when he appeared in court on a speeding charge Judge Leo Minton sus pended sentence on Taylor with the hope can go another 78 years before 'you arreatd Says Higher Office May orce Refund STILLWATER Okla Nov 3 A anners Home Admin istration official said Saturday he has no plans to force Roy Turner to refund $3525 in federal drought aid but that a higher au thority may try to get the money back Powers the state director said the former gover nor has not yet shown proof that he is eligible for the payments Turner made 'ihillions in oil Turner said Thursday that he will hold the $3525 until Powers clarifies 'his policy The former governor said that most ranchers who are receiving the drought funds still are solvent In a Jetter 'Turner asked Pow ers if anyone who' had some money left would violate the pau oath if they received the help Some 200000 tons of hay has been distributed to ranchers in Oklahoma by county committees Powers said the committees were instructed to pay too much attention to the financial standing of applicants so long as they are bona fide farmers or ranchers and not recognized as men of wealth in the Powers said many ranchers re ceiving the payments are still sol vent but have shown proof they would be unable to maintain their basic without the assist ance Powers said Turn'er has not yet met this requirement Clay commander of Mi American Legion post at tacked here Saturday use of the Legion ernblenr'ojt post cards 'seeking support for ia county candidate in Tuesday's general election action is flagrantly con trary to the constitution and by laws and certainly was not authorized by any responsi ble Clay declared i Clay said he did not know the Identity of the person or persons responsible for mailing the 1 cards which were" addressed to ex servicemen and called atten tion to the veteran Cancer ilm Slated 'or Quapaw Picher The Cancer Society film Self will be shown Wednesday in Quapaw and Picher Women in both cities are invited to attend the program free of charge Mrs Harry ord spokesman for the Society in Miami said the Quapaw showing will begin at 2:30 in the high school audito rium The Picher showing is scheduled for 7:30 at the high school RETURNS TO BASE Airman 3 Donald Silence By RANCES BAKERTHURSDAY night sitting here in i my snug warm house under the soft glow of the lamp reading I stopped for a moment to listen to the autumn rain splashing against the windows Wonderful sound fallin? rain! Shakespeare compared the 'qual ity of merev to rain as the gentle ram from heaven To the farmer of Ottawa county the sound of falling rain means his faith was justified when he dusted his wheat in It will come up now 4 ather of airland Resident Succumbs In Marigold Miss AIRLAND Mrs Jim Milboum of airland was notified riday night of the death of her father Hamblen in Mari gold Miss death was unexpected although he had been in uncertain health for several months A resi dent of Pond Creek Okla for many years Hamblen had been working in Mississippi for the past six weeks A grain combine con tractor he was 63 years old Besides Mrs Milbourn Hamblen I is survived by another daughter! Mrs 'Bill Allen Tulsa three! grandchildren four brothers Ray Orville and Jess Miami la and Marion Ind The body will air to Miami and Cooper uneral lyime It then will be transported to Pond Creek for final rites on Tuesday or Wednes day in the chapel tit the Wilson neral home MARRIAGE LICENSES Robert Holderman 19 Oro nogo Mo and Lillian Marie Gib son 18 Joplin Ray A razier 18 and Donna Rae Craig 15 both of Galena Kan jf' Orville 18 and Alene Mcarland 18 both of Mi ami Johnny Lee Wilson 18 Wyan dotte and Barbara Ann Griffiths 21 Seneca Jim Thomason 19 and Carolyn Nalley 18 both of Kan Donald Dukes ville and Norma Chetopa Kan Andrew Cunningham 19 and Eva Lou Drake 19 both of South west City Mo si Emmett Jones 25 Miami and Myrtle Whiteley 18 airland' Robert Williams 23 and Helen Simpson 26 both of Hock erville" 1 Paul Works 25 Wichita Kan and Barbara Ann Gilstrap 22 Wyandotte Bill Griffin 21 Joplin and Lois Allene Russell 18 Neosho Mo 1 Delmar 25 South west City and Bertha Goss 20 Noel Mo Bill Hoover 24 Neosho and Geraldine redrickson 29 St Louis Tripp 21 and Don ria Boan 16 both of Chanute Kan "jt Lloyd Roberts 20 and Mary Graves 18 both of Seneca Donald Anderson 2L and Rose Mary Mann 18 both of Elwin Hinson 39 and aye Patterson 47 both of Pittsburg Kan 3 Ei Gimble' 66 apd Mrs Ade lia Mae Shields 57 bpth of Che topa Neff legal age Vinita and Lucille Jackson legal age Tulsa Jinr Wilson' 70 and Mrs Ottife Allie Croy 68 both of Joplin Powers Awaits Turner 'Proof action in Germany during World recently returned to military duty War 'I He has the official at ort Worth Tex after visiting hanging on a wall in his mother Mrs Helen Silence in ihis home (North Miami Courthouse News Briefly Chronicled rain would last all day Dad would carry the horse har ness in by the stove my brother would bring the copper rivets and mend harness by the warm heater Sometimes Dad got 1a4 ml' I A hammer and tar for the thread and mended our shoes Dad al JlCdPlU U1U 11OUJ WV1 A4 fc droppeth ways gave us kids a chunk of trunk up there too and I tried UcioxmM iar frv nknw whltan ahi 1 1 WITH IN Minpe sota Nov 3 t(UP) Sen Estes Kefauver i 1 1 Minnesota Saturday and chose the politically historic town of Kasson to charge the Eisen hower' administration of The Democratic vice president ial candidate told a small crowd estimated 'by police at 175 that 'Kasson remembered by farmers as the place of the great est broken promise in the history of American In 1952 Mr Eisenhower spoke at Kasson during the National Plowing Contest 'and made what Democrats said was a promise of full parity for farmers Kasson talk was one "of 18 appearances in this farm conscious state which Democrats are seeking 'to' swing back into their column this year: Jv The Tennessee Democrat em barked on his gruelling Minnesotacampaign tour early Saturday aft er an equally demanding day andnight motorcade through western'Pennsylvania riday and a 17 hour tour of and i Rhode Island WANTA RHY A RUIT CAKE? The Miami Lions club has a ton are fretting about the possibility of not having enough since early sales have been brisk Proceeds from the Thanksgiving Christmas project will be used for dub welfare projects such aa the purchase of eye glasses for needy children Lions helptag withthe unloading task were OrvUJa Hanis cRb president Dr Raymond McKinney left Jack Robinson project leaders sassafras green and sumac flame The sky darkens but the hens are out busy scratching pep per sized drops moisten the sassa and hulled a pan for Mom to roast a a fluid sweep across the new plowed wheat field The ducks are Then when we went to bed sank tipsy with happiness taking a bath into a featherbed with quilts piled in a puddle by the gate the on The rain lulled us to sleep gnarled half century old cedar Mom used to say she could trees spread a pungent odor over smell a rain coming long before the barnyard I am at peace with the world but worried because people are killing each other in Europe and the Mid East' even though history records blood must often be shed in defense of ideals and freedom I am troubled realizing that what the Communists offer so many peo ple over there is the best ever seen in a material way At first they cannot know that hun ger in body is' painful but hunger in your soul kills There is little can do except pray and give from my small portion of worldly goods that one of those children may have a cup of milk But this day I shall count my blessings as never counted them before holding in reserve that part of my heart that will sacrifice even unto death for my freedom This rairi clad day shall take a walk along the river and return with a measure of peace in my heart put on a pot of brown beans and set some hot rolls to rise build up a fire in the heater and sit just listening to the comforting sound of the rain Legion Chief Here Rips Use of Seal On Political Card Nabbed on riday Quick action on the part of Ot itawa Countys taw eniorceinem agencies and courts resulted Satur day in a four year prisoiyterm for a Kansas laborer who forged and cashed a $3125 worthless check here two weeks ago Charged by County Attorney Jim Reed with secohd degree forgery William Lee Givens 29 was apprehended in Tucumcari 1 riday The suspect was returned to Miami by Deputy Sheriff Art Peck Saturday After waiving a preliminary hearing during his arraignment be fore County Judge George Rus sell Givens pleaded guilty to the charge before District Judge A Commons and immediately1 wassentenced to four years at hard la bor in the state penitentiary at Mc Alester Givens a laborer admitted forg ing and cashing the check at the Tucker cafe East Central avenue on Oct 21 tar to cnew to wtuten our them on to my content he said One hat a wide brimmed white Mom would get out her quilt leghorn straw had a 'huge pink scrips and piece on quilt tops rose on the front How I loved Mom never wasted a scrap of ma preening before the mirror in thatn in1 riv frtrAo11 lorrc kofl 1 LUA1CII TtVlll AZUL UY VI Mil lllltllCll 'r Many people go out and walk in tails old sock they all wept Autumn rains bring the rain to think themselves out into colorful tops to weather and the delicate jewel of trouble or sorrow Once a good keep us warm when the snow gleam of frost is everywhere this friend buried her mother while die came I learned to tack a comfort morning The air is nippy In the rain fell in 'a gray fold A kind when I was eight bright sunshine the trees seem to neighbor put an arm around her Later harness mended cows march the lane dressed in gor and said: Blessed are the dead rtilkedj Dad snored in his chair geous raincoats of cellophane on whom the ram drops fall IMon) pU) ker yeast f0 rjse jn a raincoats in autumn colors of Hick like to think she meant rain was clothcovered drock on a chair by yellow maple orange glow 7 the warm stove ing down to enfold that one heavenly protection The slur of the rain on the win When I was a kid rain meant dows wSs a euepy sound' We my dad brother and I outa of homegrown peanuts plow com that day we milk the cows late and throw them hay watch to see if the hens went out in the rain because if they went right on with their scratching as unconcerned as if the sun were shining it: was a sign that the Disgusted Tulsa Woman Resigns Spot on Celebration Committee TULSA Nov 3 (UP) The State Supreme Court decision of last Wednesday in the Wagoner Okmulgee county state senate election prompted Mrs Walter erguson Tulsa to resign Saturday from the board of the' Semi Centennial Committee of Okla homa MrS erguson nationally syndicated newspaper columnist in a letter to Gov Raymond Gary said our state has to celebrate are overshadowed by the things of which we are In Oklahoma City Gary said ne believed Mrs erguson had sumed the wrong attitude by with Gary said5 are sorry of what has happened in Wagoner county but we are taking steps to see that it happen again and so will the leg islature when it The governor said is the time when all good Oklahomans should work harder than ever to correct any shortcomings we have and' to display to the 'na tion and the world our virtues and great In her letter of resignation Mrs erguson said herewith tender you my resignation from the board of the Semi Centennial Committee of the state of Oklahoma My par ents and my late par ents were pioneers who spent their lives working to make this a great state therefore find it hard to rec oncile myself to the fact that aft er 50 years of one party rule we witness the sanction ot highest court to grant flouting of justice could deprive our citizens rio ht tn a free ballot things our state has to cel ebrate and they are are now so overshadowed by the things of which we are ashamed that I regretfully withdraw from the committee to which you were gracious enough to appoint Twougutives Still at Large PURCELL (UP) Two were still at large today four county prisoners tied up and gagged the McClain county jailer riday1 and escaped Deputy Sheriff Walter Woods reported that two Negroes held on armed robbery charges are white meri were captured quickly still being hunted while two after the escape Those recaptured are two broth ers ranklin Woods 18 and Bobby Joe Woods 22 both of Blanchard who are being held on a morals charge They are not related to the deputy Sheriff jS Jailer A Edgmon said he had gone to the third floor of the courthouse to take the prisoners some beans and cigarets at 3 riday when he was at tacked i i r' that plague most cattle Pope as sisted in these tests and became so interested in the I promising product of the Aberdeen Angus and Zebu Brahman cross that he determined some day to try de veloping a distinct breed He was so enthused over the prospects that he tried to resign his position' and start out with only three or four cows if nec essary but Buttram offered to buy him 1000 Brahmans and 50 Angus if he would stay with him and let him finance the project Raymond chose to locate in the famous bluestem grass region of: Northeastern Oklahoma and they selected 5000 acres on which to put their first herds Clear creek ran through the ranch' an expanse of rolling hills and valleys with many groves of native The place is located 10 miles west of Welch The own ers named it Clear Creek Ranch Home of the Brangus Pope toured the country trying to find sufficient high grade cows but there were not many pure bred Brahmans in those days and hi never found more than 850 Though his Angus bulls were top quality the calves did not turn out to his high expectations After a couple cf years the men decided they would sell the Brahman cows and Angus bulls and replace them with the best Angus cows and the best Brahman bulls Again he was able to find cows of Angus blood but not enough top quality bulls of Brahman breed for sale He finally found 40 and the Hudgins ranch of Texas agreed to lease him 10 of its champion Brahman Zebu bulls (sometimes also called The offspring of these crosses ex ceeded fondest hopes Though Angus calves at weaning time weighed 500 pounds the Brangus averaged 575 pounds un der the same conditions The ma ture Brangus weighed from 200 to 300 pounds more than the Angus Raymond and Edith kept accu fate records of every experiment and by crossing the variousmix tures of blood through several generations he came to the con elusion that the ideal Brangus? would be three eighths blood and five eighths Angus A By 1948 he also had produced a I 2000 pound Brangus bull by breeding Brangus to Brangus Brangus are good foragers They) make good mothers nd give of rich milk During those first winters they had no sheds They were fed nothing except a pound or two day of cottonseed cake even during snowstorms See ARRIVAL on Page 25 Jobs Available On arms Here Want to live on a farm? An em ployment demand for farm couples exists in Ottawa county reports! Sidney Meurlott manager of 1 the Miami office of the Oklahoma's Employment Security Commission Meuriott also said spray paint ers housekeepers and full time'' maids also should find easy pickings locally The demand ex ceeds the supply The office manager said 177 job placements were made here dur ling October as compared to 179 in September and 158 in October' a year ago Job categories and placement totals last month in eluded: Construction 64 whole sale and retail trade 56 manufac turing '18 service establishments and private household 16 each utilities and agriculture 3 each and government 1 Claims for unemptoymoRt iem fiti jvaea tiMtf 4toa a.

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