The McIntosh County Democrat from Checotah, Oklahoma • Page 1

HISTORICAL BLDO. OKLA. CITT, OIM 73105 A COPY OFFICIAL CITY PAPER TEN PAGES CHECOTHAH, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MARCH 31, 1977 VOLUME 69 NUMBER 16 "Representative Charles Peterson (ngnt) PRESENT'S A COPY OF A to Jimmy Denny Oeft) commending the winners of the 1977 "Ability Counts" Contest sponsored by the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. Jimmy, a senior at Stigler High School, placed first in the Contest. Thanks Given To Livestock Supporters The Checotah Livestock Show Finance Committee would like to thank all who supported our the recent Muskogee Jr.

Live stock Show. The Checotah Area donated a total of $4, 243.23 bonus money for those who participated in the show. The following are to be commended tor their generous support: Checotah Cham ber of Commerce, Peoples National Bank, Green's Elevator, Parman-Payne Clinic Neumeyer Grain Checotah Jaycees, Checotah Lions Club, Checotah Kiwanis Club, Voigt Motors, Frame Lumber, Harrison Insurance, L.J. Dobson Gas Mcintosh County Democrat, Vandiver Hardware, Nichols Super Saver Foods, Bledsoe Funeral Home.Mc Intosh Co. Farm Bureau Martin's Dept.

Store, Milan King, Farmer's Exchange, Park's Thrifty-Wise, Coleman Furniture, Hays Montgomery Ward, Apex, FFA Parents, Pack Oil D. and Apco, Morrison Ford Ledbetter Feed Central Drug, Charles Fashion Center, Stigler Sale Checotah Roundup The Checotah Round-Up Club will bold its monthly meeting Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Dickson's Cafe. Any girl in the Checotah area wishing to runfor Round Up Club Queen please attend this meeting. The Bound-Up Club wiU also have a bake sale, Saturday, April 2, in front of Harrison Agency starting at 8:00 a.m.

Bam, Johnny and Greg Moore, JS. Ross, Guy Vinson, Loomlx and Roy Nichols. Also Carey's Sim mental, Ed Kloeckler, Ralph Davidson, James Every and Sons Checotah SCD. Bane Whi sen- hunt and Sons, Western Auto, Earl Davidson, Robert Park, Earl Lumber, and Auto Parts, Ron's Pharmacy, Thomas Marine, Forbes T.V.,Bettys Beauty Shop, Amtane, 1-40 Pancake House, Rogers Lumber, Carpet, Cedars Nursing Home, Earnest Myers, Camp's Express, Wildcat Corner and Futrell Real Estate. And Checotah Insurance Agency, V.V.

Martin, Dickson Restaurant and Motel, Lemley Furniture, Garrett Checotah Farm Co-op Class, Les Clark, Wyco Processing, McAlester Stockyards, J.C. Camp, Dr. Meadors, Tuck the Tailor, JX Hays, Muskogee Automotive, and Okmulgee Livestock Auction. Please notify committee members Bob Frame, Don Stidham or Raymond if any supporter has been ommltted Baptist Begin Revival With Unique Speaker Buddy Keim, Evangelist, chalk-talk artist will be at the First Baptist Church beginning Sunday night, April 3, through Sunday morning, April 10. Services Sunday night will begin at 7:00 PJtf.

Services Monday through Saturday night will be at P.M. Buddy uses colored chalk and a series of lights to illustrate a different message each night. By using florescent chalk and a black light a special effectisgiven and often a completely different picture than one sees with just the colored chalk. Buddy is a native Okla- noman and now lives in Henrietta, Oklahoma. Before he BX-PEO Chapter oK P.E.O.

will meet Tuesday, April 5 at 1:30 at the home of Mrs. lslarae Parker. Mrs. Kathy Mitchell will be in charge of the program. Boxing Tourney Only Three Days Left For Results See Sports Page entered into full time evangelism, hepastoredinSouth- em Baptist Churches for twenty-six years.

He is in about forty meetings a year preaching revivals, teaching Bible study weeks, or sre- ving ascamppastorforyouth camps. Pastor Wayne Brown and the First Baptist Church extends an invitation toyou and your family to attend the services each night. Flying Club Monday Night The Lake Eufaula Flying Club will be meeting each Monday evening from 8 to 10 p.m. in the lower floor of the Sneed Clinic. Ground School classes will be held each Monday night for any member who wants to get a private flying certificate.

The Club is newly organized, and will be acquiring a training plane for club members shortly. Any one interested in becoming a member of a good flying club is welcome to visit our Monday night meetings. Membership is open to fifteen members at present. For further information contact Bob Small at 473-2211. Notice Wo have moved City Hall to the new location at U5 North Broadway, block south of the former City Hall.

Chamber Shine Week April 4-8 A very energetic Chamber met this past week with plans to clean up Checotah's business district and also the residential areas. Clean up week begins April 4th with free dump days on Friday, April 8th and Saturday April 9th from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Look around and see wha you can do to help checotah We want a town that we can. all be proud of and if everyone will make some effort we will see some tremendous results.

People have found that through putting their "unselfish prid in their to work, by taking time to envision what their community could be, by creating new ideas and putting these ideas to work through the cooperation and enthusiastic support from city Government, Chamber of Commerce, and Community Organization that they can change the overall image and the quality of life in their communities. Wo have already had several civic-minded person's volunteer to help; including our Mayor, Floyd Beaird, County Commissioner Marvin James, Robert Earhart and the Boy Scouts, and individuals who have volunteered pickups. If you have no way of hauling off your trash, please bag or box it and call this number and they will haul i for If you have odd jobs that you would like to have someone do, you may call the above number and they will have persons available who will do these Jobs for a nominal fee. (Cont. Page 2) Murr Wins Scholarship Daniel Murr of Oktaha was awarded a $350 Oklahoma Production Credit Association Scholarship here late Wed nesday (March 23) at the Agricultural Economics Awards Banquet at Oklahoma State University.

Murr, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Murr of Rt 1, Oktaha, received the award for his academic excellence. County To Get Grant For Summer Program Governor Borcn has announced that Mcintosh County will receive $57,852 under Oklahoma's 1977 Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth (SPEDY).

Administration of the program in the county will be handled by the Muskogee County Community A Action Agency headquarted in Stilwell. The Youth Program is expected to begin in mid-May. Boren said the U.S. Department of Labor has allocated a total of $4,003,572 to 69 counties. Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Creek Logan, Oklahoma, Osage and Tulsa counties are funded directly by the Department of Labor.

"The program will primarily consist of experience' type jobs with public agencies," Boren said, "and will last through the summer until the beginning Easter Week services Told Holy Week and Easter Services will be held at The Federated Presbyterian-Christian (Disciples of Christ) Cnecotah' in observance of the last week in the life of Jesus and His resurrection. Everyone Is welcome to attend. These services will be: 10:45 a.m. on Palm Sunday, April 3: 7:30 p.m. on Maundy Thursday with Holy Communion; 7:30 p.m.

on Good Friday with Meditations on the Seven Last Words from the Cross; 6:00 a.m. Easter Sunrise Service at Fountainhead Park, Area 2, and 10:45 a.m. Praise Service with Children and Youth Choirs on April 10 at the Church. The choirs will be directed by Mrs. Harold Mann with Mrs.

James Hawthorne as organist on Easter Sunday and Miss Donna Osmond as organist on Palm Sunday. The congregation of this Church will participate with other churches of Checotah in the Community Easter Service at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April Faith Temple, with Rev. Mary Cable as host pastor. of the fall semester." "This program is consistent with the goal of this administration to reduce the drop-out he said.

The program served 7,121 people in the state last year and should help more than 8,000 youths between the ages of 14 and 21 this year according to Bob director of the state Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Burke's agency will allocate the funds to the participating counties The Youth program, Burke said, is specifically aimed at helping economically disadvantaged young persons, including those lacking funds to continue school, those still in school, those dropout prone, and those who have employment problems due to work attitudes and aptitudes or social adjustment problems. Area Catholic Studenb To Take Part In SEARCH Catholic nigh school and of fiufiiute. Rev. Martin Mor- colfege students in the ares of SisfrMa- are planning a SEARCH for ry Moloney of the Kiainehi May 6, 7, and 8 to be held Area Catholic Ministry and Si at St.

John's Church in Mc- ster Theresa McPartlln of the Tulsa Diocess Youth Office. Young Fanners The Young Farmers Association will have its monthly meeting Monday night, April 4, at 7:00 PJd. in the Vo-Ag Building at the high school. Topic for the meeting will be raising Milo. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting.

Alester. This unique retreat is givfn by young people for young people. The program includes talks by young people, movies, discussion, a vocation panel by adults, opportunities for prayer and worship. The planning team for the May SEARCH is Beth Brock of McAlester, Lisa Deri chsweiler of Krebs, Mike and Jim Mitchell of Checotah Ken Yott, of Dow, April Clayton and Adrienne Riley of Poteau, Ron and Cathy Keller Methodists To Hold Two Holy Week Services Two special Holy Week services will be held at Checotah 's United Methodists church, according to announce On Saturday, April 9, there ments made by Halton Hyden will be an Easter Egg Hunt minister, today. Singing The Happy Free Will Bap.

tist Singers will be at the Shady Grove Chapel Saturday, night, April 2. AU are invited. MURR The award was one of a number of scholarships presented at the banquet totaling $15,875. Murr, a 1976 graduate of Oktaha High School, is an agricultural economics re-law freshman at OSU. He is a member of the Aggie-X agricultural economics club.

for the children of the Church in Bessie Tabor Park. This is sponsored by the Sunday School under the leadership of Mr. John MUlsap, superintendent, and Mrs. Bud Ledbetter, secretary. Historical Society The Mcintosh County Historical Society will meet next Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m.

at the Belle Starr Steak House for their regular monthly meeting. AU interested persons are welcome. Tops 311 TOPS 311 will hold Annual Installation of Officers next Monday, April 4, 7:00 p.m. at Jim Lucas Memorial Library. Weigh-in at 6:30 p.m.

and all members are urged to attend. At our meeting on March 28 wer were glad to have Myites Hawthorne back with us. Logan Sharpe, who returned this winter from a two-year stint teaching in a New Guinea mission school, will be speaker at an all-church program sponsored by the United Methodist Women at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. Mrs.

Johnny Prater, chairman of Unit Two, which is hosting the meeting, urges the men and youth of the congregation and throughout the community to join the women at this event. "It is an unusual privilege for our church to welcome 'one of our own' home. Logan will share with us some of bis experiences as a teacher in this South Pacific school, a mission of the Church of England. It will give us a new insight into the church at work in the Mrs, Prater said. Sbe has named Mrs Ray Jondahl to head the refreshment planning committee for this program.

Sharpe, son of Mr. and Mrs Lou Sharpe, attended Checotah schools and is a graduate ofVanderbilt University. He is currently employed in the local dry goods store chain founded by his grandfather. On Maundy Thursday, April 7, at 7:00 p.m., Dr. J.C.

Curry of Muskogee, will preach at the local church. Dr. Curry, who is superintendent of the Muskogee District of UM churches, will then parti cipate in the communion service for the congregation, Mr. Hyden said. "It is particularly appropriate that our church remember the night of the first Lord's Supper as a part of our Holy Week Rev.

Hyden added. "We urge our members and friends to participate in these special opportunities of worship during the Easter Dedication Service Dedication Services will be held on Sunday afternoon for the new Free Will Baptist Church Santurary inHitchita Oklahoma on April 3, 1977 beginning at 1:30. pun. Brother Harry Stairs will bring the message. Everyone ia welcome to come and praise and glorify Christ with us..