The Democrat-American from Sallisaw, Oklahoma • 1

The Democrat-American Is read weekly by more Than 6,000 People. DEMOCRAT-AMERICAN, BOOSTER CLUB NAMES WHEELER AS PRESIDENT Floodlights For Athletic Field Urged at Annual Meeting Of B. D. Booster Club. Richard Wheeler, was elected president for the coming year of the Black Diamond booster club at its annual meeting and banquet here Tuesday night.

Wheeler succeeds Dr. Walton Breedlove. Wilson Gilbert, young Sallisaw druggist, was elected vice president; Roy Frye was named secretary-treasurer, and Albert Peters was named Frye's assistant. An executive board composed of John Marrs, Walter Ivey, Fred Green, Dr. Breedlove and Carl Frix was named.

The Black Diamond boosters, an or-! ganization of Sailisaw business men, heard Coach Gerdie Hurd promise the town one of the school's best football teams next fall. Hurd stated that 10 lettermen, and 40 on the spring football squad would be back this fall. A motion asking the city commission to install floodlights for summer ball games and autumn football vas passed. HOME-MAKING FARMING COURSE MADE AVAILABLE Three Months' Courses At An Agricultural College Starts June 1, Ends August 31st. Would you like to take a 3 months training course in farming or homemaking at an agricutural college this summer with all expenses paid? If you live on a farm and are eligible to work on the NYA out-of-schoo! work project program you are eligible for this Farm Youth Training Course.

The course starts June 1, and ends August 31, Farm boys will learn about terracing, crop rotation, gardening, poultry, feeding and care of farm livestock, and many other subjects important to the farmer. Farm girls will study and every phase of homemaking, cooking, sewing, canning, child care and gardening. Youth will work part time and attend school part time. For your spare time all kinds of recreational facilities will be available. If you have the desire to learn to be a farmer or a farm homemaker, and want the best that Oklahoma offers her youth in this fields get an application blank from your county NYA supervisor, Carl Easterling, today.

Fill out the application blank and return it to him. You cannot afford to miss this opportunity. Sequoyah Women Win At Muskogee Dairy Products: milk, cream, ice cream and butter were judged by farm women at the Jersey Parish Show held at Muskogee Tuesday. May, 11th, Mrs. Herbert Wrigley, Vian, won the blue ribbon and Mrs.

U. D. Cherry, Paw Paw, brought home the red ribbon. Mrs. J.

W. Moody and Mrs. Elvis Rowland also judged from Sequoyah county. Sequoyah, Muskogee, Adair, Wagoner, McIntosh and Mayes counties were contestants in the event. This is the first year the farm women had a part in dairy work in eastern Oklahoma and the second year for the Jersey Parish Show in Muskogee.

THANKS. The Band Mothers' Committee want to take this opportunity to thank the band parents, the business and professional men, and to all who have helped morally or financially make this year's work a success. The local band, in purchsaing equipment thru-! out the year, incurred an indebtedness, which thru your cooperation, has been paid off. The Sallisaw School Band is not only an asset to the city of Sallisaw, but is one of the most popular musical units in this part of the state; and if this organization is to continue to succeed, your help and continued support will be necessary and appreciated, Mrs. Alton Gean.

chairman. Mrs. Finis Cox, Mrs. Fred D. Wood.

The Volum e30, Number COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES WILL BE HELD MAY 20 Hon. John L. Coffey, Member Of State Highway Commission, To Address Sallisaw Graduating Class. Commencement exercises for 36 seniors of the Sallisaw High School will be held at eight o'clock Wednes-1 day night, May 20th, at the Community building. Hon, John L.

Coffey, member of the State Hignway Commission, and former superintendent of the local schools, will make the principal address. Earl Bradley was chosen as valedictorian of the class this year, and will make the address. Diplomas will be awarded by Supt. Henry L. Peck, Sponsors for the senior class are Miss Leola Patton and Mrs.

Tommie Spear, Members of the graduating class are: Mary Anderson, Earl Bradley, Elva Brown, Cecile Butterfield, Helen Mae John L. Coffey. Clark. Willard Dodd, Edward Galloway, Cleo Fair, Vanita Farmer, Joyce Fine, Owen Harris, Maxine Holder, Gale Horn, James Ice, Patsy Lee Ivey, John E. Kirk.

Kate Keys, Holder Lowery, Lois Marrs, George McGee, Lucille McGee, Dora McInturf, Dorotha McInturf, Perdita Millikin, Ed Moore, Malloy Orendorff. Margaret Price, Sam Ed Sanders, George O. Sanders, T. G. Smith, Pauline Taylor, Hazel Oretta Ussrey, Eugene Webb, Louise Welch and Frances Wofford.

Commencement Exercises For Seniors Of Vian To Be May 19th Commencement exercise for the graduating class of the Vian high school will be held at the high school auditorium Thursday night at eight o'clock, May 19, according to announcement by Earl Estep, superintendent. The address will be made Vaughan, president of commencement Northeastern Okla, State Teachers' College, Estep has announced that Miss Nathaline Thatcher, daughter of Mrs. Ira Thatcher, will be valedictorian of the class. She made an average of 95 plus in her class work. Miss Wanda Sanders, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. F. Sanders. will be salutatorian. Baccalaureate service will be held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, May 16, at the Methodist church.

The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. H. H. Cody, pastor of the First Methodist church of Tulsa. Diplomas will be awarded to the following 21 members of the senior class: H.

S. Spears Elwynna Quaid, Lucille Benefield. Earl Roberson, D. Phillips, Doyne Trimmer, Wanda Sanders. Earl Runyon, Virgil Mathews Nathaline Thatcher, Madeline Stark, Lois Rogers, Tilman Patton, Harmon Cox, Dorothy Pruitt, Rita Huggins, Howard Cleary.

Ed Wilson, George Edmonds, Norma Quay Booker and J. T. Shue. NOTICE TO VETERANS There will be a meeting of the local American Legion post at 8:00 o'clock, Tuesday, May 18th, at the Hut. Ail members and veterans are urged to attend because of important business that needs to be taken care of.

CHAMP W. CROSSNO, Com. Chemical analyses have shown dried bodies of grasshoppers to be high in Democrat-American Oklahoma, Thursday, 12. Sallisaw, BAND TO GIVE CONCERT SATURDAY. (aloe Sallisaw citizens will have an oppor- makers, when they play their 1ast are fifty-two members in the band.

tunity to hear the local school band, public concert before the close of Marshall Metze is the very able dia crack organization of young music school, on Saturday, May 13th, There, rector. FUNERAL HELD FOR DAVAULT ON WEDNESDAY 18-Year Old Marble City Youth Was Killed In Automobile Wreck Near Norman Sat. Funeral services for Bonar Mac Devault, 18-year old senicr of Oklahoma University and son of Mr. and Mrs. Watie Devault of Marble City, who was killed Saturday in an automobile accident, were neld Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home in Marble City.

Young Devault was killed three miles north of Norman when the car in which he was riding plunged from the highway. Two other Okiahoma University students in the car with Devault escaped with minor injuries. Devault graduated from Sallisaw high school at the age of 15 in 1933 and was the valedictorian of his class in both senior and junior high school. He attended Connors Agriculture college at Warner for two years and would hat graduated from Oklahoma University February, 1938. He was in the school of accounting and rank ed in the upper tenth of his classes.

The body was taken to the family home Sunday night and lay in state there until Wednesday. Burial was in Marble City cemetery for which Mr. Devauit donated the land. The funeral was under the direction of the Wheeler -Stevenson funeral home of Sallisaw. DECORATION DAY SERVICES AT THE VIAN CEMETERY The following is the program for Decoration Day services to be held at Vian cemetery, Sunday, May 16, 1937 at 2 o'clock p.m, Music to be furnished by the class from the Church of Christ.

Invocation, Mrs. J. L. Holcomb. Speeches.

Rev. G. DeVine, Rev. E. L.

Vessell, Rev. D. C. Wallace, and Rev. J.

L. Quaid. Benediction, Rev. John H. Anderson.

Following committees were appointed: Flower-Mrs, Edgar Huggins, Mrs. Wm. Price, Mrs. C. B.

Haddock, Mrs. Lucy Hise, and Mrs. V. Mattnews Water, Ervin Roberson. Nominating, to name decoration day committee for 1938.

L. L. Hefner, S. W. Armstrong, F.

Mullican, and Jodie E. Gragg. The first party named on each committee to act as chairman. The committee wishes to take this opportunity to speak for the citizens of Vian and community, and others who are interested in the Vian tery, in expressing our very deep appreciation to Mr. Frank Connelley, county commissioner, District 2.

for the manned in which he took care of cleaning off of our cemetery. We believe this also speaks the mind of everyone in District No. 2 for we understand all the cemeteries in district were taken care of in the same way. A. DAVIS, R.

W. ARMSTRONG, W. D. BROWN. J.

E. GRAGG. F. MULLICAN, E. L.

BULA, Com, for 1937. The Official County Newspaper. The Only All-Home Printed Newspaper in the County. May 13, 1937. BACCALAUREATE SERMON WILL BE GIVEN MAY 16TH Rev.

J. C. Hendrick to Deliver Sermon For Seniors at Community Building Sunday. The baccalaureate sermon for the seniors of the Sallisaw high school wili be delivered Sunday night. May 16th, at the Community building, at eight o'clock, Following is the program: Processional.

"To a Wild McDowell; Mrs. Ford and Miss Estelle Jones. Invocation, Rev. Gib C. Cody.

"Let All Earth Their Voices Mozart; High School Chorus. Scripture Reading, Rev. D. C. Wallace.

"Thanks Be to Dickson-Salter: Girls' Quartette. Sermon, Rev. J. C. Hendrick, "Forth In Thy Name," Schumann; High School Chorus.

Benediction. Rev. Roy Jacobs. Recessional, "Largo," Handel, Ushers: Betty Mae Sisemore, Pearline perceful, Carlene Glover, Ralph Peck, Garland Price, Oocha Sanders. KAUBLE TO OPEN PIANO STUDIO HERE MAY 31ST Mrs.

Norman O. Kauble, Sallisaw, will open a piano studio here May 31. Mrs. Kauble is introducing piano ensembles. A group of tweive students playing six pianos similtaneously will be a feature of the piano ensemble work.

Mrs. Kaulble studied piano under G. I. Giard and Spencer Norton, University of Oklahoma: Boyd University of Tulsa; and also at the Sherwood Music Conservatory, Chicago. For two years she was assistant teacher in piano under Dean Wehrend at the University of Oklahoma, Since 1928, Mrs.

Kauble has been active in the Oklahoma Federation of Music clubs, and she will organize junior chapter here. Members of this chapter will be eligible to compete in the district and state piano contests held annually by the Oklahoma Federation of Music clubs. MRS. LIDA WHITWORTH IS DEAD AT SALLISAW Mrs. Lida Whitworth, 42, wife of Tom A.

Whitworth, resident of Sallisaw for the past 20 years, died suddenly Wednesday night at 7:30 of a heart attack at her home. Mrs. Whitworth was a member of the First Christian church of Delmar, Ark, Her husband is an employe of the Kansas City Southern railway Funeral service are scheduled tentatively for Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Wheeler-Stevenson funeral chapel in Sallisaw. Burial will be in the family lot in the City cemetery. The husband and seven children survive.

Don't talk about what you're going to do do it! MULDROW SUN, VIAN SALLISAW PAIR IS NAMED ON FORGERY COUNT Alvin Hodges and Woodrow Summers Arraigned Before Judge McLaughlin On Bad Check Charge. Sequoyah County Attorney Edmund Armstrong filed charges of forgery Tuesday night against Alvin Hodges and Woodrow Summers, Sallisaw, in connection with one of four bad checks allegedly passed by the pair last week. According to Armstrong, the two signed the names of Dr. Cecil Bryant, Vian, and Homer Smith, Sallisaw, to checks totaling $30. The charge was filed in connection with a check passed on Oscar Whittenburg, Vian filling station operator.

Arraigned before Justice of Peace J. P. McLaughlin, both men pleaded not guilty and waived preliminary hearing. They were bound over to district court, to be held in July. Bond was set at, $500.

each. HE WRITES YOUTH Houston Wright Needy farm youth of Sequoyah county this week received a letter from Houston A. Wright, above, state director of the National Youth Administration, it was announced here today by Carl Easterling, county NYA visor. In the message to the boys and girls of this county Mr. Wright asked if they were interested in taking a 3 months training course in farming or homemaking at one of Oklahoma's agricultural colleges this summer, He pointed out that under this newest and unique NYA project for the state the boys would be given courses in terracing, crop rotation, gardening, poultry and livestock raising and many other related subjects.

The girls will study and practice every phase of homemaking. The youth selected from this county will work a half day and attend classes one half day with all expenses paid during the three months period. WOMAN AND SON HURT I IN TRAFFIC An 81 year old woman and her son were injured late Wednesday in an traffic accident on McKey hili. five miles west of Saliisaw on U. S.

highway 64. Mrs. Pelly Gibson and D. G. Gibson, her son.

of Norman, were take to a Fort Smith hospital in a Moore ambulance, after the car driven by the son overturned on the wet, slippery highway. Thirty minutes before the Gibsons were hurt, another automobile containing tourists overturned at the same place. The people received first aid treatment, the car was repaired. and they continued their trip. Cars driven by J.

T. Ward of Kansas City and Mrs. George Gunter of Muldrow collided on a Sallisaw street. and both were damaged, but neither driver was hurt, and Mrs. Gunter's daughter, a passenger in her car, also escaped injury.

VENUE CHANGE TO VIAN GIVEN IN ROBBERY CASE An affidavit or change of venuse from Sallisaw to Vian was granted Tuesday to three Vian men charged with hi-' jacking Peter Hess, 72, of Vian, of on May 6. The three, Jack McClanahan Houston Cotner and Sam Watters, were to nave faced preliminary hearing Saturday. May 15, before Justice of Peace J. P. McLaughlin.

The case will be heard by Justice of Peace W. D. Garrison of Vian, however, on Saturday. All three pleaded not guilty at arraignment last Saturday. PRESS, Vol.

21, No. 12. 4-H SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION IS HELD MAY 10TH Forty 4-H Club Boys Enjoy Interesting and Instructive Agricultural Meeting Here. Carl T. Sturdivant, assistant sion agricultural engineer, and Oran Stipe.

county agent, held a special school of instruction for forty 4-H club boys, May 10th. In the morning, a moving picture film was shown which set forth the following points: 1. The proper way of setting up the farm level. 2. The correct methods and all the steps in building terraces, both by tractor and horse power, 3.

Harmful effects of erosion on crop production. The remainder of the day was taken up with actual work in the field. The boys were separated into four crews. Each boy was given an opportunity to set the farm level until he became proficient. Also each Was given an opportunity to learn the use of the farm level and rod.

A number of terrace lines were run. The most interesting part of the school was surveying out a farm pond, showing the height and width of the dam at all points and the area which would be under water. With a limited amount of additional supervised work, each boy will be able to run terrace lines and lay out a farm pond. About twenty N. Y.

boys and the County Supervisor, Carl L. Easterling, also attended the school. Free Band Concert To Be Given Here The Sallisaw school band, directed by Marshall Metze, will be presented in a concert at the Missouri-Pacific station on Saturday afternoon, May 15th. at 2 p. m.

Following is the program to be given: Ciribiribin, song. The Joy Riders, The Rifle Rangers, Marches. My Lady, Over the Stars, Waltzes. Old Grey Mare, She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain, Novelties. Little Rastus, Characteristic.

Improvement, March. Bright Star. Overture. Little Annie Rooney, Daisy Bell, Waltz Medley. The Avenger, March.

Londonderry Air, Country Gardens, Medley. Triumph, The Victor, Marches. Ciribiribin. This is the last concert that will be given before school closes for this term. Applications For Training Program Are Being Taken Applications for admittance to one of Oklahoma's a fricultural colleges for a three months work-training program this summer from needy farm youth of Sequoyah county are being taken here this week by Carl Easterling, county NYA supervisor.

A supply of application blanks together wtih information sheets regarding the NYA farm youth program was sent the local NYA office by Harden Ray, state project supervisor. In the information Mr. Ray explained that the 1200 youth to be selected for the college training must come from families certified to WPA. old age pension families, families receiving aid to dependent children and some youth will be taken from families receiving subsistence grants from the Resettiement Administration, Youth selected must be between the ages of 18 and 25, and of a type who would receive benefit from this type of training. The youth will not study the traditional academic subjects but will receive special instruction in agriculture and farm homemaking.

The youth will work part time on NYA construction projects for which they will receive approximately $21.00 per month. NOTICE Rev. Bill Farmer will conduct a revival meeting at the Pentecostal church beginning Sunday night, May 16. Everybody invited. -D.

C. Callahan. NOTICE NOTICE There will be a decoration at Drake Stande cemetery the 4th Sunday, May 23. Everybody invited. Bring your lunch and stay all day.

NOTICE There will be a working at the Blackjack cemetery, Friday, May 21st. Everyone come, Your help will be COMMITTEE. KEY TO MAKE CITIZENS' TOUR OF DISTRICT 2 Two Dollars Will Cover Trip Expenses With Exception of Meals. M'ALESTER, May 13-(Special)General W. S.

Key, retiring State WPA Administrator, in Hugo this week gave definite asurance to Ray W. Kenney, District Director, that he would attend the four day Citizen's Tour planned for District No. 2 beginning May 25, 1937. "By the Key stated, "I hope to have my desk cleared of Administration matters so that I can devote the entire remaining days of my tenure of office at State WPA Administrator to the viewing of the works constructed in Oklahoma by the organization which I have headed since its inception about two years ago." "Some mistakes have been made without doubt but as a whole this has been a worthwhile program. It will be very gratifying for me to inspect the outstanding projects in each of the twelve counties of District No.

2 in company with the public spirited citizens and sponsors enroute," "This tour will impress upon the participants thevalue and utility of WPA construction, We hope it will encourage submission of new projects of worthwhile character in order that funds spent for relief may prove to be a permanent investment in community enterprises." According to Resident Engineer Frank B. King, the expense of making this tour will be nominal. The four day tour, covering approximately 800 miles, may be had for $2.00 exclusive of meals and lodging. Cities along the route have indicated that luncheans and dinners will be served gratis during the entire trip. Reservations can be made by calling the Resident Engineers office in Sallisaw.

PECAN BUDDING AND GRAFTING DEMONSTATION HELD MAY 11TH NOTICE NOTICE A demonstration of budding and grafting pecans on hickory was held on Mr. Gid Patton's farm near Muldrow Tuesday, May 11, Six 4-H club boys and 10 adult farmers attended the demonstration, Mr. W. D. Armstrong, assistant Extension Horticulturist from the A.

and M. College at Stillwater and the County Agent, Oran Stipe, showed how to bud and graft trees and how they should be cared for to make good vigorous trees. Mr. Patton is putting 200 grafts on hickory bushes of about 2 inches in diameter. Four varities are being tried in the demonstration..