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The Democrat-American from Sallisaw, Oklahoma • 1

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HISTORICAL) BOCflZTT tZirtc House (Mir liimuimit Ainmcaii MULDROW SUN VIAN PRESS Volume 21 Number 39 SALLISAW OKLAHOMA THURSDAY NOVEMRER 25 1937 DEMjOCRAT AMERICAN Volume 30 Number 39 the campaign for eradication of until the high for a winning team formal of Okla vs Houston Cotner suits Rosi addition to the dates for com to Guess His Job! hcad a Clyde Davis divorce daughter his ZENITH RADIOS month old secret mar Interviewing Seniors Greenwich Vil the Ritz screen looks from program and girls were en for for the the a in of the college home for the and many of just livestock Okla vs Roy Cothren bur The weather man promises a fair and warmer day for Thanksgiving Day which is a decided relief want list Just mail your letters to Ranta Claus in care of the Demo crat American Sallisaw Oklah of of Already several of the stores are being decorated with Christmas colors it of it vs Hugh Wood note according to an agreement among merchants looks now as though Gomer Smith has nt last won a nomination After a rench Wash Sequoyah Snooker Parlor Has Brother Sister After Annulment Quail hunters have an extra day this week to giet out with their dogs and guns after birds Hunting according to regulations is allowed on Mondays Wednesdays and ridays of each week and on holi days thus hunters will have three days straight this week Wedenesday Thursday and riday Most of those who were in the field Monday opening day reported poor success Docket Arranged or December Term Of District Court gone herj went go to Special Chevrolet Display Provided By Sallisaw Motors The Democrat American is out a clay I csrly this week in order that the force may have an entire day to help tat tha turkey go hunting play foot ball or just do nothing VL Wright Is Named By Board As Manager ootball Teams and Business Men Meet Enjoy Luncheon irst Basketball Practice of Year To Be Monday Okla vs Andy Waters dumb animals Sallisaw erated by Hampton Chevrolet popular colors Regency Blue and In dian Suntan in a special showing dur ing the holidays They are leaving the showroom lighted and the cars can be viewed at night deliveries can be made on most any model or color according Mr Hold'cr Groundwork is also being laid obtaining an appropriation item the straightening and taming of Aikansas river near Vian where river in the past few years has been eating out into rich bottom land The survey by Army engineers obtained through a resolution I passed last year is still under way but will be complet ed soon and an appropriation will tlitTi be in order on vs A Thompson practice from 2 until 3:30 practice from 3:30 The United States Civil Service Com mission has announced open competi tive examinations as follows: Associate biochemist (syphilis re search) $3200 a year Public Health Service Specialist in mateernal and child health $3800 a year and Senior and principal specialists $4600 and $5600 a year and associate in maternal and child health $3200 a yecar Child ren's Bureau Department of Labor ull information may be obtained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class or from the Unit ed States Civil Service Comm Wash I ingto Winfred Scott Mrs Gladys Wal ters and Miss India ine were pain fully injured in a car accident riday night on highway 59 just north of Sal lisaw The wreck according to information was caused by a large rock on the highway when the car driven by Earl rye of Spiro hit one of the boulders blew out a tire and ran on into the Scott car The injured were treated at Smith hospital John Marrs has just installed kit chen equipmeent at the Sequoyah Snooker Parlor and' is serving hot chili hamburgers coney islands and all kinds of sandwiches at all hours Everything is new clean and attrac tive and indications are that ft will prove a very popular addition to place SALLISAW GIRL SELECTED BY ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA AT NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE LOST One white and liver spotted bird dor last seen near old Halbert Bean place inler please return Re ward Roy rye MILLIE MAE IELDS was Vian October 15 1923 She schocl at Dwight and came saw high school as a freshman I plans to become a stenographer Nellie is the daughter of Mr and Mrs i cf ields Chapel Allen lien A Stanberry In tuberculosis progress has been made from the beginning more tha 30 years ago The past year has shown a slight increase while this is probably tem porary it does indicate slow progress with more modern demand for use of modem methods of tuberculosis pre vention These modern ways are the born inattended to Salli She Lee Williams shown reading newspaper ac Motor Co owned and op Ira Holder and Walter are showing two master sedans in two cf the most Chairman Westmoreland of Red Cross drive reports that very favorable progress is being made on the drive in Sequoyah county AI tnough no figures are available it is thought the county quota will be sub scribed Good To be Shown at Ritz Theater Next Week The first basketball practice will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock Beys will Girls will 4:30 Prospects gloomy having lost several boys last years squad' The problem of re building the boys team will be to re place such players as Ed Moore all confreence guard Sam Ed Sanders former guard and captain Edward Galloway forward and1 guard This years team will be built around Charles Garrett captain Stanley Cook co cap Gafford Sanders for ward Bobbie Hines center and the fol lowing reserves from last years squad Homer Stewart Oocha Sanders Ar lington Hurd Garland Price Ralph eck Lewis Hiner besides several from the junior high team of last year The team was also handicap ped by graduation losing such stellar players as Katee Keys forward Chris tine Dotson center Then the loss of HEARD A groceryman say he could not afford to spend any money the football team would be entertained at a luncheon at the school building Wednesday at noon that the streets would be decorated with colored' lights and Christmas trees early next month rumors of a large chain store locking with favor on Sallisaw that many students would be Thanksgiving holidays other things Jurors have been selected for the regular term of District court which opens at the court house Monday De cember 6th 'ollowing is the docket as arranged for trial: Ariaignment day will be riday be ginning at 1 o'clock In the District Court and' for Se quoyah county State of Oklahoma Criminal docket for term of court be ginning December 6 Monday December 6 1937 State of Okla vs Grover Hamil ton larceny of livestock State cf Okla vs Albert Wallace Houston Cotner and George Smith larceny State glary State glary 2nd State of giary 2nd IRENE AIR was born November 30 1920 Hatfield Arkansas She was valedictorian cf her class in the eighth grade She is interested in Gee Club and 1H Club Irene is the cf Air and Mrs air But while the House idled except for listening to an assortment of po litical speeches your Congressman was working on approval of a group of new WPA projects of much importance These included: Green and Chewey schools and the Stilwell city hall in Adair county Cookson District 27 and Hulbert schools in Cherokee county Wagoner school and gym Council Hill school and Gore school and gym These are all buildings that are bad ly needed and the work can be done during the cold winter months ahead when we will need such projects in or der to take care of those who need the work In munity meetings to select community committeemen for the 1938 farm pro gram as publshed in ast week's issue of this paper an election will be held at Liberty school Monday November 29 at 2 for Rolad and Long townships The meeting at tl courthouse Sat urday will be held at 2:30 instead of 7:30 at stated in the article last week The Sallisaw meeting is for townships of Sadie East of Creek Sallisaw Mar ble City McKey Akins Rocky Moun tain and Prices Chapel Ccnmiitt' nen were selected at Vian Monday at ans Tuesday and at Mul rhow Wedirsday Agricultural specialists at Oklahoma A and VI College conduct Varied' ex periments anging from fertilization methods through crop rotation and soil classification to seed tests for cot ton wheat corn and oats Total cost of attending tire Okla in "Artists and and ay Wray who recently gave another of her outstanding per formances in Happened in Holly play the leading role to per fection The story in Green wich concerns a commercial hoto who becomes involved in mur der when a girl suspect uses him as an alibi It's a romance in the madd'est of Manhattan manners Tonight and Thursday "High Wide and the feature at the Ritz The stars of this picture are Irene Dunn and Randolph Scott This is one of the grandest shows ever pro duced is on the screen Saturday This is a western thriller starring Charles Starrett and lend Keith Painfully Injured In Auto Wreck Congress coasted last week waiting for the committees on Agriculture of the House and Senate to preseent their farm relief bills These will be dropped into the hopper this week and both braches of the Congress are likely to start debate on these important meas 1 ures The House version and the Senate version will differ materially when consideration is started and probably will be further apart before action is completed on the floor But it is my hope that the measure agreed upon will be one that is workable one that will not restrict the farm program of the small farmer whose chief in terest is to raise food for his family and stock and whose cash crop acre age is small It is the small farmer who must be protected in my opinion He must have sure and stable markets for his cash crops and the encouragement and pro tection of the various governmental units from the smallest to the largest Members of the Sallisaw High school Black Diamonds of the first second and third teams with business and professional men of Sallisaw were en tertained at a luncheon at school Wednesday noon During the luncheon a consisting of songs by boys quartets and a piano solo joyed Short talks were made by several members of the Black Diamond Boost er club and' the boys were introduced by their for the day Black Diamonds play their last game of the season Thursday af ternoon ollowing is the program rendered" Boys quartet Jack Taylor Ross Goodwin Oocha Sanders Chesley Stevenson Solo Can't Keep Me rom Margueritp Justice Girls quartet Helen Welch Helen Walters Doris Williams Carrie Burns Meadows rendered several pop ular numbers on the piano during the lunch hour Okla vs Roy Cothren bur degree Okla vs Roy Cothren bur degree Tuesday December 7 1937 State of Okla vs Arthur Kelly bo gus check State of Okla vs Arthur Kelley ob taining mopey under false pretenses State of Okla vs Timmie oreman driving on highway while under the influence of intoxicating drink State of murder State of cruelty to Wednesday December 8 1937 State of Okla vs Melvin Young grand larceny State of Okla vs Haskell Barrett rape first degree State of Okla vs Etta Marie Max well assault with intent to kill State of Okla vs Graden Thomas alias Pete Tiollison larceny of live stock Thursday December 9 1937 State of Okla vs Archie Phillips King Condren and Albert oster bribery State of Okla vs King Condren and Albert oster bribery State of Okla vs Archie Phillips and Albert oster bribery State of Okla vs Earl Ragers driv ing car on highway while drunk State of Okla vs Ted Boyd and William Boyd' assault with a danger our weapon State of Okla vs Gillett op erating a gambling game State of Okla vs Jess Scott and Gillett conducting gambling game CLEO ITZSIMMONS was born in Sallisaw ebruary 22 1920 Her par 1 ents are Mr and Mrs itzsim nicns of Badger Lee Cleo has to Sallisaw high school since frcsiman year Before that she to Badger Lee She plans to i A and college after she graduates from high school and to become a SKpographer CIVIL DOCKET Clarence Gamroth Adm estate Andy Cantrell deceased vs Wiscon sin Bridge and Iron Company damages Sam Jackson vs Southern Kansas State Lines damages Carson Loan Investment Co vs Mark Campbell foreclosure and' re plevin Dora Crutchfield vs Silas Crutch field divorce Jim Ellis vs Leigh Kelly and George Griffin appeal Tuesday December 14 1937 lilac Young Adm estate John Adams deceased vs Guy A Thomp son trustee Railway company damages Clara Tate exec deceased et al vs Colonial Hospital ward et al suit Dreyfus suit cn note Nell Davis vs Wednesday Deecember 1937 Dexter Higgins vs Allen Russell end Packard Lumber co oreclosure on fc lien Packard vs foreclosure on State of Okla vs condemnation Nellie Hindman vs Chas Hutchins et al replevin Noah Sparks vs Lester Sparks et al replevin Chas Kcntzger vs Ruth Giikerson et al foreclosure George Sartain vs a tree et al foreclosure Jesse Thompson et al vs Lillian oibus now Humphrey et al suit to quiet titlee A To Meet riday December 3 The Parent Teachers Association will meet at the high school building riday afternoon Dec 3 ollowing is a tentative program for this meeting Seng Santa Claus" group of 2nd and 3rd graders Deebate Resolved: boys should use 6th grade boys Song Little Town of 6th grade girls Talk Class observation Mr Walkup Three numbers from Mrs students of voice We wish to urge that all who possib ly can attend this meeting The A can do much for a community in many ways as has been proved in years gene by and we want to keep the good work going on forget December 3 Extra Day or Quail Hunting This Week 30th Annual Xmas Seal Sale to Aid Tuberculosis Begun amous in the Brunn isles you probably don recognize this gentleman yet when you leam what his profession is you're likely to think: certainly looks the So get acquaint ed with Hanner Swader cele brated British critic Perhaps his appearance in this picture reflects some critical thoughts about the United States as he sails from New York for England Eating Place AU stores business houses and of fices with the exception of eating places gas stations and drug stores wiU close 'all day Thanksgiving Day uv: This week I have a series of con fidences scheduled with officials of the National Park Service on the re tention of the CCC Camp at Lake Okmulgee and also on the proposal to start the work of Improvement of Lake Henryetta to develop it into a recrea tional center The Okmulgee job is not finished 1 it is hoped that the work can tentinue for a few months in order that the full value of the work al ready invested can be obtained Announcement of Cicil Service Exams It of course afforded me a good deal ct pleasure to be able 'io announce east week the decision of the Veterans VI Tnhlequah Nov 18 Bernice Brad 'ministration to remove rne cegionai ley of Sallisaw was initiated as one Okahoma City io Muskogee of chartar members of a new so This is important for our former ser critv cn the Northeastern Teachers i vice men and will make it easier for colic ze of Alpha "igma Alpha came from Kansas City and Denver to install the'I'aptrr The "ormal fnitinticn was' an elab orate ceremony held the Lounge with girls forming insta ll'd chapter BrT ay resides at Wilson Hall a junior naicring in primary education Seen and Heard SEEN Three or four carloads state officers armed to the teeth east of Warner last Thursday stop ping every west bound car probably locking for Thanksgiving cheer Roy rye all dressed up in his hunting clothes getting ready to go bird hunting and Hugh and Glen Smith all ready to go bird hunting early Monday with their dogs and guns Eura Tucker after delivering the mail on his route getting ready for a fw hours in the field1 with his dog and gun and many others Dr Breedlove with a gas stove under his arm on his way to his office nearly everybody showing a little pep since the cold weather hit many pairs ol cowboy boots eveen Ivey spending a pair all the shop win dows filled with winter clothing boots and' shoes a badly wrecked ord turned over on the highway just west of Sallisaw creek many indications that Santa Claus will soan be here a study in contrasts Ruth Nell Her rings two cats one snow white and the ether coal black and many other things They protect yot from ri i outcome of research and demonstra They involve taking the offensive rather than the old defensive cam paign Education is most important for people must know about them before they will be used Tuberculosis will be eradicated pro gress will bo made as the people ex ert themselves Also cooperation of states counties and cities with each other is essential The battle will be won even without the participation cf some areas But each community that fails will delay the victory and its citizens will be the last to benefit This progressive campaign has been financed by Christmas seals for thirty years You ask why It is done this way It would not otherwise be done at all The plan may be termed a You are familiar with established by multi millionaires for service to humanity We may expect even greater returns from our own contributions of $4000 000 annually in the form of Christ mas seals purchases than from inter est on some endowment it has been demonstrated in the tuberculosis move ment urthermore foundations require Leal financial cooperation for projects du not succeed if the people to be ben efitted put nothing into them Buy Christmas seals to sustain the ple's Business Houses to Close All Day or Thanksgiving Wright Avaon Calif has been selected as manager of the $20 000000 Grand River Dam project by members of the authority in session at Vinita Wright one of the four men left in the for the coveted position will no doubt return immediately from his home in California to which he returned last week after making for mal application to the board mem bers The other three men who were left in the running until the decision came at 3 this afternoon were George Huey Oklahoma City former PWA head Dohe manager of the Tah lequah light plant and termer government worker of ington Wright will be tendered a contract upon his return and then the selecion will be sent to PWA head quarters in Washington where must get the approval of Secretary the Interior Harold Ikes before becomes a reality That Wright will get the approval of Ikes is almost a certainty obser vers pointed' out for Ikes made the f'atmem last week that he was high ly in faver cf the Californian because cf his past experience in government projects and because of his familiarity with th PWA set up Members of the authority anxious to keep in harmony with all concern ed had at first favored an Oklahom aftcr almost a month chose Wright an either Huey or Doha but finally I rt SALLISAW STUDENT GETS PROMOTION AT A AND Stillwater Nov i Clyde fcl anticipation cf Santa's annual visit Wren of Sallisaw is one of the ca 1 dets in the military department at HEY KIDS Want to write a letter Oklahoma A and college who pro to Santa Claus? The Democrat Ameri fited by recent promotions Wren a' can will publish all letters from the member of Company was given the' kids of the county to the Old Gentle rams of Sergeant when the changes I man wih white whiskers in our issue were made I of December 16th which will be in Annually cadets at the college are plenty of time for him to read your given promotions when their work has been superior This year more than IOC students were promoted This magnificient picture now comes to the screen from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Paul Muni and Louise Rainer are the start with Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin Jessie Ralph and a group of Chinese players This picture is the result of four years of intensive preparation Good Earth" as the literary world remembers was written by Pearl Buck and the picture as based on this novel will live in screen history as one of the truly great pictures of all time At the preview Saturday night and Sunday afternoon a unique gang ster picture by Night" is the feature Ann Nagel and William Hall are co starred and are ably supported by Dein Jagger who played in "Col lege and Steffi Duna the Hungarian actress who appeared in A cast of genuine box office names is seen in in which appears on I Monday and Tuesday Richard Arlen (jrrcic ttiaaic Hiiiiuci uuii i nd ct uesn ironi ms success Riddle an wno nave cropped1 out oi school this semester will have a great task to rebuild a winning combina tion The following girls will return for this years squad: Pcarlene arciful forward and captain Lue Jane Tif fany former captain and guard Ruth Bolls guard Laveta ranks guard Elnora Dotson forward Eliza Blair and Dt Iola Emberton centers The following members of the junior high team will probably see action on this years squad: Anna Dell Dotson Kathleen Cheek Louise Rochelle and many ethers who have not as yet definitely decided to go out this year All those going out for basketball bring your shoes and practice Monday November 30 CORRECTION In an article last week this paper for advertising because he sold on too was in error in stating that Matthews clcse a margin? Several say they Brothers carried a large stock of were in the notion now to support Bill co" radios It should have been Ze Murray for governor next year that rith radics The Democrat American gladly makes the correction The Matthews boys are justly proud of their showing of Zeniths and are expecting a big Christmas business on their radios riage annulled Ben Ipock and Mary above counts of their amazing story seek happiness brother and sister in their farm home at Chilhowee Mo They dis closed their marriage after their relationship as orphans adopted by different families and reunited by a queer quirk NEWS COM WASHINGTON flUSKSIMKH estate Tate Huddleston number of unsuccessful tries the Ok lahoma City man is leading tne lend by a large majority in the race for ifth District Congressman There were fourteen democrats and five republi cans in the race for the nomination Here and There ln iVj attnnal officers thcse in our section to contact the Veterans Administration ind obtain adjudication cf their claims The Regional Office will be housed in a new $303000 building in conjunction with the Hospital at Muskogee This building came about through passage of a special bill I introduced the first year I was in Washington I I want to take this opportunity of 1 thanking the American Legion and I Veterans of oreign Wars for their' bcma A and Colege for a nine holp in getting the new building and ironths session has been estimated at the removal of the Regional Office 1 from $350 to $400 per year although many students d'o not spend that much 5 42 3 GRELaUJGS ') 5 i Chrisfmas Seciis are here cigair! ur loirs 3r i I bL I gS' i KBB.

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1903-1951