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The McIntosh County Democrat from Checotah, Oklahoma • 1

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Checotah, Oklahoma
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to cooperate by' refusing cere will take place at the next terfat than the people in this eoun Purpose of the club which Is a a 1 J1H lai 1 mtflUvUb lub hJtllUlUUJ WA wvav VVUUUVIVU VltXVlulo vl lllvCUHv WGlv night resulted in the proverbial in Powers uneral chapel at 10:30 ton' McCann head linesman jury of the Innocent Saturday 'morning' with rank' Duke referee 1 ft All Cardinalans armEditor Leads baseban championship from sion of the poultry situation in Me the str Cardinals extended Intosh county Awas attended by 5 Pres and i The Wildcats drew four penalties totaling 50 yards while the Bull dogs' were penalized twice for 10 yards Officials of the game were: IV i Conducting successful' revival at Checotah Baptist Church announced Consumers were asked to register at the nearest school tjouse in their school district It is not necessary for the entire family to go to the place of regis tration as one member may regis ter the entire group AH three books must be 'presents ed at the place of registration for each member of the family with out which it will be impossible to secure the new book 4tfcachreitlzen wi)lgive a mini mum or nna navs nnv nr rna cwnuv aiieni The committee pointed out that while many citizens may have to give more than one wage to (GiecotahWarDads To Organizes Club Plans a a Hugh '''Miller of Checotah Thomas of Eufaula and County Agent Henry Polson' in Eufaula Tuesday lahomn anner Stockman presided the Wildcats were ahead in practl at the session Those present join ed in a round table discussion Rev A Watson his thanks and 'appreciation 'week to the Cardinal Tans who 'SH'made it possible for him to Stiff says he took the boys tor enough money to i buy two 1100 war bonds and that he has enough left tn redecorate house tor ba' la dnlv STateful Ji iuruieyi nanns pi Play Retqm Tilt'With Sequoyah 'Indians ntrc rriuay Disapproval of tlhe action of Wash ington bureaucrats who are a Poultry Discussion TA' five county meeting for discus Squirrels Bite ive ResidentsOf Qty At least Checotahans pre pared? to take rabies phots this week after being bitten by squirrels in widely scattered? sections of the cityA A Sanders Mrs Hun Mclntoslvand the child of and Mrs Markham: were bitten by squfrrels at their homes Wednes day' while Mrs Koch Sr and little Jerry Johnson were riday at their homes Several' oth ers were reported to have been at tacked The tha bit the Johnson child is said to have been seen In the yard frequently 'All of those who have been bit ten have arranged to take shots for hydrophobia' City Lets Contract or Sewer Repairs iCohtractors 'i began work this week meaning' out the city septic on the letcher Hall propertyporth of Checotah The city recently? agreed to pay about' $600 "to have the old tank cleaned out and put' proper op? eratlng condition 7' 4 4" rdt had previously been condemn ed by the state board of health The system of the city is not connected with the new disposal nlant east of the Pinnaai Tc TliaTl Pass attempts while Wagoner com A lUilUUl? 1CdU to I 4 Stiff Courtney the A onlyCheco ihan ghn placed: hla money on the New York Yankees to win the ijtctives not with money but sweat and blood Methodists Close Year Of Activity The church year just closing at the Methodist church has been one of the most successful during the six years of Rev Chas Hoole's pastorate it is indicated in the an nual report Twenty eight members have been received during the year and all fi nances are in full for the year with eifkctavrilal frinwaoeA In ouAiowiunai uAvtvwu' am tional funds raised and a total of over $500000 raised for the of pce administration have i A "1 mv A 4 1 I Volomo 35 Namfijr It A BUREAUCRATS TTTT DV cjur A nnn XX TN HOT LETTER Elmer "Thomas Replies To Merchants Ac Ur 81S ZT7 pleted one I Xfl i flrff firiflr nwswifw nirvVit srnvzla 'A BP A Si are xa a a a vX4iato44 Vlgllk jaiue I can resiaent oiuhecotah noman is injureu ldied at lhe home of her daughter reak Accident freakish' accident last' Saturday! Services were conducted at the netwArhiai in MWirA Ptt I1 Local Girl Scouts To Collect Hangers The Girl Scouts under the leader ship of Mix Tabor and Min Winell Aubrey will direct the eoL lection of coat hangers for use at Camp Gruber it was stated this week The girls of the city will I neoief'mifU And hfffh AChnnl atilw McIntosh county cotton ginnings' dents in the roundup of old hang up to October1 are nearly 1500 'ere Citizens have hangers bales short of the same period last tiiey wish to contribute are asked year according to figurcs released Mn the high school or members this week tby the" government (of the Girl Scouts Organization rA total of 2J33 had been ginned Camp Gruber is asking for 12000 on October 1 this year compared to coat hangers for use bythe Rata'X' 3785 at the same time last year bow 'ftdC XfGAS OR ARM5 TRUCKS IS CUT ''Wf BY 40 PERCENT 'i'f armers Against MoveS Ban Pickups 4 i Gasoline for the operation of farmf trucks will be reduced 40 percent it was stated by a representative of offlceof defense transportation court house in Eufaula last Monday morning 3 'J Seventy eight farmers 'fl' and truckers engaged in ta heat ed argument witl Buster Brown principal speaker from 'J the Tulsa 'ir new' govcrnment''nillng in encct does away withythe system of hauling with pickup! A 1 1 I MV Ill 1 IW4LU HIV uurauon 01 tne war must ne done 5 in larger tracks' it was 'said: The gasoline: and' trucking regu ''w'i will be enforced by a com punittee'of six county farmers who war club which will'aeek a wiH set the quota They national charter in the near future yL aIa0 be with au 1 got underway Monday night When 5 revokaAgasollne for a group of men with sons serving abusers of regulations The Com in the armed forces met at the lo also has under cal Sofrooni the ODT ruling to confiscate A complete draft 'of' the'orfranlza sell an trucks whose owners fail Uon pans and the lertIon of offl to cooperate by refusing to use cers take pace at next them for jqb hauling should they meetlng on Monday October 25 be considered essential Purpose of tte eiub which is a armers 'in' general' were' of National organization with chap opinion that trailer trucks 'would tersjrom coast to coast is to stress ''not bex practical because of bad Americanism and 'defending the roads 7 'home front for the boys on the bat owners of ton "and a tlefroqtl athers feel that' their half' trucks we re Vp resent at the'sons would be able to return 'to a nftetlng "and stated that better America sounder demoe trucks would availablq for cus raejt'BenffitsboUr to Jbe' jolliers tom hauling anil their dependents will' also' he "The" following committee was by 7the club Club 5 elected to ration available gas: MaJ leaders fcel that a 'cominon interest rion Williams chairman Onapajlamong the fathers of Checotah will Swick secretary Texanna result in the keen enjoyment of the Newton Brush Hill John Bums fellowship nt' such an organization orty Two Smallwood ML1 qi Griffiiu i inv Vri OU'a TVSS ed' and a new book issued when the change is announces Mrs Guy Nolan sustained a se (Rev Chas' Hoole pastor of the 5 vere head laceration when a huge Methodist church officiat transport truck struck Dr Herbert ling Burial was In Greenlawn cem automobile The automobile 'etery was pushed onto the sidewalk I Mrs Griffin was the widow of knocking down a sign 'post: The the late LB "Griffin former light post hit Mrs Nolan cutting a plant operator and Insurance agent gash in her head Immediate firstl besides Mrs' Young in aid was administered and the vic elude another daughter Moncnet or cnecotan ana a son Ted Gri fin of Tulsa and five sls 7 She is also'j' survived by eight grandchildren They include Jim Lucas i with the Marines in the Pacific Sgt Bob Lucas Camp Gruber Wheaton A JJackson Jef ferson 'Barracks? Mo" Edward Joitoion Navy' Shannon Terry and Berry Griffin of Sulphur and Mrs Hudson of Port Arthur Texas pallbearers were: 5 Young Kraney S1 Young Newcomer Tabor A Younf Lyhn' and George Stidham all of Checotah 4' i A A iaOUih dnOM jQCTOBEH 14 1143 Led by Davis Jones fleet half back who raced 60 yards for a in the second ''quarter! Hitchita therChecotah nnAf Wagoner Bulldogs'20 6 in a con feretice football game here riday night The heavier Waaoner team hnd doped 'to beat Checotah by' at least two touchdowns the visitoni were weakened by the ab sence of Roberts star fullback from the lineup who was ill Thn fallal WVU IU 8 HWIUC Checotah's 30 yprd line during the entire game ereept during the fi nal period? whtti they recovered a blocked punt on the one yard line and then plunged across for the score 1 run came early inwthereecond quarter Davis start ed on a wide end sweep then cut back throughthe middle and ouj ran tne i entires iWagoner secondary to score standing up Sisemore buckedthe ball over for the extra point In' the third quarter Sisemore veteran from last yeas squad who returned to tbs' lineup this week smashed? ovef frota the T1 yard line Jones kicked goal for the' ex tra point (giving Checotah a lead of 14 io The' Wildcats took a safe lead in the final quarter when Jones erashedoyer freqf the 10 yard line He failed to klefcvthe extra point Statistics of the game show that the Sihlcats were ahead in practi cally The Cats gained 208? yards from scrimmage cuuipaivu xv? lur me vaiujitsi Checotah made nine first downs! mcct the iterative against six for Wagoner at 'vc our if The Cats failed to connect in two tho drive niir ninioHi nra mAurmcr trait nn with Pierce Victor Central High Elm Grove Warrior Shady Grove Union1 Grove Mt Nebo Carr Creek Rentiesville Mt Zion Prairie View Warner Hill Soda Springs 1 Silver Springs? Hill Top Ryal Combs School Mt Zion Col Carson Col GbUIm rni The war fund drive begins in 6c rubber to Sweden and also tober throughout the nation and that each toUvIbl in Eugland money derived from the campaign receiving more meat and but will be used to defray the expenses the In eoun of 47 agencies which seek' to eld and comfort allied fightitfg men Whn tbe Bureaucrats first ra and their families Included in the! Boned gasoline they said it was list' are the United Sea toT the of conserving Service War Aid rubber now they say It ip to con Refugee Relief Relief for Peoples the otl because our reserve of occupied countries etc ow they The local committee believes that Checotah can easily reach its eoalU3 111 th middlewest and giving cnecotan can easily reacn us goal the easternnartiof this country la possibly 10 times more densely pop ulated than the middle westr How can they conserve rubber and ship 172 tons of crude to Sweden? How can the people of England get more meats and butter fats than the peo ple in the United States when you could lose the British Isles in the State of Texas? Everybody in this section of the country will break their backs to buy bonds and do everything else in the world to help the war ef fort but we are being pushed around so much by a bunch of bu reaucrats in Washington that un Continued On Page our WILDCATS BEAT War und Quotas WAGONER 20 Tor6 or School Districts IN UPSETj SetBy Committee Natlonari war A me a i 4 vhuvkw xui each schooEdistrict were set Wed nesday afternoon when officers of the Checotah war fund committee met In official session' The quota jfor north county been set at $3250 25 which has been divided as follows: Checotah 8265025 i 8000(parantly misleading the people 8000(der the guise of helping the war 7500 effort was voiced by I' Sharpe I 7500 prominent Checotah merchandiser "a '3000 in a recent letter to Senator Elmar Uv 'vf i onn declared that the war aPf to bo hurt unless a halt ceiled to the obnoxious tactics of Washington officials Below we publish the full text of letter and the reply he ro ceived from Senator Thomas: 5 5 October 1 1043' 0500 1 Elmer Thomas' ooSenate Office Building gggi Washington i5 0Q Dear Senator Thomas: jpg I notice frtm the papers thia 500? morning jthat they are reducing our: 5 00 gasoline and giving it to the east 4 the? had shipped 172 tons ct of the accident isnow recovering rapidly A '7 A m' Dr? Stuart Attnds Dr Herbert Stuart left Thursday to spend two days ln Enld where he will attend the Stafe Osteopathic convention? DoctorStuart is presi 1 dent the Eastern Oklahoma Os A'yteopathlc Association 4 ue was jomea in iuim wo Stuart who also attended the Enid Registration Is Set orRation Book 4 Registration Jfor war ration book Na 4 will ne held at al! school houses in the county on Monday 'Tuesday and Wednesday October zo zo ana zi local uiuciuis ui uia qT the church exclusive of the sub scriptions in the recent building fund campaign which is an in crease of nearly $1400 over any previous year of the present pas torate The church has requested the re turn of Rev Hoble for another year i Reverend Hoole and Mrs Keeney who' are members of the Conference Board of Missions will go to Ada Tusday to meet with the board Sunday services at the church will be the last for this conference year Reverend Hoole will preach both morning and evening and at the morning service will install the newly elected church officers for the ensuing church year County Ginnings ailing ar Short 8 I II ii I.

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