The Northwest News from Bethany, Oklahoma • 1

Oic a. Historical Society Oklahoma City, Okla. Fully Equipped, Fire Truck Ordered By City of Warr Acres WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord sus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. Cor. 1:3.

El Nora's Nook At times copy material fitting for a weekly column for all readers, becomes a problem, yes even to a talkative woman it can be something of a chore to pick what should be ing for the public, and tho we sometimes feel our materials not worthy, we find someone, somewhere, that likes our bit of effort. Being especially low for worthy wise material this first week in August, we look with lifted spirit at a neatly written copy By an Anonymous writer, that we feel fitting for the occasion. "Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older, and will some day be old, "Keep me from getting talkative and particularly from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. "Release me from craving to try, to straighten out everybody's affairs. "Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but not bossy.

With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to add it all--but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. "Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details- give me wings to get to the point. "Seal my lips on my aches and pains--they are increasing. and my love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by. "I ask grace enough to listen to the tales of others' pains.

Help me to endure them with patience. "Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken. Help me to extract all possible fun out of life. There are so many funny things around us, and I don't want to miss any of them." I find each and every line of these words hit me in the face with a big smack, truthfully, do they hit you, too? find I could add a few lines of my own personal opinion, however, there is no need, for the writer has struck a high note for all who will read, admit, and above all abide. Need one say more? El Nora Johnnie Rogers Is Hospitalized Johnnie Rogers, owner of Rogers Boulevard Cleaners in the Warr Acres Shopping Center, remains a patient at Baptist Memorial Hospital, where he has been a patient the past twoweeks and expects to remain for a period of four more weeks.

Rogers is recuperating from a heart seizure, and is not allowed any visitors. He is reported improving daily and sends best regards to his many friends in this area. Service Will Begin About November 1st A dream of many and the residents of Warr Acres is arrival of a new fire truck that Acres' first fire department. operation by November 1st, will Bethany and Oklahoma City to give the residents of Oklahoma county's finest suburban city a vast saving on fire insurance rates. Notton Works Hard Al Notton, city councilman from Ward 1, is the councilman in charge of this project and to him goes most of the credit for this project, Mayor Maxwell stated.

Maxwell stated that the council hoped to reduce the fire rating in Warr Acres from a class 10 to class 8, thus reducing the fire insurance costs by approximately 40 per cent. Garbage Truck Due Slated to be put in operation before the fire truck is a new $8.000 truck for the garbage department. This new truck has a 16-yard capacity and will require three additional city employees to operate it. Delivery date on this truck is August 10. Fully Equipped The new fire truck, fully equipped, ordered from Boardman Company of Oklahoma City, has a Ford chassis F-600 with a standard cab.

It has a 154-inch wheel base and is powered with a 186 horse power V-8 motor. The truck has a 4-speed transmission, single speed rear axle and 825x20 10- ply tires, fruits of several hard working paying off as the city awaits the will be the beginning of Warr The new truck, slated to be in end this city's dependence upon for fire protection and is slated The truck's fire fighting equipment is complete with a 500 gallon per minute pump and a 500 gallon booster tank. It has 1000 feet of hose and 200 feet of hose. It has two fog nozzles and one fog nozzle. Fire Station Ready The fire station is located at 4213 St.

Charles and Tommy Lewis, city street department employee, will drive the truck Lewis will be on duty 24 hours a day, except for his regular time off. Carol Dollar, another street department employee, will be relief driver. Two Sirens Set Two fire sirens will be used. One will be located on the fire station and the other at 58th and MacArthur. Both of the drivers for the fire truck will live in the house adjacent to the fire station and will have extension phones in their bedrooms.

Six Firemen Ready The volunteer fire fighters are being recruited by Mr. Notton and Ken Daniels. Daniels, representative for Boardman Company, is a resident of Warr Acres and a member of the Warr Acres Kiwanis club. Not- EIRE DEPT. Pictured above is a fire truck purchased by the Sheridan, Texas ton stated that six experienced fire department.

The new truck ordered by the City of Warr firemen have already been Acres is exactly like the truck shown above. ed up but that they need 12 so that four will be available at all times. Warr Acres has depended primarily on Bethany for fire calls and has paid Bethany $300.00 per month on contract basis. Rate Increase Asked Bethany has expressed a sire to raise this contract rate and planned to draft a new contract. The installation of a fire department by Warr Acres will eliminate the approval of a new contract.

Warr Acres Grows Addition of a fire department and a new garbage truck is necessary due to the continued expansion of Warr Acres. A count of homes in Warr Acres Monday by the city street commission disclosed 1851 completed and occupied homes. Morris Mann', head of the street dedepartment, stated that there are 25 to 30 new homes under construction and that Mrs. Nelson has started work on a 14- home addition just west of the Tanglewood addition with the homes listing in the $25,000 to $30,000 class. Grading has been completed and the streets are ready to pave in Cullen's NORTHWEST NEWS Vol.

17 No. 52 (The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Northwest Oklahoma County) Thursday, August 6, 1959 TRYOUTS SET The Miracle Playhouse will hold tryouts for "Blithe it, its first play of the coming season, at 2 p. m. Sunday, August 9. Directed by Roy Legg.

"Blithe Spirit" will be presented September 18-26. All parts are open and everyone who is interested is invited to read for one. Legg said. Written by Noel Coward, the play is a smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages. It is about a novelist who invites an eccentric lady a medium to his country home.

He and his lovely second wife are more than a little perturbed when, during a seance, his first wife appears. How he handles this situation is the setting for many a bilarious scene. Now on the stage of the Miracle Playhouse is its summer production, the classic melodrama, "The Drunkard." Two former Kiwanis presidents get together for a little chat. Marvin Franklin, of Warr Acres, and J. D.

McCarthy of Capitol Hill. State Representative McCarthy spoke to the Warr Acres Kiwanis Tuesday evening on the highlights and low points of the past legislative session. addition that is located between 58th and 63rd and Grove and St. Charles. Mann stated that 105 homes are slated to be built there within the next year.

City Limits Extended To add to the further increase in home sites, the council annexed a tract of land that runs from NW 63rd to the Northwest Highway and from MacArthur to Approx. Redman street. This site excludes five acres at the corner of Northwest Highway and MacArthur but this tract can only be annexed by Warr Acres. Boat Licenses Not Available Oklahoma boat owners can stop worrying, for the time being, about purchase of boat licenses, and begin thinking about safety equipment and complying with new safety rules for boating, Mack Burks, Planning and Resources Board chairman announced this week. Burks said that licenses for boats and motors were not on sale as yet, and that public announcement would be made concerning when licenses may be purchased and boats registered.

The Board chairman, however, pointed out that safety equipment requirements for boats and safety rules are now in effect, and boat dealer licenses due. Miss Carol Yarbough, 5812 N.W. 40th, plans to spend the weekend with her parents at Medford, Oklahoma. WARR Heart Attack Fatal To Earl Young Warr Acres Berber George Earl Young. 38.

a barber here for more than 10 years, died early Saturday at his home, 609 N.W. 5, Bethany. He suffered a heart attack. Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Merrit Funeral Home, Bethany.

with burial at Cement, Oklahoma. Young, a native of Texas, had been a resident of Oklahoma since an infant. He had been employed at the Coronado Plaza barber shop in Warr Acres the past 10 years. He was respected and admired by all who knew him, with an ever ready word or cheer and best regards for all his fellowmen with whom he came in contact. He will be missed by his family and friends especially in this area, and over a period of ten years Earl made many acquaintances.

Survivors include his wife, Azalee, of the home: a sister, Mrs. G. J. Maguffee, 6113 N.W. 56th, two brothers, Wayne Del City and Richard, 4107 N.

Ann Arbor, and his mother, Mrs. Mattie Young, 1348 N. MacArthur Boulevard. Mr. and Mrs.

H. C. Ward and children. 3325 N.W. 41st, returned last Thursday from Yellowstone National Park returning by Salt Lake City, Utah.

They were unusually surprised to encounter a snow storm at Monarch Pass near Salida and Gunnison, Colorado, last Monday. Ed Smith (left), city attorney for Warr Acres, and Morris Mann, head of the street department, check on new annexations to Warr Acres. They already are assured that Warr Acres will have over 600 in 60-600 acres that it. 500 SWIM-DANCERS ATTEND TWILIGHT BEACH ATTRACTION Vic Schreiner, owner of the day evening to 500 swim-dancers, sandy beach, raft and open air located at 6400 N.W. 54th.

attraction for the swimmers, Swim-Dance Stand participants were sponsored by WKY radio and TV disk jockey Bill Jones, who presented free prizes of record albums to winners of the dancing, swimming and diving contests held during the evening. L. Woody's Band, and vocalist Diana Allen, a recording artist of Oklahoma City, presented the evening of music. A photographer was on band to take candid shots of the swimdancers. A professional diving show and clown act by the Pool Brothers, a trio from Texas and are scheduled for Twlight Beach was host Saturfrom 7 to 11 p.m., on the dance area at the swimming pool A new rubber raft is an added recently installed.

Saturday evening, August 8. The trio, better known as Cesspool, Whirlpool and Liverpool, are brothers who present the comedy act. Miss Twilight Beach the dance stand queen will be chosen Saturday evening from a host of young ladies, who can register as late as Saturday evening at the Twilight Beach dance area. The queen will receive a $50.00 album of records, swim suit, photograph, and many other prizes. Judges for the affair will include Bill Jones, Vic Schreiner and Dutch Dutton from this area..