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I VOL 23 SHAWNEE OKLAHOMA JUNE 3 17-19 NO 18 MIEE9 fc 2 173 711 t-Ir LA 121 Lcmg At- Ib Wtil 4 SN VIIITEE 1110- ilirf if 1 tLa i REFLECTIONS GISMO TO BE ON WKY TELEVISION New Hope Seen In War Against Polio Frankly Farm Girls To Win Trip to Iowa Dairy Congress Record Wheat Crop Seen For Pott County i The conyiest of infantile par- sis is now ithin sr4ht Alton Speaking al Idakcsice nottA science Tit- cr predicts lo a parnphltt published this vock hy the Public I By Affairs Coin-rah Inc of Ntw York "No ono can predict just whol th iclory vi iI come or in I whlt way- ho adds 'hut tnedical science is ihin such progre- that there is 1111 cause for opt imisin" spent an Stich stIiinZ prozress has lirrn hondaY at th wade ill lrealmont during lift past ten yrars that only about 15 linikm'- for a gc to 25 percent of polio victims are and rcce" We tperit an holiday- at the Mineral Wells looking for a relaxo and recene -t 3 A 4 4 C't 1 '17 4 puppet is getting ready for his GISMO GOODKINI thdebut on WKY-TV Gismo is the star of the regular WKY kiddie show "The Adventures of Cismo Goodkin" heard every Saturday morning Shown with the puppet are Robert Jerkins who has been Gismo's voice on the radio show and who will maneuver him and continue as his voice on television and Mrs Pat Patterson who made the puppet The show will be televised in the early evening to entertain the kiddies before bedtime Some Oklahoma farm girl is due to preside Over the Sooner State Dairy Show in Enid Septetnher 5-9 as well as receiving a trip with her escort to the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa the first Nveck in October Plans for the Sooner Dairy Show queen contest have been compieted by a committee assi'7ne1 to that detail and fl has been announced that every county in Oklahoma will be entitled to have an entry in the event the night of September 6 No county NVill be permitted to have more than one entry in the contest and the only other qualifications are that entries must be 1 1 years of age or over they nmst be chosen from farm familk's that have dairying as a major enterprise or the contestant nmst have a dairy project of her own with two or three cows and that the entries must be a member of a farm youth organization The winner of the contest will remain at the state dairy show for three days paid by the show committee She will also receive an all-expense trip for herself and her escort to the Waterloo exposition where plans are being considered for a national contest according to Ilurst Garfield county farm agent and show secretary Mr Hurst said he has Waterloo show about a national had inquiries from officials of the contest patterned after the one that has been held at the Oklahoma dairy show the past two years years Girl Scouts Get Redith Profits bt Thrill seekers from five states will converge on Mohawk Park Tulsa shortly after noon Sunday May to attend the largest awl most hotly contested outboard regrtta and series of boat races ever held in the Soul hwest Trophies and prizes topping all previous offerings for such ()vents already have attracted almost 100 contestants from Kansas Oklahoma and Texas according to Dallas Meade management representative Many entries have been filed by members of Kansas Texas and Oklahoma's boat clubs including from the Tulsa boat club registered in the Oklahoma float Racing asscciation The Lake Nohawk course is one on which American Power Boat association records will he recognized Hundreds of out-of-state visitor have already made reservations far the regatta according to Commodore Newell of the Tulsa Boat club Sponsored jointly by the Tulsa Boat club and the Oklahoma Sports and Poat Show a nonprofit corporation composed of members of the Tulsa Co-Operative club regattas will be held May 29 July 3 and September 4 1919 Admission is only 50c for adults and 25c for children Car parking is free Wheat Farmers Should Secure New Allotment VFW Meets In Muskogee State cnovention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary opened Friday (today) in Muskogee and will continue through Sunday Convention headquarters have heen placed at the Severs hotel with Charles SPencer of Ada (tepartment commander and Mrs Sylvia Stimmel Sapulpa department auxiliary president presiding over the meetings Among out-of-state guest xvill he Lyall Fes Madison Wis national commander 'in chief Lohert 1-3 Handy jr Washington national quartermaster general Ma Singer past national commander in chief Lawrence A Itoeers national director of athletics and recreation and Mrs Doris worn national conductress of the auxiliary The delegates will be taken on WEEK BY WEEK noughts expressed under this heading Sr those of PARK WYATT and may or play not he the sentiment of the claw and publisher Mr Wyatt thins there IT SOM4 thiag8 which need to be pub rely discussed and TOM tints to hoe ale views will appear hers By PARK wyArr TIII WLEk QUOTATION For forms of government let fools contest V'hate'er is best administer'd is best For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight Ills can't be wrong whose life is in the right" 110 DO YOU THINK? Throughout the United States millions of young men and young women are being graduated from schools and colleges during this 1veck The world is not too much concerned with whether these young people have been trained in science mathematics or history and NV het her they are straight pupils honor pupils or just ordinary pupils The world is concerned about how they think and what their beliefs are It is now as it has ever been our beliefs in the right things are more important to us than how much we know how much we have learned or how well equipped we are to attain greater lea rning We understand today as we have never understood before a man might be as wise as Solomon as erudite in his learning as the Greek philosopher Socrates but still be a total failure as a citizen as a member' of society and in his responsibility to goy- ernment to religion and to God The old fallacy that it makes no difference what a man believes so long as he believes something has been totally and completely exploded years ago To our deep chagrin we are now overtaken by this fact and are all but submerged in our own floundering because of the newness of the idea that "just believing something" is not nearly enough In this column in the past we have been talking about morals religion and God also we have been talking about the possibility of a financial panic and the possibility of a war with Russia All along it has been our contention there is no justification for a panic no more than there is justification for a war with Russia But to avoid either of these contingencies the citizen of America must think deeply and must think soundly rightly and morally The training for this type of thinking can be had in One place and one place only That place is in the Church of the Living God There is and has always been something lifting encouraging and hope developing in the breast of a man who is "prominent in his church" In the first place every week he goes into an atmosphere of worship In this atmosphere of worship his total personality his entire thinking is submerged in the idea of "God" No man on earth can set elbow to elbow and shoulder to shoulder with his fellows in this spirit of worship without being to a lesser or greater degree imbued with the spirit developed in these cornlOTIS of worship which God has joined upon all of his children It has been said that "one good man and God is a majority It has been said that "one good man and God is a majority in any meeting" This is literally true Men who think honestly and who take God into their other words form a partnership with on the right road and 'will never go wrong so long as they are on that road It was loose unorganized and Godless thinking that destroyed ancient Rome It was loose unorganized and Godless thinking which destroyed modern Germany It is loose unorganized and Godless thinking that will ultimately destroy Russia Men cannot live successfully without God Men cannot live in organized group peacefully without God Nations which have forgotten God are on the road to utter desolation Nations of the past which forgot God are in the dim wreckage of the past America has survived and waxed great strong powerful and rich because America has elevated the citizen above the (17 a2ed uo panunuo3) partnership wan on me road and 'will never cm wrong so long as they are on that road s- It was loose unorganized and Godless thinking that destroyed ancient Rome It was loose un- organized and Godless thinking ahich destroyed modern Germany It is loose unorganized and God- thinking that will ultimate- destroy Russia Men cannot live successfully without God Men cannot live in organized peacefully without God Nations which have forgotten God are on the road to utter desolation Nations of the past which for- got God are in the dim wreckage of the past has survived and great strong powerful rich because America has elevated the citizen above the (I a2ad uo panunuo3) Heavy rains during have had a ied (fleets on l'ottawatomie county crops but for th most part good crops are indicated According to County Aeent James 13TPIICe I 110 1103 Crop 1001iS4 1h" a record one despiie heavy rains The recent rainfall has only cot into the wheat crop LaW101100 said The 1Wa Mit crop was hardest hit hy the rain Many fields in the county hi had to he replanted duo to flooding The hest alfalfa crop in approximately fifteen years was seen ip the first anti second cuttings the iro ttle 1t that many years a nd the second cutting is believed to he its equal and Nvill get underwa-i in the days Lawrence said there wit sufficient moisture in the ground to insure a third cutting and prospects are good for a fourth Livestock in the county are assured an excellent pasture this year All the farm ponds are full and grass is greener and in hiller condition than in many years The county's pecan crop appears to he another good one Farmers are planning to spray their trees during the next week or ten days to kill casehearer worms the crop's No 1 enemy Spray is a mixture of four lbs of DDT to 100 gallons of water Tiffany's Bill 510 Fails in Committee One vole defeated Bill Tiffany's House fill No 510 in the committee of the whole of the house The bill which would have set up a system of continuous operation of the Committee of the Legislaturevent down by a vote of 18 to 117 Another bill continuing the legislative council was passed "I am glad that some plan of interim study will be in operation" Tiffany said "I vvould rather have had a system which would have eliminated a central steering committee The danger I see in the legislative council is that a few persons may be able to dominate it through a powerful executive commit tee" Upon the insistence of Tiffany and other members of the legislature the legislative council consisting of only 25 selected members of the legislature expanded to include all the of the legislature However an executive committee of set up in the new arrange ode School Crisis 'Professional educators many conscientious school boards the ParentTeacher Associations and other groups are working hard for better public schools" Roy Lat seri president of Time Life and chairman of the group said "But the problems of public education are so broad that they concern all of us and it is time for all of us to understand and do something about them" Headquarters of the Commission will be at 2 West 45th Street New York City When the group is fully expanded it will have sixty mein hers 1 I enjoyahle Ilaker folc! in TrViS Anyone good place to rest that old southern heTitality snuld plan a to the raker Hotel Tho Mr took some mineral Iaths and insIcad of reducinI: he fclI so 100d he Ihinks he gained a pound or two 'rho ilaker is a very unique hotel in many ways It is a quite large hotel some twelve stories and so arranged that one (amid live there for weeks without men visiting the rest of the city It has every convenience cafe barber shop drug store etc that you find in the hest Of hotels and the Daker is not surpassed in general excellence by any hotel we have ever visited We are just looking forvvard to another Nveekend of luxurious living and drinking the water that keeps you from getting older Jessie Lee Rushton publisher of The Depew Independent published a letter last year telling of the irregularities of their April 51h election Makes us wonder when dirty politics in that town k'ill be eliminated Through southern Oklahoma and on into Texas we saw mostly ranch land but not nearly enough cattle were seen eating this good grass If Nth Ann Tyler had won many more awards during graduation there wouldn't have been any kit for the others Smart gal that Ruth Ann! Blackberry crops are the finest ever says Baymond Cole secretary of the Whom! Blackberry Growers Association Thursday night's rain didn't damage them in the Me Loud area Cuess you heard about the local man who bought so many labor slving devices he has to work 20 bom a (lay to pay for them! A writer friend has figured out why some people don't mind their own business some have no mind others no business While some people are talking depression another fellow we know says: "What this country needs Is a good plan whereby we can keep on spending all the money we are now spending and at the same time reduce the taxes back to the 1935 level We still say the pedestrians in Shawnee are being bluffed by discourteous drivers who think he-cause they are driving a car they should get there first Ray Franklin special agent for the Universal Life and Accident Insurance company doesn't believe that the country is in such a bad shape financially as some of the "beaterdowners" would have us believe For 20 years he was one of the leading life insurancu agents in Seminole county On April 30 decided to go back into the insurance business and picked the Universal to go with Ire showed us this week a company bulletin where he was the leading agent for May for the company His paid business for the month of May was $101000 and he believes that he will beat that for the month of June So it's hard for him to believe we are in a depression or approaching one We say that's the kind of fellows that we like to and keep it up Ray! 1 CALIFORNIANS' VISIT FRIENDS IN SHAWNEE Mr and IkIrs Dunham and son Buddy were overnight visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs TJ Igo Friday They were en route to their home in Bakersfield Calif following a two weeks vacation trip to points in Texas arid Oklahoma While here they also visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Boyer Mr Dunham is employed at the Hunter Printing company in Bakersfield v- 4 -v S4 4 sovi tte" i Six Shawnee AO I Students Graduat( Imuuents urauuate Stillwater (Special) stu dents from Shawnee were mem hers of the Oklahoma ALCM cot leire 1919 snrinff craduating class Stillwater (Special) students from Shawnee were members of the Oklahoma ALCM college 1949 spring graduating class More than 1000 students received bachelor master and doctor degrees in ceremonies Monday May 30 Those from Shawnee and the type of degree each received were (bachelor's): Patsy Lee Cash education Orna ld Lloyd Gambrel! engineering Nell Osborn Miller education Willard Wilson Plowman Jr agriculture Betty Lou Rut hcrford arts and sciences and Bryan Eugene Truscott arts and sciences Sen Clinton Anderson of New Mexico former Secretary of Agriculture delivered the commencement address at 10 a Monday Rev Ralston Smith of the First Presbyterian church Oklahoma City making the address Many of the graduates have indicated their plans of remaining at ALCM for further advanced study during the summer session and August intersession OFFICERS OF 44a44004 lir i 0440i: 1: 4' 5 f4 4 i JP --9' ck AciPto IR It 5'" 5 '4 i i N' is 4" 1 1 I 'a 4 1 I I A a sight seeing tour to Fort Gib- fornic son Tenkiller- dam and Greenleaf lected lake Friday afternoon A banquet was and dance will be Saturday night mend-and a memorial selviee on Sun- ever day morning Election of state 25 is officers will be Sunday afternoon ment formerly was members 23 is now "It ft Ii1010 Or Severely hteilicipped Forty to Co per cent of the children or adults vho get the illness in recognirttile form Will roeover completely or a1rlot cotopletely without any Witco of paralysis" Scientific study of means for preventing the disease has been lower Blakedee admits in the '20-cent paiorhlet "Polio Can Ile Conquered" hut he lists a numher of recent developments that appear to carry gret a promise Monkeys have been inoculated against "olio safely and effectively he points out Unfortunately the vaccine does not protect the monkeys against all strains of the 'virus and thus cimld not offer satisfactory protection for humans Top scientists are cited as believing that a safe vaccine for humans will someday be found The recent success of scientists in almost completely purifying one kind of polio virus should hasten this day Blakeslee says "Drugs and other chemicals have been found" he reveals which "protect mice against viruses like the polio virus or which help the mice recover when they Are given the viruses" So far however none has been used successfully on humans Although little is known about the way in which polio spreads the pamphlet carries a number of tips for parents in the event that infantile paralysis breaks out in epidemic form in their neighborhood Parents are urged to: I Watch for the symptoms that may be weathervanes of polio: a tired feeling headache nausea upset stomach pains or stiffne7s in the muscles or a fever A big part of the victory in polio is immediate rest and immediate treatment 2 Avoid crowds There is no way of telling who has the virus who is 1)000Minq sick or who is a healthy unaffected carrier 3 Keep children from becoming over-tired or chilled Do not let children swim in polluted waters Attacks of polio have followed after such experiences 5 Keep clean Make sure that the children wash their hands before eating Keep garbage covered and screen the house against flies "Polio Can irle Conquered" by Alton Lee Blakeslee is Pamphlet No 150 in the series of brief popular 20-cent pamphlets issued by the Public Affairs Committee a non-profit educational organization at 22 East 38th street New York 16 NOM Urged To Aid In Traffic Safety Campaign The public is being invited to participate in a week-long statewide traffic safety camp'aign May 23 to 30 state safety leaders announced this week Last year 13 persons died as a result of traffic accidents during this period and Oklahoma's safety experts don't want this to happen this year They think they have a plan to prevent any such recurrence It's all based on thoughtful friendly courteous driving and walking Sponsors of the campaign are the State Safety Council and its affiliated councils in towns and cities over the state the department of public safety and local officers Motorists are being urged to display thoughtful friendly and courteous driving practices Pedestrians are asked to cooperate also Troopers and other traffic officers will make every effort to promote safer driving without any increase in arrests Warnings both verbal and written will be given drivers and pedestrians for minor violations the highway patrol has announced NEW NATIONAL CITIZENS GROUP 5144t4T 1: li 7 0 '4-14 tow 1 '1) 1 8-rirte'l' i I 4 tot 1 i i -5 1 1 1 Av 41 I 7 5 ''''''''410 "55a 5 If 1 I 4 2 ----1 A --J-" 16:: 7-- 7- -1 4 4144111AWialladigsdiaili aaLia licomialeagiongi ilittora1 L04411 'ee-M I The newly formed National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools Eas named the above four officers From left to right: Roy Larsen Chairman president of Time Life James Brownlee ViceChairman former Deputy Administrator of the OPA John A Stevenson Treasurer president of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co and Leo Perlis Secretary Director of the National CIO Community Services Committee Prominent Laymen Form Commission Help In Public The Commission is composed ex of laymen many of them outstanding in business labor law and publishing Its twentyeight Initial members are convinced that because of the problems of the times public schools have never before been so important to the nation The Commission is the first organization of its kind established In this century to devote itself to the public schools It plans to act as a clearing house of information on public school problems for local groups and to cite outstanding examples of community action for the Improvement of public schools To Aroused by the continuing nationwide crisis in the public schools a group of prominent men and women have formed a National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools which will work for concerted action by citizens in their local communities it was announced May 18 The Commission has received Initial financial support- from the Carnegie Corporation and the General Education Board Dr James Conant President of Harvard University hailed it as "potentially the most important move for the advancement of public education taken in the last fifty years" Farmers in Pottawatomie counright ty who intend to plant wheat this fall for harvest in 1950 should do a little inquiring as to the pos- sibility of their being eligible for an acreage allotment Under present regulations if the farm did not produce wheat in 1047 1948 or 1949 but the owner or operator desires to hatless vest wheat in 1950 an applicaly tion in writing must be filed by the owner or operator with the County ACA office specifying the number of acres desired For farms which have had wheat seeded for harvest within the 3-year-period 1947 through 1949 and the owner or operator has filled out a report with AAA committeemen showing this acre-America age allotments will be establish-waxed ed by the county ACA commit-and tee without a request from the owner or operator The local AAA office is tabu-Pmm1w lating information given on the county survey forms at this time 40IN Tfrit To date about 1500 farms have OPPOR-TUNITY reported The reecnt heavy rains DRIVE will slow down the obtaining of information by AAA personnel i le 11 100 but the work will be completed within a few days With the exunzsnty as 3414465 NODS Continued on page 4 The initial twentrtight members of the new Commission are: Mn Barry Bingham VP2 Louisville CourierJournal and Times Stuart Bradley Men Elio Bd Louisiana Edutation Foundation New Orleans James Brownies (ViceChm) Chin of Business Committee Committee for Economic Development Fairfield Conn John Cowles Pro Minneapolis Star and Tribune: Edward Eastman Pro a Ed American Agriculturist Ithaca George Gallup Dir American Institute of Public Opinion Mrs Bruce Gould Ed Ladies Homo Lester Granger Roo Dir National Urban League: Ralph A Hayward Pres Ralamasoo Vegetable Parchment Co Robert Heller Pres Robot Heller Associates Inc Cleveland Pelmet Noel Publ Denver Post Roy Larsen (Chin) Pres Time Life: Mrs Samuel A Lewisohn Chin Bd of Truetees Public Education Associ alien Walter Lippmann Washington Robot Littell Senior Ed Reader's Digest Stanley Marcus Exec VP Neiman Marcus Co Dallas James McClure Pres Farmers' Federation Inc Asheville Gordo Houk Mod Chm of Bt The Mead Corp Dayton: Mrs Eugene Meyer Washington Post Leo Perlis (Secy) Nett Dir Natl CIO Community Services Committee: Raymond Rubicam Scottsdale Arizona: Beardsley Ruml Clue of Bd Macy Co Inc Harry Scherman Pres Bookof-theMonth Club: Louis Ed Cleveland Press Richard Joyce Smith partner Whitman Ransom Coulson Gotta John A Stevenson (Treas) Prot Penn Mutual Life Ina Co Philadolphis Charles Allen Thomes gate VP Nonaanie Chemical Co Louie lodge Charles Wysaisald ir4 pieltke judge for Monte DOOM.