The McIntosh County Democrat from Checotah, Oklahoma • Page 1

VT.IO ficiol City Paper Zip 54426 CHECOTAH, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1972 Volume 64, No. 33 Plans arti, being finalized this vreek for a program of splendid entertainment for returning Checotah alums who are expected here this week end for a gala reunion. Friday night, June 30th Mr. and Mrs. Leo Smith and Mr.

and Mrs. Gene Harrison will entertain with open houses. AH visiting alums, local grads, relatives and friends are invited to attend these parties Friday evening from 7:30 til 9:30 o'clock. Registration of the alumni will begin Saturday at 7:00 o'clock at the school library. Also at 7:00 o'clock a tour will leave the library taking visitors to the CreekNation Pottery Plant where they can sec the facilities of Checotah's newest industry.

An informal coffee with delicious refreshments provided has been planned for all of Saturday afternoon so that those attending the event can visit and renew acquaintances in the attractive, air-conditioned library, which is in the old gym building. The climax of the weekend will be the annual banquet set for 6:30 Saturday night in the beautiful ballroom of Fountainhead Lodge. There be a dance following the banquet with Calvin Christian and his Nashville Sounds furnishing the music. Principal Speaker for the banV quet will be Leon Mitchell, former C. H.

S. graduate, vocational agriculture instructor at Ripley for the past 22 years. All members of the Leon Mitchell family are outstanding civic and club workers and last year the Farm Family Town Topics By Buforti was named, of the year. Mr. Mitchell was also nominated for the F.

F.A. Honorary American Farmers degree last year. There will also be musical entertainment at the banquet. Paul Wells, president, will act as master of ceremonies. Other officers are Leo Wynn, vice- president and Gwen Moran, sec- etary.

Tickets for the banquet are on sale at the Peoples National Bank. Many addresses of former graduates have been lost and changed so the Alumni association is using the newspaper media in ah effort to invite and urge all former students to attend the festivities. 3 Bodies Alton Burkhalter Is Soil Adviser Olen Bean of the Mcintosh County Stabilization and- Service Committee announced today that Alton Burkhalter har been selected as an 'advisory county committeeman. Burkhalter has a farming operation in Pierce Community, His appointment is in connecr tion with a pilot program being instituted by ASCS to encourage more involvement by minority farmers in the actual operations of its programs. The other two regular members, of the county committee are Nathan Haley and David Ogden.

Grumpier Elected By Theatre Group The united Theatre Owners of Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas announces the re-election of Dick Crumpler, Checotah, to serve another term on the Drivers License Tests Announced Drivers license tests will be conducted in Checotah at the Montgomery Ward store starting Thursday, July 6. If there are sufficient applicants a full-day test will be given the first Thursday in each month instead of on a half day basis as in the past. Highway patrol examiners will include James Pitchford of Hartshorne and Jerry Ledbetter, Muskogee. Gussie Jones, 89, Funeral Friday Funeral services Gussie Jones, 89, were held Friday" aj: 2 p.m. in Smith Funeral Home Chapel.

Rev. John Moreland officiated with buriaLin Greenlawn Cemetery. A retired farmer, Jones had I been a resident of Checotah for .70 years before his He was born in Washington County, Ark. on June 23, 1882. Active pallbearers were son Ramsey, Ed Helton.

Andy (Hill, Joe Spears, Floyd Walls, 1 and Efton Glover. Survivors are three brothers, I.E., and D.R., all of Checotah, and one Myrtel Sizembre of Checotah. It Is often mighty handy to be out of town when Unwelcome guests come to call and it proved to be very fortunate indeed for the Tol Batemans that they were away from home when a most undesirable visitor literally dropped in the other night. The animal, "which Pick Pickens declares was a Bob Cat, judging by the prints, came down the chimney, scattering ashes and" soot, leaping from rug to furniture, leaving huge round paw prints on everything including Maxie's lovely velvet sofa. Evidently the cat escaped the way it had entered, back, through the fire place, which seems quite a trick that we trust" will not prove habit forming.

Looks like a neat but heavy wire chimney guard is in order fbr the Bateman house. Harold Nicholson has whipped up a dandy scrapbook using our entire Centennial edition, The book is most attractive and easily read and Harold declares it has kept all his guests interested and involved in Checotah history. Harold says the pa par answered lots of questions for him about the early days here and he is planningonpassihgthebook along to his grandchildren. Grover Snelson corrected us on a point about Checotali's famous pitcher. We had been informed that Chuff Carr died of knife wounds.

Grover says that he was seriously wounded in that incident but survived and was signed by the St Louis Cardinals as a pitcher. HoweVer Carr died of pneumonia before he appeared as a hurler in the national Jeague. At The body of Earl Koepf, 52, deputy director of UJS. Housing and Urban Development operations in Oklahoma City, was recovered near the Lake faula Dam Monday.He' drowned during a fishing trip June 17. The Highway Patrol said, the body of his.

nephew, Derek Bayless, 12, son of Mrs. Ann Bay- less of- Oklahoma City, was recovered late Sunday after the lake patrol discovered it floating I miles north of the Ever-' green Marina. -The search continued Monday for the body of James Caywood, 45, Muskogee, a vice president of Manhattan Construction who also apparently drowned in the same accident. The search began after die trio's empty fishing boat was seen running in circles between the Eufaula" dam and the marina. The recovered bodies were taken to the Kelly Funeral Home in Eufaula.

The third body from the watei accident was recovered Tuesday from Eufaula. The highway Patrol reported recovering the body of James Caywood, 45, of Muskogee, a vice president of Manhattan Construction 1 Co. Leon Mitchell, CHS grad, vo-ag teacner at Ripley; will be annual banquet speaker Saturday. Construction on Checotah's waterworks and sewer rebuilding program, which was approved by voters of the city last fall, is expected to get underway by next October, Mayor Floyd Beaird stated this week. The entire project is estimated to cost about of which $90,000.00 will be furnished by the City of Checotah to pay its proportionate share of the construction costs.

Citizens of the town overwhelmingly passed a bond issue to provide the-funds. The project'has been held up; while details of financing are being' arranged with several government agencies which will provide the funds. HAYS ATTENDS COUNTRY MEET FRIDAY Mel Hays, Mcintosh Green Country director of Checotah, attended the regular bi-monthly meeting of the 21-county Green Country organization on the cam- Local Boil(I pus of Northeastern State Col- i lege Friday afternoon. Green Country president W.R. "Dick" Stubbs of Henryetta commented after the meeting that one of the most exciting reports made at the meeting concerned the new program a baccalaureate degree in "Touristry Management" at Northeastern State.

According to Neil Morton, a Cherokee County director and a member of the Northeas- percent of the $58,400,000 goal. program are additional storage capacity at the city reservoir, new larger pumping units at the city lake, booster pump in the city water main.from the lake to the filtration plant. F-uaL White, city water superintendent, stated that the city, together with the -lodge and rural water consumers is how construction! using 700,000 gallons of water vim Announces board of directors during the year-beginning July 1, 1972. Crumpler has owned and operated the Gentry theater and 69 drive-in suice 1951. He is a past president of the Checotah Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Eufaula Lake Association, and afortnerCity Administrator.

The United Theatre Owners of Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas, commonly referred to as UTOO, is an organization of theater people whose purpose is to keep advised on matters pertaining to theater business. Porurii jaycees To Conduct Rodeo The Porum Jaycees will hold a rodeo Friday and Saturday nights June 30 and July 1 at eight o'clock at the Porum Rodeo Grounds. The rodeo headquarters will be Jan's Fabric Barn in Porum and the books for registration are open on Friday June 30 from 7 to 1 o'clock. The public is Invited to attend. WASHINGTON IUPII Consumer prices averaged 4.3 per cent higher in 1971 thai! in 1970, according to the National Consumer Finance Association.

Collins Graduates At Marine Depot Marine Pvt. William 'E. Collins, son of Mrs. Pauline Collins of Route 2, from basic training at the Marine.Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. Drama Consultant On Summer Tour Religious dramatist, James Oliver Lvttle formerly drama Cora Ethridge hasdiscovered that killing a snake can be pretty painful for the killer as well as for the killee.

She was waging a vigorous onslaught, hoe in hand, on a Snake she had been tracking for some The bela-: bored reptile, in confusion no doubt, rallied enough to charge forward. Cora took a quick step backwards, twisted her ankle, slipped and fell, breaking her left arm in two places. She called Garland on the double to finish off the snake first, administer first aid seconds We are still receiving com-. I plimonts on our special'Centen- nial edition and we are of course so pleased that our efforts have I been received with such en- j.thusia^ti'c response. We still I have copies available as we held back quite a few for former Checotahans who will be in town for the big reunion festivities this weekend.

1'jck Pickens (and Frances too) were so delighted with the suc- cess of the Arts and Crafts show Pink sold lots of thebeau- Legion Baseball Team Organized The Checotah American Legion baseball team is off to a fast start this year, according to Sllhkarrl, The youths, in a 15 to 18 year age group, defeated Spiro in the opener last week 9 to 7. Other games-are scheduled with McAlester, Tahlequah and Pp- teau. The Checotah team is making preparations to enter the district Legion tournament to be held at the Bacone College Park during the period ending July 21. Members of die team include: Joe Schroeder, catcher; Allen Garrett, lb; Ronald Groace, 2b; 3b; Eddie Grant, If; Dennis Davis, cf; Robert Vinson, rf; Terry Funberg, rf; Steve Irvin, sS; Dave Ronnie Lecrome, Dun Smith, ss; Rick Carbone, of. Exceeding Quota Mcintosh county's sales of and Savings Bonds for the first five months of 1972 totai $93,275.00 which is of its 1972 dollar goal, Lee Stidham, chairman announced today.

Statewide sales of Savings Bonds through May, 1972, total $26,589,205 for ,45.53 Mr. Stidham stressed that Bonds now pay 5 percent interest when held to a maturity of 5 years, 10 months and also that they have important tax advantages for the purchaser. terti Staff, the College in Tahlequah is the only four-yeaf institution in Okiahorna and possibly the United States to have this type of innovative field of study. "It certainly fits into the promotion nicely" Stubbs said. The afternoon Green Country meeting preceeded a special in- YQ Start Friday vitation-only benefit perfor-j mance of the 1972 "Trail of A summer arts and crafts Tears" outdoor drama at the program will be held at the Theater at south of "i en 0r Activity Center alD'oug- For Representative Leo H.

state representative, for District 15 announced this week his plans to file for re-election. "Afthis time I want to thank j-the people of District 15fortheir willingness to work with me during this term of office. I have enjoyed all the responsibilities expected of this office ind will continue to serve the' people to the best of my ability," "IWel strongly for this area as I.am a native here and feel that our area is in position for many opportunities and we must take advantage of each and every opportunity to keep instep with the; rest of our state. In order 'to do this, it is necessary to work with all die county officials, businesses, farmers, ranchers, and i "Having served one term Crafts Program Tahlequah. Guest Finishes Air Force'Course consultant for Capstan of tifu i jewelry he fashions from Checotah announces he will be- silver coins and took orders for gin a summer tour of presenting more- -Mrs.

John Lewis Stone religious dramas to churches of Muskogee sent Pick some across the country. He will also be teaching crea- tive religious dramatics to i children in Inner City Evan- 3 City Teachers Get Recognition Raymond Carey, Fern Burdett and I red Ogle have been selected as Leaders of American Secondary Education for 1972, according to Harold Latham, Superintendent of Checotah Public Schools'. Nominated earlier this year by the school's administrators, 'these educators were selected for this national honor on the basis of their, professional and civic achievements. Leaders of American Secondary Education is -an annual awards, program honoring the 'men and women who have distinguished themselves by their and leadership in the field of secondary education. Each- of las School in Checotah starting Friday, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

program will be held every' Friday, during the' summer months, according to Dee MeK.ee' secretary-of Eufaula. All boys and girls from 5 to 12 years old are invited to attend; Leaders of the program will be Misses. Kay Edwards, Mary Anna Smith, and Sheri Corley. Sergeant Jerry W. Guest, son of Lorraine of 226 Creek has graduated at Sheppard AFB, from, the those honored are featured in the technical awar Leaders -Of Air Force physical therapy Secondary Education specialists.

Sergeant Guest, is now quali- fied to assist "medical officers gellsm Centers in Chicago, Illinois, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jim plans to return to Checotah in the fall and make this his base of operation. "I like Checotah the town has been warm, friendly and wonderful to roe!" Jim says, "that's why I am coming back. in physical therapy treatment of patients, assigned: to the ISAF Hospital at Altus Al Okla. The graduate of Checotah High School.

14 City Students Attend Connors Fourteen area students are" attending summer school at Con-, nors State College this year. Classes began June 1st with the semester, terminating July 28. Students attending the summer session may pick up as many' as 12 hours of credit during this time. Those attending are Wilson Bear, Neoma Buckley, Jodi But- 6. Services were held at the Flora Chronister, Smith Chapel and burial was jJerry Davidson, Freda Hale, in Greenlawn Cemetery.

Mr. 'charlotte Kloeekier, Williams, a retired farmer, was born in Bower in 1899. Onll onor Residents Invited On Baseball Tour Residents 'of-die Checotah area are invited to join a group from wagoner on baseball trips to the. Astrodome and Louis this summer. Checotah residents board the.

Astrodome bus atl'ik- Nik Stop. Also planned is a 3-day trip to the Passion' Silver Dollar City and the Shepherd of the Hills play. This group leaves 'if August 3 and will stay at the Holiday Inn at kim- Trlhle 'Hork'Lake fully realize the responsibilities of this office and the many dei cisions that must be made each and every day can done through a. willingness to work and mature thinking." "Again I would ash-for youi support for a second term. District 15, after reaportion- ment, how.

"consists of parts ol four counties: all of Mcintosh, Northern half of Haskell, North part of and Southern fourth of-Muskogee county. 1 Si'gned, I.eo'll. Wynn Prater 'By Tech Classes Robert Prater, been elected as "treasurer of the aircondilioning and refrigeration branch of Oklahoma'Statc Tech's Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VIC'A) Chapter. Prater is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Homer Prater, west Star Route. handsome coins she had acquired in Mexico and Pick will soon begin cutting these for.lucky pur: chasers. With this heat, we would be i inclined to suggest a rain-dancer but since cloud seeding seemed to result in that disasterouS flood in South Dakota we are kinda afraid to fool with Mother ture. Fimiie Williams Rites June 6th Finnie Williams, 73, died June Survivors include 3daughters, brothers and two sisters, including Lillie Wynn of Checotah. Fix that flat SAN FRANCISCO ll'PIl Two out of three flat tires for even short distances, are damaged beyond repair, according to the National Automobile Freddie Mann, Karen'McKee, Ray Peckham, Ben Rosser, Eunice Warrior, Linda Whitfield and Vicki Yarbrough.

Bill Hla (h 'M his fall collection us part of that look the filling in of neckline- two'or- three strand bibs of cultured 'jiearln. using them in jilace, of sciirves. IIlass he "tired of scarves." Six Checotah students enrolled at Oklahoma State I niverstty the past semester are among named to the Dean's Honor Roll for the spring The list includes: Janet Kaye Buckmaster, John C. Carey, Dennis Mack Keathley, Sunya j'Kay Paden, Billy Carolyn Sue Thomas. iMaurice-Lovelace i- In Fleet Training Marine l'fc: Lovei lace, son of Mr.

and. Route 1, Warner, is at sea in die Western Pacific with-' Battalion Landing Team 2-1), homebased. on Okinawa and board, ships of the Seventh Fleet for training. after seeing Passion Play. The next, day die group on the chartered bus goe.s to silver Dollar.

City and back to Branson for the.Shepherd of the Hills play at nigtiu The. group returns home on Saturday. The first baseball trip to.the Astrodome is July is for two games with die.I -os Angeles Dodgers. tour iif Galveston- is set for re-' turns July 3d. The cost is S53- for everything btit meals.

The SL Louis baseball trip will be August 7 for two games with New Yprk Sightseeing to Forest Park and Grant's Farm will be Motor Inn Gets Dealership. Award Inn oi I. hecotah has been selected as one of the nation's outstanding Ford Dealerships arid will receive lord Motor 1'istniguished Achievement Award. The Distinguished Achieve- Award is presented ''in a day. He said he is pumping "around the clock'' in an effort to keep up with the demand.

The pumping capacity will be increased to about lons a day when construction is completed. Water mains and sewer lines will be extended to the new industrial site south of the city. A 500,000 gallon above-' the-gniund water storage tank will be erected at the site, which will. provide surplus water for the city in case of emergencies. A network of sewer and water lines will also be laid at the industrial site to provide service for manufacturing' plants which are expected to locate here.

Court Mouse Report MISDKMF.ANOR Wal'er Beaver, public drunk, fine and costs; Larry Dean Holuby, public drunk, 10 days in jail. DISTRICT Lcorlard II. McGuire et al- VS-Kldon Ramsey dba Ramsey's Apco Service Station, personal injury, Boydston and Burris, attorneys; llanha Board of Fxlu- cation-VS-Bradley Campbell, in Protest to transfer; Midwav Board of Education, School Dist Michelle Proctor, et al, In Re: Protest to transfer. State of Okla-VS-Gufton Cox, unauthorized use of vehicle, J.M. LeMasters, attorney, court State of Ohla-VS-George Marshall, unauthorized use til vehicle.

DIVtlKCKS VSKFJ) Beverly Ann Bever from James II. Bever, Boydston 4 Burris, attorneys: Dyton Brown from Dorothy A. Brown, Joe M. hitaker, attorney; Betsy- Torres from Joseph K. W.

Lackey, aaorney; Marj' Paulette Jackson from Donald Wayne Jackson, Boydston i Burns, attorneys. SMALL CLAIMS' Donald K. Hopkins, bda, Hopkins iil Harjo SHll.KL'; Dale Corley, dba Corley Insurance Agency-VS-Lorene i or Fmit Mauch; i S7fl.O:! insurance premium. APPLICA HON FOR MAltKIAGi'. Lit Durand Parish, li), Vp- sianti, Michigan i Rhea Jean Burns, 19, Kufaula.

li AFI'K Da-lton Hay in, costs and. fine; Bettie J. F.llis, left of center; limmie -Fvans, under suspension SI2j.0ti cash bond and improper modification of exhaust costs and. fine; Hal Turner improper start $25.01) costs and fine; Marion H- Tlromfis, failure yieleV- costs and fine; recognition of progressive management modem, sales and service facilities sound fcya UCToWIlSetld merchandising jintctices' high quality continuing interest in rendering superior service to Ford owners." Sliastid -has been a Ford dealer in Checotah. since 1945.

The dealership located at 415 W. rookies CHICAtiO iri'li 11VV- no-hit, no-run authored by Culls' rookie Burt ilooten agafnst the Phillies in the second game the- season was'the first by a rookie in the National League since I 1 12. Coincidentally. it was the Phillies who were handcuffed then, too, by Charlrs Ijeffl 'I'esreaij of the Giants. Local Students Earn Top Honor in die top 10 percent oflheir graduating class lahoma State University were initiated into Phi'Kappa'Phi last week.

Spring initiates.into Phi Kappa Phi and their college include: Carolyn Sue Thomas, education and Sue Ellen Williams, home economics, both of Checotah. Population growth in Brazil. is ubout per cent yearly. James he Asks For Reflection -James- has. authorized die Deiiwcnit to announce his candidacy for re-election as Mcintosh county treasurer.

He is running on the democrat his formal will appear at later dlite. Dio In Jcrscv I-va Mae Timnsend 52, of I'eh'nsauken, died Tuesday cancer, in the CS. Navy' Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa. She is survived by her husband Orvet Townsend, and son Paul illiam of the home. Mother, and one sister in.

VVarrington, Fngland, aixl one sister in Mon- tana. will be buried Friday at 11:30 in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C. Her mother and father-in-law is Mr. and Mrs, W.o, Townsend of Checotah. Mel Hays left Thursday morning for Man, where his mother is undergoing surgery, i.

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