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The Gould Democrat from Gould, Oklahoma • 1

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ay 1t ltt a is- tU tVnPrc American Youth Is Dying Today For Freedom! Will You Take Time to Mark an for it? Dick Warren Heard Monday By Ajmximit'-Iv loo Auxiliry rxiinU-i Hunnitn rtiun'' 3 Anu-rUmi bfgi'tn pus's lii-ard past inniaiiilcr Dirk it talk last Monday niche at ht llullis Legion Hut Ihlhs Doyle Car trr I'jantfl ti meeting nfler the croup had enjoyed a supper" and after opening turned tin meeting Count C'oniiiMiidi-r Boh Fulton Fulton introduced vi-it Legionnaire and ronduei-rd iIk meeting Prior to Warren ta'k tin croup heard John Stewart Dis-'rirl Vici'-Commandi-r and dis-irii-i membership rhairm-in i-oiiniandiTs atu-nliiiir tu-lu lri Hrunsiin I)uki Post Fred is no Substitute for Patriotism and Americanism Today' Circulation 1532 LargtsI in Hannon County Gould Democrat COUNTY OKLAHOMA ''THURSDAY NOV 1 1150 NUMBER FORTY-TWO Shaw (Suuld Post nd Vaughn 1 roiiiniandrr of the Vinsn Pus' Tin iii-xt i-iiiniiy meeting will he held at Vinson with the date in I later TT 1 rr 1 nial-inth'X BtOWH LtSlcJ 11 CollCgC ko PP ko f'-r it repotted ne'-tini! COULD HARMON Elecfm Efeit tosia irr ijZZY v'-v Vs Governors Race Tigers to Altus Friday For Annual Grid Tilt CiTY FIREMEN PENSION FUND IS ANNOUNCED Ilnlli- i'llui-itii-n of 'hr Fin-- riis Relief ard Fund during 1950 amounted 84 5305 Dielsav Insurance Commissioner an-leiUrc-'e-t This w-'s increase of 50802 over 'he previous car The fund was au'horicd hv the legislature for the purpose of providing disability and pension benefits for firemen their widows and dependents L-li Tfr fcv 1 ifc A -I 5 i if -i -V "-'S 'I- A Am I -3 1 Three of the 17 Southwest- al publication Who A- Wellington Texas Jake Wright ern State College upperclass- mong Students in American Weatherford and Ed Brown men who will be included in Colleges und Universities" are Hollis the 1951 adition of the nation- left to right Joe Lowrie SCHOOL OPENS AT DODSON ON NOVEMBER 13 Dodson schools will start Classed Monday November' 13 Lennon superintendent has Announced The school has been closed for several weeks for the cotton harvest in order that students might help in the fields A number of the teachers took advantage of the recess to nt-end school at Weatherford to work on their degrees and some went on trips Mr- and Mrs Lennon and children recently returned from Frid-iy night Southwest Oklahomans will converge on Aims to witness the annual Altus Bulldog Hollis Tiger foot bull brawl one of the grid classics of the state So keen is the rivalry that the game is listed nK one of the ten best games in the state despite the fact tint the two teams are having bad seasons However year in and year out Altus and Hollis each field top-notch grid ten ms Hollis is improved greatly o-ver the sfot of the season as is Altus w-ith each team off to a long string of losses while rebuilding- Hollis tasted their first victory last Friday night in shooting down the Frederick Bombers and that tonic plus the brilliant running of Bill Keesee who two weeks ago graduated from the junior high eleven to the senior team has given the Tigers dreams of victory Altus is by all past performances rated to defeat the Tigers but Oklahoma football teams have long ago stopped regarding the Tigers lightly in any game- Tigers Stop Frederick Last Friday night the Tigers deflated Frederick 22-0 in a game that was all-Hollis from the start Although the visitors put up a stout game for the first half they were com-Seo No 2 Page 4 MODERNISTIC SYMBOL This silhaaette ef Christ's hes4 with hsld sad staff Is above the slier st Church ef The Good Shepherd end shews new trend in-divine srt 27 Tests Run For Farmers In Countys New Soil Lab Winier is Good farmers urged TO CONTINUE RANGE FIELD DAY SLATED NEXT WEEK A Hi'- rT-i-ivaiioti field day I bi held here Tues- CHARLIE RATLIFF IS MEMBER TECH MALE QUARTET Personnel of the new Southwestern Stale College male CLAUD INGRAM TO ASSIST IN PRECINCT WORK Claud Ingram will direct precinct activities of the Harmon county Democrats during the remainder of the general election campaign it was announced here today Ingram will aid voters in securing transportation to the polls and assist in the drive to get as miny people as possible out to vote ineittt Tuesday The! county Democratic Central Committee announced the x-(urxlinating oommiltteeman this county as a move by the party to help put over their candidates day and Wednesday Novc-m-T" announced hy I ber 7 and 8 Thomas erle Taff director with two jiamt POunty agent reported-new members added to last Ed Roberts cxtcnsioi) soil SOIL BUILDING i the 'imp for county farmers to secure approval of assistance for carrying out soil Luilding practices on forms the Ilarmon County A committee reminded Assistance may be secured for contour -farming seeding vetch building ponds seeding alfalfa building terraces applying phosphate and digging wells Farmers must got approval before starting the practice Those interested may contact personnel at the PM-A office In Spotlight Hot Campaip Tuesday November 7th the citizens of Harmon county and Oklahoma will go to the polls to cast ballots in the general election to close out one of the most hectic and bitter campaign years in the history of the states Hot spot of the general election will center on the gubernatorial race-- with Johnston Murray son of former Gov Murray democratic nominee pitted against Jo Ot Ferguson Pawnee newspaper publisher and GOP nominee The bitterness of the Democratic run-off campaign has been more or less carried over into the general election- That the campaign is considered to be close is borne out by the strenuous campaigning by both parties with large numbers ot workers in the field Mike Monroney Democratic nominee for U- Senator apparently has an easier road toe victory than Murray with all pre-election polls indicating a Monroney victory Opposing the-young Oklahoma Cry Congressman is Rev II Alexander also of Oklahoma City Another atteniion-getter in this area is the Congress race with Vic-toj Wickcrsham seeking re-election and being opposed by Cornell Republican from Clinton Wickersham is expected to win more easily than in the run-off when Dr Lloyd E-Church Clinton picked up more than 14000 votes in the runoff primary to scare the pants off camp The Democrats have stressed citizens in the southern part of the state turning out to vote and consider this as the key to complete sweep for their party Should a light vote turn out In the southern sec-ion of Oklahoma the Republicans rs given a good chance to come through In the race On the county ticket Harmon county citizens have only Democrats to vote for hut of great Importance is the state-questions that citizens win cast votes for- There is much opposition to aQ of the and you are urged to turn to inside pages and read advertisements concerning the questions Also in Harmon county local citizens will vote for special levy to build a fair building in Hollis for use by all citizens of the county This proposal is sponsored by the county home demonstration chib 4-H clubs and other similar units There is no change repormd tnihe voting places ef the precincts group Holdover singers arc conservationist from Stillwater will be present to conduct the Boh Ditmore horology student from program which will be held Anadarko first tenor and Ed-ijn the Vinson area out on the win Reinschmidt Clinton sec-1 range 'n? or" Newcomers are Bill I a judging contest of various Frizzell baritone and Charlie pi0tg of grasses best suited to Mott Ratliff Hollis bass is county will be held and a Ratiff is A brother of George schooling of grasses classified Ratliff a member of last year's quartet and a popular solois' at Southwestern- as best to be grown will follow Farmers club members are invited Fire Department Makes Fast Run Here Wednesday The city fire department answered a call about 1:30 pm Wednesday to the Gra-vatt home -where a trash fire was about to get out of controL Burning trash caught grass on fire and' was about ltd spread to a small outbuilding which due to high winds could easily have caused considerable damage but was quickly Among native grasses grown here are Blue Stem Grammas Sand Love Grass and Buffalo SON BORN TO MR AND MRS BELL Mr and Mrs Leon Bell are the parents of a son bom at 6:16 am Wednesday November 1 in the Allgood clinic Altus No name has been selected for him Time to Take Soil Samples Members of iliu Harmon County soils lab Lave had 27 samples tested during the past six weeks Thomas Cunningham county farm agent revealed-More than 16000 soil samples have been tested in Oklahoma through the laboratories operated by county agents since the first of the year- Hollis has had the lab in operation for only six weeks 65 Counties Have Labs Bob Woodward association extension agronomist of Stillwater says the noil testing e-quipment has been installed In 65 counties with the possibility of more being added later Cunningham said county farmers will find winter is an ideal time to test soil for next spring's planting nd fertilizer program Cost of membership in the county organization is 61 a ye-v with no charge for testing soil samples- A nonmember can get a sample tested for 50 cents Profit I) Good When a farmer known what his soil needs Cunningham said it paves the way for greater crop production nd more profits And there's a lot of facts disclosed in the testing of 16-000 samples in Oklahoma Although we're right in the midst of the fall planting season and cotton harvest Cunningham remind of the necessity of making plans for the spring determining the oil needs for growing spring ots sweet clover cotton com lespedesa and grain sorghums By getting these noil tests Jack Newberry Graduate Student At Northwestern Jack J- Newberry Hollis fe one of 45 students from Oklahoma enrolled at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois Newberry is in Graduate School The Centennial observance will be held this year marking its 100th anti versa jy Scientists scholsn and world famous authorities on many subjects will be present for conferences and Mr and Mrs- Leon Hicks nd children Connie and Court enjoyed an outing at Lu-gert Sunday SOLDIERS AT CAM? POLK VISITED BY HOLLIS RESIDENTS Mrs Alonzo PTock Mrs-Floyd Ragsdale Mrs Buster Herron Mrs Hilbert Potter Mrs- Bob Hollingsworth and Wayne Frock visited during 'he weekend with relatives at Camp Polk La Wayne had oeen home on emergency fur-tough and was returning to luty Those visited were Sgt and Mrs- Don Simmons Sgt Don Herron Sgt- and Mrs Clifford and baby Sgt Hilbert and CpL Floyd Hollingsworth The group also visited nany of the boya from Hollis kA0NS HAVE GUESTS and Mb Kirchoff yl son Barton of Oklahoma 'ity visited last weekend with Mot Kirchoffs parents Mr ind Mrs bizon John Ted ford Home Destroyed By Fire Friday Fire of unknown origin destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs- John Tedford early Friday morning- The home and all contents were burned-The fire department answered a call about 1:30 am but by the time they reached the home about three miles west of town the blaze was out of controL Only a small amount of clothing ws saved Services Held Monday For Guthrie Infant Services wrere held Monday for the infant son of Mr am Mrs Paul Guthrie of Arlie Texas who died at birth Sunday night in a Childress Texas hospital- Burial was in 'Arlie cemetery Mrs Guthrie is the former Miss Frances Sue Lawrence of Arlie and Mr- Guthrie Is the son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Guthrie of HoUia Mr and Mrs- Guthrie spent Sunday and Monday with their son and daughter They reported her con-Hkn betr Tuesday run during the fall and winter farmers not only have more time to get the needed fertilizer but give the lab man more time to maks the analysis while the laboratories are not overloaded An accurate soli sample will give an accurate test Teste made here have shown a radical shortage in organic matter the county agent continued and the need for change in cropping system Is revealed Plant materials and manure are a vital necessity to bold and receive the moisture Also phosphorus is lacking in much of the aoiL LOUIS HILL SCHOOL BEGINS NOVEMBER 6 Louis Hill school is scheduled to resume classes Monday November 6 following several weeks vacation during the fck of the cotton harvest Woodrow Thompson ie principal of the school Trucks wfil make their usual nine Ken dy awning VISIT IN TEXAS Mr- and Mrs La Verne Kizer and son Randy Lee were in Lubbock Texas this past weekend on business- They also visited Mr- and Mrs Bill Savage and other relatives and friends- I0LL VISITOR SerighL superintend-nt of schools at Could was i business visitor in Hollis Monday morning-.

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3,099
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1932-1950