The Hugo Daily News from Hugo, Oklahoma • 2

1 yx i Monday July 24 1989 PAGE TWO THE HUGO (OKLAHOMA) DAILY NEWS The Open Season for Tall Tales PersoulAofUi Hollywood Film Shop THE HUGO DAILY NEWS Published every afternoon except Saturday and on Sunday morning THE SCHOOLER PRINTING COMPANY it -r SCHOOLER BURTON GR1NDSTAFF OTIS HAYS JR Advertising Manager Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poatoffice in Hugo Okla-Aet of Congress March 1879 Publisher Editor Owner and Subscription By Mail One Month By Mail Three Months By Mail Six Months By Mail One Year Delivered by Carrier per Month (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) City subscribers who fail to receive their paper will be sent one if complaint is made at the office befqre 6 pm Subscribers are urged to make complaint whenever they do not receive their paper on time The publishers are not responsible for copy omissions typographical errors or any unintentional errors that may occur in advertising other than to correct in the next issue after it is brought to their attention The Schooler Printing Company reserves the right to accept or reject any advertising mutter Any erroneous reflection upon the character standing or reputatiunoi any individual firm or corporation which may appear in the columns of The News will be eorrected upon being brought to the attention of the publishers By ALEXANDER KAHN il'nitrd Pnu (Staff Correpondnt) HOLLYWOOD One of tho few actresses in Hollywood who ban no craving for atardom ie Gladya George who ii content to be a featured layer and avoid the heartache and the headache of being a etar For Mi George hai been a star before on the stage been there before" she explained in reference to stardom it got me was worry and hosannas I bad no privacy and no time of my own Of course I made more money but it went faster aftd the result in the end financially speaking was the same then there ws the constant struggle to remain at the topi neither simple nor easy It requires a type of single-track concentration that leaves little time for other things that count in life come to realise the error of my ways not sour grapes I'm perfectly willing to let the others have the glory and applause' Just give me a good strong supporting role and life is Those good roles are frequent with Miss George who has more offers than she can ever fill for appearances As a result she is able to select the beat parts For the moment she is busy with a role that calls for her to be the poignant self-sacrificing mother in he 20th Century-Fox production I Am a in which she plays the wife of Richard Dix and the mother of Richard Greene Miss George cornea from an acting family Her father was Sir Arthur Evans Clare he was knighted by King Edward VII for distinguished services in Iitla He later became a Shakespearean actor and toured the world with his own company Miss George was born in Maine while the company wad touring New England She made her stage dehut at the age of 8 in Connecticut and at 8 received her first star billing in a vaudeville act At 15 she was starring un Broadway and has been in outstanding performer since BASEBALL Who Would Have It? It wan no real occasion for surprise that the able superintendent of city schools declined the profered presidency of one of our state colleges In view of the record and his present happy state as a popular city superintendent it would have been surprising if he had accepted the offer 1 What can they promise themselves these efficient and well placed school men who accept a state college presidency here in Oklahoma? Their tenure will be subject to hourly challenge as long as they remain in the service of the state Even if they survive until their voting pftcinct has a chance to guess wrong in the next gubernatorial primary they will be importuned constantly to do things that their very souls despise They will be expected to find laces for mediocre whose only recommendation is the fact that hey are the inlaws of third-class legislators They will be expected to contribute to divers causes some of which they consider unpatriotic and a few of which they consider downright dishonest And no sooner are they seated in the chair from which so many predecessors have been kicked summarily than factionalists will be planning to undermine them and destroy their usefulness If they patronize the bank of their choice or the grocery or bakery of their choice ome local Warwick will be on his way to the eapitol forthwith to show cause why he should be removed from office He must howl obediently and pretend to like it every time a political busybody blows his horn There are some exceptions of course and that too is surprising for there are more former college presidents living in Oklahoma than there are dead presidents buried in the United States SERIAL STORY GHOST DETOUR BY OREN ARNOLD covyxioht ts nu games na A New Quinea tribe thinks they are the only people on earth What no tourists to whom to sell souvenirs? Carey Williams Greensboro (Ga) Herald-Journal The art of learning how to mix and mix is called I Collins Jersey Journal Rates: AO $120 $480 AO gressmen to make their wives go oi vacations by themselves Fred Haney has signed up for an- other season as manager of the St Louis Browns The fellow is not ear- ily discouraged anyway Pickpocket got $706 which a Vermont resident had been carrying in his rocket for six years If he went that long without spending any of it he'll never miss it a woman has any clothes at all she should wear ays a speaker against modern semi-nudity it though Did jtou ever see a woman who'd admit ahe had any? A A Chicago woman asked more alimony from her ex-husband a baker claiming she neede the dough Not as much as he kneads probably The public go for new jokes says a radio comedian How doee he know By William Ferguson PLANT STEMS ARE NOT AUL tiOUNDf THE ARE ROUND IN THE HOLLOWING SHAPES: 7-2 By BURTdN GR1NDSTAFF A man asked me the other day to name a civic improvement which I would rather see made than any other Without a second's hesitation I aid good swimming Coming from a town blessed with three good swimming pools one of them an indoor one available to boys and girls during the winter -1 wee shocked to find that only about one girl in ten in Hugo can swim Slightly more than half the hoys can swim In my home town 95 per cent of both boys and girls above the age of 8 years not only can swim but pnjoy that recreation regularly through the summer months in safe dean sanitary swimming pools Now a 12 year old hoy' build himself swimming pooL All he can do If he gets the utfg to swim la hike off to the creek His mother endures an afternoon of fretfal anxiety while he wsdee np end down aome muddy creek in search of a swimming hole Poisonous snakes loiter in the shallow water ready to strike him Dangerous holes imperil hia life as he trice to learn to swim Swift currents threaten to sweep him into deep water every time he remove hie feet from the muddy bottom The plight of the girl is even worse She limply haa to sit nt home and twiddle her thumb There is no physical recreation for her in Hugo even in tho public schools The ode tennis court is occupied moat the day hy the boys She cant get out to the golf eourite and golf jut hasn't taken its place a port A good swimming pool properly supervised and well managed would bo the greatest thing Hugo could drive to obtain The children can't make cine with their hands It is problem for adults Let's start thinking about a swimming pool Wouldn't that tie a good objective for the newly created park board Almost any city in Oklahoma will give you proof that a municipal swimming pool will pay its own way But perhaps there are other thing! needed If you were asked what Hugo needs most in the way of civic improvement what would be your answer? Drop a card to this writer if you want something done in Hugo Something that is within reach 0 Prepares For Boys State Course Youths to Learn About Government NORMAN Okla The University of Oklahoma is getting ready 'for a landslide 450 stable youth will converge on the campus August 5 to learn about government at State Youth of upper high school classes will attend Boys' State for eight days of studying in learning the machinery of government and the administration of political systems from ipuricipal bodies to state offices State is sponsored by the American Legion Vance Posey former president Of Southeastern State College Durant will be adult director Professors in the school of Citiienship and Public Affairs at will aid in the directing of the study They will include Dr Oliver Benson Dr Joseph Pray Dr Cortex A 'M Ewing Dr Vern Thornton and Dr Royden Dangerfield The instructors have prepared an outline of Oklahoma government to be used aa a text' by the boys' Delegates will elect their city county and state officials The will be the governorship Administration of government will he conducted under the constitution and laws of the state of Oklahoma Civic clubs end American Legion posts aw selecting outstanding boys for delegates to State Young Talihina Movie Star Comes Home for Visit TALIHINA A five year contract with Producers Pictures Corporation for the production of eight western pictures per year in which Bobby Clark 12 year old Talihina riding and roping star will be featured waa announced by Bobby who has been visiting the Clack ranch near Talihina since the completion of "Overland With Kit Carson" for Colombia With Kit Carson" is i 15 chapter aerial starring Bill Elliott and Bobby Clark just filmed in Utah and la to be released July 22 Bobby Bobby has had to change his name from Clack to Clark in his new series of pictures Chief his horse will continue under his own name Since leaving Talihina for Hollywood Bobby has made four pictures Bobby is a product of Southeastern Oklahoma He had the ambition to become a trick roper and rider through his association with cowboys and hia attendance at the Fort Smith rodeo He received his first appearance contract at Fort Smith in the 1988 rodeo Since then he haa appeared in practically every major rodeo in the United States has been in vaudeville and is now in tho movies BARBS i Future well-ieing of women depends on democracy says a feminist Say men do you suppose we're really going to get it in the home' too? President Roosevelt cant be very flattered about the House agreement to establish a library for his paper The representatives accompanied the tribute by slashing the proposed admission charge to two hit Summer theaters" offer a fine repertoire But in one of them reported the same cow sticks her head through the window in every drama no ill effect from drinking ice water in hot weather The profession specifics water however Congress is still in session This may all turn out to be a plot of con- Results Sunday Chicago 7 New York 5 Pittsburgh 8-0 Boston 2-1 Cincinnati 5-4 Philadelphia 2-9 first game 10 innings St Louis 12-8 Brooklyn 0-2 AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 62 Boston 62 80 Chicago Cleveland 45 40 Detroit Washington Philadelphia 83 52 388 St Louis- 24 02 197 THIS CURIOUS WORLD CAST UK CHAHACTERS RUMCLKK UALH am CHRISTINE Partaam la a aaar-tawriat vratan at UaMcrvaL HICK BRANCHOPT aa FRANKLIN TNry alaa faaai aa latmat la GaldcrraL Yesterday: Carl Quait the returns to tho bank followed by Franklin and then Christine Christine hears Franklin fire then Quait and at that moment ahe seen Franklin topple behind the cage CHAPTER XVI The New York collegians had gathered for their lunch at the Ace High Hotel had joined in a rousing yeil for the old west and Rose Ice when a shot cracked out on the thin desert air Instantly the group quieted Then a second and louder report was heard But by now the tourists were convinced it was all in fuA One member of the party whispered in a mock-hysteria and still others pretended to duck under the table to safety Suddenly then everybody laughed Everybody that is except Dick Bancroft and Roselee Dale These two as if by some electrical timing turned instantly to stare at each other from across the room Instantly too they moved toward the front of the hotel hallway serious if face quietly alarmed Nobody noticed them Then singing was started apd Mrs Hogan came bustling in smiling broadly carrying a great tray piled high with barbecue sandwiches Thera were no more shots Roselee and Dick came together at the doorway and looked out They saw nothing Nothing save the saddled horses that were hitched across the street heads low as if dosing and Mrs burros who seemed asleep on their feet Roselee and Dick turned from the dour looking hastily over the crowd see Christy and Roselee asked said Dick looking not in here They were a minute you hear those shot Everybody do you suppose he shooting now at somebody was Thera's id car moving couldn't have been a backfire Anyhow I know gun-shot when 1 hear them Pistols I'd Dick I 1 don't like it I LOOK!" She turned back to the door Her last word was a loud cry and she was pointing Her cry instantly electrified the crowd this time This was no joking she shouted and instantly everyone was crowding to the hotel door and windows Before he quite realised it Dick Bancroft was surrounded by a group of shoving curious travelers pressing him with questions begged Dick trying to edge through But he couldn't find an opening He'd have to make one He could see though He looked over their heads and out through the big front door Roselee was already on the front porch staring spellbound Across and down the street they saw a man leap from a rear window of the Goldcrcst bank It was the man with the umbrella who bad been with the tour'it party that morning He wax running now toward the horses that were saddled and hitched near-by He ran desperately hard swinging a pistol in his right hand No one else was in sight for the moment Then Christine Palmer suddenly appeared in the same window from which the man had leaped exclaimed Dick He elbowed his way toward the door yelled Roselee But Christine heard nothing They saw that she too held a pistol They watched her lean out of the bank window pointing her gun aiming it as carefully and as calmly aa if she were on a target range CRACK! The report was less of a roar in the outside Before the shot had been muffled Hera was a sharpness followed by a qujck staccato echoing from cliffs and buildings everywhere Roselee screamed it The man with the pistol was hit He seemed to stumble as he neared the saddle horses He rolled once or twice came to his bands and knee He had dropped his gun so he picked it up forced himself to rise movod iimpingly to grasp one reins Ages seemed to pass while he untied the animal and mounted Christine stiil stood in her window framed there the lovely blue silk hirt and white neckerchief she was wearing and her brand-new cowboy hat all combining to make of her a portrait of a western maiden come to life on the gray bank building walL Actually of courae Time had ticked but a few seconds Christine lifted her weapon a ahe saw the man actually got into the saddle CRACK! CRACK-CRACK! She fired three times more But evidently she hit nothing' this time for the horse was turning and Quait was leaning low and cursing But the fury of Quait made him hesitate for a moment more He raised his own weapon aimed it at Christine and fired yelled Roselee Dale again and leaped off the hoteluorrl in a run Thfe people behind her had been motionless until then Quait spurred his horse with his heels started off at a gallop down the street Nobody knew what Roselee Dal' was doing or hoping to do Per haps ahe herself from some unspoken urge While the tourists looked she untied the other horse and mounted it turned it to follow the man Quait "HEY! HEY FOR young Dick Bancroft was shouting He literally forced his way through the press of collegians and reffdown the ghost town street But he was to late! (To Be Continued) OLD SETTLER One speed demon that never pays any attention to traffic laws nor any other is AGE Jimmy Too bad about Alfred wrecking his car last night especially with his girl along Norman Did something go wrqng with hia car? i Jimmy Yu too much play at the wheel Bus Conductor How old is your little boy? Mother Four Bus Conductor (to boy) How old are you little boy? Boy Four Bus Conductor Well madam let him ride this time hut when he grows up be either a liar or a giant A pedestrian was picked np on the highway and given a lift by a reckless driver Aa he got out he said: Pedestrian Thank you very much for both rides Reckless do you mean both rides? Pedestrian You have given me my first and my last After thanking the Lord for your meal don't find fault with the cook Counsel (to the police witness) But if a man is on his hands and knees in the middle of the road that does not prove he i drunk Policeman No sir it does not But thiri one was trying to roll-up the white line Efficiency is producing the most with the least effort Another version of a familiar story was related to us recently When a doctor in Arkansas responded to call to come to a mountain cabin he found a young man badly shot up Doctor (to older man nonchalantly watching the doctor take out buckshot) Who is he? Older Man My son-in-law Doctor Who shot him Older Man I did What did you want to go shooting your son-in-law for? Older Man He wasn't my son-in-law this morning It is much easier to impress the neighbors than to impress the man who makes the loans at the bank Doctor (inquiring after boy who has wallowed a half dollar) How is the boy today? Nurse No change yet The ideal hammock should be just large enough for ope but strong enough for two Timely Advice to tho Motorists: WATCH CLOSELY THE AUTOMOBILE JUST BEHIND THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU The fat head is happy becduse ha know- that ho is a fat head ATCARUNVKJJE ILLINOIS ON SEPT 29 1938 AN AUTOMOBILE WAS HIT BY A MBTSORms THE 4-LB STONE CRASHED THROUGH THE 6ARASE ROOF INTO THE CAR esniNsavNuaiaviciBie va HSU i RfSHTCRONS? A BULLFINCH IS A MALE GOWBIRD Remits Sunday Detroit 16 Philadelphia 3 Boston 13-11 St Louis 5-8 Chicago 8-4 New York 5-5 Cleveland 11-4 Washington 2-3 Accident Facts CHICAGO Travel by scheduled domestic airlines was safer in 1938 than in any other year during che history of commercial aviation Bo says Accident Facta the National Safety Council's statistical yearbook in a compilation of passenger death rates for this type of airplane operation In 1930 there were 286 accident deaths among passengers per 100-000000 passenger miles flown by scheduled domestic airlines In 1988 the rate had draped 84 per cent below the 1980 figure to 46 passe iTfeer deaths per 100000000 passenger miles The increased safety of airplane travel was' staedy through the nine year period There was a yearly drop in the death rate to 46 in 1933 The rates jumped in 1984 and 1986 but 1P37 saw another drop in the rata and an all-time low in 1988 The brake of modern automobile! are about five times as powerful si the motors They multiply the power of the foot about one hundred times ANSWER: Wrong The bullfinch is European bird member of the family to which the English sparrow belongs The cowbird if an American relative id blackbirds orioles and bobolinks ill.