The Welch American from Welch, Oklahoma • 1

Historical Okla, Society City, Oklahoma Bob's Bylune Local businessmen and civic leaders are preparing to wind up the present bi-weekly drawing with the drawing held the second Saturday in June. This present drawing has been held for a year now and they want to know if both patrons and merchants want to continue another drawing like the present one, drop the drawings -altogether, or change the type of drawing. On the back page of today's paper you will find a form to fill out. Your signature isn't necesary, but please check wheather you are a merchants or patron. If you will All out the form and drop it in any of the ticket containers around town it will help determine how the public wants the drawing to be held.

Please feel free to express yourself, for this is the only way we tell what you want in the way of Saturday afternoon drawings. -RJBThis was one of those weeks when there was very little news about our local people. We have always heard that "no news is good news" and at times we will agree, However, no news doesn't make a good weekly newspaper for the home folks. We know that some of you people are having company and other things which are very newsworthy for your home town and we are always soliciting your help in getting it into the American office so that your paper will be better home town paper, You know that all you have to, do to get that little item about your visitors in is to pickup your telephone and call 169, there is some one here happy to take that bit of Wanted For Five Civilized Tri'e: Seal A prize of $100 is being offered for an original design to be used as the official seal for the Five Civilized Tribes museum in Muskogee. Competition for the award is lim ited to enrolled, or decendants of enrolled members of the Five civilizc-1 Tribes.

The contest closes midnight June 30. Entries should be mailed to the Seal Award Committee, The Five Civilized Tribes museum, box 904, Muskogee. The entries will be judged on: representation of the Five Civilized Tribes, suitability for the museum, and aptness for reproduction. Designs, inches in diameter, shall be submitted on a white background by 11 inches. They may be submitted in color or in black and white, and in pen and ink, oils water color, or tempera Name, initials or any identifying mark of a contestant shall not appear on the entry.

Each entry will include a piece af paper bearing the name and address of the contestant. Each entry and accompanying per will be marked with an identical number. Contestants are limited to three entries. COUNTIANS BUYING $76,023. U.

S. BONDS Craig countians have added $76- 023 to their personal savings in the form of Series and bonds since the beginning of the year, according to H. R. Warner, county bond chairman. The figure represents only 23.03 per cent of the county's 1956 bond goal of $330,000.

"The absolute indestructibility of bonds has added greatly to their popularity," Warner said. "Bonds lost, stolen or destroyed can be replaced with a minimum of effort." During the remainder of the year Hollywood-produced sound movies are available for free showting to local organizations, warner said. The movies, which vary from Technicolor travelogs to such features. as "Superman" and "Lassie, may be requested through Warner. SERVICES TO BE HELD MAY 30 Memorial exercises will be held.

at Welch cemetery at 2:30 p. m. May 30. Officers will also be e- lected for the coming year. THE NUMBER 40 WELCH BUSINESS HOUSES TO BE CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY Most of the business houses in Welch will remain closed Wednesday, May 30, in observance of Memorial day.

The post office will observe its regular holiday schedule of opening for an hour in the morning to put the mail up and dispatching the out-going mail. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE by RAYMOND GARY I'm not worrying about the ber of people benefitting from emergency relief program in homa. W. have tremendous farm pluses in this country. Why use them? That makes better sense piling more and more food in houses, while millions of our zens skimp to make out meals a day.

It sounds like a when you say 285,303 Oklahomans are getting some of this surplus food. Actually, it's onlv a little more than 10 per cent of the state's ulation. I see nothing wrong with one person in ten, on the bottom rung of our economic ladder, ting a little higher standard of ing. They need this help. Far better they get it than to allow this good food to remain in storage, further depressing farm prices.

For those worried about "people in Cadillacs" benefitting from program let me explain who is gible. The list doesn't include any Cadillac owners, or even drivers new Fords. Oklahoma has 94,000 o'd-age pen sioners. They get some of this food and I don't think many people begrudge them the privilege. Thousands of people in our state -institutions are also getting this emergency relief food.

Your state tax dollar goes farther for other things we need as a result, Others benefitting under the pro gram are aid to dependent children cases, the totally disabled among us, the blind, non-profit summer camps for children, the school lunch program, and persons very low income. No single person is eligible for free food who has an income of more than $70 per month Families of three, with incomes under $114 per month, are eligible. Families of 4 or 5 are eligible their total income is under $150 month. Commodities they receive include butter cheese, beans, rice, "lard, pork and gravy, and luncheon meats. Additional focdstuffs.

are available for the school lunch program. As a result of this emergency reItef, most Oklahoma school children can. get a nourishing lunch daily, One of the requirements for participating in the program is that children who can't agord to pay for their lunch get it free. Nearly 2,000 state schools are now participating in the program Sixty-two counties of the state have seen the wisdom of this emergency relief for the less fortunate and are taking advantage of it. To me, it makes good sense.

It's helping us raise a healthier generation of children in Oklahoma than would otherwise be possible. It's also furnishing a few extras the aged and disabled, which makes their lives more pleasant There may be some better way to dispose of our surplus agricultural products, but nobody hag yet proposed it. Until they do, I think the present emergency relief program is well worth the time and effort we spend it. CLEAN-UP SCEDULED MAY 25 The board of trustees, Bluejacket has designated Friday, May 25 as clean-up day at the cemetery, WELCH MOST COMPLETE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Welch, Oklahoma Thursday, VICE SQUADDER TO PLAY BLUEJACKET HERE FRIDAY NIGHT Joe Ewers and called Vice Squad team were successful in winning the softball game Tuesday afternoon from the local Methodist church. The game was a practice tilt played on the park diamond.

The Vice Squadders got off to a good start as they scored 12 runs in the first inning of play. The final score 'Was 19-9. After the first inning the game was a close contest. Upon hearing the out come of the Tuesday game, Jim Sooter of Bluejacket called Ewers and told him he had a team of Bluejacket boys who would come to Welch at 6:15 Friday evening and take some of the VICE out of Welch on the local softball diamond. The game Friday night will be a practice game and it is hoped a summer soft ball league can be started in the near future.

ROSE GARDEN CLUB INSTALLS OFFICERS AT MEETING MAY 15 The Rose Garden club met Tuesdav evening, May 15, at 7:30 p. m. in the home of Mrs. Robert Martin with Mrs. W.

A. Maxson as co-host ess. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Dora! Newman. Mrs.

Anna Tyson had charge of the program. The following officers were in-: for the coming year in stalled a very impressive service by the going president, Mrs. Newman: Mrs. Anna Tyson, president; Mrs Billie Buford, Vice president; Mrs. Ruby Martin, secretary; and Mrs.

Grace Frost. treasurer. A dessert course was served to 17 members and two guests, Mrs. Robert Richardson and Mrs. A.

D. McColum. JOHN McGHEE TO TO HOLD PUBLIC SALE John W. McGhee will disburse 46 head of cattle at a public sale to be held on his farm located 3 north, miles east and mile, south of Welch on Friday, June 1. The sale will begin at 1 p.

m. and auction service will be by W. A. Maxson. The Welch state bank will clerk the sale.

Terms of the sale will be cash and lunch will be available on the grounds according to the sale bill. There will also be a saddle horse and one gilt included in this sale. FFA Rodeo Large Crowd Leon a Thomas was named the best all cowboy at the FFA Rodeo held here Friday night. Thomas ran up a total of 13 points to win the honors. Harry Swalley with 10 points was second and Bud Foust, Ronny Armstrong, and Kay Armstrong all tied with nine points each for the third honors.

Thomas will be awarded place, a trophy as soon as it arrives. It was reported the local FFA boys cleared about $145 on their rodeo and the money will be used by the chapter for the different chapter projects. Events and winners last night included: Novis Calf Roping--first, Ronny Armstrong, and second, Jim ley. Open Calf Roping -first, Harry Swalley; and second, Leon Thomas Ribbon Roping--Kay first; and Bud Foust second. Steer Riding- first Leon Thomas second Kay Armstrong and third, John Langley.

Pole Bending--First, Bud Foust; and second, Gerald Kelsey. Barrel Race--first, Harry Swalley; and second, Leon Thomas. Calf 'Scramble was won by Cecil Knight. Welch Independent Ball Team Wins Over Nowata The Welch Independent basebali team opened their Craig county lea gue play last Sunday afternoon by downing the Nowata Merchants in Nowata by a 11-5 score. Kenneth Sooter pitched for the local nine.

Next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 the local club will meet Centralia on their home diamond. There is no charge for the game. Welch FFA Boys Pictured In May REA Magazine The May issue of the Northeast Oklahoma Cooperative magazine published by the REA carried a picture and short. article of Welch boys practicing wiring. Pictured in the magazine were Buddy Foust, Albert Seigel, Gerald Kelsey, Til-! den Branch and the FFA advisor, Jack Hollingsworth.

The photo was made in the Agri-' cultural shop at the Welch Try the CLASSIFIED for Results STRICTLY PERSONAL ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Claude Neil of Cof-1 feyville, Mrs. Alice Neil and Mr. and Mrs.

Tom Morgan of gee spent the day Sunday in Welch preparing for a sale of Mrs. Neil's household goods. Joseph Nofflet of Tulsa, WaS a Sunday visitor at the home of his daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ewers.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Greer were Sun day visitors at the home of Mr. and Lewis Riltey in Rogers district. Luther Vance Ledbetter, of Joplin, and a friend were Saturday callers at the home of his aunt, Mrs.

Bill Greer. Mrs. Ivan Green and children of Erie, Kansas and Mr. and Mrs. Clint Cooper and children of Parsons, Kansas helped Mrs.

Maranda Goad celebrate her birthday here last Sunday. Mrs. Green and Mrs. Cooper are daughters of Mrs. Goad.

Charles Ashworth was taken to the Veterans hospital in Oklahoma City today (Thursday) by Haskell Shorter, Ashworth will receive med ical treatment in the Oklahoma City hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Greer, Mr. and Mrs.

Norris Lee Greer, son, John Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jameson, Freda, and Mrs. Ila Rose Oney and son, were Saturday evening visitors in Miami. Rev.

Bert, Miles of Seminole, was a Monday' visitor with his mother, Mrs. Josephine Miles. Mrs. Paul Dobbs was released from the Welch hospital Tuesday, after a week's stay in the hospital due to a spider bite. Mr.

and Mrs. Lloyd Burkdoll were week end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Patch AMERICAN THE IN CRAIG COUNTY OKLAHOMA May 24, 1950 Vacation Bible Schools Starts With Large Enrollment The Vacation Bible schools got off to its annual start this week with a total of 227 enrollment. The Christian church is leading i in enrollment with 110 students.

Bible school information as to teacher, etc are as follows: Assembly of God has an enrollment of 35, commencement will be held June 3. Teachers are: Mrs. Wayne Barnes, Mrs. Homer HeadStout, Mrs. Daisy Riley, Mrs.

Jay lee, Mrs. Cleo 3. Clyde McGhee, Mrs. Charles Long and Martha Riley. The Baptist church has an enroll ment of 52.

commencement will be June 3. Teachers and their clases are: Intermediate girls, Mrs. Irvy Ledbetter; Junior Girls, Mrs. Gale Black; Junior boys, Gale Black; Be ginners, Mrs. Mrs.

Joe Ray Ewers. Jinks, and mary, The Methodist church has an enrollment of. 30, commencement is undecided at this time. Mrs. E.

A. Smith is superintendent and teachers are: Mrs. Bob Rice, Mrs. Jack Hollingsworth, Mrs. Parker Winton, Mrs.

S. A. Phillips, A. Mrs. S.

A. Phillips, A. Preskitt, Mrs. J. W.

Odom, Mrs. Paul Dobbs, and Mrs. Loren Williams. The intermediate meets in the evenings with Mrs. Preskitt.

The Christian church has an enrollment of 110, commencement will be Wednesd), June 6. Superintendent is Clarence Brooks and Mrs. James Ruark is the registrar. Teachers are as follows: Mrs. Dick Byran has the nursery and her helpers are Mrs.

Leroy Oney and Mrs. B. D. Hollis; Mrs. John Grigsby has the Beginners and is assisted by Mrs.

Keith Ingram, Mrs. Billy Gardner and Mrs. Gene Eckles. Mrs. C.

E. Neill, has the primary and her helpers are Mrs. Earl Angle and Mrs. O. W.

Brown. Mrs. Senior Horner has the Juniors and her assistants are Mrs. C. L.

Parker, Mrs. Gorden Williamson and Mrs. Charles Williamson. Mrs. Jack Duvall has charge of the teenage class and is helped by Mrs.

Melvin Griffith and Mrs. Bob Grooms. The Christian Bible school will close with a class picnic June 6 which the Women's Council will serve. Try the classified, ads for results FIVE CENTS A Charles Curry Drowned In Neighbor's Pond Saturday Funeral Services For Mrs. Brown Held In Vinita Funeral services were held Sunday in the Luginbuel Brothers funeral home chapel in Vinita for Mrs.

Lily Belle Brown, 74-year-old resident of route 1 Bluejacket who died late Thursday in her home following a long illness. Mrs. Brown was born March 28 1882, and had resided in and a- round Bluejacket all her life. She is survived by her husband, Sam Brown of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Emma Bee, Bellflower, Miss Martha Brown of the home, and Mrs.

Violet Fields Tulsa; one sister, Mrs. Sarah Gross Bluejacket; one brother, Amos Fogerson, Boise, Idaho; and eight grandchildren. Rev. Joe Jolley of Joplin, officiated with burial in the cemetery under the direction of the Luginbuel Brothers funeral home. Summer Park Program Scheduled For June 18 Kenneth Sooter, director of the annual Welch Lions Club Summer park program this week announce the program this year will start on Monday, June 18.

Boys from 8 to 12 years old will participate in the program each morning from 8:30 to 10:00. Girls from 8 to 12 years old will participate from 10:00 until 11:30. The boys 13 years and over will be scheduled from 1:00 until 2,30 and the older girls will be there from until 4:00. This will be the third year the local Lions club has sponsored the summer play program for the young people of the Welch area. IT'S A GIRL Mr.

and Mrs. Reynolds (Pet) Revis announce the, birth of a daughter, Friday, May 18. in the Miami Baptist hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds and nine ounces and has been named borah Jean. Maternal grandparents, are Mr.

and Mrs. Dan Arnold and paternal grandmother is Mrs. Ethel Hartsock. Funeral Services were held day afternoon at 2 p. m.

Welch Christian church for Ci Earl Curry, 9 year old son and Mrs. Earl Curry, who dre in a wading mishap Saturday Young Curry and a friend, Waddle, son of Mr. and 1 Mr Waddle, had gone to a pond of Waddle farm 3 miles southea here to wade about 11:30 Satu morning. While the boys in the pond the Curry youth ped into a deep place over his and drowned. Young Waddle ran home to mons the help of his mother, summoned the help of Mr.

and H. L. Cable, he drove to the of Portor Cass to call for the of Porter Cass to call for the of the Welch Volunteer Fire partment. The boy was found in abou feet of water by Joe Pierce. ficial Respiration was adminis ed by Senior Horner and Pierce til the Miami Fire Departmel Resnsciator and Kenneth Glad of the Miami department arris Attempts to revive the boy unsuccessful.

Dr. E. A. Smith nounced young Curry dead af the two hour rescue efforts fail Young Curry was in the wa for about 35 minutes. Charles was the only child of and Mrs.

Curry and attended Welch Christian church. He finished the fourth grade in Welch school last week. Survivors in addition to his pa ents include his grandmother, Mattie Curry of Miami. The last rites were conducted Gerald Master, formerly of Weld and now pastor of the Christi church in Fairfax, Okla. He vi assisted by Clarence Brooks, pa tor of the local church.

Burial in the Williams cemetery east Welch under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Miami. FARMERS URGED TO ATTEN FFA FIELD DAY JUNE 1 Jack Hollingsworth, vodation! agricultural instructor here is urs ing all farmers in this area not 1 forget the field day to be held the FFA chapter farm east Welch. The field day is June 1 a an the Vinita chapter of the FFA cooperating with the Welch chap ter and the Oklahoma A. M. col lege in sponsoring the day.

HOW TO CLEANSE FRESH FOODS OF FALLOUT Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Short and children of Wichita were week end visitors with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Short.

Melvin had his foot in a cast as a result of an injury received while at his work. Mrs. Gertie Hays of Miami, Mrs. Floyd Coker of Corning, Mrs Marvin Pickett, Bluejacket, and Mrs. Rosa Lucas, Mrs.

Ralph York and Mrs. Fern Jameson were afternoon callers at the Bill Greer home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John.

Swango returned to their home in Hindsborough, the latter part of the past week, after nearly a week's visit with relatives They were accompanied home by her mother, Mrs. Lydia Wilson, who ex pects to remain a month in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin were week end visitors in Tulsa, at the home of their daughter, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank. Dunning. A nephew and family of Wichita were Sunday visitors with Palmer Young. Mr.

and Mrs. B. Hollingsworth and song Jim and Kay of Jenks, are visiting in the home of their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hollingsworth here.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Richardson and daughters left last week for a vacation in the eastern part of the United States. Rev Horace Mudd, pastor of the Welch Methodist Church is attendthe annual conference of the Methodist -church in Tulsa this week.

Art Wagner and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wagner made a business trip to Kansas City, this week. 2 3 Lift fruit, hands covered Remove peel TIP TO HOUSEWIVES on how to cleanse fruits and vegetables of radioactive material if they became contaminated is provided by radiological expert and housewife Dr. Rosalind Yalow of the U. S.

Veterans Hospital, New York. At a demon- Housewives might have to handle radioactively contaminated fruits and vegetables as gingerly as a newborn baby for a time if their food stocks, are ever exposed to fallout. those circumstances, radiological expert Dr. Rosalind Yalow, a housewife and staff member of the New York Veterans Administration Hospital, emphasises that a housewife would have to take special precautions to avoid contact with radioactive particles in preparing food. FRESH FOODS most likely to be exposed to fallout contamination would be those coming directly from home garden plots, open fruit stands, or left near an open window in a fallout area.

Fruits and vegetables left on open pantry shelves would have more of a chance of being contaminated than those in closed cupboards or refrigerators. This so-called "contamination" would affect only the surface of fruits and vegetables unless, through careless peeling or washing, a housewife allowed the center of the fruit to become contaminated. Dr. Yalow had the following tips to avoid this: 1. Use fruits and vegetables which were prewrapped, or kept away from the open air such as they would be in a refrigerator.

with tissue Dispose of peel and tissue stration during a Radiological sponsored by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, she showed how to. prepare fruits or vegetables for eating when the outside is "contaminated" by fallout particles, (FCDA Photos) 2. When washing produce, use running water if possible, providing it comes from a covered source such as a well or a known uncontaminated supply. If running water is not available, sure the water used to wash the vegetables is changed frequently. 3.

Fruits and vegetables with thick skins, such as bananas, or those that may be easily washed, such as apples, would be preferable. A housewife would be wise to handle these foods with disposable towels during cleansing. WITHOUT SPECIAL "know-how" and care, Dr. Yalow points out, it would be easy for a person accidentally to transmit radioactive contamination into fruits or vegetables by washing them with water, or simply by handling peeled fruits with "contaminated" gloves or towels. With this knowledge, a farmer's wife, for example, could in most cases make the produce from her fallout-exposed garden safe and usable again by her family.

After an attack, housewives would find out by radio whether their homes were located in a fallout zone. Then they would learn whether to take these precautions or not,.