la, Is Another Long Labor Day Weekend Is Here, Make It A SAFE THE WILSON PO POST-DEMOCRAT VOLUME LI County Receives Lomocotive Gets A Little French Touch Yes, a French whistle, straight from Gen. De Gaulle, President of France, himself, arrived in Oklahoma City late Wednesday evening for the locomotive, 40 8. This county organization which is composed of members from Wilson, Healdton, and Ardmore decided a few months ago that a French whistle was needed for their new project. Since this locomotive in the only one of its kind in the state, it was decided that a French whistle would be very appropriate for this locomotive. Louis Sisco, Wilson, then wrote a personal leeter to Gen.
Charles De Gualle of France, asking if it would be possible to obtain such a whistle. Gen. De Gaulle replied that he would be happy to oblige, if transportation could be provided. The French Railroad Representative in New York was contacted and arrangements were made to have the whistle sent to Germany by railroad. There the Air Force was contacted and the whistle was sent to Washington D.
C. by plane. A few days ago Mr. Siscox was notified that the whistle would arrive in Oklahoma City, Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. John Williams, photographer for both the Wilson Post-Democrat, and the Healdton Herald, was sent to take pictures of the whistle at Oklahoma City.
Further details concerning the 40 8 will be in the next issue of the Wilson Post-Democrat. It Might Rain Labor Day, So Be On Guard The chances of getting caught in the rain will be higher this Labor Day than usual, mathematically speaking. According to the U. S. Weather Bureau rainy weather occurs on an average of one out of three Labor Day weekends, and the last two Labor Days have been free from rain.
Rain may or may not ruin holiday picnics and outings. But it can and does tie traffic in knots by obscuring drivers' vision and slowing cars down to a crawl. Worst yet, it causes many accidents when drivers can't see clearly. This warning, issued by the Highway Visibility Bureau, points out that 90 per cent of driving decisions depend on sight. Rain brings added problems with wiperstreaked windshields that blur drivers' vision.
HOLD the birdie" is more than a photographer's catchword when lensman Joe Campiglia aims his camera in Panama City, Fla. His pet baby mockingbird strings along. WILSON, CARTER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1959 PRICE 5c NUMBER FORTY- FOUR Organization Whistle of 40 et 8 County Picks Up Gain Of 11.27 From France Percent Increase In State Sales Tax RAYMOND H. MEANS Raymond H.
Means, 54, formerly of Wilson died Friday afternoon in an Alamosa, hospital of injuries he received at a loading dock in Alamosa Aug. 22. He had been engaged in the produce trucking business for more than 20 years. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p.m. in the Baptist church in Ardmore with Richard T.
Hopper, pastor of the church officiating and he was assisted by Dr. Harl H. Moore, Dallas. Born at Hewitt May 28, 1905, he had lived in Wilson and Ardmore until the last few years when he moved to Amarillo. He graduated from the Wilson in 1923.
He is rurvived by his wife, the former Lee Wallace; two brothers, Clarence and Homer, Ardmore; two neices and four nephews. His son, Billy Mont, was killed in an accident at Austin, Texas in January, 1949. MRS. PALONA ALLRED Deaths Funeral Services were held Tuesday in Ringling at 2:30 P. M.
at the Gospel Mission for Mrs. Palona Allred. She was the mother of Harve Allred of Wilson and had lived in the community for many years. Mrs. Allred was born Jan.
11, 1866 at Tyler, Texas. She Nathan Allred in Waxachahie, married Texas, June 3, 1890 and settled in Cornish in 1890. Of her 11 children 8 survive. They are four sons, Harve, Wilson; W. F.
Perryton, Texas; Ernest, Napa, California; Herman, San Jacinta, California; four daughters, Mrs. R. O. Dulaney, Fort Worth: Mrs. Ethel Parry, Staford; Mrs.
Bonie Perry, Oklahoma City and Mrs. Alice Wilson, Ringling. There are grandchildren; 35 great-grand-1 children and 12 great-great-grandchildren. She was a member for many years of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. CHESTER LEROY McKEE Serviecs were held Wednesday for Chestor McKee, in the First Baptist Church Wednesday 2:30 P.M.
and burial was at Bomar Point Cemetery with the Leslie Funeral in charge. Rev. Williams Wichita Falls, Texas, officiated at the services. Chester Leroy McKee was born in Anson, Texas, September 19, 1909 and had lived in this community for more then twenty years, He was stricken with a attack Monday while driving his car south of Healdton. He had been employed by the Skelly Oil as a pumper.
Survivors are his wife, Opal; three sons, Billy Joe, Wichita Falls, Texas; Leroy C. and a daughter, Catherine Joyce, of the home: His mother, Mrs. E. Harper, Wilson three step-sisters, Mrs. Pauline Shelton, Midland, Texas, Mrs.
Lewis Williams, Irland, Texas; Mrs. Ruby Harrison, Fort Worth, Texas; and two grandchildren. W. L. DANIELS Services were held at 3:30 p.m., Monday in the Harvey Funeral Chapel for W.
L. (Bill) Daniels, 66, retired electrician who died Friday night at the Autumn Nursing Home in Vinita. He had formerly lived in Wilson and Ardmore. Surviving are his wife, Tommie two daughters, Mrs. Louise McBride, Oklahoma City; Mrs.
Gladys Cole, Ardmore; a son, Joe Claremore; a sister, Mrs. Effie McMullan, Tecumesh; a brother. Charley, Corpus Christi; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Burial was in the Hewitt Cemetery. Most Stores To Close For Long Labor Day Holiday Wilson and surriunding area are braced for another long holiday weekend.
Police and highway patrolmen: are to be stationed a- long the busy roads to control traffic during this three-day labor day vacation. Many persons will take the boat and trailer and head for the favorite lakes and fishing spots throughout the Southern Oklahoma section. Others will be contented to remain at home and barbecue in the backyard. While otherg will be contented to kick off the shoes and sink back in the favorite chair in front of the air conditioner and relax for the day. Wilson stores will be up for Labor Day itself.
This will be the last three day holiday for quite sometime. No more holidays are on the list until Thanksgiving shows up and then, of course, there's Christmas not far behind. Unrestrained use of alcoholic beverages combined with the usual holiday hazards could cause real havoc on a weekend which over the years has earned a reputation for being deadly. Last year 16 died and 179 others ended up in hospital wards. In the past five years Oklahoma has counted a total of 68 dead and 966 injured over the Labor Day weekend.
Safety commissioner Ray H. Page said today that one of the County Fair Will Be Held Sept. 15 There will be a county fair this year. That much was decided Wednesday night after the Ardmore city council and the fair board directors held a pow-wow. The city of Ardmore assessed the county fair board $500 for the use of the fair grounds and facilites for the 1959 Carter County Free Fair.
Dates announced for the fair are September 15 thru 19th. Wilson Health Clinic Scheduled For Tuesday The Health Clinic which was scheduled to be held at the Methodist Church Monday will be postponed until Tuesday because of Labor Day. Golf Tourney Is Scheduled factors contributing to the weekends deadliness is the desire of people to take advantage of the season's last big weekend. "The desire to sqeeze every moment of pleasure rom the threeday holiday sometimes causes motorists to try to go too far and do too much. As a result they have to take dangerous chances on the road.
Accidents result. "Alcohol will not be a new factor in weekend traffic deaths but if Oklahomans allow the movelty of the legal sale of these beverages to over balance their good judgement, it can be a greater factor than in previous years." Page said. Page said he had received rreports from Colonel Lyle Baker, head of the highway patrol, that troopers have received their signments and are prepared to give the state all-out protection. The patrol will make use of the crime bureau's airplane to put three aircraft in service to work with ground units. All radar sets will be in service and every uniformed man will be in service.
Days off have been cancelled. Baker and Page, together with Assistant Chief J. M. Thaxton will go into the field to aid in patrolling highways. The holiday assignment for the patrol will begin at two P.
M. Friday and continue throught Monday midnight. The second annual Healdton inviatational Golf Tournament has been scheduled for September 12 and 13, according to Bud Stallcap, officer in charge. No qualifying round necessary and flights for all golfers. Entry fee has been set at $10.
Elgibility rules for participating high school students will be followed, Stallcup said. Healdton golf course features nine of the finest greens in the entire southwest with 36 holes medal play. There will be valuable prizes for all flights, it was said. For hotel reservations, call or write Bud Stallcup, telephone 1030. What people think is not al ways what they say.
ELLE 0 A NEW ERA. for legalized liquor nowadays. Shown above are Mr. and Mrs. George Featherston, operators of a liquor package store, getting the stuff all set up for a brisk business for Tuesday.
And business was good here and at Knutter's package store, too I almost a sell-out, they say. -(Staff Photo by Williams). Report Shows Business Good In County Area A look at the July State Sales report will show that Carter county again has upped in percentage, and the same report shows Healdton packed the largest gain of all with a $6,247.19 increase over the previous year's total of $11,277.01. The report showed Carter county with a total gain of 11.27 over last year's total of $72,304.02, according to figures released by the state Tax Commission. Collections in Ardmore showed ajump of $2,459.85 above 1958'S $58,407.01.
This year's receipts a- mounted to $60,866.86. This made the total sales tax figure soar $60,866.86 for the month of July. Other southern Oklahoma counties showing a gain or loss clude Johnston, up to $7,580.69 from $5,664.29, a 33.83 per cent gain; Jefferson, $9,697.97 from 9,462.40, a 2.49 per cent gain; Love, up to $5,282.55 from 203.17, a 20.92 per cent gain; Murray, down to $14,385,12 from $16,454,66, a 12.58 per cent loss; Marshall, up to $11,958.16 from $11,448.60, a 4.45 per cent gain; and Garvin, up to $66,074.81 from $50,090.24, a 31.91 per cent gain. MUSCLED MISSILE -Pictured, above, at San Diego, is a new erector-launcher for the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile, shown. Designed by the manufacturer who assembles the Atlas, the huge boom has the launching mechanism at its base.
Use of the sprawling mechanism permits horizontal storage of the missile. Walnut Bayou Bridge To Be Replaced Soon Project Near Wilson; Bids To Open Sept. 25 Carter county commissioners are going to restore the washed out Walnut bayou bridge, three and a half miles northeast of Wilson, through a project they have submitted to the state highway commission for construction bids to be opened Sept. 25. Bids will be taken on two classes of structures, steel-concrete and portland cement prestressed beam, both 140 feet long.
Estimated cost of the former is $49,23922 and cost of the latter is estimaced at $49,255.07. The project also calls for a detour and a detour bridge. The total estimate, including paved bridge approaches, is set at $56,239.70 and $56,255.55. Rooney Unhurt In Car Accident Former Carter County Commissioner Lonnie Rooney escaped from his overturned pickup truck late Wednesday morning with minor scratches after barely a- voiding a head collision with another vehicle four miles west of Lone Grove on US 70. Rooney's truck was struck by an east-bound car driven by James E.
Toney, 18, Abilene, who has been a book salesman in this area during the summer. According to Trooper Claburn Burgess, Toney was picking up his puppy from the floor of his vehicle and swerved into the west-bound lane. Rooney, now a Wilson rancher, was swinging his pickup onto the shoulder to avoid the oncoming car when it struck his pickup near the left-rear wheel, causing it to leave the highway and overturn completely one time. His passenger, Loyd Hester, a Wilson stockman, suffered only minor scratches, Toney and his puppy were not injured. Football Tickets To Increase In Price All schools of the 6-B Conference have voted to increase the price of adult admissions to $1.00 to the high school football games, Bob Atterbury, conference secretary, said this week.
Related details will be found in next week's paper, Strong Wind, Rain At Wirt The Wirt community experienced very unpleasant weather the past week, when a severe windstorm accompanied a hard driving rain, causing considerable damage in that area. A Pure Oil power house was leveled to the ground, a horn power house was partly unroofed: the carport and part of the roof was blown off the Mike Dunn lent house that is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stafford; windows were blown out of some homes, antennas were blown the garage at the Gene Kenney home was damagd and trees were uprooted. No one was hurt in the storm fortunately for residents of that area, Rain of more than an inch, fell in Healdton, accompanied by a hard driving wind, making city residents apprehensive of the omious clouds.
Sunday night, another cloud gave Healdtonites a scare More rain fell here, raising our rainfall total considerably. Economic Commission Will Meet Tuesday The Governor's Economic Development Commission will meet at Oklahoma City September 8, Max Genet, director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Industry, announced today. The commission is an advisory board to the Department of ComIndustry, made up of 25 civic and business leaders from all over, the state. The director of the department serves as secretary of the commision. This will be the first meeting for two new members of the commission appointed by Governor Howard Edmondson.
They are G. W. Gilstrap, Muldrow, and Leroy Nelson, Hugo. Governor Edmondson also recently appointed four members to their second 6-year term on the commission. They are L.
F. Rooney, Muskogee; Jack T. Conn, Ada; and Harlan Bell and Joe C. Scott, both of Oklahoma City. Roy Hoke, Stillwater, vicechairman, will presid at the meeting.
Little-town society often gets as rotten as big- town corruption. -Addison Mizner 50th Wedding Anniversary For Area Couple Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hunter of Oil City community, observed their golden wedding anniversary Sunday afternoon at their home. Present for the occasion were their three daughters, Muriel and Ruth Gay Hunter of home and Mrs.
Don Battle of Oil City. Also the following relatives and friends: Doc Battles, Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Payne, Janice, Mary and Ricky, Mr. and Mrs. James Payne, Linda and Steven, Mrs. Alma Palmer, all of Oil City; Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Hunter and Miss Nancy Louise Hunter, Oklahoma City; Mr. and Mrs. Wan Hunter, Norman; Mrs.
Cora Hunter, Duncan; Mr. and Mrs. George Hunter Coffman, Sally and Mike, Ardmore. Motor vehicle registration in the United States has increased 128 percent in the past 20 years. Brisk Sales Tuesday For Legal Liquor Healdton, who voted bone dry inthe election, apparently changed their minds Tuesday, as the state's legal buying of intoxicating beverages got underway.
Police Chief Ova Blackerby reported business brisk at Healdton's two liquor dealers, who opened at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Shortly in the afternoon stocks were almost depleted at both establishments. In fact, it was almost like a run. Blackerby surmised that some of the folks were out of spirits and needed a little to nip along on. However, police officials said, they had not encountered any trouble with excession drinking.
Healdton's two dealer stores, George Featherston and Elmer Knutter expected to replenish their stocks before starting off another day. First day's business was tops, the operators said. Guess, it justgoes to show you, some folks have a thirst that is difficult to quench. Well, the state as a whole wanted legal whisky. They have it.
FROM THE HEALDTON HERALD.