March 18, 1971

Social Security Increases Will Come On June 3

First checks to include the new 10 percent monthly benefit increase authorized in legislature acted upon this week by Congress will reach 26 million social security beneficiaries on June 3. Robert M. Ball, Commissioner of Social Security, said that the regular June 3 checks covering benefits for the month of May will reflect the new higher monthly amount. Separate checks, scheduled to reach beneficiaries later in June will cover the amount of the increase for the months of January through April.

Nursing Home Slants

Pauline Sadler pulling a sneaky trick…Quessie Dean having a new nickname…Kay West received a lovely surprise birthday cake…Clarine Hubbard remarking on the cost of having a car repaired… Helen Karpe reading a Grit newspaper…Linda Fowler not getting used to her new bangs hair-do very easily… Opal Fisher being awfully generous with someone’s cologne…Norma Penuel thrilled over something that happened she was a part of…Velma Brumley and Thelma Knight our Golddust Twins, finally getting to work together…Sharon Hill driving a pretty new green car…David Guthrie telling of his trip to Wichita, Kansas over the weekend…Lillian Wilson kidding Charlise Cheatham about something…Myrtle Salzman being happy to see her old friend Bernice Stanfill Buck, who is now here on a visit from Eugene, Oregon…Floyd Crabb dropping by to say hello…Vera Sullivan thinking Doris Day is the cutest and most talented performer on TV… Wilma Lewis looking for Willie Hinex, who was looking for Leroy “Roundhouse” Sawyer.

Annual 4-H Craft Show Winners Are Announced Monday

Winners in the Annual 4-H Craft Show which was held Friday and Saturday in the Civic Center at Wewoka were announced Monday by the County Extension Office. On exhibit at the show were 96 Home Improvements items, 72 woodworking, and 84 craft exhibits.

Slants

Wiley Cook having nostalgic memories about the first day he worked for Amerada 44 years ago Wednesday… He’s still with the company… Mrs. Lola Jane Calhoun sending in an envelope filled with Betty Crocker coupons for the kidney machine campaign…

Strother Nine Opens Play Friday

Strother will have Varnum in their firing sights Friday when they open their 1971 Spring baseball season in a 2 p.m. game against the Varnum Whippets on the Whippet’s home diamond. Coach Don Hardwick, of Strother, has some 13 boys out for baseball and four of these players are seniors. Strother didn’t win any games out of five starts in their fall baseball campaign, but Coach Hardwick is hoping to remedy that this spring.

Seminole High School Slants

Mark Cornelison standing in front of a door…Dennis Johns doing a radio broadcast in speech class…David Lawyer bringing in some candy…Jan Poplin talking to a friend in the auditorium…Nancy Terrel talking about dresses…

Shawnee Whips SHS Links Team

Mark Finley hammered out a five-over-par 77 in strong and gusty winds Wednesday at the Shawnee Elks Club to lead the Shawnee Wolves to a 23-stroke victory over the Seminole Chieftains golf team.