50 Years Ago
Slants
Chamber Manager Bob Jones calling to remind our readers of the Forum luncheon Thursday, noon at the Harvest House…Julius E. Kubier, executive vice president of Associated Industries of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, is to be the speaker… The Chamber’s Industrial Team, which has been in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since Sunday, should be back in time to give a brief report on their tour…Cecil Sullivan saying he hasn’t heard anyone complaining about the rain, especially those who have been needing it…Clarice Hubbard being back on her old job after being sidelined by illness for a while…And being told by customers that she ‘looks familiar and natural’… Cecil Neely talking about dieting, the Planning Board and the Canadian Valley Electric…
Tornadoes prowled the shortgrass county or western Oklahoma early today, causing much concern, but little damage and much of the state soaked up moderate to heavy rains.
Another patrolman has been employed by City Manager Don Bown to fill a vacancy on the Seminole Police Department staff. The new patrolman is 30-year-old Willard Townsend of Tecumseh.
The three cosmonauts aboard the Soviet Union’s orbital laboratory Salyut today tested ‘penguin spacesuits’ designed to overcome the debilitating effects of weightlessness, Moscow radio said.
Assuming the position of minister at Seminole Church of Christ is Mr. Kern Porter who came to Seminole from the Antlers Church of Christ. He and his wife, Cheryl, and their 16-month-old son, Todd Alen, are now at home in the church parsonage at 401 North Park.
Progress Homemakers listened to a lesson on the use of artificial sweeteners in cooking when they assembled Monday in the home of Mrs. Albert Wolf. Mrs. Cliff Tinkle and Mrs. Alfred Hammer were lesson leaders.
Pepsi Cola overpowered Henry’s Monday 13-9 in a five inning Senior Peewee League contest on Legion diamond No. 2. Pepsi has a record of 5-1 and Henry’s 4-2.