August 18, 1971

Slants

Cecil Neely, manager of Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, being all smiles this morning because of the number of people who showed up for the CVEC Day celebration… Cecil Sullivan helping run the Seminole Lions Club “kiddie” rides… Mrs. Ray Davis working in the Professional and Business Women’s Club concession stand… Carol Tarrant getting several bargains this morning during the Seminole merchants “Sidewalk Sale”… Mrs. E. N. “Napp” Webb and daughter, Barbara, being among the downtown shoppers today… Seminole Principal Henry Kimmel remarking that classes were running smooth at Seminole high today, the first day of school… Seminole Junior College President Elmer Tanner wishing that the air conditioners at the new college building were working… The conditioners were hit by lightning over the weekend and knocked out…

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Hundreds of people were up and down Seminole’s Main Street today taking advantage of the Seminole merchants “Sidewalk Sale” as today was the 30 ^th annual Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative membership meeting day in Seminole.

Members from the eight counties served by Canadian Valley joined Seminole area residents in visiting, shopping and just plain watching the CVEC-Day crowds.

The bargains featured in the “Sidewalk Sale” were “torrid” as was the temperature as the mercury climbed into the 90’s.

The CVEC members flocked to Seminole today to attend their annual membership meeting which was held at 1 p.m. in the Seminole Municipal Auditorium. Activities got underway this morning at 8 o’clock as registration of all members was held in the Seminole American Legion building.

During their membership meeting the customer-members of Canadian Valley heard the Kings Sons’ Quartet of Eufaula, Oklahoma, present several sessions of songs.

Seminole Mayor Waldo Lilly then addressed the crowd and welcomed all members to Seminole. Special speaker for today’s meeting was Newt Hielscher, America’s humorist with a message, from Shreveport, Louisiana.

He spoke to the crowd on a message entitled “The Contagious Cure.”

Sheila Marzuola, Shawnee, one of the cooperatives youth tour winners, who won a trip to Washington D.C. this year told those in attendance about her trip.

Ending the afternoon session today, was the awarding of attendance prizes to the customer-members whose names came out of the CVEC hopper. And there was a wide variety of electric appliances of all sorts along with many gifts presented by participating Seminole merchants.

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Mrs. Floyd Hale and daughter, Vadair of New Lima, Jo Brewer and Mrs. Bertha Huckleberry, both of Seminole traveled to Arlington Oddfellows lodge north of Prague Sunday to attend the celebration marking the 73 ^rd anniversary of that lodge.

Entertainment was furnished by the Seminole Hill Billy band.

After attending that celebration, Mrs. Huckleberry, Miss Brewer and the Hales journeyed on to Edmond to take Miss Hale and Miss Brewer. The two will be there this week to attend a safety program at Central State university. The girls are 4-H club representatives from the Seminole Farm bureau.