From The Files of

The Seminole Producer

The City of Seminole was named Thursday night a City of Merit and placed third following judging in the 13th annual Community Achievement Banquet. Awards were presented to some 21 cities before a near capacity crowd in Oklahoma City’s Myriad Center last night.

Some 65 city residents attended the banquet and saw Seminole win the Merit Award along with Pauls Valley in the 4,000 – 7,999 population category. Top honors, the firstplace award, went to Elk City in the same category while Weatherford placed second.

Seminole and 20 other cities were selected in February to be placed in the finals. There were 57 entries in the contest. Last night’s banquet was the climax of the two months of waiting for the 21 finalists in five group categories.

Winners, runner-up, and certificates of merit were named among cities competing among four other population categories. The placings announced at the awards banquet were: Group I (2,000 or less) – Beaver first place, Mooreland second, and Cities of Merit awards to Carnegie and Hinton.

Group II (2,000-3,999) - Atoka first place, Madill second, Checotah and Chandler, certificates of merit.

Group IV (8,000 – 17,499) – Clinton first place, Woodward second, Broken Arrow and Sapulpa merit winners.

Group V (17,500 and up) – Muskogee first, Lawton second, Shawnee, Enid, and Norman certificates of merit.

The annual awards program is sponsored by the Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce. -oOo Slants – Roger Harrod of Konawa calling the Producer’s attention to the fact that he is not the same Roger Herrod jailed at Wewoka and later charged with destruction of the jail… Willa Mae Townes working hard overt the upcoming Seminole Arts Festival in Seminole, a first for the city with the big day being Saturday… Keith Shaw being real pleased with the attendance at a special meeting… Barbara Aubrey, Wewoka, in Seminole sharing a piece of strawberry pie… Red Ambrose sweeping off the sidewalk… Jimmy Chilcote doing some remodeling on a porch… Virgil Kay of Route 1, Seminole, commenting about today’s beautiful weather… Mary Jo Edgmon helping to remind area citizens about tonight’s community achievement banquet at Oklahoma City.

Cluttered Corner Camping 20 Stories High By Milt Phillips WE READ KENT RUTH’S STORY in Sunday Oklahoman about the latest innovation in recreation camping. We’ve long been accustomed to the persons who enjoy camping and in recent years the camping we’ve come to know about is really luxurious. Some of the folks on this newspapering hillside are inveterate campers and they have equipment that is rally out-of-thisworld when compared to the creek-bank camping Ye Ole Scribe knew in his younger and camping days. But Kent Ruth, the Gearyite whose travels across the world are most interesting, tells Bout the New Orleans High Rise Camping Grounds. Downtown in New Orleans, and in easy walking distance of Bourbon Street and the French Quarter, this planned 20 story high rise camping tower will have daily auto parking on the first eight floor, then the next 12 floors are set aside for your camper. Just drive in, hook up, and live comfortably right downtown in a private “hotel suite,” your own camper. An elevator takes you down to the street and you are in New Orleans and enjoying that scenic old city – or you look out your camper window, 20 stories above the street, and see the ocean, ole Lake Ponchetrain, the Mississippi River and its deltas, and the ships docking at the wharf way below you. Oh boy, that’s real camping. We’ve always explained to our camper-dedicated friends that we love to “rough it” on our vacations – in air-conditioned motel and lake lodge rooms. But if we have a camper, we’d head for New Orleans when that high-rise campground is ready to take customers. Kent didn’t say when the high-rise would be ready, but we’ll ask him next Oklahoma Historical Society session.

School Daze - On Thursday night, April 5, the Speech Department put on two one-act plays. Speech teacher is Mr. Andy Overman.

The first play was “The Lottery.” The cast in this play were – Little Girl – Thania Barazal; Tommy – Mark Reynolds; Dickie – Gary Parrish; Martin – Mitchell Hennen; Delecroix – Matt Bradley; Bill Hutcheson – David Hall; Miss Bessom – Janet Childers; Little Davey – Kenny Childers; Mrs. Dunbar – Elisa Moran; Mrs. Watson – Jennifer Robertson; Belva Summers – Cheryl Moss; Old Man Warner – David Hendryx; Joe Summers – Nevin Cooper; Tessie Hutcheson – Mary Ann Neal – Farmers – Joe McCormick, Mike Friend, Mike Pippenger and Chuck Anderson; Jack Wilkins – Rick Young; Norbert – Mitchell Hennen.

The second play was entitled “You, The Jury.” Characters in this paly were – Bill – Chuck Anderson; Mrs. Hughes – Brenda Stone; Becky – Rita McMahan; Miss Townley – Priscilla Morgan; Brooks Baird – Ricky Young; Wylie – Doug Schulze; Lynch – Phillip Barnes; Mrs Matthew – Verdelmer Marzett; Hansen – Doug Shulze; Judge Vance – Jerry Colclazier; Slater – Mike Friend; Drexel – Michael Pippenger; and Court Clerk – Mike Thomas. ~ School Daze Slants – Anita Phillips finding some flowers… Malia Wantland saying but not doing…Tim Jenkins telling his weight… Pam Smith having a fit… B. C. Harding having a nickname… Fred Jackson walking back to school… Nancy Bowles telling an old story… Mike Holder catching a bee… Annelt Davis and Steve Lemons getting their picture taken…Nancy Hammons being nosey… Chuck Anderson giving his own opinion… Dalana West having an accident… Marla Griffin being funny… Freida Conway being friendly.