March 1935

There will be no Seminole School Board election until April 2, Louis Ledbetter, secretary of the County Election Board, announced today from his office in Wewoka. Elimination of the primary in the school election, which will save the district about $90 and the people of Independent and Olive districts a needless trip to the polls, was made possible through the efforts of L.A. Barr, Board of Education president. At Barr’s suggestion, Baxter Spurr and T.N. French, who had filed for School Board Treasurer on the democratic ticket, have changed their filing to “independent.”

>n the only other contest for a School Board place, U.V. Darland is filed as an independent and Dr. Claude Chambers as a Democrat.

Three peddlers and eight alleged narcotic addicts were arrested as a result of two raids made by George Snider, Deputy Sheriff, and federal agents last night. A Seminole woman was arrested in her residence in Oliver Addition and was said by officers to have had three cubes of morphine in her possession. She was placed under $10,000 bond when arraigned before United States Commissioner Louis A. Ledbetter, Wewoka.

Fire Chief B.E. Broadnax today designed a water storage tank to be used in fire fighting at Bowlegs school. The tank, as designed by Broadnax, at the request of school officials, would be of underground concrete construction and would hold 920 barrels of water. It would be fitted with connections that would fit Seminole city fire fighting apparatus so that city trucks could be used to pump water onto a fire. On previous occasions the Seminole department has made two runs to the school and has been able to secure water only from a fish pond in the neighborhood.

Fire this morning destroyed the three room home of Herchel Gutherie, located near the city park. The fire department made the run but the frail structure was past saving when it arrived. Damage was estimated at $100 and firemen said that family gas connection caused the blaze.

March 14, 1935

Mayor J.N. Harber, City Clerk Herman Sullivan, City Engineer Ralph Geer and all members of the city council will testify under oath Saturday morning in a special $8,000 insurance policy hearing, called by the attorneys for the companies which insured the Municipal Building. The procedure was outlined by C.E. Mariner, Oklahoma City insurance adjuster, at last night’s meeting of the council, at which it was also agreed that a 20-mile-per-hour speed limit should be fixed on East Broadway, scene of two near fatal accidents in the last three months. Street Commissioner Dick Wright was instructed to put signs along the highway to the east edge of town.

The street corner political observers are agreed almost to a man — that the coming elections for mayor and chief of police will be “the closest Seminole has ever seen.” The only way the guessers could make a safer prediction would be to prophesy that June will be a warmer month than February was. Both Police Chief Jake Sims and Mayor J.N. Harber have stood for election three times in the past and the “yes” vote for each of the men has amounted to about 3 to 1, or better in each case.

Stressing the theme that many schools have permitted their athletic programs to become over emphasized, John G. Mitchell, Superintendent of City Schools, last night made the principal address at the semi-monthly dinner of the Methodist Men’s class.

John Tam, 45-year-old tire shop owner, was in a local hospital today with serious injuries received yesterday afternoon when he was struck by an automobile while crossing East Broadway in the 600 block. H.O. Morris of New Lima, driver of the car which struck Tam, reported the accident to police. Witnesses said that the accident was unavoidable and that Tam stepped into the side of Morris’ car while attempting to dodge another auto coming from the opposite direction.