From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Wednesday,
July 2, 1997
LOCAL
Nearly News
Bird Shuts Down Part of City Power
Editorial
McCarter Museum Opens July 4 in Tonkawa
Area Calendar
Dissolved Med Center Auxiliary Donates Remaining Funds to Complete Obligation
Sjoberg Becomes President Of Ponca City Rotary Club
'Body's Energy System' Brown Bag Lunch Topic
OBI Center Invites Blood Donors To Help Save Life During Holiday
Edwin Fair Center Members Plant Tree in Honor of Founding Leader
Emergency Sirens To Sound Thursday
DEATHS
James Robert Golden
Franklin F. Engelking
Pearl Lillian Priboth Kelle
Mia Louise Tarvin
Phillip G. Terrill
Obituaries
Margaret Ann Mason
Danielle Susan Cole Johnson
Services Pending
Gladys I. Matney
Anna Smith
Edith B. Broaddus
NEWS BRIEFS
LIFESTYLES
Couple To Marry in August
Party Honors Elsie Baldwin
National Magazine Feature Author To Present Quilting Program Here
SPORTS
Bartlesville Player Has Career Night
AA Tourney Set Thursday
Stockings Aid 3 Area Lakes
Buddy Bass Club: Gratias, Lewis Lead
Despite the weather, NN understands Santa Claus is on his way. It's time for Kaw City's 13th Annual Christmas in July, July 5, at Kaw Lake's Pioneer Beach! Santa Claus will appear at 7 p.m. NN understands there will be free music in the Community Building at Kaw City from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. with games starting at 2 p.m. The lighted boat flotilla is scheduled for dusk, and fireworks after dark. Kaw City extends an invitation for everyone to come and join in the fun. NN thinks it sounds like a great idea!
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In Tuesday's Pioneer Technology Center board story the reason why PTC changed insurance carriers from Albright Insurance to Larry Murphy Insurance Agency was because the amount of premiums were lower. It had nothing to do with inadequate coverage from Albright. The News apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.
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Nearly News just found out that both Burbank and Shidler Public Schools operate under a co-op of administrators. The two schools share the same superintendent and principal but have separate school boards and finances. The State Department of Education has even called Dr. Don McElmurry, superintendent, to ask him what his secret to keeping the schools under the co-op was. It just goes to show how amazing schools can be!
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Officials for the Fireworks display set for Friday night at Lake Ponca say that an earlier happening may be well worth arriving earlier than dusk for the fireworks. Arriving at the area around 8 p.m., should be early enough for a planned fly-by of four F-16s. However, other activities will be going on earlier than that.
A bird in the hand may be worth two in the bushes, but a bird in a transformer means no power for some.
A dead bird was apparently the cause of a metering transformer failure at the Diesel Plant substation, causing power interruption of half of the plant's circuits, according to Phil Johnston, City Electric Department.
The outage affected customers between 9:15 and 9:40 a.m. today. Service has been restored.
Criticize Actions, Not People
We have discussed the growth of negativity in Ponca City. Without care it can become so pervasive that we will not be able to find competent people who are willing to take the time and effort to serve.
Those who serve in elected positions should expect to have their decisions criticized and scrutinized. Today, however, criticisms tend to consist of cruel comments meant to hurt the people involved more than they are to help the situation.
People are more likely to attack individuals with a fury which is totally unnecessary, and often with embellished complaints to make their view appear to have more validity.
As a country and as a community we have lost the ability to argue passionately yet retain fairness and dignity. Personalities are dragged into discussions when they do not belong.
People who do not have enough faith in their own view, attack the opposition personally in a vain attempt to lend credibility to themselves by discrediting whoever might disagree with them. In grade school we would weakly say something akin to "your mother wears army boots" when we lacked any cogent argument of our own.
We would hope that as adults we could grow past that stage.
The new McCarter Museum of Tonkawa History will open with a reception and open house at 220 east Grand Avenue in Tonkawa on Friday. The public is invited.
Located directly across from the Centennial Park Gazebo and Plaza, the light, bright, cheery McCarter Museum is right downtown, where tourists can shop, visit the museum and the Centennial Park area and not have to move their car.
Marilee Helton, president of the Tonkawa Historical Society, said, "The new location is much cleaner than the old Santa Fe Depot where Tonkawa history and artifacts were previously stored. It is also more accessible, temperature-controlled, and safer for the artifacts recording the history of our ancestors."
The new bright and cheerful facility houses 18-20 large exhibits in various rooms with numerous smaller exhibits in every available space. Some areas of special interest include the Nez Perce and Tonkawa Tribal History Room, Early Day Tonkawa history, Early Day Schoolroom, Northern Oklahoma College history, a Tonkawa Genealogy Room, where family histories may be filed, a Depression Era Kitchen, the Three Sands exhibit and the history of Tonkawa Newspapers.
Also included are a Telephone exhibit, the history of Tonkawa Organizations and Clubs, a Tonkawa Prisoner of War Camp exhibit, a Military Exhibit with several uniforms, Medical exhibit, and an Early Church display.
Also an early bedroom and parlor, and a larger farm exhibit complete with wagon are on display. Along the halls and in every nook and cranny, the volunteer members of the Tonkawa Historical Society have exhibited all facets of the early day Tonkawa area residents.
Donations were solicited in recent months for purchase of the new location. Three sons of former Tonkawa community leader and businessman, Louis E. McCarter Sr., donated $15,000 for the purchase of the building. Those descendants are Louis Eugene "Louie" McCarter Jr. of Houston, John Stephen "Steve" McCarter of Westwood Hills, Kan., and Charles Theodore "Ted" McCarter of Shawnee Mission, Kan.
The large airy building was purchased from Nancy Hutchinson, who had a new roof applied just before she sold the building to the Society. Other contractors and businesses also donated services and labor including Don Harmon, David Manley and Bill Reisch.
Current officers of the Tonkawa Historical Society who have been responsible for the transition from the beginning letter writing campaign to physically moving the artifacts and setting up exhibits are President Marilee Helton, Vice-President Gloria Langdon, Recording Secretary Marjilea Smithheisler, Treasurer Terry White and Corresponding Secretary Bette Bertman. The officers who also served in 1996, were re-elected in June. Directors are Carla White, Verla Smithheisler, Melba Mourer, Velva Rence and Norma Lea Ascue.
The Tonkawa Historical Society organized in June 30, 1972, with Dave McWilliams as the first president and the club boasted 41 charter members.
Through the years, the Historical Society has completed several noteworthy projects including the Three Sands Marker in Ray See Park; a monument to Chief Joseph, located on U.S. 60; a marker for the Nez Perce Burial Grounds; and purchased microfilm of early-day Tonkawa newspapers.
They also erected a marker on the Old Tonkawa Indian Cemetery; formed the 1993 Cherokee Strip and 1994 Tonkawa Centennial Committees and provided $500 "seed money."
The group has received awards from "Keep Oklahoma Beautiful" and "The American Association of State and Local History" for their park projects.
Current projects include an annual Christmas ornament sale, each depicting Tonkawa landmarks and created by local artist Audrey Schmitz; a Recipes and Remembrances cookbook; an upcoming gourmet luncheon and fashion show, highlighting Native American wedding dresses; a fifth annual "Be My Guest" table setting display on Oct. 12; and the Christmas Tour of Homes on Nov. 30.
Planned in the near future is the purchase of a marker for the historic Yellow Bull Crossing near Tonkawa.
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The St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, which recently dissolved as a corporation, donated its remaining funds to the St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation and to the Medical Center.
Dale Orr, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Volunteer and Auxiliary President, presented over $29,000 to Garry England, Medical Center President and CEO on behalf of the Auxiliary. Orr presented England a $4,000 check, completing the Auxiliary's obligation to purchase an $11,000 EKG machine for the Cardiopulmonary Unit.
In addition, Orr presented $25,003.60 to the St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation to be used for the continuation of four previously obligated scholarships to former SJRMC Volunteens and to establish a permanent SJRMC Auxiliary Scholarship Endowment Fund.
The endowment fund will perpetuate the memory of the Auxiliary and its 40-year history of serving community health care needs. It will also offer, indefinitely, a sizable scholarship each year to an area high school student desiring to enter a health care field.
The Auxiliary started service in the hospital on March 3, 1958, with 168 members, who worked 14,997 hours that year, led by Mrs. Mauree Hall Norman as president. Their services included the gift cart, nursing service, reception desk, sewing and the snack bar. That first year, the Auxiliary was able to purchase a used air conditioner and a pie case for the snack bar, a bulletin board and to refurnish the third floor lounge, all for a total expenditure of $1,211.29.
Their services expanded through the years - they added a cheer cart and remodeled and redecorated the snack bar, started a newsletter "In the Pink" with Mrs. Charles A. Morrill as the first editor. Madge Vorheis organized the first Candy Stripers, who were Horizon Club members of Camp Fire Girls, and the Auxilians began working at the Bloodmobile when it came to Ponca City.
In 1960 the Auxiliary women added physical therapy to their duties and opened the Nearly New Shoppe, initiated by Mrs. H.H. Jones.
In 1961 the Auxiliary incorporated as a non-profit institution. As the work in the medical center increased, so did the contributions to the hospital by the Auxilians. They held essay contests for the Candy Stripers, and established a scholarship fund for Candy Stripers majoring in a health-related field. Men took up the task along with the women several years ago.
Volunteering at the hospital is not a thing of the past - it will just not be through St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Auxiliary in the future.
In the annual installation ceremony held Monday evening Jim Littleton, outgoing president of the Ponca City Rotary Club, was honored. Littleton was recognized for his service to the community through his leadership in the Ponca City Rotary Club. The group meets each Monday at noon at the Marland Estate Chapel.
Guests for the event included Steve Gragert, District Governor for Rotary, who installed the new officers: Phyllis Worley, Scott Dean, Carole Jeffries, Dick Stone, Ed Trice, Bill White and David Myers.
Don Sjoberg was installed as president of the club and in thanking the group for outstanding service in the community said "I am proud to be associated with such a group of men and women who truly exemplify the spirit of Rotary, that of putting service above self." The new president also asked members to "stretch themselves during the coming year to make sure every school age child can read and write at grade level."
"The Body's Energy System," will be presented by Dr. Jim Thomas on July 8 in the third of a series of brown bag lunch programs entitled, "A Look at the Nature of Things." The series is hosted by Pioneer Bank and Trust.
In his presentation, "The Body's Energy System," Dr. Thomas will explore the theories of acupuncture, acupressure and the chakras or the body's energy points.
Dr. Thomas, a Ponca City resident, is an experienced personal therapist and consultant to business and institutional clients. He is the author of several books and articles including, "The 7 Steps to Personal Power," which is based upon the natural power inherent in the seven chakras or subtle energy systems of the body/mind.
The current series of lunch programs will run every Tuesday through the last week in July at the Conoco Fourth Street Clubhouse, 1500 South Fourth Street, from noon until 1 p.m. The series is free and open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to bring a sack lunch, with Pioneer Bank providing drinks for all guests.
The Oklahoma Blood Institute, Ponca City Center invites Oklahomans to help save a life this Independence Day holiday by donating blood.
Individuals who give blood between today and July 8 will receive a special OBI holiday T-shirt. Donors can give blood at the center located at 518 North Fourteenth Street. The center will also be open on Saturday from 9 - 2.
Summer blood donors are especially needed now to help patients like Alex Erickson, the infant son of Ponca City residents, Dale and Pam Erickson. Eight-month-old Alex is undergoing treatment for liver cancer at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City. He has already used multiple units of platelets, a blood component used in the treatment of leukemia and cancer patients.
"We are grateful to our many donors who have generously given of themselves to help patients like Alex who need blood products," OBI Ponca City Center Manager Pixie Rowland said. "This summer, we encourage all Oklahomans to continue making a difference in the lives of so many patients in need."
In addition to helping patients like Alex, donors will receive free checks on blood pressure, pulse rate, temperature, iron and cholesterol level.
Written cholesterol test results are mailed within two weeks of the donation. OBI offers prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood testing for men at a nominal fee of $15 for donors and $20 for those unable to donate.
No appointment is necessary to donate. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Blood Institute, Ponca City Center at (405) 762-9488. OBI Ponca City Center is affiliated with the Oklahoma Blood Institute, a regional, not-for-profit blood center providing blood to more than 60 hospitals throughout the state, including St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph Cancer Center of Northern Oklahoma and all Enid and Oklahoma City hospitals.
Members of the Edwin Fair Community Mental Health Center recently celebrated the accomplishments of Dr. Edwin Fair, one of the founders of the organization by planting a tree in his honor. The employees and guests of the Center participated in the tree planting ceremony held at the Edwin Fair Center in Ponca City. A Pin Oak tree was planted for Dr. Fair, who died on Oct. 21, 1996.
Dr. Ed Vineyard, a past board president of the organization for 25 years, was guest speaker. Dr. Vineyard, who had a long professional and personal history with Dr. Fair, said the ceremony's purpose was to honor Dr. Fair's leadership in community mental health, the "passion" that drove him to find the means to get mental health services to rural north central Oklahomans.
Dr. Vineyard likened the Pin Oak's sturdy and resilient qualities to those of Dr. Fair. Because of Dr. Fair's early efforts, the Center continues to offer mental health services to many individuals in need.
Gloria Fair, the widow of Dr. Edwin Fair, also attended the ceremony. Mrs. Fair said that planting a tree was a "fitting tribute" and the Pin Oak well represented Dr. Fair's spirit. She said that he was such a strong person in many ways, and he had strong faith and a love of people and his family.
Mrs. Fair said her late husband started his medical career as a thoracic surgeon and later developed Paget's disease. This illness limited his ability to stand at an operating table for long periods of time, so he was forced to enter another area of medicine, and psychiatry seemed a natural fit.
Bob Hefley, executive director of the Center, said this is a time of great change in health care, especially mental health care. He said during these times, it is comforting to reflect on how the organization began. Hefley said it is a good time to remember Dr. Fair's contributions to the organization such as his leadership and genuine concern for his patients. "Such reflection helps us stay focused on what's important," he said.
The Kay County Association for Child Guidance formed in 1956 and later established the Kay Guidance Center in 1958. Dr. Fair was the Director of the Center. In 1968 the name of the Center was changed to Bi-State Mental Health Foundation, Inc. In 1989 the Center was renamed Edwin Fair Community Mental Health Center in honor of Dr. Fair. Today, the organization has a staff of over 100 employees and provides services to five counties in north central Oklahoma.
The testing of the Ponca City emergency siren warning system will be held at noon, every Thursday, according to Tom Montgomery, emergency management operations officer.
The test is scheduled throughout the year.
Montgomery said that in case of inclement weather, the test will be postponed,
and in this case or if additional tests are planned, the public will be
notified by the Ponca City News and the radio stations.
DEATHS
BLACKWELL - James Robert Golden, resident of Blackwell, died Tuesday morning, July 1, 1997, in the Blackwell Regional Hospital in Blackwell, Okla. He was 48.
The funeral service will be Thursday, July 3, 1997 at 11 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Blackwell with the Rev. Charles Ryser, pastor of the church, presiding. Burial will follow in Blackwell Cemetery under direction of Roberts and Son Funeral Home, Blackwell.
Casket bearers will be Don Sheets, Robert Caskey, Jim LaBlue, Merle Summers, Pat Lessert and Terry LaBlue.
James Robert Golden was born Oct. 2, 1948 in Kirksville, Mo., the son of George and Miriam (Epperson) Golden. He grew up in Kirksville, attending schools there and graduating from high school in 1966. He then attended Centerville Community College in Centerville for two years where he received an associate degree, and transferred to Central State College in Edmond.
He married Judith Cherlynn Roberts on Aug. 8, 1969, in Lawton, Okla., and they settled in Edmond, Okla. where they resided until he finished school. In 1970, he completed his studies and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education.
The couple moved to Lawton, Okla. where he taught and coached football and golf for four years at Eisenhower Junior High School and Tomlinson Junior High School. The family moved to Nocona, Texas and he taught and coached there for five years.
While at Nocona, Mr. Golden led the high school golf team to a state championship. They later moved to Lindsay, Okla. and he went to work for the Wedge Wireline Company where he worked for eight years before becoming golf pro and course superintendent for the Lindsay Golf Course. He held this position until 1994, when he moved with his family to Blackwell, Okla., and became the golf pro and course superintendent for the Blackwell Golf Course, a position he held at the time of his death.
Mr. Golden was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Blackwell, the Oklahoma Golf Course Superintendents Association, the National Golf Course Superintendents Association, and the PGA of America.
He is survived by his wife, Judy of the Blackwell home; one daughter, Staci Lee Golden of Blackwell; a son, Phillip Wade Golden of Blackwell; and two sisters, Nancy English of Seattle, Wash., and Susie Johnson of Barnwell, S.C. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Golden's name to the American Heart Association or PGA Junior Golf Foundation through Roberts and Son Funeral Home, 120 West Padon, Blackwell, OK 74631.
NEWKIRK - Franklin F. Engelking, former resident of Newkirk, died Tuesday morning, July 1, 1997 at Westminster Village, Ponca City. He was 75.
The funeral has been set for 2 p.m. Thursday, July 3 in the Newkirk First Christian Church with the Rev. Jerry Albright officiating. Nephews will serve as casket bearers. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Ponca City, under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service, Newkirk.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home until noon on the day of the service, and the casket will not be opened at the church.
Franklin F. Engelking was born Jan. 15, 1922 on the family farm, east of Newkirk, the son of Herman G. and Sophia (Edwards) Engelking. He attended Deer Creek Rural School, northeast of Newkirk, and graduated from Newkirk High School in 1940. After graduation he was employed by Boeing Aircraft in Wichita.
On Feb. 7, 1942 he and Charlotte Ramey were married at Newkirk and established their home in Wichita. On Oct. 9, 1943 he entered the U.S. Army Air Force and served as a flight traffic clerk at Hickman Field in Hawaii during World War II. After his discharge on March 23, 1946, he and his wife moved to Ponca City and he was employed at Continental Oil Company, where he worked until his retirement, Feb. 1, 1984.
He was a member of the Newkirk First Christian Church, Ponca City VFW Post 1201, and the American Legion Huff-Minor Post No. 14.
Surviving are his wife, Charlotte of the Ponca City home; one daughter, Mrs. Leonard (Sondra) Glaviano of Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Charles Engelking of Ardmore, Okla. and Ronnie Engelking of Plano, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Mary Dawn Cline of Newkirk, and two grandsons.
He was preceded in death by his parents and five brothers, Lloyd, George, Rae, Jack and Robert.
A memorial fund has been established for Mr. Engelking with the First Christian Church in Newkirk. Contributions may be made in his memory through Eastman National Bank, P.O. Box 468, Newkirk, OK 74647.
BLACKWELL - Pearl Lillian Priboth Kelle died at McAfee Living Center in Blackwell, Okla. on Monday, June 30, 1997. She was 91.
The funeral service will be Thursday, July 3, 1997 at 2 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dan Bohn officiating. Burial will follow in Blackwell Cemetery under direction of Roberts and Son Funeral Home, Blackwell.
Casket bearers will be Don Priboth, David Caspar, Jim Hinton, Steve Kelle, Robert Kelle and Walter Kahle.
Pearl Lillian Priboth Kelle was born July 25, 1905 in Braman, Okla., the daughter of Frank Fredrick and Lillian (Meiers) Priboth. She grew up on a farm east of Braman, attending Brown Union Rural School. She later attended Blackwell High School, graduating in 1926.
She and Arthur Fredrick Kelle were married Oct. 10, 1927 in Blackwell and settled in Braman where her husband and Walter Kelle started the Kelle Oil Co. Her husband preceded her in death in 1967 and she remained in Braman until 1985 when her daughter, Eva, died and she moved to Blackwell. She had resided in Blackwell since.
Mrs. Kelle was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Blackwell and the Braman Research Club.
Surviving are two daughters, Erma Lowery of Denver, Colo. and Seglinda Pritchard of Franklin, Mich.; two sisters, Esther Kahle and Martha Schurter, both of Blackwell; one brother, Francis Priboth of Blackwell; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Eva Grell; a sister, Carolyn Hinton and two brothers, Delmar and Walter Priboth.
Mia Louise Tarvin, infant daughter of Nicole Dunaway and Chris Tarvin, died Tuesday morning, July 1, 1997 at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 1997 in Grace Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Blaine Herron, pastor, Foursquare Gospel Church, officiating. Burial will follow in the Ponca City IOOF Cemetery under direction of Grace Memorial Chapel.
Mia was born June 10, 1997 in Ponca City. She is survived by her parents, Nicole Dunaway and Chris Tarvin; one brother, Nathaniel S. Dunaway; her grandparents, Jean L. Dunaway, Melodye and John Foster, and her great-grandmother, Juanita B. Tarvin, also several aunts and uncles.
NEWKIRK - Phillip G. "Red" Terrill, longtime Newkirk area farmer, died Tuesday, July 1, 1997 at his daughter's home in Whitehouse, Texas. He was 95.
The funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in the Newkirk First Christian Church. Further arrangements will be announced later by Miller-Stahl Funeral Service, Newkirk.
The family will be at the funeral home Thursday evening from 6 to 8 o'clock to visit with friends who call.
Margaret Ann Mason, age 89, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Tuesday, June 24, 1997 at Concordia Care Center. She was born Oct. 31, 1907 in Ponca City, Okla. to Ponca City pioneers P.C. "Pete" Viering and Lula Regnier Viering.
She was educated in the Ponca City school system, graduating from Ponca City High School in 1926. Margaret married Glenn C. Mason on June 15, 1928 at the First Presbyterian Church in Ponca City. She was a homemaker all of her life, having worked for Continental Oil Co. briefly during World War II.
Mrs. Mason was a 50-year member of Order of Eastern Star, Fanchon Chapter No. 53. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles and playing cards. She was also an avid sports enthusiast and like watching television game shows.
Ms. Mason lived most of her life in Ponca City, living briefly in Houston, Texas and Ames, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Mason moved to Concordia of Bella Vista in 1981 where she lived until her death. She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Glenn G. Mason in 1984; her parents, two brothers, one sister, two grandsons and a niece.
Survivors include one daughter, Margaret L. McGilliard of Bella Vista, Ark.; one sister, Marjorie "Billie" Thomen of Edmond, Okla.; one grandson, Lance M. McGilliard of Naperville, Ill.; one granddaughter, Laurann A. Ranker of Denver, Colo.; two great-grandsons, Matthew and Mithchell McGilliard of Naperville, Ill.; one great-granddaughter, Morgan McGilliard of Naperville, Ill.; three nieces, Mary Lou Fry of Naperville, Ill., Martha Ann Cude of Ardmore, Okla., and Carol Jean Harrison of Edmond, Okla.
Cremation was by Callison-Lough Funeral Home of Bentonville, Ark. No services were held.
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Funeral service for Danielle Susan Cole Johnson will be held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, July 2) at the First Church of the Nazarene in Watonga. Officiating will be the Reverends Newton Old Crow, and Edward Starr, Jr. Burial will be at the IOOF Cemetery in Watonga, under the direction of Russworm Funeral Home, Watonga.
Danielle went to be with the Lord on June 28, 1997. She was born April 28, 1995 at Oklahoma City to Michelle Johnson and Charlton "Sonny" Cole. She is survived by her sisters, Jazmine and Josephine. She will be sadly missed by her great-grandmothers, Susie Romannose, Mary Little Coyote, Florence Cole, and one great-grandfather, Gilbert Cole. Also surviving are her maternal grandfather, Edwin Sandhill, paternal grandmother, Rachel Little Coyote and grandfather, Colbert Cole.
During the short time of her life she brought many smiles, laughter, and happiness to those who knew her. She will be sadly missed by all friends and relatives of the Romannose, Cole, Little Coyote and Whitebuffalo families.
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NEWKIRK - Gladys I. Matney, longtime resident of the Newkirk area, died late Tuesday afternoon, July 1, 1997 in Highland Nursing Center, Ponca City. She was 96.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Miller-Stahl Funeral Service, Newkirk, and will be announced later.
Anna Smith, resident of Ponca City, died Tuesday, July 1, 1997 in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was 85.
The funeral service will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Hunsaker-Wooten Funeral Chapel in Fairfax.
Edith B. Broaddus, longtime resident of Ponca City, died Tuesday afternoon, July 1, 1997, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was 93.
Funeral arrangements are pending with the Trout Funeral Home, and will
be announced later.
NEWS BRIEFS
Library Closed - The Ponca City Library will be closed July 4-6 for Independence Day, and will reopen Monday, July 7 at 9 a.m.
Stolen Purse - A police officer took a report of a stolen purse in the 1500 block of Bradley at 6:07 a.m. Tuesday.
Attempted Burglary - A report was taken on an attempted burglary in the 400 block of West Cleveland at 9:52 a.m. Tuesday.
Forgery - A forgery report was taken in the 1100 block of East Prospect at 11: 26 a.m. Tuesday.
City Warrant - A police officer arrested a 26-year-old woman at the police department on a city warrant for failure to pay at 11:36 a.m. Tuesday.
Minor Accident - A report was taken on a minor accident at Fourth and Fresno at 12:11 p.m. Tuesday.
Vandalism - A police officer took a report of vandalism to a fence in the 300 block of South Sunset at 12:21 p.m. Tuesday.
Petit Larceny - An 18-year-old man was arrested in the 100 block of South Second for petit larceny at 1:59 p.m. Tuesday.
Juvenile Fight - A 911 call was received from Sixth and Walnut advising of several juveniles fighting at 5:41 p.m. Tuesday. An officer responded and advised that the juveniles were gone on arrival.
Vandalism - A Ponca City police officer took a report of vandalism to a car at 8:06 p.m. in the 800 block of North Palm.
Stolen Patio Furniture - A grand larceny report was taken on stolen patio furniture at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3500 block of Springwood.
Non-Injury Accident - A non-injury accident occurred at Tenth and South Avenue at 10:42 p.m. Tuesday. A report was taken.
Car Vandalism - Information for a report was taken in the 1500
block of East Bradley on vandalism to a vehicle at 2:18 a.m. Wednesday.
LIFESTYLES
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Laura Beth Weigle and James Edward Deibert. Their wedding will be Aug. 2 at 2 p.m. in the First Christian Church in Blackwell. Parents of the couple are Chris and Fern Cogle of Vinita, Terry Weigle of Blackwell, Terry and Cyndi Deibert of Blackwell.
Grandparents of the bride-elect are Harold and Connie Weigle of Blackwell, Dr. E. M. Crissman of Vinita and the late Betty Crissman. Deibert is the grandson of Glen and Peggy Allen of Hoxie, Kan. and the late Betty Crissman.
Miss Weigle is a 1995 graduate of Blackwell High School and received an associate of arts degree in Elementary Education from Northern Oklahoma College. At NOC she was a Maverick cheerleader, sang in the college choir and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society. She plans to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the fall.
Deibert is also a 1995 BHS graduate and attended NOC. A student at Southwestern, he will attend the school of pharmacy there in the fall. He is currently employed at Graves Drug in Blackwell.
By MARGE DECKER
News Religion Editor
Elsie Opal Baldwin celebrated her 95th birthday recently with friends at Golden Villa where she spends her daytime hours Monday through Friday, while her daughter Shirley and son-in-law Bob Guinn are busy. Elsie came to Ponca City to make her home with the Guinns in 1993. She also spends some time in Carthage, Mo. visiting with another daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie and Ed Burke and their family.
Elsie is a native of Coyville, Kan. where she grew up on a farm with her eight brothers and sisters. After her marriage in 1921 to Benjamin Harrison Baldwin, she and her husband lived in Neodesha, Kan. where they owned and operated a greenhouse, and that's where Elsie's favorite hobby, growing plants, started. It is also where her two daughters were born.
Elsie recalls that during the Depression they lost their home and their greenhouse and had to move to a rented farm and start all over - their knowledge of growing plants came in handy when they had to grow their own food, she recalls.
Farming became their life after the Depression, Elsie said, and they spent most of their married life in southeast Kansas, farming. She and her husband retired in 1958 and moved to Parsons, Kan. to a one acre tract where, Elsie recalls, she gardened and "just enjoyed living."
Elsie's husband died in 1980, and she continued to live in Parsons, enjoyed her good health, and had lots of friends. In 1993 she came to Ponca City to make her home with the Guinns.
She enjoys visiting with her grandchildren and great-grandchilden, Jay Guinn and his wife Susan and their son, Robert; Janet and her husband, Mark Tapp and their children, Andrea and Errin; Joanie and Craig Bowen, Bethany, Sarah, Nathan, Hannah and Josiah; Beth and Dennis Bass, Brandy and Justin, and Brent Comer and sons, Bill, Brendon and Blake.
Elsie looks forward to Sundays especially, she says, because of the Bible study with her friends of the Esther Class at Sunset Baptist Church. Then Monday through Friday she has a great time with her friends at Golden Villa Day Care.
It's a good life, Elsie figures, all 95 years of it.
The Pioneer Area Quilter's Guild will meet July 7 at Community Christian Church, 2109 West Grand. Registration for the meeting will be 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The business meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. followed by a Show and Share and the monthly program. All members are encouraged to bring their items for show and share time.
Shirley Hile, Donation Project chairman, has asked for volunteers to come early and assist with basting the fourth section of the museum quilt as well as the charity quilt. Greeter will be Ona Atnip. Hostesses will be Margaret Ledbetter, Gladys Randel, Ruth Traynor, Altus Patton and Gwen Toews.
The program for the day will be given by Colleen Segroves of Plano, Texas. She will present pictorial applique and share ideas for design, fabric use, novelty prints and embellishments. She will show how to use 30 different techniques per quilt which includes machine embroidery and couching. The speaker has quilts shown in the AQA calendar and a feature article in the August issue of McCall's quilting magazine entitled "Folkscape Quilting."
A workshop is being planned by Sandee Henderson and Gloria Tucker on the "Square Dance" quilt on July 24, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Community Christian church. Cost for the class is $18. The book "Square Dance" is available at a special price via guild membership.
Another workshop, "McCall's Tissue Paper Piecing" is planned for Aug. 4, 3-7 p.m., at the church. It will be presented by Linda Felber from Linda's Thread Basket in Grove. Cost is $10 plus pattern. For further information on the workshops mentioned call Joyce Eagan, 762-9719.
Guild members are reminded that the "Autumn Leaf" blocks for
Jerry Moore's quilt are due at the September meeting. Tickets for the donation
quilt project may be picked up from Jean Buskirk. Babysitting reservations
may be made with Michiel Landers, 765-0184, by July 4. For other information
about the guild contact Cindy Wilson, PACQ president, 765-6911, or Linda
Burg, vice president, 765-2532.
SPORTS
By DAVID BROWN
News Associate Sports Editor
Bartlesville's Trent Radebaugh had a career night at the plate, powering the Injuns to a 16-6 run-rule rout of the Ponca City American Legion Majors here Tuesday night.
Radebaugh, who was 0-for-3 with two walks in Bartlesville's previous two wins over Ponca City, erupted against the Royals this time. The right-handed cleanup batter went 4-for-4 with three home runs, a triple and drove in 12 runs. The home runs and the RBIs set single-game all-time highs for the Injuns.
Radebaugh's home runs came off three different Ponca City pitchers. Jason Neff (2-1) started on the mound for the Royals and gave up Radebaugh's three-run homer in the first inning. After Radebaugh tripled in two runs in the second, Chris Koenig relieved Neff with the Royals down 7-1.
Koenig offered up Radebaugh's grand slam home run in the fourth as Bartlesville went up 12-3. Doug Scott pitched the final two innings for the Poncans and was also a victim of Radebaugh's power surge. With two outs in the sixth and Ponca City trailing 13-6, Radebaugh hit his third shot over the left field fence for three more RBIs.
Ponca City's offense generated six runs on eight hits but it wasn't nearly enough to keep pace with the Injuns, who improved to 28-10 with their third win in three tries against the Royals. Ponca City slipped to 26-12.
J.R. Fry improved his team-best batting average to .409 with a 2-for-3 night and he also drove in two runs and scored twice. On his other two at bats he reached on an error and was hit by a pitch.
Jason Ross was 1-for-1 with an RBI and walked twice as he also reached base on every trip to the plate.
Ponca City next plays in the Glen Winget Memorial Tournament at Bartlesville Thursday through Sunday. The Royals play Fayetteville Thursday at 2:30, Enid Friday at 2:30 and Lawrence Saturday at noon. Sunday's play begins at 8:30 a.m. and is based on seedings.
The 1997 Ponca City Royals AA Independence Tournament begins Thursday at the high school diamond and runs through Sunday.
The tournament features eight American Legion AA baseball teams and each will play at least four games. Pool A features Ponca City, Alva, Ark City, Kan., and El Dorado, Kan. Pool B includes Blackwell, Perry, Enid and Park City, Kan.
The top four teams following pool play will advance to a single elimination championship bracket Sunday while the lower four teams will play consolation games the final day beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Tie breakers to determine seedings are based on head to head play, fewest runs allowed during pool play, most total runs scored during pool play, run differential and random selection - in that order.
Tickets for the tournament are $3 for adults, $2 for students and senior citizens and those under school age are admitted free. Previously purchased season passes will be accepted.
Tournament Schedule
Thursday
12 noon - Perry vs. Blackwell; 2:30 - Park City vs. Enid; 5 - Ponca City vs. El Dorado; 8 - Alva vs. Ark City.
Friday
10 a.m. - Blackwell vs. Park City; 12:30 p.m. - Perry vs. Enid; 3 - Ark City vs. El Dorado; 5:30 - Ponca City vs. Alva.
Saturday
12 noon - Enid vs. Blackwell; 2:30 - El Dorado vs. Alva; 5 - Perry vs. Park City; 8 - Ponca City vs. Ark City.
Sunday
10:30 a.m. - Seed 7 vs. Seed 8; 12:45 p.m. - Seed 1 vs. Seed 4; 3 p.m. - Seed 2 vs. Seed 3; 5:15 p.m. - Seed 5 vs. Seed 6; 7:30 p.m. - championship game.
By FRED HILTON
News Sports Editor
The fishing is good in north-central Oklahoma and it promises to get better as the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife fisheries division keeps a steady flow new stockings in area lakes.
During late spring and early summer, the department has stocked Lake Ponca with 38,375 two-inch saugeye and 8,050 two-inch hybrid striped bass.
The group added a million saugeye fry at Sooner Lake, 71,278 two-inch saugeye and 54,000 two-inch hybrid striped bass.
Most recently, the department dropped in 128,000 striped bass fingerlings at Kaw Lake, 12,000 largemouth bass fingerlings and plans to add more paddlefish there.
"The fishing's pretty good overall," Bill Wentworth of the Department's Northeast Region headquarters near Kaw Lake. "With the rains we've had, it's a good time to go after the catfish. They really bite when the water's high in the Chickasha and Arkansas. They're catching them on worms and shad.
"And the white bass haven't run yet. That usually happens in the dog days of summer, but I've caught a few in the past few weeks."
The stripers put into Kaw Lake were all inch-and-a-quarter to an inch-and-a-half," Wentworth said.
The addition of the stripers is an effort to return this area to the bass fishing mecca it once was.
"We though when they put in the dam there would be enough stripers caught above the dam to repopulate. But it hasn't happened," Wentworth said.
The department continues to keep Sooner as one of the top hybrid bass lakes in the state.
"According to our information, Sooner is getting some pretty big bass. Our equipment won't pick up the trophy size bass, but there seems to be plenty of 5-to-8 pounders in the lake."
Lake Ponca is quietly becoming one of the better fishing "holes' in the area.
The hybrid striped bass being put in them lake over the past couple of years are starting to show up, although they won't compare to those in Sooner just yet.
"They are just getting started in Lake Ponca as compared to Sooner," Wentworth noted.
The stocking of Saugeye has a double purpose.
In addition to being good fishing on their own, the saugeye will hopefully help the department control the excess of crappie in the municipal lake.
"When the saugeye get up to about 18 inches they help thin out the crappie and allows for better growth of the crappie that are left. That's why we have a 18-inch limit on saugeye in Lake Ponca," Wentworth said.
Most of the stockings have come from department's Byron and Holdenville hatcheries.
"The 1997 spring production season at Byron has been very successful," said Steve Spade, hatchery manager for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. "The hatchery staff incubated, hatched, fed and distributed 25.2 million fry (newly hatched fish).
"The fry were raised in our fish house (an indoor fish hatching and rearing facility)," said Spade. "In all 9.9 million walleye, 6 million saugeye and 8.3 million hybrid striped bass were hatched from collected eggs. An additional 1 million hybrid striped bass fry and 1 million striped bass fry were received from other states. Florida strain largemouth bass spent this past winter in the Byron fish house."
Spade added that the other half of the Byron production facility is the outdoor production ponds. To date the hatchery staff has produced an distributed 617,356 two-inch saugeye, 319,153 two-inch hybrid striped bass and 16,000 northern largemouth bass. There are still two ponds of striped bass and two ponds of Florida largemouth bass to be harvested.
Other lakes to receive stockings from Byron include:
- Canton - 5,300,000 walleye fry and 70,000 two-inch hybrid striped bass
- Ft. Supply - 2,000,000 walleye fry and 18,000 two-inch hybrid striped bass
- Great Salt Plains - 1,075,000 saugeye fry and 186,151 two-inch saugeye
- Optima - 450,000 walleye fry and 9,000 hybrid striped bass fry
- Etling - 50,000 walleye fry and 1,600 2-inch hybrid striped bass.
Dan Gratias and Mike Lewis caught their limit of five bass and it took all of them to win the Ponca City Buddy Bass Club tournament on Skiatook Lake Sunday.
Gratias and Lewis weighed in five fish weighing 8.11 pounds to edge out Don and Mike Owens, who had three "keepers" weighing 7.37 pounds.
The win also moved the Gratias-Lewis team into first place in the club's point standings at the halfway point of the season.
Larry Hillhouse and Mark Reeves placed third in the June tournament Sunday with two fish weighing 3.34 pounds. David Armbrust and Alan Ware were fourth with one bass weighing 3.18 pounds.
The Owenses had the Big Bass of the tournament, a 3.38 pounder.
Gratias and Lewis now have 120 points after four of the eight scheduled club tournaments, one point in front of the team of Larry Platt and Mark Lewis. The Owenses are third with 116 points, just a point ahead of Jamie Flegler and Dale Brown.
Two teams were tied for fifth place. Steve and Tom Owens joined Bryan Klinger and Jeff Dobson with 113 points. Mark Sanders and Dale Conner were seventh with 112 points.
Armbrust and Ware had 111 points, Alan Webber and Robbie Robinson 110 while Ken Bright and Wayne Pemberton round out the Top 10 with 107 points.
The Ponca City Buddy Bass Club will meet July 17 at 7 p.m. at Ody's Outback. The next club outing will be a night tournament on July 26 at Grand Lake.