TRIBUNEVOLUME 11, NUMBER 4 HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 1 SECTION 50¢ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

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Holdenville Welcomes In The New Year

GENE & SYDNEY ANDERSON hosted a fun filled evening New Year’s weekend. It was a time of fun, food and fellowship and everyone had a great time.Those pictured are: (seated) Darrel Whitton, Bill Johnson, Lester Radach and Gene Anderson. (standing) Betty Whitton, Meryl Johnson, Sydney Anderson, Mike Cowart, Kathy Radach and Judi Cowart.

JEAN PHILLIPSı hosted a New Year’s Day celebration for her family and you can see by the picture that almost all of them were there! (front row) Jesse Phillips, Case Phillips, Tobe Phillips, Eyan Norman, Emma Norman, Clara Janes, Lavera Higbee, Carrie Pickard. (second row) Lindsey Phillips, Dennis Phillips, Debbie Phillips, Baylie Norman, Jean Phillips, Vernon DaVault, Vida Lee, Madison Jones, Oral Lee, Karen NesSmith, Undean Turman. (third row) Monte Phillips, Gary Phillips, Terri Phillips, angie Norman, Tracy Jones, Bob Danley, Blayne Norman, Jamie Janes, Jackson Smith, Julie Carter, Corky Higbee, Hester Carter, George NesSmith, Chase Phillips and Terrell Turman.

The Early Automobiles of HoldenvilleThe founder of the Hughes

County Historical society, Her-bert Friend, wrote a great article on the early autos in Holden-ville. We hope our readers enjoy it as much as we did.

THE EARLY AUTOS OF HOLDENVILLE

Mrs. Callie Schaff credits Dr. Waterfield as having brought the first auto to the city. The first autos were called one of the “wonders of the world.” The Horseless carriage was de-scribed in 1902 as one of the

greatest of inventionsIn 1901 it was observed that

the prevalent use of the bicycle was in jeopardy because of the advent of the auto. The motor carriage would surely doom the two-wheeler, but this was short sighted judgment as it was shown later at a gathering of 15 representative automobilists all but one were cyclists, and sev-eral of them had learned to ride the cycle after becoming chauf-feurs.

The ‘Ford Runabout’ was a

very popular car in early day Holdenville. Four purchases of these light and handy autos were reported in the spring of 1914.

If the people were ready for the auto in these early times, the countryside apparently was not as C.E. Taylor found out. In 1909 Mr. Taylor went to Okla-homa City and purchased a 40 Hp Know automobile. It was considered to be “one of the best sold in Oklahoma City”, and was a seven-passenger car. On his way back to Holdenville

Mr. Taylor had a wreck and left it for repairs. Later he returned for the car only to wreck it again, and again he left the vehicle to be repaired. It was a case of impassable roads in Seminole County. The car was shipped on to Holdenville by train, arriving two weeks later.

The future of the automobile was invisioned by McSween and Murphy who built a 25’ x 25’ garage onto their machine shop located on North Creek Street in 1914. In 1915 they

updated their auto service by in-stalling an air pump unit which compressed air into a tank from which it could be drawn as needed. A hose attachment was used to air the tires, thus “free air became available to automo-bile owners.”

Not all was compatible be-tween the conventional horse and buggy traffic and the new mechanical horseless machines. The runaway problems, aggra-vated by the noisy and strange

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I always appreciate good advice, even when I don’t follow it. With 2012 only a few days old, I thought I would share some advice that was given by the Oklahoma Press Association . . . 82 years ago, in 1930.

Things You Should ForgetForget the slander you have heard,

Forget the hasty, unkind word.Forget the quarrel and the cause,Forget the whole affair, because

Forgetting is the only way.Forget the storm of yesterday,

Forget the chap whose soury faceForgets to smile in any place.Forget the trials you have had,Forget the weather if it’s bad.

Forget the knocker, he’s a freak,Forget him seven days a week.Forget you’re not a millionaire,

Forget the gray streaks in your hair.Forget the home team lost a game,Forget the pitcher was to blame.Forget the coffee when it’s cold,Forget to kick, forget to scold.

Forget the plumber’s awful chargeForget the iceman’s bill is large.

Forget the coal man and his ways (weighs),Forget the heat in summer days.Forget wherever you may roam,

Forget the bird who wrote this poem.Forget that he, in social bliss,

Forgot himself when he wrote this.Forget the aches, the pains, the chills –

But don’t forget to pay your bills.Everything, including advice, seemed more enjoyable in the

“good old days.”—CC—

Speaking of the “good old days”, many of us remember when there were no cell phones. When we were out of town we had to find a pay phone to make a call home.

Thanks to the rise of the cell phone, there are only about 425,000 pay phones left nationwide, down from a peak of 2.2 million in 2000, according to the American Public Communications Council, a trade group representing many of the country’s roughly 800 independent pay phone operators.

Many of the things from the “good old days” have made comebacks, could pay phones be one of them? Pacific Telemanagement Services believes they will.

The little-known California firm agreed this month to buy nearly all of Verizon Communications Inc.’s remaining 50,000 pay phones, mostly in the Northeast. The companies declined to disclose terms of the agreement which wasn’t publicly announced.

While Verizon, the only off-spring of Ma Bell still operating pay phones, is hanging up on the business as its returns dwindle, “We see a chance to profit off this,” said PTS Chief Executive Thomas Keane. “There’s a tremendous opportunity there.”

PTS has built a business by snatching up unwanted pay phones at airports, Wal-Marts and 7-Eleven convenience stores. The Walnut Creek, Calif., company, which has 200 employees, operates roughly 44,000 pay phones in more than 40 states and processes 100 million calls annually. It also dabbles in gas-station air and vacuum machines.

“People tend to forget about pay phones, until their cell phone doesn’t get a signal, until there’s a natural disaster,” Mr. Keane said. “We want to make sure there’s a future with pay phones where

Americans need them.”Mr. Keane said PTS hopes to keep most of Verizon’s pay phones operating, though it will eliminate

some of them, including some of Verizon’s most-frequented phones on New York’s underground subway platforms, where wireless signals mostly still don’t reach.

The pay-phone business has gotten so bad that public phones are disappearing at a rate of about 10% a year. Now Verizon, the lone Baby Bell to still support payphones, is calling it quits. Greg Bensinger has details on Lunch Break.

The company plans to outfit other phones with touchscreens, credit-card readers or other applications. PTS views the pay phones as valuable real estate for selling temporary Internet access, advertising or for kiosks designed to market services to travelers.

Airports, truck stops, train stations and lower-income neighborhoods remain relative strongholds for pay phones. “Basically anywhere you can ring up an average of about 100 calls per month, you can be profitable,” said Willard Nichols, president of the pay-phone trade group. Verizon estimates it takes 150 monthly uses for a phone to turn a profit.

After the PTS sale, expected to close next month, New York-based Verizon will be down to just 4,000 pay phones, on New York City streets and at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, down from a peak of more than 500,000, said Verizon spokesman Bill Kula.

The sale continues Verizon’s strategy of enhancing and strengthening “those parts of the business that are growing while reducing or eliminating those parts of the business that are shrinking,” said Mr. Kula.

The company doesn’t break out results from its pay-phone business, which is part of its wireline unit. But that unit reported a 1.2% drop in revenue to $20.4 billion for the first six months of this year. By contrast Verizon Wireless, the cellphone-service provider Verizon co-owns with Vodafone GroupPLC, logged a 10% increase in revenue to $34.2 billion for the period.

Pay-phone use has been declining for years as Americans have eschewed the once-ubiquitous phones in favor of Web-enabled smartphones and other wireless devices. The number of wireless connections in the U.S. surpassed the number of people this year and that figure is only expected to rise.

In the not-too-distant past, however, cellphones were playthings of the rich and famous–think Gordon Gekko’s brick-sized Motorola DynaTac in the 1987 film “Wall Street”—and most other Americans had to either carry a quarter to call home or go begging for one. Clint Eastwood’s mad dash through San Francisco from pay phone to pay phone in the 1971 movie “Dirty Harry” seems a quaint piece of nostalgia.

Pay phones and Clint Eastwood . . . two great things from the “good old days.”—CC—

And last of all, my favorite story of the week: Most of us, at the start of a new year, try to be more careful with our finances and live within our means. However, it is easier to say that than to do it.

Ralph Warth was in small-claims court when he listened in on the case of a woman who held a good job but still had trouble paying her bills on time.

“Can’t you live within your income?” asked the judge.“No, Your Honor,” she said. “It’s all I can do to live within my credit.”

— Readers DigestI think many of us understand how she feels.

OUR DEAR FRIEND WILDA KERNEK always enjoys Christmas, but most especially when her family is all together. In the top picture Wilda is telling Santa that what she really wanted for Christmas was to see her eight great-grandchildren. She must have been in the “Nice” list because Santa gave her what she wanted! Their names are on their stockings.

Wilda Kernek & Her Great-Grandchildren... A Christmas Blessing

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An excellent trip to Cherokee, NC to start a tough 470 bike ride -60/70 miles each day-on the Blue Ridge Parkway, with two of my Pittsburgh, PA cycling buddies, Don Kirk-wood & George Leiner. Only a few miles this eve after the long drive, but tomorrow’s -August 14th-ride starts with a 13 mile uphill, so let’s rest. This entire trip took us from Cherokee, NC to Rock Fish Gap, VA. This is not a flat ride and the north-bound eleva-tion change is just over 48,000’-yes, just over 9 miles! There are some tough climbs but also thrilling downhills at 45 MPH! My favorite spot was the first day at Mt Pisagh, at about 6,000’ and some great views of the Smokey Mountains and the food here at the Lodge was FAB! I would recommend this road for everybody, but especially in the fall, but it is packed at that time and usually no rooms available. We took turns driving and then riding back to the other two and finishing each day as a three-some and then mo-tels for the night. We found some really great places to eat, and usally good motels. The weather was really good, but a little cool at elevation, with one late evening rain storm (BOOM!) as we went into Lynchburg, VA on a 13 mile downhill, (with the brakes on). You can see the whole trip on my blog at aganworld.blogspot.com.....Mike Agan

MIKE AGAN (center) is shown with his bike riding buddies Don (left) and George (right).

MIKE AGAN is shown at the Virginia state line at the end of the bike trip.

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Michelle Obama brought in her New Year in beautiful Ha-waii. Staying in a luxury condo, America’s sweetheart and first lady is said to have spent 4-mil-lion bucks on this trip. Others say it cost more than that just to fly her and her entourage over there and back. I really don’t know but she just sent out a fund raising letter to people on her political funding list to send her at least $3.00 each. This was addressed to her sea of followers who are mostly very poor. Their rich supporters (such as George Soros, a billionaire leftist from Hungary) have already donated hundreds of millions to Obama’s well funded reelection bid. A lot of Americans are outraged by this latest plea claiming it to be wrong for her to try to extract even this small sum from her poor follower’s personal stash. Well, I guess if they want to par-ticipate in the political process three bucks isn’t very much. Send it right in.

Meanwhile down at the Hills-borough County Sheriff’s Of-borough County Sheriff’s Of-borough County Sheriff’s Office in Tampa, one Hubert Lee Credit, 39, was arrested when he put into play his own health care initiative. Credit had been in a fight and was bleeding from a head wound when he saw an ambulance idling outside an apartment building. Empty. Credit took the vehicle and drove himself toward the hospi-tal. A bad idea? Not at all. The police arrested him, took him to jail and then on to the hospi-

tal. His head repaired, Hubert Lee was hauled back to his re-covery room at the jail where he was resting comfortably while the cost was charged off to the county of Hillsborough. He will continue to enjoy free health care, room and board and TV as he lies around the jail waiting for the judge to hear his “Larceny of a Vehicle” charges. I don’t know what happened to the ambulance crew and their other patient, but I know Hubert is doing OK and I wish him a speedy recovery, a Happy New Year, and my admiration for his ability in accessing Obama health care.

So, what did you do New Years Eve? Once upon a New Years, in 1958, I was on a DE called USS Johnnie Hutchins which tied up in New York City to access a shipyard. A few of us decided to check out the scene that night. We near-ly bankrupted ourselves just having hamburgers and pop at a small café there on Times Square. By the time midnight rolled around, however, we were out in the thick of the mob and enjoying the fellow-ship of being pressed in a large loud crowd. The crowd seemed to be full of young ladies who enjoyed kissing sailors in uni-form (hope I didn’t get kissed by a man.) There were lots of us there and, since I liked be-ing kissed by rank strangers (if they are female), I was a happy camper that night.

New Yorkers are basically a hard working friendly bunch anyway so we had a good time and whenever I see the mob in Times Square each year I re-member a night in 1958 when a country boy from Stonewall got to help bring in a new year in Times Square. You ought to try it sometime.

And then there are those Ma-yans. They said December 21, 2012 will be the end of time and thus none of their calendars go any further. I think it has to do with an election and a guy named Obama. Something like that. Anyway, you have been warned that we need to get our Christmas shopping and other stuff done early so we can swap gifts before the world comes to its end. I’m thinking of max-ing out my credit cards big-time too. It might even be time for a new car — put it on 60 easy payments.

So what happened New Year’s Eve here in Allen, you may ask? Well, not much. A few firecrackers and some quiet parties with most Allenites do-ing like me, going to bed before midnight. Old age has its re-wards.

I wish for all of you a great new year and hope you’ll take your family to church. You’ll be glad you did.

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YEA! The heater was fixed in the fellowship hall of the Naza-rene church! We were so proud to be playing the first game of the year back in our ole’ stompin’ ground! We had 11 “Moon” domino players Monday night!

At table #1 - Reba Lovelace and Rusty Jones played against Loita Sharp and Norma Summy. Reba and Rusty won 5 games with Loita and Norma winning 2 games which included Norman shooting the moon and making it! Yea! Norma!!

At table #2 - Betty Sharp and Lynn Marquis played against Janice Eller and Sharon Dilday. Lynn shot the moon and made it!Yea! The teams were tied up 3 to 3 when Sharon shot the moon and made it! Way to go Sharon! They won the “sugar” game mak-ing it a win of 4 games to Sharp’s and Marquis win of 3 games.

At table #3 - Geraldine Ingram, Naomi Tomlinson and Marie Grimes all played against each other. You do that by taking out all the blank dominoes. Geraldine shot the moon and made it! Yea! Geraldine! Geraldine won one game, Marie won one game but the big winner at this table was Naomi winning 3 games!

A big Thank You to Naomi for bringing some chocolate candy.We always need chocolate to (1) either give us some needed en-ergy or (2) boost our moral when we are losing!

We missed those who were not there! So come and join us next week for a whooping and hollering good time!

by Maxine WelchWe had our Birthday Dinner. The ones who ha a birthday in De-

cember were Dale Gann, Ada Mills, Ken Ellison, Billye Gann and Harlton Beck. Dale Gann was the winner of the Birthday Pillow and Ada Mills won the Key Chain.

Jan 9 Will be our next Bingo.Jan 10 Jammie Foster, our County Assessor, will be here to do

Homestead Exemptions from 10:00 til 11:30 a.m.Jan 23 We will be having Bingo.Jan 25 Will be our Birthday Dinner and Healthback will do Blood

Pressure checks.We would like to invite anyone who is 60 or older to come eat

lunch with us. We serve at 12:00. Call by 9:00 on the day before you want to come so I can order a meal just for you. We have a real nice exercise room, computer games and we paint each Wednesday from 1 til 4. Come join us and have a good time.

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Services for Jesse Stanley Frederick, 88, are 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 7th, at the Richmond Avenue Free Will Baptist Church in Allen, Rev. Buddy Drake will officiate. Burial will follow at the Allen Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. Friends and family may call at the Allen Chapel from 4:00 p.m. Friday until service time.

Mr. Frederick died Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at a Talihina veteran’s facility. He was born Novem-ber 12, 1923 southwest of Allen, Oklahoma to John William and Martha Elizabeth Sanders Freder-ick.

He married Eva Mae Mitchell on January 9, 1943. Mr. Frederick was a dozer operator and a farmer for many years, raising cantaloupe and watermelons. He was a longtime member of Richmond Av-enue Free Will Baptist Church, a member of the Choctaw Veteran’s Association, and had served in the U. S. Army during World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Eva Mae Frederick, of the home; a son, Lyndon Frederick and his wife Carol of McAlester; a brother, Johnny Frederick and his wife Wanda of Atwood; three grandsons; four great grandsons; and one great great granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John William Frederick and Martha Elizabeth Frederick Tillery; a twin sister, Bessie Scroggins; two brothers, Athel Frederick and Orel Frederick; a half-brother, Royal Tillery; half-sister, Imogene Nobel; and a step-brother, J. M. Tillery.

Bearers will be Bob Frederick, Mark Frederick, Rob Frederick, Timothy Scott Frederick, Scott Alan Frederick and Cody Frederick. Honorary bearers will be Ray Frederick, Joshua Frederick, Jona-than Frederick, Richard Frederick, Carl Frederick, Tommy Sanders, John Frederick, Robert Scroggins and Earl Dean Scroggins.

Arrangements are under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home, Ada.

Susan Wilbanks, woman of extraordinary cour-age and positive attitude, completed this leg of her journey on December 29th, in the arms of her loving sister Stephanie Wilbanks and devoted partner Chris Gleason. Born in 1954 to Cran and Edna E. Har-relson Wilbanks, Susan spent most of her childhood building happy memories in Michigan. She returned to Holdenville, OK in sixth grade, where thousands more special memories were formed. Susan later attended Temple Buell College and the University of Colorado. Susan and Chris returned to Oklahoma in 1980 where Susan learned to become a petroleum land per-son from her dad. They made their home in Tulsa where they formed warm friendships with many wonderful people. Susan began experiencing symptoms of multiple sclerosis in 1976 and by 1992 it had forced her to retire. Then her life as a role model and peer counselor with the MS Society began, and what an impact she had! She showed people,

Susan Wilbanks Passes Awayby example, the way to live a full and happy life despite disability. Along the way she even saved a life or two by sharing her positive attitude and encouraging others. Susan exercised daily, for

as she told people “I am keep-ing myself ready for the cure!” Unfortunately, that cure did not arrive in time for Susan. Be-sides Stephanie and Chris, Su-san leaves behind her beloved Chihuahuas, Tobie and Pip, who made her laugh every day, as well as legions of friends, extended family and admirers. Although we know she is now free of pain and limitations, our hearts are broken. There is no service planned, but we ask that you take a moment to be grate-ful for the gift of a healthy life and always encourage others. In memory of Susan, please send donations to the Oklahoma

Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Soci-ety, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, or charity of your choice.

Service Saturday For Jesse Frederick

The Pastor PondersFollowing His birth, temple

dedication and baptism, Jesus called His disciples as He be-gan His public ministry. The following letter is a humorous look at what might have hap-pened if Jesus had used a con-sulting firm.

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resumes of the twelve men you have picked for management positions in your new organi-zation. All of them have taken our battery of tests and we have not only run the result through our computer, but also arranged personal interviews for each of them with our staff psychologist and vocational aptitude consul-tant.

It is the staff opinion that most of your nominees are lacking in background education and vo-cational experience for the type of enterprise you are undertak-ing. They do not have the team concept. We would recommend that you continue your search for persons of experience in managerial ability and proven capability.

Simon Peter is emotionally unstable and given to fits of tem-per. Andrew has absolutely no qualities of leadership. The two brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, place personal interest above company loyalty. Thomas demonstrates a shows questioning attitude that would tend to undermine morale. We

feel it is our duty to inform you that Matthew has been black-listed by the Greater Jerusalem Better Business Bureau. James, son of Alpheus and Thaddeus definitely have radical leanings and both ranked high on our manic depression scale.

One of the candidates how-ever, shows great potential. He is a man of ability and resource-fulness, meets people well, has a keen business mind and has contacts in high places. He is highly motivated, ambitious and responsible. We recommend Judas Iscariot as your controller and right hand man. All of the other profiles are self-explana-tory. We wish you every suc-

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Down Memory Lane...HHS Alumni Pictures From The Past

Enjoying a HHS Alumni reunion wereDale Lowder, Carol (McLarty) Brown and Bill Lowder

KEN CHESNUTT is always so gracious to host the Class of ‘61 reunions. Shown at one of their gatherings several years ago are Ken, Gloria Evans and Don Merchant.

HAVING A GREAT TIME at one of the past HHS reunions are Betty Ann Key, G.J. Harper, John Prothro and Robert Steen Smith.

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1939 CLASSMATES pictured at a past reunion are Bill Ma-this, Elmina Chesnutt Cowart, Virginia Lee Cox Durham, Marguerite Ball Berg and Joe Lucas.

MAYNARD WELCH IS SHOWN HUGGING A CLASS-MATE at a past alumni reunion. His mom ran the Keystone Cafe for many years and his dad (Cap Welch) used the last horses in the county area in oil field work.

RUTH MILLER FRIEND (‘45), VERNON FRIEND (‘44) AND MARIE FRIEND ROBERTS (‘42) are shown at a past alumni banquet.

TOBY TOWNSEND IS SHOWN AT A PAST ALUMNI RE-UNION WITH LINDA HOLLIS, whom he crown as HHS Football Queen in 1951.

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Later, Frank’s son Bill Warren, occupied the very same office. Next to Mr. Warren’s office was J.R. Witty’s office, also an attorney. Then the office of H.B. Moffot, Attorney and next is the C.R. Nix Real Estate and Loan Co. We are not sure when the picture was taken, but believe it to be somewhere around 1910. See Dayna’s Dess for full story on Frank War-ren.

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Legal NoticeIn the District Court of Hughes County,

Legal NoticeState of Oklahoma:

Plaintiff, Chris York serves notice by publication to Defendant Kenneth Martin Drury. A personal injury lawsuit was filed against Kenneth Martin Drury and Morgan Well Services, Inc. on October 20, 2011. Kenneth Martin Drury must answer the Petition on or before February 1, 2012, or judgment, the nature of which shall be stated, will be rendered accordingly.(Published in the Holdenville Tribune, December 21 and 28, 2011 and January 4, 2012)

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We had a call this week from our good friend Bill Warren. His dad had an office on the corner of Main and Broadway above Amos Drug for many years.

His mom and dad were good friends of Bill’s for many years. Bill said they were two of the nicest people he ever knew.

The Warren family was responsible for a large part of Holdenville’s early day history.

Over one hundred years ago (1909) Frank Warren (Bill’s grandfather) became state senator in the only contested seat in the history of Hughes County.

From the February 26, 1909 edition of the Holdenville Tribune here is the story:

February 26, 1909The contest between Frank

L. Warren, (Republican) and H.S. Hurst, (Democrat) for a seat in the state Senate, and closes one of the most heated political battles that has been waged in this section since statehood. The starting of the fight was in the printing of the tickets last November, when the state election board got the name of “Warren” transformed to “Warner” and it appeared this way on the official tickets throughout the senatorial district. The official returns of the election showed that “Warner” secured a majority over Hurst of 298 votes.

A legal battle waged through the courts in getting the returns to show for “Warren” instead of Warner, but the state election board granted the certificate of election to Hurst, and he accordingly took his seat on the opening day of the Senate.

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the senate and asked that Hurst be ousted and he be seated in his stead. The committee on Privileges and Elections has consumed about the entire session in making its investigation, but on the 18th made a majority report favoring the ousting of Hurst and the seating of Warren, but a minority report favored the seating of Hurst.

The matter was made a special order of business for Monday at two o’clock. In the interim much excitement prevailed on account of the article which appeared in the Oklahoma City News, wherein Hurst was quoted saying that Senators Redwine, Hatchet and Taylor, (all Democrats) had “traded” their votes on the contest for votes on the public building location. Saturday morning when the Senate convened the three senators referred to rose for personal privileges and in their statements charged the author of the article as a character assassin and a malicious liar. Senator Hurst was absent but on his return Monday morning arose for personal privileges. He stated that he regretted not having been present when the other statements were made, and further said that the newspaper correspondent came to him with the information that it was reported to be a fact that the three senators “traded” their votes as above mentioned, and asked him (Hurst) whether or note he had heard of it. Hurst replied, “Yes, I have heard of it.”

Senator Redwine then arose and said that he had made a statement on Saturday morning which was a matter of record. Then he said at that time that he branded the author (who was unknown to him and still was) an infamous liar, and he wanted to reiterate his former statement. A little heated argument prevailed between Hurst and the speaker,

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Continued from Page 6 the former asked Redwine if he thought that he (Hurst) was the author of the statement. Senator Redwine replied by asking him “Are you the author?” but Senator Hurst only replied by re-asking his former question, and at this point the Chair called for order. Senator Hurst had a large list of supporters present

during the day, among them being: Dave Little, John Byon, James K. King, P.O. Dunford, C.A. Oliver, Geo. Crump, Jr., Bill Callaghan, Grub Flinchum, T.S. Willingham, J. W. Grissom, Mr. Ligon and Jake F. Arnold.

The report of the committee came up for hearing at two o’clock and the arguments lasted

until six. Senator Billups moved the adoption of the majority report, but Senator Graham offered the minority report as substitute. Senators Billups, Hatchet, Davis, Redwine and Taylor made the speeches for Warren while Roddie, Allen and Graham argued for the seating of Hurst.

Only two Senators were absent.

Senator Hurst then asked to be recognized and made a brief statement, saying in part that he represented the majority of the white voters of the district and that he had represented them well.

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Senator Warren was not given the oath until ten o’clock Tuesday morning, when the chair appointed a committee of three to escort him to the front where the clerk of the Supreme Court “swore him in”. “Speech”, “Speech”, was yelled, and the new Senator made his first statement on the floor.

Mr. Warren said that he appreciated having been given the seat, but realizing that the Senate had heard enough talk, he would only say that he hoped he should be able to conduct himself so as to serve his people and to gain the friendship of all the Senators.

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LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HUGHES COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMAACTT PROPERTIES, LLC,

Plaintiff,vs.JAMES WALTON a/k/a JAMES B. WALTON, LIVING OR DECEASED, AND HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; JANE DOE, WIFE OF JAMES WALTON a/k/a JAMES B.WALTON, IF ANY; TENANT(S) OF 511 E. 5TH STREET, HOLDENVILLE, OKLAHOMA, IF ANY; MIKE WALTON; MARY JACKIE HARLOW a/k/a JACKIE HARLOW and JOHN DOE, HUSBAND OF MARY JACKIE HARLOW a/k/a JACKIE HARLOW, IF ANY; BETTY FAYE HARLOW and JOHN DOE, HUSBAND OF BETTY FAYE HARLOW, IF ANY;CLINTON J. LaVALLEY, DECEASED AND HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS,ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; JANE DOE, WIFE OF CLINTON J. LaVALLEY, IF ANY; LULA LaVALLEY, DECEASED, AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; AND AUBREY PRICE, DECEASED, AND HIS/HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,

Defendants.NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

CASE NO. CJ-11-86STATE OF OKLAHOMASS:COUNTY OF HUGHESTO: Clinton J. LaValley, deceased, and his unknown heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, successors, and assigns; Jane Doe, wife of Clinton J. LaValley, if any; Lula LaValley, deceased, and her unknown heirs, administrators, trustees, devisees, successors and assigns; Aubrey Price, deceased, and his/her unknown heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, successors and assigns; Mary Jackie Harlow a/k/a Jackie Harlow; John Doe, husband of Mary Jackie Harlow a/k/a Jackie Harlow, if any; Betty Faye Harlow; and John Doe, husband of Betty Faye Harlow, if any

TAKE NOTICE that you have been sued by ACTT Properties, LLC in the District Court of Hughes County, State of Oklahoma, Case No. CJ-11-86 and you must answer the Petition of said Plaintiff on file in said cause on or before February 17, 2012, or the allegations of said Petition will be taken as true, and judgment will be rendered against you personally and will foreclose your interest in the real estate, and award the Plaintiff a first Mortgage lien upon the following-described real estate situated in Hughes County, Oklahoma, to-wit:

A part of Lot One (1), Block One Hundred Twenty-two (122) in the Original Town of Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot One 1, Block 122, Original Town of Holdenville, and running in a northwesterly direction along 5th Avenue, a distance of 47 1/2 feet; thence at right angles in a southwesterly direction and parallel with South Burns Street a distance of 70 feet; thence at right angles and in a southeasterly direction and parallel with 5th Avenue a Avenue a Adistance of 47 1/2 feet to the alley; thence at right angles and along the alley line in a northeasterly direction a distance of 70 feet to the point of beginning; being a plot of ground 47 1/2 feet wide fronting on East 5th Avenue and a depth of 70 feet along the alley line,

for the sum of $17,868.77 with interest; for abstracting expense, advances for all taxes and insurance, late charges, plus attorney’s fee, the costs of said suit, and foreclosing said mortgage lien and ordering said property sold with or without appraisement as Plaintiff shall elect at the time judgment is rendered, all of which you will take due notice.

NOTICE: THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL this 23rd day of December 2011.PATTY TILLY, Court Clerk

(SEAL)By:Deputy

APPROVED:ss//Allie V. Peoples, III, OBA No. 7034Eric L. Johnson, OBA No. 16090PHILLIPS MURRAH P.C.Corporate Tower101 N. RobinsonOklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102(405) 235-4100Attorneys for PlaintiffFile No. 23419.50140(Published in the Holdenville Tribune December 28, 2011 and January 4 and 11, 2012.)

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Continued from Page 7 Quite a little laughter was created when Senator Thomas asked him whether he wanted his name entered on the roll call as Warren or Warner.

—0—Families like the Warrens

are the reason Holdenville is the great place that it is.

—DD—We recently found a note

of interest. The last new wagon sold in Holdenville was sold by Dolton-Barnard Hardware Company about 80 years ago to Jack Davis. Our friend Bob Davis shared this memory.

I know when Bob Dolton was selling his store he called Bill and me over to see some of the items he had uncovered. Among them were the original gas lights used by the store when they first opened.

Bob could usually find whatever you needed and folks came from all around for their hardware needs.

Recently, the Lantz family from Sasakwa bought the store and have re-opened it. They are open seven days a week and have the store fully stocked. It is great to see it open again.

—DD—Bill was visiting recently

with Darrel Whitton. Darrel is a WWII veteran and they were talking about other Holdenville men that served in that war.

Darrel said that one of his favorite WWII stories was about Gene Ball and Walt Whitton. The war was raging in North Africa and the two of them were in different outfits. Gene found out that Walt’s unit was near his and he asked permission to go see him. He arrived at Walt’s unit and asked where Walt was. When he found out he walked over to Walt. Walt had his back toward Gene and didn’t see him coming. When Gene got really close he said, “do you want to go to the Pine Palace tonight?” Walt turned around shocked and started smiling. They had a great visit.

While visiting with Darrel and Betty, Bill found out a couple of other items. 1938 HHS graduate Nellie Boyd is living in Utah and doing great. The last time we saw her was several years ago at the HHS reunion. We would love to see her again.

The second item was that H.Lee Graham passed away a few months ago. The HHS graduate was a gifted author and we have two of his books. Til Judgment Day is one of my all time favorites and we continue to share parts of it in the Tribune from time to time.

—DD—Many of us remember Clem

Pollock. At one time he had a clothing store in Holdenville. Later he became a partner in the Haskett-Pollock Men’s Wear store. After Clem retired he became Holdenville Chamber of Commerce secretary. Clem did a great job and was liked by everyone.

Clem was also a long time member of the local Kiwanis Club. At one time the Kiwanis club would perform various skits just for fun. We learned last week that Clem could do a perfect impersonation of Groucho Marx. In fact, we were told that he looked more like Groucho than Groucho did! It would have been so much fun to see him do that impersonation!

Clem and his wife Laura were wonderful folks and our city is a better place because of them.

—DD—Bill talked to our good friend

Jim Bundy a few days ago. In a recent column I wrote about Tomaletta Snyder’s memories about the Fairview church and a pastor named Bundy. It was in fact our friend Jim Bundy. Jim was saved while in high school and actually was their pastor while still a high school student.

He said it was a great experience and some of the folks

that attended included Herman Stout, the Hayden Hamils and the Willis Knight family. Jim said you could not have found more wonderful people.

Jim was a pstor all of his life and led many souls to Christ. He has tried to retire, but keeps getting called to fill in and remains faithful to help any church in need.

Jim and his daughter Tabitha are two special friends and we always enjoy visiting with them.

—DD—A special thank you to those

that sent us Christmas cards. Among them was a card from our dear friend Marie Friend Roberts. She wrote us a nice note and said she hopes to visit Holdenville in the near future.

Her husband Russell “Woody” Roberts was one of our dearest closest friends. He was a WWII hero and so interesting to talk to. Bill always looked forward to his visits with Woody and we sure miss him.

—DD—Lynn Pruitt called the office

recently and we had a great visit. He has just started his radiation treatments. Please keep him in your prayers.

Lynn is a walking history book and knows so much local history.

Hopefully he will be able to come back to Holdenville next summer for a visit.

He told us that he and his wife spent Christmas with their daughter. She lives close to them in King City, California.

—DD—My dad, Charles Leewright,

had major back surgery last week and has been having a very rough time. His pain medication made him very ill and he hasn’t been able to keep anything down for five days. The doctor changed his pain medication, but his system is really messed up. Please keep him in your prayers.

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