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2- The Elk City News July 5, 2023 Round Town July7 Foss Lake Christmas in July, Foss Lake. Block Party, 7:00pm - ra 10:00pm. ie Ns an ‘An aerial view of the Oklahoma Air and Space Port in Burns Flat that shows the hangars that PAC will be using for the maintenance and painting of commercial Rt 66 Square Dance Jam- and private aircraft. The photo includes the hangars that PAC will be using and expanding in the future. Courtesy photo. boree, Convention Center. July 8 Foss Lake Christmas in July, Foss Lake. Rt 66 Square Dance Jam- boree, Convention Center. July 9 Rt 66 Square Dance Jam- boree, Convention Center. Do you have an event or something else you would like to share with the com- munity in the Round Town Calendar? Email the in- formation for the event to [email protected] Lk Pictured is an aerial view of one of Jose Gonzalez’s previous projects that started out as an empty runway. This is an example of what he expects to see happen at the Burns Flat site. Courtesy photo. PAC craft. If Delta wants us to redo for painting and maintenance, tems Administrator; Bethany one of their planes, we will do which will be an additional $12 Jansen from Elk City is the that for them. We want to be a million investment that will warehouse associate in charge Continued from page 1. one-stop shop in maintenance, generate an additional 80 to of procurement of tools and Air Force Base, which is in Vic- and this place is a diamond in 100 jobs. Phase III and Phase inventory; Jose Reyes from torville, California, I worked the rough,” he said. IV will continue the expansion California is interior mechanic; at both of those before the At this point Gonzalez is at the same rate and invest- Roberto Castro from California 2000s. They were empty. I waiting for the final approval ments. Their target date is to went in there with a company from the FAA, and they were complete expansion in three to is the aircraft mechanic; Tanya scheduled to come out to in- five years. Adkison from Hydro is the ac- that had a lot of dreams, like I spect the facility last week. Gonzalez started hiring countant; and Ronaldo Salizar do. I wasn't an entrepreneur. I When he began the process of and plans to add more employ- is another interior mechanic. was just the worker bee. Now certification, he was on a list ees, but a lot of progress is on ‘As Gonzalez expands and they're full,” Gonzalez contin- of 435, but they started the hold until he gets the FAA cer- works toward developing PAC, ued. process faster after he showed tification. He seems cautious to he seems to be concerned with He also has experience them his vision with photo- jump too fast, before he has his the communities that will be working with Steven Spielberg graphs. ducks in a row. This is because affected by the expansion, as on a renovation and also the In Phase I, once the ex- he wants to have the credit- well as the success of the com- Sands Casinos, who own sev- pansion comes through, they ability that has been lacking eral different casinos. They had will be expanding the exiting in other companies who have pany. As a retired Marine, he a crew of engineers who took hanger to 130,000 sq. ft, for started, made promises, and understands how to navigate customer's ideas and imple- the body painting and main- left before their visions came systems to put a plan into ac- mented them. tenance. This will be over $10 into reality. tion. He is energetic and en- “When somebody wants million investment and gener- ‘The staff at PAC includes thusiastic about Burns Flat something, like what we did ate from 60 to 100 new jobs. In Gonzales, Sumer Jones, the and all western Oklahoma. The Pictured are Sumer Jones, HR Manager, and Jose Gonzales, HR manager; Michael Brin- story of PAC is unfolding and Accountable with the casinos, for example, Phase II he plans to construct Manager/Repair Station Manager for Premium Aerospace Center, LLC. Staff photo by Sheryl Ponce. we will do that here with air- a new 130,000 sq. ft hangar Kley from Erick is the IT Sys- their future is bright. Chicago One Hundred Years Ago, July 1923 dub performer, Velma Kelly. Both ladies have the same law- yer, and tensions increase as Continued from page 1. they vie for the spotlight. This is a musical that grabs the at- ‘The Fourth was celebrated by fishing where the flames quickly swept over the and his wife admitted operating the en- The story follows Roxie tention of the audience as gos- on the Washita, attending the rodeo at structure. There were at least ten boxcars terprise. They implicated Frank Bowman Hart who is a wannabe star sip rags take the story, making Elk City, and threshing wheat. Big oil was of flour and feed in the mill and nearly who was jailed in Cheyenne and Charles who murders her lover and is ita trial of the century. centerstage. 2000 bushels of grain in the tempering Crabtree and his wife who left for Texas arrested. She tries to get her Oil development was revived as a tanks. Fire consumed it in less than one with a carload of corn products. About ‘This is an adult themed mu- gusher was brought in seven miles from hour! Attention turned to saving the 1000 ft. of garden hose was also “jailed” husband, Amos, to lie for her. sical. Those auditioning should Carter. The oil shot over the derrick and company office, two elevators, the corn in Elk City, It was used to carry water In jail Roxie meets her hero, be aware of the subject matter flowed steadily! It tested at 3700 barrels house and storage tanks. Considerable ef- from a windmill to the shinnery thicket who is a murderess and night- and plot. a day! The Carter Commercial Club hired fort was needed to save the Rock Island about a quarter of a mile away from the people to cut grass for “strawing” the freight house andsome box cars. The loss. still. This was one of the largest stills re- cently found in the county. Henry Newby, Send obituaries to [email protected] roads across the riverbed leading to the oil field. Volunteers furnished teams to was estimated at $100,000 ($1,756,000). Defective electric wiring was thought to deputy sheriff, found a second one just haul and scatter the straw to improve ac- be the cause, inside the Beckham Co, line. His advice rElkCituNews cessibility. Thousands of people attended the was “don't try to economize when making Carter Oil Co., a subsidiary of Stan- “Championship Cow Boys” three-day ro- your still” as Pierce Richardson suffered dard Oil, owned the big well on the Gray deo over the 4th. seriously from drinking moonshine where farm south of Sayre. With about 5000 Cowboys and cowgirls were in town the manufacturers economized by using barrels of high-grade oil belching forth by the hundreds. Nearly fifty celebrity galvanized tin instead of copper. Quizzed (USPS # 173-020) daily and nearly 50 million feet of gas, the contestants from all parts of the Great while ill, Richardson admitted that the 580-225-3000, estimated value of this well was nearly West competed. Some folks had never still was moved. It was found dumped in ten million dollars (almost $176 million seen cowboys and cowgirls ride buck- anearby canyon. Is published twice weekly by Beckham County Media, LLC 109 W. Broadway, Elk City, OK 73644-4736 in today’s values)! Being the finest oil in ing broncs. bulldog a steer or jump from Mrs. Roberta McComas returned Periodicals Postage Paid at Elk City, OK 73644 the whole world, its estimated price was a speeding car onto the horns of a wild from Oklahoma City where she won hon- $3.50 ($61) per barrel. Its gravity test Mexican steer and pin him to the ground. ors for being the only student in the Gos- POSTMASTER: Send address changes to PO Box 964, Elk City, OK 73648 was 46.7, equal to the best Pennsylvania An old cowboys’ roping contest for those sard Corset Co. training class to achieve crude, over 50 years of age was a special feature. 100% in the final examinations. ‘The largest mill in Western Oklaho- Cortes Lee shot and killed Jim Jack- Women from all over Oklahoma com- ma, the American Flour Mill at Elk City son at Hammon. A dispute arose over peted, many having years of experience, SUBSCRIPTIONS Frank Leto....Publisher burned in the middle of the night. The old Lee's herd lawing Jackson's cow and de- which gave even more credit to Mrs. Mc- Deliverd by mail: Sheryl Ponce....Staff Writer five-story structure, with a manufactur- manding a dollar's damage for its release. Comas who was a newcomer. $75/yearly ing capacity of 600 barrels of flour plus Jackson refused to pay. As Jackson was $50/six months Neva Pyatt....Advertising Director Luanne R. Eisler authored this article, meal and feed products, did a large export shot in through the abdomen, there was which was taken from items published in Zadie Eakins... Advertising Director No refunds on subscriptions. business; their trade covered Oklahoma no chance for his recovery. Lee was jailed ‘The Carter Express, The Elk City Press and D’Ann Brasuell Design/Layout and Texas. The heat from the large struc- in Cheyenne, ‘The Elk City News-Democrat; these news- elkcitynews @gmail.com CSR/Delivery ture was so intense, it could be felt two ‘The garden hose heists on Broadway papers can be found on microfilm at the elkcitynewsadvertising @gmail.com blocks away. One early bystander thought the first of July were solved! The “law” Elk City Carnegie Library; https://www. [email protected] Hours: the fire started from spontaneous com- found them at a big still three miles north dollartimes.com provided supplementary Mon - Thur 9-4 + Friday 9-12 bustion in the warehouse near the stairs of Rankin on the Frank Day farm. Day information.