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2- The Elk City News News October 4, 2023 Round Fire Departments & Law Enforcement Served Since 2014 Get front and back tax Town benefits with Oklahoma 529 By State Treasurer Todd sities, CareerTech, and graduate October 5 Russ or professional schools. Plus, see how an Oklahoma 529 account Elk City Varsity Football, Student academic success is top of mind as families settle can pay for K-12 tuition, Mass Band, HOME - Cache into school routines. lencourage Ask for Gifts at Holidays, Oklahoma families to take the Birthdays and Special Occa- next step in setting a gameplan sions: When asked for gift ideas, for a tax-free education savings remember a contribution gift October 6 path this month, which Septem- ber is aptly recognized as Col- to an Oklahoma 529. 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Oct. 16th at 4pm WTC October 23 Continued from page 1. One Hundred Years Ago, October 1923 Bats at the Library, Mon- ‘The last week in Septem- stream known as Canal Creek, Eighteen-year-old S. E. martial law in response to Ku as short term classes. Some ber and the first week in Oc- tributary to the South Canadi- Beckwith had just placed a Klux Klan activities. The third day, Oct. 23rd 4pm (Bats examples of this are stained tober saw the heaviest rains an near Crawford. jack under the track on the M. week of October, he was sus- glass course, basic photogra- ever known in this part of the Another tragedy early in K. & T. near Leedey when he pended from office when the and a presentation from phy classes, paraprofessional country. A four day and night October occurred when Henry saw a train coming. He tried Senate adopted a resolution dasses, small engine repair rain accumulated to eight Keahey of Crawford attempted to remove the jack but when temporarily relieving him of Mobile Grotto unit from classes, PowerPoint classes, inches of water. Bridges and suicide by drinking carbolic it stuck, he abandoned it. As his duties. This followed the and AAA Defensive Driving culverts were washed out; rail- acid. Mr. Keahey was “heavily the train ran over the track, adoption in the House of two the Oklahoma State Park classes. These are just a sam- road traffic was suspended for involved,” and his crops were it released the jack and it flew Articles of Impeachment. Lt. pling of classes. If someone is two weeks. An accompanying badly hit by the drought. The back, striking Beckwith in the Gov. Martin E. Trapp assumed system) interested in a class, contact hailstorm beat down crops. destructive hailstorm and abdomen and rupturing his stomach. He died a few hours the governorship. While Wal- WTC to see if there may be an Van M. Barr reported that his rain destroyed his entire har- later in the Elk City hospital. ton was charged with misuse opportunity to start one. cotton was almost completely vest, besides killing 28 head Robert S. Pepper who lived of public funds by having his ruined. Dr. Jefferson Denby’s of horses and mules, which northwest of town left four chauffeur put on the State October 26 Adult Education also falls farm south of Carter lost two were mortgaged. When he sweet potatoes weighing a to- Health Dept. payroll, the un- under the business and in- windmills, a barn and grana- consulted an attorney about tal of fifteen pounds with the derlying issue had to do with Carnival at the Care- dustry umbrella. Classes to ries due to the floods. bankruptcy, he did not have editor of The Elk City Press. his anti-KKK activities. achieve a high school equiv- The rain washed away the $30.00 ($768 in today's He claimed he got 5 cents Miss Phil Mann from Can- gie-Moonlight Madness, alency diploma are offered Hugh Blurton's home at Craw- values), for the fees. The next ($.88) a pound for ‘em. Hard- ute heard her mouse trap snap in six different locations. ford. His wife and six chil- morning, he made the attempt er L. Harper from Canute pre- and went to investigate. To Thursday, Oct. 26th 4-6pm ‘Those are Elk City, Burns Flat, dren, from infancy to 16 years, to settle his troubles himself. sented a couple of fine apples. her surprise, she found a centi- Weatherford, Clinton, Hobart, were at home alone. Sixteen- Doctors expected him to re- One was a York Imperial and pede in it, five inches long and and Cordell. year-old Leroy shielded the cover. the other a Stayman Winesap. three quarters of an inch wide. Last year there were 863 children from the hail with a While working with a corn Each weighed 15 ounces and Mrs, Dodie Woods won The Do you have an event or class offerings in this depart- fodder shock and took them, binder, Charlie Martin had was twelve inches around! He Elk City Press's prize of anew ment across the WTC cam- one by one, to higher ground, two of his fingers badly man- had 290 trees in his orchard Buick sedan, but she preferred something else you would but Mrs. Myrtle Blurton and gled. Dr. Thomas D. Palmer and expected to have 250 a sports roadster instead. The puses with 7474 enrollments. 9-year-old daughter, Lavi- amputated one forefinger, and bushels of apples. car was the first of its kind like to share with the com- ‘This seems to prove that there na, were swept away with the the second finger of his left A spokesperson for the here and was bright red! is something for everyone in house. Myrtle escaped with hand was in bad shape. Broom Corn Association re- Luanne R. Eisler authored munity in the Round Town the WTC Business and Indus- her life by clinging to a tree William Burr was severe-ported that it had shipped this article, which was tak- try Division. Adult programs limb and pulling herself out of ly burned about the face and33 carloads of product plus en from items published in Calendar? Email the in- thrive with the dedication the water before the hail beat hands when a bucket of hot the 24 carloads other buyers The Carter Express, The Elk of the staff and leadership. her insensible. But Lavina? tar fell on him. He was help- had shipped. It was antici- City Press and The Elk City formation for the event to ‘This includes Superintendent Two days later, a message from ing to tar a new roof, and as pated that the Association News-Democrat; you can find Kathe Corning and BIS Direc- Camargo, about thirty miles the bucket was being drawn would receive 100 carloads. these newspapers on micro- [email protected] tor Danny Britton. down the Canadian River, ver- up, the pulley broke dropping And despite the record rains, film at the Elk City Carnegie ified that the body of a little the pail. Although workmen the county shipped $100,000 Library; _https://www.dollar- girl had been recovered from called to Burr, he did not hear ($1,756,200) worth of cotton. times.com and Heritage Quest the water. It was the Blurton them, and the bucket struck Back in September, Gover- provided supplementary in- child! She had drowned in the him on the head. nor John C. Walton declared formation. 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