Word was recently received here by Mr. and Mrs. Therman Frazier, rural Tonkawa, that their son, Lt. Colonel Therman E. Frazier, has assumed command of the 905th Air Refueling Squadron at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. The squadron flies the KC-135 jet tanker aircraft and provides refueling support for the B-52H nuclear bombers of the 319th Bomb Wing at Grand Forks. The 905th ARS also supports world-wide refueling commitments with scheduled deployments to Southeast Asia, Europe and Alaska.The KC-135 is a military version of the Boeing 707 Commercial airliner. It can carry 31,000 gallons (189,000) pounds of jet fuel at speeds over 550 miles per hour above 35,000 feet of altitude. Through air refueling techniques, it can unload its fuel to either bombers, tactical, flight or reconnaissance aircraft.Colonel Frazier has been stationed at Grand Forks AFB since November, 1969. He attended Tonkawa schools and married the former Beverly Hasselwander of Tonkawa. They have four children, Richard, 15, Mike, 11, Terri, 6, and Tricia, 15 months.Three Tonkawans Are Enrolled At Oklahoma TechThree students from Tonkawa are among 2,695 full-time students enrolled for the fall trimester at Oklahoma State Tech, Okmulgee.Tonkawans and their course of study, are: Jack D. Mason Jr., airconditioning; Clark L. Osborn, industrial electronics and Donna J. Owens, shoe repair.Tech, the residential, vocational-technical branch of Oklahoma State university, is the largest school of its type in the nation. Students may select a career area from 52 separate courses of instruction offered.Students enrolled for the fall trimester represent all sections of Oklahoma, 33 other states and 7 foreign countries.More than 4,400 students enroll annually at the post-secondary vocational school.McIIvain Tops All In Football Contest PicksFour contestants missed four games in the final regular season Football Contest of the year and three were named cash prize winners on the basis of their picking the tie-breaker.Winner of the contest and $7.50 cash is Ditz McIIvain, Perkins, who picked the actual score of the OSU-IOWA STATE game the closest.Closely behind McIIvain and claiming second prize of $5.00 cash is Hilda Reisch, 401 N. Seventh, who was barely edged for the top money. She also picked the OSU Cowboys over the Cyclones but was one point behind McIIvain.The last two contestants both picked Iowa State to win and the third place winner was LaCindy Robbins, 2800 Lexington NE, Albuquerque, N.M. She edged Hugh Means, 118 West Congress for the third prize $2.50 cash.One final ...
