50 years ago, July 25, 1974Chamber Directors Look Over New Airport Following their noon luncheon meeting Tuesday, Chamber of Commerce directors drove to the Blackwell-Tonkawa Airport to inspect the new facility. The officers who went were Max Welch, president, Calvin Crumrine, Gilbert Humphries, Hubert L. McIntyre, Bill Huston, Mrs. Pauline Fuller and Loy Reisch, chamber manager and member of the airport trust authority.City Residential Areas To Get Fogger TreatmentThe city park department has been testing a new insecticide fogger for the past ten days and is now preparing to utilize it in the residential areas of the city, Frank S. Hamand, city manager, said today.Already fogged has been the city dump, the POW Camp and the Ray See park area with a significant reduction in insect population in the treated areas. Hamand said the insecticide used is a formula approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and is non-toxic and is not harmful to humans; pets, livestock or wildlife.The city manager said plans call for fogging the city over a three-day period beginning Tuesday, July 30, and finishing on August 1. The work will be done in the early morning hours, possibly between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. to cause as little inconvenience as possible.The fogger equipment issues a sound similar to that of an air boat, but is not extremely loud, so that it should not disturb people sleeping. It puts out a dense cloud of white fog which envelopes the area and will drift around, through and under shrubs, plants, trees, etc.Tonkawans Leave Today For Week At Falls Creek A group of Tonkawans left this morning to attend Falls Creek Baptist Assembly near Davis, Okla.Young people attending are Valerie Magner, Eric Williamson, Janet Walker, Yancey Denney, Erin Noles, Charles Wright, Debbie Bufford, Martha Minor, John Cunningham, Jamie Fuhr, Jeff Green, Greg Green, Tina Green, Christy Kuehny, Dana Lyall, Don Colwell, Steve Kuchera, Tim Coulter, Duane Ailey, Steve Tull, Sharon Oxford, Ricky Ailey, Larry Case, Jackie Legg, Marty Cunningham, Sondra Ross, and Marion Williamson.Sponsors are Rev. Bill Dickover, Tony Ward, Cecil Ailey, Jr., Willa Mae Lyall, Catharine Veal, and Mary Kay Dowler.Preacher for this week at Falls Creek is Rev. James T. Draper, associate pastor of First Baptist church, Dallas. Dean for this year is Warren Angell, dean emeritus of the Warren Angell School of Fine Arts at O.B.U.Views & ReviewsElmo Zumwalt, retiring Chief of Naval Operations: “The United States Navy ...
