A Crawford school bus loaded with school youngsters and teachers were among the marooned in the Saturday night snowstorm that lashed a 13-state Midwest area. The Crawford youngsters, accompanied by teachers, Margaret Colter, Dale Cockrell and Mrs. M.C. Leist, went to Briscoe, Texas to play a game of volleyball that evening. They were returning home about midnight, when the bus stalled in a snowdrift ten miles south of Canadian, Texas.
One of the girls on the bus, 13-year old Sue Martin, became ill. The teachers went to a farmhouse near the highway, to find it unoccupied. Breaking the door in they found that there was a telephone and butane, but no electricity. Here they took the ill Martin girl, called a doctor in Canadian, Texas, who said the girl must have insulin. A highway patrolman coming from Canadian with the insulin, stalled his car. A farmer nearby who was making an effort to go for the insulin on a tractor, took it on to the farmhouse where it was administered to the girl, who by this time was in an unconscious condition. The International dealer in Canadian finally made it to the farmhouse and took the sick girl to Canadian, arriving about 4 p.m. Sunday, where she was hospitalized. Tuesday she was ale to be brought to her home in Crawford.
Parents of the girl, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Martin state that they are very grateful to the teachers who were with the children on the bus, to the people of Canadian, patrolmen, and many, many others who did everything possible for the occupants of the stranded bus. Their acts of mercy, no doubt, saved Sue’s life, according to the thinking of Mr. & Mrs. Martin.
The stranded bus and the other occupants returned to Crawford about 5 p.m. Monday.
Frank Gilliland, Crawford, was the only person to claim a cash prize last Saturday when the weather was very bad. The Cash Day award is now at $315.
Duane Hunt, Cheyenne basketball player was named on the “No. 2 All-State” team by the Daily Oklahoman sports staff and Oklahoma high School Coaches Association. Duane, a senior in high school is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hunt of Strong City.
Gene Whit Skunk, high school student at Hammon, has been selected to receive the Indian Princess title at the Old Timers Reunion in Cheyenne on April 19th.
Recent winners in the conservation poster contest conducted by the Auxiliary to supervisors of the Upper Washita Soil Conservation District are:
3rd & 4th Grades: 1st Laverne Smith, Clinton; 2nd Johnny Pat Peters, Clinton; 3rd Jerry Chandler, Reydon
5th & 6th Grades: 1st Roger White Turtle, Clinton; 2nd Mary Ellen Wright, Arapaho; 3rd Darrell Harrington, Berlin
7th & 8th Grades: 1st Ann Gowdy, Cheyenne; 2nd Elberta Hanks, Stafford and 3rd Gene Eakins, Crawford.
Through a roaring hoop of flames on a pair of white horses goes Jimmy Murphy, Roman Riding Expert who will be at the Quarter Horse Show in Cheyenne on April 19th. Although most horses have a tremendous fear of fire, Murphy has trained these horses to overcome that fear and make these spectacular jumps. On night performances this entire act is done by torch-lite. These horses work in and around fire throughout the act.
Ernest Isch, a senior in the Cheyenne High School placed first in the district conservation oration contest. His subject was “Why My FFA Chapter has Teamed up with My Soil Conservation District”. He also won first place in the FFA public speaking contest.
Security State Bank of Cheyenne has new checks in circulation. In addition to the cut of the Battle of the Washita which the bank uses on its checks it now has various early day cattle brands imprinted on the checks. All this is in an attractive shade of brown.
W.L. Chalfant of the B & C Motor Company in Cheyenne has both roses and tomatoes growing in the Chrysler show window. Mr. Chalfant has made particular effort to have both the roses and tomatoes for the Semi-Centennial Reunion in Cheyenne April 19th. The roses are now in full bloom and the tomatoes are bearing.
The Cheyenne Star
March 28, 1957