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VOLUME XIX, NUMBER 1 WINTER 1963-64 ED l TO R S BILL BURCHARDT PAUL E. LEFEBVRE DIRECTOR ART AND PRODUCTION

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Oklahoma Today is published quarterly in the interestof oll Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Planning & Resources Board: CHARLES 1. MONROE HUGH F. JONES CHAIRMAN DIRECTOR , n Oklahoma Today, Will Rogers Bldg., State Capitol, HE SAGA of the railroad in America has , Oklahoma. $1.85 per year in U. S. and possessions; $2.25 elsewhere; 50' single copy. a cast of hemic men in real life adven- tures of epic proportions. Casey Jones, bWhispering Smith, John Henry-men cast Copyright 1963 by Oklahoma Today magazine. Second class in dramatic roles played against the postage paid at Oklahoma City. LlTHO IN OKLAHOMA churn and roar of flanged iron wheels, against (ti the grievingwail of lonely whistles that once b echaed fmm trestles long since crossed. Such IN THIS ISSUE I men have become legend. Let us add another to this list of legend. His name was Fogarty. THE FOUR HUNDRED AND The saga of John Fogarty does not consist of a lone thunderous exploit of destruction like Casey Jones. FOGARTY by Bill Burehardt Fogarty's story is altogether constructive, of many acts of courage, and of kindness, for John Fogarty was a KEEPING A DREAM ALIVE strong man and a kindly man, the kind of man who brought restraint to the American frontier, a steady, Elizabeth Stubler OUR All- unyielding, and unrelenting restraint, until this frontier knew discipline and law. SEASON SPORT by Wilbur John- He approached every problem of his life in much the same manner as when, being a handsome broth of son COLOR SCENICS FOR an Irish lad, he was having a shave in a Dodge City FRAMING BEAUTY IN SMALL barbershop. A hard case from the Texas plains, huge, . hairy, and rough, entered the tonsorial parlor. Finding THINGS by Bess Taylor all the barbers busy, the Texan rmmmarily seized young Fogarty and dragged him out of the chair. CALENDAR OF EVENTS by Karen The Texan aimed his -45 at the astonished Fogarty, informing him that age came before beauty, then lay Robinson JESS URKLE SAYS back in comfort awaiting the barber's hot towels. Fogarty removed the barber's apron, carefully wiped the remain- by H. C. Neal OKLAHOMA : ing lather from his face, and left the shop. A few minutes later he returned with his own gun. SCRAPBOOK THE FOLK This time it was Fogarty who jerked the hairy intruder POETRY OF DE~BERTDAVIS I out of the chair and did the gun pointing, but he was THE ETERNAL FIRE by Maggie The "Four-Hundred and Fogorty" with a full head of stem 1 lver Fry illustrated by pausing momentarily at the depot in Perkins, a town born in the Run of '89, then the home of legendary gun-fighter Pistol Pete Willard Stone Frank Eaton. BY BILL BURCHARDT

more thorough. He forced the Texan to stand, in frothing paycheck from any road but the Santa Fe." frustration, and observe, while the barber patiently com- The eighteen years of the Four Hundred and Fogarty pleted Fogarty's shave. were exciting years. Oklahoma was a brawling youth. John Fogarty was a conductor for the Atchison, During those years of transition from territory to state- Topeka & Santa Fe. His train was the old No. 410, hood, Fogarty's train made its daily run through the but to the patrons along its circular run it was known country that hatched Bill Doolin's gang, and hard on as the "Four-hundred and Fogarty". It departed Guthrie their heels an oil rush that produced more wealth than at 5:00 P.M. every day, then ran eastward through Coyle, all the gold rushes in America combined. ;Perkins and Goodnight to Ripley, north through Still- Fogarty's passengers were cowhands as rough and water, Glencoe and Pawnee to Skedee, then back south ready as his earlier Dodge City antagonist, plus the through Maramec and Yale to Cushing. Here it tied up roughnecks, tankies and roustabouts of the oil boom- for the night. The next morning it retraced this same towns. His passengers were also the men who made circuitous route back to Guthrie. millions from oil; C. B. Shaffer whose Wheeler No. 1 John Fogarty went to work for the Santa Fe in 1880 opened the Cushing Field in 1912; Tom Slick, the as a section hand. During the next fourteen years he wildcatter whose income passed twenty million dollars was successively, an engine wiper, fireman, brakeman, per year; E. W. Marland, who became governor of then conductor. He took charge of No. 410 in 1905. It Oklahoma; "Josh" Cosden, who came moneyless but was his train for the rest of his life. He "never drew a genius driven from Maryland, who climbed the social

KlAHOMA TODAY I THREE Sonta Fe timetable dated Feb. 5, 1905, the first of the historic years of the "Four-Hundred and Fogarty." heights to entertain the Prince Mr. Fogarty entered the coach of Wales, and whose name still to announce the station, and adorns refineries in the Odessa- called out loudly, several times Midland Field. Jake Hamon, Atci~ison, as he passed through the car, Major Gordon "Pawnee Bill" Topeka & "Goodnight! Goodnight!" As he Lilly, John Ringling of circus passed the little old lady's seat fame, C. B. Wrightsman whose Santa Fc she replied, "Goodnight t'ye, son became president of Stand- nranchcs sir, and I wish ye well." ard Oil of Kansas, and Harry All the episodes were not 1 Sinclair, founder of the Sinclair so quiet. One afternoon four Oil Company, were all regular drunken cowpunchers boarded ; passengers on John Fogarty7s Oklahoma Branch. Fogarty's train. They reeled No. 410 409 through the aisle yelling and Tnble 68 Ex.Su Though it was not these, but PM AM singing. Conductor Fogarty ad- little known folk whom time monished them to sit and be has forgotten, that made John quiet, that they were disturbing Fogarty7s name legend. The other passengers. The train family at the crossing near pulled out, but the conductor's Glencoe for whom Mr. Fogarty advice went unheeded. He re- always tossed an evening paper turned to warn them that they off the thundering train. The must behave or get off. For an youngsters waiting there would answer he got raucous laugh- give Mr. Fogarty a friendly ter and a hooting demand as to wave, pick up the paper and "who in the -- is going to run for home.For farmers along put us off?" Fogarty drew his the route who lived a long way pistol as he pulled the bell rope, , from station stops, Mr. Fogarty would stop the train and the train ground to a halt. .I anywhere out in the country, when there were few pas- "Get off and don't lose any time," said Fogarty. sengers on board, to let them off at the spot nearest Four chagrined punchers stared at the blue steel gun their home. barrel, at the equally blue steel of Fogarty's eyes, then Mothers would put a child on the train saying, got up and meekly marched off the train. They had been "Please put my boy off at Guthrie, Mr. Fogarty," and go thrown off the iron horse, and a long long way from town. their way securely knowing that lad would be safely During the oil boom, two tankies boarded the train , watched. Old timers along the line met the train daily one night at Pawnee. When the conductor came to take just to say "How d'ye do, Mr. Fogarty," and set their tickets, one of the tankies pointed a gun at Fogarty's watches by the train's punctual arrival. nose and informed him that this was their ticket. They A little, elderly lady sat quietly resting in her seat had caught the conductor unarmed. He departed, and one evening as the train approached Goodnight station. returned with a sawed-off shotgun. The tanbies coughed F- 'I-

Conducter Fogarty, overcome with emotion, boutonniere and iacket pocket filled with flowers from adm~rers. up their fares. When the Four and a chorus answered, 'He's Hundred and Fogarty reached all right!' Women who couldn't Yale they were put off the train, pass him their bouquets tossed turned over to the law, and in- them. Mr. Fogarty smiled in a carcerated in the Yale pokey. stunned sort of way for a while The finest of the tales of and then he broke down and the Four Hundred and Fogarty cried like a child." came in the later years, when John Fogarty passed on to Mr. Fogarty was hospitalized. his reward July 23, 1923. Part Word spread along the route of what we have written here that he might not return. The came from the memories of train crew answered daily, Uncle Dick Dickinson, engineer anxious inquiries all along the of the locomotive that pulled I way as to "how is Mr. Fogarty Conductor Fogarty's train dur- 1 getting along?' ing the 1890's. When Uncle 1 At last came a day when he Dick became too old to work, / began to improve, and finally John Fogarty took him into his his crew was able to spread the home. The old engineer lived word that the much beloved the rest of his life with the conductor was going to return. Fogarty family. ' It is unlikely that the whole Across the street from the ' history of railroading ever saw old Fogarty home in Guthrie a day quite like the one on stands Fogarty Junior High which John Fogarty returned School, named for the conduc- to his run. We have an eye- tor of the Santa Fe's historic witness account of that day No. 410; which should be a from the Four Hundred and Fogarty's brakeman. matter of considerable pride to every youth who attends ' "Crowds were at the station, to meet the train at that school, for it is named in honor of a great railroader, Coyle, Perkins, Maramec, Yale, Glencoe, and Cushing. a courageous and kindly man for youth to emulate. Men pressed around to shake his hand. Women gave him flowers. People who couldn't get close shouted greetings. The biggest crowd was at Stillwater, and there the town band was out. The train had to stand there for about fifteen minutes for transfer of baggage, mail and express. Throughout that time the band played and people made themselves hoarse yelling 'Hello, Mr. Fogarty! Glad you're back, If the band stopped playing for a minute somebody bellowed. 'What's the matter with Fogarty? I FIVE I-1-3-ik~d

sure of security and happiness not found & by may persons in a rapidly expanding industrial age. ThgsI the fsundation's first program was designed & to dm* a balanced agriculturaI pmgmn in south A Glass Helix Perfusion Chamber for Massive Growth of Cells in vitro. (27164)

THOMASA. McCoy, WILBURWHITTLE AND EUGE'NECONWAY BiomedicaI Division, The Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Okla.

number of technics for in vitro growth ple the effluent medium as often as necessary &animal cells have been developed. These without running the risk of chance contarni- may be classified into 2 general categories, nation. namely cultures in which the medium is re- The effluent orifice is placed in the sample placed at definite time intervals, and cultures reservoir so the chamber and reservoir con- in which a portion of the medium is continu- tain 40 ml of medium when the column is ously replaced by perfusion. Perf usion sys- filled with helices. Another sample orifice is tems such as tbose developed by Graff and placed immediately below the fritted glass McCarty(l,2) seem to have an added advan- disc of the cell column which can be used tage in that the cells are not alternately ex- for introduction of radioisotopes or any other posed to feeding and fasting periods. While test compounds. PRACTICES, ETS. PRODUCTION AND INCOME

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r-. TULSA COUNTRY CLUB COURSE . .. Oklahoma's golf courses are the out- of-doors at its finest-mother nature with a stylish hair-do and a modish gown- providing you stay on the fairway! But a hook or a slice into the rough and the rocks and she can show a very evil dis- position, and bring out the worst in yours. COLOR PHOTO BY PAUL E. LEFEBVRE

If you were to tell an out-of- The only competitions missing from Oklahoma's top stater that Oklahoma has now tournament roster are the USGA Women's Open Cham- been host to all but two of the pionship and National Public Links event. Many other tnajor national tournaments of the United States Golf tournaments, in addition to those here listed, have been Association (USGA) and the Professional Golfers' Asso- played in Soonerland. The Western, Trans-Missssippi ciation (PGA) he might challenge the statement. When and Southern Golf Associations have ali held tourna- one realizes that this is one of the youngest of the states, ments in Oklahoma. it does seem incredible, but it is true. Here is the list, Oklahoma City was a pioneer in men's professional their sites, and winners. golf, sponsoring the four open tournaments from 1926 through 1929. PGA tournaments were held at Twin Hills 193LPGA Championship, Twin Hills Country Club, in 1956, '59, and '60, and at Quail Creek Country Club Oklahoma City. Won by Johnny Revolta, 5 and 4 over in '62 and '63. Toinmy Arnmour. Ardmore's Dornick Hills sponsored three PGA tour- naments from 1952 through 1954, plus a ladies PGA 1946 - USGA Women's Championship, Southf.rn competition in 1954. The Muskogee Country Club was Hills Country Club, Tulsa. Won by Babe Didrikson the scene of LPGA events in 1962 and '63. The ladies Zaharias, 11 and 9 ovcr Clara Sherman. also contested at Oklahoma City's Lincoln Park a few years ago. 1953-USGA Men's Amateur Championship, Okln- The 1965 USGA Amateur Championship will be homa City Golf and Country Club. Won by played at Southern Hills in Tulsa. Club member John ovcr Dale Morey, I up. M. Winters there has served two terms as president of the United States Golf Association. 1953-USGA Junior Boys' Championship, Southern Golf's popularity in Oklahoma can be partially at- Hills. Won by Rex Baxter Jr., over George Warren, 111, tributed to the fact that it is a year around all-season 2 and 1. sport here. In 1954 there were only nine days on which no round of golf was played at the Oklahoma City Golf 1954USGA Men's Championship, Southern Hills. and Country Club; in 1953-twelve days; in 1952- Won by with $?-hole score of 283. thirteen days, etc. In 1945, 17,183 rounds of golf were played at the Club. The game's popularity has since 196LUSGA Women's Amateur Championship, almost doubled; 34,059 rounds were played in 1962- Tulsa Country Club. Won by JoAnne Gunderson over an average of 93.31 per day, compared to 47.1 in 1945. Jean Ashley, 6 and 5. In all, there are 117 regulation golf courses, and two par 3 courses, in Oklahoma. Of these, 31 are 18-hole 196GUSGA Junior Girls' Championship, The Oaks courses, and 86 are $hole courses. There are 54 private Country Club, Tulsa. Won by Carol Sorenson over golf courses in the state, 32 semi-private courses and Ghamn Fladoos, 2 and 1. 32 municipal courses. Each of our State Park Lodges has a popular, 1961USGA Men's Senior Championship, Southern Floyd Farley designed, . Hills. Won by Dexter Daniels ovc.1 Col. 'Gt'illiam I~nmn~z, Interest in junior golf is booming, certainly indicating 2 and 1. continued future growth. There were 513 young golfers continued on next page

QUARTZ MOUNTAINS AND ICE.. . Desp~tethe picturesque Ice p~ledup olong the shorel~ne,the sun w~llbe pleasantly worm thls day, a fine br~skday for hlk- Ing, slght-seelng, or a round of golf on the scenlc course at Quartz Mountaln Stote Pork where th~sphoto was made. COLOR PHOTO BY BOB TAYLOR

entered in this past summer's South-Central Junior PGA settle for a two-over-par 282 in 1953. Tournament at OkIahoma City's Lincoln Park. There are only two par 5 holes and they are seldom reached in two shots. Fourteen holes lend themselves to double bogies because of well-placed hazards and DOKNICK HILLS out-of-bounds possibilities. Distance is no great problem ARDMORE since the course plays to only 6,483 yards from the back ees. One of the famous holes in the country is the 16th. It is known as the cliff hole or more affectionately as "Old Stoneface". It stretches 533 yards with a par of 5. A long hitter can reach the green in two but such an accomplishment is rare. A 40-foot solid rock cliff protects the green and many a third and fourth, and fifth, shot bounces off it and right back to the player. There are out-of-bounds areas some 15 or 20 yards behind the cup-shaped green which require shots to be well lofted in order to hold. One pro, Bill Jelliffe, took 19 strokes on the hole during one of the tournaments. One of the lowest scores ever recorded was a 63 by "Exacting"-sometimes to the point of exasperation- Charlie CO~,two-time National Amateur Champion, who is probably the best way to analyze the Dornick Hills learned how to play at Dornick Hills. Roberto DeVicenzo Country Club's golf course in the foothills of the Arbuckle fashioned a 65 in the first round of the Ardmore Open Mountains of Southern Oklahoma near Ardmore. in 1952. Actually, Dornick Hills can be classified as a "dream" course-the dream of Perry Maxwell, who gave up tennis - and banking to become one of the country's foremost golf architects. Maxwell, who died in 1952, laid out Dornick Hills in 1913 and then went on to design and I- remodel some 75 courses, including some of the nation's outstanding championship layouts. Many contend that Maxwell's first building job was his best, perhaps because he blended his vivid imagina- tion into the naturalness of the hilly, rocky country. Dornick Hills proved its exactness when its par of , 70 became a stalking monster to some of the nation's best players in Waco and Opie Turner's three Ardmore Opens in 1952-53-54. Dave Douglas and fortunately shot 72-hole scores of 279-one under par- to win in 1952 and 1954, but Earl Stewart, Jr., had to continued on next page

MILLSTREAM REDBUD. . . Spring is the season of delight, for golf, for anything, for everything. This scene of gentle beauty is iust upstreom from historic Bitting Springs Mill, which began grind- ing grain for Cherokee people in the 1860's. COLOR PHOTO BY JESSE BREWER six And when a golfer steps onto the Muskogee Country adding up to 28-31-59 compared with par of 36-34-70 over Club's first tee, he can readily observe that its beautiful 6,410 yards from the regular tees. The competitive course hill country setting provides perfect terrain for a tempt- record of 63 was shot by Raymond Gafford, Fort Worth, ing round over an historic layout. Texas pro from the championship tees which stretch the The course cannot be described as "real tough" nor course out to 6,665 yards. can it be termed "easy". It has enough challenging holes Club pro Ben Dickson; Jr., is deservedly proud of the to make it every bit a championship test from the back course "It has all the necessities and refinements of a tees. championship course, but it also has the right ingredients The Muskogee Country Club began its existence on for enjoyable golf for our members and guests," he states. March 10, 1903, as the Muskogee Town and Country Dickson, after much analysis, selected the 13th hole Club--strictly a social organization. At first, the club as his choice for the "best" on the course, taking into was located on the outskirts of Fort Gibson where it consideration its design, toughness, and need for pinpoint occupied two buildings. In the summer of 1907, the accuracy. The hole measures 445 yards, through a slightly membership bought the 100-acre site where the club uphill dogleg, from a tee that requires an "out-of-the- is now located, and started a %hole course with sand chute" drive under two huge trees. A thick rough to the greens. left will catch hooked second shots, usually calling for In 1911, it was enlarged to 18-holes. Then, in 1924, a wood or long iron by the average player and a medium the course was re-designed by the late Perry Maxwell iron by the better players. and bermuda greens replaced sand. The change to the smoother-putting bent grass was made in 1936. An active, enthusiastic membership has sponsored numerous state and regional tournaments. The club at- tained national prestige by promoting two Ladies Pro- fessional Golf Association tournaments in 1962 and 1963. The tournaments were in the form of a tribute to Beth Stone, daughter of club members Mr. and Mrs. John L. Stone, who turned professional after a successful ama- teur career. If a golfer had to use one word to describe his round over the course it would have to be "pleasureable". It has enough length to test the fairway woods and long irons of the average player, deceptive doglegs demanding posi- tion off the tee, strategically placed sand traps, trees, lakes and ditches and several straightaway holes that can produce easy pars. "With the tees back, this can be the toughest course On a spring day last year young Bobby Dickson, in the state." That's the way Marion Askew describes Oklahoma State University golfer, watched his ball travel the Oaks Country Club course, where he has been pro- a straight and true route to a fantastic score of 59- fessional for 25 years. lowest ever shot on a championship course. Huge clusters of sturdy oak trees strategically adorn Dickson's card showed nine birdies and an eagle, the beautiful, well-conditioned course. It's very easy continued on next page

DRIFTWOOD AND SUN.. . "In a dry and thirsty land", the picturesque sand dunes of L~ttleSahara State Park. "Where no water is" doesn't apply. The wide and historic C~rnarrondrifts lazily by here, and yonderly against the horizon IS a green oasis. COLOR PHOTO BY PAUL E. LEFEBVRE

to get close to nature on this course, but the price is high A profusion of sand traps-big onessky high trees, in the form of a mounting score if one's ball becomes deviously designed doglegs and pretty lakes that can entangled in the wooded wilderness. become ball gobbling monsters . . . These characteristics, The Oaks stretches out over 6,609 yards from the blended with finely tuned grass on fairways and natural championship tees, and plays to par of 36-35-71. Through rolling greens, provide the makeup of the Oklahoma the years, this standard has withstood the challenges of City Golf and Country Club's championship course. some of the nation's best players. Two professionals- It's a golfing delight to wend around the twisting Jack and Frank Higgins-and two amateurs-John Allen layout in quest of an elusive par, because of the and Lynn Gold-share the record with 6-under-par 65's. course's continual superb condition. A bad shot can be Gold achieved his score in the State Amateur Champion- quickly forgotten because of the pleasant surroundings. ship, last July. The club obtained its present property in fashionable The course has the necessary variety to provide Nichols Hills in 1929 and has remained a city show- interesting golfing for even the most demanding of links place. Its crowning achievement came in 1953 when it patrons. A lake provides added attraction, creating a was host to the 53rd Amateur Championship of the hazard from off-the-tee of the 10th hole. There are 47 United States Golf Association. It was won by Gene sand traps, with 23 on the front nine, and 24 on the Littler, catapulting him into a profitable pro career. back side. Such nationally-rated tournaments as the Trans- Askew says the 12th hole is regarded as the best and Mississippi, and Women's Western most natural hole. It is a slight dogleg to the right, Open have been contested over the course. It's the home with trees galore on both sides. The green is elevated, of Charlie Coe. Coe's accomplishments are legend but there are two large sand traps on the right,and another fellow club members never tire of reciting and recalling to the left. It's a 408-yarder with par of 4. his shot executions during friendly rounds. It was on one Oaks Pro Marion Askew points out that the 423- of those occasions that Coe carded a seemingly impossi- yard fifth hole, par 4, is generally accepted as the tough- ble 12 under par 594ne of the lowest scores ever shot est on the course. It is a dogleg to the left, well guarded on a course so highly rated. by trees, and uphill all the way. The best competitive scores include a 63 by Gus Moreland in 1932 when the course played to par 70, and 64 by Ken Rogers over the present layout which plays to par 35-36-71 over 6,852 yards from the cham- pionship tees. Grace Lencyzk shot a 66 in winning med- alist honors in the 1949 Women's . The course has one of the most unusual holes in the country. The 631-yard 13th is designed in a half-circle and is considered a difficult par 5. It's known as the "half-moon" hole, confronting the golfer with the task of keeping his ball to the left on the first two or three shots for position to shoot into a sharply contoured green. The right of the hole is lined with deep ditches and tall trees. A shot hit over the green also winds up in a ditch while sand traps to the right and left present contznued on next page

BEYOND CEDAR LAKE. . .Autumn, south- east, In the Klamlchis, the Jackforks, the Wlndlng Stairs, is never fa~linglybeauti- ful, w~thchill mist-laden mornings, sun warmed noontides, and quiet, contern- platwe evenlngs when sounds carry far and darkness comes qulckly. This stream flows through Cedar Lake near Heavener. COLOR PHOTO BY BOB TAYLOR

other approach problems. over, at 283. A unique part of Southern Hills' history is that it has had only one professional-Bill wotherspoon.f Bill is proud of the fact that he's the head man at a course that requires a complete golfer to conquer it--not a wedge shot artist nor a "putting fool". It is indeed difficult to select the best or toughest hole at Southern Hills, but most experts, including , agree that the 12th rates that distinction. The hole plays 465 yards from the championship tee, and is a par 4. A right-to-left tee shot is ideal, but too much hook will find rough and trees. A straight away drive, or slight fade, is the percentage way to play the hole. A long iron or wood is required for the second shot, and it must be extremely accurate, because bunkers pro- tect the front and left of the green, while a water hazard dips off to the right front. A poor second shot easily results in a double bogey.

The Southern Hills Country Club's elite layout in Tulsa early in its career gained the reputation as one - of the outstanding courses in the Southwest. Built in the mid-thirties, changes made when the club was awarded the United States Golf Association's Open Championship in 1958, have made it an even greater course. Its prestige is national in scope. Southern Hills is a big, strong course and it takes bold, superior golf to master its standard par of 71 on nines of par 35 and par 36, over 6,879 yards. For , the course played to par of 35-35-70 at 6,907 yards. This immaculate golfing expanse proved itself a course of championship caliber during that USGA classic. Temperamental Tommy Bolt managed to keep his temper and game under control during the gruelling 72-hole test, but still couldn't beat par, winding up three strokes continued on next page

MOUNTAIN STORM . .. A blue norther blows in, bringing snow. Low hanging clouds shroud the Wichita Mountain tops. But the longhorn cattle graze the luxur- ient prairie grass as calmly as on a sum- mer day. Perhaps they know the storm will pass and the snow will disoppear, likely before sundown. COLOR PHOTO BY JESSE BREWER

It's common talk that the Tulsa Country Club has TWIN HILLS the "golfingest" members of any club in Oklahoma- I OKLAHOMA CITy and perhaps, per capita, in the United States. Such a situation is readily understandable. The club's beautiful well-groomed championship course is only 1% miles from downtown Tulsa, something like a five- minute drive. The club was organized in 1904 with a 9-hole sand greens course on an 80-acre site. The present 18-hole course was designed in 1909 by A. W. Tillinghast, famous New York architect, and is one of plush fairways, true- putting greens, and deceptiveness. It plays to par of 35-36-71 over 6,240 yards of rolling terrain, doglegs, dotted with trees, and water. The club has many better-than-average players, in the good hands of pro Johnny Palmer, famed big money winner on the pro circuit. "This is an unusual golf course," says pro Johnny Palmer. "On the face of it, it appears easy, but.it fools you. You keep thinking someone will tear it apart, but A double-bitted axe should be standard equipment that hasn't happened and I don't think it will. For one for golfers playing the Twin Hills Country Club course- thing, the distance is deceiving. There is very little roll. especially the first time around. A single blade hatchet The fairways are pretty narrow on some holes, and the might suffice if one plays there regularly. And a shovel rough is always tough." would come in handy. Palmer selects the 10th hole as the toughest. It's This is just a way of saying that Twin Hills probably a 430-yard par 4, which demands a tee shot placement has more trees and traps per acre than any course in to the right of the fairway for an open shot to a small Oklahoma-+r most anywhere for that matter. It is not hogback green. A hooked tee shot winds up behind a to say that the course is without refinements or that huge tree, blocking a straight entrance to the green. If it is an unfair test. All of its characteristics add up to the tee shot is pushed far to the right it stops in the a stern challenge, par 35-36-71. Its fairways are rather midst of more trees. For many, it takes two wood shots narrow but lush-its greens not extra large but undu- to reach the green. lated, placing a premium on putting. The course record is 64, and is shared by seven Twin Hills is a fairly short course, measuring only players; Walter Emery, Logan Van Zandt, Jim Kennedy, 6,467 yards from the back markers. However, it has been , Skee Riegel, Bill McPartland and stretched out another 200 yards or so to minimize the Bob Inman. Jeannie Thompson, 1962 Trans-Mississippi par-breaking habits of the long-hitting touring pros who champion holds the women's record with a 70. A climax have performed in several Oklahoma City Open Tourna- in Tulsa Country Club history was the USGA Women's ments. Amateur Championship played there in 1960-the win- The course is loaded with scenic holes-some of them ner, JoAnne Gunderson. extremely difficult to par. Pro Ed Gauntt says it is the general opinion that the 18th hole is probably the toughest and possibly one of the best finishing holes in the state. It plays 433 yards to a par 4. The fairway leads slightly downhill to a big ditch. Then it's uphill all the way to the green protected by a huge sand trap to the left. An out-of-bounds area to the right sets up the possibility of penalty strokes. The tee shot must be played to the right of the fair- way. One hit to the left leaves little chance of reaching the green on the second shot-usually a long iron or wood for the average player. Because acute accuracy is a necessity, many players resort to an iron off the tee, feeling they have a better chance for a par although a longer second shot is required. Twin Hills was designed by Perry Maxwell in the early 1920's for Dorset Carter Sr. It is now a private club. -- . Twin Hillq jumped into big time golf in its infant years as host to PGA Championship in L

1935, having already entertained the Western Amateur _ -_.I , , = a- in 1934. Many state and sectional events have since +k>-i:L

Wilbur Johnson, author of our article on Oklahoma's all- season sport, golf, is himself an amateur golfer of champ- ionship caliber who knows whereof he speaks. He was recently one of twenty-seven amateurs across the nation to.partici- pate in the "Beat Bing" playoffs attheTucson National Golf Club. He competed in Class "A"and won second,thus qualifying to compete in Bing Crosby's Annual Tourna- ment at Pebble Beach, California. Crosby, Bob Hope, and numerous other celebrities will compete at Pebble Beach, where each amateur is paired with a pro, the proceeds of the tournament to be added to the several millions of dollars it has already contributed to the Bing Crosby Youth Fund. mall things of n beauty are often over- looked, or receive only small attention. Almost anyone can discern beauty in the grand magnificence of a sunset, a mountain scene, a panorama of landscape; but many things minuscule, small creatures of beauty, go unseen or overlooked. Some of these creatures are useful, all are decorative. Bess Taylor, of Cordell, is especially adept at observing, and photographing, them. This handsome representative of the beetle family, tbough seldom made welcome, makes crop-damaging cutwerms a part of his diet.

This beaufiful water insect is a destroyer of flies and maoquitos. Drergon%es of many color combinations frequent our lakesides, ponds, and streams.

The busy hum and.stiteh of the Cicada is-a ~~inforMbls,lulling yund that sews aur ,summer afternoons together.

More than twenty species of swallowtail buMedies decorate ow Rower beds, gardens, and tields of wild flowers. This is the Black Swallowtail. Ian 3 kn.3 Ian $21 Ian Ueb.13 !an 4 Ian 4 kn 4 Ian 4 Ian 6 la6 Ian 7 Ian &Fab 2 Ian 9 lm lo Ian 10 Ian lo Ian 11 118 I1 h 11 la11 h 12 Jan I3 Ian 13 Ian 14 !a 14 )an 15 Ian 17 Ian 17 lrn I8 Ian 18 Ian 20 hn 21 Ian 2%-25 Ian 24 hn 24 la& 25 Im 25 Ian V Ian Y Jan n lah 28 lrn 29 lal YI Ian webl Ian web1 Ian 31 ieb l Ieb l Feh 1 Jess Urkle reports that their banker ieb 1-29 ieb 2 took off for South America the other kh2 ' Feb 3 M 3 day with his cute secretary and Feb 3 ish 4 $100,000 of the bankfs money, which Fob 5--7 Feb 7 lab 7 created quite a problem. They're khieb 88 Fa8 having a little trouble finding a ~eh8 ieh 8 . replacement to teach the guyfs Sunday Feb 9 iab 10 ieh U-Mar 2 school class. Feh 13 lab 13 reh I346 ieb I4 iah 14 Feh 144 ieb IS Fab I5 Feb I5 Feb I7 " M ~ . =JessUrkle's wife, Oona, is still .- 1 Rb 11-21 Fab 18 = . ieb I8 . pretty puny. She accidentally swal- .: ieb 1% hb 20 lowedaspoonwhiledrinking coffee the isb 2c-22 ieb 21 hb21 ;;',,, other day, and is barelyableto stir feb 21-22 Feb 22 ' ' = around a little. Ieb 27 Feb 22 feb 2? Feb 24 Feb 24 M W7 ieb. 28 Feh 26 HY-n M 28 -~ - The doctor told Jess he hated to ieb 28 hh?3 feb 29 mention it, but the check Jess gave him Feb 20 ##,,, ,,, Mar 1 '= = had come back. "Ain't that a coin- Mar 1 , , Mu 1-4 Mar 2 ,,,, ,, , cidence?" Jess replied, "so has Mar 3 Mar3 Mar 3-5 h .' my lumbago. Mr 5 88, . Mar 6-7 " ",,, Mar 6-7 Mar6-7l9 Mar 6-10 Mar 7 Mar 7-?4 Mar 8 Mar 9 Mar 9 Jess Urkle don't like to complain Mar $43 Mar 10 about the wind here but he reports that Mar I0 Mar 11-13 Mar ll-lpr 5 he stepped out in the yard the other Msr 12 Mar 12-14 Lr 13-14 day with a cup of coffee in his hand, Mar lM4 Mar I4 and right away it had black caps on it. Mar I5 Mar 16-17 Mar 16-20 Mar I7 Mar 17 Mar 17-22 Mu 19 l4r 19 Mar 2C--21 Mar 21 The Urklesl wedding anniversary was Mar 21 Mar23 Mar 24 last week, and Jess gave Oona a 144- Lr24 Mar 26 piece matched dinner set-a box of Mar M Mar %@r 4 Lr 31 toothpicks.

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Indian, and last week the old fellowls$@s #+ 1 twin boys were accepted for member- 7* ;: ; ship in the Lake Hefner Yacht Club. " > *I We are not sure that Jess Urkla is a rd person. Seems the only person who has The old chief had always wanted to see?$ ever seen Urkfe is Edmond newspaper I his red sons in the sail set. :& editor H. C. Neal. What is more, Urh never seems to communicate with anyone but Neal. Which has forced us to the con- clusion that Urkle with his double-barrded typewriter (one barrel loaded with bney, After21years of marriage tothe same the other with acid] is H. C. Neal's alter woman, Jess has learned two things ego. about the feminine intellect: "just becausen is a perfectly valid excuse, and "oh, you known is a logical explanation.

The Outer Space and Dealer's Choice H.C.NEAL I Discussion Club is studying a resolu- tion to repanel the club's restroom alias I, in natural birch. Jess is opposed he figures somebody will wan% to ... rename the club and call it the Birch I JESS URKLE John Society. DISTI.WIW1NG CHARACTERISTICS d Thwr is no tatoo on the hand of -7 1 this cigarette smoker, , -> 1 Political campaigns are fraught with danger, says Jess. The other day he Obviously, it is unlikely that he accepted what he thought was a piece of 2will be apprehended using that campaign literature from a smiling "~earykid si - " stranger and it turned out to be a summons for jury duty.

Jess's oldest boy is looking for a girl who will love him for just what he is-broke.

Jess has it figured that the smartest way to own a car is to trade every two years. And he's mighty proud he hasn't missed a monthly payment since 1946.

I Jess thought he was going to get a pretty good price for his used car the ether day until the dealer walked t three times, tugged thought-!zg

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TWENTY-NINE mong the finest expressions of allowed to pass. Here are verses from his RAINY DAY beauty, among any people in IN THE WOODS: any age, will be found art unre- strained by classic form. These "When the leafy woods are dripping with the cool works of beauty come from those who have experienced and welcome rain their environment with a rare and intense understanding, And the water stands in puddles on the ground; who have been impelled, without formal discipline, to When the creeks begin to gurgle in their channels translate intangible into tangible, to give the fleeting a once again form more permanent, to turn emotion into shape or And the song birds join in chorus all around. sound, so that which they have known and felt can be With an ax upon my shoulder and the 01' dog at shared by another. my heels, Delbert Davis does not write classic sonnets or odes, 'Tis a pleasure to go trampin' thru the woods. but he has much to say of truth and beauty. He came Jest a nosin' into nature and its mysteries that I feel to Okluhoma in a covered wagon when he was six years Might interest me in outdoor solitudes. old. The year: 1889. The squishin' of the water on the leaves beneath His family settled near Mulhall until the Iowa Reser- my boots, vation was opened in 1891. His uncle Jesse Henley And the patter of the rain upon the grass, made the run, got a claim, and Delbert moved there tb And the swishin' of my slicker makes me feel I'm live with Uncle Jesse and his wife and four children. in cahoots When he was nineteen, he completed the 7th grade at With every tree or puddle that I pass." a log schoolhouse twenty miles northwest of Chandler. The next winter he went to Stillwater and graduated from the 8th grade. His philosophy is homely and often rings with biblical He then lived and worked in Albuquerque, and later truth. Here are verses from his THE MAGIC OF THE on the Navajo Reservation. He worked as a horse CUPS: wrangler on ranches in Wyoming. He drove the stage- "It was only a cup of water coach on the run from Rawlins, Wyoming, to Baca, That the woman gave at the we11 Colorado. On his return to Oklahoma, he got a third But it quenched the thirst of the Master grade teacher's certificate and taught for thirteen years. So the sacred writings tell. He has been a farmer, loves the out-of-doors, and teaches the Bible Class at the church he attends in Not so much the thing that is given Wellston where he now lives. His verses have caught That answers the heart's demand, the wealth of color, the mellowing experiences of all But the spirit in which it is offered those years most vividly. That blesses the giver's hand. To Delbert Davis, the feel of spring rain, the sparkle We grieve at a friend's indifference of the morning sun in a drop of dew, the smell of growing When suddenly we find things, the work and play of wild things, have been We are crushed by an act of kindness wonders too precious to be only observed and felt then In a world we had thought unkind."

THIRTY His years on the range have made his writings about ranch life as expressive as the work of Will James. Here is his BRONCHO: "He races round The pole corral, That boy mustang of mine. Dodges the lassoes, That I throw Outsmarts me every time. Or drags his nose against the ground, As wise as he is red. Mid galluping Stampeding hoofs, To hide his cagey head. He loves to snort; Pretend he's wild He's learned to dodge the noose, Cow pony, wise To every trick, My little red cayuse. Too smart to fight A rope if caught, And get himself choked down, He knows how quick The slithering twine Can pull him to the ground. A roping, cutting, Quarterhorse. He knows the branding pens And wheels or cuts And does his work As well as any man. In roping contests He's an ace He's champion to the last continued on next page

THIRTY-ONE Runs side by side, He rolled his eyes, and tossed his horns, With any calf As they drove him into the chute, That thinks it's wild and fast. Could I sit tight For the third wild jump, With saddle blankets When I hung my spurs in that brute? Stiff and cold, Just when you think he won't I pulled down my hat as I slid to his deck He boggs his head Said, 'Let's Go!' and grabbed for the girth. And falls apart He went into action Then, boy, you ride or don't. They bellered, 'Hold on!' He proceeded to mop up the earth. Goes nature, Stays up in the air He snorted and bawled as he jumped for the moon Swaps ends with no remorse And again, when his feet hit the green. He's stacked me Curled his back like a snake, Now and then for fun. Shot ahead and reversed, But I love that little horse." Swapped ends and did all that was mean. I curried his shoulders and spooked his sides DELBERT DAVIS And raked his flanks with my rowls, I stuck, for the seventh Wild glamorous jump, While the crowd went dizzy, with howls. In THE RED OUTLAW he tells of an ill-fated We cut off connections, somewhere in the air, attempt to ride a longhorn steer: And swiftly I took altitude. "I stood by the gate of the big corral, As I left, for the wild Half doubtful and half in fear. Blue yonder, they yelled The money was up 'Come down! You are still doin' good.' And I couldn't back down; Now I wash dishes for three squares a day; I must ride the big red steer. In a chili joint, happy to know He moved, like a captive panther. I finished my job, As he circled the high stockade, On the 'Old Diamond 0,' I knew the boys When I rode that longhorn tornado." Were watchin' me; Had they guessed I was afraid? His word imagery is often striking. In his poem I rode for thrills, on the 'Diamond 0' ranch OKLAHOMA he writes of the oil industry: The worst that was wild and raw "To reach to the earth's deep fissures And just to please As their grinding bits unlock The gang today, The power of our mighty engines I would try that red outlaw. From the sands and folded rocks." In other verses from the same poem, he expresses Many will share the expression of A FATHER'S his love for Oklahoma: REVERIES: "And there in the waving wheat fields "I saw her gaze into his eyes, Through the sunny days of June His eyes; our infant son The whirling reel of the binders A tiny bit of humankind And the shockers' whistled tunes. Whose life had just begun. The bobwhite calls from the corn fields I heard her as he older grew The meadowlark from the wheat Explain away his fears; And the mockingbird joins in chorus I saw her touch each childish hurt With his music wild and sweet. And kiss away his tears. The dainty pink of the redbud The questions which his growing mind On a lovely April day Somehow each day conjured, Is a fairy land of blossoms She answered. Answered one and all Our state tree on display." With patience long endured. I watched her start him off to school The flying saucer craze caught Delbert Davis' interest And smile among her tears- and caused him to take a gentle poke at our national She was his Queen of hearts always brashness: Throughout his boyhood years." "We heard from corner grocery store, Restaurant and dairy barn, Fom city streets and radios, To express his deepest thoughts, Delbert Davis often A wild, fantastic yarn. returns to the language of the cow country: Of bold space-riding buccaneers, "When earth's last roundup is over Who sailed among the stars, And we start on the long, long trail, A million miles perhaps or more When we gather at last, at the river From somewhere out on Mars. And gaze, on its shadowy veil, Half man, half wolf, but monsters, all; When we head for the wide open pastures Marauders to our world; Up there, will the Great Wagon Boss As swift descending through the clouds Ride down thru the gathering shadows, Their flying saucers whirled. To pilot our outfit across? They came to clutter up our works Let the river roll on as it listeth And meddle in our wars, Calm, peaceful, or tossing with foam To steal our plans for atom bombs Or let the dark waters be chilly And blow out all the stars. What matter-We're all going home But tearing up the Milky Way And may the Great Wrangler of nations, By chesty Marrians Have all, who shall trust in his word Is out of order; such great work Safe gathered within the remuda Is for Americans!" On the day we ride down to the ford."

THIRTY-THREE KEE-TOO-WAH

BY MAGGIE CULVER FRY r .. , s -

THIRTY-FOUR

bread, co broth), kanutchee (mashed hickory nut kernels, shaped into balls with the outside covered with the dry, cracked hulls), and many other native dishes, as well as "yonaka" food, such as we'd bmught in the big tub. All in all, what a feast! And the Right festivities! One moment a dent, rosy - tableau, the naxt, the dance in motion, the participants in a circle, moving to the rhythm of the chant. I mt near the wagon with G& a little way off. "Sook", she said in a low mice, "I want ba Bhow ' you something." She pointed out a woman alone in the dark, half hidden by one of the wagons, She was putting terrapin shells upon her legs, either with straps or strings, I couldn't tell which. "The shelk are filled with little rocks," Grandma continued; '"when she dames around they will rattle. Listen." Sure enough, there was a soft rattling accompaniment to the soundof the chant, as the women already ia the dance wore these shells. A little Cherokee girl about my she came wer from the circle, adto my ~urprise,she was not at all bashful. She walked straight up to me and &d in English, "'Come and dance with me." "Yes, go QW,"my grandmo+er encouraged me, while & lime girl in the long dress waited, smiling ,to catch a small object in a little cup ea&$&ue ded hopeftdly. "Shngers are always welcomed in the dancet''

on the end of a stick \ grandmother urged. "Indian ball," Grandpa chuckled as we watched the But I shook my head, overcome with timidity. women's full E&% tails flastr brightly in ib rswn as they '~o-h0_1onya swirled and mmved toward the little deer Weball they '"Yo-ho .. . were trying to capture. Young fellows* as p&tawas "Yo-ho-x10lly-o Aladdin's &I, in bright red and yellow dcoturbans, 'Yo-ho ...'" leaped high, with the grace of cougar lions. Some wore They moved with the pulsing melody rising to the sombreros decorated with a tall feather. Great Spirit, even as the red sparks from the sacred, The mouth watering goodness of me& cooking in fire rose upward into the dark. This was a part of the bh iron kei$les re+ived my forgotten apmtite. Fresh ritual not hidden from the casual eye of the stranger, tenderloin M ham mostly, but there wax$& be other as well as the Keietoowah chief's prayer, uttered by Chief meats, h. wiled livers d light& beef, &%ken, squis- Redbird Smith, in those days. re1 . .. them were seven of the iron kettlw in all. "0 Great Spirit, look down on us this day and "For each of the seven clans," they effpkiied; "just receive our humble offering. We give thanlrs for the as there are &en arbors." blessings of this year, for the food and shelter of our These shekrs were suppo~on native sa~fingpoles, people, and for life. Bless them and watch over them thatched wi& &ck-oak leaves and aubhkd canvas, during the year to come. Amen." like a tent, I& some of these t&? men A part of the Keetoowah ritual is not for the casual in others, the women. There were rough benches inside viewer , and Ketoowah who are in the knowing keep to sit on, and the one Grandma took me to had a number what they know secret. Like mystical experiences re- of made down pallets. The women were engaged in lated by the elders, some things are not for the telling. mimated chatter, in Chemkeb. I couldn't, mderstand Here were the Nighthawk Keetoowah, the branch a word. When my grandmother joined [email protected] was left that opposed with the strength of their life and breath out. the changing of their ways. They are there in the "Where are your ~s?"Grandma said in English Cookson Hills to this day. as she laughiagly took a girl by the arm, Q~dmother's My sister went to a ceremonial dance in those hills Cherokee voabtillary was limited, unlike Grandpa's, who in July, 1959; the last one she was ever to attend. was a court Werpreter. The y~unggirl with $he amber "It's changed, Sook," she said a little wistfully, and sWght black hair rattled off mmhg with "they serve mdwiches and potato chips, along with the a ba@ul and point@ to her Mde her feast. They are more modern now . . ." Net We were silent, thinking of old times, of change, but In the 6jg pots the aroma was unbearably bntahing. each knowing that, in spite of change, the sacred fire The meat was all done. There would be aEa:cks of bean of the Keetoowah will always burn. END

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