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• CELEBRATING 70 YEARS: Boeckman Ford is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. To commemorate the milestone, the Ford dealership is serving lunch from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, July 24. In addition, there will be a drawing for a gun safe and other door prizes.

Brian and Liz Walter recently erected a decorative bench honoring Brian’s father on the west side of the swinging bridge in Kingfi sher Park.Bob Walter, served on the Kingfisher City Commission for over 13 years from 1960 until his untimely death due to a heart attack on July 1, 1973, at age of 47.

Cashion and Okarche had increases in their sales tax checks for July, according to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, which collects and distributes the sales tax for municipalities and counties along with the state sales tax.

As Oklahoma temperatures continue to climb, Oklahoma Human Services is partnering with utility providers to help Oklahomans beat the heat.

The University of Central Oklahoma has announced the students named to its honor rolls, a distinction given to those who meet the highest academic standards.

A hundred years ago today; A wilderness was here; A man with powder in his gun Went forth to hunt a deer.But now the times have changed somewhat, Along a different plan — A dear with powder on her nose Goes forth to hunt a man.

Work on the new highway bridge south of Dover continues to progress rapidly. Word from there states that the steel is up on the approach span. One more set of tubes must yet be sunk. Four piers have been completed with a fifth one ready to run.

(All from The Times, July 22, 1926)“Every live stock car between Caldwell, Kansas, and Fort Worth, Texas, and every train engine serving the same area and the panhandle have Dover sand in them.” Such was a statement made this week by J.H.