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Voter registration deadline is approaching

Kingfisher County Election Board Secretary Shawna Fulks reminds would-be voters that July 31 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Aug. 25 primary runoff.

Monument Dedication Climax of Celebration

Kingfisher acquired a new symbol on Sunday, July 4, as the statue of a typical farmer, sculpted by Tasso Pitsiri of Enid, was unveiled and a Bicentennial Memorial Bell Tower Monument dedicated on the courthouse grounds.

SPORTS

Baseball and softball games were played Wednesday afternoon as part of the Fourth of July activities at Oklahoma Park. In a seven-inning junior baseball game, Kingfisher defeated Marshall 8-4. In a five-inning adult softball game, the all-stars defeated J.C. Penney 8-3.
Pictured is Dover School. The roof of the gymnasium is being extended westward for a larger court, and bleachers on the north and south to seat 1,000 persons. A corridor on the east end of the gymnasium will close it off from the classrooms. Locker rooms will be established under the bleachers, and at the west end of the gymnasium will be a large stage, with a classroom under it. The southwest wing of the building is being extended for additional classrooms. (Free Press, July 9, 1951)

Centenarians dream of horses, outdoors

All Iva Petty wants for her birthday is to ride a horse.Never mind she’ll be 105 years young when her birthday rolls around Monday; she still wants that horse ride.“I don’t have a saddle or a bridal or my riding clothes, but I’d sure like to ride,” she said from Cimarron Nursing Center.
BIRTHDAY GIRLS Della Cross, left, and Iva Petty celebrate their 101st and 105th birthdays, respectively, this month.

MRS. CORLETT WON 52 QUARTS OF ICE CREAM ON GUESS

(All from The Times, July 8, 1926)Last week Mrs. Henry Corlett proved herself to be a “guesser” among “guessers”. In fact, she is the champion guesser in the state, according to the Puritan Ice Cream company, located at Enid.

Hot as a firecracker here on Fourth of July holiday

You wouldn’t have had to tell Kingfisher County folks it was July the Fourth Wednesday. The temperature hit a high of 101 degrees.After a north front cooled down temperatures to a “mild” 93 on Thursday, the south wind returned Friday and the temperature shot up to 102 Friday afternoon.
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