6-The Journal, Thursday, March 31, 1977
Thirc[ Grade Pow-wow
The 3rd grade held its
annual Indian Paw Wow at
2:30 Man. April 21 with each
one in Mrs. Evans room and
the 3rd graders in Mrs.
Ewings room participating.
After entering the room to
a Buffalo Feast Dance Song
the grop sang two Indian
songs and sat down Indian
style on their sit-upons made
from paper sacks.
Derek Herring gave a
report about Pueblos and
Lonny Lowe helped him. A
corn dance was done by Julie
Ryan, Teresa Lile, Jeff
Watts, Cheri Duffle,
Corn grinders--Torren
Wolfe, Gerald Phillips, Scott
Matheson.
Greg Rose and Kim Houck
told about and Indian game
they made.
Jennifer Gibson reported
on Novokos showing a hogan
made of clay by her
committee, and Danny Cou-
ch helped.
Lisa Harper told about an
Indian Game, Danny Couch
and Lisa Owens showed.
A rain dance was done by
Colt FerriU, Kathryn Ross,
Mike Bozeman, Kim Berger
and John Vogt.
Kathryn Ross gave a
report about N.W. Indians.
Colt pointed to their mural.
David Meyer reported on
Plains Indians and Todd
Kucks showed a boomerang
and other displays their
committee made.
Chert Duffle reported on
N.E. Indians and Jeff Watts
pointed to their mural.
Kim Berger read the
recipe for Indian Bread and
each guest was served a
piece by Teresa Lile. Skippy
helped.
A real war dance was done
by Bruce and Wade Fields.
Several parents; second
grade Kindergarten, Mr.
Miller's and Mrs. McGe-
hee's classes came as
guests.
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2nd and 3rd
Graders write
about Spring
We are so happy to have
our student teacher with us
all the time now. Her name is
Mrs. Richardson. She helps
us all.
The third grade enjoyed
the social studies unit on
Indians with Mrs. Evans. We
were very pleased with the
pow wow. This was a nice
learning experience. We
were also proud of Derek
Herring at the spelling bee.
The second grade is
excited about the new
reading book and workbook,
"Shining Bridges." We can
hardly realize that we are on
our last nine weeks of this
school year.
You should see our new
desks and ehairsZ Boy, are
we proua!
We miss Mrs. Hardin in
Science, but she is home and
we wish her a speedy
recovery.
Mrs. Ewing likes to give
us sentence starters for us to
write short stories. This
week some of us did: I like
sprin because:
Spring is nice and that's
when I get ready for
summer.
Deena Jo Hastings
The flowers are blooming
and the grass is green,
what's wrong with spring?
Suzann Casey
Easter is in spring, and
trees turn green, the grass
turns green too, and the
flowers bloom. Also, pretty
colors are all over the room.
Leanna Biggs
The trees start to get
green leaves and it starts to
get warm. The very best
thing of all is that school gets
out in srping, and then
summer starts.
Lori Luster
You can color eggs, and
Easter is in spring and we
get Shining Bridges to read
in reading.
Chet Cundiff
I like spring because there
are flowers, green grass, and
new little trees grow.
Jean Manke
I like spring because
Easter is in spring.
Steven Nichols
It gets warmer, and I get
to wear my shorts and go
barefoot. I have fun finding
Easter eggs, and I play with
my dog.
Robin Matheson
I like spring because
flowers start to bloom. It is
warm. The air is fresh.
Jolinda Bostian
It is warm sometimes. You
can swim, ride horses, go
fishing, fly kites, and when
school starts next time I will
be in 3rd grade. You can ride
motorcycles, hunt for eggs,
draw bunny rabbits, go to
the zoo and have fun.
Flowers bloom, grass turns
green, and the trees look
pretty.
Monica Gottfield
Easter is in spring and I
get to go on an egg hunt.
Russ Pace
There is green grass to
play in. Flowers start to
grow. Trees blossom in
pretty colors, and my
mommy comes home. It's
nice and cool, some days it's
warm, and teachers are
nicer, but Mrs. Ewing
doesn't need to be
Melissa Strain
Our room is colorful for the
spring season and Mrs.
Richardson is helping us
make clever clocks, using
squares, cubes, and trian-
gles.
We wish Jean Manke and
Lonny Lowe happy birthday
this month and we wish you a
Happy Easter and happy
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Drifting Down Memory Lane
with Ward Hays
THE INAUGURAL TRAIN
Excitement ran high in the
fall of 1907. Oklahoma
Territory was to become a
State and have its own
Elected Governor. Oklahoma
Territory joined with Indian
Territory and the great
Cherokee Nation. They wo-
uld be joined to the United
States as one state.
I guess no one likes to ride
a train better than I do unless
it would be Lawrence Gibbs
of the Stillwater News Press.
In my life I have ridden
,.tousands of miles on the
train. But I guess the most
exciting ride I ever took was
on the Special Ten Coach
train. It was made up at
Arkansas City and was called
the Inaugural train. It hauled
passengers to Guthrie Okla-
homa to the Inaugural of
Ok]ahomas first Governor.
I and my two older
brothers had gotten up at 4
a.m. that morning of
November 16th, 1907 to
make the train that would
arrive in Stillwater at 7 a.m.
Our father and mother
thought it would be very
educational for we boys to
attend the innauguration.
We arrived at the depot just
as the train was coming to a
halt. The car we got in was
filled with Indians, Chiefs
with beautiful feathered
head dress reading nearly to
the floor, also wearing
Buckskin pants and beaded
moccasins. The Indian wo.
men wore shawls or beautiful
blankets with dress and
beaded moccasins. The
teenage girls and boys
dressed very much alike,
each wearing one feather in
their hair, beautiful colored
blankets or shawls and
beaded moccasins.
All the Indians regardless
of tribe were dressed in their
best. The Indians were very
friendly. The passenger train
stopped at Ripley, Vinco,
Goodnight, Coyle to take on
more passengers. The train
arrived at Guthrie at 9:10
a.m., just 20 minutes before
the Inaugural was to take
place. It took that 20 minutes
to get off the train and to the
Capitol building.
We had heard that the new
Governor would take the
oath of office on the front
steps of the Caitol building,
but instead he took the oath
in his hotel suite at the Royal
Hotel. According to my notes
from the Guthrie Leader
Saturday evening, Nov. 16th,
1907, Governor Haskell was
given the oath by Leslie G.
Niblack, special notary, who
took out the Commission at
the request of Governor
Haskell.
The ceremony was brief.
Others in the suite of rooms
at the Royal at the time the
oath was given were Mr. and
Mrs. Haskell, three sons and
three daughters, Senator
Robert L. Owens and his
brother Tom from Musko-
gee; Dr. J.W. Durke,
Guthrie; Joe Thomson, A.D.
Gambarger and Private
Secretary Sandlin. According
to my notes from the Guthrie
Leader, Governor Haskell
said, "1 solemnly swear,"
then kissed his wife and
children. The swearing in
took placed at 9:30 central
time.
While we were waiting on
the Capitol steps for the new
Governor to arrive, the news
came through the grape-vine
that Governor Haskell had
received a wire from
President Rossevelt at Wa-
shington, D.C. that at
exactly 10:!6 o'clock eastern
time Presklent Roosevelt had
signed a Proclamation ad-
mitting Oklahoma Territory
and Indian Territory jointly
as an American State of the
United States. Little forma-
lity attended the Ceremony
which meant so much to the
people of both Territories. In
appending his signature to
the Proclamation, the Pre-
sident used a pen formed
from a quill made from a
feather plucked from the
wing of an American Eagle.
The pen was later deposited
with the Oklahoma Historical
Society.
I wouldn't at(erupt to tell
evet3thing just as it hap-
pened, but one of the things
that was very interesting to
me was the marriage of Mr.
Oklahoma to Miss Indian
Territory, which was sole-
mized by the Rev. W.H.
Dodson pastor of the First
Baptist Church.
Baptist Church. The Indian
Woman, a Creek and very
beautiful, was from Musko-
gee and represented the
Indian Territory.
The marriage ceremony
took place on the steps of the
Carnegie Library. The Whi-
taker Orphan Band com-
posed of 16 boys and girls,
who had been invited by
special request of Governor
Haskell, played the Star
Spangled Banner at the
conclusion of the ceremony.
Governor Haskell took a
second oath of office on the
steps of the Carnegie Library
about 12 noon or soon after.
Special trains from every
direction brought train loads
of people, and when
Governor Haskell made his
Inaugural Address it was
judged that some 40,000
people heard it. When the
governor began his address
my older brother, who was
seventeen, went to a near by
grocery store and bought a
half pound of cheese, a half
pound of lunch meat, a half
pound of crackers, and a
quart bottle of milk. Each
one cost a nickel making the
lunch for th htree of us
costing 20 cents. "c drank
our milk from telescope
drinking cups which every
one carried in those days as
law has been passed against
public drinking cups.
We watched the parade
from the top steps of the
library we had a god view.
Governor Haskell's first
words in his address were
"Fellow citizens you have
just heard one of the greatest
bands in our new state of
Oklahoma. Never has any
one played the Star Spangled
Banner better. The sixteen
Indians boys and girls of
mixed tribes, as well as all
Indians, have the right to full
American citizenship. None
of the Indian children in the
band was over, 'xteen years
old. Governor Haskeli went
on to say, "These Indian
boys and girls that have
played the Star Spangled
Banner so beautiful for us to
day should be honored as
they are all descendants of
the great Cherokee Nation
and all full blood Americans.
And I want all of you to know
that all the Indians here to
day are here at my request.
Everyone cheered. The
parade started later about 1
p.m.
For the next two hours my
two brothers an6 l watched
the parade from our perch on
th, top steps of the Library.
First in the parade was the
Mounted Police, next was
the Whittaker Orphan band,
next Muskogee light horse
Cavalry troops. Then in first
carriage Governor Haskell,
Lieutenant Governor George
Peliamy, and Judge Frank
Dale. I believe in the second
carriage was the out-going
Territoral Governor, Frank
Frantz and his staff.
There were ten bands from
around over the state,
hundreds of horse backers
dressed in full cowboy attire
with chaps, boots, and spurs.
Also many x3men riding
side saddle w;th beautiful
mou,tts. C( ,e,ed wagon
"Surrys wit' he Frings on
Top," buck Joards, buggies
and two wheel carts. There
were hundreds of Indians
horse back with all their
finery. Some of the Indians
chief's feathers were from
their head gear reaching
below their feet.
It was a parade I will never
forget as long as I have a
memory. It was one of the
most beautiful parades I ever
seen in my life. The Indians
riding their spotted ponies
were very beautiful. As I and
my two older brothers sat
stop the Library steps a
whole new world opened up
in fornt of us. The parade
seemed like it would never
end, and th,msands of people
in every type of dress and
head gear were milling
around in the streets. Then
about 3 p.m. the special train
whistle begin to blow. That
meant we had but 30 minutes
to get to our train, so we left
our perch atop the Library
steps and headed for the
depot. It was slow going
because hundreds of other
people were heading for the
train also. We got on the
train in the car with the
Indians. We had enjoyed
them so much on the way to
Guthrie that morning they
were all in very high spirits.
They all felt that maybe now
the Indian would have some
say in Government, but for
most of them it was mere
wishful thinking. The train
trip back to Stillwater which
lasted for and hour and a half
was a very pleasant one.
As the conductor came
through our car calling
Stillwater next stop. We
three boys walked through
the car bidding our new
found Indian friends Good
by. Just being able to
with the Indians and
them dressed in
beautiful costumes was
worth the train trip.
a.m. we were back home
twelve hours after we
left. As we ate our
meal, father said, "I
you three boys to write
essay on what you saw
heard today on your
want you to write
fresh in your minds,
can wait until tomorrow
am sure you are all
tired."
The next day we wrote
essay, and that evening
them to father. Still
from our trip the day
we three went ups
bed. Next morning at
breakfast table father
our essays were very
While the wording was a
different it was easy to
that the three of you
stayed together and
very closely, as all
you boys painted a
picture of the days
ings. I and your mother
very glad that you boys'
able to attend the
GURAL, for you
remember this day the
of your lives.
And now after
years, Governor
words came in loud
clear, "All these Ind
here to day by
they are all sons
daughters of great
and all real Americans."
XXX
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