Volume 10 , Issue 18

Alva Review News - 02/16/1958

We have come across an old The Alva Review Courier, Sunday, Feb. 16, 1958, newspaper published in Alva, OK, at 616 Flynn for 5-cents per copy. Today, I believe it is up to 50-cents & 75-cents per copy. Brooks Bicknell was the Editor backthen and had an editorial column entitle "Off the Cuff..."

The frontpage headlines from that newspaper in northwest Oklahoma in 1958 stated:
1. Santa Fe Moves Into One Office
2. Little Theatre Sets Play Dates
3. Slate of Officers Now completed
4. Rauh Is Named GOP chairman at Huddle Here
5. Photo of Democrat Leaders
6. Alva Band Members Named to State Band

There was no story to go with the Democrat Leaders photo -- just a caption under the photo showing "Gene McGill, District Democrat chairman, Mrs. Larry Hellman, Woods County Demo Co-Chairman, and Sam Riggs, County Chairman, expect to attend a State Democrat executive meeting in Oklahoma City, Monday to assist in reorganizing the state Democrat Central Committee. The State chairman, co-chairman and secretary-treasurer will be named at the caucus." [It's no surprise that a republican newspaper would print the republican happenings and only show a photo of democrat happenings.]

As to the Alva High Band members of 1958... They were under the direction of Nile Joacim. They consisted of three Alva High coronet players: Larry Magnuson, Bill Hadwiger and Bill Joachims.
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