Volume 11 , Issue 6

March 1935 - Alvan's Celebrate Good News

It was March 16, 1935, The Oklahoman stated on the front page that "Alva Building Fund Bill Becomes Law."

Governor Marland signed the bill appropriating $300,000 for building and equipping a library and classroom building at Northwestern State Teachers' college in Alva, to replace the one that burned a few weeks earlier.

The emergency clause attached funds for construction that would be available immediately and that were appropriated out of the public building fund."

March 17, 1935 - Alva Celebrates

Here is an article from The Oklahoman, the next day, dated March 17, 1935, page 31, with headlines that stated, "Alva Celebrates Bit Of Good News."

"Alva, March 14 (1935) -- Special -- "When the news was handled abroad that the house of representatives had passed the bill appropriating $300,000 for a new building at Northwestern college the city broke into a celebration as riotous as anything seen since the armistrice.

"Whistles blew, fire sirens screamed, church and school bells rang and school children from every building in the city spilled from classrooms."
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