Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Group of men helping with fire, burned trucks, cars and semi in daytime image. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A cleanup crew (above) went to work late Monday to clear away the debris left by gasoline fire that destroyed a garage, filling station and a fuel truck at Mcloud."

Photograph of a Shawnee Milling Company building being sprayed by a fire hose, while a crowd of men looks on. Photograph taken during daylight. Caption: "Firemen battle blaze in Shawnee."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Colleen Marie Smith and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Thompson survive plunge. Shawnee, Aug. 17-(Special)-Two teen-age Shawnee girls, non-swimmers, escaped possible death here Thursday night after their car plunged off a county bridge into the muddy water of the North Canadian river. The two girls, Colleen Marie Smith, 18, and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Thompson, 16, sisters, crawled through an open window and escaped with only minor scratches. They were assisted to the bank by several unidentified men who were fishing nearby. Car Plunges Off Bridge The car landed on the driver`s side in about five feet of water. Most of the last four or five months, the river has been bank-full and has had a swift current. But the last two weeks it had fallen four or five feet. If the river had been at the higher level, several feet of water would have covered the car. Mrs. Thompson said she was driving the car across the bridge, which is about a half mile east of Shawnee. She said the car slipped off the plank runners which are on the bridge flooring. When she tried to bring the car back …

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Miss Bernice Chiles, Pottawatomie county assistant home demonstration agent, has been appointed Latimer county agent. She left here Wednesday to assumer her new duties at Wilburton. Her successor here will be Miss Joan Crockett, Hugo, who is graduating this week from Oklahoma A&M college, Miss Juanita Stevens, home demonstration agent, announced. Miss Crocket will arrive here June 5."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Nineteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth Cox of Shawnee, left, made history Tuesday when she became the first young woman to be sworn into the WAVE at the Oklahoma City station."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Leonard O'Neal Armstrong, Oklahoma City lumber trailer truck driver, died enroute to a Shawnee hospital Tuesday following a wreck caused when his load of lumber shifted forward about two miles south of Asher in Pottawatomie county. Above is the scattered lumber almost submerging the truck cab."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Roy Dittmar, Shawnee - Associational Missionary.."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bison Glee Club Oklahoma Baptist University"

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The 'Six Little Sisters' of the Bison Glee Club pose with the group's latest album, Standing left to right, they are Mary Lou Westmoreland, Heavener; Maureda Hanna, Plainview, Texas; Noma Lee, Poteau; and Pat Westmoreland, Heavener. Holding the album are Betty Barton, left, Clinton; and Marie Terrell, Memphis, Tenn."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "CHAMPION of junior singles at the Shawnee Open tennis tournament is Don Brewington, recent Shawnee high graduate."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. J. Knox Byrum / Shawnee / Pres. of Okla. Federation of Music Clubs"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "There may be another world out there in space and Gordon Cooper, 32, may become the first earthling to see it, but Monday he was just a boy who came back home to greet family and friends."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Even the Egyptian mummy is getting his face washed and made up for the imminent opening of the Gerrer Museum and Art Gallery at St. Gregory College in Shawnee."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Shawnee Country club professional Jack Guild, left, and the greens committee chairman Sid Clark are keeping a close check on the No. 7 green at the course."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.