WELCH—The Welch Roundup Club has cancelled Sun., July 31, 2011, events due to the extreme heat.

The rest of the series schedule remains unchanged.

WELCH—Former Welch resident, Alice Marie (Julian) Brown of Bartlesville, Okla., passed away Thur., July 28, 2011, at Bartlesville Care Center. She was 86.

Alice was born Jan. 19, 1925, in Treece, Kan., to Harry and Grace (Humble) Gold. She was a graduate of Welch High School. She married Cecil Julian on June 2, 1945, in Welch. He preceded her in death on July 17, 1966. Alice owned and operated Alice’s Gift Shop in Welch for over 14 years. She was also an employee of the United States Postal Service, working as a postal clerk in the Welch Post Office until her retirement on Jan. 1, 1990.

On June 14, 1987, she married Billy George Brown in Welch, where they made their home and played an active role in the community. Alice was a charter member of the Redbud Garden Club and was a continuous member for fifty years. She was also a member of Welch Baptist Church. Billy George preceded her in death on Nov. 18, 2007. She moved to the Bartlesville area to be close to her family.

She was also preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Barbara Julian.

Alice is survived by one son, Darrell Julian of Bartlesville; two granddaughters, Christina Mayo of Edmond and Stephanie Burgess of Oklahoma City; five great-grandchildren, Delaney, Dylan, and Daylee Mayo, all of Edmond, Okla., and Jacob and McKayla Burgess, both of Oklahoma City; and a host of friends.

There will be a visitation for family and friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Mon., Aug. 1, 2011, prior to services at 11:00 a.m. at Welch Baptist Church. Pastor C.G. Gillmore will officiate. Men of the church will serve as pallbearers.

Interment at Welch Cemetery, Welch.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Redbud Garden Club.

Services under the direction of Jim Thomas, Thomas Funeral Home, Welch.

WELCH—WelchOK.com is pleased to announce the Welch State Bank Mobile Webcast Unit, which will enable the site to stream live audio coverage of the Welch Wildcats’ entire football schedule via WelchOK.com. Welch State Bank has underwritten technology upgrades that should make remote webcasting of Welch Wildcat football possible from every home and away game on the 2011 schedule.

WelchOK.com serves as a news and information website for the Welch area, and site personnel began streaming live audio, with play-by-play reporting and commentary, as an experiment at the end of the 2010 football season. The tests worked well, and the streaming continued throughout the basketball season as well. While an overall success, technology failed on a few occasions due to cellular data network limitations. WelchOK.com founder and publisher Tyson Wynn said, “Our single biggest hurdle has been unreliable service from our existing—and expensive—mobile provider. Research has identified a product from a different cell provider that boasts better and faster mobile data coverage, and we’re thrilled Welch State Bank is willing to help us out with the cost of implementing it.”

Welch State Bank Assistant Vice President/Marketing Officer, Terra Neal said, “Welch State Bank is a community bank with deep roots in Welch. We’re glad that we can help bring live audio of this and other events to the Welch community.”

Added Wynn, “I prefer Wildcat fans attend every game in person. You just can’t beat fans in the stands cheering their team to victory. But there are good reasons—whether they be work, distance, inclement weather, etc.—that fans can’t make every game, so we’ve created a solution that allows Wildcat fans simply to click on an audio player on our site and listen via their PCs or smart phones—literally from anywhere in the world. That’s especially nice for friends, grandparents, and other family members who may not live near Welch. The Welch State Bank Mobile Webcast Unit will also be used to cover other local events of interest to the community.”

The Wildcat football season gets underway Sept. 3, when Welch hosts the Bluejacket Chieftains at 7:30 p.m. Live audio with Toby Smith and Tyson Wynn will get underway at approximately 7:15 p.m. on WelchOK.com.

WELCH—The Welch Lions Club will host its annual benefit sporting clay shootout, Sat., Aug. 27, 2011, at Claythorne Lodge located near Oswego, Kan.`, beginning at 9 a.m.

The entry fee is $52.00 per person and includes targets and a meal. Individual and team prizes will be awarded by the number of targets broken in each class.

All shooters will be registered to win a Remington pump shotgun to be given away following the shoot.

• Shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. through completion
• 100 shots per person
• 4-person teams
• Open Class
• Hunter Class
• Professional shooters welcome!

Chances on the shotgun may be purchased from any Lions Club member from now til the shoot.

For more information and to register teams, contact Kevin at 918-542-2000 or Jay or Hannah at 918-788-3373.

This event has been added to our Community Calendar.

We’d appreciate it of you’re print and post the following flier.

WELCH—The Welch community is conducting an Adopt-A-Classroom project through Aug. 5, 2011, to help provide extra funding to ensure certain programs and activities are funded for the new school year.

Specific items requested have been pledged or given, but other classrooms are still in need of monetary donations. Those wishing to contribute may make their donations at either Welch State Bank or Rhonda’s Beauty Shop.

Mayes dressed as "Express Mail" for Harvest Days

LaJuanta Sue Mayes, 55-year-old resident of Welch, passed away Sun., July 24, 2011, at her parents’ home.

Mayes was born Nov. 28, 1955, in Miami, Okla., to Nancy Sue (Goins) and Carroll Elton “Kato” Mayes.

Mayes graduated high school in Riverbank, Calif., and earned her Bachelor’s Degree at Fresno State University and Master’s degree at California State University Stanislaus. She worked her entire adult life and had a long career with the United States Postal Service. November would have marked her twentieth anniversary with the post office, the last 10+ years of which were spent as postmistress in Welch.

Before her health began to fail, Mayes was very active in the community as a member of the Lions Club and the Welch Kappa Nu sorority, and she was a member of Welch Christian Church. In spite of her health problems, Mayes was a conscientious and helpful postal employee, as well as an avid reader. She may be best known for her love and care for children, whether those in her own family or in the community. Mayes has coordinated Christmas gift donations for needy children for many years, and she shopped continuously for items she knew she could eventually use to bless a child. Her absence will be both large and evident in the community.

She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Herman and Marie Goins of Vinita, Okla.; step-father, Lloyd Shadbolt of Welch; and paternal grandparents, Euell and Sadie Mayes of Miami, Okla.

Mayes dressed as a baby for Halloween visitors from the school

She is survived by her father, Kato Mayes of Miami, Okla.; her mother, Nancy Shadbolt of Welch; two brothers, John Mayes and wife Renee of Commerce, Okla., and Richard Mayes of Lexington, Okla.; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Mayes of Welch, and Lauretta Coker of Noble, Okla.; three nieces, Hannah Ditzler, Jennifer Schmidt, and Shaylee Smith; two nephews, John Elton Mayes, Jr., and Chris Franks; five great-nieces; five great-nephews; many friends; and a community who loved her.

The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wed., July 27, 2011, at the Luginbuel Funeral Home in Vinita, Okla.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thur., July 28, 2011, Welch Christian Church, with Pastor Brad Canham officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family gratefully suggests donations either to Welch Christian Church or the Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org). Online condolences may be made at www.honoringmemories.com.

WELCH—Rhonda’s Beauty Shop will be celebrating 40 years of business, Sun., July 24, 2011, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the Welch Civic Auditorium. There will be refreshments, door prizes, and laughs, laughs, laughs as the community strolls down memory lane.

More info on Facebook.

This is on our Community Calendar.

WELCH—The Welch Roundup Club’s 2011 series is underway. The flier can be seen below, and you can access the flier as both a .doc and .pdf file, as well as the entry form as a .xls and .pdf file in our Google Docs folder by clicking here.

All Sunday rodeos will begin with church at 10:30 a.m.

Schedule

• Sun., July 31 – 12:00 noon Cancelled due to heat
• Fri., Aug. 19 – 7:00 p.m.
• Fri., Sept. 2 – 7:00 p.m.
• Sun., Sept. 18 – 12:00 noon
• Sun., Oct. 2 – 12:00 noon
• Sun., Oct. 16 – 12:00 noon
• Sun., Oct. 30 – 12:00 noon

Costs

• $15.00 fee per contestant to join the series
• Must attend 5 rodeos to qualify for year-end awards
• Entry fees $5.00 per event
• $5.00 stock charge for all cattle events
• $5.00 processing fee per contestant per rodeo

The series has been added to our Community Calendar.

Visit the Roundup Club on Facebook.

WELCH—Retired local pastor, Robert Whitchurch, has scheduled an old fashioned tent revival to be held at his property, The Pond ‘n’ Roses, located west of Welch, Aug. 7-10, 2011. Evangelist Steve Cody will bring messages, Bob Whitchurch will lead music, and Izella Dodson will be pianist. Special music will also be shared in each service. Attendees are invited to bring their own lawn chairs.

Sunday services are set not to interfere with church schedules. Service times are:

• Sun., Aug. 7: 2:00 p.m., ice cream social, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., revival service
• Mon., Aug. 8: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
• Tue., Aug. 9: 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., fish fry with fixins, revival service following
• Wed., Aug. 10: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m, revival service

No offering will be taken in any service. The meetings are provided as a gift to the community from Bob & Donna Whitchurch and Steve Cody Ministries.

Directions to The Pond ‘n’ Roses: eight miles west of Welch on Highway 10 to 4350 Rd., then north five miles to 50 Rd., then right following road north to E 30 Rd. to yellow and white tent.

This event has been added to our Community Calendar.

WELCH—A memorial service for former PTL Trucking employee and 1987 Welch High School graduate, Christopher Lynn Williams, 42, of Miami, Okla., will be held at 10:00 a.m., Sat., July 23, 2011, at Thomas Funeral Home in Welch. Pastor John Dorsey will officiate. Interment will follow at Walker Cemetery, west of Welch.

Christopher is survived by his mother, Diane Gormey, of Miami, Okla.; aunt, Judy Collins of Grove, Okla.; uncle, Ben Gormey of Miami, Okla.; and cousin, Linnie Marsh of Grove, Okla.

Services entrusted to Jim Thomas, Thomas Funeral Home, Welch.