Notice of Oil and Gas Lease Bids Oklahoma 1940
The Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office will accept sealed bids until 10:30 a.m. on April 29, 1940 for oil and gas leases on specified School and State lands in Pontotoc county. Bids require earnest money deposits, with rules for drill contracts and royalties set at one eighth. Tracts include 80 acres each in Sec 32, Twp 5N, R4E. tract 98 with 80 acres and tract 99 and 100 noting mineral rights sold. Contact Charles B. Steele, Secretary, for details.
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Land Office
State of
Oklahoma
Commissioners of the Land Office
Secretary of the
Charles B. Steele
Notice by Publication in Quiet Title Action
The State of Oklahoma to multiple defendants including David McGee Nancy McGee George McGee Sallie McGee Katie Baker John Doe Baker Buster Anderson Mrs Buster Anderson W W Wells L C Wells L West R P Cotten S P Smith T F Maloney heirs executors administrators devisees trustees assigns unknown relatives in Pontotoc County Oklahoma case 17004 filed April 2 1949 to quiet title on described land in Section 34 Township 2 North Range 4 East and to require answer by May 17 1940 or judgment by default will be entered.
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Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Mary Cravatt
Collins
Chickasaw
Fred Cravatt
Collines
Oklahoma
Ada
Dan Hays
District Court of
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
S. P. McNeill
R. J. Lollar
Clyde Katser
W. M. Hughes
Claude V. Thompson
State of
David McGee
Nancy McGee
George McGee
Sallie McGee
Katie Baker
John Doe Baker
Buster Anderson
W. W. Wells
L. C. Wells
L. West
R. P. Cotten
S. P. Smith
T. F. Maloney
Sophia McGee
Pga Wells
Texana
Married men pay bills more promptly says Vancouver group
Russel Baird chairman of the educational committee of the Vancouver Retail Credit Grantors Association reports married men show better spending habits and pay debts faster than bachelors.
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Vancouver
B. C
Russel Baird
Vancouver Retail Credit Grantors’ Association
Baird
Illness Ends 25 Year Sunday School Attendance Record
Mercer Pennsylvania story notes Eva Blair ended a 25 year perfect Sunday school attendance streak at Emery Bible class, Methodist church. She enrolled March 10 1915 and received a medal March 10 1940 before falling ill shortly after.
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Iilness
Mercer
Eva Blair
Emery
Methodist Church
Rural Ladies Host and Farm News Chronicle
Mrs Myrtle Ross hosted the Ladies club with the Six Pointed String Star quilted. Visitors included Mrs Unn Carson of Durant and several local families attended church Sunday. Union Hill beat Pickett 10 7 in a Friday baseball game. Sunday school and Young People leagues urged. many gatherings and visits mentioned across Ada, Durant, Pleasant Hill and Homer areas.
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Myrtle Ross
Cordelia Ross
Lea Taylor
Bessie Walton
Donie Price
Laura Elam
Dora Killcrease
Laura Frazier
Opal Wiles
Christine Martin
Pauline Martin
Unn Carson
Durant
Don Carson
Bud
Jimmy Don
Opal Dell Taylor
J. C. Martin
D. O. Stewart
Nolen Martin
Laura Stewart
Maggie Walton
Myra Billey
Miss Billey
Ada
Homer
Cecil Brannon
Otis Wiles
Walter McAnally
Lois
Lillian Archer
Lanora
Mary Francie Whitson
Union Hill
Pickett
Thurman Gray
Oil Center
L. A. Corbin
Young People’s League
Community notes from Oakman Denny area
Local letter column records birthdays weddings and visits. Mr and Mrs Marvin Dismukes announce the birth of Bobby Franklin with mother and baby fine. Numerous gatherings visits church revivals and school events are noted along with a note that the 4 H rally is set for April 12 and typhoid shots will be given at school.
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Marvin Dismukes
Bobby Franklin
Babe
Gladys Balthrop
Jones
Dorothy Jean Ray
Louise Estes
Woodrow Whittington
A. R. Selph
Myrtle Summers
Milburn
Gaston Dismukes
Florence Jones
Ora Jones
Roy Walker
Floretta McCurry
Joyce Hendricks
Dorothy Jean Roy
Ellen Dismukes
Oakman
Odie Selph
Fred Arthur
Merrel Dewayne
Ada
H. W. Estes
Weekend Visits Record Tile and Kinship
Gloria Jean Rowe spent Saturday night with aunt Faye Leslie at Owl Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Roundy Mayer visited Parker and son Ellis Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Will Kerr visited Buck Sweat Sunday night. Eva Jones and J L McMeans spent the weekend with aunt David Gray at Red Oak. Gloria Jean Pauline Rowe and Joyce Kerr visited Lois Kerr Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Harg Sweat visited G W Brown Sunday.
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Gloria Jean Rowe
Owl Creek
Faye Leslie
Roundy Mayer
Union Hill Weekend Socials and Church Services
Sunday activities across Union Hill featured visits among residents including the Arches, McGees, Fortenberrys, and Shumards. Attendance at Sunday school and church services increased with sermons by Bro. Folger and Bro. Wright, a pie supper raised 35.62 dollars, and plans for services this weekend were announced.
Indictment Highlights Plumbing Trade’s Role in Building Costs
The 102 count Cleveland indictment marks a national case against plumbing leaders in the justice department building costs inquiry. It alleges top to bottom control of fixtures from factory to home reduces consumer options and raises prices with agreements among manufacturers, jobbers, master plumbers, and the journeymen's union.
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Bruce Cattony
Washington
Cleveland
Justice Department
Thurman Arnold
Arnold
Ed Hodges
Hodges
DTU
Oakman School Notes and Local Activities
Barbara Bandy returns to school after a broken arm and is progressing well. The March 26 annual school meeting re elected J N Caton as school board clerk. Ruby Wilson chosen game leader at the rally while 4 H clubs sent representatives. Oakman and Colbert clubs planned a Friday game. outside teams did not arrive. Evangelistic services recently drew a large crowd and strong interest.
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Oakman Barbara Bandy
J. N. Caton
Ruby Wilson
Oakman
Colbert
Samman
Pickett Sunday School Rolls Up Attendance and Plans
The Pickett Sunday school reported 76 attendees today and introduced a new class for married couples led by Mrs. McCause. Visitors included Mrs. Bonnie Brennan and Mr. J. L. Penrod, with others staying after last Sunday. Plans were shared to build a new church house and an outdoor cooking event is set for Friday night April 5.
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McCause
Bonnie Brennan
Ada
J. L. Penrod
Jewell Southerland
Mildred Farr
Christine Files
Pickett
Happy Gang
Cedar Grove Community Notes Highlight Local Visit and Church
The Cedar Grove community reports well attended singing, visitors including Miss Thelma Scroggins and Orpheus Scroggins at the Green home in Happyland, and Christine Phelps from Red Oak visiting. O. T. Akins entered Ada hospital for treatment, Hazel Scroggins returned from Allen, and Mrs. Newton Price was buried in Cedar Grove cemetery. The Free Will Baptists met in Ada, Rev. Austin R. Deaton will preach here, and Sunday school literature arrives as preparations begin.
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Christine Phelps
Francis
Mary Ruth Gibson
Texas
Raymond Stermer
Hoyt Watson
Sim Blackburn
Buddy
CCC
Claude Nunnelly
Holdenville
Clyde S. Meyers
Halls Hill
Doyle Nix
Bella Nix
Will
Mary Nunnelly
Dale
Allen
W. W. Willbrink
Arnold Bryant
Ada
Joel Jones
Pecan Grove
Will Jones
Wanda Guess
Helene Simms
Oklahoma City
Bryant Beach
Pearl Mitchell
Viola Mitchell
Happyland
Iler Farris
J. C. Treas
Betty Beach
Charley Hogue
Johnnie Horn
W. P. Stone
Lee Allred
Jim Copeland
Evertt Davis
Roy Lee Cannon
Pauline Hogue
Geneva Hoffman
Thelma Scroggins
Orpheus Scroggins
Mancie Green
Red Oak
O. T. Akins
Hazel Scroggins
Bill Miller
Austin R. Deaton
Sunshine churchgoers pack Sunday service crowd
The community attended Sunshine Sunday school and church on Sunday. Edythe Myers from East Central State college visited home folks over the weekend. Several visitors joined the Tinsley and Ballard households, and mentions of plays, singing conventions, and local calls accompany the day.
Bland case ends with probation after attempted robbery
In Los Angeles James D Bland pleaded guilty to second degree robbery after attempting to steal from a waitress who handed him $18 and later pushed him. He fell into a laundry bag held by the cook who secured the bag and called police. Bland received five years probation.
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Los Angeles
James D. Bland
Bland
Warplanes Bomb British Convoy. No Damage Reported
German warplanes dropped 15 bombs on a British convoy this afternoon but the admiralty said no damage occurred and that escorting warships drove off the raiders. The German news agency claimed successful attacks on merchant ships in the northern North Sea.
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London
Admiralty
DNB
North Sea
Cabinet shuffle seen with Hoare as air minister
The authoritative press association reports Sir Samuel Hoare is expected to succeed Sir Kingsley Wood as air minister in a cabinet reshuffle to be announced soon. Sir Arthur Salter is viewed as the likely successor to Sir John Gilmour, who died Saturday, as minister of shipping.
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London
Authoritative Press Association
Samuel Hoare
Privy Seal
Kingsley Wood
Arthur Salter
John Gilmour
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