Oklahoma teachers seek removal of OEA leader Phillips
Delegates in Oklahoma City moved to oust Ferman Phillips, executive secretary of the Oklahoma Education Association, after Tulsa and Oklahoma City chapters backed a resolution. Critics say he is not militant enough while supporters doubt broad backing exists. Phillips has held the post 23 years earning 22 thousand annually.
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Oklahoma City
Ferman Phillips
Oklahoma Education Association
O&a
Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association
Phillips
Oklahoma City Education Association
Oklahoma City Classroom Teachers Association
Bess Stewart
OCCTA
Drie Oxlabbriia
Landor Coker
TCTA
Tulsa
Coker
McCalls Chapel Plan Unveiled At Support Luncheon
McCall's Chapel supporters heard a plan by Donald F. Brown Tulsa secretary of the school board for a future facility. The idea envisions a 120 to 250 acre unincorporated town housing up to 15 residents with classrooms nearby and shared amenities. A $1.6 million complex is hinted to fund early development with possible agricultural and small industry work.
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McCall’s_ Chapel school
First Christian Church
Donald F. Brown
Tulsa
Dictors
Elvin Bost
Allen
McCall’s Chapel
Abi
Teng
Tex
Bosts
Ray G. Lindsay
McCall's
Lomiplex
Murray Group Attends National Phi Theta Kappa Meeting
Six Murray College students plus faculty adviser Kenneth Meeler will travel to Columbia Missouri for a national Phi Theta Kappa convention at Columbia Christian College from Sunday through Tuesday. Delegates include Danny Childs Jerry Thurman Linda Sanders Carol Blackburn Betty Anderson David Smith and two others.
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Tishomingo
Murray College
Columbia
Phi Theta Kappa
Kenneth Meeler
Sor
Columbia Christian College
Murray
Danny Childs
Roff
David Smith
Boise City
Jerry Thurman
Rattan
Carol Blackburn
Duncan
Linda Sanders
Tribbey
Betty Anderson
Dibble
Court Backs Up Hickory School Annexation Suit Decision
The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a Murray County District Court ruling voiding a Hickory district annexation to the Roff and Sulphur districts. The decision says the Sulphur petition lacked valid voter support as of April 2, 1968, making the annexation election void. All justices joined in the ruling.
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State Supreme Court
Murray County District Court
Hickory
Roff
Oscar Huffines
Joe King
Hoff
Sulphur Board of Education
Supreme Court
State Department of Education
Lower Court
County Election Board
District Supervisors Meet Discuss Flood Control and Wildlife Areas
The Pontotoc County Soil and Water Conservation District held its monthly meeting at the Soil Conservation Office on April 7. Chairman B M Stephens reported grass planting on flood control Sites 43 and 47 was completed by Willard Wilson, with wildlife areas expanding within fenced flood dam zones. The group discussed seedbed prep, bermuda planting on several farms, and management practices to protect young plants and minimize runoff.
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Kenneth Yackum
Pontotoc County
Willard Wilson
Holdenville
Waller Woolley Jr
Distret
Soil Conservation Service
Alan Roberts
Bebee
Kenneth Lancaster
Olan
Bermuda
Kenneth
Ada Accident Boosts April Total To Five
A Wednesday accident raised Ada city April incidents to five, with seven similar March cases last year. Sheila Joy Dearman backed from a private drive in the 470 block of B 12th, colliding with Thomas Dove Smith. Dearman pled guilty and forfeited a $20 bond for careless driving.
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Shelia Joy Dearman
Box 3
Ada
12Th
Thomas Dove Smith
Stonewall
Sheila Dearman
Bill Green
Robert Lee Jones
Jackson Glenn Cornish
Panséla D. Campbell
Alan Henderson
Miner
Marsha Kay Cruzen
Larry Dean Sanford
Wiliam E. West
Susie Marie Wilson
Allen Thomas White
H. B. Wells
Robert Lee Day
Mitor
Ada School Board OKs Intern Program With College
The Ada Board of Education approved a teacher intern program with East Central State College. Seniors would work half time as interns for one semester, paid 25 per semester, and selected to improve teacher pupil ratios. The plan aims to gain practical classroom experience while easing staffing. The board also set June 12 for high school athletic building bid openings and discussed Napier school property sale, pending appraisal.
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W. L. Knickmeyer
Ada Board of Education
Ada
East Central State College
School of Education
Max Skellen
Skelton
Napier
Eightaers
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Upper Clear
Union Valley
Jim Townsend
Mel Stephens
Joe Roper
McCall
Sider
Cedar Grove
Byng
Gary Lawton
Carrol Bryant
Alvin
J. A. Gilley
Francis
A. T. McNeil
Tommy Beddow
Eugene Scott
Billames
Lazy D
Africa
School Board
Ada’s
National Guard
Paul Evans
Evans
Millard Lawson
C. P. Taylor
Ralph B. Evans
Coyote
Phate
Don Cook
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