Dust Storm Paralyzes Oklahoma Towns In 1930s Echo
A giant yellow dust cloud swept from the north on Sunday, dropping visibility to yards and gusts up to 60 mph. Five people died and 30 injured in crashes near Guymon and Minco while a Tulsa pilot and family were guided to safety by FAA and Tinker staff after their plane became lost.
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Ada
Here
Norman
W. L. Knickmeyer
Carl Kleffman
Delhart
Tex
Minnie W. Vinson
Oklahoma City
Eloise Hemphill
Kleffman
U.S. 54
Guymon
Vinson
Hemphill
Minco
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Tulsa
Jack A. Musick
Wynnewood Hosts Big Rodeo Sunday
A jackpot rodeo was held at Wynnewood rodeo grounds Sunday afternoon with ladies barrel racing and men calf roping and bull dogging. Woodrow Baker called the event a success as action ran fast and tense during calf roping. Carol Ricer of Duncan won barrel racing with 35.9 total time. Jerry Morrison, president of the Oklahoma Barrel Racers Association, placed second.
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Wynnewood
Rodeo Grounds
Woodrow Baker
Carol Ricer
Duncan
Jerry Morrison
Oklahoma Barrel Racers’ Association
Cleo Hearn
Twin Dairies Near Steedman Run by Hogue Family
C T and Warren Hogue own the Twin Dairies near Steedman. Each operates about 100 Jersey cows and a 600 gallon bulk tank with automated milking now common in modern dairies. Warren started his own dairy 17 years ago after moving half a mile down the road. both dairies face drought-related production variability and labor efficiency challenges.
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Hogue Dairies
Steedman
C. T. Hogue
Warren
Jersey
Roff
Hogue
Miss Ada Pageant Opens Entries For May Contest
Darrell Tallent of the Ada Jaycees says the annual Miss Ada Pageant will be May 9 with over 300 in prizes and a trip to Miss Oklahoma. Entry blanks are at East Central State College. Contestants must be 18 to 25 by Labor Day. Sterling silver bracelets are awarded to all entrants. The winner earns 50 cash, a 50 savings bond, a wardrobe, and a Miss Oklahoma ticket.
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Bob Heaton
Darrell Tallent
Ada Jaycees
Tallent
Jaycee
Jaycees
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company
Dean of Women
East Central State College
Mildred Ridling
West Nineteenth
Tulsa
Trio saves Pherigo family from early morning house fire
A pre dawn blaze destroyed the Pherigo home near SH 13 19 Y as Eugene Pherigo his son and wife and two grandchildren escaped with help from three men Marshall Pitts Gene Moore and Wendell Harris who drove to the scene and aided in waking the family They saved the children and the pregnant wife then tried to salvage a few items before the Ada fire department arrived and the house burned to the ground.
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Eugene Pherigo
Oklahoma City
Pherigo
Marshall Pitts
West Twentieth
Gene Moore
West Eighteenth
Wendell Harris
Harris
Pherigos
Adans Elected to American Angus Association Membership
Gerald W. Miller of Ada and Jim and Janice Bobo of Ada were elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri. These memberships were among 812 issued to Aberdeen Angus breeders nationwide in the past month.
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Gerald W. Miller
Ada
St. Joseph
Glen Bratcher
Jim
Janice Bobo
United States
Roff High to Stage The Darling Brats Play
Roff High School announces a three act play The Darling Brats by Jay Tobias on April 17 at 7 45 p m in the school auditorium. Cast includes Redena Scott Joy Heard Dean Kelly Jenny Runyan Robert Farris Charlotte Gahagan Lynn Herron Gene Harrison Jerry Jantz Eddie Shulanberger and Shirley Howell for one night only.
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Roff High School
Jay Tobias
Redena Scott
Joy Heard
Dean Kelly
Jenny Runyan
Robert Farris
Charlotte Gahagan
Lynn Herron
Gene Harrison
Jerry Jantz
Eddie Shulanberger
Shirley Howell
Intercollegiate Rodeo Slated at Pontotoc County Fairgrounds
The East Central Oklahoma Rodeo Association sponsors an intercollegiate rodeo at Pontotoc County Fairgrounds April 25 26. Full time students from colleges may compete in bareback bronc bull riding barrel racing calf roping bulldogging and ribbon roping. Entry books close April 25 at 11 a.m. Details from DeLayne Smith Ada. East Central State College Rodeo Club to be well represented.
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East Central Oklahoma Rodeo Association
Pontotoc County Fairgrounds
East Central State College Student Union
DeLayne Smith
East Ninth
Ada
East Central State College Rodeo Club
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Pontotoc County
North Sunday
Lilly Kleffman
Dalhart
Sherry Kleffman
Ner
Federal Aviation Agency
Tinker Air Force Base
Musick
Lee
Big Rodeo
Hearn
Hogues Dairies
By Bob Heaton
Dairyman
Warren Hogue
Marshall
Herman Landrith
Roff High
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