Ada High Wins At East Central Interscholastic Meet
Ada High School led the curricular events at the 25th East Central interscholastic invitation in Ada. Wewoka Purcell and other schools earned honors in Latin, agriculture, history, English literature, science, and many other contests across three days with 62 schools entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ada High School
Ewoka
Sulphur
Tulsa
Purcell
Waurika
Newcastle
Glee Club
Mary Orr
Wewoka
Ila Mae Spangler
Pauls Valley
Betty Slover
Davis
Mary Brandon
Horace Mann
Doris Nelson
Robert Whitely
Holdenville
Varna
Lee Payne
Maud
Jerry Phillips
Catherine Robinson
Wendell Key
Tecumseh
Graham Diggs
Wetumka
Kenneth Hill
Hickory
Eileen Tillery
Vaness
May Belle Brantley
Jack Little
St. Louis
Helen McElmurry
Maysville
Herbert Murray
Eunice Tiffin
Mary Ann Cothran
Ruth Gilder
Okmulgee
Lurline Rains
Virginia Schroeder
Beatrice Johnson
Wewoka Wins Music Class A and Tulsa Tennis Highlight
Wewoka takes Class A in East Central meet music events with Sulphur leading Class B. Results show Wewoka dominates multiple choral and instrumental categories including mixed chorus and various ensembles. Tu las hosts tennis highlights with Newcastle among winners and districts drawing entries from area schools.
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Purcell
Wewoka
Sulphur
Seminole
One Major Building For Fair To Be Constructed This Year
Pontotoc county commissioners approved plans for a large building at the fair site north of town and authorized County Engineer George Toler to finalize a plot and specifications. With $7,000 on hand for development, a 96 by 44 foot hog and sheep barn will be the first structure, while other departments wait for future funds.
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Board of Commissioners
Pontotoc County
County Free Fair Board
George Toler
The
Fair Board
Toler
Local Fair Winners Named Across Categories
Arthur Lambert led poster judging with Hor ace Mann placing first along with Dorothy Lee Kellogg from Tecumseh second and June Worthy of Holdenville third. Arthur D. Harrison won the art exhibit top prize in Tecumseh with Wanette entering second. Grace Huder of Seminole was the sole entrant in home economics. Evangeline Cotter of Wewoka took first in sentence error with Lawson Jones of Ada second and Billie Louise Graham of Okemah third. Z. R. Mann ofExcel sior won shorthand first, Carolyn Cole of Wewoka second, and Jean Cook of Ada third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Rose
Purcell
Bob Hammons
Chester Seger
Glen Holland
Ada
Carl Phillips
Okmulgee
Charles Williams
William Merritt
Maysville
Naydeen Lindsey
Stratford
Billy Council
Holdenville
Carolyn Cole
Wewoka
Virginia Nell Hamilton
Henryetta
Leota O’neal
Louise Maxwell
Wanette
Jack Heary
Wetumka
Marguerite Hardridge
Mary Donna Ray
Olen Ward
Evelyn Horn
Wayne Hammond
Loreta Heath
Bill Little
Dorothea Randolph
Leonard Wyatt
Lowell Adams
Joe Yoakum
Paoli
Helen Yoder
Freeman Northcutt
Rowlegs
Margaret Harraway
W. M. Massengale
Maud Graves
Horace Mann
Leatha Mae Cable
Tecumseh
H. M. Boyd
Anna Hibbard
Rosa Jarrett
Irene Dallas
Lucille Orr
Dorothy Treadwell
Marie Teasley
Lovene Stilwell
Billy Tinsley
James Neal
Eugene Shelton
Byng
Junior Goforth
Harry Nelson
James Sugg
Oklahoma
Jeanette Critchfield
Hickory
Ruth Gircham
Coalgate
Vivian Griffin
Okemah
Arthur Lambert
Dorothy Lee Kellogg
June Worthy
Arthur D. Harrison
Grace Huder
Seminole
Evangeline Cotter
Lawson Jones
Billie Louise Graham
Z. R. Mann
Excelsior
Jean Cook
Local Music Contest Entries By Towns and Instruments
Tenor saxophone entries from Cooper Sulphur Bowlegs with two qualifiers. Trombone entries include Elbert Shaffer Bowlegs Wingate Wewoka and Bill Nash Wewoka with four qualifiers. Violinists Richard White Oke mah and Marie Powell Sulphur qualified. Joe Rogers Konawa. Violincello Fay Vance Konawa qualified as sole entrant. Windwood quartet Bowlegs Wewoka qualified Konawa.
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Dale
Prairie View
Weleetka
New Lima
Earlsboro
John Houston Wakefield
Sulphur
Wingate
Wewoka
Barr
Seminole
J. L. Woods
Harold Emerson
Bowlegs
Cumbie
Harrison
Orwig
Neel
Sparks
Pauls Valley
Cunningham
Asher
Kirk
Holdenville
Griffin
Konawa
Patterson
Freeman
Orbra Howeth
Davis
Jack Horner
Keith Green
Okemah
Maud
Code
Fay Vance
Windwood
Davison declines to seek U S district judgeship
Denver N. Davison a leading Ada bar member says he will not be a candidate to fill the United States district judge vacancy in the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He notes Ada bar members are under consideration and prefers colleagues Claude V. Thompson or D. D. Brunson for the post.
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Denver N. Davison
Ada Bar
United States District
Robert L. Williams
Circuit Court of Appeals
Davison
Washington
Josh Lee
Elmer Thomas
Williams
United States
Eastern District of
Oklahoma
Federal bonds posted for three in Coal County whiskey case
Joe Leoni, Erb Wyatt, and Hazel Conway, alias Bunch, all of Phillips, posted $3,000 bonds Saturday after federal charges of possession of non Tax paid whiskey. Deputies Allen Stanfield, Troy Cleland, and Walter Clark led raids and found 39 1/2 gallons with Leoni and Wyatt and 40 gallons with Conway. they pleaded not guilty at arraignment before U S commissioner W C Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Leoni
Erb Wyatt
Hazel Conway
Bunch
Phillips
Coal County
Allen Stanfield
United States
Troy Cleland
Alcohol Tax Unit
Walter Clark
W. C. Edwards
Leoni
Wyatt
Simpkins Wins Telephone Case In Jesse
The state supreme court upheld R. C. Simpkins to operate a telephone exchange in Jesse. It overturned a prior corporation commission verdict fining him $50 and denying the permit, ruling Jesse was not already occupied. The battle spanned two years with Simpkins opening an exchange in Fittstown and later offering private lines and switchboard service in Jesse.
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State Supreme Court
R. C. Simpkins
Jesse
State Corporation Commission
Simpkins
Stonewall
Supreme Court
Fittstown
Unconstitutional Ruling on Social Security Provisions by U S Circuit Court
The United States circuit court of appeals ruled unemployment insurance tax and old age assistance provisions of the Social Security Act unconstitutional. Judges Wilson and Morton held the measures illegal, while Bingham dissented. The decision cites historical acts and warns of states becoming mere geographic divisions.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
George P. Davis
Congress
Supreme Court
Scott Wilson
James M. Morton, Jr
George H. Bingham
Texan Killed in Train Car Crash
R. E. Conners a Gilmore Texas truck driver was killed instantly while his companion Mrs Helen Shelby of Atoka was injured when their westbound truck loaded with sweet potatoes was struck by an O C A and A passenger train south of Konawa on Highway 48 around 1 AM.
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R. E. Conners
Gilmore
Texas
Helen Shelby
Atoka
Konawa
Highway 48
Ada Pioneer W M Elliott Dies at 66 in Oklahoma City
W M Elliott a longtime Ada pioneer died at 66 after treatment in an Oklahoma City hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 30 p m at the Presbyterian church with Rev O B Lee officiating. Survivors include his widow five children and two sisters. He was highly regarded in Pontotoc county for integrity and community efforts.
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W. M
Bill) Elliott
Oklahoma City
Ada
Rosedale
O. B. Lee
Presbyterian Church
Elliott
Pontotoc County
Moss Wimbish
William Smith
Kay
Ark
Harold Crume
Arkansas City
Kansas
Lee Elliott
Hickory
Clifford Elliott
Stonewall
Jim Kennedy
Ryan
Earnest Miller
School Spirit Echoes From 1912 Track Meet
Hazel Watson, a freshman at the teachers college, submits a 1912 district track and field meet report from the East Central Norman Daily News Bulletin dated June 26 1912. Her grandfather J R Foreman and father Lloyd Watson are connected to the college alumni and city schools. Johnson.
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East Central Journal
Hazel Watson
Teachers College
East Central Norman Daily News
Miss Watson
J. R. Foreman
Lloyd Watson
Allen
The
Daily News
Johnson
Capitol Hill and Vanoss Top One Act Contest
Capitol Hill High School Oklahoma City won Class A and Vanoss won Class B at the East Central Interscholastic invitation meet. Yukon placed second in Class B and earned best boy and girl actor honors for Ernestine Graham and Calvin Florence. Lucille McArthur and Alvin Murphy won girls and boys acting in Class A. Ada High School finished second in Class A. Weleetka and Yukon were second and third in Class B with Okemah third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill High School
Oklahoma City
Vaness
College Auditorium
Yukon
Ernestine Graham
Calvin Florence
Lucille McArthur
Capitol Hill
Alvin Murphy
Ada
Ten Clemency Acts Announced By Oklahoma Governor
Oklahoma City April 15. Governor Marland signed seven paroles and three pardons. Pardons go to Norman G. Seeley two years for burglary Oklahoma county Orba Sollenberg two years for larceny Cotton county Rufus Brown one year for Haskell county. Paroles include Robert McCurdy life for murder Payne county Toy Smith ten years for larceny Kiowa county Frank Weatherman two and a half years for larceny Okmulgee county Earl Brumley seven and a half years for manslaughter Ponto toc county L. C. Stocton 300 years for manslaughter Seminole county Presley Wilson seven years for robbery Creek county Lewis Hay two years for burglary Marshall county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Marland
Norman G. Seeley
Oklahoma County
Orba Sollenberg
Cotton County
Rufus Brown
Haskell
Robert McCurdy
Payne County
Toy Smith
Kiowa
Frank Weatherman
Okmulgee
Earl Brumley
Pontotoc County
L. C. Stocton
Seminole County
Presley Wilson
Creek County
Community Farm Club Plans Frisco Graveyard Clean-Up
The Union Valley Adult club met in their Union Valley room for a round table on kitchen improvements. They named April 27 for a community clean-up at Frisco and invited other clubs or individuals to help, led by Mrs. Aliene Loman.
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Union Valley
Union Valey
Frisco
Aliene Loman
Wilbur Lee Heads Council Masons in Oklahoma
Wilbur P. Lee of Ada is elected grand master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons of Oklahoma at a gathering of 300 York Rite Masons from across the state. Also chosen were Robert H. Phinney deputy grand master Richard E. Newhouse grand principal conductor of work John W. Barber grand treasurer Walter M. Rainey grand chaplain James A. Latham grand registrar Charles G. Watson grand conductor Hayward H. Skaggs grand marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Wilbur P. Lee
Ada
Grand Council of Royal
Oklahoma
York Rite Masons
Robert H. Phinney
Muskogee
Richard E. Newhouse
John W. Barber
Norman
Walter M. Rainey
Atoka
Guard
James A
County 4-H Clubs Hold Second Day Annual Spring Competition
Twelve county 4 H clubs attended the second day of the annual spring contest with nine clubs active in demonstrations games and songs. Frisco Owl Creek Cedar Grove Maxwell and Vaness provided top entries in various events and 24 demonstrations 18 timely topics 18 songs and 18 games were completed.
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Frisco
Union Valley
Maxwell
Happyland
Cedar Grove
Owl Creek
Fitzhugh Grade
Fitzhugh High School
Vaness
Sunshine
Lawrence
Picket
James Maynard
Lawrence Harris
Westly Beasley
Fitzhugh
Beatrice Marshall
Helen Brackeen
Omega Leach
Oleta Bare
Lorena Johnson
Drucilla Scott
Dorothy Nell Golightly
Dimple Brackeen
Yavonne Soward
James Strickland
Dave Flippin
Junior Chandler
Cleo West
Perry Wilson
Bennie Joe Wilson
Nelly Pearl Hazen
Ima Jean Parker
Vera McSpadden
Inatha Rainbolt
Irene Smith
Faye McKinny
Madill
Marshall County
Edna Archer
Holdenville
Hughes County
D. E. Slingerland
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Delegation backs Patman plan for Fed banks
About 70 lawmakers including four Oklahoma representatives form a steering group in support of the Wright Patman bill to place federal ownership of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. Jed Johnson Anadarko argues funding CCC camps could be sustained by delaying one battleship for a few years.
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Case
South Dakota
Johnson
Washington
Oklahoma
Lyle Boren
Seminole
Jed Johnson
Anadarko
Sam Massingale
Cordell
Jack Nichols
Eufaula
Owen
Civilian Conservation Corps
The
House
Congress
CCC
United States
County Leads Starts In Oklahoma Workforce Totals
Pontotoc county led last week with 24 new starts in Oklahoma. Osage and Seminole followed with eight each, while Okmulgee and Okfuskee contributed five apiece to a state total of 72.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Osage
Seminole
Okmulgee
Okfuskee
Prince Freeling Dies Suddenl y Former Oklahoma Attorney General
Oklahoma City April 19 Funeral arrangements for S. P. Prince Freeling 64 former Oklahoma attorney general were postponed pending word from his sister Mrs Margaret Bay of Bellagio Italy. Freeling found dead from a cerebral hemorrhage in his hotel room by Eloise Watkins a negro maid Acting Coroner Carl Traub said he died about 9 p m Saturday night. He had served as attorney general from 1914 to 1918 and resigned in 1922 to represent Oklahoma in a Red River boundary dispute with Texas. He was born January 15 1873 in Tennessee and had a long legal career in Oklahoma with relatives including an uncle C H Freeling and cousins in Oklahoma City Ardmore and elsewhere.
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Oklahoma City
S. P. “Prince” Freeling
Oklahoma
Margaret Bay
Bellagio
Italy
Baj
Eloise Watkins
Freeling
Carl Traub
Ben Brickwell
Red River
Texas
Pottawatomie
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Hamon
McNairy Station
Tenn
Union University
Harvard University
Southern Law College
Nashville
Man Hijacked at Harden City Sunday Night
County officers investigate a hijacking Sunday night in Harden City. G. W. Cradduck reported two men held a gun and searched him, taking about $8.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harden City
G. W. Cradduck
Cradduck
Arraignments on Criminal Docket Evident in Morning Session
Tal Crawford presided as arraignment docket day opened for upcoming criminal term. Sam Gorum faced robbery with firearms and was given 10 days to plead. All other defendants waived arraignment and time to plead. Defendants include Melvin Lewis and others with charges ranging from drunk driving to burglary and robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal Crawford
Sam Gorum
Melvin Lewis
C. P. Climer
H. Hollis
James Patterson
Ivan Salter
W. B
Bertie South
Almus Yoakum
Dollie Goodman
John Horner
Bill Manley
James Lewis
John Dixon
G. Hughes
George Blackwood
Orville Atchison
Ramsey Johnson
George Fite
Joe Jett
Edgar Patton
Fred Good, Jr
Frank Campbell
J. C. Campbell
Harry Spann
James Wilson Crownover
J. J
Ted) Rushing
Walker Knight
Suit Seeks 35000 for Highway Crash Injuries
Henry T. Lambert sues E. D. Barnes and Barnes Trucking for 35000 after a November 10 1936 highway crash two miles south of Fittstown. Lambert alleges excessive speed and wrong driving by Wendall Barnes a 15 year old, injuring Lambert riding as a guest on a left running board. Injuries include leg fractures hip nose concussion and eventual leg amputation with permanent disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Lambert
E. D. Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Fittstown
M. W. Dale
Wendall Barnes
Young Barnes
Governors Oppose Relief Reduction Across States
Chicago April 19 Governors unite against cutting federal relief programs amid Roosevelt relief push. AP survey shows most favor continuing Works Progress Administration Civilian Conservation Corps and other federal employment on current 2 billion annual level. Only two governors split, warning heavier state burden could spark bankruptcy and tax rises.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
Associated Press
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Washington
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Richard C. McMullen
Delaware
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Pioneers Celebrate Cheyenne Opening Anniversary
In Cheyenne Roger Mills county hundreds of pioneer residents gathered to mark the 45th anniversary of the Cheyenne Ara pahoe country opening with a town celebration and parade through the streets.
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Cheyenne
Roger Mills County
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