Byng Students Build Trades Center At Byng School
Junior high students in Byng School's structural trades class rapidly construct prefab buildings for vocational use including a new agriculture greenhouse and a horticulture building. The project costs about 4000 dollars and employs students in electrical, masonry, welding, carpentry, plumbing, and concrete finishing while they receive no pay and continue their regular schooling.
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Byng School
Stokes
Byng
Murray State to receive Ruth Landrum fountain and garden
Construction of a memorial fountain and garden on Murray State College campus in Tishomingo is funded by Carl R. Landrum in memory of his late wife Ruth. The project includes a granite framed sunken garden with lighting and seating near the Student Union Building.
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Tishomingo
Ruth Walker Landrum
Murray State College
Clyde Kendell
Murray
Carl R. Landrum
Ruth
Landrum
Milburn
East Central College
Ada
Columbia University
Former Ada resident presents paper at national biology meeting
Adan Charles N. Ho ward Jr., a University of Oklahoma Medical Center graduate student, presented a paper at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology meeting in Atlantic City. The study, titled The Effect of Adrenalectomy and Castration on Vitamin E Regulation of Microsomal Hydroxylation, ties to his PhD work in Biochemistry and will aid his forthcoming thesis. He is an Ada High School and East Central State College alum, as is his wife Charlotte Cobb.
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Landrum
Chicago Institute of Art
Art Student’s League
New York City
Oklahoma University
Norman
North Texas State University
Denton
First State Bank
Tishomingo
Missouri
Adan Charles N. Howard Jr
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Atlantic City
N. J
Howard
Ada High School
East Central State College
Charlotte Cobb
Oklahoma Unemployment Edges Up in March
Oklahoma sees a slight rise in unemployment in March with 51,400 jobless and an unemployment rate of 4.8 percent. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission notes seasonal gains in construction and agriculture yielded 9,400 new jobs and overall employment at 1,017,300, up from February.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
OESC
Dr. Procter to Receive EC Alumni Award
Dr. Dan Procter president of Star Engraving Co Houston will receive East Central State College distinguished alumni award and speak at spring commencement. Outdoor exercises scheduled 10 a.m. Saturday May 13. Procter tied to Ada Oklahoma career teaching and school administration. later led Star Engraving and held Texas education board roles.
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Star Engraving Co
Houston
East Central State College
Procter
Adams
East Central
Edmon Low
Paul Hughes
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
Stoutland
University of Oklahoma
Ada
Laboratory School
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts
Star Engraving
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Education
Texas
Harris County Board of Education
South Texas College
Atokas Industrial Park Moves From Plan To Reality
Atoka breaks ground on 38 acre site north of town for an industrial park with a new sewage plant and water system. Contracts total about 1.1 million dollars with bids lower than preliminary estimates. City expects 60 to 90 jobs from a potential new plant and another smaller firm. funding relies on bonds and water revenue.
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Atoka
Sequoyah Industries Inc
Atoka County Industrial Trust
Sequoyah
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Sewar
Lamar Co
Pittsburg
Des Moines Co
The
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Economic Development Association
Ozarks
Reed
City Water Department
Water Department
Safe Deposit
Oklahoma State
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