Byng Boys Build Buildings In Vocational Classes
Byng junior high students in the structural trades class build pre fab buildings for school use including a future vocational agriculture greenhouse. They perform all work from electrical to plumbing, cost about 1 per square foot for a 54000 building, and earn no pay while gaining skills to reduce dropout rates and support cafeteria needs.
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Byng
Byog
Marvin Stokes
Stokes
Yong
Wayne Gray
Latta
Num
Byng Spake
Former Ada resident presents paper at FASEB meeting
Former Ada resident Adan Charles N. Ho ward Jr., a University of Oklahoma Medical Center graduate student, presented a paper in Atlantic City New Jersey at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology meeting. The work on The Effect of Adrenalectomy and Castration on Vitamin E Regulation of Microsomal Hydroxylation supports his PhD in Biochemistry. He is a Ada High School and East Central State College graduate, and his wife is Charlotte Cobb.
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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 Stele College
Charlotte Cobb
Oklahoma Unemployment Rises Slightly In March
Oklahoma unemployment edged up in March with 4,017,300 employed and 1,400 more jobless on the rolls. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission cited seasonal gains in construction and agriculture lifting total employment while the jobless rate rose to 4.8 percent from February’s level, with a year ago rate at five percent.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
OESC
Dr Procter to Receive EC Alumni Award and Speak
Dr Dan Procter president of Star Engraving Houston will receive Hast Central State College distinguished alumni award and speak at spring commencement exercises Outdoor ceremony set for 10 am Saturday May 13 Procter a notable Ada Oklahoma educator administrator and East Central State College graduate has held roles from high school teacher to college administrator He later led Oklahoma College for Women and now serves on boards in Harris County and South Texas College Houston.
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Dan Procter
Star Engraving Co
Houston
Central State Colleges
Procter
Jadans
East Central State College
East Central
Edemon 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
Atoka Industrial Park Starts on 38 Acre Site
Atoka breaks ground on a 38 acre tract north of town to create an industrial park with a new sewage treatment plant. Contracts total about 1.19 million dollars for water and sewer works with bids under initial estimates. Authorities forecast limited immediate employment but expect future firms, one with a 250 thousand payroll, to hire 60 to 90 workers.
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Atoka
Welter Reed
Big Bear and Rawlings Construction Co
Lamar Co
Pittsburg
Sequoyah Industries Inc
Tran
Steff
Memorial fountain and garden planned at Murray State
Construction of a Rath Walker Landrum memorial fountain and garden on Murray State College campus in Tishomingo is set to start early summer. Funds from Carl R. Landrum honor his late wife Ruth Murray, a former student. The feature will sit in front of the Student Union Building with granite framing, a sunken garden, lighting and seating. Ruth Landrum held degrees from East Central College, Columbia University, and studied at several institutions. Landrum chairs the First State Bank in Tishomingo and leads banking interests in Missouri.
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Tishomingo
Rath Walker Jandrum
Murray State College
Clyde Kendell
Murray
Carl R. Landrum
Ruth
Landrum
Milburn
East Central College
Ada
Columbia University
Chicago Institute of Art
Art Student’s League
New York City
Oklahoma University
Norman
North Texas State University
Denton
First State Bank
Missouri
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Byng Boys
Mickey Thompson
Structural Trades
Byung School
Hanks
Vocatinnal
Bying
Dr. Procter
Steve Knickmeyer
Des Moines Co
Sequoyah
Atoka County Industrial Trust
Environmental Protection Agency
The
Economic Development Association
Ozarks Regional Commission
Reed
City Water Department
Water Department
Murray State
Safe Deposit
Oklahoma State
Dianama State Bank
F.D.I.C
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