Ten Years Ago Fitts Field Opens With Big Oil Flow
The Fitts oil field near Ada began flowing after 18 months of testing in a graben structure. By June 1 1944 the field had produced about 98.8 million barrels of petroleum from 906 wells, with 606 still producing. The field spurred Ada’s growth, new residents, and a conservation program that influenced industry practice.
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Fitts
Ada
Eack
Gilcrease
State Corporation Commission
Commission
Gas Sand Discovery Marks Early Fitts Field Growth
A chronology of the Fitts oil field from discovery in 1933 through major development. Key wells include No 1 Andrew Harden in 30-2 7, No 1 Richards in 2-7, Wyrick No 1 in 29-27, and Wilcox/Bromide deep sand producers. August 1933 brings gas then steady oil flow, Ada News coverage intensifies, and the town is named Fitts town amid field road-building.
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Fitts
Kind-Delaney- Miller
Andrew Harden
Richards
King Delaney- Miller
Hunton Lime
Boettcher
Manahan
North Fitts Pool
C. B. Shaffer
Wilcox
Shaffer
Delaney (Loyal) No
Craddock
Bromide
Fittsfield
Bic
A. J. Harden
Crosbie
Dawes Harden
Ada News
Ada
Fittstown
Lightning and Thunder Dazzle Lights and Rain Over Ada
A fierce night thunderstorm passed south of Ada, with dramatic clouds and a brief shower here. The brief shower yielded .10 inch, cooling air after a 99 degree afternoon, as the temperature fell to 70 by morning.
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Ada
Lasater Dies at 73 Veteran Ada Resident
Byron A. Lasater 73 Spanish War veteran and Ada resident since 1905 died at his home 525 Eighth Street Friday afternoon after ill health. Funeral at Criswell Funeral Home this Sunday at 3 with burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survivors include Edna Lasater widow, daughter Eula Bigford, son Byron Lasater Jr., and several siblings and a half brother.
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Byron A
Pete) Lasater
Ada
Criswell Funeral Home
Rosedale Cemetery
American Legion
Pontotoc County
Mr. Lasater
Lasater Station
Texas
Co. B
C. G
44Th
U. S. Volunteer Infantry
Douglas Lasater
Virgil Hale
Joe Beck
Rommel Said Wounded or Dead in Allied Air Attack
Captured Germans told a senior American staff officer that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had been critically wounded in an Allied air strafing near Lisieux or in a bombing near Falaise and died later in a Bernay hospital. A French Red Cross worker confirmed reports of his death circulating among German troops.
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Canisy
France
Erwin Rommel
Red Cross
Lisieux
Rommel
Falaise
Bernay
Vichy
Normandy
Adolf Hitler
North Africa
C R Clark Joins Lake Oil As Geologist And Landman
C R Buddy Clark joins Lake Oil as geologist and landman. Jack McClure and Sam Crump launch a new venture. M C Roberts moves from Kilgore to Ada to take McClure’s place with W A Delaney Jr. Lake Oil operates in Oklahoma Arkansas New Mexico Illinois. Clark has 20 years in oil including Gulf Oil and the Seminole field.
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C. R
Buddy” Clark
Lake Oil Company
Landman
Jack McClure
Sam Crump
M. C. Roberts
Ada
Kilgore
Texas
McClure
W. A. Delaney Jr
Clark
University of Illinois
Urbana
Illinois Geological Survey
Gulf To
Lake
Gulf Oil Corporation
Lake Oil
Gulf
Oklahoma
Seminole
Fitts
South
E. G. Kendall
The
Arkansas
New Mexico
Illinois
Delaney
Crump
C. W. Roadhouse
Armed Services
Roberts
Selby Oil and S Company
Delamey
Ada to Be Guinea Pig in Oklahoma Survey
Ada residents prepare for a government survey to study mineral water resources development industry agriculture and population shifts. Dr Leonard Logan announced the August start with technicians from Oklahoma University and support from the state planning resources board and Ada Chamber of Commerce. Ponca City will be the second area included in the survey.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Oklahoma University
State Planning and Resources Board
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Leonard Logan
C. Ponca City
Oklahoma City
Hughes County Miss Now Cover Girl
Hughes County 4-H member Juanita Floyd, owner and exhibitor of the Hereford steer at the Ada 4-H show, is highlighted as a cover girl after notable 4-H and War Loan drive activities. She helped Hughes County meet bond quotas, gathered scrap metal, and earned magazine recognition. Floyd is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Floyd. Eddie Hubbard, formerly with S and Q Clothiers, visited Ada en route to Frederick after recovering from a Missouri highway crash. Patrol absolved him of responsibility.
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Juanita Floyd
Oklahoma
Hughes County
Miss Floyd
B. D. Floyd
Eddie Hubbard
S and Q Clothiers
Frederick
Ada
Missouri
Hubbard
Highway Patrol
Over 3,000 Tire Certificates Voided in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City district, more than 3,000 tire certificates will become void under a new ruling. About 700 certificates issued in the district remain valid. all certificates dated July 15 or earlier for tires 8.25 inches and larger are void after today. A fire panel will screen and issue new certificates, with county boards forwarding applications.
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Oklahomaa City
Oklahoma City
OPA
Washington
Luther Miller
Joe Griffin
T. Cox
Ardmore
E. E. Rust
R. A. Parkinson
J. Roy Dunning
Lawton
H. B. Hager
Ada. G. Beeler
W. G. Methvin
P. G. Spinning
Chickasha
R. T. Harber
Seminole
Route of Planes to Russia Revealed After Two Years
Edmonton reports disclose that about 10 000 American built planes have been sent to the Soviet fronts via the Alaska Canadian route since 1941 with roughly half flown through Edmonton and Fairbanks. In four months of 1944 some 2200 planes used the route. Flights progress under secrecy with minimal losses, and Canadian and American crews collaborate from Great Falls to Fairbanks and Nome.
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Edmonton
Alta
United States
Russia
U. S
Fairbanks
Alaska
Red Star of Russia
Seattle
Warren G. Mangnuson
Washington
Great Falls
Mont
Siberia
Nome
Bering Sea
James J. Patterson
Senate
15 Acres Added To Rosedale Cemetery
The city adds a 15 acre tract to Rosedale Cemetery east of the existing grounds. Engineers have platted the tract for future lot selection, with about 30 acres already filled. Interested buyers can view the map in Bill Bevers’ office at the Convention Hall. ground preparation will take a few weeks.
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Rosedale
Bill Bevers
Bevers
Convention Hall
Former Adan Named District CG&E Head
Allen H. Burgess of Ardmore was named operating superintendent of the Oklahoma City district of Oklahoma Natural Gas to succeed T. A. Wood who was killed by lightning on a golf course July 1 in Oklahoma City. Burgess, district manager at Ardmore for two years, has been in the gas industry since 1930 and previously managed at Henryetta and Stillwater. He is a native of Ada and attended the University of Tulsa.
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Oklahoma City
Allen H. Burgess
Ardmore
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
T. A. Wood
Burgess
Henryetta
Central States Power and Light Company
Oil Output Drops Past Week
U S crude oil production fell 4 950 barrels daily in the week to July 29 to 4 617 450, with California down 500 to 854 750 and Oklahoma down 1 700 to 339 500. Other changes included Louisiana up 300 to 359 350 Illinois up 1 050 to 207 600 Michigan up 350 to 50 850 and the Rocky Mountain area up 4 700 to 124 000 Texas steady at 2 067 300 and East Texas at 363 550.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
California
Kansas
Oklahoma
Eastern
Louisiana
Illinois
Michigan
Rocky Mountain Area
Texas
East Texas
New Tragedy for Oklahoma Family
ENID July 29 UP Friends learn of another tragedy in the Vance family as the War Department reports Lt Col Leon R Vance Jr among 18 aboard an army transport plane lost flying from Scotland to New York. Earlier the colonel was injured in France while his father the Enid school principal and a flier was killed in a local crash along with Claire Marie Owen 17. The elder Vance had been teaching Miss Owen to fly. The family also mourns the elder Vance's brother Will killed in a 16 years earlier crash. The colonel's wife lives in Arkansas City Kansas.
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Enid
Vance
War Department
Leon R. Vance Jr
Scotland
New York
France
Claire Marie Owen
H. H. Champlin
Miss Owen
Will
Col. Vance
Arkansas City
Kans
Asbestos Fabric Demand Affects Navy Production
The War Production Board said new asbestos fibrous glass cloth will boost navy textile output but current navy needs create a bottleneck. Industry sources indicate 240000 square yards of the glass cloth will be required each month, including 240000 pounds of asbestos yarn.
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Washington
Navy
War Production Board
WPB
Oklahoma War Casualties Lead July Loses Among States
July unofficial AP totals show Oklahoma's service members deaths surpassed any prior wartime month, bringing Pearl Harbor totals to 1342 dead and 5052 casualties for the state. Missing 1143, POWs 675, wounded 1892 reported in breakdown. Eagle Slain After Attack On Dog Near Cathlamet A game warden and locals killed a large eagle after it swooped on a dog and then turned on a woman, who helped subdue the bird. Ongoing farming notes mention Pontotoc County oats yield from Wanktok variety and limited foundation seed sales. Tile drainage survey near Latta aims to reclaim fertile land for alfalfa. not common here but seen as potential.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Wash
Paul Zol
Gayle Valentine
Zoliner
Raymond Robbins
Pecan Grove
Wintok
State Experiment Station
Carl Browell
Harral Allen
Latta
Farm Women Earn While Helping, 4 H Club Formed
Visiting home demonstration clubs reports show Mrs. F. F. Faber totaling profits from berries jams and eggs plus sewing and quilting work. Mrs. Lula M. Henry reports canning hundreds of pints and jars, selling beans and pints, and extensive sewing. 4 H club forms at Union Hill under teachers Mrs. Oma Enloe and Mrs. Lois Gentry to grow vegetables August 1 to 10.
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F. F. Faber
Lula M. Henry
Ada
Loretta
Henry
Loretta Henry
Union Hill
Union Hill School
Oma Enloe
Lois Gentry
Enloe
Pickett Home Demonstration Club
Gentry
Lois Davis
Poultry Keeping Advice From County Agent Hailey
County Agent Suggester Poultry Jobs for August 1 outlines culling for egg production. It urges locating mash and grain feeders in a shaded bright area and keeping water containers sanitary and shaded. It promotes a strong feeding program, remodeling the hen house in slack time, using alfalfa as green feed if scarce, and recommends a concrete or rock floor in the poultry house.
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C. H. Hailey County
Limestone deliveries to Pontotoc farms boost soil fertility
Farmer reports limestone carloads unloaded in Pontotoc county. Officials note much land could improve with limestone application but emphasize soil analysis before use. The office offers soil analysis service to determine suitability and potential yield impacts.
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Pontotoc County
Agricultural Engineer Helps County Farmers with Drainage
C T Sturdivant extension agricultural engineer from Stillwater spent two days this week in the county aiding farmers and ranchers on drainage and soil conservation problems.
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C. T. Sturdivant
Stillwater
Fall Vegetable Planting Guide
A readable list of when to plant common vegetables by time frames. Includes crops such as sweetcorn cucumbers squash beans carrots spinach and onions with suggested planting windows in July through October and note on semi hardy types and fall vegetables.
Oklahoma City meeting to host Wickard Agriculture Secretary
Pontotoc county will be represented at a meeting and banquet in Oklahoma City on August 8 where Claude Wickard secretary of agriculture will address the group. Governor Kerr will present Wickard to the group as a prelude to WKY station Farm Service programs starting August 9 broadcast weekdays at 12 30 to 12 45 noon.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
Claude Wickard
WKY
Robert S. Kerr
Wickard
Boll Weevil Survey Finds Minor Damage In Pontotoc County
Eleven cotton fields were checked for boll weevil infestation with counts of insects per field and 100 square damage readings. The survey shows only minor damage currently, dusting advised if infestation exceeds 10 percent, and farmers monitor fields closely as the cotton outlook looks good in Pontotoc County.
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Pontotoc
County moves to aid returning veterans in farm aid panel
Preliminary plans in the county set up an advisory capacity for veterans to help select farms upon their return after the war. Officials expect many will seek to purchase land and settle locally.
Forger Defrauds Indiana Jail of 500 Dollars
A convict using a pen as his tool defrauded an Indiana jail of five hundred dollars. The incident shows how inmates exploited handwriting to deceive officials.
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Indiana
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Bebee
Allen
W. A
Gus’ Delaney
B. C
Curt’ King
Ian Miller
E. H. Moore
Harry Wyrick
Moore
F. W. Hoipkemier
Loyal
Harden City
Magnolia
Simpson
Pat
Hunton
Cromwell
John Fitts
U. S. Senate
Mr. Cochran
Cochran-Moore
Wyrick
Gassers
Boettcher Oil and Gas Company
Moore Field
Middle
East
B. A. Lasater
Graben
B. C. King
Sam Miller
C.R. Clark
McClure, Crump Launch
M. C. Robertts
Selby Oil and Gas
Hughes County Miss
Farm Magazine
Canada
Adan
Cg&e
U. 5
Wintok Oats
Mrs. Jessie Morgan
Union Valley
Agricultural Engineer
WKY Farm Service
Hoopers
Veterans Program
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