Thunderbirds set for annual Ft Hood camp and Texas sun invasion
Oklahoma's 45th Division prepares for its two week encampment at Ft Hood Texas from August 8 to 22. Units from Ada Roff and Allen join in a mass movement with recruitment planned on return. Army training covers field communications and vehicle maintenance as officers stress readiness.
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Kenneth Inman
Jerry Kashner
Inman
Kashner
Fort Hood
Texas
Thunderbirds
Oklahoma
Texas Sun
Ft. Hood
Ada
Roff
Allen
Atoka
Sulphur
Tisho
Mingo
Gene Frans
Mer
45Th
Outfit
Ada Cementers Form In Place Of Herefords In Sooner State League
Mayfield Oil Field Cementing owner Charles Mayfield takes over Ada operation and serves as president of the Ada Athletic Association which will run the new Cementers. Jack Densmore named player manager replacing Lou Brower. admission kept at 50 cents for adults. seven other clubs will share 1,750 for remaining season costs.
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Ada Cementers
Ada Herefords
Charles Mayfield
Mayfield Oil Field Cementing Company
Ada Athletic Association
Cementers
Cline S
Buddy” Fowler
Ada
Mayfield
Jack Densmore
Herefords
Lou Brower
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Tex
Fower
Mansfield
Counties named in disaster decree amid drought politics
President Eisenhower declared 21 Oklahoma counties and others in Texas as disaster areas due to drought after pressure from southwestern lawmakers. Oklahoma Democrats urge statewide disaster designation while Republicans push relief measures like hay and corn price reductions delivered through dealers.
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Pontotoc County
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Texas
Reuben Sparks
Buzzy Buzzard Joins Morrison Family
The Morrison family adds a new pet, Buzzy Buzzard, captured by 16 year old Jimmy Morrison on a shale hill in Lawrence about three weeks ago with Dee Pollock from California. Buzzy is friendly with mixed coloring and enjoys attention, radio, and fans, and is not picky about food.
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Wilson
Morrison
Buzzy” Buzzard
Buzzy
Jimmy Morrison
Bus Morrison
Lawrence
Dee Pollock
Jimmy
California
Morrisons
Homecoming Date Set for Wilson Event
The second annual Wilson Homecoming will be held on September 5, with plans finalized for the celebration and related activities.
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Wilson
Ada Approves New Water Rate Schedule
Ada City Council approves a new water rate schedule affecting residents and water customers outside the city. The first hike in nearly ten years keeps rates low and maintains a tiered structure with a $2.25 minimum for non residents, details shown.
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Ada
Snakes Feasted on Eggs Believed Laying causes
Mrs Dora McGee said heat stopped hens from laying but her husband Jake watched the laying house and found egg thefts. The culprits were two black snakes nearly seven feet long.
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Dora McGee
Jake
Union Hill Church Nears Completion After Face Lift
Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church has undergone a major face lift and now sits in a new location a mile away from its former Bebee site. The building’s history marks a notable shift as congregants previously traveled between Union Hill and Bebee for services. The move resolves a long standing hitch as the Bebee-based church previously hosted services in two different buildings. Continued on Page 2 Costume.
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Union Hill
Missionary Baptist Church
Bebee
Winners Decided In Sooner State Tournament Here
Ada News reports champions from Oklahoma Texas and Kansas in the Seventh Annual Ada News Soon er State open tennis tournament final s at East Central Mayhue Courts. The Pontotoc County Home Demonstration Clubs plan to send delegates to the 37th Farm and Home Conference August 9 to 12 at Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater with sessions on clothing home improvement foods and health among others.
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Pontotoc Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Stillwater
Pontotoc County
W. C. Story
Pontotoc
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
East Central
Christina
Tulsa
Frances Vandivort
Brown-Dunkin's
Angie Deboe
Oklahoma A
Ada
Bennett Hall
Winners Announced In Dairy Judging 4-H Event
Fifteen boys met last Thursday at Cooper Milking Shorthorn Farm and Smith Guernsey Farm for the county 4-H dairy judging school. Clifford Burton and Lester Smith led the project. Top winners listed by placement include James Lucas Dear Peavey Michael Lucas Phillip Briggs and Roddy Calvert. Joe Tom Griffith Hart attended and is now a member of the dairy judging team at Oklahoma A and M.
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Cooper Milking
Smith Guernsey
Clifford Burton
Stillwater
Lester Smith
James Lucas
Dear Peavey
Michael Lucas
Phillip Briggs
Roddy Calvert
Joe Tom Griffith
Hart
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71St Field Artillery Battallion
180Th Infantry Regiment
Lewis Colbert
Battallion
Kenneth Bunch
Texas Military Post
Evans
171St Field Artillery Battalion
Buzzy Buzzard
Baby Buzzard
Union Hill Church
Canara
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