Sandy Creek Project Nears Start After Funding Fears
The Sandy Creek flood control project clears a key hurdle as the Sandy Creek Conservancy and two Soil Conservation Districts sign agreements with the U S Soil Conservation Service. Engineering plans for dams sites 1 3 7 and 10 will be provided next week with work possible within 60 days. Costs totaling 136 915 for four dams will be borne by the federal government while local groups handle maintenance and moving costs, sparking last minute debates over fences and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservancy District
Soil Conservation Districts
Lester King
Sandy Conservancy Board
Sandy
Harral Allen
Ada Rodeo Launches 23rd Annual Show with Parade
Ada Rodeo opens its 23rd annual event with a Wednesday street parade and 8 PM first performance at the Ada fairgrounds. The four night show offers 12000 dollars in cash prizes, stock from Gene Autry Enterprises, with top national cowboys and local favorites like Everett Shaw and Dick Truitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Fairgrounds
Southwest
Gene Autry Enterprises
Madison Square Garden
New York
Ada Rodeo Association
Jim Shoulders
Shoat Webster
Everett Shaw
Dick Truitt
Truitt
Los Angeles
Andy Curtis
Parade Route Change For Ada Releo Parade
Ada Releo parade officials announce a route change starting at the west end of Main near the Ada Livestock Auction. The procession moves east to Broadway then south to Twelfth and back to Main before looping to Broadway and north to the fair grounds, beginning at 5 p.m.
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Main Street
East Central College
Main
Ada Livestock Auction
Broadway
Twelfth
Constant
Fairgrounds
County Court Reports New Traffic Cases
Five motorists face traffic charges in county court including Phillip Lee Martin of Midwest City and Robert Otha Bagwell of Choctaw. Martin 64 mph and Bagwell 70 mph on SH 13 were radar recorded. Reckless driving charges target Lillian Imogene Hancock of 105 East Sixteenth. William R. Cole, involved in August accident near Ada, is charged with failing to yield at SH 12 intersection driving a 1958 International truck.
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Phillip Lee Martin
Midwest City
Robert Otha Bagwell
Choctaw
Timothy J. Butler
Oklahoma City
Martin
Lillian Imogene Hancock
East Sixteenth
Fittstown
William R. Cole
Ada
Pottsborough Airman Injured in Friday Collision
Frisco Texas 1c Claud Allen Herion son of Mr and Mrs H B Herion was seriously injured Friday night when his car collided head on with a pickup near Colbert Oklahoma He was the sole survivor of five Perrin Field airmen in the vehicle He suffered deep cuts and 500 stitches were needed to close wounds His family traveled to Durant to be with him as doctors planned possible transfer to a Texas or Denver hospital.
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Frisco
Claud Allen Herion
Pottsborough
Tex
H. B. Herion
Colbert
Oklo
Herion
Perrin Field
Barbara Herion
Maurice Herion
Cushing
Durant
Herron
Texas
Denver
Colo
Galey School Begins Summer Session With Two Teachers
Galey School starts summer session on Monday August 11 with M R Tucker as principal and Miriam Owens as the other faculty member. Lula County School also holds a summer term led by C D Whelchel with A Brown and Mrs Arthur Dennis teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galey School
M. R. Tucker
Miriam Owens
Lula
C. D. Whelchel
A. Do
Brown
Arthur Dennis
Fire alarm stops smoldering APT fire at 218 East Fourteenth
An overheated air conditioner in the John Amar home at 218 East Fourteenth produced smoke and charred insulation. Assistant Fire Chief Dudley Young reported the incident caused excitement but little damage with the alarm ringing at 5 42 p m Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Amar
Pendegrafts
East Fourteenth
Dudley Young
Landowners seek conservancy district for Muddy Boggy watershed
Petition drive targets Upper Muddy Boggy Conservancy District No 1 in Pontotoc Hughes Coal and Atoka counties. Directors and county leaders list district acreage 171520 with landowners needed signatures of 25 percent. Flood control plan aims to protect communities along Muddy Boggy similar to Sandy Creek and Blue systems, expanding Pontotoc County coverage.
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Pontotoc
Hughes
Coal
Atoka
Philip Busby
Watershed Association
Ada
Atoka County
Pontotoc County
Ned Biffle
Coal County
Tuss Bond
Kelley McIntire
C. A
Barney” McCall
Orville Lang
Horace Hamilton
Alfred Stevenson
Pittsburg
T. Fairless
Ralph Fairless
Conservancy
Sandy Creek
Upper Clear
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sandy Creek Conservancy Board
Garvin County Soil Conservation District Board
Sod Board
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
State Soil Conservation Board
Scs
Charley Evans
Agriculture Department
Sandy Pro
Evans
Allen
Engineer King
Benson
SCD
Garvin
Garvin County
C. C. Buxton Jr
Willard Rhynes
Pontotoc Board
Lugubri
C. Cc
Buxton
Ada Rodeo
Ferdinand
Doug Smith
Glen Taylor
Sherwood O'Neal
Galey
Conservancy Dist
Pontotoec County
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