East Central State College Sets Fall Enrollment Schedule
Freshman orientation kicks off September 3 at 1 p.m. in Science Hall Auditorium to start the fall term. Faculty dinner is at 6:30 p.m. in the Terrace Room. Regular classes begin September 11 at 8 a.m. with night classes at 6:30 p.m. Enrollment days run September 4 5 6 and 9 10 12 with adviser meetings and testing for new students.
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Science Hall
East Central State College
E. W. James
Bill Tillman
East Central
Student Union
Ada Schools Unveil Open Enrollment Across Two Days
Ada students enroll on August 26 and 27 with no grade divisions. Elementary hours shift 8:30 to 3. Secondary students enroll by grade on designated mornings. Workshops run August 28 and 29 with a faculty meeting August 29. Classes start September 3.
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Ada
Hayes
Ada High School
Ada to Host Two Day Quarter Horse Sale
Horse fanciers descend on Ada for a two day Ada Quarter Horse Sales at the pavilion on SH 3 beginning Friday at 10 a.m. More than 300 head will be offered including top bloodlines and notable horses such as Bones Bar and Go Kathryn along with Thoroughbred Counterparlay bred to Go Man Go.
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Ada
Ada Quarter Horse
Big Pavilion
SH 3
Pete Winters
Winters
Go Kathryn
Go Man Go
County Jail Receives Okay After Cleanup and Repairs
An inspector from the state Department of Charities and Corrections announced Pontotoc County jail is in its best shape in three and a half years. Grady Neal praised Sheriff Burl Griffin and the county board for cooperation, citing refurbishments including new showers, a refreshed paint job, reworked locks, a new visitors screen, and upgraded security cells.
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State Department of Charities and Corrections
Pontotoc County
Grady Neal
Burl Griffin
Board of County Commissioners
Emmett McCarthy
McCarthy
Motorcycles Too Dangerous A Ada View On Youth Riders
The Ada area reconsiders motorcycle hazards after a local youth death. Authorities see mainly rider risk due to open exposure with helmets as the only protection. Hospital and police data show multiple injuries including several under legal riding age.
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Ada
National Safety Council
Highway Patrol
Gay
Ben
Maj
Ted Sears
Ada Police Department
Sears
Valley View Hospital
Oklahoma wildlife board sets 1968 69 hunting seasons
The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission approved deer elk antelope prairie chicken wild turkey pheasant and rabbit seasons and opened three waterfowl refuges to dove hunters for 20 days in September. Details include two pheasant seasons with different bag limits, great and lesser prairie chicken hunts with specific counties and dates, cottontail and swamp rabbit runs, fall wild turkey with a 1 tom limit, spring turkey dates, bait rule for fall turkeys, and antelope permits with landowner permission.
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Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission
Special Wildlife Department
Commission
Oklahoma City
Wildlife Department
Panhandle
Cimarron
Texas
Beaver Counties
Harper, Woods
Woodward
Alfalfa
Grant and
Kay
Oklahoma
Kansas Line
Tulsa
Arkansas
Tom Turey
Washita
Beaver
Harper
Woods
Ellis
Major
Roger Mills
Dewey
Garfield
Blaine
Grant
Custer
Beckham
Greer
Harmon
Noble
Grady
Stephens
Osage
Payne County
Cotton
Tillman
Jackson
Logan
Garvin
Jefferson
Love
Pawnee
Cleveland
Pottawatomie
Pontotoc
Murray
Carter
Cimarron County
Texas County
Pat Weldon
Boise City
Victor Davis
Hooker
Hooker. the Application Must Be Signed By A Landowner In the Antelope Range
Ada Native Among Six Dead In Oklahoma Plane Crash
Charles Ray Hayes 29 of Crane Missouri and six others died when a light plane crashed into a field one mile north of the Miami Oklahoma airport. Pilot Bob McGraw and five Miami area residents were killed. all victims worked for Glenn Berry Manufacturing at Commerce. The crash occurred shortly after 4:50 a.m. en route to Jonesboro Arkansas.
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Charles Ray Hayes
Ada
Miami, Okla
Hayes
Bob McGraw
Miami
Kenneth Fields
Ronnie Teague
Darlene Cooper
Louise Yankowski
Crane
Glenn Berry Mfg. Co
Commerce
Roy Hayes
Ada High School
Berry Firm
Miami Airport
Jonesboro
Ark
County Teachers To Recommend Man For Supt
Pontotoc County teachers and administrators meet at the courthouse Friday at 8 45 a m to recommend a replacement for J D Enis county superintendent who died recently The group will only recommend to county commissioners who will name the replacement The Democratic committee must also decide on a name for the November ballot Criteria include a master's degree active school work in 36 of 48 months voter in Pontotoc and administrative credentials.
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Pontotoc County
J. D. Enis
Virgil Medlock
County Teachers Association
Enis
County Central Democratic Committee
Democratic Committee
Pontotocty
Platt Museum Draws Crowds With Live Exhibits
Platt National Park hosts a busy museum scene with a rattler, flying squirrels, a glass beehive, and an array of regional flora and fauna. About 1,200 visitors peak per day, averaging 400 to 500 daily, as naturalist Bill Germerand explains how nocturnal animals adapt to daytime crowds. The rattler, moved from a quarry near Sulphur, now rests quiet, while a garter snake and other specimens join the displays.
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W. L. Knickmeyer
Platt National Park
Bill Germerand
Germerand
Macdougall Palmer
Ada Weekly Welcomes New Writer Nancy Fulsom
The Ada Weekly announces Nancy Fulsom a senior at Stonewall High School joins as Ahloso news writer. She will cover local items and is guardian for Mr. and Mrs. J C Treas of Ahloso. After graduation she plans to attend Okmulgee Tech.
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Nancy Fulsom
Miss Fulsom
Stonewall High School
Ahloso
J. C. Treas
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