Greenwood Succumbs to Fall Injuries
Jackson Greenwood 65 Chickasaw Indian of 112 West Fifth died Monday night at 10 30 at 2tetal hospital from injuries after a fall into a 14 foot sewer ditch on North Broadway Sunday night. He suffered a neck dislocation and internal chest injuries, a scalp wound, and abrasions. Funeral Wednesday at 2 from Hickory Hill Indian church south of Ada with burial in Hickory Hill cemetery. survived by wife Lyda and children Susie Douglas Myrtie Helen Frances Greenwood Ada and Miss Monett Greenwood Fittstown and Norman Wilson Henry and Buster Greenwood Ada and six grandchildren.
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Jackson Greenwood
West Fifth
Tetal Hospital
North Broadway
Hickory Hill
Ada
Hickory Hill Cemetery
Greenwood
Bob Sarrmons
Lyda
Susie Douglas
Myrtie
Helen
Frances Greenwood
Monett Greenwood
Fittstown
Sors
Norman
Wilson
Henry
Buster Greenwood
Woman Questioned On Brink Robbery Killed in Accident
IMBODEN Aug 22 A woman tied to the Boston Brink’s robbery was killed in an auto crash near Mammoth Spring Arkansas. Ida Pearl Counts 23 of Walden Oklahoma had been questioned in the case and said two men Hyde and Laval drove the get away cars. Raymond Gates 23 of St Louis and Phyllis Kieler 18 of Portland were injured when their car overturned on loose gravel two miles northwest of Counts. All three had been questioned and released earlier.
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Imboden
Mammoth Spring
Ark
Boston
Ida Pearl Counts
Walden
Okla
Bso
Trugbery
Diich
Raymond Gates
Phyllis Kleier
Gates
St. Louis
Miss Iner
Portland
Goodwin
Brinks, Inc
Hyde
Laval
Counts
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Gate
Mammoth Springs
Blytheville
Hivde
Missouri
Sulphur Visitor Is Now in Jail
Sulphur Springs resident Paschel Ellis, a Black man, was to be arraigned for allegedly taking $89 and clothing from his Sulphur uncle Gene Williams after visiting over the weekend. Williams awakened to a door slam, reported the theft, and Ellis was found nearby and confessed intent to reach a taxi stand for a trip to Devis and back to Sulphur Springs.
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Paschel Ellis
Sulphur Springs
Tex
W. J. Monroe
Ellis
Gene Willams
Don Barnes
Williams
Devis
Logan Erickson
Walter Guinn Not Guilty Of Liquor Possession
Charges of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor filed early Tuesday against Walter Guinn. Sheriff’s force confiscated a quantity of whiskey Saturday night. Undersheriff Walker Hisle reported, Guinn pled not guilty before Judge Tom D. McKeown. bond set at $1500. This is his third charge, case to be tried in October session.
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Walter Guinn
Guinn
Walker Hisle
Tom D. McKeown Gunn
McKeown
Scout Explorer Swim Meet Draws Sixty-Two Participants
Sixty-two scouts and explorers plus nineteen scouters met at Glenwood Park pool for a Scout Explorer Swim Meet featuring 50 yard overhand and freestyle events, a relay, diving, towel race, and egg race. Explorer Patrol 7604 led with 104 points, followed by Troop 4 at 60, Troop 84 at 60, and Troop 24 at 28. Forrest Woods of Troop 33 competed from Fairfield, Texas, and watermelon was served by the Kiwanis after awards were presented.
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Jim Bullock
Tommy Wilson
Benny Ebrite
Jack McCoy
J. D. Daggs
Bobby Penran
Tom Wilson
George Wilcox
Forrest Woods
Fairfield
Tex
Kiwanis Club
Navy Forms All-State Oklahoma Recruit Group for San Diego
The Navy Recruiting Service in Oklahoma announces an Oklahoma contingent named Scorer company to undergo boot training at the San Diego Naval Training Center. The group will depart in two increments on the 24th and the 31st with entertainment plans in Oklahoma City and transport to California. Volunteers through August 1 may join and receive an expense paid stay in Oklahoma City before departure.
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Navy Recruiting Service
San Diego
Oklahoma City
Sooners
Navy
U. S. Naval Training Center
California
Buile
Two Bound Over to District Court in Farm Machinery Case
Floyd Nunnelley and John Mc Cormick were bound over to district court for trial on charges of larceny of farm machinery. In a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace C W Floyd, bonds were set at $2000 each. A separate case against them for taking $300 worth of farm machinery from Buck Gilmore, Allen, will be heard August 25. They waived preliminaries in a car theft charge from Dr T G Forsythe and that case was transcribed to district court.
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Floyd Nunnelley
John McCormick
Court of Justice of the Peace
C. W. Floyd
T. G. Forsythe
Allen
Nunneller
Buck Gilmore
Dr. Forsythe
Pleads Guilty to Brakeless Driving
Harvey Lee Reese Jr a Wewoka man pled guilty before Justice C W Floyd to driving without brakes. He was jailed for non payment of a $10 fine and costs after apprehension by highway patrolman Henry Van Aesdell Saturday night 2 1/2 miles north of Ada on SH 99. Reese sought to pass a car halted for a left turn and pulled into the patrol car’s path.
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Harvey Lee Reese, Jr
C. W. Floyd
Henry van Aesdell
Ada
SH 99
Reese
van Arsdell
Mrs Mary Green Taken to Mayo Clinic
Mrs Mary Green, after a week in a local hospital, was taken to Rochester Minnesota early Monday to enter Mayo clinic. Accompanying her were Bill Green, Mrs C D Price and Clifton Green.
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Mary Green
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Bill Green
C. D. Price
Clifton Green
Homer School Enrollment and Start Dates Declared
Homer School will enroll August 24 with classes starting Monday August 27. Lunch room operations begin August 27. Teachers include principal Charles Gentry and staff Mrs T A Burchett, Mrs Mary Laughlin.
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Homer School
Charles Gentry
T. A. Burchett
Mary Laughlin
Teacher Shortage In Some Fields In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City reports a teacher shortage in commerce, math, science and music despite a 390 annual pay raise approved in spring. Department of Education officials say districts lack qualified teachers as many seek work at Tinker Air Force Base and other defense plants. Surpluses exist in social science and English as teachers return to classrooms.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Department of Education
Virgil Booner
Tinker Air Force Base
Stratford Schools Plans Completed for Term Start
Stratford educators prepare for the new school term with Aug. 27 prep day, Aug. 20 pre enrollment finish, and Sept. 3 classes. Supt A W Barrett notes faculty includes John Lewis and Ray Stuckey, new additions, remodeled interiors, 700 feet of new concrete walls, and updated instructional aids. Lunch at 20 cents, buses start Aug. 30, textbooks via grade school, and birth certificates required for new students.
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Stratford
Pauls Valley
A.W. Barrett
Barrett
John Lewis
Ruby Forrest
Clara Austell
Dayal Burton
Ray Stuckey
Jerry Anderson
History Andooys
J. D. Connally
Alice Pyrou
David Jenkins
Ocie Lewis
Mary Forrest
Wille Simpson
Ora Jones
Gertrude Forrest
Ruth Burnett
Bessie Jenkins
Jerry
M. C. Phillips
Bill Marquard
Glover Prather
Jack Martin
Hazel McClure
Charles Austin
Norma Eeds
Qust
Two-Year-Old May Also Have Polio
Kenneth Alexander, two years old, admitted to Valley View hospital with possible infantile paralysis. He is brother of Gary Alexander, four, who arrived by plane from Artesia, New Mexico, and was pronounced suffering from polio. The two additions raise the hospital’s polio patient count.
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Kenneth Alexander
Valley View Hospital
Gary Alexander
Artesia
N. M
Rush Sulphur Man In Hospital After Poisoning
Ernest Horne, a Sulphur resident, is in serious condition at Veterans Hospital after swallowing poison Monday. Officials weigh accidental versus intentional ingestion as details swirl around his dismissal from the hospital and a possible delivery by taxi to his friends’ home. County attorney Don Barnes probes the incident as investigators consider accident.
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Ernest Horne
Veterans Hospital
Horne
Friends
C. E. Roberts
Marvin Stephens
Roberts
Don. Barnes
Barnes
Latta News highlights community visits and local events
Latta residents share family visits, vacations, and church activities over the weekend. Ill Prank Wells improves in Valley View Hospital. Local women beautified the school building, and a farewell party for Joe Wilburn featured flowers and refreshments. Many families traveled in western Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado.
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Valley View Hospital
Stratford Roundup Officers Elected
The Stratford Roundup club elected Bill Long as president for next year with TG.1 Simpson as vice president. Floyd Morris treasurer Nettie Sue Morris secretary John Ward parade marshal Rebee Ellott aftermats parade marshal Bessie Janeshi queen. One new director Alex Lawson. other directors Jesse Morris John Ward Blane Elliott Roy Dunnell. Twenty members voted in the Chickasha parade. The club hosts calf roving Wednesday nights and faz bronc riding gull riding and wild mule races. Bill Curtis announcer. Next meeting is the first Tuesday night in September.
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Stratford
Bill Long
Simpson
Floyd Morris
Nettie Sue Morris
John Ward
Rebee Ellott
Bessie Jane Shi
Alex Lawson
Jesse Morris
Blane Elliott
Roy Dunnell
Bill Curtis
Pied Piper of Pop Is 5100,000-A-Year Santa
Around these parts the ice cream man Bob Shelly is beloved by children and sought after by mothers as an auxiliary parent. He visits twice daily, memorizes nearly every child’s name, and rewards them with knickknacks and charms while building trust. His business, run with brothers and nephews, nets about 100000 annually across five trucks, with contests and free treats forging lifelong customer loyalty.
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River Edge
NEA
Santa Claus
Bob Shelly
Drew
Shelly
Spark
Floreida
Bob Shely
A. of Youth
Hs Mayer
New Jersey
Sne
Shelyan
Man Accused of Abandoning Child
Bessie Tracy charged with child abandonment was nabbed late Monday at 08 East Nirth by Policeman Joe Myers. She is accused of wilfully neglecting Bobby Gene Tracy, 14, in a complaint by Gladys A. Tracy. Charges filed Tuesday in the justice of peace court of C. W. Floyd.
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Bessie Tracy
East Nirth
Joe Myers
Bobby Gene Tracy
Gladys A. Tracy
Justice of Peace Court
C. W. Floyd
Conscience Sluggish in Bristol Over Missing Wallet
A Bristol report from August 1947 notes a finder returned Arthur Coggin s wallet but his conscience was sluggish. The postman delivered the wallet to Coggin yesterday, yet the five one pound notes remained missing.
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Bristol
Eng
Arthur Coggin
Cogg
Coggins
Stratford News Items Vary Across Families and Moves
Stratford notes multiple visits and relocations from late summer. Ginger artis visits Bartlesville with cousins while Ed Kennedy and family host in Holiday Texas. A W Barrett attends a Tulsa workshop. Bruce Corley on leave from Navy visits family in Oklahoma. Ballard family hosts guests from Oklahoma City and Shawnee. Lt Jack Burnett travels to Denver for training. Melvin Lunsford moves his grocery into the former Stratford Cleaners building.
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Jack Burnett
Linda
Disane
Macon
M. M. Burnett
Burnett
Denver
Colo
Melvin Lunsford
Stratford Cleaners
Auto Liability Hearing Recessed in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma state insurance board recessed its auto liability premium hearing and set a September deadline to file protests and for rebuttals after two days of hearings. If not halted, rate hikes move into effect September 10 with increases ranging eight to 30 percent. Opponents presented financial statements from insurers and Fort Worth businessman T. J. Allison testified Oklahoma rates are higher than in Texas and New Mexico.
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Oklahoma City
State Insurance Board
Donald Dickey
T. J. Allison
Fort Worth
Allco Gas, Inc
Fewer Communists In U S This Year
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a Senate appropriations panel that U S Communist Party membership fell from 4174 to 43217 in a year, with each member backed by about seven to eight fellow travelers. He warned the remaining members form a hard core capable of sabotage and militant revolt, noting 96.4 percent are citizens.
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Washington
U. S
Communist Party
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Senate Appropriations
Cormmunists
Exsey
Woman loses grip on inner tube drowns at Shawnee
In Shawnee Oklahoma on August 22 17 Mrs Glenn House 16 Tulia Texas lost her grip on an inner tube and drowned in shallow water relatives said she could not swim her husband and sister in law both non-swimmers witnessed the drowning in sight feet of water
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Okla
Glenn House
Tulia
Tex
Five Omaha residents charged in $100000 jewel theft case
Five Omahans face charges of transporting stolen jewelry across state lines linked to a May 1949 Oklahoma City diamond robbery. Warrants named six others, including Benjamin B. Livingston and Albert Rotella, with arrests announced by the FBI. The scheme allegedly netted over $40,000 in cash. diamonds remain unrecovered.
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Omaha
Oklahoma City
U. S
M. ©. Cunningham
FBI
Benjamin B. Livingston
National Jewelers Company of
Albert Joseph Rotella
Gerald Francis Duff
James Lo Dalton
Kenneth Kitts
Charles Clair Taylor
Kitts
Nebraska Penitentiary
Taylor
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Nebraska
Dalton
Peter Goldberg
New York
Duff, Kitts and Taylor
Chicago
Pat Avant
State Agents Raid Ace of Clubs Club In Creek County
Creek county authorities raided the Ace of Clubs, a reputed gambling spot near the county line, led by Assistant State Crime Bureau Chief O K Bivens. Two men, Benny Stewart of Bald and Charley Scranton of Tulsa, were arrested for possession of gambling paraphernalia. A dice game appeared in progress. some equipment was thrown from a window. Oklahoma safety commissioner Dixie Gilmer vowed ongoing raids, calling the club through and promising tougher action. No racing wire was found, though equipment for such activity existed in one building.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sa County
Creek County
State Crime Bureau
Dixie Gillmer
O. K. Bivens
Beenny Stewart
Bald
Charley Scranton
Bivens
Oklahoma City
Gilmer de
State Safety Department
Busy Monday for Sulphur J P court
Monday was a busy day for Ben Gardner justice of the peace. W L Shields of Harrah paid 10 dollars for speeding on Highway 7 west of Sulphur. Curtis Ragsdale of County Line paid 10 dollars for drunkenness before being taken to Ardmore. Gale Windham of Davis was fined 50 dollars and costs for driving without a license. J A Cuming of Oklahoma City paid 25 dollars for speeding at night. All traffic arrests were by Patrolman D A Amonett.
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Ben Gardner
W. L. Shields
Harrah
Sulphur
Curtis Ragsdale
Davis
D. A. Amonett
Ardmore
Gale Windham
J. A. Cuming
Oklahoma City
Amonett
Meeks mother found after 25 year Oklahoma City search
Loren E. Ryther 41 of Eureka met his mother in Oklahoma City after a 25 year search. He will stay briefly to avoid disrupting her life. his mother declined identification. Ryther traced her via a 1920 entry in a Wichita Falls Texas marriage record. they last saw each other when he was three.
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Oklahoma City
Loren E. Ryther
Eureka
Ryther
Wichita Falls
Tex
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den Nichols
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Jack Dilbeck
Latta HD
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Tenn
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Cumberland CP
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Lolita
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Stratford News
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L. M. Ashley
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Tommie
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Ed Beck
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Haliday
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Fred Phillips
A. W. Barrett
Garvin County Teachers Association
Bruce Corley
San Francisco
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J. L. Ballard
Gene Bailey
Junior Freeman
Shirley
Leslie Ballard
Shasta
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Othal Ballard
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Alyss Ballard
Tom Jackson
Shawnee
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W. J. Horsiey
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Myr
Harold Wright
Oklahoma City, Jr
Ben Twyman
Canute
F. W. Ledlow
Wynnewood
Pari
Ace of Clubs Club
Gilmer
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