Oklahoma farmer grows diverse 113-tree orchard at Belt Farm
Oscar Belt, owner of a 170 acre Oklahoma farm, cultivates an astonishing one acre orchard with 113 trees including peaches apples plums cherries apricots pears nectarines and walnuts. He interplants grapes along the fence and raises garden crops nearby, noting his family’s long love of fruit trees and roots in Oklahoma since 1894.
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Belt
Sunshine
Jonathan
Oklahoma
Texas
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Roff
Captain Gerald West Dies in Fort Sill Plane Crash
Capt. Gerald L. West 32 Ada died in a Fort Sill aircraft crash during a rehearsal for an Army Aviation Demonstration. Lt. James L. Reed 25 Torrance Calif. also died. West served in Vietnam and Korea earning multiple medals. He was buried with military honors in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Gerald West
Fort Sill
Gerald L. West
Ada
Memorial Park
Criswell Funeral Home
West
Ft. Sill
James L. Reed
Torrance
Calif
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Vietnam
Korea
G. West
Capt. West
Baptist Church
Hayes
East Central State College
Reed
Gerald G. West
Jessie Gee
Oklahoma assessors push professionalism at 21st annual school
Frank Jared of Ada leads Oklahoma's tax assessors toward higher professionalism after the 21st annual school for assessors at Oklahoma State University attended by about 200. The program earned IAAC certification for CAE designation consideration, with Henry Ford planning to apply. Equalization and accurate property assessments are emphasized for school finances and local government.
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Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma
Henry Ford
Barnard
Jared
Ada Grass Fire Doused North of Byng
Ada firemen fought a grass blaze two acres in size north of Byng, responding to a 6 18 p m call from Aggie Winters on Wednesday afternoon.
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Ada
Byng
Aggie
Glenda West Helps Orphaned Kittens in Oakman
Glenda West age eight granddaughter of Mr and Mrs A E Pevehouse Oakman assists four two week old orphaned kittens after their mother cat vanished last Thursday night. She used a doll bottle with homogenized milk and white syrup to feed them as they adjust to nursing. The family hopes the kittens will soon drink from a pan.
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Glenda West
A. E. Pevehouse
Oakman
Pevehouse
Glenda
Wreck at SH 13 US 177 injures two men
Two Kilgore men were injured when a Loomis Hydraulic Testing Co oilfield truck left the road at the SH 13 US 177 junction north west of the city. Glen Eaves was in the emergency room with bruises and lacerations while Billy McDaniel was in x ray with injuries undetermined. The crash occurred at 9 40 a m as the truck failed to stop and tipped near Valley View Hospital.
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SH 13
US 177
Asher
Glen L. Eaves
Kilgore
Tex
Valley View Hospital
Billy R. McDaniel
H. T. Gay
Loomis Hydraulic Testing Co
Texas
Accident Toll Remains At 16 For Ada Month
No accidents were reported in Ada on Wednesday leaving the monthly total at 16. In Municipal Court Thursday Leonard Ray Eaves Burl Gene White and Nelda Sue Braddy forfeited $10 bonds on speeding. Sharon Kay Blackwell forfeited $20 bond on vagrancy by prostitution. In County Court Wednesday charges of driving while intoxicated were filed against Sherrill B Thompson and Albert Carpenter.
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Ada
Leonard Ray Eaves
Burl Gene White
Nelda Sue Braddy
Sharon Kay Blackwell
Sherrill B. Thompson
Albert Carpenter
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E. L. Moore
Miss Moore
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Ce. Tax Assessors
Frank Jared
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International Association of Assessing Officers
Bernard Barnard
Chicago
IAAC
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Ster
CAE
Pontotoc County
OSU
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