Maxwell Remembered Life in a Vanishing Oklahoma Town
History by Mrs. George Carter recalls Maxwell in Pontotoc County as a thriving early 20th century town with seven stores a post office a school and doctors. Residents built Summers Chapel. roads and transport later dissolved the community as Ada and Vaness formed nearby.
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George Carter
Maxwell
H. L. Norman
Jamson Mitchell
Oklahoma City
Norman
Mack Fleming
Pauls Valley
Grant
Alfred Summers
Summers
Texas
Summers Chapel
Rogers
Burns
Pratt
Mayse
Vaness
Pontotoc County
Indian Territory
Youngblood
Oklahoma Territory
Byars
Wynnewood
Ada
ASCS to Serve as Information Center in Pontotoc County
All residents may obtain answers on the operation and interpretation of the presidential order of Aug 15 on prices rents wages and salaries from the Pontotoc County ASCS office Gene Maley chairman states county ASCS offices nationwide serve as information centers to answer questions from citizens on President Nixon's directives.
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Pontotoc County
Bids Open on Construction in Pontotoc County
Bids will be opened at 1 p.m. September 30 in Stillwater for Sites 19 and 21 Sandy Creek with cost estimates of 64 448 dollars and 37 594 dollars. Contact the Ada ASCS office for details at 105 North Center Street or 830 East Main. County executive director is Bennett L. Sherrer and staff Kenna Nabors Nila Adams.
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B. M. Stephens
Pontotec County Conservation District
State Soil Conservation Service
Stillwater
Okla
Agriculture Center
Sandy Creek
Stephens
Soil Conservation Service
North Center Street
Ada
Garr Corner
Whitey Wilburn
H. P. Gallup
Ava Cummins
Gaar Corner
M. C. Cox
State of
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
ASCS
Maloy
East Main
Bennett L. Sherrer
Kenna Nabors
Nila Adams
Internal Revenue Service
IRS _ district
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Organic gardening pioneer grows soil healthy in Ada
Jack Taylor of Lazy Acres east of Ada tends a 30 by 90 foot garden using organic methods. He builds topsoil with compost from cotton gin trash and leaves, uses birds for pest control, mulches with moss hay and cotton scraps, and avoids chemical fertilizers while citing health and soil benefits.
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Jeanette Cook
Peter Rabbit
Mr. McGregor
Mr. Taylor
Jack Taylor
Lazy Acres
Ada
Taylor
Coalgate
Presbyterian Church
Rodale Press, Inc
E. Minor Street
Emmaus
Penn
Homer
Oklahoma
Home Building Rebounds After Decade Slump
New York AP reports a rebound in single family housing starts in major metros after a 10 year decline from 79 to 53 percent of new construction. By 1970 the share rose to 55 percent and early 1971 pace sits at 56.5 percent with private starts near a national 2,185,000 unit goal. Advance Mortgage Corp notes strength in non apartment residential building as a key surprise of the first half of 1971.
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New York
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Advance Mortgage Corp
U.S
Ada Teachers Face Pay Freeze Under Nixon Controls
Ada schools and East Central State College report no pay raises for faculty and teachers as long as national wage and price controls stay in effect. Some small increments may be given to a few teachers who qualify after lifting controls, while most planned increases are deferred. Custodial staff and other workers on fiscal year schedules receive pre freeze increases. city employees see limited raises, with probationary officers remaining at their current pay.
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Ada
Stanley P. Wagner
East Central State College
Max Skelton
Skelton
Jim Cook
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Jerusalem
Tulsa
Nixon
Wagner
Ada City
Cook
Don Cook
Dennis Thorton
Dennis
Cub Biggs
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