Beavers Go Dry Amid Drought Along County Creeks
Voters statewide approved State Question 411 the OU Medical Center bond by about five to one in this county, while other measures failed. Beavers on the Busby 4B Ranch face drying streams. dens are exposed as the creek drains, with beavers deepening channels and constructing makeshift levees in a last effort to access water.
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Pontotoc
OU Medical Center
Harden City
Pickett
Country Club
Marshall Erwin
Beaver
Erwin
Marshal Erwin
Beaver Dens
Irl
Big Boy
Rocky Kinsey
Rocky
Heaton’s International Airstrip Lets Private Pilots Dream
Heaton, paralyzed from a jeep accident in World War II, built a 2400 foot runway on his Union Valley property with Bill Price. The field hosts 25 to 30 pilots from Ada to Oklahoma City, eight planes, ten solo students, and FAA chart inclusion.
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Lee Roy Heaton
Heaton
Germany
Union Valley
Bill Price
Ada
Civil Air Patrol
Ralph Holcombe
Adan
Federal Aviation Agency
Navy
Pecan Show Sets New Record With 140 Entries
Pleasant Pontotoc County page notes 140 pecan samples at the show with 71 propagated and 69 native varieties. Mrs Vera Minor of Frisco wins top propagated and 56 pecan food products are exhibited by 30 individuals. Judges include E L Whitehead and Herman Hendricks of Stillwater.
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Pontotec County
Pontotoc County
Vera Minor
Frisco
Minor
Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association
E. L. Whitehead
Herman Henricks
Stillwater
Bowie , Ballard
First National Bank and Trust Company
Oklahoma State Bank of Ada
W. T. Kirkhoff
Ada
Charles Richard
Coy Chandler
L. W. Cheek
Stockholders Fight Plan To Sell Bank
A suit by about 300 stockholders of the former Southern Hills National Bank seeks removal of the case to federal court with U S involvement. U S Atty John M Imel said he represents William H Greenfield conservator for the bank. The bank was closed Nov 8 by Comptroller James Saxon for bookkeeping delays amid heavy business.
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Tulsa
Justice Department
U. S. Atty
John M. Imel
William H. Greenfield
Dallas
Southern Hills National Bank
Imel
New Southern Hills National Bank of Tulsa
State District Court
Federal District Court
S. Paul Hazen
Old Bank
Hazen
James Saxon
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FAA
Cy Hailey
Vela Minor
Oklahoma Pecan Growers’ Association
She Grab
Owl
Stetson
Schley
Oscar L. Parker
Stuart
Access
John Skinner
Nolen W. Dyer
Moore
Texas
H. J. Massey
Oklahoma
George Johnson
L. L. Cheek
Roy Meek
Denzil Lowry
Fred Miller
Gaylon Hooks
Ned Marcum
Jim Owens
Ralph Taylor
Pat Hooks
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