December Activity Rife In Ada With Holiday Events
December buzzes with church, school, and community happenings across Ada and surrounding county. listings include dances, lectures, sales, dinners, and Christmas programs spanning from early in the month to late December, with closures around Christmas and New Year holidays.
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Dinnes
Prince Alston
Atrollege
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Tresining
Conrad
Planned Baking Demonstration by BPW in Sulphur
A BPW planned baking demonstration will be held Wednesday at 7:30 pm at the Oklahoma School for the Dear. The event aims to help housewives with holiday recipes and decorations. Tickets sell from December 1 at 50 cents, proceeds fund prizes for best decorated windows or storefronts. Santa Claus will visit Sulphur for children, with a community mastr e. Wanca Jones of Lone Star Gas Co is chairman.
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Oklahoma School
Santa Claus
Wanca Jones
Lone Star Gas Co
Oma Devigion
Fire finally quenched after wide spread grass blaze near Adaan
A large grass fire swept southeast of Adaan on Saturday threatening homes. About a dozen men fought the flames, starting a backfire that halted the forward movement along a two mile front from the city lake east to Abloso. Grass stood waist high in some spots making the blaze fierce.
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Adaan
Abloso
Solidarity and caution in wartime allied policy
A columnist argues that U S Britain and France must display unity at the Washington conference between Truman and Attlee to meet the Korean crisis and deter war with China. He cautions against hasty nuclear use and stresses that Western powers seek avoidant strategies while preserving U S security and public confidence.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
United States
London
China
Britain
France
America
Asia
Korez
Trueman
Smoke Kills Six On Second Floor
STEUBENVILLE, Dec 4. A fire on a second floor porch trapped a family as dazed parents tried to toss their four children to safety. Six died including John Gall and his wife Anna 33 and children Patricia 9 Barbara 4 Joann 6 and John Jr. 1. Neighbors saw Gall on the porch shouting for help before rejoining his family.
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Frank Rose
Coal Propaganda Prompt in Eastern Europe Exposed
Soviet propaganda leaks into the west through Austrian coal shipments bearing hammer and sickle marks. A Vienna paper notes such coal mirrors communist leaflets and newspapers, predictably ending in the oven. Indian women in New Mexico still carry infants on their backs, a tradition long observed. The Bulch owns farm fords in Tibet and many farmers work short crops. There are 12,500 practicing foresters in the United States.
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Vienna
Europe
Austia
Poland
New Mexico
Tibet
Coalgate Resident Dies After Long Life of Work
John Cometti 84 longtime Coalgate resident died Saturday morning. Funeral from Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Coalgate will be announced later. He came from Gattiara Italy 62 years ago and worked as a coal miner. Surviving are Teresa Lena and Don Cometti of Coalgate Albert Cometti of Whitney Texas Mrs Jennie Stevena of Panama and several stepchildren.
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Coalgate
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Cometti
Gatti Ara
Italy
Teresa
Lena
Don Cometti
Albert Cometti
Whitney, Tex
Jennie Stevena
Panama
More Committees Seen for Senate in Oklahoma City
An expected expansion of Oklahoma state senate committees is likely as the committee on committees meets to streamline the body. Proposals include moving constitutional amendments code revision and initiative and referendum from revenue and taxation to a new committee, and possibly forming a prohibition committee. Chairmanships will be discussed, with announcements possibly after January 2 session start.
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Der
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Feacer
McCarthy Seeks Truman Talk Over Chiang Troops
Senator McCarthy urged President Truman to discuss using Chiang Kai Shek's forces in Korea. He claimed 958,000 trained Nationalist soldiers await deployment and argued foreign help could strengthen UN efforts while masking risks to Formosa.
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Douglas MacArthy
Stratford News social notes and weekend visits
Stratford News lists locals visiting relatives and spending weekends across Ada, Norman, Shawnee and nearby towns. The column names guests including Mrs E A Ritzlatt, Louie Buttes, Sam Edeline, the Jacksons, the Hoskins, Harlon Cook, and many others, plus a note on a planned political event to organize a democratic government.
Former Adan Is Honored Former Adan Is Honored
Fardie J. Deering was elected president of the American Agricultural Editors Association last week. He edits the Farmer-Stockman at Oxlebomne City and grew up in Ada where his father ran a long‑time Ada grocery. Deering studied at East Central State College in Ada and held roles at The Ada News before joining FS in Oklahoma City.
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Parmer-Stockman
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Ada
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Feria
East Central Star College
Ada News
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Farmer- Stockman
Bieh Bone
Baptist Church
Hearty dessert debates meals and brown Betty favorite rise
A nostalgic column argues hearty desserts vs lighter meals and outlines two dessert options. It recounts favorite Brown Betty and a pineapple mince upside down cake recipe, stressing how decisive desserts can finish a meal and please families. It includes recipe steps and serving notes.
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Toras
Oklahoma Debt Share Surpasses State Property Values
Pontotoc County readers see a letter from the Oklahoma Public Expenditures County showing Oklahoma’s share of the $156 billion federal debt exceeds the total assessed value of all property in the state. Per capita debt is $1,701.39. a four-person family owes far more than the state's property values. The message urges budget restraint and economy ahead of legislative sessions.
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Pontotoc County
Oklshoma
Oklahoma
Oklehoma
Son of Officer Al Norman Is Shot
Jimmy Lamirand 11, son of Norman Police Lieutenant V W Lamirand, was accidentally shot in the brain while driving a tractor on his father’s farm near Norman Oklahoma. He was critically injured and doctors planned surgery to remove a pellet. A shotgun on the tractor likely discharged when he reached for it while harvesting corn. University of Oklahoma student Harper aided transport to Norman hospital.
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Okla
Jimmy Lamirand
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Lamirand
Norman Hospital
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Jimmy
Phe
University of Oklahoma Atu
Harper
Lawyer Paroled To Stay Sober
Kas Det 24, W C Jones, a well known lawyer, was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to three months in jail for manslaughter in a car crash that killed Dorothy Kellogg last January 20 in Kansas City. He testified some drinks were taken on a business trip but denied intoxication. Kellogg, 41, was Jones's secretary and former probate judge. Atherst Faul coner granted probation conditioned on sobriety.
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Kas
W. C
Casex) Jones
Jai
Faulconer
Field
Jones
Dorothy Kellogg
Kansas City
Miss Kellogg
State Legalators
Brother of Adan Accident Victim Marley Luton Dies in Truck Crash
Marley Luton 35 died after his gasoline transport truck overturned on U.S. 84 three miles west of Webbers Falls. He was the sole passenger, thrown six feet from the cab, and died en route to a Muskogee hospital. He left a widow and two young daughters.
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Lester Luton
Muskogee
Marley Allen Luton
Marley Luton
U.S
Webbers Falls
Luton
Car Tag Dates Are Creeping Up
Pontotoc county auto owners face a looming last day to apply for specific tag numbers. County agent H. Pryor warns that applications received after the cutoff will not be accepted. Regular license sales begin on Monday, December 11.
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Eee
Pontotoc County
H. Pryor
Morcay
Pryor
Toll climbs to 445 after Stillwater man dies
Oklahoma’s highway fatality toll rose to 445 Saturday after a Stillwater man died in an Enid hospital from injuries received November 27. James Robert Dills, 22, died of pneumonia believed linked to the crash. His truck left control after a wheel slipped on a Garfield county bridge over Skeleton Creek, skidding 278 feet before overturning.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Enid
James Robert Dills
Loeumonia
Highney
Skeleton Creek
Garfield County
Ee Serer
Highschool Girl Injured Critically Near Eufaula
A 15 year old Stigler student Gwen Dobyns was critically injured when a car carrying her and teacher Wilmalene Wright overturned after hitting an embankment on state highway 9 south east of Eufaula. Dobyns suffered brain and internal injuries. Wright had a cut on her leg.
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Eufaula
Okla
Mise Wright
Exhibitors Realize Record Prices at International Livestock Show
Chicago December first reports the eight day International Livestock Exposition concluding with exhibitors earning an estimated 1,878,000 from prize breeding and meat animals sales. Highlights include the grand champion steer, a 1025 pound Hereford owned by Lynn Robinson of Big Spring Texas, selling for a record 12 dollars a pound. Additional honors go to Wheat King B Robbins of Shaunavon Canada and other breed kings from the United States and Canada.
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Shelbyville
Ind
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Neusdorf
Chris Morck
Dickson
Alta
John T. Blaik & Son
Harry Hill
Niel Hansen
Las Animas
Colo
Elmer Latt
Rockford
Oklaferia A
Me Collene
December Entry War Mild December Weather in 1950
December 1950 entered Ada with unusually mild conditions. A south breeze kept the government thermometer near 77 during the day and 62 at night at the Ada Greenhouse. The period followed a pattern of irregular weather with intermittent cold spells anticipated later.
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Westriday
Ada Greenhouse
Flames Fatal To Tupelo Man Ingram Dies In House Fire
Delbert Jackson reported seeing a blaze near the Ingram home west of Tupelo about 8 35 Friday night. Ingram 70, a semi blind upholsterer and painter, was found dead in a room near a wood stove. Survived by a widow sister and brothers, funeral held at Pleasant Grove cemetery, authorities unable to determine the fire origin.
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Ada
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Stratford
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California
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Baldridge Named To High Position
President Truman nominated Holmes Baldridge of Oklahoma to be assistant attorney general and head the Claims Division. Baldridge, longtime chief trial attorney in the Justice Department Anti Trust Division since 1938, was a former principal attorney for the Federal Communications Commission and is a Connerville, Oklahoma native.
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Truman
Holmes Baldridge
Oklahoma
Baldridge
Connerville
Okla
Justice Department
Department
McGrath
H. Graham Morrison
Federal Communications Commission
Oklahoma Citi an Accident Victim At Dead Man's Curve
Bruce M. McCarter, 31, of Oklahoma City was killed when his car left State Highway 51 near Stillwater and overturned three times at Dead Man's Curve. He was alone, traveling at a high rate, and was thrown 46 feet from the wreckage. The 1988 Oklahoma highway fatality toll rose to 445, close to last year's level.
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Frew
Bruce M. McCarter
Oklahoma City
Stillwater
McCarter
Oklahoma
North radio in the north delivers babies and weather
A 50 000 watt Can Army Signal Corps station at Yellowknife is described as delivering messages and even babies by remote control. It relays Mackenzie valley weather to Washington. Army radio signals cover vast distances with exceptional reception, occasionally causing interference with distant police radios.
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Can Army Signal Corps
Yellowknife Key
Hardy
Appenin
Mackenzie River Valley
Washington, D. C
Ocon
Philadelphia
New England Name Tied to Jamestown Founder Story
A glossed note claims Captain John Smith named the New England region in the Jamestown era, linking the name to colonial lore. The passage references Armenia’s mountain sheep, blending disparate facts into a single historical vignette.
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John Smith
Jamestownr
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