Ada Man Builds Massive World Stamp and Coin Display
C B Moon of Ada has an immense collection estimated around 100000 stamps and a notable assortment of coins. He decorates maps with stamps from every country and preserves commemoratives from most states, dating back to frontier era coins. Moon, who came to Ada in 1931, has worked with Boy Scouts, mentored thousands of young collectors, and travels over a million miles by car. He recalls selling his first collection for $18 to fund college and now aims to inspire youth through philately and numismatics.
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C. B. Moon
Ada
Postal Service
Abraham Lincoln
Moon
South Townsend
California
United States of America
East Central State College
Boy Scouts
Oklahoma
Texas
Philately
University of Oklahoma
Ada High School
Ada Junior
Rott Youth Dies In Auto Crash Near Ada Sunday
Marshall Lavoid Ray 19, East Central State College freshman, died Sunday when his car left State Highway 12 near Ada and struck a culvert. Investigators said high speed caused loss of control on a sweeping curve. Ray was traveling from an Ada cafe toward Roff when the crash occurred.
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East Central State College
Ada
Marshall Lavoid Ray
Dorothy Dixon
Roff
Fourteenth Street
Ideal Cement Co. Plant
Ray
SH 12
Highway Patrol
H. T. Gay
Bull Test At Murray Reveals High Gains
The 56 day weighing of bulls at Murray College Tishomingo shows 85 percent gaining 3 pounds per day or more and 22 percent earning 4 pounds per day. Top pens and individuals across Angus Hereford Polled Hereford Charolaise and Red Angus are listed with gains up to 5.98 pounds per day. Continued on Page Two.
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Murray College
Tishomingo
Biffle
Ned Biffle
Allen
Burch
George Coffee
White Deer
Tex
Dick Cole
Connerville
Gus Martin
Coalgate
Homer Stallings
Milburn
Glenn McDaniel
Fitzhugh
Harvey Price
Ada
K. P. Larsh
Roff
David J. Simons
Waco
W.F. Bowman
Lampasas
F & F Ranch
Evert Prater
Paoli
Joe Edgington
Barnsdall
G. W. Banks
Clarksville
Mack Braly
Darold Butler
Pauls Valley
John Hammer
Marshall
Maurice Finklea
Warner
Fire Destroys Home Near City
A farm home four miles west of Ada on SH 13 burned to the ground Saturday night. Firemen led by Dudley Young found the house and its contents a total loss with the owner J. S. Tatum absent. Neighbors reported the blaze and aid arrived too late to save the structure. No cause determined.
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Ada
J. S. Tatum
Tatum
Dudley Young
Cattlemen Elect Officers in Oklahoma Convention
Oklahoma City special report notes the 11th annual Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association meeting ending with Brannan elected president. H. C. Hitch Jr. becomes first vice president, with Billy Joe Culver and M A Jeffrey as second vice presidents. Re elected second vice presidents include Wray Finney and George Borelli. Brannan co-owns a 5000 acre Love County ranch with his brother. their father Raymond Brannan also partners.
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Oklahoma City
Marietta
U. S
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
H. C. Hitch Jr
Guyman Rancher-Feeder
Billy Joe Culver
Pawhuska
M.A. Jeffrey
el Reno
Wray Finney
Fort Cook
George Borelli
Kingfisher
Brannan
Claude
Love County
Raymond Brannan
Gainesville
OCA
W. R. Brannan
Correspondents Urged to Mail Columns Early
The Ada Weekly News thanks readers for support and wishes happy holidays. Correspondents are asked to submit columns early this week with office delivery by Monday. Christmas week is short. extra day needed to prepare for press. mailing on Monday keeps weekly on schedule.
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Ada Weekly News
Allen Man Becomes New Baptist Deacon
O. H. Fanning was ordained deacon at First Baptist Church in a Sunday ceremony directed by Rev. L. M. Norwood. Speaker Rev. Cecil McGee of Durant delivered remarks. Fanning, a 1948 Allen arrival and Adams Lumber employee, is Oklahoma born in Bryan County and has served as Men’s Brotherhood president and junior class teacher.
Oklahoma City Burglary Suspect Charged in Broad Way Theft
A 36 year old Oklahoma City man Frank Wallace Coursey faced second degree burglary in Judge Bert Ratliff’s court after the Saturday night raid on Service Chevrolet at 1301 North Broadway. Sheriff Burl Griffin Deputy Allen Stanfield and Detective James Branom pursued and arrested him in Oklahoma City. Warrant filed for two unknown accomplices. Another case sees Joan Carolyn Woir Jackie Anderson and Richard Thorne charged with second degree burglary in Ratliff's court.
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Oklahoma City
Justice of the Peace
Bert Ratliff
Frank Wallace Coursey
Chevrolet
North Broadway
Burl Griffin
Allen Stanfield
James Branom
Coursey
Joan Carolyn Woir
Jackie Anderson
Richard Thorne
Ratliff
Oklahoma Wheat Crop Forecast From 1963 Report
The Agriculture Department’s final 1963 Oklahoma crop estimates show wheat at 75.4 million bushels with 21 bushels per acre from 3.6 million acres. 1962 wheat yield was 19 bushels per acre on similar acreage. For other crops, corn totals reach 3.444 million bushels at 28 per acre with 1962 at 3.998 million bushels. barley 7.086 million at 18.5. sorghum 21.83 million at 29.5 per acre versus 19.74 million at 29 per acre in 1962.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
Hearse Driver Winds Up In County Jail
Rev. Reuben Lee Gray of Paris Texas was jailed after a Friday arrest on West Main Street Ada for driving while intoxicated and carrying a concealed weapon. He drove a hearse with a corpse in a casket while en route from Oklahoma City to Paris and fled a gas station without paying. He works part time for a Paris funeral home and spent the weekend in jail as the body was moved to a funeral home.
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Texas
West Main Street
Ada
Reuben Lee Gray
Paris
Tex
Gray
Oklahoma City
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Marshall Ray
Pontotoc
Mary Elizabeth Tullis
Murray
W. R. “Bill” Brannan
Association
Fred E. Craddock
Execu
Tive Committee
Allen Man
New Baptist
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