Ehawee Camp Fire Fifth Grade Christmas Party
The Ehawee Camp Fire fifth grade girls from Willard school held a Christmas party at Elizabeth Bentley's in Hillsdale Addition. They played Bingo with winners Davis Cass Judy Fullingham and Anita Farmer, opened gifts, and enjoyed punch and cake. Hilda Harper played piano as plastic tree favors were given. Absentees Winfred Nell Lillard and Mary Stone were ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehawee Camp
Willard School
Elizabeth Bentley
Hillsdale Addition
Davis Cass
Judy Fullingham
Anita Farmer
Mrs. Bentley
Elizabeth
Hilda Harper
Winfred Nell Lillard
Mary Stone
Miss Vance
Mrs. Martin
Bobby Jean Hagar
Scribe
Awanakiya Group Hosts Mother's Tea at Laura Morrow Home
Awanakiya Group 6th graders at Washington School hosted a Mother's Tea at Laura Jean Morrows home. Guest speaker Mrs. Mattie Lou Evans spoke on Japan after six years there. Camp Fire executive Miss Mary Ann attended as a guest, and Mary Alice Leach served as scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Jean Morrow
Mattie Lou Evans
Japan
Mary Ann
Mary Alice Leach
Tandakaya Group Christmas Party For Hayes School Fifth and Sixth Graders
The Tandakaya Group of Hayes School held a Wednesday 4 o'clock Christmas party in the school auditorium. Guest list included Mrs Bagley Miss Vance and many other teachers. Each girl helped bake cookies and candy and performed a program with assigned jobs. Top card sellers were Dinah Jan Maines Barbara Kay Hillman Janet Thompson and Norma Walkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagley
Miss Vance
Martin
Stalcup
Barnes
Alexander
Bush
Buchanan
Parry
Graves
Gentry
Hillman
Gibbons
Nelms
Maines
Stephens
Pegram
Lowe
Messner
Rs. Walker
Barbara Kay Hillman
Helpful Blue Birds Club Christmas Party Report
The Helpful Blue Birds met Tuesday with all members present. Mrs. McClure shared a Christmas story with pictures of Santa and helpers, gifting lollipops and bubble gum. Each girl received a Blue Bird plaque, candy, nuts, and a 1952 calendar. Eight mothers attended the party with fruit cake and coffee. The group later sewed stockings and enjoyed fudge, hot chocolate, and cookies at Mrs Brown and Mrs Todd's home party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
LaNelda Sales
Helpful
Blue Birds
Mary Ann
Nancy Platt
Chirping Blue Birds 3rd Grade Meeting at Hayes School
The Chirping Blue Birds 3rd Grade met at Hayes School on a Monday afternoon. They did roll call paid five cent dues set up a Christmas tree with presents played pin the tail on the donkey and awarded prizes to Sheila and Gayne. They made match strikers for mothers and were served Santa Claus men and hot cocoa by Mrs Byrd and Mrs Foster. They opened presents and were dismissed by Gayle Foster the scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila
Gayne
Christmas pageant at school with Mrs Emerson leaders
On Tuesday afternoon at school the group led by Mrs Emerson and Mrs Alletag sang carols and made Santa ornaments. Nancy and Mrs Alletag served cookies and refreshments as Carol Scott kept notes.
Christmas Party Recapped At Our Meeting
At our meeting on Monday we held a Christmas party with exchanging gifts and refreshments provided by Laquita Baldwin and Sandra Sandefur. Our leader Mrs Standridge handed out a candy filled stocking. One of our mothers, Mrs Sandefur, visited us as we sang carols before dismissal. Randy Standridge scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laquita Baldwin
Sandra Sandefur
Meeting at Mrs Todds Home With Thirteen Present
Thirteen people gathered at Mrs Todds home for a meeting. The text notes attendance and describes a small communal gathering with no further details provided.
Heligolanders Win Back Tiny Homeland Hope for 1952 Return
Heligoland residents numbering about 2 500 plan to return over five years starting in 1952 after wartime fortifications and bomb craters are cleared. Reconstruction will cost an estimated 11 million dollars, with water supply, harbors, lighthouse, homes, and a small hospital planned while preserving island character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Boultwood
Bonn
Germany
Heligoland
North Sea
Hitler
Gibraltar
Hallmer
Europe
Britain
Zanzibar
Peppy Blue Birds 2nd Grade Christmas Party Recap
The Peppy Blue Birds 2nd Grade met December 13 at school to create scrap books and play holiday games. Two mothers and one visitor attended as Mrs. Orebaugh offered fruit cake Grapettes. Gifts for home and dads were made, a Christmas story read, and refreshments served by Mrs. Bethune and Mrs. Lawson at the homes of Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. Bethune.
Sweet Little Blue Birds 2nd Grade Christmas Party
The 2nd grade class at Washington School met Tuesday afternoon at Carol Scott's home for a Christmas party. They made a calendar gift for their mothers, exchanged gifts, played holiday games, and enjoyed cupcakes punch and candy canes. They sang Christmas carols before leaving.
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Sweet Little Blue Birds
Washington School
Carol Scott’s
Carol Scott
Scribe
Meeting Opens New Officers Election and Craft Time
The group discussed organizing a new election of officers for the new year and named the club as well as planning a Christmas party. Members crafted Blue Birds for scrapbooks and made snowmen, with Mary Ellen Brady serving as scribe before dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Brady
Christmas party at Diana Mote’s home
A small group gathered at Diana Mote’s home for a Christmas party rather than a regular meeting. Attendees included Ruth McKaskill, Mary Jumper, Ann Tennis, Rose Ann Blake, Carol Childres, Marian Hall, Judy MacDonald, Nana English, Gertrude Burns, Linda Simpson, Charlotte Parker, Sylvia Sachs, Donna Briscoe, Berly Todd, and Pat Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana Mote
Ruth McKaskill
Mary Jumper
Ann Tennis
Rose Ann Blake
Carol Childres
Marian Hall
Judy MacDonald
Nana English
Gertrude Burns
Linda Simpson
Charlotte Parker
Sylvia Sachs
Donna Briscoe
Ber Ly Todd
Pat Kelley
Social event notes at the Mote household
Diana Mote hosted a party with guest Linda English. Mothers assisting included Mrs Blake Mrs English and Mrs Mote. Pat Kelley served as scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tess Diana Mote
Linda English
Mrs. Blake
English
Mote
Pat Kelley
Scribe
Kind Blue Birds of Glenwood School Meet for Christmas
The second grade class led by Mrs. C. B. Oliver met Wednesday afternoon with ten Blue Birds and four mothers. The group sang, exchanged gifts, and shared refreshments provided by hostess Sharon Standerfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Birds
Glenwood School
C. B. Oliver
Sharon Standerfer
WSB Approves Benefits Not Counted as Raises
The Wage Stabilization Board ruled that employers may provide health and welfare benefits to workers and families without counting the cost as wages within set limits. The decision, opposed by industry, could boost union pressure for benefits and attract workers, with about 600 plans awaiting board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Gotham Anticipates Rise in Population 1960 to 1970
New York City planners project population grow from 7,890,000 in 1950 to 8,280,000 in 1960 and 8,570,000 by 1970.
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Gotham
New York W
Department of Planning
New York City
Subcommittee rebukes Army waste in training cycles cited
A Senate armed services subcommittee accused the Army of inexcusable waste due to unconcern for economy and lack of cost consciousness. It found some units repeat training cycles without productive use, while praising overall feeding housing and medical care and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate
Army
Armed Services Subcommittee On
Defense Preparedness
Air Force
Navy
Subcommittee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Secretary of the Army
Pace
The
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Fort Belvoir
Fort Devens
Camp Edwards
Mass
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Fort Lewis
Wash
Camp McCoy
Wis
Camp Rucker
Ala
Luper Local Delivery Sold to C Canady
The Luper Freight Lines local operation is sold to Clarence Canady. Canady takes the local equipment and Ada area franchise while Super Freight Lines handles intercity work. Mrs Canady, a Tulsa teacher, will join after the term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luper Freight Lines
Clarence Canady
M. B. Applewhite
Luper
Tulsa
Canady
Ada
Super Freight Lines, Inc
Canada
Applewhite
Atoka
Roff
Stratford
Leaves Cancelled For Gunnery Men At Lowry Base
Christmas furloughs for about 2 000 aircraft gunnery students and maintenance men at Lowry Air Force Base were cancelled. Col John T Sprague said training command ordered the gunnery program continued through the holidays while other training phases would be interrupted by leaves. Speculation linked the order to possible overseas transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Lowry Air Force Base
John T. Sprague
Training Command Headquarters
Prominent NAACP Leader Killed in Bombing Near Mims
A bomb last night killed Harry T. Moore 46 state secretary of the NAACP. His wife Harriet a Lake Park teacher was wounded. The blast struck their small frame house near Mims about a mile from town prompting a coroner's jury and an FBI inquiry with Gov. Fuller Warren ordering investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mims
Fla.p
Harry T. Moore
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Harriet
Lake Park
West Palm Beach
Daytona Beach
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fuller Warren
Burned Ford Convertible Found North of Country Club
A 1946 Ford convertible was discovered gutted by fire about 9 am Christmas Day six miles north of the Country club. A passer by alerted the sheriff after seeing the charred wreck on a bridge teetering on two wheels. Deputy Walker Hisle said only the front tires escaped. the rest was total loss. License records show it issued to Mrs Chester Greager Ada. Alma Skaggs 124 West Eighth reported the car belonged to her and had been stolen Monday night. Investigation ongoing.
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Country Club
Sheriff's Office
Walker Hisle
Chester Greager
Ada
Alma “Midge” Skaggs
West Eighth
Walter Wanger spends Christmas at home with family
Film producer Walter Wanger enjoyed a quiet Christmas Day with wife Joan Bennet and their two daughters at their Beverly Hills home. He faces arraignment in Santa Monica Superior Court on charges arising from a shooting in which Jennings Lang was wounded.
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Hollywood
Walter Wanger
Joan Bennett
Miss Bennett
Jennings Lang
Wanger
Lang
Santa Monica Superior Court
Beverly Hills
Stephanie
Shelley
Wangers
Long Pursuit in Cold for Nothing
Detective George Cunningham and a partner tracked a suspected service station robbery in freezing conditions. Tracks led through Graham Lumber Company and various streets and alleys ending with the water meter man as the culprit.
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Billings
Mont
George Cunningham
Cunningham
Graham Lumber Company
Angle Inn
Hay Service Court
Sixth Street
Seventh Street
Unitized Oil Field Committee Rules Unit Operations
The West Edmond Hunton Lime Unit of Oklahoma holds final say on well operations per a Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. Stanolind Oil and Gas Co. was barred from interfering with unit operations under the 1947 Oklahoma Unitization Law. Judge Murrah overturned a lower court decision, affirming that unit contract rights govern operations and not sole monetary interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Circuit Court of Appeals
West Edmond Hunton Lime Unit
Oklahoma
A. P. Murrah
U. S
Stephen S. Chandler
Oklahoma City
Sam G. Bratton
Walter A. Haxman
Stanolind
Bartlesville
Hunton
West
Edmondield
Murrah
Fined on Charge In Traffic Case
J. C. Mayhew paid 14 dollars in fines and costs after appearing before C. W. Floyd to answer charges of driving on the left side of the highway. He was picked up by trooper H. D. Van Arsdell December 26 four miles south of Fittstown on SH 99 while driving a 1946 Ford coupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Mayhew
C. W. Floyd
Mayhew
H. D. van Arsdell
Fittstown
Traffic Toll Tops 1951 Holiday Fatalities in Oklahoma
Safety Commissioner Dixie Gilmer warned of harsher action to curb drunken driving after ten holiday deaths in Oklahoma. Notable incidents include Eddie Lee Smith and Orlando Zerboni among 58 to 59 fatalities in the state, with nationwide 1951 traffic deaths nearing 36,000 as icy, snowy highways limited travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Dixie Gilmer
Eddie Lee Smith
Oklahoma City
National Safety Council
Texas
Midwest
Council
West Frankfort
Ill
Kansas
Kentucky
Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Sudden Accidents Haunt Miami Area Amid Bomb Threats
Police investigated a spate of sudden accidents in the Miami Hialeah and Coral Gables area tied to dynamite threats. No damage reported at churches as calls warned of further acts. Sheriff aides rushed to Mimi after a Tuesday fatality, aiding NAACP Florida official Harry Moore’s death and wife’s injury. Rewards total about $9,000 for dynamiter arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Hialeah
Miami Springs
Mimi, Fla
Harry Moore
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People For
Florida
Dean Letters From Prison Camp Reported In Broadcast
SAN FRANCISCO A Peiping radio broadcast claimed to carry letters from Maj. Gen. William F. Dean now in a North Korean camp. The Associated Press recorded the message and sent letters to Mrs. Dean in Berkeley who said the tone sounded authentic. The letters mention rice as a staple, fond memories of anniversaries, longing for frizzled beef and a hopeful note about becoming a grandfather.
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San Francisco
Red China
Peiping
William F. Dean
California
Associated Press
Dean
Berkeley
Sawyer Family Plans Purchase of Ohio Radio Stations
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer and family authorized to buy Columbus stations WCOL FM and OE for 100000, through Air Trails Inc. The Sawyers already own majority stakes in WING Dayton and WIZE Springfield, Ohio, bought before his cabinet appointment. FCC approved the Pixleys Inc. sale, stating government officials’ applications are treated as private citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Wcol-Fm
Columbus
WING
Dayton
WIZE
Springfield
Ohio
The
Communications Commission
Pixleys, Inc
Air Trails, Inc
Commerce
Commission
U.S. Crude Oil Output Drops Amid Mixed State Gains
The Oil and Gas Journal reports U S crude oil production fell to 6 134 725 barrels daily for the week ending Dec 22 down 8 855 from the prior week. Colorado rose to 77 300 barrels Missouri rose 1 865 to 98 410 Oklahoma up to 519 600 Louisiana to 603 400 California up 600 to 988 900 while Kansas slipped 22 400 to 305 000 barrels. Arkansas rose from 76 560 to 76 560?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
United States
the Oil and Gas Journal
Colorado
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Louisiana
California
Kansas
Arkansas
Cupboard Story Wrong Is Told by Nolen Family
Mr. and Mrs. Cruze Nolen of Route 5 Ada defend their mother Mrs Gene Nolen against a Wednesday newspaper report. They say she has never been in want and that her sons, Cruze and Bruce, supply food and essentials. They acknowledge some donations were received but claim the family would have preferred she not accept them. The Nolens live in the Jones Chapel community.
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Cruze Nolen
Route 5
Ada
Gene (Matilday) Nolen
Man Wounded By Knife Improves
E. A. Cornell, 49, of 713 North Beard, recuperating in a local hospital after knife wounds in a West Main hotel fracas Saturday night. Lillian Eastering, charged with fighting and drunkenness, was released on bond as officials check Cornell’s condition. He suffered a deep gash on the left arm and a stab wound to the chest.
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E. A. Cornell
North Beard
West Main
Lillian Eastering
Cornell
Christmas Present Fatal to Owner
In Shawnee Oklahoma Keith D Weatherford 20 died after an accidental shooting while admiring a new 20 gauge shotgun with his wife in their living room. He had used the gun on a hunting trip yesterday and believed the chamber was empty. An 8 month old baby slept in a crib in the adjoining room.
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Shawnee
Okla
Keith D. Weatherford
Leroy Flinchum
Tried to Rob FBI Man in Philadelphia Jail
A 45 year old Camden New Jersey man identified as George Woerner was jailed after attempting to rob federal agent Wildrick Dildine of the Alcohol Tax Department on a Philadelphia street. Woerner claimed to be a U S agent and fled after the confrontation. He was captured following a pursuit and charged with attempted robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Wildrick Dildine
Alcohol Tax Department
George Woerner
U. S
Dildine
Woerner
Battlefront Grows Quiet on Korean Front as Cease Fire Nears
Snow and wind halt air operations on the Korean front where ground fighting remains light. A 30 day provisional cease fire expires Thursday unless Panmunjom talks yield terms. Christmas saw a brief Chinese assault repelled by Allied forces while Cardinal Spellman visits frontline units and celebrates mass at a mobile hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Summerlin
Seoul
Korea
Panmunjom
United Nations
Sachon River
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Drowning Death Under Probe in Family Tragedy
Investigators probe a death by own action pact after Howard Daugherty, a Fairmont man, drove his car into the Monongahela River discarding his wife Mildred and their one year old daughter. Daugherty survived, was charged with murder, and an autopsy was ordered for the wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Howard Daugherty
Daugherty
Monongahela River
Veterans Administration
Martinsburg
John R. Austin
Mildred Bruce Daugherty
Austin
Comanche Suffers Downtown Blaze
An early morning fire on Main Street in Comanche Oklahoma damaged more than a half block of businesses. Fire crews from Comanche Duncan and Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. fought sub freezing temperatures, keeping flames in check by 7 30 a m as smoke lingered over the area with damage estimates up to 94000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Okla.p
Duncan
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Three Prisoners Lose Freedom Bid
Oklahoma City three State Penitentiary inmates must continue serving sentences after the State Criminal Court of Appeals denied writs for freedom. George Roe 35 years for killing C J Carnavan in Carter County R L Arles Johnston County grand larceny and Charner M Tidwell Delaware County 30 years for manslaughter were denied. Elder Hunt Idabel had his conviction upheld with 60 days and a $250 fine for receiving stolen property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Criminal Court of Appeals
George Roe
C. J. Carnavan
Carter County
R. L. Arles
Johnston County
Charner M. Tidwell
Delaware County
Elder Hunt
Idabel
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Ehawee Group
Awanakiya
Tandakaya
Hayes School
Blue Bird News
Mrs. Brown
Hayes
Gayle Foster
Busy Blue Birds
International
Peppy Blue Birds
May Su da Washinston School
C. Canady
Lowry Base
North Country Club
Joan
Circuit Court
Gilmer
Orlando Antonio Zerboni
U.S
FBI
Battlefront
Man
Downtown
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