Miller Brothers Lead 1968 Red Cross Fund Drive
Miller Brothers F Joyce and Maynard Miller head a two man drive in Pontotoc County starting March 11 to reach a 127,818 goal. Maynard, a retired colonel, served in Thailand and Vietnam while both wives support Red Cross work. The national theme is SOS Support Our Servicemen and the drive will run on four fronts with divisional chairmen to be announced.
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Pontotoc County
American Red Cross
F. Joyce
Maynard Miller
F. Joyce Miller
Maynard
Thailand
Red Cross
Col. Miller
Korea
Vietnam
America
Livestock Sale Planned for Ada This Saturday
Ada to host two major livestock events this Saturday and again Monday. The schedule centers on Ada with markets and exhibits drawing buyers, sellers, and industry figures to the region.
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Ada
Southeast
Sheriff Warns Car Purchasers Instructs Caution With Strangers
The sheriff’s office cautions used car dealers to verify details when buying from strangers after a Seminole man identified a stolen car sold locally with a fraudulent title. The title alone came from a batch stolen May 28, 1967, in Oklahoma City. numbers ranged from K754455 to K754500.
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Oklahoma City
Maxwell Oral History Marks Local Legacy and Cemetery Concerns
A reminiscence from 1925 recalls Maxwell Oklahoma life including moving to Apache, Sad family losses, and a desire to mark long lost graves. The writer seeks local genealogical groups and notes a 1959 established genealogical society in Ada while expressing pride in community papers and school memories.
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Maxwell
Farmer Brown
Susie Brown
Mary Brown
Carl
Florence
Apache
Okla
Doyle
E. C. Roberts
Maxwell School
James
Nelda
Mack Fleming
Broadrick Named Investigator for Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Bill Broadrick was appointed as a special investigator for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission effective February 1. He will work from the Ada field office but serve statewide, replacing resigning Morris Head.
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Ada
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Bill Broadrick
The
Corporation Commission
Broadrick
Morris Head
Pontotoc County
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
U.S
Roy Heard Oil Co
Oil
Regional Commission
N. Broadway
Junior Livestock Show Set To Showcase County Youth
County youth will take the limelight next week at the second annual Junior Livestock Show. Winners will be judged by a threefold program weighing feedlot performance 30 percent carcass grading 40 percent and physical characteristics 30 percent. The Ada Chamber Agricultural Committee seeks premium bidders for the sale with events at the fairgrounds livestock pavilion starting February 26 including weighing the animals and an on foot show at 1 pm and a sale at 7 pm.
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Polled Hereford Association
Ada
Junnior
Don Taggart
Bryan Swilley
N. C. Bowen
Bowen
Frank Crabtree
Sam Hunt
Holmes Polled Herefords
J. W. Osborn
Bill Townsend
W. H
Gary Phillips
Kenneth and
Helen Allen
Atoka
Coalgate
Ada Chamber of Commerce
OG&E Ready For Bidding On Konawa Lake Area Work
Oklahoma Gas and Electric plans bids to clear Konawa Lake area with construction of the Seminole Generating Station to follow. Crews rerouting lines, dam and lake work underway as surface area grows to 1,300 acres. Initial unit 550000 kilowatts, final capacity over 2000000, 300 workers.
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Konawa
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Konawa Lake
Gordon Taylor
Civic Club
Big Hart Pipeline Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Seminole Generating Station
Florida
Lake Konawa
Og&e
Taylor
Yukon
Trout Stocking Boosts Blue River Fishing Activity
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reports strong trout fishing on the Blue River after stocking. In the first week over 3,000 visitors fished and creel surveys show nearly 4,000 fish caught. Biologist Charles Bennett and rangers Euel Moore Leon Angel and Liberty Loyd will continue daily surveys through April 1.
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Tishomingo
Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation
Blue River
Ermen
Charles Bennett
Euel Moore
Leon Angel
Liberty Loyd
Tupelo Wins Three Trophies In Meet
Tupelo collects three trophies at the Coal County Basketball Tournament opening finals. Tupelo girls lose in Class C overtime 22 21 to Cottonwood. Class B Tupelo girls beat Clarita 23 15. Class B Tupelo boys defeat Olney 29 26. Olney also tops Clarita 36 32 for the Class A trophy.
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Hugh Sweat
Tupelo
Cottonwood Girls
Olney
Cottonwood
Tupelo Girls
Clarita Girls
Twyla Underwood
Debra Howell
Kay Johnson
Melvin Burris
Bill Thomas
Donnie Clifford
Ronald Burris
Bruce Krebbs
Clarita
Housing bids rejected for Aldridge Hotel aging housing project
Ada Public Housing Authority rejected all six bids to remodel the Aldridge Hotel into 60 elderly housing units. Bid openings occurred at 4 p.m. in the hotel ballroom. reported bids ranged from 624 501 to 759 000 with estimates between 520 000 and 550 000. The authority will readvertise and seek legal opinions before proceeding.
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Ada Public Housing Authority
Aldridge
Danielson Construction Co
Denison
Tex
Atlas Organization
Oklahoma City
B. H. Todd and Sons
Atla
BFW Construction Co
Temple
Mangum Building Co
Todd Construction Co
Ada
B. E
Jud’’ Wood
Housing Authority
Parker
James
Parker and Associates
Meningitis Cases Rise In Fittstown Area
Another case of infectious meningitis reported from Fittstown area. Bailey Ryan, 5, of Stonewall Route 1, is listed as fair at Valley View Hospital. He attends McLish School in the afternoon. He is the third local child to contract the disease and the county's fourth. Harry Bennett, 9, Shirley Davis, 8, and Sherman Whittington, 3, are other county cases, discharged or improving. Penicillin is preferred for prevention. erythromycin if allergic.
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Fittstown
Bailey Ryan
B. D. Ryan
Stonewall
Valley View Hospital
Ryans
Jesse
McLish School
Ryan
Ray A. Northrip
Filing Season Opens for City Council Seats
The filing period for city offices opens Monday and continues through March 4. Positions to be filled this year include councilmen for Wards 2 and 4.
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Miller Brothers
Toy
Rick Etier
Budd
Marda
Papa
Lige Walker
Robert Perry Crank
Rena Good
Lillie Crank
Sylvester
Louisa Summers
W. L. Ansell
Becky Bryan
Maxwell Cemetery
Sylvester Summers
Zachary
Jewell
Wills
Alfred
Grant
Eddie
Effie
H. Cooper
Edith
McIintyre
Neal Summers
Noel
McCollum
Quana Inez Good
Hereford
Hereford Association
First National Bank
Ada Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Corp. Commission
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