Adan Overcomes Big Handicaps
A Pontotoc County man, Bill Pevehouse, beats polio to graduate from East Central State College with a business degree and build a consulting career in Ontario California with C & L Homes Inc. He explains how he works, arranges financing, and partners with a general contractor. A separate note reports over 200 people attending a 4 H cattle grading contest at Reeves Packing Plant with 18 county clubs and a statewide Oklahoma City final.
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Reeves Packing Plant
Ada
FFA Club
Pontotoc County
California
Bill Pevehouse
Byng High School
East Central State College
Pevehouse
East
FFA
Everett Reeves
Robert Bryant
Bob Dougherty
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Reeves Packing Company
Marvin Mitchell
McLish
Guy
Audrey Scroggins
Oklahoma City
Emerson Black
Reeves
Black
Mitchell
Mike Enis
Donald Reed
George Penick
Mike Nickell
Ha “Liger
Lanny Murphy
Ernie Dunlap
Morris Chiles
Tom Foster
Water Plans Near Final For Homer and Byng
Homer and Byng move toward Ada water, with Homer FHA loan submission planned for 70 000 dollars. Lonnie Abbott announces model system, 13 000 feet of pipe, 500 gpm target, expandable to 200 homes. Byng weighs six inch line with tank or 10 inch line without tank, decision due at Friday meeting.
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Homer
Byng
Ada
Farmers’ Home Administration
Lonnie Abbott
Homer Water Association
FHA
Abbott
Carl Steele
Ground Water Associates
Norman
Byrd’s Mill Spring
Oak Hills Drive
SH 12
Calvert Corner
Homer School
J. E. Teague
Byng Water Association
Homer Group
Teague
SH 99
Byng High School Names Top Honor Students
Byng High School announced its honor roll this week with Straight A students in the first semester. Susie Engel Warren Dellinger Bettie Taylor Linda Barnes Linda Gardner Shirley Hobbs and Mike Muncrief earned spots in the Oklahoma Honor Society. Additional junior high honorees include Donna Coon Pat Engel Steven Reeves Jesse Sullivan Sandra Lance Karen Phillips Glenda Scarbrough Carolyn Deaton Debra Ferry Jerry Jones Charles Barnes James Richardson and Phillip Jones.
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Susie Engel
Warren Dellinger
Bettie Taylor
Linda Barnes
Linda Gardner
Shirley Hobbs
Mike Muncrief
Eugene Caton
Linda Coon
Nelda Graham
Buddy Lawson
Ida Nell Sloan
Nikki Stokes
Janie Birdwell
Anita Campbell
Mike Christian
Carol Crawford
Charles Kymes
Philip Minor
Ronnie Cooley
Barbara Hallam
Lynda Sanford
Steve Solomon
Michael Stokes
Donna Coon
Pat Engel
Steven Reeves
Jesse Sullivan
Sandra Lance
Karen Phillips
Glenda Scarbrough
Carolyn Deaton
Debra Ferry
Jerry Jones
Charles Barnes
James Richardson
Phillip Jones
Busby Ranch Demonstration Shows Airplane Firefighting
A Friday fire control demonstration at Busby 4-B Ranch drew nearly 100 ranchers and farmers as Ada Air Inc planes sprayed liquid fertilizer to suppress pasture fires. The event, one of 10 held statewide, featured fire trucks and hand units with OSU officials explaining the fertilizer method before a call to battle a large range fire interrupted the program.
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Busby 4-B
Ada Air
Emerson Black
Busby 4-B Ranch
Red Cross Kicks Off Rural Fund Drive in 1964 Campaign
The rural division of the 1964 Red Cross fund drive begins with a kickoff dinner at Valley View Hospital. Norman Mitchell, Pontotoc County schools chief, leads the division with regional chairmen named for Ahloso Center Byng Fitzhugh Francis Galey Homer Latta Lawrence Lula McLish Oakman Pickett Roff Stonewall Union Hill Vanessa. Frank Dillon chairs the county drive and notes March is Red Cross Month and that success comes from broad community outreach under the slogan Always There With Your Help.
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Red Cross
Valley View Hospital
Norman Mitchell
Pontotoc County
Mitchell
Ahloso
Allen
Center
Byng
Fitzhugh
Francis
Galey
Homer
Latta
Lawrence
Lula
McLish
Oakman
Pickett
Roff
Stonewall
Union Hill
Vaness
Frank Dillon
United States
Dillon
Gary to Speak in Ada at 7:30 PM in Aldridge Hotel
Former Governor Raymond Gary will visit Ada Monday at 7 30 p.m. to organize a Raymond Gary for Senator club. Citizens desiring to meet the ex governor and aide the campaign are invited to attend the meeting and join the organizing effort.
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Gary
Ada
Raymond Gary
Aldridge Hotel
U. S Senate
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Adan
Ernest Thompson
Guy Mitchell
Marvin
The
Busby Ranch
Oklahoma State University Extension
Clarence Bunch
Max Craighead
Fittstown Fire Department
Fittstown
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