Pontotoc County hot lunch program sustains health
Lorena Anderson summarizes the Pontotoc county hot lunch project serving about a thousand meals daily across 18 schools. 46 workers plus two office staff maintain a certified food handler operation with desserts, milk or cocoa, and fruit, with December total meals near nineteen thousand.
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Lorena Anderson
Miss Anderson
Anderson
Imogene Tucker
Worstell
Allen
Homer
Union Valley
Oakman
Napier High
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Hart
Laxton
Colberg
Happyland
Black Rock
Center
Pickett
Vaness
Cedar Grove
Owl Creek
Rocky Chapel
Ex Confederates in Brazil Feature Sparks County Interest
The News highlights a James E. Edmonds piece in the Saturday Evening Post about Confederate emigration to South America after the Civil War. It profiles Ada, Oklahoma native Mrs. S. D. Johns born in Brazil and traces the waning Confederate heritage through intermarriage and Latin influence with figures like David Riker and Alfredo Smith noted in 1928 Brazilian Confederate life.
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James E. Edmonds
Saturday Evening Post
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S. D. Johns
Ada
Brazil
David Riker
Riker
Georgia
Alfredo Smith
U. S
Johns
Santa Barbara
United States
A. T. Oliver
Atoka County Builds All Weather Road for Defense Plan
Atoka County advances a WPA project four miles east of Atoka to build nine miles of gravel road on State Highway 3 and two miles south. The link will connect Bentley to Highway 3 and serve farm to market, school bus, and mail routes as part of a national defense master plan with a five month timeline and about 35 WPA workers.
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Atoka
Carl W. Held
Work Projects Administration
Oklahoma
Atoka County
WPA
Bentley
Antlers
U. S. Highway 69
Texan Accused of Killing Son-in-law
Fort Worth Texas January 11 Ector resident E T Brewer was charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of H F Cox 19 who married Brewer s 14 year old daughter Monday Bond set at 10000 The examining trial is scheduled for Monday Detectives Howerton and Chapple quoted Brewer saying he stabbed Cox in the neck on the stairs as the bride s parents met the couple at a home where they stayed He said he had been seeking the girl since Monday when she left Ector high school the parents came to Fort Worth after receiving a postcard from the bride.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Pi— E. T. Brewer
Ector
H. F. Cox
A. C. Howerton
Ed Chapple
Brewer
Young Cox
Ector High School
Cartoons Lighten Up Brighton Courthouse Offices
In Pontotoc county courthouse offices, humor softens official life with cartoons. A wall scene shows two battered men before a judge as a bailiff jokes about coin flips deciding roles. A second cartoon at the draft board depicts recruits at reception camp being told to claim exemption for lack of size 16 shoes.
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Pontotoc County
Peace Justice
A. W. Oliver
Draft Board
McKeel Proposes Salary Cuts for Appointive Officers
Oklahoma City January bill by Sen. John B. McKeel would slash salaries of appointive officers by ten to twenty percent. He also proposed abolishing county tag agents, transferring duties to the county clerk with ten cent fees for tag and title certificates to fund extra help.
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Oklahoma City
John B. McKeel
Ada
McKeel
Senate
Elks Club Revived After Years of Absence in Ada
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks plans revival in Ada with Dr. W. G. Peterson as temporary chairman and B. C. Davidson as secretary. A building committee and an applications committee were named, with initiation hoped for before February and at least 100 members expected.
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Ada
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The
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W. G. Peterson
B. C. Davidson
Aldridge Hotel
Five injured in two car crash near Fittstown
A Monday evening collision in Fittstown left five people hurt, four seriously. Roscoe Gibbons, Shawnee NYA music director, and Bill Bell of Tishomingo rode with Gibbons. Hawkins and his two children Victor and Martha Lou were in the other car. Hawkins was unconscious. Gibbons delirious. Bell recovered en route home. Officials believe Hawkins was turning when the northbound Gibbons vehicle collided near center of town around 6 PM. Hospital reports at midnight listed all patients as stable pending exams.
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Shawnee
Nya
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Martha Lou
Gibbons
Bill Bell
Tishomingo
Murray College
Bell
Coalgate
Ada
Thailand Invades Indo China Area Across Northeastern Frontier
Siamese forces with air support crossed into French Indo China and announced advances into Cambodia as French troops fall back. The Thai high command said operations continue with further southern advances described as fierce fighting in Cambodia.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Air Corps
Cambodia
Federal Food Stamp Plan Approved for Pontotoc County
Pontotoc county will inaugurate a federal surplus commodities food stamp plan within weeks. Lyle H. Boren said officials from the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation will arrive in Ada to finalize details. The plan replaces the commodities house and allows eligible clients to buy orange stamps for groceries and blue stamps for surplus commodities, redeemable by grocers through government agencies.
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Pontotoc County
Lyle H. Boren
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Boren
Ada
Department of Agriculture
Shawnee
James S. Allen
Farm Woman’s Odd Finances End With Larceny Sentence
Mayona Crispinski a 40 year old farmer’s daughter from Maple Plain faced up to five years in the Shakopee reformatory after pleading guilty to larceny of a $175 check. She deposited more than 220000 in seven months last year while her only income seemed to be farm milk and produce.
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Mayona Crispinski
Shakopee Reformatory
Crispinski
State Bank of Maple
Maple Plain
Johnny Leave Your Gun and Bring Banjo With You
A mixed Oklahoma status page notes Gov. Leon Phillips nears mid term and weighs retirement options for 1944 while facing debates on a balanced budget merit system and patronage. Draft rules for Pontotoc county emphasize leaving firearms at home and packing light gear for induction.
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Johnny
Banjo
County Clinic Schedule For The Coming Week
County Health Department releases a week of clinics. Monday at 9:00 a.m. first grade exams Schick tests and smallpox immunizations at Jesse. Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. at Oakman school full clinic with Schick and smallpox treatments and exams. Thursday a special clinic for preschool aged colored children at Ada negro district recreation center. Friday at 9:00 a.m. first grade exams at Washington ward school. Road conditions may affect availability due to heavy rains.
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County Health Department
Schick
Jesse
Oakman School
Ada
Washington Ward
Final State Apportions Sent to Pontotoc County Schools
Pontotoc county schools receive the fifth and final homestead exemption payment totaling 17,244.48 and the final primary aid payment bringing the yearly total to 62,923. Superintendent Ray Stegall announced Saturday the allocations for the present school year.
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Pontotoc County
Ray Stegall
Stegall
Coal County to Honor 16 National Service Volunteers
Plans are under way for a big community party at the Coal county community building on Saturday night January 18 to honor 16 local boys who will be called to join the army January 19. The volunteers form the county’s first general call, subject to a year of training under the selective service act.
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Coalgate
Coal County
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