Butcher Knife Wagon Wheels Anchor Ranch Fence on Highway 61
Along Highway 61 west of Jesse Roy Lee Pharr’s yard fence features gleaming old wagon wheels repurposed as a decorative fence. Owner L C Pharr recalls buying wheels from old timers, including a Peter Shuttler wagon from 1905, and spent years scraping, painting, and welding them into a sturdy fence. The wheels, some from oil-field wagons, draw many visitors who stop to photograph the unique display.
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Jesse
Roy Lee Pharr
L. C. Pharr
Lindsay
Cox City
Marlow
Roy Lee
L. C
Peter Shutler
Pharr
Ada
Mony
Knox
Roy Pharr
Judy Pharr
Barbara Brady
Police pursuit crash in Roanoke linked to Wells resignation
A speeding motorist, Charles Morgan Wells Abloso, identified in Roanoke on the SH 399 bypass collision with a police pursuit car and a pickup truck, pleaded guilty to resisting arrest. He faces a March 17 sentencing date after forfeiting a $20 bond. Shockley resigns as undersheriff effective month end. Ada Police Assistant Chief Ted Sears to assume interim duties.
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Charles Morgan Wells
Wells
Partie Shockley
Ted Sears
Ada Police Department
Ing Wells
Roanoke
Virginia
Charles
Charlie
Directors Form Upper Muddy Boggy Conservancy District
Three directors were appointed by Judge John Boyce McKeel in Ada as the Upper Muddy Boggy Conservancy District was legally formed. The four county site plan covers Pontotoc Atoka Coal and Hughes counties with surveying of sites and easements awaiting further court action. Posie Howard Kelley McEntire and Ernest Hodges head the board.
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Upper Muddy Boggy
John Boyce McKeel
Ada
Ernest Hodges
Pontotoc County
Conservancy District
Pontotoc
Atoka
Coal
Hughes
National cotton quota referendum results announced
Final results of the national referendum on marketing quotas for the 1961 upland cotton crop show 96.6 percent voting approval, same as preliminary. The U S Department of Agriculture reports 193,455 growers voting, with details continuing in the official release.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Byng High School Launches Automotive 4 H Project
Vernon Stokes leads Byng students in an automotive project to train high school boys and girls as junior leaders. Over weeks, 4 H demonstrations will help members learn mechanics and safe driving, with Emerson Black in discussion about goals and opportunities.
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Byng
Vernon Stokes
Stokes
Emerson Black
Black
Safety drive kicks off county program in Ada
Groups of 4 H youths and parents joined county residents in the District Courtroom Ada for the month long safety drive led by State Trooper D H Loftis of Atoka. Loftis urged calm minds behind the wheel noting emotionally troubled drivers cause accidents and warned against driving under pain relief drugs. Continued on page two.
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Ada
D. H. Loftis
Atoka
Oklahoma
Loftis
Extension Service
Kansas
Texas
D. H. Loffis
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
4 H
Eloise Timmons
Janice King
Carol Howell
Konawa area social notes clutter county neighbors
A long, fragmentary local social diary recounts visits and gatherings around Konawa. Mentions include the Berry and Roberson families, the Kimmels, Perriman and Gleason connections, and various small-town outings and church events through a week, with many names and places from Ada to Latta.
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Ennlar
Hwhe
Widar Wee
Desert
L. C. Phare
George P. Scott
Marenge Valley
California
Scott
C. Shockley
Alice Harris
William G. Harris
Alice
Martha Ann Busby
Phil Busby
Berrys
Robersons
Konawa
Lillie Webster
Thursay
Thelma Perriman
Sibyl Mes
Miles Kiramel
Kimmel
Dude Fennel
Bobby
B. F. Gurley
Eldon
Roberson and Children
Georgia Berry
Miles Kimmel
Kimmels
Ed Coffey
Danny Vis
Charles Ownby
Vernon Wall
Tommy
Marie
Sundday
Hendry Dew
Jane
Beth
Junior
Vanderiff
A. J. McCullar
Perriman
Charles Floyd Jr
Latta
Marvin Briggs
N.S. Vandegriff
Fellowship Hall Home Demonstration Club
Van
Pickett
Briggs
Luther McKinley
G. C. Cornell
A. Brewington
Vaness
W. E. McCullar
Dorothy Sliger
Vsp
Light
Ring Ridge
Bill Briggs
Bill Or
June Henry
Mildred Schwartz
Harley Saylors
Lloyd McThay
Oklahoma City
Belly Ferguson
Leon Ragland
Ted Cox
Loyd McThay
Raburn Ritter
Serene McThay
Pierson
Ritters
Frank Rodgers
Stratford
Roy Cantfel
Bill McChord
Billy and
Idana
Leroy Cantwell
Norma van Schuyver
Roy Cantwell
Leroy
Rolf
Ada Fire Department
J. E. Woolley
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