Sixty County HD Club Members Attend Council Meeting Here
Sixty county home demonstration club members from 16 clubs met at East Central State College in Ada. Officers led devotions and minutes while committees announced goals for citizenship defense and 4-H. Guest speakers discussed the March of Dimes drive and Red Cross blood program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontoteg County County
East Central State College
Allen
Bunz
Rebee
Colbert
Fitzhugh
Francis
Gaar Corner
Hart
Jesset
Latta
Pecan Grove
Pickett
Pleasant HU
Reff
Union Valley
Vanoss
KR. L. Hale
Jesse
Jor Baker
Beng
Gene Massengale
A. L. Griffith
Lemna
Maloney
Jesse Club
Ray Thompson
R. L. Hale
Norman
Mitchell
County March of Dimes
Harriette Schroeder
Mune
Messe Club
Fitzhugh Club
Southeast District Council
Hostess Club
Raymond Verbie
J. S. Elmore
Sam Drew
Daytime Speeding Charged to Driver
Charles Darrell Copeland of 1323 South Stockton faced speeding charges after being apprehended late Saturday eight miles south of Ada on SH 99 by Highway Patrolman Aubrey A. Mitchell. Copeland drove a 1947 Buick four door sedan and charges were filed Monday in Peace Justice court of C. W. Floyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Darrell Copeland
South
Stockton
Ada
SH 99
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Copeland
Peace Justice Court
Abandonment of Children Charged in Court
Clarence Leader Allen route 1 faces charges of abandoning his minor children Fannie aged 13 Lynn aged 11 Floyd aged 10 Danny aged 6 and twin daughters born in 1952. The complaint filed by Virme Duncan Leader states the family was left in destitute circumstances. Charges were filed Saturday in peace justice court of C W Floyd. During the War of the Revolution editors fled before British arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Leader
Allen
Route 1
Leader
Fannie
Lynn
Floyd
Danny
Virme Duncan Leader
Peace Justice Court
C. W. Floyd
Pruning and Spraying Fruits Demo Draws 70
County agents Hailey and Smith report a fruit pruning and spraying demonstration held January 14 at Claude Lee and George Bain farms drew about 70 attendees. J C Garrett showed pruning methods for apples pears peaches plums and grapes and participants gained hands on pruning practice and notes on dormant sprays lime sulphur and parasite control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Lee
George Bain
J. C. Garrett
4-H Pic Farm to Market Project Progress
Visit notes show 4-H members caring for pigs and keeping good records. Volunteers report boys and girls accurately tracking feed amounts and progress, with Kenneth among the visiting youths noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
Kenneth
Horace Mann High Election Runoffs Set Amid Exams
Exams at Horace Mann High in East Central State are Thursday and Friday January 24 and 25. Final grades arrive Monday January 28. Runoff student council election follows, with Sparkman versus Taylor for president, Thompson against Buchanan for vice president, and Haskins versus Sweet for secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann High School
East Central State College
Virginia
Sparkman
Charles Taylor
Carroll Thompson
Welter Buchanan
Eva Ann Haskins
Donna Carol Sweet
Telegram signed by victim puzzles Dallas police
Dallas police search for sender of a telegram signed Agnes, allegedly from murder suspect Cecil Rice. Rice, 36, of Dumas Arkansas, faces murder charges over his wife Agnes believed thrown into the Mississippi River last December. The telegram arrived while Rice awaited trial in Texas. investigators could not identify the sender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Cecil Rice
Dumas
Ark
Agnes
Rice
Mississippi
Dulas
Rite
Pine Bluff
Will Pritz
Western Union
Arkansas
R. S. Moore
Desha County
Charges Filed in Two-Car Accident
Roy Summers of Roff Route 2 faces charges for driving on the left side while meeting traffic after a two car crash 3.1 miles north of Ada on SH 61 Saturday. A 1951 Plymouth driven by the woman passenger, wife of Ross produce merchant H D Van Arsdell, sustained extensive damage. Summers’ 1937 Ford pickup had contact with the Plymouth. Neither driver was injured. Charges filed Monday in Justice of Peace Percy Armstrong’s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Summers
Roff
Ada
SH 61
Summers
Ross
H. D. van Arsdell
Justice of Peace Court
Percy Armstrong
Feed Prices Rising Threaten Cattle Supply Balance
Washington officials say rising feed costs pressure the beef industry. Experts note a 20 percent feed-price jump over the past year with minimal gain in cattle prices, predicting further reductions in cattle on farms unless prices rise. Slaughter trends typically lag breeding herd expansion, risking eventual oversupply if costs outpace returns.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Spoofs Texans in Latest Oil Rush
WITBUR MARTIN reports from Houston that a geologist drew a map showing a Texans Corridor to Calgary to humorously spoof the Texas influx into Western Canada's booming oil fields. The piece notes the 1947 February start of the Leduc discovery and a rapid rise in proven oil reserves from 40 million to over a billion barrels, with key finds at Leduc Woodden Redwater Golden Spike Bon Accord Whitemud Simmons Normandville Excelsior and Stoney Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witbur
Martin Houston
Tex
United States
Texas Panhandle
Calgary
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Texas
Leduc
Alberta Plains
Woodden
Redwater
Golden Spike
Bon Accord
Whitemud
Simmons
Normandville
Excelsior
Stoney Plain
Five Vanish As Lake Ice Breaks In New York
A weekend ice skating event on Lake Odessa in Odessa New York ended in tragedy as five people disappeared after the ice gave way. Allen Sibley Carnell University Junior 20 year old student was seen towing two sleds with five children including his brother Jonathan 10 sister Claire 6 June States 6 and Sharon Loveless 9. All victims were from Alpine a nearby community in the Finger Lakes region of South Central New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
N.Y
Allen Sibley
Carnell University
Sibley
Jonathan
Claire
June States
Sharon Loveless
Alpine
Finger Genet
Newark
Dash for Freedom Costs Man His Life
WETUMKA Okla A desperate dash for freedom cost a 33 year old widowed father of three his life yesterday Sammy Fist dashed in front of a Frisco passenger train when he broke and ran from Special Police Officer Bass Moore He was killed instantly. SAIGON Indochina A new French general heads the military mission Brig Gen Pierre d Esneval leads about 500 officers and 1500 NCOs training four Vietnamese divisions with four more expected by year end Equipment from the U S aid program and France is used in training the Vietnamese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetumka
Okla
Sammy Fist
Bass Moore
Saigon
Indochina
Pierre d’Esneval
United Nations
Lake Success
U. S
France
Farm Women and 4-H Club Girls Honor Banquet Details
A rural Oklahoma report outlines the third annual 4-H Girls Achievement Banquet with contributions from Dicus Grocery, Fitzhugh Latta and Byng clubs, and the home demonstration council. Decorations, music, and a centerpiece were provided, while R J Ritter and R L Hele attend a Tulsa recognition luncheon for home grounds improvement, with Ritter winning third in district. County entries totaled nine in the contest. Schedule lists 4-H club meetings from January 21 to 24 across Happyland Latta High Lightning Ridge Colbert Cedar Grove Pleasant Hill Byng and Union Valley locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Mote
Minnie Lou McDoniel
Dicus’ Grocery
Fitzhugh 4-H Club
Latta 4-H Club
Byng 4-H Club
Home Demonstration Council
Dicus Grocery
Fitzhugh Club
Latta Club
Guida Stokes
Byng High
Moojene Perry
Byng
Mociene Perry
Dardie Myers
Oma Lou Wall
Daddy
County Home Demonstration Council
R. J. Ritter
Pickett
R. L. Hele
Tulsa
Kvoo Farm Department
Ritter
J. A. Bradley
Happyland
Latta
Lightning Ridge
Cdule
Cedar Grove Club
Ste | Leverne Scroggins
Pleasant Hill
Byngow
L. T. Myers
Cab Driver Makes Pro Singing Debut at Carnegie Recital Hall
Barker Vartanyan, a 30 year old Armenian American taxi driver, made his professional singing debut at Carnegie Recital Hall with a program of Mozart Massenet Moussorgsky and Tchaikovsky arias. He funded the show himself and drew a crowd including 61 cab drivers and mechanics. After the recital he spoke of television and newsreel appearances and his hope to sing opera at the Met with more training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cab Driver
Carnegie Recital Hall
ED Morse
New York
Mink
Calico
Barker Vartanyan
Massenet
Moussourgsky
Aly
Carnegie Auditorium
Manhattan
Sith Street
Vartanyan
Betty Henderson
Teg
Atetropolitad Opera
Mrs.Henderson
Providence
R. 1
Met
Ten Glamour Girls Eliminated From Mason’s Exciting Actresses List
James Mason names his top ten actresses in Hollywood with Pamela Kelling backing him at his Beverly Hills home. The list features Ava Gardner Lauren Bacall Danielle Darrieux Joan Bennett Faith Domergue Lena Horne Peggy Lee Vivien Leigh and Judy Garland, praising their sophistication dynamism and star power.
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Hollywood
James Mason
Beverly Hills
Buster Keaton
Mason
Pamela Kelling
Ava Gardner
Lauren Bacal
Danielle Darrieux
Joan Bennett
Faith Domergue
Lena Horne
Peggy Lee
Gramophone
Vivien Leigh
Judy Garland
Fire damages Pierson home near North Rennie Street
A morning fire heavily damaged the four room white frame residence of S. M. Pierson at 815 North Rennie. Pierson was at work at the Aldridge hotel when the blaze started. Fire units arrived quickly but exact damage remained undetermined. The cause appeared possibly linked to a dog house at the rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Pierson
North Rennie
Pierson
Aldridge Hotel
Ada Fire Department
Allen News items highlight local visits and events
Allen residents and area guests fill Ada weekend with family visits church activities and social calls. Glenna Jones Earlies to East Central, Ms Maggie Smith from Bakersfield joins Ada to support Mrs Joe Hemingway awaiting surgery. Local officials, nurses aides, and families including the Reddins and Jordans host relatives and attend booths for Methodist festival and Korean refugee relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Smith
Bakersfield
Calif
Joe Hemingway
Hemingway
Holdenville
Ada Evening News
Nighttime Speed Costs Driver Fine
Young a oil field worker was charged with speeding at night eight miles north of Ada on SH 99. He paid 10 dollars and costs after appearing before C. W. Floyd peace justice on Friday. The arrest followed a Sunday patrol by Aubrey A. Mitchell who reported a 1951 Cadillac over 55 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Young
C. W. Floyd
Ada
SH 99
Aubrey A. Mitchell
East Central Band Members To Attend Portales Festival
Selected members of the East Central State college band will attend the Kappa Kappa Psi band festival at Portales New Mexico. They will rehearse in a mass band under Bernard Fitzgerald University of Texas and Paul Enix directing. A symphonic concert will conclude the event. Ada members are to be selected this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
Portales
N. M
Bernard Fitzgerald
University of Texas
Paul Enix
Fitzgerald
Ada
Enix
Bird Kills Bull. Power Line Sparks Barn Fire
In Everett Washington on January 19 a crane trio sparked a power line accident near a Stanwood ranch. The line broke causing a bull to be electrocuted and ignite a fence and barn. East Stanwood Fire Department extinguished the blaze. ranch lies about 20 miles west of Everett.
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Everett
Wash
Stanwood
Garvik Olsen
East
Homesickness Fatal to Dane in Denmark Return
Dane Jens Martinus Soerensen, long resident of Grand Ronde, Oregon, died in his Danish birthplace after four months awaiting a US visa. Doctors cited heart trouble from homesickness for his Oregon farm and two daughters. A letter from Copenhagen arrived confirming the visa. The story notes a 1949 statistic about US hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aalborg
Denmark
Jens Martinus Soerensen
Grand Ronde
Ore
United States
Copenhagen
Soerensen
Oregon
Youth Week Observed in Ada Under United Theme
The Ninth Annual Youth Week in Ada runs January 27 to February 3 with the theme United Committed in Christ. Sponsored by the United Christian Youth Movement the event includes church services nationwide radio participation and a community wide service February 3 at 4 00 PM at First Methodist Church Ada Youth Week mobilizes millions through Protestant denominations and national youth agencies nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Call
United Christian Youth Action
Christian Action
Allen Soldier Sends Leaflet Propaganda From Korea
Allen soldier serving with the Thunderbirds in Korea sent home a leaflet example of Communist propaganda. The two-picture leaflet shows two scantily clad girls at a swank hotel and color caption Mr Maney bags is in Florida this Christmas. The second photo depicts American soldiers in the snow with the caption Where are you in Korea You risk your life Big Business takes in the dough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
M/Sal. R. Cc
Mr. Maney
Bags
Florida
Korea
Billingsley Named Music Head at Konawa High School
Wewoka native Charles Billingsley has been chosen as head of the Konawa high school music department and will assume duties Monday. A graduate of Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater, he is the son of Mr and Mrs W A Billingsley of Wewoka and succeeds J H Irwin who left for Central high school in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Charles Billingsley
Wewoka
Konawa High School
J. A. Davis
Billingsley
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
W. A. Billingsley
Stillwater College
J. H
Two Konawans Enlist in Air Force for Four Years
KONAWA Special Two Konawans David A Lowry 20 and Helon L Thomas 17 have enlisted in the Air Force for four years. The two youths reported at Lack land Air Force Base at San Antonio Tex where they will receive basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Lowry
Helon L. Thomas
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Building Permits Down In 215 Cities
New York reported that building permits in 215 cities for December declined to 266,210,510 dollars, the smallest monthly total since February 1948 and 37.6 percent under December 1950. It marked the fourth straight monthly decline and brought 1951 to ten monthly declines, though total building volume for 1951 remained the second highest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Alfalfa Bill Murray Hospitalized With Flu
Oklahoma City report says W. H. Murray known as Alfalfa Bill, former Oklahoma governor, is doing well in hospital after flu diagnosis. Doctors expect several days before he can leave bed following Saturday admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
W. H
Bill) Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Speeding Charge in City Limits
Will Halsey Hunter faces speeding charges in city limits after a Friday night pursuit by highway trooper H. D. Van Arsdell from Eighteenth and Townsend to the 100 block on South Constant. Charges filed Saturday in the peace justice court of C. W. Floyd. Marriages John Willie Treat, 37, Atwood, to Arlene Grigg, 32, Atw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Halsey Hunter
H. D. van Arsdell
Eighteenth
Townsend
South Constant
Hunter
Peace Justice Court
C. W. Floyd
John Willie Treat
Atwood
Arlene Grigg
Atw
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Stinnett
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Hubert
Pshkhtry
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Rush
By Bob Thomas
Quincy
Gene Dupont
Dupont
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Wallace Jones
M. D. Davis
Betty
Prague
Howard Jared
Jamily
Kenneth West
Fort Sill
Bert Reddin
Betty Reddin
Mise “Reddin
Valley View Hospital
Ruby Moore
Seminole
T. M. Jenkins
Irene Jenkins
Guy Pegg
Allie Tillery
Virgil Tillery
R. D. Cozad
J. O. Reynolds
J. E. Garner
Kenneth Morgan
James Bray
Jimny
Johnny
Birs
Bray
Nettie Davis
Joe Sever
City
Roy Carter
Roy Edwards
Dewey Hughes
H. E. Scovill
Booth Festival of Methodist
Nowata
S. 3. Smith
June Royer
Duncan
Esther Royer
Myrtle Montgomery
Bob Gilmore
E. C
Dane
Adan
United Christian Youth Movement
Allen Soldier
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