Post Office Building In the Works for Stonewall
Stonewall. The Post Office Department accepted Lloyd Goss to construct a new postal building. The Stonewall post office will move to its new quarters in September when the present lease expires. The modern concrete brick and tile structure on Main Street will span 25 by 50 feet with 1144 square feet of floor space. Goss, active in local commerce, frames the project as an investment in Stonewall's future, with plans and specifications extending beyond the basics.
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Stonewall
Post Office
Lloyd Goss
Stonewall Post Office
Main Street
Goss Dry Goods
Goss
Chamber of Commerce
4-H Meat School Set January 31 in Ada
Miss Dorothy Strozier an associate foods and nutrition specialist at Oklahoma A&M will conduct a meat identification and cookery school in Ada on Thursday January 31 at 9 45 am. The session at the First Baptist Church aims to teach 4-H girls meat identification and cooking tips ahead of the County Meat Identification contest later in the year.
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Dorothy Strozier
Oklahoma A&m
Stillwater
Ada
First Baptist Church
Waldene Kozel
County Demo Council Meets Plans Action
The Gaar Corner Home Demonstration Club hosts the annual County Council meeting at the First Baptist Church of Ada on Friday January 18 with a covered dish luncheon for 94 members and guests from 23 county clabs. Pearl Winterfeldt district home demonstration agent spoke on leadership and Mrs. Newland stressed doing little things. Committee reports noted members and plans for a county project.
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Gaar Corner
First Baptist Church of
Ada
Clas
Pearl Winterfeldt
Stillwater
V. L. Newland
Matt Heimer Jr
L. L. Wood
J. H. Stephens
Raymond Verble
R. H. Coleman
R. L. Hale
Harold, Davis
Arthur West
Vi J. Newland
W. E. Burns
Douglas Smith
C. E
Grand Jury Called for Feb 4 Here
Pontotow County's first grand jury since May 1951 is set to begin February 4 to probe alleged irregularities on several highway department projects. The petition circulated by State Senator Collins targets Ada contractor Orval Spann over an excessive profit on graveling work. Collins pursued the grand jury route after a Senate rejection of his proposed special investigative committee.
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John Boyce
Mu Keel
Gien c Collins
Collins
Orval Spann
Ada
Fitzhugh 4-H Club Hosts Coffee for March of Dimes
The Fitzhugh 4-H club held a benefit coffee in the school lunchroom raising 44.16 and bringing the Fitzhugh community total to 85.19 for polio. Frankye Sullivan led the committee with Wanda Young Barbara Morrow and Linda Kay Mitchuson assisting. About 100 residents attended and contributed cash for the March of Dimes.
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Fitzhugh 4-H Club
Wanda Young
Frannkye Sullivan
Fitzhugh
CofC Seeks Tax Withdrawal on Farm Production Materials
Ada Chamber of Commerce pushed to remove Oklahoma sales tax on farm feeds seeds fertilizers and other raw materials used in agriculture. Harold Davis of Pontotoc County Farm Bureau urged tax withdrawal arguing unfairness versus other states, noting tax on farm inputs raises costs and hinders competitiveness. He cited a Farm Bureau survey and warned that removing the tax could raise total sales tax receipts.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada Businessmen's Group
Harold Davis
Roff
Pontotoc
Davis
Oklahoma
Gary
Farm‘ Bureau Survey
Ada Hosts First Day Dial Telephony Rush
On a Sunday in Ada thousands of phone dials whirred as the town embraced home spun dialing. A record 57 711 calls were placed, 264 percent above normal, with many users exploring the new system while some rural lines noted faster, clearer connections and the familiar operator voice could be reached by dialing zero.
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Ada
Better Buy That Car License Now Tag Agent Warns
Tag Agent Ed Moore warns that less than a week remains to obtain the 1957 car license tag without penalty. Penalty begins February 1 and rises ten cents per day until March 3, when it jumps to equal the regular fee, meaning waiters could pay double.
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Ed. Moore
Moore
Farm Family of Month honors A A Bryants of Cedar Grove
A A Bryants of Cedar Grove is named Farm Family of the Month for January. Presentation by Raymond White of the Ada Chamber of Commerce, club visits, and Bryant's farm details follow. He grows beef cattle hay crops and pecans on about 1600 acres, with 75 cattle heads and 35 tons alfalfa yearly, facing aphid trouble. Millet and oats offer an alternate hay, while pecans bolster finances with 3200 pounds harvested in 1955. He emphasizes conservation, terraces, fertilization, and service on local boards.
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Ada
Andrew Bryant
Ap Ciedar Groveway
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada Group
Bryant
Son Carre
Raymond White
Ade .Chamber of Commerce
Cedar’ Grove
Pontotoc
County
ASC County
Hehas
Fire destroys A L Frederick home in Oakman
Oakman reports the A L Frederick home burned late Friday while Mr and Mrs Frederick and sons were away in Oklahoma City. Ada Fire Department arrived after a passerby called it in but could not save the house. All possessions burned except a few clothes. origin of the fire not learned.
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Oakman
A. L. Frederick
Frederick
Oklahoma City
Ada Fire Department
Fredericks
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Postal Department
Pontotwe
For the Dimes
Fletcher Watson
Watson
Pendell Mitchussoh
Casper Duffer
Fitzhugh Girls
March of Dimes
Cofc
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
A.A. Bryants
Cedar Grove
Éesting
Carrel
Bryant Farta
Hake
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