Barrel racer Mary Cravens crowned IA Roping Champion in Tulsa
Mary Cravens of Homer east of Ada captured the International Rodeo Association Barrel Racing Championship at a Tulsa convention on January 19. She earned 3 500 points for 1964 with 3 500 dollars in prize money, riding Peanut the gelding and crediting husband J O Cravens for support and horse care.
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Mary Cravens
Homer
Ada
International Rodeo Association
Tulsa
Florida
Indian Town
Palm Beach
Meteorite Find in Oklahoma Field Yields Nickel Rich Sample
Four P E C workers and Ada residents helped load two meteorites found near Tishomingo on January 14. An Ada chemistry student analyzed chips showing about 48 percent nickel and 50 percent iron, suggesting a meteorite rather than a volcanic bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Cook
Jack Orr
Tishomingo
R. C. Orr
Manley Maddox
Orr
Ada
Lewis
McKnight
Kenneth Wilkerson
Maddox
Wilkerson
People’s Electric Company
Ted Lewis
Ada Weekly News welcomes new Pickett correspondent Mrs Garner
The Ada WEEKLY News announces the addition of a new correspondent, Mrs. Bob Garner, to write for the Pickett community. Her husband Bob Garner teaches geography and sociology at East Central and leads in the Pickett Methodist Church. Kathleen Garner is an experienced freelancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Weekly News
Bob Garner
Garner
Pickett
Bob
East Central
Pickett Methodist Church
Kathleen
Dupage Accepts Dewey Madden Into Horticulture School
Dewey Madden of Union Valley is among 20 of 400 applicants selected for Dupage Horticulture School in West Chicago Illinois. A senior at Stonewall High, he has long worked with plants in his father’s nursery and has led 4-H projects before taking a paid greenhouse position while attending classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Madden
Union Valley
Dupage Horticulture School
West
Chicago
Ill
Dewey
Dupage
United States
Stonewall High School
Willard 4-H Elects Officers and Projects
The Willard School 4-H Club elected President Steve McKenzie Vice President Jan Smith Secretary Kathy Jo Beavers Song Leader Jennifer Garner Game Leader Luanne Weiss. About 35 fourth and fifth graders joined with projects in home demonstration health safety personal development electrification crafts and flower arrangement. The urban club also includes livestock tracks such as horse beef swine and rabbit and a member owns an alligator though no Grand Champion competition exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard School
Steve McKenzie
Jan Smith
Kathy Jo Beavers
Jennifer Garner
Luanne Weiss
Oklahoma open range bill sparks Senate public hearing
Legislators discuss a controversial measure to abolish open range in southeastern Oklahoma as a Senate public hearing is scheduled for Monday. The House passed a similar bill 16 to 1 last Wednesday and proponents cite traffic hazards from livestock while opponents argue local control.
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State Senate
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Capitol
Adair
Pushmataha
Cherokee
McCurtain
LeFlore
Atoka
Latimer
Sequoyah
Mayes and
Wagoner
Sen
H. B. Atkinson
Midwest City
William F. Poulos
Dtulsa
Highway Department
Atkinson
Poulos
Wildlife job exams announced across Oklahoma state colleges
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department will hold examinations for prospective employees at five sites on February 18. Director Wendell Bever said tests start at 10 a.m. at Northwestern State College in Alva, Cameron State College near Lawton, and other campus locations including the Will Rogers building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department
Wendell Bever
Northwestern State College
Alva
Cameron State College
Lawton
Will Rogers
Rural senator cites reapportionment as key to open range vote
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Sen. Leroy McClendon doubts abolishing open range will pass, saying reappointment shapes the current bill. He notes 16 votes in Oklahoma and Tulsa counties could decide the outcome and recalls past failed attempts to curb roaming livestock in some counties.
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McClendon
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Leroy McClendon
Idabel
Senate
Hereford and Angus cattle sale set for Coalgate
Coal County Breeders Association sponsors a double sale at Coalgate with Hereford cattle on Wednesday and Angus cattle on Friday both at 1 pm. Fifty one Herefords and fifty Angus are listed with multiple consigners and auctioneer Guy Shull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
Coal County Breeders Association
Avanzini Bros
Joe Brecheen
S. B. Branom
John Downard
Frank Kuhn
Gus D. Martin
Frankie L. Martin
William David Salmon
F & F Ranch
B. B. Franklin
E.P. Fanning
Angus
James Brown
Curtis Floyd
Lee Morrison
Roy Massie
Floyd D. Nelson
Sam D. Nelson
Frankie Martin
East Central Plans Two Faculty Changes This Semester
East Central begins enrollment for the second semester with two faculty changes. Dr. Robert Burrows leaves the English Department for Whitewater State College and will not be replaced until next fall. Miss Carol Tomlin will fill the gap. In Government, Dr. Louis Antrobus retires February 1, and Ada attorneys Bob Bennett and Francis Mayhue will teach freshman government courses.
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Robert Burrows
Whitewater
Wis
State College
Carol Tomlin
Louis Antrobus
Ada
Bob Bennett
Francis Mayhue
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J. O
Peanut
Charles McKnight
Gene Poorman
Oakman
New Willard
Kathleen Garner Pickett
Jerry Scarbrough
Associated Press
Hereford
Martha Herrion
Roff
Martha
Stillwater
Washington, D. C
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