Five Pontotoc officials begin new terms Monday
Five Pontotoc county officials will start new terms Monday July 1 as an entirely new board of county commissioners takes office along with a county treasurer and county superintendent. George Collins A A Caldwell and John Hall will be sworn in to replace Johnson Davis and Roberts. Fred McKay becomes treasurer and Ray Stegall begins a full term as superintendent.
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Pontotoc
Board of County Commissioners
George Collins
A. A. Caldwell
John Hall
Charles N. Johnson
G. B
Babe”’’ Davis
C. C. Roberts
Fred McKay
Ray Stegall
J. W. Huff
Stegall
Mr. Caldwell
Cedar Hill
Ada
Caldwell
Allen
Oklahoma
New Albany
Ohion County
Mississippi
Board of Commissioners
Ernest
W. A. Delaney
Collins
Mr. Collins
Pontotoc County
Ross
Virginia
Fort Worth
Texas
County Excise Board
Roberts
C. C. “Ches
Henry S. Johnston
Davis
June 5 Month Brings Four Marriage Licenses
June records show four marriage licenses issued at the court clerk's office marking a brisk brides month. May totals were 42 licenses. Locals include Chester Cross Ada to marry Odell Lee Ada Leo Hallford Okmulgee to wed Elizabeth Horner Okmulgee Vernon J Wolfe Ada to marry Billy Smyth Ada. Two Adan licenses went to Clarence Stephens and Rhoda Shirley.
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Chester Cross
Ada
Odell Lee
Leo Hallford
Okmulgee
Elizabeth Horner
Vernon J. Wolfe
Billy Smyth
Clarence Stephens
Rhoda Shirley
H. J. Eischeid
Anita Eischeid
John E. Arnett
Downtown Ada traffic counts and a 4-H round-up list
A Ada News report tallies pedestrian and vehicle flow in downtown Ada with five minute counts showing 246 people, 50 cars in three minutes, and 2000 cars per hour later. The piece also notes a 4-H youth round-up July 23 26 adding 15 short courses including marketing farm management and child development with expected rewards and delegate roles.
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Ada News
Ada
Main Street
Broadway
B. A. Pratt
Elva Duvall
Kansas City
New Excise Trio to Take Office in Pon totoc County
The Pon totoc County excise board will gain J Henry Collins as a new member with two seats to be filled by District Judge Tal Crawford and the incoming county commissioners George Collins A A Caldwell and John Hall. The present board led by T O Dandridge R W Simpson and Bart Smith held its final meeting Saturday morning approving state aid for schools and a 7863 37 maintenance estimate for highways.
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J. Henry Collins
Pontotoc
George Collins
A. A. Caldwell
John Hall
Tal Crawford
Drunk man held as five injured in Ada area crash
At the Y intersection of Highways 19 and 48 near Ada two cars collided injuring five people. A man giving the name F Smith was held in jail on drunkenness charges. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser investigated as Conatser and Spence families, Harden City residents, were hurt.
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Ada
Clyde Kaiser
J. C. Spence
F. Smith
Conatser
Mr. Spence
E. H. Moore Drilling Company
Harden City
Mr. Conatser
Carden City
Smith
Seminole
Kaiser
Three New Pontotoc County Commissioners Sworn In
George Collins A A Caldwell and John Hall formed the Pontotoc county board replacing Charley Johnson Ches Roberts and D B Babe Davis. They were sworn in by county judge John B McKeel and began appointing from applicants for various posts in the county.
Weekend crash spree Injures many near Ada Oklahoma
A string of weekend automobile accidents near Ada Oklahoma injured about a dozen people with varied severity. The worst crash six miles north of Ada involved Mrs. W L Porter and two other drivers, leaving Porter in serious condition with jaw pelvic and head injuries while others suffered fractures and cuts. Other crashes south of Ada and near Stratford produced elbow and leg injuries and head lacerations. Several victims were hospitalized. a driver in the Porter crash was being sought.
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Ada
W. L. Porter
Oklahoma City
Gaines Hall
Vivian Porter
Porter
Wood
Stratford
Kent Stewart
Herman Brock
Fittstown
Jack Fork Creek
Stewart
Brock
Boy
Troy Cothran
J. H. Cothran
Mississippi
J. C. Spence
Fred Conatser
Doris Darks
East Central Teachers College
Renfro Herndon
Sixteenth
Stonewall Avenue
Herndon
Stonewall
Miss Wilma Bell
Miss Darks
Mr. Herndon
Friends Shower Ex-Gov Murray at Tishomingo Reception
In Tishomingo on June 29, supporters gathered to honor ex governor William H. Murray and his family with gifts from onions to bird cages as they prepared to move to a farm near Broken Bow. The event followed by a farewell talk.
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Tishomingo
William H. Murray
Broken Bow
Real work drives 4-H roundup at Oklahoma A and M College
Real work makes the annual State 4-H club roundup at Oklahoma A and M College more enjoyable for 1,600 farm boys and girls who attend. The program emphasizes practical activities alongside recreation to maximize learning and engagement.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
M. College
Money Flowing Freer Now in Pontotoc County
County Attorney Virgil Stanfield and Sheriff Clyde Kaiser report cash receipts from fines and county attorney fees totaling 1429.85 over January 7 to June 29, 1935. A six month period shows similar receipts, driven by raids on illegal slot machines and gambling devices resulting in defendants paying cash fines.
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Pontotoc
Virgil Stanfield
Clyde Kaiser
Oklahoma Phone Network Expands Amid Investment Rise
Oklahoma City report shows telephone lines increasing by 10 837 over the year and investments climbing by 249 006. Refrod Bond of the state corporation commission notes total 1934 revenue at 11 207 408 and overall investments at 54 807 878.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Reford Bond
State Corporation Commission
Body of Oklahoma Man Identified From Lake Michigan
The body pulled from Lake Michigan was identified as Prof Worth Brown a 56 year old psychology lecturer from somewhere in Oklahoma by Dr J A Bergen of Chicago an acquaintance. Brown was described as an itinerant lecturer who taught in cities for weeks at a time and had no known Chicago address. The article also notes farming on the contour with good crop rotation preserves soil moisture and yields per acre.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Worth Brown
J. A. Bergen
Bergen
Brown
Oklahoma
Construction of Larger Bakery For Johnson Tops Building News
East Main will host a two story Johnson Bakery building at 200 East Main replacing a long standing one story structure. EE. 6 6S. Moore is the builder. The 250 by 136 foot brick block includes a ground floor display room pastry shop wrapping and shipping area a back loading platform for three trucks and a two story bake shop and offices above. The new facility aims for efficient throughput as the area becomes a busy retail district with more homes and permits showing growth in May June and beyond.
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Adam
East Main
Johnson Bakery
Branscome and _ Sons grocery
Moore
E. B. Johnson
Adanow
Grindstaff
Lawes
College Libraries Will Not Get Federal Aid This Year
The East Central Teachers College head librarian reports that libraries nationwide will miss federal aid next year despite support from midwestern delegates at the American Library Association conference. Also noted are plans for a college tennis tournament, ongoing summer repairs, rooming shortages, and rising housing costs as enrollment remains steady.
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E. C. Wilson
East Central Teachers’ College
American Library Association
Wilson
Edmon Low
Low
M. B. Molloy
Molloy
Wess Smith
Linscheid
State Planning Board
Laborer kills estranged wife and himself in Ada tragedy
George Phillips 28 killed his estranged wife Pauline Phillips 28 with three pistol shots then turned the gun on himself dying at a hospital after the 8 30 a m incident on West Main Ada. Funeral services were held for Phillips and Pauline in Jesse and Cedar Grove cemeteries. Authorities closed the case citing no disclosed motive.
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George Phillips
Pauline Phillips
Phillips
Stonewall
W. N. Phillips
Ada
West Main Street
Mother wins suit for lands in Lincoln county oil field
Oklahoma City July 2 A mother won in supreme court against two daughters to recover 160 acres of Lincoln county oil land she had deeded to them during divorce proceedings. The court ordered the return of the property.
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Lincoln County District Court
Supreme Court
Mellie A. Warren
Fannie M. Daley
Nancy Dodrill Jones
Oklahoma City
Lincoln County
Black Stem Rust Threatens Nebraska Wheat Crop
Prickly weather and heavy rains slow wheat maturity and foster black stem rust. Officials estimate potential losses near seven million dollars for Nebraska, with winter wheat output expected to drop to about 30 million bushels from pre rust projections of 40 million. State experts say widespread rust is most severe in Nebraska while other states show minor infestation.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
South Dakota
Agricultural College
Paul H. Stewart
University of Nebraska Agronomist
Death of Wilma June Houghland Near Harden City
Small daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo W Houghland died at home near Harden City Friday at 8 45 am. Funeral service and burial will be in Weleetka cemetery with Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. Surviving are the parents a sister Mary Lorain and several aunts and uncles J A Snead Ada Mrs Mary Enrique Ada and Mrs Minnie Jones Harden City.
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Wilma June Houghland
Geo
E W. Houghland
Harden City
Weleetka Cemetery
Keith Funeral Chapel
Mary Lorain
Houghland
J. A. Snead
Mary Enrique
Ada
Minnie Jones
Funeral services for John W Warmoth at Stratford Church
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 30 from the Church of Christ in Stratford for John W Warmoth who died near Gaar Corner at his home Wednesday. Rev Morris officiated. Burial followed in McGee cemetery. Surviving are his widow Rosa a son Cleo and two daughters Mrs Joe West of Konawa and Mrs Hazel Rogers of Stratford.
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John W. Warmoth
Gaar Corner
Church of Christ In
Stratford
Morris
McGee Cemetery
Keith
Rosa Warmoth
Cleo
Joe West
Konawa
Hazel Rogers
Obituary for Miss Anne Ashby of Ada and Oklahoma City
Miss Anne Ashby aged ? died in Oklahoma City General Hospital Monday at 10 a.m. Her body will be moved to Mounds Valley Kansas for burial. Survived by sisters Mrs. William Chapman of Ada and Miss Maude Ashby of Oklahoma City. three nieces Kathleen Dorothy and May Jane Norfleet. Norton Norfleet. all of Coffeyville Kansas.
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Anne Ashby
East Main
Oklahoma City General Hospital
Oklahoma City
Mounds Valley
Kan
William Chapman
Ada
Maude Ashby
Kathleen Norfleet
Dorothy Norfleet
May Jane Norfleet
Coffeyville
Norton Norfleet
Ima June Gambrell Dies at Home Near Stonewall
Ima June Gambrell granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Gambrell died at the family home near Stonewall. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 pm from the residence with burial in Oak Grove cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in charge.
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Ima June Gambrell
T. S. Gambrell
Stonewall
Oak Grove Cemetery
Criswell Funeral Home
Death of Nora Jean Lloyd at age one in city home
Nora Jean Lloyd one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Lloyd died at 130 West Seventeenth Street at 830 am Tuesday Funeral services set for Wednesday at 3 pm from Criswell Funeral Home chapel Rev Haley Messer Nazarene Church officiating Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery
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Nora Jean Lloyd
Dick Lloyd
W. Seventeenth
Criswell Funeral Home
Haley Messer
the Nazarene Church
Rosedale Cemetery
Garden contest winner yields seven hundred peas per row
Mrs. Alton Coe won the 1935 state garden contest per Miss Jennie Alice Clymer. She harvested 607 pounds of peas from 50 rows of 150 feet each, sold 17.36 dollars worth, used 75 pounds at home, and canned 40 quarts.
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Alton Coe
Jennie Alice Clymer
Coal County
Convincing Demonstration of Soil Contour Efforts
Orlan Bell notes that rainfall shows soil conservation works. E W Phelps asks R E Barrett to re run contour lines on his land after discovering parts planted along contours and others across the field. Barrett finds contoured land yields good broomcorn stands while others wash away and fail to establish.
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Orlan Bell
Texas
E. W. Phelps
R. E. Barrett
Barrett
Phelps
Pecan grafting yields high success in Lincoln county
Lincoln county farmer W. B. Brown reports 100 grafted pecan trees alive from 193. Fred A. Barham county agent notes grafts made this spring during a demonstration and other farmers report 75 to 100 percent success. outlook for the pecan crop is good.
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W. B. Brown
Lincoln County
Fred A. Barham
Barham
Boys Learn Twine Work at 4-H Club Chair Joint
Mrs. Elizabeth Ward Pittsburg county home demonstration agent notes the first boys session at a home improvement meeting of the Bache 4-H club. The group completed a twine bottom chair with six boys taking turns after one began the chair project.
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Elizabeth Ward
Pittsburg County
Canning Drives in County Under Rehabilitation Committee
The county rehabilitation committee led by Mrs. Margaret Peay met in Mrs. Jessie Morgan’s office to plan canning kraut corn and fruits. Workers will reach centers as roads allow and address jar shortages by urging residents to donate fruit and pickle jars for families with few resources to begin canning season.
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Margaret Peay
Jessie Morgan
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Murray
Johnson
By George Burris
NEW Excise
J. H. Collins
Maxine Spence
Willie Mae Spence
Charley Johnson
Ches Roberts
D. B
Babe”’ Davis
John B. McKeel
E. A. Canada
Bud Blackburn
Baxter Blevins
Will Pegg
Excise
Hall
Tom Vaughan
Myrtle Coleman
Iaa Alletag
Bess Hicks
East Central College
Huff
Friends
Furry
Johnson Tops Building News
Emma K. Keller
Miss Keller
Tennyson
Wife
West Main
House
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