Pontotoc County Oil Field Drilling and Production Update
Oil field notes from Pontotoc and Coal counties report multiple wells active Friday. Phillips Petroleum completes No. 11 Norris at 4,311 feet with 8060 barrels in one hour. Amerada and Carter Oil drillers report tests and ongoing debris in Amerada No. 1 Travelers Life and No. 1 Thompson. Local community notes follow with health news, visits, and social events.
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Fitts Pool
Phillips Petroleum Company
Norris
Centrahoma
Carrier Oil Company No
John Thompson
Coal County
Amerada No. 1 Travelers Insurance
Olney
Jesserig Corners
McCarthy
Ada Friday
Talihina
McGraw
Tidwell
Phillips Petroleum Corporation
John Fitts
Pontotoc County
Phillips
Amerada
Mabee
J. G. Catlett
Carter Oil Company
Smith
Viola
Amerada No
Steedman
Moore
No. 2
Harper
Simpson
Fitts
Burke-Greis No
Chambers-Colbert
Carter No. 1
Thompson
Amerada No. 1
Travelers Life
Rainy Round Top area notices echo hometown ties
Round Top reports heavy rainfall as locals keep busy with yard work. Obituary notes Bobby Gene Hightower, 15 months, formerly of Oklahoma City, laid to rest in Sunny Lane Cemetery. Multiple brief social visits and family gatherings are chronicled among residents including Welker, Parker, James, and Stafford families.
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Bobby Gene
Charlie Hightower
Oklahoma City
Sunny Lain
Oliver
Nettie Standridge
Dillie Bell
Harvest season notes from Midland crop report
Local Midland note highlights busy cotton harvest and pasture loss risk due to ongoing sun. Growers express optimism about a good crop but warn weeks of heat may damage grass and delay work.
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Old Midland
Local Y P U Elects Teachers and Reports Social Guests
The B Y P U programs elected seniors Mrs Lone Crane juniors Mrs Oma Hood and intermediates Mrs Alice Summners. Guests included Eloy and Woodrow Hayes of Center with Mr and Mrs Elva Jones, Bill White at high tower home, Irene Scaff visiting Allene Hood, Mrs Julia Capes returning from University Hospital Oklahoma City improved, Milton and Grady Lloyd Fred Jones and Mable Kirby of Walnut Grove at Sunday meeting, Herman Robbins visiting Lyman Roberts, Mrs Neal Hudson of Oil Center visiting John and Mrs Bennett, Lorene Crow visiting Mrs Otis Roberts.
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Lone Crane
Oma Hood
Alice Summmners
Eloy
Woodrow Hayes
Center
Elva Jones
Bill White
Hightower
Irene Scaff
Allene Hood
Alma couple wed in Ada home ceremony
Claude Stephens of Alma Texas and Miss Rhodie Shirley of this place married in Ada by groom’s cousin Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jamar. Rev. Jim Ragland officiated and Mrs. Stephens returned to Alma Sunday.
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Claude Stephens
Alma
Tex
Rhodie Shirley
Bill White
A. E. Jamar
Ada
Jim Ragland
Community Notes Include Visits and Local Sundry
Ada residents and nearby families share social visits through Friday to Sunday. Travellers Willie Amazoo Ottie McCollough and others visited relatives. Grandmother Garrett improves from illness. Harmony Four Quartette from Ada scheduled for Sunday singing. local families Mr. and Mrs. Wells Mr. Coffey and others host guests and visit neighbors.
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Webber
Bobbie
Ada
Arthur Coffey
J. C. Wells
Geotry
Alfred Dosson
Stevens
Aca
Willie Amazoo
Ottie McCollough
Bud Solomon
Garrett
Dock Coffey
Pampa
Texas
H. G. Coffey
Wells
Fay Pendleton
Faulkenberry
Lille
Marlon McKeel
Dovie Patton
W. C. Patton
T. S Sissell
Ida
Craig Parker
Bernice
Ima MecSpadden
Gentry
Watson
Paul Hewatt
Hickory
Patton
Foy Pentleton
Willie Ownby
Ivie Wood
Visitors listed for Christine and Anna Belle Berger home
Sunday visitors included Philip Bradley Ray Bradley Mavis Williams Beatrice Collins and Wilson Phillips. J A J Roundtree spent Saturday with Odis Marten. Mr and Mrs G M Pitt and
Pleasant Weekend Visits Across Oklahoma and Local Families
The report notes quiet weather with intermittent rain. Visits included Mr and Mrs Carson of Oklahoma City with Mr and Mrs Tim Taylor, Mr and Mrs W A Oliphint of Fittstown with Mr and Mrs Robinson, Opal Deer Taylor with Mrs Ora Caperton, Cleo Taylor with J B Robinson, and Rosie Throgmartin with her daughter Ohpia Brannon. Joan Price stayed with Janema Robinson, while Lindle, Learence, Lemearle, L. D. Brandon, and George Price spent the night with their grandmother, Mrs Throgmartin.
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Mrs. Carson
Oklahoma City
Tim Taylor
W. A. Oliphint
Fittstown
Mrs. Robinson
Opal Deer Taylor
Ora Caperton
Cleo Taylor
J. B. Robinson
Rosie Throgmartin
Ohpia Brannon
Joan Price
Janema Robinson
Lindle
Learence
Lemearle
L. D. Brandon
George Price
Union Hill Singers Draw Nearby Guests
Tuesday night singing drew a good crowd with participants from surrounding communities. The notice invites locals to join Tuesday nights at Union Hill. Visitors included Oklahoma City visitors Mr and Mrs Tom Keeling and son Charles, who spent a week visiting relatives here.
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N. N. Baker
M. E. Walker
Yetta Berger
Ada
Sandy King
Wewoka
Chas. L. Berger
Reba
Thema Smith
Leo Smith
Anna Belle Farley
Jane Hall
Joe Zumbro
Union Hill
Tom Keeling
Charles
Oklahoma City
Annie Keeling
Mart Hanrahan
Mary Hanrahan
Ida White
Earnest
Emma
Livestock Market Report Slashes and Rises Across Bull Market
Cattle slaughter and calf gains mixed as buyers push beef steers and yearlings higher by up to 15. Heifers and stockers scarce while vealers hold steady. Grass steers and Oklahoma cows show gains, low cutters and canners linger at 3.25 to 4.25. Sheep and lambs rise with native lambs topping 8.25 and most sales 8.15 to 8.25.
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Choice
Oklahoma
Local Cedar Grove area notes crops and social visits
Rain enriches crops though hay suffers. Beans potatoes and canning dominate community work. Numerous visits and gatherings involve the Bingham Scroggins Guthrey Akins West and other families from Cedar Grove Fittstown and Ada with church services and a Cedar Grove baseball practice noted.
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Mildred West
Cedar Grove
Imogene Bingham
Lee Scroggins
J. L
Wilma
Ada
Eugene Bingham
Irene Scroggins
Frank Scroggins
Nancy Green
Madgelene
Doyle and
Mildred
O. F. Akins
Ruthie and Clyde
Loyd Jones
Sartors
Edith Bryant
Bertha West
Marie Harris
Christina Bingham
Ralph
Carlos Scroggins
Billy Lively
Fittstown
Bingham
Hazel Scroggins
Mildred Green
Clelen Scroggins
Morris
Clyde Akins
Alice and
Earnest
Sucdora Guthery
Agness Vaught
Norma
Jim Tipton
Edar Grove
Orville Scroggins
T. J. Bingham
Henry Scroggins
Marie Haris
Edd Scroggins
G. W. Scroggins
Terraces Aid Cropping Practices to Prevent Soil Loss
Terraces enable strip cropping contour farming and crop rotation to be most effective in preventing soil loss. They help hold water on the field and prevent gullying and land abandonment.
Oklahoma City Market Report July 3 Cattle Hogs Sheep
Market summary from Oklahoma City shows cattle 1,490 head with 600 calves trading actively on the pre holiday. Top steers reach 8.00 with grass cattle 5.00 to 6.50, cows 5.00 to 6.00 and best butcher heifers 5.50 to 7.00. Hogs 300 head up 5 cents to 9.20 top, sows 7.65, stags steady. Sheep 100 head, limited supply, top 8.00 for best springers.
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Oklahoma City
Will Rogers Leads Parade of Texas Cowboys
Will Rogers led the grand parade of cowhands in Stamford Texas amid sun scorched crowds. Governor James V. Allred attended the celebration as crowds gathered for the Cowboys reunion with dances last night and plans for a July Fourth end to the event.
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Stamford
Tex
Will Rogers
Claremore
Okla
Cowboys
West Texas
Rogers
James V. Allred
Hog market in Kansas City shows uneven gains to 9.25
Kansas City market reports hog prices at 1000 head with direct and slow sales, uneven progress, gains up to 10 cents, remaining near Tuesday’s average, top price 9.25 dollars per hundredweight.
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Kansas City
U. S
Chicago Market Report Shows Steady Butter Eggs Prices
Chicago dispatch notes butter at 18 519 cents per pound with no change and eggs at 16 053 cents per dozen stable, prices unchanged. The report records no shifts in dairy commodity values on July 3.
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Chicago
Potatoes Market Report from Chicago July Third
U S Dept reports mixed potato movement across states. Old stock supplies light with slow demand and no sales. new stock steady with moderate supply and light trading. Prices shown for Bliss in Alabama Ark as Oklahoma US No 1 and 2 conditions including decay noted.
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Chicago
U. S
Dwight
North Carolina Cobblers U. 5S
Grain markets hold steady ahead of holiday
Chicago July 3. With tomorrow's holiday and US exchanges closed the grain market stayed largely even. Black rust fears were offset by hedging pressure from newly harvested winter wheat nearby. Wheat finished steady with small moves, corn and oats edged lower, provisions largely unchanged or up slightly.
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Chicago
Spot Grain Prices in Chicago Market Report
Cash wheat sample grade red new garlicky 80, No 2 mixed 91. Corn No 5 mixed 70 1 2, No 1 yellow 84 1 2. Oats No 1 white 39 1 4, No 2 white 38.
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Chicago
Cotton Market Steady as Pre Holiday Liquidation Sinks In
New York July 3 Cotton quiet amid pre holiday liquidation and scattered selling aided by favorable weather. Midday trade held steady with Oct at 11.66 and spots at middling 12.45. Rallied near close on active covering and trade buying with futures 6-12 higher and overall losses limited to 2 to 6 points.
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New York
Spot cotton closes steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans July 3 Spot cotton finished steady up 10 points with sales of 500. Prices for low middling 11.70, middling 12.45, good middling 12.90. Receipts were 630 and total stock 345,713.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures close steady with slight gains in New York and New Orleans
In New York, July cotton closed at 12.12 to 12.13 with gains of 6 to 12 points from the day’s trading. Other months including October December January and March showed modest rises and steady prices. Spot middling stood at 12.45 a market, while New Orleans reported similar gains of 9 to 11 points on futures closes.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma survey plans eyed at planning board conference
Final plans for a survey to determine high way materials in Oklahoma for roadbuilding will be completed at a conference of state planning board members the geological survey and highway commissioners next week. Meeting today the planning board asked colleges with dormitories authorized by the last legislature not to employ architects until the projects are determined self liquidating.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Planning Board
Geological Survey
Planning Board
Erosion Dries Streams, Wipes Out Local Wildlife
Erosion has caused streams to dry up and the disappearance of fish, animals, and birds in the area. The reduced water flow threatens local ecosystems and may impact nearby communities relying on the water source.
Deficit figures show smaller shortfall than estimated
The treasury reported a deficit of 3 575 961 61 for the year ending last Sunday, far less than the prior period and below the budget estimate. Receipts reached 3 800 201 96, with expenditures at 8 581 069 026, including 5 259 802 852 for recovery and relief amid wartime economy. Rescue crews faced darkness in the ravine as they aided victims after the Dominion Day bridge incident.
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Washington
Treasury
New Deal Administration
Congress
Woodbine footbridge span collapses injuring dozens
A wooden bridge span gave way at Woodbine over a 75 foot ravine during a picnic crowd near East York. about 24 people were injured with several women and children treated at the scene and hospitals. The unlighted bridge sent a crowd of about 5,000 into a panic as others escaped by railing and the edge.
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Toronto
Woodbine
York
East York
Open Air Revival Kicks Off At Glenwood Park
The Nazarene church sponsored revival began Sunday night at Glenwood Park with full seating, cars parked around, two choirs, a Messer solo, and a Messer Haley duet. Evangelist pastor preached from Second Timothy 4 2 preaching to harvest souls as revival runs daily through July 14 at 8 15 p m with public invitation.
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Glenwood Park
The
Nazarene Church
L. C. Messer
Haley Messer
Erosion-Resistant Crops Help Soil Conservation
The use of erosion-resistant crops planted in contour strips is a sensible economical method for soil conservation and moisture control, especially with clean cultivated row crops.
Black Draught Laxative Promoted as Constipation Cure
The advertisement proclaims Black Draught as a natural purely vegetable laxative to relieve constipation. It claims restoring downward movement of the bowels quickly eases dull headaches drowsiness and lassitude and cites a Clinton resident testimonial praising its cleansing effects.
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J. P. Mahaffey
Clinton
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James Hopkins
R. Bryson
Donald Phillips
Hubert Horn
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Jesse Newby
J. R. Newby
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June Cole
C. O. Workman
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Joe Ragland
E. Cc. Jamar
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Bob Wood
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M. M. Stafford
Ethel
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Texas Cowboys
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Oklahoma A. & M. College
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R. W. Simpson
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F. C. Norris
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