Ada Fire Chief Dudley Young Retires After 43 Years
Dudley Young, Ada Fire Chief, will retire July 1 ending a 43 year career with the Ada department. He joined on September 6, 1921, the longest employment record in the history of Ada Fire Department. He told the NEWS he plans some leisure time but notes reflexes matter in emergency work.
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Ada
Dudley Young
Young
Firemen
Somer Jones
Ed Haley
Ollie Coleman
John Harvey Gay
Vernon Younts
Dairyman Brantley Wins Quality Milk Award Near Latta
Pontotoc County farmer Brantley, two miles west of Latta, wins a year long quality milk contest sponsored by Gilt Edge Dairy Products. He earns a $100 cash prize and a company plaque after leading in cleanliness bacteria count milk solids and taste. Brantley runs Green Hill Farm with 37 000 pounds monthly production and advanced labor saving devices. He is a registered Jersey breeder and member of the Central Oklahoma Milk Producers Association.
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Pontotoc County
Gilt Edge Dairy Products, Inc
Latta
National Dairy Month
Mway
Brantley
Jersey
H. J. Johnson
Green Hill
Oklahoma
Bermuda
Green Hill Farm
Sudan
Central Oklahoma Milk Producers Association
Allen Youth Wins 4-H Office at State Round-Up Stillwater
Richard Bailey of the Allen 4-H club was elected district vice-president at the 43rd annual State 4-H Club Round-Up in Stillwater last week. Donald Reed and Harris Zackery of Stonewall presented the state champion automotive team demonstration as Pontotoc County 4-H boys earned one first, one second, two thirds, and a sixth place in state 4-H competition.
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Richard Bailey
Allen
Bers
Pontotoc County
Vanoss High School builds new ag building with local funds
Vanoss High School students and faculty complete plans and construction of a 36 by 102 foot all steel vocational agriculture building north of the main campus. The project, started last January, uses no federal or state funds and aims to provide shop classrooms and offices with central heating and skylights.
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Vanoss High School
Vaness
C. L. Stone
C. T. Holland
Loag
Stone
Holland
Roy Bottoms
Charles Todd Construction Company
1964 Dry Year Nears 1963 Record in Ada Region
Rainfall in early 1964 trails 1963 by a narrow margin but May brought a surge with 4.92 inches by the weekend and local spots like Coal Gate and Sulphur area reporting higher totals. Park rangers noted most rain soaked the ground rather than filling creeks, yet Memorial Day camping remained popular despite showers.
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Ada
W. E. Pitt
Coalgate
Platt National Park
Vanoss High Class Of 64 Heads To Washington Trip
The Vanoss High School senior class of 1964 raised funds through concessions car wash and bake sales and donations to tour Washington DC. They traveled May 22 from Pauls Valley by train to Chicago then DC, touring the Capitol, Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, the Smithsonian and Supreme Court, viewing JFK’s grave, Arlington National Cemetery, and a Potomac River cruise.
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Washington, D.C
Vanoss High School
Vanoss
Washington, D. C
Pauls Valley
Chicago
Grand Central Station
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Capitol
Kennedy
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Hall of Fame
Will Rogers
Washington Monument
Arlington National Cemetery
All-Indian Slow Pitch Tourney Slated in Oklahoma City
The first annual All-Indian slow pitch softball tourney for men will be held at Wheeler Park in Oklahoma City on June 21. Sponsored by the Oklahoma City Softball Association, the event will be a single afternoon with eight teams accepted. Team trophies go to the winner and runner-up.
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Oklahoma City
Wheeler Park
Will T. Nelson
South
Lindsay
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Shelley Ross
Jon Ross
J. B. Davidson
Ernest Thompson
Wesley Brantley
Gilt Edge
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Vanoss Construction
Vanoss School
W. T. Galaway
John F. Kennedy
George Washington
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