Ada Attorney Demands Resignation Over Chairman's Endorsement
Ada attorney Lewis M. Watson urged Pontotoc County Democratic Central Committee Chairman J. I. Jones to resign after the endorsement of David Gray for county commissioner appeared in an Ada Evening News advertisement. Watson said bylaws forbid party leaders from participating in primaries and Jones admitted signing as an individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Democratic Central Committee
Lewis M. Watson
Ada
J. I. Jones
David Gray
Watson
Jones
Allen
Gray
Ada Evening News
Local runoff set after Pontotoc County primary results
In Pontotoc County a heavy turnout produced one runoff with incumbent Sheriff Oren Phillips facing Burl Griffin. Lonnie L. Abbott won the new state representative seat, defeating Henry R. Roberts. Incumbents Gray Collins Thomp son Rushing Ford Holt were re elected, and Kerr Steed backed strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Oren Phillips
Burl Griffin
Cecil Smith
Griffin
Lonnie L. Abbott
Homer
Abbott
Henry R. Roberts
David Gray
George Collins
Rae Thompson
Charles Rushing
Robert W. Ford
Charles M. Holt
Wheat Allotments Are Set in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County ASC sets 745 acre wheat allotment for 1961 part of a 55 million acre national total. Allocations to farms will be mailed before a July referendum on July 21. Mrs. Pegg notes the referendum will reflect growers will and quotas require two thirds approval to take effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Pegg
Pontotoc County
ASC
Pegg
Penalty Rates Set for 1960 Upland Cotton Marketing
The USDA announced penalties for excess upland cotton in the 1960 crop. The penalty rate is 19.4 cents per pound, with marketing quota penalties set at 50 percent of the parity price. Parity price June 15 stood at 38.89 cents per pound. Growers approved quotas in December, and noncompliance incurs farm marketing excess penalties and loss of price support eligibility under CCC programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credity Corporation
Allen Airman Henry F. Whitehead Graduates From AFB School
Airman third class Henry F. Whitehead, son of M. C. Whitehead of Allen, Texas, recently graduated from the electrical power production operator course at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. He is a 1958 Allen High School graduate who before the service worked for an oil company in Houston and began basic training at Lackland AFB.
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Sheppard Afb
Tex
Henry F. Whitehead
M. C. Whitehead
Allen
Sheppard Air Force Base
Texas
Whitehead
Allen High School
Houston
Lackland Afb
Big Poultry Operation At Scullin Reveals The Industry's New Look
W L Knickmeyer profiles Cleo Ozbirn and her contract poultry network at Scullin. The operation spans 11 laying flocks in Murray County and delivers grade A eggs to Safeway in Oklahoma City. Brown provides chicks feed and pays operators, with Alf Donaghe halvers in on the venture.
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Scullin
Brown
Murray County
Oklahoma City
Ozbirn
Cleo Ozbirn
R. T. Brown
King Cottons Army Still Holds Ground In Pontotoc County
Charley Flanagan cultivates fifty acres of Parrot cotton on a south of Ahloso farm, noting modern equipment eases chores. Pontotoc County once ruled by cotton now shows only scattered gins with Allen the sole active facility. Flanagan recalls lifelong cotton work, cites high yields in 1958 and cautious optimism for this year despite boll weevils.
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Pontotoc
Charley Flanagan
Ahloso
Flanagan
Sing
Allen
Vacation visits and family gatherings fill Oklahoma trip
Oran Kerr and family travel to Oklahoma City to visit daughter and relatives including the Watts and McMeans families. The group also visits Ada and Seminole kin while sharing news of fishing, dinners, and a rodeo trip to Stamford Texas with C. A. Thomason and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphers Oran Kerr
Mrs. Kerr
Oklahoma City
Carl Watts
Jack McMeans
Mrs. Watts
Seminole
Pontotoc
O. K. Lawrence
Stamford
Tex
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Ada Attorney Raps Demo Chairman
Glenwood Park
Ernest Thompson
U. S
Robert S. Kerr
Tom Steed
Phillips
AFB School
W. L. Knickmeyer
Grandma
King Cottons
King Cotton
Oklahoma
Jesse
Patricia Kerr
Mrs
Don Kerr
Howard Antikin
Barbara
Billie Howard
Los Angeles
Louis McDonald
Jay
Tecumseh
Pharr
Jackie Antrikin
Jackie Boam
Ronnie Miller
Perry Underhill
Kenneth Clinton
Tulsa
Martin Dale
Betty and
Glenda
C. A. Thomason
Slat Saint
Walter Thompson
Union Valley
Srl Rhynes
Forest Simpson
Forest Jr
Hickory
Howard Thompson
Fittstown
Glen Durant
Riley Jennings
Mrs. C. A. Thomason
Sam
Ewen Gale
Mr. Thomason
Charlie
Thomason
R. A. Jennings
Larry Shellenberger
Tishomingo
William Shellenberger
Shellenberger
Ann Shellenberger
Sharon Brooks
Jim Riley
Douglas Shellenberger
Richard
Randy Humphers
Mr. Humphers
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