Harvey Sells Famous Herd in Southwest Cattle Deal
W E Harvey of the Ada area sold his 170 registered Herefords to Stan De ranch near Watova in a record private treaty. The 170 head valued at about 150000 joined Harvey’s 100 head commercial herd as he shifts to easier management with plans for 500 head. Stan De owner F E Stanley bought the stock, including stock sire H Proud Mixer, boosting Stan De’s status as a leading whiteface breeding operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Ada
Stan-De
Watova
F. E. Stanley
Tulsa
Southwest
Ford
Hereford Heaven Association
Stan de Sale
Stan de Ranch
H. Proud Mixer
Harvey Bull Battery
Hillcrest Farms
Chester
W. Va
Stan de
Harvey Ranch
Bruce DeWitt
Stan-De Ranch
Truman Approves Act Aiding Military Build Up
President Truman endorses an act creating a 12 man advisory board on mutual security to suggest how to strengthen allies and adjust trade limits with Communist countries. He notes substantial US spending to bolster allied military and economic power and urges study of free world trade policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
U.S
Free World
White House
Congress
America
Farm Home Conference Plans Set in Stillwater
Pontotoc County Home Demonstration agents announce the 35th annual Farm Home conference in Stillwater from July 29 to August 1. Officials R L Hale and A L Griffith will represent Pontotoc at the state meeting. Events include exhibits, speakers like Stanley Andrews and WKY musician Ken Wright. The group departs Ada July 29 at 9 am, with a lunch stop in Perkins to dine with Jessie Morgan. County 4 H girls are urged to bring pencil paper and ruler for record book work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
R. L. Hale
A. L. Griffith
Pontotoc County
State Home Demonstration Council
WKY
Ken Wright
Stanley Andrews
Ada
Perkins
Jessie Morgan
4-H Record Book School Led by Miss Carlson in Stillwater
Miss Alice Carlson extension state 4-H club leader will visit Stillwater to conduct a record book school for county 4-H club girls. The session runs from 9 30 a.m. at an as yet unspecified location with guidance on filing and presenting project records.
Government reports rising savings bond sales May and June
Treasury officials say buying of new type E bonds and the H bond increased in May and June, reaching 543.1 million dollars, while total cash-ins lag behind last year. The H Bond pays semiannual interest by check and keeps value constant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Steel Strike Delays Turner Turnpike Opening
Oklahoma City forecast a 30 day delay in completing the Turner Turnpike due to a steel strike. If the third quarter steel allotment is relinquished an additional three months may pass. Bridges under construction face holdups as steel shortages slow progress from Tulsa to Oklahoma City. Paving remains planned for year end with more miles to begin August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Turner
H. E. Bailey
Tulsa
Sooners Dominate Laramie Rodeo at Jubilee Days
LARAMIE Wyo Oklahoma riders swept Jubilee Days events. Clarke McIntyre Kiowa roped and tied five steers in 141.1 seconds to win the King Merritt title and 3536 dollars. Everett Shaw Stonewall posted 18.8 seconds on a single steer and earned 1500 in 10 round money after getting back his 1000 entry fee. Choate Webster Lenapah finished third in 157.3 seconds earning about 1768 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
Clarke McIntyre
Everett Shaw
Stonewall
Choate Webster
Lenapah
Syria to Open Bonn Legation After Diplomatic Exchange
Damascus announces that Syria will establish a legation in Bonn as part of a broad move to exchange diplomatic representatives with Western Germany following a government decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Bonn
Germany
Mrs Kent’s Ice Box Pie Delicately Mixed Delights
A club dessert features a gelatin ice cream pie recipe by Mrs Kent. Dissolve gelatin in hot water, blend with vanilla ice cream, then fold in fruit before chilling in a baked pastry shell. Variations include raspberry with bananas or fruit cocktail with orange gelatin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Kent
Club Girls Exhibit Projects For 4-H Fair
The outline lists per year exhibit items for First through Ninth Year Club Girls including head scarves aprons dresses and baked goods. An important exhibit for all is the 4-H record book, to be updated and left with the home demonstration agent by September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker House
Hart and Pecan Grove club meetings on July 14–15
HD Club schedules a series of meetings across July 14 to 18. Hart meets A Griffith on the 14th, Pecan Grove with Mrs Hill on the 15th, and clubs at various venues including schools and private homes through Friday the 18th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HD Club
Hart
A. C. Griffith
Pecan Grove
C. O. Hill
Happyland Club
Allen
W. A. Bryant
Jesse Club
Earl Hough
McLish
Roff
Truman Approves Major Military Construction Authorization
President Truman signed an act authorizing 2.398 billion for military construction, mainly secret air bases, with tighter controls on spending. The separate appropriation totals 2.288 billion, distributed as 328 million Army, 256.9 million Navy, and 1.813 billion Air Force. Most Air Force funds go to secret airfields from Japan to Europe for U. S. forces only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Air Force
Japan
Europe
U. S
Police Report Notes Five Weekend Infractions
City police records show five infractions over the weekend. Two were charged with drunkenness, two with reckless driving, and one with no driver's license. Total fines amounted to 54 dollars.
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada NEWS Want Ads
A local classified notice outlines improved value for investors in the vested Ada fund. The ad highlights higher yields, clearer terms, and revised eligibility in the ongoing program offered by Ada Financial News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Job Opportunities Rise in Ada and Pontotoc County June 1952
Ada Oklahoma Employment Service reports June 1952 job openings rose slightly from May with 326 offerings and 292 filled by the Ada office. Unfilled openings totaled 22 due to qualifications, duration, or employer filling. Industries include mining petroleum products, construction, food, utilities, trade, and government. Initial unemployment claims reached 17 in June, up from May, largely tied to petroleum production and steel tubing shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklahoma Employment Service
A. O. Peirce
Ofice
Defense Officials Say Congress Was Stingiest with Them
Federal civil defense officials say Congress has funded the national civil defense program at the lowest level of any major program. They cite 1949 50 51 budgets and the 1950 51 vote where a conference cut funds to 31 million despite higher House and Senate figures. President Truman and Millard Caldwell urged more money, warning against penny wise pound foolishness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate House
Truman
Millard Caldwell
Oklahoma Farm Home Conference Opens in Stillwater
State leaders from all Oklahoma counties gather July 29 in Stillwater for the 35th annual Farm Home conference with about 2000 expected registrants. Highlights include top speakers Stanley Andrews and Rev. John R. Abernathy, 4 H judging teams, and the state home demonstration council meeting with new officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Stillwater
Norma Brumbaugh
Stanley Andrews
Technical Cooperation Administration
Henry G. Bennett
Andrews
Arkansas
James D. Wyker
Columbia
Mona Hogan
Washington, D. C
Lloyd M. White
Kansas City
John R. Abernathy
Oklahoma City
Ken Wright
Brumbaugh
Airlock Pays Off In Life At Coalgate Hospital
J A Babe Roberson and Coal Oil and Gas Company donated a thousand dollars to the Mary Hurley hospital in Coalgate. The gift funded an airlock device that helps newborns breathe. A baby saved from severe oxygen deprivation credits the life-saving equipment and gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate Hospital
Coalgate Record Register
J. A
Babe) Roberson
Coal Oil and Gas Company
Mary Hurley Hospital
Coalgate
Roberson
Community Notices From Fittstown and Nearby Areas
Local residents share weekend visits and travels with relatives in Ada Norman Gore Seminole and Latta. People include the Osbornes Cherry Stewarts Fish Ferbreche Moore McIntyre Harris and Bighams with connections to Oklahoma City Valley View and Oklahoma communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Osborne
Oren Cherry
Debra
C. Stewart
Harden City
Ada
Southwest Church of Christ
Amos Fish
Ora Ferbreche
Mountain Home
Idaho
Rita Lewis
Harry Moore
California
David McIntyre
New York
Luther Harris
Odessa
Texas
Jerry Cherry
Patsy Winton
Cherry
Addie Prokish
Jerry
Patsy
Rance Willis
Bryan
Tex
Doris Browning
Norman
Cleta Black
Fort Smith
Ark
Guy Willis
Rosedale
Charles Blevins
Wirdell Howery
Blevins
Jess Gray
Gore
Gray
Elmo Chambers
Fittstown
Vesta McElroy
Valley View Hospital
Charles Humphery
Flora
Stella Humphery
Teddy Betson
Oklahoma City
J. R. Betson
Edna Buttrill
Richard
Bobby Doty
Wilson
Johnny Snyder
Charles Bigham
Alfred Glenn
Seminole
Latta
O. M. Suttle
Paul Suttle
First Baptist Church
Holt Sodeman
Young Adan to Go On U N Pilgrimage
Duane Moore son of Virgil and wife departs Ada for a United Nations Pilgrimage educational tour sponsored by IOOF. The 17 year old senior joins three other Oklahoma youths representing the IOOF with stops in McAlester Fort Worth and New York for a five day UN headquarters visit. Students from 78 countries attend the sessions in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Moore
Virgil Moore
South
Stockton
United Nations
IOOF
Duane
Ada High School
Oklahoma
International Lodge
Oklahoma Cit
Ponca City
McAlester
Canada
New York
Young Lodge
Texas
New Mexico
Fort Worth
Car Stolen Here Is Found Monday
A 1937 black two door Ford stolen from Hubert Fountain city police desk sergeant’s home at 1004 East Ninth was found Monday morning two miles south of Stonewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Fountain
East Ninth
Stonewall
Brothers Meet Ahead of Time at Dinner Plan
Two brothers in law and their families arranged a dinner at a restaurant in Kansas City. En route they collided at an intersection. John J. Shockey and Carl Markus recognized each other before the crash. Mrs Shockey sustained head injuries and was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John J. Shockey
Carl Markus
Plans Completed For County 4 H School
Plans are complete for a county wide 4 H club record book school to be held in the district courtroom Tuesday at 9 30 a m Miss Minnie Lou Mc Daniel assistant County home demonstration agent advises State 4 H club leader Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater will conduct the school The school is open to all girls in the county enrolled in 4 H club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lou McDaniel
Alice Carlson
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Hugh Askew Promoted in FHA Organization Shakeup
In Washington Hugh Askew director of the Oklahoma City Federal Housing Administration is named assistant commissioner in charge of field operations for the national FHA. John F. Pratt Jr. moves to acting director in Oklahoma City succeeding Askew and Oren Carter will head the Italia FHA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma City Federal Housing Administration
Hugh Askew
FHA
John F. Pratt Jr
Oklahoma City
Askew
Oren Carter
Oras A. Shaw
Italia Fha
54 Countians Attend OU Summer Session
Forty two men and fourteen women from Pontotoc county are among 3062 students attending the University of Oklahoma summer session. The list names numerous Pontotoc residents and other attendees including Adam Bevers James Bradford Mary Bradford and several others across Stonewall Vaness and Rephe Francis Clifton LeRoy Hardy plus Harold R. Rizzell Sybil Stokes Norman Umphers and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
University of Oklahoma
Adam Bill Bevers
James R. Bradford
Mary Jane Bradford
Herman V. Burrough
Jimmy J. Chrysler
Glen W. Cochran
Harrison Cope
Dorothy C. Corvin
Donald M. Crabtree
James O. Danley
Shirley Anne Daugherty
Clarence E. Denham
Charles E. Fidler
Edward Lortenberry
Charles A. Gentry
Betty N. Gonulluler
Sarah Jane Hatchett
Lilie W. Herndon
Horace E. Hewett
Joel P. Johnson
John T. Johnson
Leon James Landrith
Stanley G. Lasarsky
George A. Latta
Jessie Mae Ledford
Letitia Ann MacRobert
Lawrence C. McBroom
Kenneth M. Murphy
Ruth Pendergraft
Jerry Lee Trongton
William T Peterson
Lou W. Proctor
Martha Ann Rigins
Clifford L. Robberson
Gordon Sales
Jimmie Ray Salyar
Frederic N. Schneider
Earl L. Underhill
Onella
June Underhill
James L. Vernon
Albert T. Watson Jr
Clarence D. Whelchel
James A. Wilkinson Jr
Harry P. Zimmerman
Allen—Odear Locke
Guy E. Milner
Repert F. Milner
John Matthews Dies in California Police Chief Passes at 77
John Matthews 77 longtime police chief here died after a heart attack Friday in Porterfield California He was serving in a church quartet when stricken He known as Big John led the Ada department after World War I He left Ada for California years ago survived by son Norman Matthews Ada daughter Mrs Ed Bland Porterfield sisters and brothers in Texas and California
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John Matthews
Porterfield
Calif
Big John
Matthews
Byrd
Indian Territory
Kentucky
Texas
Boro
Ada
Tan
California
Maggie Tucker
Byars
Norman Matthews
Ed Bland
Amanda Cannon
Allen
Sally Gunn
Lubbock
Tex
Kate
Sherman
Cora
West Texas
Cass
Ainesville
Bill Matthews
Job-Seeking Lads Travel In Hearse
Five college boys drive a 1939 hearse across the country from Charlotte to Los Angeles in search of work. The crew includes Dave Wells Harry Pearson and Bill Neal all 19 from Charlotte N C and Dan Brown age 18 of Norfolk Va with John Keply 18 from Roanoke Va. The absurd party says strangers stare as they travel west in the colorfully painted vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charlotte
N. C
Dave Wells
Harry Pearson
Bill Neal
Dan Brown
Norfolk
John Keply
Roanoke
Dave
All-Okla Broadcasting seeks VHF Channel 2 permit
Washington reports The All-OklaBroadcasting Co of Tulsa has filed with the Federal Communications Commission for a permit to operate on VHF television Channel 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
All-Oklahoma Broadcasting Co
Tulsa
Federal Communications Commission
Late plantings urged to avert feed shortages statewide
State extension officials warn of a critical feed shortage due to drought and heavy livestock on farms. Shawnee Brown says late crops may offset losses as growth of prairie and alfalfa hay halts, with A and M guidance recommending redlan kafir martin milo and sorghums for different regions and Sudan as a late July option to prevent cattle starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breuth
Shawnee Brown
Sudan
Eisenhower seeks new campaign manager this week
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower the Republican nominee searches for a new campaign manager after letting Sen Henry Cabot Lodge step aside Lodge will still work as advisor chair while Hagerty joins as press secretary Lodge plans to devote effort to his Senate race in Massachusetts John Kennedy challenges his seat in the Bay State Eisenhower adds James C Hagerty Arthur H Vandergr Jr Frank Carlson Thomas E Stephens and Fred A Seaton to staff with advisory roles in the campaign
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Arrowsmith
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Denver
Mrs. Eisenhower
Maj
John D. Eisenhower
Highland Falls
N.Y
John
Korea
Lodge
Eisenhower
Senate
GOP
Bay State
John Kennedy
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Dewey
New Yorker
Arthur H. Vanderig Jr
Michigan
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Thomas E. Stephens
Fred A. Seaton
Nebraska
Latta Social Notes Guests Reach Amid Weekend Calls
Weekend visitors filled homes across Latta as families hosted kin from Rover Arkansas Glendale California San Antonio Texas Los Angeles California Oklahoma City Dumas Texas Shawnee Ardmore Amarillo and Hot Springs Arkansas. Travel included leave from Great Lakes Naval Base Illinois and a business trip to Dumas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Rice
John Norman
Rover, Ark
Hershal Pugh
Glendale
Calif
Charles Bigham
Jimmy Blackburn
San Antonio
Tex
C. B. Bigham
Fittstown
C. W. Parks
Los Angeles
Callie Woods
W. H. Shumard
Woods
California
Mear
Dumas
Clyde Hobgood
Sunshine
Millard Green
Ray
Joyce Recer
Junior Green
Oklahoma City
Great Lakes
Illinois
J. C. Shortes
Loretta Lawson
Bob Shortes
Great Lakes Naval Base
George Simpkins
Earl Northcutt
Willie Townsend
Shawnee
Bill Choate
Amarillo
Ja C. Cales
L. C. Cales
Ardmore
J. G. Lovelace
McKenzie, Tenn
Grover Lovelace
B. C. Rogers
W. G. Orton
Charles
Hot Springs
Ark
ECSC Graduate Students Faculty Schedule Picnic
East Central State College graduate students and faculty plan a picnic on Tuesday July 15 at 6 p.m. in Wintersmith Park. Oscar Huffines chairs the arrangements committee, Eddie Jacobson heads the committee, and Mrs. Catherine Denny leads the food committee for an evening of food and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
Wintersmith Park
Oscar Huffines
Eddie Jacobson
Coalgate
Catherine Denny
Sasakwa
Marriages Tie Residents Across States
E W Graham, 57, of Oklahoma City, weds Florence Graham, 53, of Irving Texas. Alonzo V Smith, 21, Farris, marries Ruby Alberta Winters, 18, Boswell Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Graham
Oklahoma City
Florence Graham
Irving
Texas
Alonzo V. Smith
Farris
Ruby Alberta Winters
Boswell
Okla
Two Hit Run Wrecks Reported Near Ada and Ruff
Two hit and run accidents were reported Friday night. Walter T Edwards of Whittier California was struck near Ada by a car driven by Charles A Lawson who fled and left a woman passenger who jumped out. Fredrick Folkin of Oklahoma City was injured near Ruff when his car overturned after a pickup struck him. driver details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Arsdell
Ada
SH 12
Walter T Edwards
Whittier
Calif
Charles A. Lawson
West Thirteenth
van Arsdel
Lawson
Fredrick Folkin
Oklahoma City
Valley View Hospital
Ruff
Folkin
van Arsdell
Two Prisoners Escape Woods County Jail in Alva
In Alva Oklahoma two prisoners escaped Woods County jail by tunneling through a brick wall. The fugitives are 34 year old Jim H Shiver of Georgia and 19 year old Irvin Charles Copeland of Midwest City. They used a scrap iron piece to breach their cell wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva, Okla
Georgia
Midwest City
Woods County
Charles Trenfield
Jim H. Shiver
Irvin Charles Copeland
Change Date of Beer Hearing for 109 South Stockton
Hearing on Lorene Wilmoth's beer license application for 109 South Stockton has been postponed to July 15 at 10 a m. County Judge Tal Crawford will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Stockton
Lorene Wilmoth
Tal Crawford
Hastings Haberdasher Slashes Ike Ties Price
In Hastings Nebraska a local haberdasher announced a sale announcing that his "I like Ike" neckties previously priced at 1.59 dollars are now three dollars, marking a notable price increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Neb
Hastings Haberdasher
Killings in Italy Averaged Over Six Daily Early 1952
Italy reported an average of more than six killings per day in the first quarter of 1952. Government spokesmen said most were crimes of passion and revenge, with authorities noting rising crime motives amid social tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Divorces Irene Shotwell and Verna Baugh Reported
Decree of annulment granted Irene Shotwell from Louis Shotwell. Verna Baugh granted divorce from Coy Baugh with custody of a minor child awarded to Verna. Property in Mississippi referenced. residence and belongings noted as in Verna’s possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Shotwell
Louis Shotwell
Verna Baugh
Coy Baugh
South Mis
Sissippi
East Sixteenth
Vernaugh
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Ada Rancher
Southwestern
W. E. Harvey
Hereford Heaven
United States
Parigline
Martha Mote
Minnie Lou McDoniel
By Charles Molony
Sooners
Laramie Rodeo
Ice Box
W. Joynes Macfarlan
The
Associated Press
O. G. Rushing
Ft. Worth
American Poultry Association
Oklahoma County
Creek County
Mayes
Payne, Kay
Murray
Shirley Ann Major
Loyal
Kingfisher County
Louis Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Poultry Association
Mexico
Fittstown News
Young Adan
U.N
Ada High Senior
Big Jim’ Matthews
Sen. Lodge
Latta News
ECSC
Oklahoma Cition
Alva
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