New Stonewall Post Office Building Nears Completion
Stonewall moves toward a new post office on Main Street near Goss Dry Goods, with finishing touches due after about a month’s work by local labor led by contractor R A Jennings. The 1144 square foot brick faced concrete block building features a concrete floor, asphalt tile, acoustical ceiling, fluorescents, and large front windows.
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Stonewall Post Office
Stonewall
Main Street
Goss Dry Goods
Ano ‘i
R.A. Jennings
Goss
Department
Post Office Department
Pat Campbell
Nate
Ray
Moon
Gene
Woods
Stonewall Post
Shri - Phito
Battle Against County Bugs Renewed with New Equipment
The county plans a renewed war on insects after a delay caused by machinery trouble. A pickup truck carries a space spray machine mounted to mop up isolated areas Thursday evening and begin a second spraying round against adult flies and mosquitoes using DDT and BHC.
Aggie Chicks Test Fogging To Cool Hens
A fogging spray method, first used in California, will be tested by Oklahoma A&M agricultural engineers to see if mist cooling can reduce heat stress in layers. Researchers will measure drift rates, wind movement, and the effects of temperatures on chickens under Oklahoma conditions.
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Alyway
Oklahoma
A&m Agricultural ‘Engineers
A&m
California
Scribner Hurt Bale Shay Incident Report
A fragmentary item notes a person named Scribner, a bale, and a shay in an incident with injuries. The text is incomplete, lacking dates, locations, or actions beyond a cut or removal. Further details are unavailable in the readable portion.
Local Watershed Projects Waver in Washington Winds
In Washington the Soil Conservation Service sets aside 280000 for upstream flood control and watershed protection. Projects cover Sandy Creek Little Deep Fork and Bear Fall and Coon Creeks, with the Sandy Creek plan already completed for 147000 acres in Pontotac and Garvin counties awaiting federal approval.
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Soil Conservation’ Service
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Little Deep Fork
Bear
Fall
Coon Creeks
Sandy Cree
Pontotac
Garvin
Washington
Steed
Harral Allen
G. G. Davis 96 Dies. Services Set for Monday
G G Davis aged 96 died Saturday at his Ada area home after a long illness. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday afternoon with burial at Rosedale cemetery. He was born March 3, 1861 in Dadeville Alabama and was a third cousin of Jefferson Davis. He lived in Arkansas and Texas before moving to Oklahoma in 1899, first at Calvin then on a farm south of Ada since 1909. Survivors include daughters Mrs Fannie Reed and Mrs Roxie Kaye of Dallas. sons Street and Early Jeff of Ada, Smoker and Jack of Dallas and Dick of Drumright. 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Mrs Davis died in 1935.
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Rosedale
Dadeville
Ala
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Calvin
Ada
Fannie Reed
Roxie ‘Kaye
Dallas
Street
Jeff
OASWCD Loses First Round in Dunning Board Appointment Hassle
The Oklahoma Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts lost its first round in challenging Boward Ay Dunning’s appointment to the State Soil-Conservation Board. In McClain County District Court in Purcell Judge Evin Brown sustained the association’s demurrer, ruling it not a proper party to sue. The court’s restraining order remains in effect, preventing Dunning from taking duties as a board member. The group plans to appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
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Oklahoma‘Association
Soil and Water
Boward
Ay Dunning
Newcastle
State - Soil -Conservation Board
McClain County
Purcell
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Brown
Dunning
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Charley Durant
Ray Moon
Gene “Woods
University For Oklahoma
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Lloyd Goss
Yale
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Ekees
John
A&m Engineers
Sandy
G. G. Davis
Roy
McGehee
Jesse
Caswcd
C. Willoughby
Supreme
Janie
George Lance
Bob
J. Bob
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