Wood Selected For Ada Post
The Ada Housing Authority named C. B. Howard chairman announces B. B. Wood as Ada project director. Wood, former Coalgate city manager for three years, is a 41 year old retired Marine first sergeant with over 20 years in the service and prior Ada ties. He and his wife Coralie and their three children Genie Jody and Dud plan to move back to Ada. He has led federal and civic efforts in Coalgate and Coal County, including involvement with the Coal County Community Action Agency and American Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Housing Authority
C. B. Howard
B. B
Wood
Ada
Coalgate
Coralie
Genie
Does
Jody
Marines
Latin America
The
Soth
iCoal County Community Actions Agency
Coal County Draft Board
Coal County
American Red Cross
Coal County Chamber of Commerce Board of
Ozarka
Public Housing Flourishing in Ada Amid Renewal Protests
Ada forms Public Housing Authority without election and adopts a 40 year funding plan. A $25 000 federal grant funds site surveys and director’s salary as 200 units for Ada move forward with 140 elderly and 60 family units planned. occupancy averages four years with 22 percent graduating to better housing.
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Housing Authority
Robert Parker
Oklahoma
Parker
Cattlemen's Club Planned Here
Leading cattlemen in Pontotoc County announce plans for a Pontotoc County Cattlemen's Association. The club will merge with the Ada Farm and Ranch Club which will dissolve. First meeting July 28 at 8 p.m. at the Ada Livestock Auction with an air conditioned building and a watermelon feed after the meeting.
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Pontotoc County
Braly Named To Post By State Beef Group
Mack Braly of Ada was named first vice president of the Oklahoma Beef Institute today. Ardmore area rancher D. C. Fitzgerald Jr. was named president. They were elected at a recent meeting of the board of directors. Braly's Oklahoma Charolais Ranch lies in southern Pontotoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Braly
Ada
Oklahoma Beef Institute
Ardmore
D. C. Fitzgerald Jr
Braly
Oklahoma Charolais
Pontotoc County
State Girls Plan For Fashion Show
Hundreds of 4H girls across the state have finished clothing projects and practice modeling for county and state fashion shows. They learn fabrics patterns and care while preparing to be judged in the national 4 H Dress revue program supported by Simplicity Pattern Co and the National 4 H Service Committee. The top state girl will win a congress trip to Chicago for the 20th annual national dress revue with entrants from 50 states and Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simplicity Pattern Co. Inc
Chicago
Puerto Rico
Agents Vacation In Old Mexico
Miss Jane Norton Ada and Miss Ruth Dries of Newkirk return from a week in Mexico. They left Will Rogers Airport July 9 and arrived in Acapulco the same day. They stayed at the Mirada Hotel by the cliffs and watched bullfights. They rented a jeep to tour the city and went deep sea fishing.
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Jane Norton
Ada
Ruth Dries
Newkirk
Mexico
Will Rogers Airport
Acapulco
Mirada Hotel
Opportunities For Work Show Decline in Ada Area
Don K. Beighte, Ada Oklahoma State Employment Service manager, says local work opportunities declined slightly from June 1965. June saw 219 hires via employer-worker matches, with 561 active applications, many students seeking summer jobs, keeping unemployment around five percent of the labor force. The service seeks fry cooks, sewing machine operator trainees, and an experienced worker to fill local job orders.
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Don K. Beighte
Ada
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Shelp
Oklahoma to Consider Giant Canada Geese Purchase
Oklahoma wildlife commissioners at a Wednesday meeting discussed buying several mated pairs of Branta Canadensis Maxima. If acquired, the birds would be placed at Lake Carl EWing’s waterfowl refuge, aiming to attract up to 15,000 geese and provide hunting for northwest counties.
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Dizzy Dean
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Ilinois
Karl ‘Dutch’ Jacobs
Wildlife Department
Lake
Carl Ewing
Panhandle
Northwest
Honkers Us
Rhoades Named Director of Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Charles D. Rhoads, longtime Oklahoma newspaperman and former editor at Wewoka, named to replace retiring Fred R. Merrifield as director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Merrifield retires July 31. Rhoades will assume Aug. 1. The commission began operation July 7, 1965, under the 1965 Oklahoma Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Rhoads
Oklahoma
Fred R. Merrifield
Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Merrifield
Rhoades
Enid
Wewoka
Many
P Yeats
Bess Truman Ozark Pudding Recipe Hints Historic Meeting
The document notes 1953 reception with Pearl Mesta for Margaret Truman at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City where she met Bess Truman. It lists Bess Truman's Ozark Pudding recipe, ingredients including apples and nuts, and baking in a slow oven with whipped cream. Next week tease: Anna Maude's Peach Pie.
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Dandridge
Pearl Mesta
Luxembourg
Margaret Truman
Skirvin Hotel
Margaret
Municipal Auditorium
Oklahoma City
Bess Truman
Anna Maude
Therapy Group Elects Ball To National Office
Kenneth Ball chief physical therapist at Valley View Hospital was elected national treasurer of the American Physical Therapy Association section on education at the 43rd annual national conference in Los Angeles held July 9 15 Ball and Valley View have contributed to clinical instruction of PT students from the University of Oklahoma for four years Ball previously served as staff therapist at St Marys Hospital Enid and chief therapist at the Okmulgee rehabilitation center He holds a BA from Phillips and a BS in physical therapy from Washington University and serves on the APTA board plus the Oklahoma chapter as legislative chair treasurer and president.
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Kenneth Ball
Valley View Hospital
American Physical Therapy Association
Los Angeles
Ball
Valley View
University of Oklahoma
St. Mary's Hospital
Enid
Rehabilitation Center
Okmulgee
Phillips
Washington University
The
APTA
Oklahoma
Genealogy as Living History for a Coal County Resident
Lee Elliston of near Coalgate has built a rich genealogical collection tracing her Hayhurst line to 16th century England and figures like James Hayhurst, Quaker disownment, and Civil War tales. Her archives include letters from Capt. Joseph Warner Hayhurst, and odd family anecdotes such as Sam Cole’s bachelor ballad of a dance and a bull ride, reflecting personal histories that shape present identity.
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W. L. Knickmeyer
Lee Eiliston
Coalgate
Katie
Cuthbert Hayhurst
Slaidburne
England
James Hayhurst
Baltimore County
Sam Cole
Kentucky
East Boonville
William Bartlett
Sam
Yaniah Cole
Bartlett's
Big Bull
Missouri River
Elliston
Joseph Warner Hayhurst
Co. H
20Th
Virginia Cavalry
Sarah
Hayhurst
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Tony Johnson
Callese Apartments
Ada Post
George Gurley
Jud’ Wood
Parker, James, Parker and Associates
Howard
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Vernon Roberts
Paul Landrith
L. Z. Black
E. 8
Cattlemen’s Club
Old Mexico
Arthur Lamb
Susie Lamb
Flint
Lee Elliston
Goalgate
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