Wood Selected For Ada Post
The Ada Housing Authority names B. E. Jud Wood as director of the Ada project replacing the earlier administrator. Wood, a 41 year old retired Marine first sergeant, formerly city manager of Coalgate for three years. He and his wife Coralie and children return to Ada after living in Coalgate and a Marine career with over 20 years of service. He has led regional and civic efforts, including involvement with the Coal County Community Action Agency, Red Cross, Ozarka Regional Development Association, and local churches and committees. Continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Housing Authority
C. B. Howard
B. E. “Jud” Wood
Ada
Wood
Coalgate
Coralie
Genie
Joel
Jody
Latin America
The
Coal County Community Action Agency
Coal County Draft Board
Coal County
American Red Cross
Coal County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Ozarka Regional Development Association
SODA
Methodist Men
First Methodist Church
Ada Public Housing Authority Moves Ahead Under Federal Aid
Ada develops public housing with a newly appointed authority, oath taken November 19, 1965, and a $35,000 federal grant for site surveys and planning. The plan covers 200 approved units with 140 for elderly and 60 for families, funded by rents over 40 years, with no local bonds. C. B. Howard chairs the authority. other members are Parker, Roberts, Landrith, Black, and Neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
B. E
Jud’’ Wood
Coalgate
Parker, James, Parker and
Howard
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing Authority
Robert Parker
Oklahoma
Parker
Vernon Roberts
Paul Landrith
L. Z. Black
E. B. Neighbors
Cattlemen's Club Planned Here
Leading cattlemen in Pontotoc County plan to form a Pontotoc County Cattlemen's Association merging Ada Farm and Ranch Club. The first organizational meeting is July 28 at 8 p.m. at Ada Livestock Auction with an air conditioned building and a watermelon feed after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
Braly Named To Post By State Beef Group
Mack Braly of Ada was named first vice president of the Oklahoma Beef Institute. Ardmore area rancher D. C. Fitzgerald Jr. was named president. They were elected at a recent board meeting. Braly's Oklahoma Charolais Ranch is 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 finish clothes they made and practice modeling for county and state shows. The national Dress revue, supported by Simplicity Pattern and the National 4H Service Committee, will crown state winners and send them to Chicago for the 20th annual congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simplicity Pattern Co. Inc
Chicago
Puerto Rico
Agents Vacation In Old Mexico
Agents Return from Week in Mexico. They left Will Rogers Airport on July 9 and arrived in Acapulco the same day to stay at the Mirada Hotel by the cliffs. They watched bullfights and rented a jeep to tour the city and go deep sea activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Will Rogers Airport
Acapulco
Mirada Hotel
Opportunities For Work Show Decline
Don K. Beighle, manager of the Ada Office of the Oklahoma State Employment Service, reports that local work opportunities have declined slightly from June 1965. In June the service helped 219 people into satisfactory hiring arrangements while unemployment remained steady. An active file lists 561 applicants, many students seeking summer work, totaling about five percent of the labor force unemployed. Openings include five fry cook positions and numerous sewing machine operator trainees for a garment firm, plus one experienced opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don K. Beighle
Ada
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Garment Manufacturing
Oklahoma May Open Refuge To Giant Canada Geese
Oklahoma wildlife officials discussed purchasing mated pairs of Branta canadensis maxima at a monthly meeting. If secured, the birds would join Lake Carl Etling refuge to revitalize a waterfowl population and boost hunting in northwest counties, with a goal of attracting up to 15 000 geese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Illinois
Karl “Dutch” Jacobs
Wildlife Department
Irtment
Lake Carl Etling
Panhandle
Rhoades Promoted To Oklahoma Wheat Commission Director
Charles D. Rhoades, veteran Oklahoma newspaperman, named to succeed Fred R. Merrifield as director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Merrifield retires July 31. Rhoades assumes August 1. The commission, created by the 1965 Legislature, began operating July 7, 1965. Rhoades formerly edited the Wewoka newspaper and was longtime News sports editor.
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Charles D. Rhoades
Oklahoma
Fred R. Merrifield
Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Merrifield
Rhoades
Enid
Wewoka
NEWS
Bess Truman's Ozark Pudding Recipe Emerges From 1950s Reception
In 1953 Mrs. Dandridge attended a Pearl Mesta hosted reception for Margaret Truman at the Skirvin Hotel Oklahoma City where Bess Truman met the future first lady. The recipe, later acquired, describes Ozark pudding with apples nuts and whipped cream, baked slowly for 30 minutes. Next week features Anna Maude's Peach Pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dandridge
Pearl Mesta
Luxembourg
Margaret Truman
Skirvin Hotel
Margaret
Municipal Auditorium
Oklahoma City
Bess Truman
Anna Maude
Therapy Group Elects Ball To National Office
Kennett Ball, chief physical therapist at Valley View Hospital, was elected national treasurer of the American Physical Therapy Association education section at the 43rd annual conference in Los Angeles held July 9-15. Ball, previously with St. Mary’s Enid and Valley View, has long served Oklahoma APTA roles and chairs, directs clinical instruction with the University of Oklahoma program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennett 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 Coal County Resident
Lee Elliston of near Coalgate turned to genealogy about three years ago and now fills shelves with notes, photos, and volumes tracing her Hayhurst line to 1540 in England. She collects vivid family tales from the Civil War era, Quaker meetings, and frontier legends, presenting history as lived by real people, including a Quaker who misused spirits and a boy who rode a bull to a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Knickmeyer
Lee Elliston
Coalgate
Katie
Cuthbert Hayhurst
Slaidburne
England
James Hayhurst
Baltimore County
Sam Cole
Kentucky
East Boonville
William Bartlett
Sam
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Tony Johnson
Ada Post
Coalgate Area
George Gurley
Arthur Lamb
Route 4
Susie Lamb
Cattlemen's Club
Old Mexico
Dizzy Dean
Hannah Cole
Bartlett's
Missouri River
Elliston
Joseph Warner Hayhurst
Co. H
20Th
Virginia Cavalry
Sarah
Hayhurst
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