Broadrick Elected in Close Runoff Sheriff Race
Dill Broadrick wins the Pontotoc County sheriff runoff by 213 votes over incumbent Ray Goodwin after a heated campaign focused on bootleg liquor. Final tally: Broadrick 4,130. Goodwin 3,917 from a combined 8,047 votes. Harold Freeman leads Democratic nomination for corporation commissioner with 5,008 votes to Andy Payne 1,783.
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Sheriff's Office
Dill Broadrick
Ray Goodwin
Broadrick
Goodwin
Pontotoc County
Harold Freeman
Freeman
Andy Payne
Roadside Erosion Concerns in Oklahoma Farming Areas
Oklahoma leads in highway erosion control says Byron Smith a Soil Conservation Service official Pontotoc County shows progress along section lines in Pickett Rae Thompson and Dave Gray credited with roadside work Protective steps include calculating ditch capacity creating broader shallower ditches and seeding Bermuda grass or other vegetation to stabilize soil Farmers cooperate with landowners to remove fences reshape shoulders and maintain roads by smoothing the bed and mowing banks reducing erosion and road upkeep costs
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Byron Smith
Soil Conservation Service
Oklahoma
Smith
Pontotoc County
Bob Austell
Pickett
Rae Thompson
Dave Gray
County Farmers Sign 19 Soil Bank Agreements
The Department of Agriculture extended the soil bank signup to Friday July 27. By last Friday nineteen agreements had been signed covering 110.9 acres: 14 acres wheat, 64.8 acres cotton, and 32.1 acres peanuts. Payments will follow the final signing date. The American Farm Bureau Federation criticized administration, urging a graduated payout to deter quick reentry into production.
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Department of Agriculture
Soil Bank
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Bennett Sherrer
Sherrer
American Farm Bureau Federation
AFBF
Charles Shuman
Shuman
Union Valley Pushes School Building for Fall Opening
Union Valley plans a new 106 by 32 foot school building to open September 1 with three rooms and a stage lunchroom. Cost about 11 000 dollars funded by a 10 000 dollar bond. Enrollment up from 27 to 35 next year with two teachers and seventh grade added. old building advertised for sale to fund equipment.
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Union Valley
Jess Hall
Union Valley School Board
Hall
Stonewall
Virgil Sorrell
Helen Scott
U S Farms to Claim 2 Cent Gas Tax Refund
Farmers may obtain a refund of 2 cents per gallon for gasoline used on farming in the first half of 1956. Filing deadline is October 1 via IRS Form 2240 at post offices or county offices. The highway bill adds 1 cent per gallon from July 1, with future refunds at 3 cents per gallon through June 30 each year.
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Internal Revenue Service
Rutherford Cleans Up At Okemah Rodeo Show
Ted Rutherford a 16 year old Ada cowhand excelled at the Okemah Rodeo winning first in ribbon roping second in calf roping and earning the title around cowboy of the Okemah show He camped with his grandfather Impson Anderson as his parents A R Rutherford and guests attended the Saturday night performance
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Ted Rutherford
Ada
Okemah
Ted
Impson Anderson
A. R. Rutherford
Leonard Jumper
Shirley Tucker
Patsy Heaps
Claude V. Thompson Services Held in Ada
Ada attorney Claude V. Thompson died Saturday in Rochester Minnesota at 62. Funeral Tuesday at First Christian Church Ada with burial at Rosedale Cemetery. He served in civic and soil conservation work and was Democratic nominee for state representative in the first primary. Surviving include wife Lynne, son George, mother-in-law Myrtle Bruce, siblings and a large extended family. Thompson born July 8 1903 in Jesse Indian Territory grew up in southeastern Oklahoma and practiced law in Ada since 1928.
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Claude V. Thompson
Ada
First Christian Church
Rosedale
Thompson
Rochester, Minn
Democratic Central Committee
Lynne
George
Myrtle Bruce
George L. Thompson
Shawnee
Cora Bryan
Vivian Johnson
Great Bend
Kansas
Flora Thompson
Tulsa
Alton Hale
Stonewall
Mr. Thompson
Jesse
Indian Territory
Pontotoc County
George B. Thompson
Alice Thompson
Claude
Alice Morin
Oklahoma
East Central State College
University of Oklahoma
School of Arts and Sciences
Marlow
Wewoka
Ala Bruce
E. T. Bruce
King’s Road
Camp Meeting Opens July 30 At Ada Free Will Center
The Free Will Baptist Center Association announces its annual camp meeting from Monday July 30 through Wednesday August 8 at the Camp Ground Free Will Baptist Church on Highway 13 northwest of Ada. Rev J Reford Wilson of Pocahontas Ark will lead revival services with nightly open air tabernacle worship and daily sunrise religious classes.
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Free Will Baptist Center Association
Camp Ground
Free Will Baptist Church
Highway 13
Ada
J. Reford Wilson
Pocahontas
Ark
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U.S
Rutherford
Rochester Hospital
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