Model Schools by County and Local Notices Span East Central
State board of education reports model school counts by county in East Central district led by Seminole with 53 and Pottawatomie with 45. The piece lists educators attending East Central and acknowledges local entertainment and athletics committees as well as an arrest report for Harris tied to multiple stolen cars in McAlester and nearby towns.
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State Board of Education
Department of Rural Supervision
East Central District
Coal
Garvin
Hughes
Johnston
McClain
Murray
Okfuskee
Okmulgee
Pontotoc
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Seminole County
Pottawatomie County
Okfuskee County
Professor Hugh Norris Returns With Masters From Columbia
Professor Hugh Norris of the industrial arts department returns from a year at Teachers College Columbia University with a Master of Arts degree. He previously held BA and BS degrees in industrial arts and education. He is regarded as one of the state’s ablest industrial arts teachers and likely the outstanding industrial arts educator in Oklahoma.
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Hugh Norris
Department of Industrial Arts
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Columbia
Norris
Oklahoma
East Central Forms Broad Network Of County Clubs
Framed by President Linscheid the East Central campus organizes county clubs to boost summer school life. Pottawatomie, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Seminole, Pontotoc and Pontotoc Unclassified join with members and officers, planning entertainment, athletics, and activities on campus near the science hall.
Murray County Teachers Elect Officers for Year
Murray county teachers organized this morning and elected officers: C. E. Fair president Wallace vice president Ollie Verlee Montgomery secretary and treasurer Grace Bryce reporter Hubert Priest yell leader Entertainment committee appointed with Miss Spangler as chairman and members Miss Bivens Mr Wallace Mr Whitsett Mr Womach and Miss Baird.
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Garvin County
A. B. Herring
Wynnewood
Rena Romine
Elmore City
Clyde Ross
Grace Dewese
Audie Spence
Pauline Tunnell
Miss Howe
Athletic
Oliver Walker
Spradlin
Trippit
Griggs
Reynolds
Wallace
McGiboney
Stuart
Hughes County
H. H. Leard
Dale Rogers
Opal Bowlin
Johnston County
W. P. Hopper
N. O. Vestel
Seminole County
E. F. O'Neal
Lena Turman
T. F. Caudle
M. L. Emerson
Claud Brown
C. T. Smith
Joe Rives
Inez Neal
C. A. Cavin
Kane Dixon
Helen Emerick
Jack Canon
J. B. Rives
Earnest Riker
Pontotoc County
J. E. Teague
B. F. Mitchusson
A. J. Hacker
Lula Jackson
Booker
Mr. Medlock
Joe Rogers
Joe Story
Bable Bright
Murray
Murray County
C. E. Fair
Mr. Wallace
Ollie Verlee Montgomery
Grace Bryce
Hubert Priest
Miss Spangler
Miss Bivens
Whitsett
Womach
Miss Baird
McClain County Teachers Meet at East Central State
A June 2 meeting brought McClain county teachers at East Central State Teachers college to foster closer summer term cooperation. Officers elected included Willenberg as president Roy Kinney vice president Antoinette Daugherty secretary Andrew Terrell chairman of en Supt E R Lancaster and Helen Dau-
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Grace Boyd
Eddie
Lucile Barton
Mary Mills
Edna Thomas
Helen Barnes
Herman Milford
Thos. B. Hart
Leroy Comden
C. O. Hunt
J. C. Spearman
Georgia Stripling
Ethel Allen
la Nelle Mills
Gladys Chapman
Bessie Neely
Walter Cypert
Walter Tell
A. J. Terrell
J. T. Long
G. H. Butts
Geo. Nemecek
Roy Kinney
S. C. Carlton
Doris Jicha
Garwood
McClain
McClain County
East Central State Teachers College
MacClain County
Willenberg
Antoinette Daugherty
Andrew Terrell
En- Supt
E. R. Lancaster
Helen Dau
Johnston County Teachers Elect Officers at Annual Meet
Johnston county teachers met in room 59A Thursday at 7 a.m. for the East Central district annual gathering. W. P. Hopper was elected president, N. O. Vestel vice president, and Miss Joes Southerland secretary and treasurer.
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Johnston County
Hodses of
Milburn
W. P. Hopper
N. O. Vestel
Joes Southerland
Sunday notes showery afternoon aids ground and visits across towns
The column records a Sunday shower benefiting hard ground, visits by Mr Fox in St Louis Okla, a funeral for Mrs Green in Stonewall, and various local social rounds. It notes J L Wolf of Enid exploring a creamery site, Fess Little selling farm gear to Oscar Wardlow and planning a move to Oklahoma City, and several local residents visiting relatives or recovering health.
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Fox
St. Louis
Oklo
Green
Stonewall
Joe Sallee
Ira Gilstrep
Clarita
J. L. Wolf
Enid
Fess Little
Oscar Wardlow
Oklahoma City
Little
Norman
Wm. Huffines
Baby
G. L. Babb
Matt Durbin
Marcia
Elmore
Seminole
Odal Babb
Dick Murphy
Jewell Dennis
Florida
Ralph
Arkantsas
Mgr
Mobley
Three Cars Recovered In Sheriff’s Stolen Vehicle Sweep
Sunday sheriff’s officials reported three stolen vehicles recovered and one arrest made. One car recovered had been stolen in McAlester the previous day, with John Harris identified as the alleged suspect in the case.
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Harris
McAlester
Waurika
Sheriff’s Office
John Harris
Two New Paving Projects Planned in Rennie and Convention Hall
City commissioners move to pave Rennie avenue from Twelfth street to the north city limit and the south side of the Convention Hall area from Townsend avenue to Stockton avenue. Protests period begins after Tuesday meeting, with bids following 21 days. Mayor Somer Jones calls for a three-owner committee to assist and notes 53 percent sign-up so far.
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Rennie Avenue
Twelfth Street
Eighteenth Street
Convention Hall
Townsend Avenue
Stockton Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Somer Jones
Jones
Rennie
Oklahoma City Records Highest World War Loss in State
Oklahoma City led Oklahoma in World War casualties with 35 fatalities, followed by Tulsa 29 and others. Fred Hunter of the American Legion cited figures gathered from state war records while reporting on a memorial painting planned by Mrs. D. M. Stephens to honor the post with the most losses.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Fred Hunter
The
American Legion
Hunter
D. M. Stephens
Hastings
Okla
Oklahoma Post
Okmulgee
Ardmore
Muskogee
Drumright
Durant
Enid
el Reno
Chandwen
Stephens
Legion
Oklahoma
Credit Sales Show Major Role in 1927 Retail Trade
J. R. Hewitt of Baltimore told the 32nd annual national meeting of credit men in Louisville that about fifty percent of the nation’s estimated forty two billion dollars in retail sales for 1927 were credit sales. He urged closer cooperation between the Retail Credit Men's National Association and the credit men’s group to protect merchants’ accounts receivable.
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Louisville
J. R. Hewitt
Baltimore
Retail Credit Men’s National Association
National Association of Credit Men
Hewitt
Credit Men’s
Seminole Police Chief Begins Cleanup Drive
Seminole June 1. Police raided two saloons and a hotel arresting ten men and a woman and seizing 1 000 bottles of home brew and 20 gallons of whiskey. Chief John W. Long led the operation as he reorganizes the force. A former officer was held for investigation over ownership of a saloon. Walter Williams was arrested after the raid on information from Dan O Bennett and W H Edmundson. Raids to continue through the week.
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Seminole
John W. Long
State Bureau of Identification
Long
Walter Williams
Dan O. Bennett
W. H. Edmundson
Two Men Fined for Carrying Pistols
Charley Johnson and Mose Puller were each fined $25 and costs on a concealed weapons charge by Justice of Peace T. O. Cullins. Johnson was remanded to jail for nonpayment. Puller was released after paying.
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T. O. Cullins
Justice of Peace
Charley Johnson
Mose Puller
Johnson
Puller
Oklahoma Students Win Second in National Poster Contest
Dorothea Dents and Lorn Frymire of Classen High School Oklahoma City earned second place in a national poster contest for students. First went to Edward Manus of Chicago. The jury noted the Oklahoma entry showed an injured man with crutches beside a park bench and the slogan Park Bench or Work Bench.
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Oklahoma City
Abbott
Oklahoma
Edward V. Gostling
Pittsburgh
Tracey Copp
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Washington
M. F. Apt
Memphis
J. F. Wilde
Eastern New Jersey feels tremors from coast to coast
A series of tremors rocked the New Jersey coast from Tom's River to Sandy Hook with two main shocks, one at 7:20 a.m. and another at 8:27 a.m., shaking Asbury Park and surrounding towns. No damage reported as residents fled homes and offices swamped by calls. Seismographs at Fordham University logged three local quakes in New York at 8:23, 8:31 and 8:40 a.m.
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Highlands
N. J
New Jersey
Asbury Park
Union
Tom’s River
Sandy Hook
Ausbury Park
United States Army
Fincock
Farmingdale
New York
Seismograph
Fordham University
Weems Keeps Busy Inspecting Oklahoma Hatcheries
Oklahoma City June 1 Ray O Weems state fish and game warden is conducting inspections across the state He visited Tahlequah to inspect a hatchery and Salisaw for a conference with a federal inspector and Congressman Hastings He will inspect Medicine Park Durant Heavener Tahlequah and meet with sixteen district game rangers to discuss plans for the coming year and district changes Accompanied by M B E O Bryan of Valentine Nebraska who will succeed M K McDonald as superintendent at Medicine Park
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Oklahoma City
Ray O. Weems
Weems
Tahlequah
Sallisaw
W. W. Hastings
M. BE. O'Bryan
Valentine, Neb
M. K. McDonald
Medicine Park
Durant
Heavener
Tax office May collections total $3.113M in Shaw's report
The Shaw office reported total May collections of 3,113,300.50 dollars while overall month receipts reached 657,164.11 dollars.
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Shaw
Oklahoma Oil Tax Revenue Rises Despite Low Oil Prices
Oklahoma reports a sharp rise in gross production tax income for the first quarter of 1927, increasing by 635 452 over 1926. April and May receipts reach 3 046 644 versus 2 411 192 a year earlier, signaling growing state revenue amid weak oil prices. Gasoline tax income also climbs, with May collections reflecting three cent per gallon levies and three-year trends.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Extradition granted for Muskogee shoplifter Mary Hanson
Governor Donahey ordered the removal of Mary Hanson alias Mrs. Claude Stone from Cleveland to Muskogee Oklahoma where she faces grand larceny charges linked to a suspected national shop lifting ring. The Ohio Retail Merchants Association supported extradition. Also reported Maf McAerschap
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Cleveland
Ohio
Donahey
Muskogee
Okla
Mary Hanson
Claude Stone
Ohio Retail Merchants Association
Norman Students Take Deluxe Summer Jobs Aboard Leviathan
Three University of Oklahoma men Leo Garner Norman Sam Jackson Durant and Harry Dyer Sapulpa will work as class A deck stewards aboard the steamship Leviathan this summer. They depart June 11 for New York to board the ship and begin vacation work arranged through Rear Admiral Wilson. About six trips are planned with roughly five weeks in Europe, Garner serving as a buyer for a Norman clothing firm in France and Scotland.
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Norman
University of Oklahoma
Leviathian
Leo Garner
Sam Jackson
Durant
Harry Dyer
Sapulpa
New York
Wilson
Henry Wilson
Garner
Fraince
Scotland
News Want Ad: Buy It Rent It Sell It Finagle It
Classified brief invites readers to buy rent or sell items with a policy free ad service. Includes offer to finance and trade through a local newspaper classified section.
New State Highway Engineer Clark Mandigo to Visit Grady County
Grady county residents are invited to meet Clark R Mandigo Oklahoma's new state highway engineer He brings twenty years of road and pavement construction experience and has held roles from U S War Department to Kansas City engineering positions He started duties June 1 and is praised for his education and leadership in the field.
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Chickasha Express
Grady County
Clark Mandigo
Grady
Mandigo
Ing
Oklahoma
E. B. Guthrey
State Highway Commission
Johnston
Clark R. Mandigo
Michigan
Harvard University
Northern Pacific Railroad
U. S. Department of War
Kansas City
Portland Cement Association
314Th Engineers
France
Western Paving Brick Association
Kansas- Missouri
Oklahoma City
Capitol Electricians Strain Under Capitol Duties
Oklahoma City June 7 capitol electricians keep the building lit cooled and clean while one of two elevators remains out of order forcing all traffic to the remaining car. Legislators discussed adding two more elevators but no action was taken. An average of 100 pounds of sugar is used per person in the United States each year. The Sinclair case endures time.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Capitol
State House
United States
Sinclair
Atlanta Constitution
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College
East Central
Teachers College
Linscheid
Ralph D. Kerr
McLoud
Fleca Gilliems
Tecumseh
Christian
Shawnee
Farris Willingham
Herman Hamilton
Mabrie Willines
Carter
Cecil Crooks
Murphy Barton
E. E. Keck
Okmulgee County
M. J. Phillippe
E. E. Emerson
Zula Cott
Ralph Kerr
Freda Guilliams
Mr. Christian
Pep
Clarence Bronaugh
Tribbey
Mr. Carter
Miss Collins
R. H. Davis
Science All
Frisco
A Jane
Lindbergh
America
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
Pittsburg County
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