Old Timers Flock to County Sunday For Stonewall and Center Reunions
Old Timers gather for Stonewall and Center reunions with hundreds attending Center’s ninth annual event and Stonewall’s gathering at Snortsmans Lake. Notables include Gene Lang, Anna Young, Lula Darnell, and Jack Eden, with many attendees from Oklahoma and beyond sharing meals and memories. The piece notes long-time residents’ birth years, moves, and various hometowns, highlighting Stonewall Day origins and plans for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall and Center
W. L. Knickmeyer
Stonewall Sportsman Club
California
Florida
Washington
Gene Lang
Stonewall
Lula Darnell
Tulsa
Young
Darnell
Jack Eden
Ernest Vs
Snortsman Lake
Dick Walker
Wichita
Kan
Clint Miers
Oklahoma City
Mutt Odom
Owl Creek
Ethel Rives
Madill
Ed Holland
East
Ada
Jim Mixon
Lyles Sullivan
Old Stonewall
Effie Lillard Cunningham
Cushing
Cecil Riddie
Grand Prairie
Tex
Stella Foster
Fremont
Calif
Jesse Mason
Ardmore
Callie Hatton
Hatton
Amer
Mattie Lillard Brown
Pawhuska
Bert McGehee
Alpha Bolin Fountain
Frisco
Frederick
Okla
Fred Sawyers
Coalgate
Phillips
Hughes
Arg
Coal
Pontotoc
Anna Young
Stonewall Day
Sportsman Lake Park
Voting Place Set for Wheat Referendum on June 20
Henry Little announced the polling site for the June 20 wheat quota referendum. Voters may cast ballots 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the County ASC office, 525 East Main Street, Ada. Eligible voters include growers with more than 15 acres of 1959 wheat harvests, excluding 1958 feed wheat participants who may farm up to 30 acres for on-farm use if quotas pass, with penalties or price supports defined by turnout and quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Little
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
County
ASC
East Main Street
Ada
Secretary of Agriculture
Latta Church Collects 2800 Building Fund
Latta Morris Memorial Baptist Church held Building Fund Offering Day on June 8 receiving 2800. The fund will start work on a new sanctuary with ground breaking planned for June 22 led by Rev. Truett Haskins, a farmer pastor, who will attend the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta
Morris Memorial Baptist Church
Oakman Sports Sweat Out American Pioneer History
About 43 people gathered Thursday at the Sportsmans Club in front of the school building for an evening program. The highlight for children was Calvert's Dairy around, with Mr. Braden bringing a ride for youngsters. Some 12 to 15 children participated, and many others wished to try, with lines forming as spectators watched the tiny riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakman
Sportsmans Club
Calvert's Dairy
Whcn
Braden
Shany
Parents Appeal Transfer Fight In Rural District Court
Eight Center district families contest County Superintendent Norman C. Mitchell's denial of transfers to the Vaness district for their children Jackie Sue Donald Doris Janice Freddie Gloria Jean and Sondra The Center school board opposed the move saying loss of students could not be afforded Mitchell noted Center enrollment was 32 last year and the district has an approved transportation unit for next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Norman C. Mitchell
Vaness
O. L. McGalliard
Jackie Sue
Donald
Jim F. Lantz
Doris
Janice
Freddie
Gloria Jean
Pug Garrett
Sondra
Mitchell
Center School Board
Sleeping Sickness Hits A Few Horses In County
Local veterinarians report four or five cases of sleeping sickness among county horses this spring. Vets caution the situation is not alarming, citing weather driven insect activity and two virus strains. A vaccine exists and is being widely used, with injections given intradermally to protect for a year. Humans are rarely affected, and the disease in horses is equine encephalomyelitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Don FB. Williams
van Newton
Latta Ffa
Van
William
Price
Leon Self
Self
Pvt. Jack Howry Completes Basic Training at Fort Carson
Pvt. Jack B. Howry aged 22, husband of Katherine Howry of Harden City Oklahoma, completed eight weeks of basic combat training with the 3th Infantry at Fort Carson Colorado. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W B Howry of Fillstown and a 1953 graduate of McLish High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Carson, Colo
AHTNC
Jack B. Howry
Katherine
Harden City
Okla
3Th Infantry
Fort Carson
Colo
Howry
W. B. Howry
Fillstown
D. D. Feldman Oil & Gas Company
McLish High School
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Vera Keltner Bryant
Roswell
Oxla
R. J. Fink
Effie Odom Malone
Navi
Joe Miers
W. L. “Luke” Tinsley
Stonewell
C. C
Charlie
Bishop
Steve
Clapton
Holdenvile
T. G. Kellner
Longview
Maggie Hillis Sawyers
Buck Wakely
Fred Wofford
O.K
Indian Territory
Latta Church
Don Williams
Harvey Price
Jack Howry
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