Around the County Notes On Ada Area Visitors
Local social notes recount visits and dinners across Ada and Stratford. Residents including Ronnie Platt, Clifford Miller, Shaun Melton, Mildred Melton, and many others hosted relatives and friends in Ada, Lindsay, Pauls Valley, and Norman with multiple Sunday gatherings and travel updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Platt
Norman
Clifford Miller
Dale Sunday
Ada
Nettie Childers
Valley View Hospital
Coalgate
Bartlet
J. C. James
Mary
Ray Childers
Okla
Neville
Small Town Storekeeper Looks to Comeback for Gerry
Slim Hightower foresees a Gerty revival by drawing small industry and leveraging abundant water. He notes changes in farming and shopping patterns as residents shift to jobbers, while keeping a country store and even stockpiling horse collars for potential demand. The Jamestown Foundation marks tobacco’s 150th anniversary in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerty
Hightower
Allen
Holdenville
Calvin
Ada
Oklahoma
Gerry
Astens
Slim Hightower
Tobacco
America
Jamestown, Ve
Beef and pork outlook for 1960 and 1961 demand trends
The report projects per person beef and pork supplies for the coming year will be tight but stabilizing. Retail beef prices may rise slightly by summer while pork prices stay near last summer levels. Fed cattle prices may rebound modestly after May declines. stocker and feeder markets stay soft without cheap feed. Dairy, broilers, eggs, and feed grains show steady or mixed trends with seasonal shifts expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fai
Sixth Annual Stonewall Day draws attendees from across states
About 350 people attended the sixth annual Stonewall Day celebration at the Stonewall Sportsman Club Lake. Residents past and present gathered for a noon basket dinner and fellowship. Guests from Oklahoma and states including Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Illinois, California, and Massachusetts attended. J W Slaughter, first rural mail carrier from Stonewall, and his wife were noted guests. he started delivering mail in 1911 and now lives in Cisco, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taree
Stonewall
Falk
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
New Mexico
Illnois
California
Massachusetts
Price Statler
Tupelo
W. J Baugh
J. W. Slaughter
Stonewall Post Office
Cisco
Tex
Steel Facts outlines 1961 world steel spending plan
Five to six billion dollars may be spent in 1961 by all countries to keep pace in iron and steelmaking, according to Steel Facts published by the American Iron and Steel Institute. The largest outlay is 1.2 billion dollars for expansion and modernization of United States mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Facts
American Iron and Steel Institute
United States
Valley Tales of a Vanishing Swamp and Artesian Wells
The narrative recalls a swampy transportation route through canyons and swaying Johnson grass linking a mill road and Pottawatomie County. By the 1930s the marsh dried as groundwater pressure formed new wells, beginning with 1998 when M. Stevens drilled the first artesian well and Ervin Jones soon followed, transforming homes with new water access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottawatomie County
Carnet
8. M. Stevens
Ervin Jones
June Garden Tips From Oklahoma State Experts
Oklahoma State University experts offer June gardening guidance covering planting windows for summer crops, moisture conservation, pruning and fertilizing fruit trees, lawn care, pest control, and local community farming in Union Valley. They emphasize careful planning, mulching, and targeted chemical use for tomatoes, onions, peppers, strawberries, pecan trees, and other garden staples while noting regional water abundance and agricultural activity.
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Anoss
Shaun Melton
Bill Melton
Lennie Melton
Obie
Ronald Kelley
James
Kelley
Lannie’ Miller
Christine Marlin
Mildred Melton
Cheryl
Bear
Wayne Wadlington
Wendell Winn
Claude Horsley
Mildred Mellon
M's
Kenneth Horsley
Marie
Debbie
Paul Cameron
Claude Lee
Lindsay
Evert Summurs
Mack, Hart
Eugene Summers
Summers
Joe Summers
Anita Jo
Nalley View Hospital
Bettye Snipes
Cushing
Wletcher Snipes
Wanda
J. F. Woodley
Mrs. Vernon Gasaway
Ed Longguth
Chicago
Roy
Glasgow
Jonny Hooger
Gary Yoyls
Vernon Gasaway
Tommy
Sammy
Gaar
Dale Melton
Lavern Farmer
Randy
Hickory
Ott Free
Dale
Meltons
MS. Robertson and
Claudeslew
Walter Mullins
Ponce City
Maude Horsley
Steatford
Grange Horsley
Mrs
Dale Andrews
Fort Worth, Tex
Mra
J. A. Bradley
Jerry Wednesday
Thurlys
Dale Mellon
Pauls Valley
Neville Pennington
Harrell
Karl
Hollis Gallup
Stratford
Doy Ballard
Mark and
Neith
Ed Varnadore
Ruthie
Low Richardson
Alma Maddox
Peggy Burke
Philadelphia
Pena
Jones
Mary Lowery
Hattie Harris
Francis
Sybel Reed
Marie Hopper, Pickett
Christine Martin
J.C. Maddox
Manley Maddox
Manley
Nadine James
Ethel Varnadore
Frank James
Chery
Anne Hooks
Joe Maddox
Wes
J. C. Maddox
Gene
Mike
Dallas
Inez Pennington
Della Dames
Jac Summers
Anita
Pletgher ‘Snipes
Jerry Robbins
Bob Austell
Center
Dale Hunt
Dewey
Juanita Meek
Estelle Cox
Phyllis Summers
Roberta Summers
Ronald Morris
Baytown, Tex
Cheryl Mellon
Debbie Horsley
Muroigy
Paul Sheegog
Carson Woods
Alvis McDaniel
Hher
Ethel Payne
Howard Paul, Lindsay
Nelda Sue
Roy Pennington
Alva Pennington
Cole
Man Pennington
Miami
Pennington
Mayme Romberg
Clariece, Pennington
Trez Pennington
Delmar Payne
East Central
Delmar
Howard Paul
Melvin McCurdy
Linda
Oklahoma City
Marvin McCarty
Unn Cummings
Colorado Springs, Colo
Karl Wade Pennington
Inex Pennington
Paws Valley
Anne Hamblin
Emma. Turner
Crystal
jSlocker
Territory
Union Valley
Phatoy
Dial
Oklahoma State University
Gary den
New Zealand
Moore
Angus
Crab-tree
Biscuit HI Farm
Ervin Elmore
Madden Nursery A
Artesian Belt
Dgwn
Edgar C. Madden
Jne
United Kingdom
U.S
Island of
Formosa
Mack” Welch
Dr. A.D. Near
Optometric
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