Suspect Frank Farris Faces Cattle Theft Allegations Across Counties
Frank Farris alias Roy King, 45, is held in Pontotoc County jail as authorities allege theft and sale of cattle across three counties. Investigators cite multiple stolen cows tied to sales rings in Chickasha, with reports of a 1941 Chevrolet truck used for loading stock. A second suspect, Roy Dillard, is also in custody as charges loom.
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Roy Dillard
Farris
Dillard Place
Dillard
Barney Ward
Father Son Team Hall Earn National Quality Award
C. G. Hall and Pat Hall, a father and son duo representing Business Men's Assurance Co., were honored by the National Association of Life Underwriters for producing over $250,000 of paid life insurance for each of three consecutive years with a renewal ratio above 90 percent. They attended the Oklahoma City Association luncheon.
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C. G
Pat Hall
National Association of Life Underwriters
Business Men’s Assurance Co
Adans
Oklahoma City Association of Life Underwriters
Hearing program proposed to reach more communities
The report notes 1175 males and 636 females with hearing losses, with 443 children repeating one or more grades. It states the hearing program can be started in any community that requests its services.
Satterfield Ranch Sale Draws Strong Bids Near McAlester
W Satterfield reports a highly successful ranch auction near McAlester selling land cattle and equipment. The sale included a modern seven room house new corrals barns vats storage facilities a 16 acre irrigation pond and all machinery. Auctioneer Bill Heldenbrand of Oklahoma City notes response exceeded expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacRobert
Bill Heldenbrand
Oklahoma City
Greater returns for amount in NEWS want Ads.
An advertising brief notes that readers seek higher value from ad placements in the NEWS section. It emphasizes stronger returns on investment and seeks revenue strategies to improve audience engagement and pricing.
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Ada News
Ada Directory to Feature Science Hall on Cover
The 1954 Ada telephone directory will include a local landmark on the cover Science Hall of East Central State College. E L Bert Roberts says the image honors the college and its graduates while Dr Charles F Spencer notes the Bell system provided improved service and a college friendly gesture without extra cost.
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East Central College Science Hall
Oklahoma
Science Hall
East Central State College
Ada
E. L
Bert” Roberts
Southwestern Bell
Ada Telephone Directory
Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Sell Telephone Company
Old Science Hall
Charles F. Spencer
E. L. “Bert” Roberts
Farris Faces Two Charges In Livestock Theft Case
Two larceny charges were filed in Percy Armstrong peace justice court against 45 year old Frank Farris. He is accused of stealing a Jersey cow from W A Peek and another from Jack Jetton in June and selling them at Henryetta sale rings. Investigators say he also faces possible charges in Seminole Coal and Hugo related to additional livestock thefts and a gunpoint robbery at a Gulf service station.
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Peace Justice Court
Percy Armstrong
Frank Farris
Farris
W. A. Peek
Portland Park
Laurence Mehlhausen
Henryetta
Jack Jetton
Peek
Seminole County
Lewis Reed
Konawa
Seminole
Gulf
John Sowers
Coal County
Chickasha
Anthony Floyd
Hugo
Ee Force
Rticularly Win
George Parkman
County Court Notices Bogus Check Charge Filed
Luther F. Harris accuses Raymond Hughes of passing a bogus check for 11.10 dollars drawn on Second State Bank of Weatherford payable to Liberty Oil Company. The scenario notes gas purchased in exchange for the check and was filed in county court Friday.
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Raymond Hughes
Luther F. Harris
Hughes
Second State Bank of
Weatherford
Liberty Oil Company
Oral Smith Enters Naval Air Cadets and Prepares for duty
Oral Smith son of Mr and Mrs W O Smith 801 South Broadway joined the Naval Air Cadets and underwent a successful physical at the Naval Air Station Dallas. He will work at Duncan Ice this summer and depart September 15 for Pensacola Florida. A sophomore at Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater he was on the Prec ision Drill team which earned top honors in Oklahoma City and Guthrie. He leaves today to lead Troop 4 at Camp Simpson after nine years in Boy Scouts.
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Oral Smith
W. O. Smith
South Broadway
Naval Air Cadets
Navy
Naval Air Station
Dallas
Texas
Duncan Ice Company
Pensacola
Florida
Smith
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Oral
Boy Scouts
Camp Simpson
Corbett Thurman Charged Over Worthless Check
County court charged Corbett Thurman with passing a worthless check to Bayless Drug Company. The check drawn on Oklahoma State Bank for 15 dollars allegedly exchanged for 1 dollar in merchandise and 14 dollars in cash.
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Corbett Thurman
Thurman
Morris Bayless
Bayless Drug Company
Oklahoma State Bank
Bayless Claims
Homecoming Set at Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist Church
Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist Church announces its annual homecoming day on Sunday June 27. Morning services include Sunday School and preaching with a noon basket lunch. The afternoon features singing and fellowship inviting former ministers and longtime parishioners. Rev. Scott Jones leads the church.
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Cedar Grove
Free Will Baptist Church
Scott Jones
Shipman Pleads Guilty to Passing a Gas Check
D Bennie Shipman waived arraignment Saturday and pleaded guilty as charged to passing a gas check. Judge Tal Crawford, county judge, assessed a fine of $16 and court costs. The charges were filed May 4.
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D. Bennie Shipman
Tal Crawford
Shipman
Local Residents Share News From Roff Community
O L Parks and son in law Mrs Dick Sebring visit and fish at Lake Texoma. Rev Dewey Etchieson from Oklahoma City returns from Indian conference and plans time with J M Etchieson family after auto crash injuries. Several Ada and Duncan visitors attend church events and weddings. Rev Allen G Mitchell becomes First Methodist pastor in Roff.
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O. L. Parks
Dick Sebring
Eevinon N. M
Lake Texoma
Dewey Etchieson
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Indian Conference
Methodist Church
J. M. Etchieson
Corbett Smith and Dewain
Ada
A. L. Hathaway
Albert Long
Dallas
Texas
Ralph Burleson
R. J. Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
George Stanford
Jack Bennett
Edmond Hospital
Charley Nordean
Houston
Joe Roff
Clay Jones
First Baptist Church
Clay Griffith
Bob Jones
Wilson Miller
Charley Moreland
C. C. Staley
Arkadelphia
Ark
Paul Toliver
Alvin
Harold Krannig
Calvin Krannig
Duncan
Mary Krannig
Joe Powell
Paul Krannig
Buz Anderson
John Sutherland
Hattie Tingle
Tingle
Sallie Gover
Idan Tingle
Charles Tingle
Myrtle Clayton
Edith Williams
Hall
Stratford
Irene Spivey
Bobarris
James B. Hardin
Jimmie Nell
Wyvonna McAdover
Floca Hampston
L. M. Bishop
Keith Hudson
Ennis Hudson
Marriages Listed for Oklahoma Couples
William McKinley Sanford 21 of Seminole wed Billie Jean Rodgers 18 residing at 315 East Fifteenth. B J Williams 25 of Holdenville married Neema Fern Babb 17 also of Holdenville. Donald K Paslay 23 of Holdenville wed Norma Shed 18 of Holdenville. Barney Abbott Jr 28 of Oklahoma City married Gale Annett Faust 19 of Stonewall. Paul Cushman 22 of Ada Route 2 wed Vera Miller 18 of 824 West First Ada.
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William McKinley Sanford
Seminole
Billie Jean Rodgers
East Fifteenth
B. J. Williams
Holdenville
Neema Fern Babb
Donald K. Paslay
Holdenhill
Norma Shed
Barney Abbott Jr
Oklahoma City
Gale Annett Faust
Stonewall
Paul Cushman
Ada
Vera Miller
West First
Play It Smart Pattern No 3007 For Summer Wardrobe
The ad promotes pattern No 3007 with shorts blouse and four gore skirt in sizes 9 through 19. It lists fabric requirements for size 13 and offers ordering by mail from Pattern Bureau, Ada Evening News address, with a small extra for first class mail. Also touts a Spring-Summer Fashion Book priced at 25 cents with many color designs for all ages.
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Ada Evening News
Azda
Oklahoma
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
Jesse Cemetery Association Reorganizes Plans Dinner
A Jesse school meeting re created the Jesse Cemetery Association with a new governing committee and secretary treasurer. They plan a chicken dinner at the school on Friday night June 25 to raise funds for fencing, with local volunteers to supply food. The group also notes a $4.49 balance carried from prior donations.
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Jesse School
Jesse Cemetery Association
Vesta Lynch
R. V. Mann
Chester Nix
van Harlin
Ples Ferris
R. L. Hale
Jesse
W. E. Hough
Mae Webb
A. M. Pharr
J. R. Broughton
Fred Rogers
Dick Truitt
L. J. McDonald
Georgia Underhill
Ada and Center memories of Lula Moss Henry’s era
Lula Moss Henry recalls late 19th and early 20th century life in Center and Ada Texas. She describes founding families, local schools, the Moss and Reed sites, and early Ada development near Fish Branch. She recounts travel by wagon, progress from wood stoves to gas, eight children and many descendants, and first glimpses of telephone and car in 1897–1902.
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Center
Henry
Lula Moss
Decatur
Texas
Uncle Joe
Mary
Moss Subscription School
Joe
Ada
Irving School
Joe Irving
Townsends
John Daggs
Jeff Reed
Reeds
Mosses
Daggs
Fish Branch
Valley View Hospital
Moss _ school house
George Lane
Moss
Dennison
Obituary for Mrs Addie Boland 86 Ada
Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Alice Boland 86 died at home in Ada Thursday night were held Saturday at 3 30 at Criswell Chapel Rev Jack Carroll assisted by Bro Mack Lyon Centraloma cemetery Surviving are two daughters three sons and other relatives
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Addie Alice Boland
Ada
Criswell Chapel
Jack Carroll
Mack Lyon
Centraloma Cemetery
Mrs Harry LaMotte Dies in Oregon at ...
Mrs Harry LaMotte formerly Lee McAlister who lived in Ada as a young woman died June 5 in Ashland Oregon after an extended illness. Burial was June 10 in Denver Colorado. Her home was Creston Montana. Survived by sisters Iva Whitt Tulsa Vivian California Mozelle Artesia Edith and brothers Charles Russell Lee in Denver.
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Harry Key LaMotte
Lee McAlister
Ada
Ashland
Ore
Denver
Colo
Creston
Mont
Iva Whitt
Tulsa
Vivian
California
Mozelle
Artesia
Calif
Edith
Charles and
Russell
Lee
Failure to Provide for Child Charged in County Court
Clifford R. Brewer faces charges of failure to provide for his minor son Kenneth Ray Brewer age nine since January 10 1954 in county court. Complaint filed by Ree va Burk of 222 South Rennie detailing alleged neglect including improper food and clothing.
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Clifford R. Brewer
Brewer
Kenneth Ray Brewer
Reeva Burk
South Rennie
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Pontotoc County
Roy King
State Penitentiary
Ray Goodwin
Goodwin
Sowers
Gulf Service Station
Reed
Coalgate
W. S. Satterfield
McAlester
Girqspraye
Home End
Trader Mills
North Broadway
Roff News
Cemetery Group
Roy J. Turner
U. S
Turner
Pel
Adv
Senate Club
M. Almen
Secy
Bearden
Addie Boland
Harry Lamotte
CBS Television
Oklahoma Gas Serving
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