Fitzhugh Lad Dies After Walking Into Truck Collision
Bonnie Daniels 15 son of Mr and Mrs 5 T Daniels of Fitzhugh was killed when he ran from behind a Denca bus and struck a Jones Sheburne Drilling Co truck. The bus driver said the truck was moving about 50 mph. The truck skidded 40 yards on gravel before stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Daniels
T. Daniel
Fitzhugh
Frank Grall
Ada
Grall
Oscar Oliver Rhodes
Frank Gargs
Daniels
Rhodes
Jim Shutts
Shutts
Purcell Hospital
Shults
Jimmie Ruth
Otis Jones
George
Pearse
Betty Peirce
Detroit
Hereford
Texas
Shulta
Stram Jon
Jones
Ada Camp Fire Girls Camp at Lake Murray Opens June 22
Camp Adaka Ada Camp Fire Girls at Lake Murray will host 112 girls and counselors in the first session starting June 22, filling to capacity for the first time. A second session runs June 27 to July 2 with 82 participants. at least 40 girls plan to attend both sessions. Mary Ann Vance directs the camp with Ann Fields as nurse, Miss Ann, returning for year nine, while Valera Cason and Olliz McBride join for multiple years as staff. Activities focus on camper planned programs, crafts, swimming, music, nature study, camp craft, and horseback riding, with emphasis on earning honor beads and outdoor skills.
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Adaka
Ada
Pam
Lake Murray
Leest
Mary Ann Vance
Ada Camp Fire Girls
Ann Fields
Knwn
Miss Ann
Valera Cason
McAlester
Miss Vu
Olliz McBride
Aowikaya Group Plans Picnic and Camp Prep
The Aowikaya Group 5th Grade at Washington School will picnic next Tuesday after noon at 4 30 June 19 at Fire Fly Cabin. Members should bring weiners or sandwiches while leaders will provide most items. They will sing and finalize plans for camp next Friday.
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Aowikaya
Washington School
Fire Fly
Nex
Jane Devis
Birthplace of Martin Van Buren Named by Hudson at Kinderhook
The town of Kinderhook, attributed as Martin Van Buren's birthplace, allegedly earned its name Children’s Point from Henry Hudson due to Indian children gathering near his ship. The tale ties to Ada News Wait Ads with a vesting amount noted by Grester.
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Kinderrook
Martin van Buren
Henry Hudson
Grester
Ada News
City Expands Water System With Major Rebuild
Ada undertakes a wide water system expansion with $300,000 already spent and more planned. The project adds 20 miles of main, elevates storage, installs 108 fire hydrants, 125 valves, and upgrades pumps. City workers assisted, new water tower near Valley View Hospital adds 50 gallons, and copper service lines are extended to numerous streets including North Beard, Seventh, Crown Point, and Mississippi corridors.
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Lar Beg
Pew
Byrds Mill
Ada
B&m Construction Co
B&m Company
Trey
Valley View Hospital
Townsend Avenue
Tas
North Beard
Eighth
Stoiewall
Beard
Texas Avenue
Highland
Texas Ave
Allen Highway
Country Club Road
Rollow
Mississippi
Francis Ave
Gardenia
Seventh
Ena
Sippi
Main
Tenth
Minth
Hope Avenue
Tenth St
Francis Fourteenth
Rope
Bighland Ave
Prk
Johnston
Bliff
Secord
Bluff
Stockton
Hickam Ave
Bluitf
Ash
Oak Avenue
City Limits
New Main
Belmont
Broadway
Ney Main
American Influence on Fall Furniture Fashions
Fall home furnishings revive American influence with restyled traditional pieces using plastics stainless steel and new finishes. Regency Empire and Directoire styles reappear while television furniture and modular designs adapt to year round use. New fabrics colors and textures include gold russet greens violet and black white schemes with tactile weaves and modern faux finishes.
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Sue Gardner
Greer
General Featurer Corp
Cleaner Hearing Delayed By Board Illness
In Oklahoma City on June 13, the hearing for Drew V. Finley, Shawnee cleaner, was postponed indefinitely because a State Dry Cleaner Board member is ill. Finley faced charges of misrepresenting advertising by offering free summer storage while charging 16 cents per $100 value, and no free storage exists under the cer business. The board will argue the service is not free. A state supreme court conference will set the case for oral argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Dry Cleaner Board
John D. Cash
State Board
Drew V. Finley
Tus Finley
Fine
Cer
Fire toll at Ste Cunegonde home tops 30 dead
In Montreal on June 16 a warehouse fire at the Ste Cunegonde Mother House for Grey Nuns left 30 dead and four unidentified bodies with two missing believed dead. Among the identified dead were 27 women inmates and one male employee, plus two nuns.
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Montreal
Que
Ste. Cunegonde
Neighborhood Dog License Record in Belleville Case
A stray dog issue in Belleville leads George Roth Sr to obtain a pet license to avoid capture. The local clerk records a Neighborhood Dog license for a black and brown female dog with mixed ancestry, tied to the 700 block of Akend street, as part of city animal control policy.
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Belleville
Tit
George Roth
Roth
Akend Sirteh
OSD Teachers to National Meet in Fulton Missouri
Thirty seven teachers from the Oklahoma School for the Deaf will attend the National Convention for Teachers of the Deaf in Fulton Missouri. LeRoy Hall speaks on Vocational Training for Deaf Students and K T Younger addresses Mother Training for Pre school Deaf Children. Mrs LeRoy Hall discusses Driver Training for Deaf Children. Afterward attendees plan trips to Rochester and visits to relatives in Kansas Missouri and Arkansas.
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Sulpeur
Oklahoma School For the Deaf
Fulton
Jesourt State School
United States
LeRoy Hall
OSD
K. T. Younger
OSD Prinsipal
Chidre
Stratford News items and visiting guests in Stratford area
Stratford News lists numerous local visitors and residents with travel between Stratford and Oklahoma cities. Names include Marthe Rammer Davis Barbera Ku Mra Viv Turner Ruth Blakley Arch Jinkens and many families visiting relatives, attending church, or taking trips to California Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The column notes illness, hospital stays, and social visits among the Burrows Lairson Blaker and Keef families plus several trips to Utah and Colorado.
Sewer Project Bids and Budget On Council Agenda
Ada city council to open bids Monday for three divisions of the sewer system expansion funded by a $920 003 bond issue. Plans approved by the state health department include a new disposal plant outside the city, a tft station, and expanded, upgraded collection lines. Budget talks hinge on a tentative figure near $300,000 as material costs rise and salaries and services increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavalved
Ada
State Health Department
J. D. Cheek
East Central College Honors Second Semester List
East Central College releases the second semester 1980 81 honor roll listing students meeting at least 15 hours and a 2.3 average with no grade below C. Readers see names tied to towns such as Ada Purcell Oklahoma City and Seminole plus several addresses and routes associated with the students.
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East Central College
East Central State Colege
Tommy Austin
Mill Creek
Oan Badley
Fox
John Barnett
Purcell
Louise Bell
Ada
Birdie Bishop
Holdenville
Bennie Beiles
Nelda Brooks
Asher Dava Lynch
Connerville
Billie Mae Burrough
Beverly Byrre
Theda Celvert
James Carpenter
Aca
Loreen Cheney
Ross
Frank Clingan
Seminole
Lee Cook
Fittstown
Wanda Cruso
James Daney
Rt 2
Ades
Doris Dickey
Karl Doss
Carmen Eton
Alma
English
Jamie Floyd
Dun- Mariin Gardner
Speaker Chides Slate Over Dam at Wister Dedication
Newt Graham of Tulsa criticizes Oklahoma for not meeting its challenge in the Wister dam dedication speech. He advocates storage for industrial power and better use of timber, urging continued congressional funding for the Arkansas River levee program and flood protection.
Pontotoc County Bond Debt Fully Paid in 1951
Pontotoc county and all townships in Pontotoc are debt free for the first time in decades. Bonds issued in 1926 for road construction and a courthouse were paid off on March 15, 1951, after 25 years of payments. Interest peaked early, with total costs higher than the principal. MaxwelI township latest to clear its bonds in 1949, while 19 school districts had no bonded debt and 18 still had outstanding issues.
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Pontotoc County
Virgil Hunt
Ade
Ada
Bill Murray
Court House
Maxwell
Luther Hudgens Moves Nash Agency to Ada Area
Luther Hudgens and wife have relocated to Tishomingo after purchasing Shady Oaks and later moving to 212 North Broadway. He took the Nash franchise in 1944 and ran the Ada Nash agency with partner Guy Looper, who bought back the business in April. The Hudgens family includes Bob and Hoyt, with Bob an Air Cadet and Hoyt a freshman at East Central College. Hudgens operates a bourke court and sells live bait, catfish, and tackle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Hudgens
Nash
Shady Oaks
Tishomingo
Looper
Ada
Tulsa
Ada Nash
Bob
Hoyt
Selma
Alebean
Soyt
East Central College
Fentem Hall
Ada Nah Hudgens
Bourke Court
Aelis Mimione
Enid Man Chased After Window Peeping Incident
Alla Surprise ENID OK June report describes Elbie Lawyer and his wife at a drive in when a peep pried up the window. The driver yelled roll down your window. Lawyer obliged and was struck. A short chase followed the assault until the culprit escaped.
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Enid, Okls
Elbie
Enid
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Oklaboacna City
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Herbert Neal
Maxine Ety
Pa Nigh
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Hobart
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Jeanine Parquette
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Kenneth Peters
Wewoka
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LaDeile Ray
Weleetka
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Wister
Powar
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Shady Oaks Court
Tish
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