Grady the Cow Freed From a Silo After Euphoric Rescue
In Yukon Oklahoma on February 26 a 1400 pound dairy cow named Grady was freed from a 40 foot silo by a dramatic rescue. Ralph Partridge of the Denver Post arrived with aid including a grease soaked platform and a long cable. After quick jerks and a bull run of cheers, Grady jumped free into a barnyard amid astonished witnesses and was later declared healthy with rest and food advised.
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Yukon
Oxfa
Gradynggow
Aar
Hereford
North America
Vlc
Dlstress Ag
Ralph Partridge
Denver Post
Fo Grady
Bill Mack
Oklahoma
Boson Grady
Grady
Crump
Bull Mach
Deoulda
Mach
Ada Mirror Highlights 1909 Class and Local Parade
Exhibition includes 1909 Kelle Sears history class names Leone Stedius Betsy Faust and others with notes on Mrs Little. Also features Cherry Avenue dog traffic tale and Byng Edmond speech student Lonnie Buyers linking to Doris Binkley. Four Excel Four Ads top students at Ada High. Festival roundup covers Federated Music clubs and junior contestants performing Beethoven Brahms Debussy pieces with civic pride.
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Ree
Kelle G. Sears
Leone Stedius
W. A
Betsy Faust
Feed Gay
Willie Little
W. T. Little
Chambless Sins
Chiyrence
Harmon Shuy
Biles
Dellk Ried
Della Hoclore
Lois Kerr
Carl Wimberly
Olsighoma City
Bob Kerr
Ralph
Claude Dtck Millax
Gertrude Kyser
Floyd
Dick Wiliams
Langley Featem
Oklaantea
Rendezvaus Lonnie Buyers
Edmond Enveree
Texels
Doris Binkley
Byng Secool
Lonniie
Bomond
Wotr
Chicago
Doris
Doris Eric Day Might
Lonnie
Sewen
Washington
Ada High
Ada
Brahms
Ada teachers and visitors note long teaching records and travel mixups
Ada's Elizabeth Johnson and M Silereee report teaching years with no absences in January while Tulsa origin staff mark 30 years. A service stop near Ada leads Vaughn Moncso and his orchestra to Ada asking directions to Tulsa. East Central Interscholastic Forensic meet alumni from East Central schools earn excellent ratings.
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Speller
Vaughn Moncso
Ada
Tulsa
Thee
East Connal
Compulsion
East Centesl
Nedecca Kennedy
Hole’ Denville
B. J. McChindon
Wendy
Ray Mayfield
Maud
Jade Way
OCW
East
Nine Hew Members Added to Club
Nine new members were added to the Union Valley Home Demonstrations club at its Thursday meeting. The program featured six members presenting play and two motion pictures on easy housework methods. decorations honored Washington's Birthday with guests and refreshments served by hosts.
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Union Valley Home Demonstrations Club
Marta Mate
Washington
Hue
Huth Stepkens
Samniel Otte
I Ed Stephens
Wes Elkins
Mary Scott
Harlan
Beulah Filmore
Joe Scott
Gertrude Crawford
Bill Lawson
Dorothy Byrd
Will Riddie Dowbhitt
Eis Kuti Novelee Hell
Mardi Gras Carnival at Parish Hall St Joseph Catholic Center
A Mardi Gras event at the Parish Hall in Ada invites all to enjoy Monday and Tuesday evenings. Mrs Flaherty and Country Store attendants offer merchandise, Mrs Edwards and Mrs Delaney display ornamental items, and Edward Barrett leads a food committee serving ice cream, drinks, barbecued beef and ham sandwiches. Veal Clanton prepares famous pralines from New Orleans amid garden cultivation notes and family activities.
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Perish Hall
St. Josepn
New Orleans
America
Veal Clanton
Winners in Speech Contests Represent Several Schools
East Central Interscholastic Tournament concluded with finalists entertaining at a Knight banquet. Britton’s Joyce Harwell won women’s after-dinner speaking. Sulphur’s Gene Nobles won men’s, with Dast Central’s Chutes Lane on stage. Debates, plays, and various speech events featured many schools and judges, marking one of the era’s best-run tournaments.
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Nist
Knight
Chutes Lane
Horace Mann Training School
Dast Central
Gene Nojbles
Britton
Joyer Harwell
Firys
Norning Wer
D. J. Nabors
Roach
Nial Dorothy Summers
United States
Nebers
Tche- Gules
Solons Father of Eight Describes Death in Oklahoma
George D. Wilson aged 77, father of eight, died in Solon after several months illness. Congressman Scorge Howard Wilson flew from Washington to attend his father’s deathbed.
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Solons
Okla
George D. Wilson
Scorge Howard Wilson
Rep Wilson
Washington
Ada Durant Musicians To Oklahoma Federation Meet
Ada and Durant youth musicians will compete at the Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs festival. Frencene Pearce and Billye Parrish from Ada and Durant respectively were chosen to represent, with Twyla Lennon named as an alternate. About 350 participants from 10 towns attended the Ada festival, the largest yet. The event judged performers by categories with no prizes, only superiority ratings.
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Ada, Durant
Oklahoma Federation
Frencene Pearce
Ada
Southeastern Oklahoma
Billye Parrish
Durant
Twyla Lennon
Fyéry Durant
Ubs Festival
Kora
Larvest Feld
Asi
Pav Realty
Ada Junior Hirh
Ben Gunter
Ruth Davis
Carlate
I Nano
Billy K. Lawrimore
Beverly Drex
Primery I
Gena Bracen
Davis
Karen Rey‘nals
Charles Samson
Wewole
Medhun
Yo Miller
Enyrent
Mea
Joe McEIreath Visit with Parents Noted in Navy Base
Joe McEIreath and his parents Mr and Mrs Joe E McFireath of 44 East Fourth hosted a 20 day visit. He is stationed at Bremerton Washington Naval Base aboard a ship in the South American area. The text also briefly describes a curious object resembling a pine and wearing a crown like an umbrella.
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Joe McEireath
Mes
Joe E. McFireath
East Fourth
Bremerton, Wash
Naval Base
South America
Community meetings elect Coal County officers and federation leaders
Bernard Franklin of Costlgate elected president of the Coal County Purebred Livestock Breeders at a Tuesday meeting. Lee Morrison Olney becomes vice president and F. A. Staggs Coalpate is secretary. The group adjourned for a Bureau session and plans a February 28 meeting to map the year. The 1949 officers for the Coal County 44 Club Federation include Charles Martin Olney as president and Doris Young Tuvelo as secretary. The event also distributed 1948 County Achievement Awards with multiple sponsors and recognitions for many members.
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Coal County
Bernard Franklin
Costlgate
Lee Morrison
Olney
F. A. Staggs
Coalpate
I 5
Far Bureau
Correnze
Jack Horton
Charles. Martin
Mariuse Haring
Tuvelo
Vicuw
Doris Young
Jeanmine Morison
Ase Low Bailey
Covalgate
Imogene Smith
Kiime
Igiste
Charles Stutte
Casta
John & Brown Brown Dunkin Co
Sarita
Wilson& Co
Irops
Billy Jos ‘Woods
Montgomery Werd Co
LaNeil Daniel
Olel
Tao
Betty Low Bethel
Foulsdal
Lucy Alice Faietti
Nearborn
Aroverent Mede
Edelig Marson
Sears~Roebuck & 70
Zelma Dean Daniel
Edward Fosa Wilson
John A. Brown & Brown-Dunkin Co
Jeannine Morrison
Olney — John *& Brown & Brown-Dunsin Co
Zelmua Pear Daniel
WKY
United Rubber Company
American Soldiers Die in Plane Crash Reported Near Kingston
Three American soldiers from the 8th division were injured last night when a motorcycle and a farm wagon collided near Kingston Jamaica. Freddy B. Hurklin of 1422 N Alabama St Oxmulgee Okla suffered serious leg fractures and was flown to Guantanamo Bay hospital.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Pfe
Freddy B. Hurklin
Alabama
Oxmulgee
Okio
Guastanama Bay Hospital
Meat Identification Contest for 4 H Club Girls
The County Meat Judging and Identification contest will be held for 4 H club girls. They meet at the home demonstration agent's office at 10:40 a.m. Thursday to review meat charts and later train at Reeves Packing Plant. They will identify 25 wholesale cuts of beef veal pork and lamb and determine the retail cut. The top four teams will compete in the state meat judging and identification contest on March 8 at Oklahoma City.
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Ada Chamber of Ceeeneet
Reeves
Oklahoma City
Stonewall
Melisle
Jesse
Home Demonstration and 4H Club Parade Schedule
Home Demonstration and 4H Club parade outlined for March 2 to 4 with tailoring workshop led by Miss Ola Armstrong from Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater. District Council meets March 23 in McAlester. county officers and local clubs to attend. School meetings listed February 28 to March 4 for various clubs including Bart ag, Lorelady, Happy Land, Corbett, Francis.
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Ola Armstrong
Igothing
A. and ML College
Stillwater
McAlester
Pontotac
Ibecca
Moanias
Bartag
Blarehi
Lorelady
Will Sweet
Mareh
Happyland Club
Corbet
Ffloretta Hammonds
Francis Club Yi
Mabel Coorn
Dairy Farm Testing Schedule and Names on Weekly Ledger
A list records dairy cattle testing across farms Ezra Holland B B Tiffin Joan D Ross Wetburn Jacques E Sutter Jip Briggs Bll ered Pennington Johanie Tucker MR Tucker and a second week plan noting March dates and times for handlers James Crusom Eugene Henderson Tommie Casper Calvin Pennington LeRoy Willoughby Bobby Langley Charles Blankenshig Carrol Brantley W B Chambiers Frank Jered Jimmie Watson Bud Forehand R B Conad Glenn Jenkins Aeilis P Gallup Dewey Reeds and others with scattered times from early morning to afternoon across multiple farms.
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Ezra Holland
B. B. Tiffin
Joan D. Ross
Wetburn Jacques
E Sutter
Jip Briggs
Pennington
Johanie Tucker
MR. Tucker
James Crusom
Eugene Henderson
Tommie Casper
Calvin Pennington
LeRoy Willoughby
Bobby Langley
Charles Blankenshig
Carrol
Brantley
W. B. Chambiers
Frank Jered
Jimmie Watson
Bud
Amd
R. B. Conad
Glenn Jenkins
Aeilis P. Gallup
Central Oklahoma Dairy Show Plans In Ada May 23 25
Plans and arrangements are underway for the Central Oklahoma Dairy Show to be held in Ada May 23 24 and 25 with over 250 head of cattle expected to compete. The Ada show is the largest district dairy event in Oklahoma with entries from southern counties and several notable calf and stock exhibitors preparing champions. Exhibitors are finalizing grooming, feeding, and conditioning routines for steers, barrows, calves, and pigs before the event, with animals to be brought to the Fairgrounds on Monday March 7 for final touches.
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Central Oklahoma
Ada
Oklahome
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Ron
Train derails near Nianghua injuring crew and passengers
Sixty four passengers and all three crew escaped injury when Frisco west bound Will Rogers derailed at 4:20 am near Nianghua Missouri. Two engine crew members were seriously injured and a baggageman suffered lesser hurts as the locomotive and six baggage cars left the rails after an apparent motive blast.
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Nianghua
Frisco
Dare
Wire was in use in Nineveh and Egypt im 8B
A brief note records the presence of wire usage in ancient Nineveh and Egypt during the eighth century B.C. The mention highlights early electrical or telecommunication notions attributed to antiquity. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
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Nineveh
Egypt
Murray's Livestock Team Heads to State Contests
Murray's livestock judging team prepares for the Oklahoma City state contests in March. The squad features senior and freshman members from Murray and surrounding towns, led by judge John Gibson and other officials. The group aims to defend the state title with judging in cattle, hogs, sheep, and horse classes, amid added events like basketball and hockey exhibitions.
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Murray
Tishomingo
iSneelah
Oklahoma City
Tephy
Jazz College
John Gibson
Marvin
Dean
John Bunch
Charles Ayler
Cleo
Oklahoma
A&e
Sitting and study: a baby sitter helps thinking
STATE COLLEGE Pa NEA reports that a navy veteran from Philadelphia found evening babysitting improves concentration for study. He worked nights as a short order cook while starting an engineering course at Penn State, then observed his grades rise when neighbors cared for his child and he kept evenings free for work and thought.
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State College
NEA
Hal
Russell T. Mehauchian
Navy
Philadelphia
Fife
Pennsylviate State College
McLaughlan
Maras
Ani
Francis Home Demonstration Club Party at the School
Members of the Francis Home Demonstration club sponsored a party in the school gym. R. G Duke, the superintendent, donated the building and Mr. Harris acted as auctioneer. Gifts included scarves, pot holders, tea laundry bags, and hot pads. 15 home baked items and cake with coffee were served. Proceeds totaled 94.63 dollars with most to fund school needs.
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Francis Home Demonstration Club
R. G Duke
Harris
Francis Merchants
Estes
Toan Webber
Virgie Webber
Harry Chambers
Sven
Donald
M's
Chasley Leys
Sid Wil
Cotmeil
Far Quarantined Burlington Jail Story Confusing
Far quarantined Burlington area reports say a jail is affected by illness and vaccination delays over the next two weeks. Jailer Hal Green notes swelling and health concerns from inmates. details remain unclear. Tulsa World notes facility upgrades and ventilation changes amid the outbreak.
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Burlington
Poe
Moines
Hal Green
Bovempertt
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Pew Spring Chines
McLanchliin
Pearly
Ows
Tulsa World Jewsroom
Phillip Edwards
Edwards
Alice Barnes
London
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