Rural address plan gains attention in Oklahoma
Tulsa County dairyman Gene F. Sivadon proposes a section line based rural addressing system from NS 1 to NS 490 and EW 1 to EW 390. The plan, needing legislative approval and phased implementation, could aid mail delivery, emergency services, and urban expansion while leveraging community groups for signs and support.
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Tulsa County
Oklahoma
Gene F. Sivadon
Route 1
Mounds
Tulsa Daily World
Herb Karner
Sivadon
Stonewall
Joe Brown
Census Privacy and Government Data Use Declared Within Scope
The court upheld census data gathering as a necessary governmental tool while protecting individual confidentiality. Personal information cannot be released if it harms the subject, but aggregated statistics aid governance and business. The piece notes insurance denials for age data and supports neighborhood statistical uses.
Jesus Glorifies Love Through Humble Service
Lawrence Walthouse argues that true Christian leadership blends preaching with practice. Jesus models the standard, extending love to all, embodying the command to love one another as shown by washing disciples feet and sacrificing himself for humanity.
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Christ
Jesus
Calvary
English painter Edward Abbey and the old chestnut tale
A note on the phrase an old chestnut attributed to English painter Edward Abbey who would tell any story with a chestnut ending. The quip links Abbey to a habit of ending talks with familiar anecdotes.
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Edward Abbey
Norman Mitchell to Retire as County Superintendent
Norman Mitchell announced to the county commissioners his retirement as county superintendent of schools, effective April 1. He has led the office since 1944 and plans to move to Reno with four of his five children. Mitchell reflects on a long career, noting the office’s evolving role and the valuable staff and teachers who supported local schools.
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Norman Mitchell
Norman Mitchell Friday
Board of County Commissioners
County Superintendent of Schools
Mitchell
Reno
Nev
Schoolman
Union Hill
Pontotoc County
Arkansas
Oklahoma
East Central State Teachers College
University of Oklahoma
New Bethel
Jones Chapel
Summers Chapel
Homer
Ray Stegall
Ada
Stegall
County education chief recounts film library and textbook work
Mitchell highlights a county film library for dependent schools and collaboration with textbook committees to assure quality materials. He notes full accreditation of county schools, attrition and consolidation reducing districts from about 50 to 12, with five dependent under the county superintendent.
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Mitchell
State Department of Education
Ada
National Polio Foundation
County Heart Unit
Red Cross
Funeral rites set for Jess Nunn Roan in Stonewall
Services for 56 year old Stonewall postal clerk Jess Nunn Roan will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Stonewall. Roan died Thursday morning in an Ada hospital. He was born July 17 1911 in Stonewall, married in Tupelo November 28 1937 to Pauline Ellis, and was a deacon at Stonewall First Baptist. Surviving are his wife four sons two grandchildren a brother two sisters and a number of nieces and nephews. The Rev David Fry will conduct the rites with Bod a Hisaw Harrison A B King Austin King Bill Shellenbarger and Tom Crow as pallbearers and several others as honorary bearers.
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Mr. Roan
Ada
Stonewall
John
Mary Leach Roan
Pauline Ellis
Tupelo
Roan
First Baptist Church
Pauine
Jess Lucian
Will
Amarillo
Paul
James
Savanna
Okla
Carolyn Jo
Christopher Wayne
Carl
Mammoth
Aziz
Bessie Crossley
Ethel Landrum
Lazar
Velma Landrum
Thelma Greenlee
Lovington
N. M
David Fry
Boda Hisaw
Haskell Harrison
A. B. King
Austin King
Bill Shellenburger
Tom Crow
Cecil Bullard
Funeral services for Carl S Sherman in Ada
Carl Sterling Sherman 63 of Ada dies after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Smith Funeral Home with Rev Herman Ging officiating. He was a retired baker, survived by his mother Vesta Sherman and sister Gladys Sherman. Burial at Little Cemetery near Seminole. Effie May Carney dies in Dodge City Kansas at 62. Strathford Funeral Home to announce funeral details.
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Carl Sterling Sherman
E. 12Th
Ada
Herman Ging
Smith Funeral Home
Sherman
Ira Marvin Sherman
Vesta Hart Sherman
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Seminole
Myrtie Manley
Methodist Church
Vesta Sherman
Gladys Sherman
Little Cemetery
Oklahoma Young Democrats push voting age to nineteen
A Oklahoma column notes the Young Democrats endorsement of lowering the voting age to nineteen and muses on broader political and social implications. The writer also riffes on gremlins in parking lots and gardeners in spring, ending with a call to start planting even small seeds.
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Oklahoma
Jefferson
Jackson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Strayedium and Reflections on Duty and Society
A collage of quotes and poems about kindness duty and social behavior by Lucife J Mayhew Mark Twain and others. It ponders personal responsibility toward the needy and critiques modern life while reflecting on education time and handicapped experiences.
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