Stonewall Girl to Enter All-Girl Rodeo Events
Sue Pirtle a 13 year old seventh grader from Stonewall will enter every event at the Ken Lance All-Girl Rodeo set for April 8 9 and 10 at the Ken Lance Sports Arena near Ada Oklahoma. The program opens at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Sue plans to compete in bull riding bareback riding barrel racing calf roping steer undecorating and calf tying while aiming for the all around title. Her strongest event is barrel racing and she rode in her first rodeo last year finishing fourth in the state junior barrel racing standings with her horse Lil a 12 year old mare. Her father Bill Pirtle is her main supporter and in training a young black quarter horse may step in as rodeo performer in the future.
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Sue Pirtle
Stonewall
Ada
SH 3
Sue
Lil
Bill Pirtle
Ken Lance
Stonewall Wins Last County Brain Bowl on Tie Breaker
Stonewall defeats Byng 225 to 215 to claim the freshman Brain Bowl title as David Stokes answers the decisive tie breaker question Which is bigger two square miles or two miles square The contest at Stonewall featured teams from Latta and Byng with several players contributing key questions and points.
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Stonewall
David Stokes
Sybil Stokes
Byng
Young Stokes
Latta
Charles Barnes
Debra Story
Barnes
McLish
Vaness
James Richardson
Rose Engel
Stokes
Kay Robbins
Sue Grace
Engel
Eddie Ward
Carolyn Mulliniks
Kenny Nessle
Mike Martin
Susan Rogers
Greg Yelle
Beverly Auten
Sandra Estes
Jodie George
Shelby Morgan
Larry Hall
Debbie Ferry
Strickland Wins Cattle Raisers No 1 Award
A. B. Strickland of Buda Texas won the Cattle Raisers Association first place prize for recruiting the most new members in the past year. The TSCRA presented a $100 check at the 89th annual Fort Worth convention held March 7 to 9.
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A. B. Strickland
Texas
Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Buda
Tex
Joe Fletcher
TSCRA
Fort Worth
J. C. Dick
League City
Byng Boy Wins At Science Fair
Ted Adams of Byng High School swept first place in the East Central District Science Fair high school division earning the only superior rating. Ada Junior High's Mark Springer claimed a junior high superior with Harmonograph. Adams won multiple awards including the U.S. Navy Science Cruiser Award and NASA principal award for his Communication with Polarized Light.
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Byng Boy
Adan
Ted Adams
Byng High School
Mark Springer
Ada Junior High
Adam
Adams
NASA
Ronald Thompson
Sion
Brock Wagnon
Lindsay
World Book Encyclopedia
U.S. Air Force
Paul Thompson
Ada
Jim Armstrong
Alvin Files
U.S. Army
Chris Williams
Army Aviation Association of America
Curt Harlin
Book of Popular Science Encyclopedia
Nat Williams
New American Library of World Literature
Jack Perkey
Ada Junior Igh
Lar
Ry Barnes
Ada JH
Michael Brown
Carolyn Hill
Byng High
Ada High
Julian Deese
Nita Cope
Mary McPhee
Ronnie Nichols
Sarah Morris
Allen 4-Hers Support County Health Checks
Allen 4-H Club members conducted home health surveys in cooperation with the County 4-H Health Program and the State Health Department. They checked 30 homes in Allen and planned 10 more in the Oakman area, asking about vaccinations and disease history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Tupelo Honors Students on District Honor Rolls
Sixteen Tupelo High School students earned the Superintendent's honor roll and eighteen were named on the Principal's A and B honor roll. Recipients include Jean Rush, Martha Guffey, Francis Snow, Darlene Midkiff, Sue Cooper and others.
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W. B. Hokett
Tupelo High School
Jean Rush
Martha Guffey
Francis Snow
Darlene Midkiff
Sue Cooper
Naomi Caton
Jeanette Crawford
Janey Sanders
Russell Smith
Lillian Jones
Lynda Caton
Darnell Thomas
Tony Stevens
Charles Hudson
Julie Krebs
John Sprouse
Latin American Land Owners Visit County Walls Family
Mrs. Bob Wall welcomed her sister in law Mrs. O Kelley Weld from Managua Nicaragua. Weld crossed six countries yet got lost entering the United States while navigating the super highways. Weld owns 16000 acres of land in eastern Nicaragua on the Rama River where he grows racillia used in medicine. He charters a large plane out of Managua as his business HQ.
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Corene Pedersen
Bob Wall
O’kelley Weld
Managua
Nicaragua
Weld
U.S
Mr. Weld
Weekly Winner and Recipe Contest Notice
Hart correspondent May Johnson identified last week's winning recipe from the ingredients. This week’s recipe appears on page two. readers are invited to guess the dish from the ingredients and mail their answer to Don Cook at Ada WEEKLY News.
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Hart
May Johnson
Don Cook
Ada Weekly News
Interviews Scheduled By Highway Patrol In Ada
Lt Henry D VanArsdell of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol will visit Ada Police Dept on April 12 from 2 30 to 3 30 p m to interview men interested in joining the patrol. Basic requirements include age 25 to 35 and a high school education.
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Henry D. VanArsdell
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Ada
VanArsdell
Byng 4-H Club Plans Health Surveys and Poster Contest
The Byng 4-H Club will start surveys on April 5 addressing homes and local supermarkets. Health talks are planned and a poster contest will award a prize after county agents and leaders judge the entries. The club assists with the county Immunization Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byng 4-H
Health Department
Long career of Oklahoma figure Leslie Cardwell chronicled
Leslie Cardwell, 83, of Coalgate, recalls life in Indian Territory since 1884. He details coal mining days near Coalgate and Lehigh, early penitentiary conditions, Coalgate’s water crisis and the birth of Choc beer, plus a life spanning newspaper work, storekeeping, liquor, and court clerking.
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State Penitentiary
Leslie Cardwell
C. Leslie Cardwell
Coalgate
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Lehigh
Coal County
McAlester
Cardwell
Simpson County
Kentucky
T. P. Cardwell
Caddo
Atoka
Cottonwood
Leslie
Young
Johnson’s Runaway Car Tragedy in Ada and Stonewall
Ada resident Virgil Johnson avoided a backing vehicle causing two collisions on 10th Street. The next day his own car, left on a grade, struck him near his sister in law’s Stonewall home, ending in a fatal accident.
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Virgil Johnson
10Th Street
Ada
Johnson
Stonewall
County Dress Revue Winners Named in Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc County 4H Girls Dress Revue drew 228 entries at East Central State College Ballroom on March 29. Janice LaCrone of McLish won Junior Division Grand Champion for a fourth year navy and white shift dress and earned a $5 gift certificate from J.
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Pontotoc County
East Central State College
Jane Norton
Janice LaCrone
McLish
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Strickland
Marvin Turner
Faxon
Cullen Robinson
Bryan, Tex
Kathy Garner
Tupelo
Highway Patrol
W. L. Knickmeyer
Mrs
Simon Patton
County Dress Revue
Pat Bruster
Jeft
Roff
Marilyn Blansett
East Central Ballroom
Marilyn
Pat
Miss Blansett
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