Ada Clay Pits Highlighted as Fine Raw Material for Pottery
Holland's Magazine in Dallas lauds the Ada southeast clay pits as key raw material for Frankoma Pottery. The feature profiles John N. Frank who built a ceramics program at Oklahoma University in 1927 and tested over 400 clays, praising Ada clay for its fineness, single firing, and resulting thin, strong wares.
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Asare
Ada
Holland’s
Dallas
Texas
South
Frankoma Pottery Company
Sapulpa
John N. Frank
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Holland
Oklahoma University
Fire Chasing as Ada’s Local Hobby in Small Town
Ada residents treat a small South Hope Avenue shed fire as community theater. Fire trucks rush out, spectators flood the street, and locals debate causes while the blaze is quickly contained with minimal damage and no injuries. The writer notes Ada’s provincial hospitality and local flair.
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Ada
South Hope Avenue
16Th
17Th Streets
Fourteenth
Hope Avenue
Hope
Estrian
Arseman
Ers
Brothers
Fire Brigade
Knights of
Johnny Appleseed a Nomad of the Great Plains Poem
Welborn Hope portrays Johnny Appleseed as a roaming romantic figure from 1820 to 1840. The poem blends images of love heartbreak and wild landscapes across plains and Ozark country. It frames Appleseed as a symbol of longing and memory amid frontier life.
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Great Plains
Welborn Hope
Johnny Appleseed
Ozark
Heaven
Rustic gardens bloom around 45th Regiment encampment
Rustic gardens decorate the once barren lands as Pride of many 45th regiments establish flower beds amid evergreen shrubs. A battery shows a Spanish Yucca tree in its front yard while board walks line company streets and soldiers tents form a growing artistic display.
Army Camp Offers Own Kind of Beauty
CAMP BARKELEY Tex April 26 Special Like a bachelors apartment an army camp can be beautiful in its own way Cactus and mesquite trees were once the only living vegetation on these west Texas plains where the 19 000 soldiers of the 45th division are encamped Today smooth baseball diamonds and
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Camp Barkeley
Tex
West Texas
Work On Oakman Gym to Begin Soon
The Oakman gymnasium project has been approved for operation and work will probably begin May 15. C. D. Johnson, district WPA engineer, said Saturday. The brick gymnasium, 68 by 77 feet, will employ 36 men for three months and cost $8,204. Clothes moths were brought to America from the Old World.
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Oakman
C. D. Johnson
WPA
Johnson
Hospitals Announced WPA Aid For Needy In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City April 26 WPA chief Ron Stephens announced a state county and municipal hospital aid program funded at 214 476 for the next 12 months The aim is to augment health and medical services for the needy by supplying professional and non professional help enabling nurses doctors and staff to use time more efficiently The plan covers two state three county one city county and five city hospitals in Clinton Oklahoma City Washington Tulsa Muskogee Altus Alva Okmulgee Pawhuska Shawnee awaiting relocation of the sponsor's family.
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Oklahoma City
Ron Stephens
Oklahoma Works Projects Administration
Roosevelt
Stephens
Oklahoma
Clinton
Washington
Tulsa
Muskogee
Altus
Alva
Okmulgee
Pawhuska
Shawnee
Tishomingo High School Band to Perform Spring Concert
Tishomingo high school presents its annual spring concert at 8 on Wednesday in the high school auditorium. Granville Baxter, director, says the program offers solos quartets duets and group pieces plus vocal selections to please a variety of musical tastes.
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Tishomingo
Tishomingo Highschool
Granville Baxter
Mrs Dickson Dies After Ardmore Hospital Wreck Injuries
Mrs George Dickson, daughter of the late T B Phillips of Ravia, died in an Ardmore hospital Wednesday morning from injuries suffered in a wreck near Mannsville earlier that day. She and her husband were en route to Ross to fetch Dickson's mother to a hospital.
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Tishomingo
George Dickson
T. B. Phillips
Ravia
Ardmore
Mannsville
Wood plans large sales barn near depot at Stratford
Luther Wood of Asher began erecting a substantial sales barn south of Stratford depot to host regular community sales. He is a familiar figure in the area, with his father having run a store in Maxwell long ago.
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Stratford
Luther Wood
Asher
Wood
Maxwell
Access Routes Around New Paving Construction
The notice explains alternative routes for traders to reach north side stores via Cao Shis lumber yard alley back door and for south side stores by crossing the Davenport gun lot alley or entering from in front of the bank or Shi and Shi garage.
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Stratford
Cao Shi
Davenport
Shi and Shi
Glee Club Benefit Concert Set For April 29 In Gym
The Coalgate high school glee club will host a benefit concert in the school gym next Tuesday at 7 30 p m to raise funds for new robes. Former members back the project and several soloists have been invited as guest artists.
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Coalgate
Glee Club
Pontotoc County Named After Cat-Tails Debate
A long discussion on Pontotoc name origins argues the Chickasaw word means battle where cat-tails stood or place of council. A Mississippi connection and a Pontotoc creek are cited, with a letter from Jackson, Mississippi, noting archives say Pontotoc was named for cat-tails, not other theories.
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Mississippi
Oklahoma
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Jack
Ada
B. D. Gatton
West 13Th
State Department of Archives and History
Pontotoc
Pontotoc Creek
Pontotoc County
Coalgate Names New School Superintendent
At a Coalgate board of education meeting A L Garten of Norman was named superintendent of Coalgate schools for the next year. He succeeds D D Kirkland who resigns to become superintendent of schools at McAlester.
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Coalgate
Coalgate Board of Education
A. L. Garten
Norman
Coalgate Schools
D. D. Kirkland
McAlester
Coal County Egg and Cake Show Set for May 7
The Coal County egg and cake show will be held Wednesday May 7 in the community building. Entries must be in by 10:00 a m. Curtis Floyd and Esther Pearl Halbrooks urge poultry growers to start selecting eggs and invite inquiries at the agents' office for full show details.
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Coalgate
Coal County
Curtis Floyd
Esther Pearl Halbrooks
Atoka Lions elect Pete Trammell president
Pete Trammell of Atoka was elected president of the Lions Club at a Tuesday meeting and will succeed Jimmy Boone at the next gathering. The new slate includes Hal Kennedy and Elmer Poteet as vice presidents, Hal Watkins as secretary, Marvin Robertson as tail twister, Grady McCorkle as lion tamer, and Burris Clear, Ray Downing, and Boone as directors.
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ATOKA
Pete Trammell
Lumberman
Lions Club
Jimmy Boone
Trammell
Hal Kennedy
Elmer Poteet
Hal Watkins
Marvin Robertson
Grady McCorkle
Burris Clear
Ray Downing
Boone
Baptist Pastor Joins Army Air Base as Chaplain
Rev. C. R. Miller longtime pastor of Atoka Baptist Church resigns to become chaplain at Oklahoma City Army Air Base with rank of first lieutenant. He left Friday to assume duties and will serve with the base chaplaincy.
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Atoka
C. R. Miller
The
Baptist Church
Oklahoma City Army Air Base
Miller
Antlers Preps Town Cleanup Campaign May First
The Chamber of Commerce partners with Mayor C. E. Stephenson and the city council for a town wide cleanup in Antlers on Thursday May 1. Civic committee chairman Harry M. Wyatt says department heads gathered at the Chamber of Commerce rooms last Friday. Other committee members include Homer McFatridge J. L. Cooper and Rufus Colbert.
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Antlers
The
Chamber of Commerce
Pat Westmoreland
Harry Zimmerman
Lewis Isbell
Leroy Pierce
E. C. Stephenson
Rupert L. Jones
C. E. Stephenson
Harry M. Wyatt
Homer McFatridge J. L. Cooper
Rufus Colbert
Desiring to know how it would feel Harold Silvers death shock Bristow
Bristow authorities investigated the death of 15 year old Harold Silvers found hanged in a closet at his home. Assistant county attorney Chuck Coryell said Harold had repeatedly spoken of wanting to know how it felt to be strangled and had tied a belt around his neck in the past. The belt was fastened to a closet clothes bar and the youth apparently pulled up and dropped, snapping his neck. Family says no clear suicide motive. Harold was described as a brilliant student and the family had lived in the area 15 years. his father Manuel Silvers is a jeweler.
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Bristow
Harold Silvers
Star High School
Chuck Coryell
Harold
Manuel Silvers
Coryell
Founding a City Ada Story by Beard at Ada meeting
John W. Beard spoke on Founding a City tracing Ada’s rail history from Frisco arrival in 1900 through the shift of Old Town to New Town. The talk covered surveys in 1896 97 land claims 1900 charter and the town’s rapid growth with banks merchants and the post office move.
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Pontotoc County
Frisco
Oklahoma
United States
Henry G. Beard
J. W. Beard
Ada
Rock Island
Shawnee
Congress
Indian Territory
Sapulpa
Oakman
Red River
Oklahoma and
Indian Territory Dev. Company
Beard
Constant
Mr. Beard
Old Town
New Town
Surplus Farm Items to be Sold Under Grading Pact
Oklahoma farmers may sell surplus crops this year after a state grading agreement with the war department. Joe C. Scott states the plan requires grading of commodities for federal purchases, with fees covering costs and helping farmers move surpluses. Eggs could hold prices through government buys at Fort Sill and other posts.
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Oklahoma City
War Department
Joe C. Scott
A Board of Agriculture
Tony
Scott
Washington
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
United States
Plan to Furnish Extras to 45th Division at Camp Barkeley
The American Legion and auxiliary will start a campaign Monday to supply Oklahoma soldiers in the 45th Division at Camp Barkeley Texas with games home town newspapers clean rags and other odds and ends not provided by the army. State legion adjutant H Milt Phillips says Maj Gen W S Key division commander has endorsed the effort and instructions are going to 248 legion posts and 189 auxiliary units statewide.
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Oklahoma City
Food Stamps Issued Heavy in County During Week
Federal food stamps worth more than 5000 dollars were issued by the county office last week. Officer Jim Whitehead was named as the subject of a suit announced Saturday afternoon. Whitehead reported 3968 dollars in orange stamps and 2908 dollars in blue stamps issued. A total of 438 cases were served during the period.
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Jim Whitehead
Whitehead
Rural Mailbox Improvement Week Set by Post Office
The post office designates May 5 as rural mailbox improvement week to cut eyesores on highways and protect mail delivery. Postmasters will inform patrons of rural delivery service and carriers will report improvements, with Ada Postmaster Mary H. West leading an extensive local campaign.
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Post Office Department
Mary H. West
Ada
Lemon Peel Versus Blood Pressure
Los Angeles April 26 Victims seek lemon peel treatment researchers report a lemon peel extract lowers blood pressure in animals but warn against premature hopes. Dr A J Leser Dr C H Thienes and others caution that human trials are needed before practical use. A Mohican Indian word Asku tasquash explains squash.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Chicago
A. J. Leser
C. H. Thienes
Southern California
Leser
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada Newsflash
The notice highlights higher yields for vested Ada funds, outlining terms and eligibility. It notes updated rates, payment schedules, and required documentation for investors seeking improved returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ada News
Ada High Students Place at Norman Oklahoma Vocal Contest
Ada High School musicians earned several honors at the reg Friday University of Oklahoma vocal contest in Norman. Charlene Green took second in mezzo-soprano division while Mary Johnson soprano Oren Bradshaw and Gus Zorn all placed third in their divisions. The girls quartet Margie Brumley Wanda Jean Page Betty Jo Hughes Sara Lee Keltner also finished third. Directors: Wyatt C. Freeman.
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Ada
University of Oklahon
Norman
Charlene Green
Mary Johnson
Oren Bradshaw
Gus Zorn
Margie Brumley
Wanda Jean Page
Betty Jo Hughes
Sara Lee Keltner
Wyatt C. Freeman
Man Who Helped Needy Is Honored
ALBANY Tex April 26 A community memorializes John Alexander Matthews 88 who used his 45000 acre ranch to aid locals during hard times. He issued work, fed the hungry with meat from 35 hogs, and supported frontier life. Cowboys from San Angelo Dalhart Stamford Abilene Breckenridge Graham Throckmorton attended his funeral.
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Albany
Tex
John Alexander Matthews
Matthews Place
San Angelo
Dalhart
Stamford
Abilene
Breckenridge
Graham
Throckmorton
Matthews
Electric Service Extends to 1050 Rural Families
The final nine miles of a 211 mile REA rural electrification project were energized, bringing service to 1,050 families across seven counties In Pontotoc Coal Hughes Garvin Johnston Murray and Seminole. Superintendent J O Vernon of Peoples Electric Co-Operative announced completion and said a fourth project is being planned.
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Rural Electrification Administration
J. O. Vernon
The
Peoples Electric Co-Operative
Sasakwa
Seminole County
Pontotoc
Coal
Hughes, Garvin
Johnston
Murray
Seminole
Vernon
Charles A Watson dies in head on Wewoka crash
Charles A Watson 41 former Ada teacher at Pecan Grove Hughes County was killed in a head on collision a mile north of Wewoka early Friday. Roy Featherstone of Holdenville a mail carrier was unconscious in a Wewoka hospital. Funeral at First Methodist Holdenville burial in Holdenville Cemetery. Surviving widow a son and daughter four sisters and a brother. Featherston and Orval Bolton injured. Patrolmen say a third car driver caused the crash while attempting to pass on a hill.
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Charles A. Watson
Ada
Pecan Grove
Hughes County
Wewoka
Bill Whitaker
Watson
East Central State College
Roy Featherstone
Holdenville
First Methodist Church
C. A. Watson Jr
Wilma Dean Watson
Whitaker
Snow Watson
Fred Blackburn
Marlow
Norma Baxter
Tulsa
Jewel Watson
Blackwell
Featherston
Orval M. Bolton
Bartlesville
Phillips Petroleum Company
Caldwell Demands Court Trial on 1938 Indictments
A. A. Caldwell a former Allen County commissioner filed a formal demand for trial in district court on grand jury indictments returned in 1938. His attorney Bob Wimbish said if not tried soon, dismissals are expected as County Attorney Li Freeman prepares the May criminal jury term. Caldwell says he has been ready for trial but none has been held. J. E. Hall was convicted of similar charges.
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A. A. Caldwell
Allen
Bob Wimbish
Wimbish
Li Freeman
Caldwell
Freeman
J. E. Hall
Will Of February Probate Upheld In Harden Estate
Andrew J. Harden’s final will, written a month before his March 13 death, leaves cash and property to Andrew Harden Jr and Mrs. Viola Crawford with $5 to each of four sons not to contest the will. The will’s validity was upheld by County Judge Hoyt Driskill after two days of testimony, though appeals are planned and further district court action anticipated.
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Andrew J. Harden
Hoyt Driskill
Joe
Wood
Bland
Dawes
Harden
Andrew J. Harden Jr
Viola Crawford
Andrew Harden Jr
Crawford
Peanut Proposal Carries In State
Official returns from 39 of 42 Oklahoma counties show 1 798 for and 1 401 against the U S department proposal to involve marketing quotas on peanuts for 1941 42 and 43 crops. Oklahoma voters favor the refer endum by 56 21 percent. A two thirds national majority is required for adoption. Other states voting include Alabama South Carolina Georgia Florida Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina Virginia Texas New Mexico and California.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
U. S. Agriculture Department
Jack Ludrick
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Alabama
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Texas
New Mexico
California
Butter provision changes in Denmark cuts prep time for meals
Danish dining changes announced in Copenhagen indicate butter will no longer be served in dishes or on tables. Bread will arrive already buttered to streamline service and keep portions thinner. This meal service adjustment reflects liberal culinary practice and efficiency moves in Danish hospitality.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
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