Centrahoma Eagle Scouts Earn Badges Through Years of Work
Seven Centrahoma youths receive Eagle scout badges with Albert Horn guiding them. He, as school superintendent and scoutmaster, nurtured merit through school work 4-H ties and frequent camping trips including a three day Western Oklahoma trek. The group also excelled in Centrahoma basketball. Parents praise Horn's dual impact on scout and school achievements.
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Centrahoma
Albert Horn
Stouing
Horn
Centraloma
Drilling In Pontotoc County Advances Amid Widespread Activity
Drilling progresses at varied depths across Pontotoc and neighboring counties with numerous wells in progress or soon to be tested. Wells include Senora No. 2 Burk at 1741 feet, Tom D McKeown No. 2 near 36-5, and Hardin No. 3 Norman and Flemming with pipe set and acidizing. Continuous operations detail levels, depths, and equipment, highlighting countywide exploration and a significant test at Cononeo No. 1 Hudson four miles southeast of Allen.
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Pontotoc
Bebee
Burk
Hickman
Tom D. McKeown
Senora
Hardin
Norman and
Flemming
Maxwell
Sandbach-McKeown
Maggie Miller
Gordon Et 21
Chism
Fitts
Magnolia
Shaffer
Patsy
Bates
Gilcrease
Cononeo No
Hudson
Allen
Hughes County
Valley View Adopts Flat Rate Hospital Charge Policy
Valley View hospital adopts a flat rate basis for services with fixed costs for tests, care, and facilities. The system charges those able to pay closely to cost while others contribute to cover charity care, ensuring access to major surgical and medical services across departments like laboratory, anesthesia, operating room, delivery, x ray, pathology, and nursing care.
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Valley View Hospital
Ada
Oklahoma House lists three members present at adjournment
Oklahoma City April 23 Speaker Don Welch announced the session ended with three members named as H. Tom Kight of Rogers County Sam Sullivan of Bryan County and Ed Gill of Johnston County among those present for roll calls Gill did not miss a roll call in the prior session Great returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
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Oklahoma City
House
Don Welch
H. Tom Kight
Rogers County
Sam Sullivan
Bryan County
Ed Gill
Johnston County
Gill
Rejected Suitor Returns Girl From Kidnap Bid
Ruth Luck, 25, a stenographer from Pittsburgh, was driven across western Pennsylvania by Charles O. Conkel who sought a talk after being spurned. She was returned unharmed to her home as police across seven states pursued him. Charges against Conkel were dropped after Luck said he only wanted a conversation.
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Pittsburgh
Ruth Luck
Pennsylvania
wnBolice
Alice
Charles 'O
Conkel
Miss Luck
Miss Lueck
Haley Proves Quick Justice In Local Larceny Case
Clyde Haley faced a larceny charge in justice court. Witnesses testified that a suitcase containing clothes belonged to neighbor J. J. Stidham, but Haley produced alibi witnesses and was acquitted as judge A. W. Oliver ruled the evidence insufficient. The proceeding occurred Friday afternoon in the community camp area southeast of Ada.
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Clyde Haley
Justice Court
A.W. Oliver
Oliver
Haley
J. J. Stidham
Highway 99
Ada
Heley
Stidham
Maxwell School Closing Exercises Highlights
Maxwell School held its closing exercises on Thursday May 27. The program featured processional by Mrs. DeMoss and student speeches, with awards and diplomas presented by L. G. Edge and L. G. Harris. Fifty six pupils earned perfect spelling certificates, with Dorothy Berry achieving 179 perfect lessons. Several students earned perfect attendance certificates, including four state certificates for three consecutive years. G. Harris will resign after five years of service, to be replaced by E. Harris at Maxwell, while other teachers remain.
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Maxwell
O. C. DeMoss
Ele
A. W. Oliver
Euwanne Lowlard
Cleo Wate
Dorothy Cox
Crystagazer
Essie Louise ‘Barret
Ada
Pauline Barnett
Dorthy Berry
L. G
Edge of
East Central College
L. G. Harris
Eld
Dorothy Berry
Eula Belle Bennett
Edna Sue Cox
Nadine Ellis
J. M. DeMoss
Lester Hampton
Wayne Lance
Silene Cox
Ett Mae Norman
Preston Norman
Billy
Berry Ir Carley Hilton
Hubert Goodwin
Sadry Buchanan
Wilma June
Norman
Orlan Harold Dees
Billie Meers McDaniel
Carl Young
Raymond Walden
Albert Earlierce
Lucy Goodwin
Norma June Cox
Reba Boucher
Osephine Cox
Ollie Mae Berry
Lloyd Pierce
Nadine Minot
Ailere Pierce
Paralea Hilton
David Holloway
Lavon Boucher
Bobbie Alice Harris
Troy
Jay Belcher
Jeanett Buchanan
Dea Watts
Lois Dean Franks
Kenneth Belcher
Mona Jane Zarmichael
Euvonne Soward
Winnie Fae Berry
Reba Belcher
Ouida Harris
Letha Ola Goodwin
J. D. Tsanes
Lorene Buchanan
Mavery Pierce
Elis Belle Bennett
Bobby Lee DeMoss
Herman McCurdy
Robert Buchanhan
Moss Webb Keirsey
Dorthy Cox
Calvin Cox
Ivan Mae Miller
Qunnah Lee Brecheen
Samuel Hampton
Wilma June Norman
Lauren Boucher
Bob Ibie Alice Harris
Cleo Watts
Etta Mae Norman
Quida Harris
Mona Jane Carmichael
Orlan Dees
Dorthy Fox
Clea Watts
G. Harris
Laxton
Har
Man Arrested In Tulsa By Sheriff’s Force
A man named Cortez Hawks was arrested Saturday by members of the sheriff's force at the request of Tulsa county officers. Hawks was returned to Tulsa later in the day.
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Cortez Hawks
Tulsa
Hawks
Aged farmer fatally shot at home in Coal County
Ed Ryne a 61 year old Coal County farmer was shot Thursday afternoon at his Cottonwood home. He died several hours later in Ada hospital from abdominal wounds. A 33 year old transient living nearby is jailed in Coalgate on the shooting charge after admitting the act.
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Ed Ryne
Coal County
Cattonwood
Coalate
Ada
Max Sandman
Ryne
Coalgste
Sandman
Cottonwood
Continental Oil Activity Points To Drilling In Jesse Field
Oil activity remains limited in the region with several campaigns in Seminole and Pottawatomie counties. In Jesse field Continental No 5 House set surface pipe to 500 feet and will begin drilling soon. Other wells report shots, testing preparations, and pipe depths around 3 000 feet with varying results, including Sunray and Kerr-Lynn developments and No 1 O’Conner and No 3 Vieux in nearby sections.
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Seminole
Pottawatomie County
Jesse Field
Magnolia New & Shaffer
Cromwell
Fitts
Kerr-Lynn
Butterly
Davis
Pitany
Yorken Prod
Williams
O'Conner
Vieux
Moss No
Haight
Hunton
Sunray No
Swan
Dairy Herd Tuberculosis Testing Planned in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County dairy herds will be tested for tuberculosis beginning after May 1, as Ada health officials enforce the standard milk ordinance. Sanitarian Burley Walker said testing by registered veterinarians will reduce human TB from milk, with two new dairies under construction nearby to supply grade A raw milk for pasteurization plants.
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Pontotoc County
Burley Walker
Ada
Walker
Highway 99
En Dairies
Youths Charged In Woman's Death in Oklahoma
In Celahoma City two Britten high school youths were charged with manslaughter after one admitted firing a revolver near Mrs. L. E. Cantwell’s home. Robert Lay 16 and Frank Milton Baker Jr. were arrested in Corpus Christi, Texas and released on $1,000 bonds.
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Celahoma City
Britten
Okla
L. E. Cantwell
Walter Marlin
Robert Lay
Cantwell
Marlin
Lay
Frank Milton Baker, Jr
Jay
Corpus Christi
Tex
Resolution Cites Gilmore's Record
A resolution praising the late I. R. Gilmore for fifty years of active public service was adopted Friday by the Pontotoc National Farm Loan Association board. Gilmore, who died a week earlier, led county farm activities and served with the association since its 1917 organization as an officer or director. the copy was sent to Mrs. Gilmore and the resolution was signed by president William Haines.
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I. R. Gilmore
Pontotoc National Farm Loan Association
Gilmore
Farm Loan Association
William Haines
Crooks Named to Regents Board in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City April 23 Gov Phillips nominated C E Crooks Medford school superintendent as the sixth member of a seven man regents board created to run the six state teacher colleges and Langston University. Crooks is a East Central College graduate with a bachelor of science degree earned in 1928 and was a member of the college basketball team.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
C.E. Crooks
Medford
Board of Regents
State Teachers Colleges
A. & M. University
Langston
Cecil Crooks
East Central College
Sheriff Seizes Cattle in Oklahoma Manhunt
The sheriffs office recovered two cows stolen in February during a Seminole county joint search for Carl O Bannon who twice escaped from jail. Florence O Bannon and Thomas Davis were arrested with Carl O Bannon sought. Cattle recovered near Antlers. Florence held in Atoka jail, Davis in Coalgate. O Bannon faces possible charges in Coal county with Holdovers in Pontotoc county.
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Seminole County
Carl O’bannon
O'Bannon
Wewaka
St Liberty
K Smitht
Dick Watt
Fittstown
Walter Clark
Coal’ County
Florence O'Bannon
Thomas Davis
Antlers
Atoka
Davis
Coalgate
Clyde Kaiser
Coal County
Pontotoc County
Vom 4
Ada
Wesley Disney Brother Dies in Apparent Murder Suicide
Enid Oklahoma reports Clarence Disney 54, brother of Ren Disney, died from bullet wounds said to be inflicted by his wife who then killed herself last night. Authorities note the wife suffered from a long term mental ailment as relatives and friends described.
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Enid
Clarence Disney
Ren. Wesley E. Disney
Oklahoma
Dudge R. L. Disney
Federal Court of Tax Appeals
Three Convicted On Liquor County
County Attorney Carloss Wadlington added two more liquor convictions to his record Friday when three men were found guilty after trial before County Judge Hoyt Driskill. Brumley and M Le h, charged with transportation jointly, were fined $75 and $50 respectively. Esch was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail. Bil McCarty of Fittstown was convicted on a possession charge, fined $75 and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail.
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Carloss Wadlington
Hoyt Driskill
Brumley
M le H
Esch
Bil McCarty
Fittstown
Langston building bill approved in Oklahoma Legislature
The Langston building appropriation passed both houses without dispute. It allocates 36,230 dollars for construction at Oklahoma colored A and M University derived from an oil and gas fund. The move ends near riot tensions in the senate and clears funding for college facilities.
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Oklahoma City
Langston
Senate
Colored A
M. University
Erin Wells
Farm Land Law Changes By State School Land Commission
Georgia enacts a revised farm land law allowing state seizure of land under foreclosure by the school land commission to be sold for five percent down. The balance is payable in 25 equal annual statements. Appraisal sets minimum 90 percent of value. Unpaid balance bears 3 percent interest.
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Oklahoma City
State School Land Commission
Phillips Declares End of Term Without Deficit
Oklahoma City April 25 Gov Phillips said his administration would end without a deficit and that he could trim appropriations to save money. He noted the bill system lets him veto individual items, but the broader institutional bill limits such action. He also mentioned possible closures of overlapping educational institutions.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Func
State’ Industrial Commission
Oklahoma
Planning and Resources Board
Raymond
Brannon
Marietta
E. L. Harbour
Muskogee
Frank
Ram Sale Set for Ada May 18 At Fair Grounds
J B Hill county agent announced Saturday that the first ram sale in this part of Oklahoma will be held at the fair grounds north of Ada on highway 98 May 18. The Ada sale opens four spring ram sales in the state with consignors from all sections expected. rams of various breeds will be offered as interest in sheep and livestock grows in the area.
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Oklahoma
Fair Grounds
Ada
J. B. Hill
Hill
Konawa And Tish FFA Boys Honored At Stillwater
At the annual Future Farmers of America convention in Stillwater this week 87 young farm boys were named junior master farmers the highest award from the state FFA. Included are Konawa Eugene Herry Glenn Smith Bill Semmer and Tishomingo Ward Temper Tis. Average age 17.3 years all in high school investing about 1426 dollars in farming. Holdings include livestock crops land savings insurance equipment machinery buildings. Thirty-two plan college work 21 to start farming after high school four are full time farmers. Over 75 percent of owned livestock is purebred except sheep where 60 percent is cross bred western.
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Future Farmers of America
Stillwater
FFA
Konawa
Eugene Herry
Glenn Smith
Bill Semmer
Tishomingo
Ward Temper- Tis
Game and Fish Laws Changed Bill Passes Legislature
Lawmakers approve a bill altering fines from game and fish law violations. Half of collected fines go to the state game fund and half to the general fund of the county of arrest, replacing prior practice that allowed rangers and officers to keep half.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City approves large bonds for academy campus
Oklahoma legislature passed PL-4 authorizing Oklahoma Military Academy at Claremore to issue up to 500000 dollars in self liquidating bonds. Funds to build barracks a mess hall library extensions to hospital and stables with 60 percent Public Works Administration participation in construction.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Military Academy
Claremore
PWA
Trampled By Horse Injures County Youth Near Ada
Nine year old James Edward Carpenter, son of Claude C Carpenter, was crushed by a loose horse at his home eight miles northeast of Ada. He sustained a broken leg and was taken to Breca hospital Thursday night for treatment.
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James Edward Carpenter
Breca Hospital
Ada
Claude C. Carpenter
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