Konawa FFA Members Named Junior Master Farmers
Two Konawa high school FFA members Clifton Fox and Ray Sharp were named junior master farmers at the twelfth annual intersect glass tic meet at Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater. The Konawa pair joined 28 others in earning the 2 percent designation based on livestock and vocational agriculture records, investments and premiums.
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Future Farmers of America
Konawa High School
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Clifton Fox
Ray Sharp
FFA
Konawa
Fox
Sharp
Oklahoma A. and
Francis Nishimule
Lee Ray Ray Stiles
Cushing
J. Hamilton
Clyde Cheatham
Fort Cobb
Ralph Bess Jr
Verden
Donald Dickey
Walter
Umbach
Werle Bampis
Weatherford
J.F. Best
Pal Adams
Temple
Victor Stroup
George Stroup
Dale Maynard
Garber
Gee
Melots
Pond Creek
Cleo Dupy
Billings
Clyde Corbin
Elvin Hawkins
Kingfisher
Kenneth Cronkbite
Okmulgee Girl Beaten. Suspect Sought by Police
Faith Rutherford, 20, was beaten in her Okmulgee home with a sharp rock and left partially unclothed. Police describe a dark complexioned, medium-height man with long hair as a possible attacker. she fainted and later improved. The case echoes a prior attack on her mother’s family.
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Okmulgee
Faith Rutherford
Vlc
Alexander
Maben
Miss Retherford
Rutherford
Mae Ruthertown
Carl Rutherford
Miss Rutherford
Okmilpee
Four Escape From Indiana Prison
Four inmates escaped from an Indiana prison after roll call. Officials say they slipped away in a freight car, which was brought in and later moved outside the grounds. A hole in the car indicated they cut through to freedom. The escapees are Ernest Power, 35, Ernest Griesley, 38, Wilbur Dawsoth, 36, and Frank Mears, 34, all serving robbery terms.
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I Pi
Indiana
Lindberghs Head to Island Home in June Departure
Col Charles Lindbergh and his family plan to leave their Kent farmhouse in early June for a new home on a small island off the French coast near St. Gildas. The island, formerly linked to Madame Adelina Patti, will host the famous aviator and his household as they contemplate travel in Europe next winter.
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London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kent
Ies
Lindbergh
St. Gildas Island
Fliers
Alexis Carrel
Ives
Illice
Adelina Pett
Bristow Farmer Kills Wife and Self
Everett Flannagan, 38, a Bristow farmer, shot his estranged wife, 33, to death at breakfast and then killed himself yesterday. Sheriff Lew Wilder said Mrs. Flannagan had filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order. The couple’s four children were present and witnessed the incident.
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Bristow
Okla
Everett Flannagan
Lew Wilder
Wilder rejects inquest on fatal incident
A terse remark from Wilder states that no inquest will be held following the fatal incident, indicating a closed proceedings stance and limited public inquiry.
Dave Hybarger Dies At Home Near Chickasha
David Crockett Hybarger longtime Grady county resident and former Grady county official died at his Chickasha area home after illness. He served as county commissioner state legislator and defense council member. Survived by wife a foster son and daughter a sister and three brothers. Funeral held in Chickasha with services noted.
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David, Crockett Hybarger
Pondolpe County
Grady County
Chickasha
Mr. Hybarger
Dave
Pontotoc County
Maxswell
Hybarger
Frank Dyer
Virginia Chastain
Ada
Jor Reoects
Bradley
John
Oscar Hybarger
Jim Hybarger
Fort, Worth
Mrs. Rhoda Fowler Dies In Seminole
Rhoda Fowler aged 73 and grandmother of T G Fowler of Ada died Tuesday in Seminole after living there since 1917. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 4 p m with burial in Lit Ye cemetery eight miles north of Seminole. She was born January 4 1865 in Lamar county Alabama. A son J J Fowler died in the same town.
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Rhoda Fowler
T. G. Fowler
Ada
Seminole
Lit- Ye
Lamar County
Alabama
J. J. Fowler
Minister And Man He Tried To Save Crown Minister And Man He Tried To Save
In Buffalo Oklahoma the bodies of Reverend Ray Rush and farmer Jay Shuman were recovered below the Clark creek flood scene after Shuman attempted to ford the torrent to reach his son. Sheriff Knox led about 1500 volunteers in a night search while Mrs Rush witnessed the tragedy.
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Buffalo
Okla
Ray Rush
Clark Creek
J. A. Knox
Here
Jay Shuman
Knox
Son
Shuman
Death notice of Deputy Fowler with family details
In 1940, of a bullet wound received while engaged in his work as deputy sheriff. Mrs. Fowler leaves four daughters, Mrs. Jane Carnes and Mrs. Mattie Harrison of Seminole, Mrs. Velma Lucas of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Metlie Perkins, Vernon, Ala, four sons, Burie Fowler, Vernon, Buldhue of La Mesa, Texas, Ivan of Durant and Murray Fowler of Seminagle, 52 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
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Fowler
Jane Carnes
Mattie Harrison
Seminole
Velma Lucas
Oklahoma City
Metlie Perkins
Vernon
Ala
Burie Fowler
Buldhue
la Mesa
Texas
Ivan
Durant
Murray Fowler
Semingle
Prainhildren
Miss Choate Weds Harold Blackburn Near Ada
Miss Oleta Choate daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Choate west of Ada marries Harold Blackburn son of Mr and Mrs H A Blackburn east of Ada. Marriage was performed by Reverend Jack Ewton on Saturday morning April 30. Bride wore violet bolero dress with British fan accessories. The couple will reside at 528 North Francis. Mrs Blackburn attended Ada High and Hill’s Business College. Blackburn graduated Horace Mann High School and East Central College and works at Aca Milling Company.
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Oleta Choate
Joe Choate
Harold Blackburn
H A. Blackburn
Ada
Jack Ewton
Shawnee
Clayton Barker
Barker
Ada residents host visitors from across the region
Ada plays hub as locals host friends from Seminole, Stonewall, Konawa and Norman while occasional trips to Sulphur Springs and Oklahoma City mark a busy weekend. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Whit Ingram, Miss Sally Rucker, Jimi Ward, and Elizabeth Abney among others.
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Mrs. Whit Ingram
Sue
Oklahome City
Mr.Ingram
Nellie Ingram
South Highland
Edgar Witherspoon
Hus
J. G. Witherspoon
Ada
Mr. Witherspoon
University of Oklahoma
Baily
W. B. Jones
East Tenth Street
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Tas
Mr. Jones
Beth Norns
Josephine Stubblefield
Stillwater
Gubernatorial and Senate Primaries Lead in Several States
Jd Chandler Gurney led the Republican senator race in South Dakota, ahead of Gov Leslie Jensen and two others. Harlan Bushhed won the South Dakota gubernatorial nomination, with Oscar Fosneim as the Democrat nominee. In Alabama, Frank M Dixon led the Democratic gubernatorial field, with a run-off likely as he failed to secure a majority. Chauncey Sparks and R J Goode vied for second place in the runoff. Incumbent Alabama, Florida, and South Dakota House members also noted.
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Jd. Chandler Gurney
Leslie Jensen
South Dakota
Harlan Bushhed
Oscar Fosneim
Alabama
Frank M. Dixon
Birmingham
Chauncey Sparks
Hufaula
R. J. Goode
Gastonburg
Florida
Pepper First 1938 Primary Delivers Roosevelt Backing
Florida voters backed Claude Pepper in the Democratic primary, with Pepper easily defeating four rivals and urging unity with the Roosevelts for lasting prosperity. J Mark Wilcox trailed, while Allen Walker and Thomas Swanson led Republicans in Florida contests as national issues touched several state races. Senator Lister Hill was renominated in Alabama, and Herbert Hitchcock lost in South Dakota to Tom Berry.
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Claude Pepper
Florida
J. Mark Wilvos
Admiralign
Pepper
Wilcox
Alabama
Lister Hill
Herbert Hitchcock
South Dakota
Tom Berry
Political contests highlight nominating races in several states
In Indiana a Cotton Chief from a Cotton exchange and Hep. Virginia Jenckes lead a slate of incomplete returns as delegates head to June conventions to pick senatorial nominees. Alabama sees Joe Staskas surge against Heflin while Speaker Bankhead stands unopposed. Oklahoma City reports Huey Ling joining crowded name candidates for state office claiming the clerk of the supreme court nomination, listing “professional politician” as his job and noting a 1986 Oklahoma A&M degree.
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Indiana
Hep
Virginia Jenckes
Ind
Indiana Valers
Bankhead
Alabama
Joe Staskas
Thomas J. Heflin
Oklahoma City
Huey Ling
Oklahoma
Long
Louisiana Kingfish
Supreme Court
Oklahoma A. & M. College
City urged to aid new model negro community north of Ada
Ada officials hear plea from alliance committee to help establish a model negro community north of Ada with water service. They seek a Katy tracks north water line on highway 48 to supply a proposed school and churches. Estimated $5,000 for materials, labor possibly via a federal project. project viewed as potentially profitable for Ada through water bills.
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Ada Minisperial Alliance
Ada
Alliance
Harry Miller
Katy
Highway 48
J. H. Pryor
Commissioner of Public Works
Morris
Coal County Track Meet winners Coalgate and Centrahoma
Coalgate High School and Centrahoma grade school captured first honors at the Coal County track meet held near Centrahoma. Coalgate won the high school softball tournament while Centrahoma took the grade school tournament. multiple event winners named for both schools include Coalgate’s Paris Dixon and Teel, and Centrahoma’s Dixon and Teel in field and track finals.
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Coalgate High School
Centrahoma
Coal County
Coalgate
He Sanwiihry
Dixon
Payte
Nelson
Clarita
White
Teel
Cenirghotia
Penington
Magness
de- Tour
Byward
Roden
Smath
Downard
Coal-gate
Smith
Carter
Tupelo
Grissom
Clarits
Coal- Rete
Rudd
Perry Tupelo
Becquert
Coalmale
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Konawa Ffa
Lindberghs
Bristow Farmer
Wilder
Dave Hybarger
Gerard
Woodward
Miss Choate
Ada Man
Choate-Blackburn
Sdenices
Kinney
Mc. and
Mes
Holcomb
Wichita Falls
W.B. Rucker
Sally Rucker
Roff
Howard Robertson
Paducah
Kentucky
James M. Wintersmith
Laura Norman
Hopper of
Maxwell
Carl Conner
J.S. Roberts
Stonewall
L. Wi. Shirley
Jimi Ward
Stratford
Mr. M. Webster
Mary Sue Brock
Okmulgé¢e
Haskell Floyd
Joe Hill
Charley Floyd
J.B. Hill
Dies Abney
Mrs. Abney
I. O T. Powass
Los Angeles
E. W. Foreman
Bellon
Mattie Tew
Adz
H. P. Butcher
East Ninth Street
Graham Kitchel
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
J. R. Kitchel
Tue Voyles
Chise Shu Cash
G. L. Morelock
L.A
Topeka
Kansas
W. B. Alexander
Billy Cecil
Odesse
Mitchell S. Eppersson
Alva Mapds
Epperson
Susan Norris
Ward Belmont
Nashville
Tennessee
P. A. Norris
Glen Wooley
Nowata
Mr. Wooley
Clifford Byrne
Mortimer, Faulkner
Arla
J. ©. Wooley
Fitlstown
Tierning
Dalley
Palmer Brecheen
Olney
Ada Monay
Tommy Chapoten
Waco
Chapoten
Erin Lindsay
Heber Haley
Laura Crisyrell
West Fourteenth Street
J. G. Russell
Maude Long
Maiabooher
Penner
Vicory
FDR
Alabaman
Hill
Roosevelt
Baker’s
C. Yi Leonard
G Vv. Leonard
The
Oklahoma Bakers Association
WM. Hynds
W. M. Hynds
Oklahoma City, Is
Viatta
Cosixate
Snoddy
Middleton
Paris
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