Robbery Suspected in Axe Handle Slaying Near Stratford
A 58-year-old Ada woman was killed and her husband and 10-year-old niece injured in a farm home four miles north of Stratford. Sheriff Kaiser said robbery likely the motive as the assailant, described as a 21-year-old male driving the victims’ car, remained at large with few clues after a Friday night attack. The Tuggle girl Alma and Wilburn Jones were hospitalized in critical condition with fractured skulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robby
Ada
Seminole
Shawnee
Wilburn Jones
Sadie Jones
Alma Tuggle
Clyde Kaiser
Kaiser
Tuggle
Stratford
Jones
Rain totals and temperatures from the past week
The week added 1.10 inches of rain with a midweek peak of 0.90 inches and cooler variation than the prior period. Highs ranged from 71 to 87 and lows from 50 to 67, with a summary of daily conditions based on W. E. Pitt’s records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Pitt
Rigby Owen Injured In Ada Street Accident
Rigby Owen, circulation manager of The Ada News, was badly hurt late Sunday afternoon on East Main street. He was caught between two cars, suffering leg lacerations. initial fears of broken bones were unfounded after Valley View hospital X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rigby Owen
Ada News
East
Main Street
Valley View
Births Add to Pontotoc County Vital Statistics
Birth announcements list dozens of Ada Stonewall Fittstown Allen and other local towns with numerous births over the past two months. The records show many daughters and sons born to local families including Ackley Alexander Anderson Alcorn Ayres Billingsley Bullard Brundige Brumley Brady Boydstrum Bolin Blake Benson Beach Bell Calbert Carter Cartwright Cinnamon Clark Collins Compton Coventon Croft Cunningham Davis Fairchild Fender Flavers Forrister Fowler Fox Gains Gurley Goss Haile Hammonds Holleman Harrison Hayes Kelpington Hendrick Hodges Flyd Howard Hudon Jackson Jennings Lea Luther Manuel Mauck Maynard McCarty McCauley McCarley Miller Minor Metzel Mixon Moon Moore Nickelis Nickerson Overlin Peppers Pitts Redman Rose Rutherford Rutz Shreve Sinclair Smith Smith Stewart Stewart Stowe Stone Thompson Timmons Tipton Turman Whitaker Whited Wilkerson Williams.
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Kenneth Alton Ackley
Seminole
William Alexander
Allen
Jack Anderson
Ada
Arthur Alcorn
Stonewall
Sanford H. Ayres
Stratford
Jack Billingsley
Fittstown
Harvey N. Bullard
Dan Henry Brundige
Oscar Beach
Asa Charles Bell
Cecil Calbert
Howard Otis Carter
Lelan Cartwright
Wayne Ervin Cinnamon
Lloyd B. Clark
Coalgate
Earl Collins
Otis Benjamin Compton
Charles Franklin Coody
Johnny Elmo Coventon
Cecil Monroe Croft
J. M. Crisp
W. W. Cunningham
Robert Davis
Dolphus Warren Gilbert
H. F. Earhart
Albert Joe Flavers
Melvin D. Forrister
Frances William Fowler
James Wharton Fowler
Kenneth William Fox
George W. Gains
Mill Creek
Earl Sam Gurle
Calip Perry Gann
Virgil P. Glover
Jasper Anderson Golden
Alvin Newton Goss
Marvin Curron Haile
Harold Hammonds
E. L
Sidney Christopher Manuel
Truman Wilfred Mauck
Melvin L. Maynard
W. C. McCarty
Clarence McCauley
Vaness
Robert Hugh McCarley
Melvin Ray Miller
Alvin T. Minor
George W. Metzel
Floyd R. Mixon
Crystle
Carl ‘Moon
William Clinton Moore
Estle E. Nickelis
James D
Vell Lee Peppers
Clarence Franklin Pitts
Tacoma
Washington
Louis J. Redman
Harding Harold Rose
Leland Ross Rutherford
Albert A. Rutz
Clement Caleb Shreve
Bill Sinclair
Arlis Leo Smith
Woodrow E. A. Smith
McAlester
Newton N. Steele
John D. Stewart
James Oscar Stewart
Jack Stowe
J. W. Stone
Luther Taylor
Roff
Claude Claremont Thompson
William Ansley Timmons
Leonard Richard Tipton
Thomas Lawrence Turman
William Lincoln Whitaker
Henry Hallis Whited
Jim Wilkerson
Ervin Williams
Trio of Fugitives Caught In Texas
Canadian Texas May 11 Three criminally insane fugitives from a Kansas institution were captured on a ranch 14 miles east of Canadian. Sheriff Rathjen Deputy Curry and officers from Pampa and Wheeler identified the trio as Charles Luster Forrest Holzslaw and Lee Trittle. A fourth fugitive Willis Grisco was captured yesterday at Woodward Oklahoma. Return to Larned expected Monday.
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Canadian
Texas
Larned
Kansas
Here
Hemphill
Harry Rathjen
Dawson Curry
Pampa
Wheeler
J. E. Venable
Venable Oine
Rathjen
Charles Luster
Forrest Holzslaw
Lee Trittle
Willis Grisco
Woodward
Oklo
Henryettan Worker Falls to Death at Grand River Dam
Henryetta man Robert Query, 23, slipped from an arch at the Grand River dam and plunged into 80 feet of water. Workmen said he apparently failed to realize the edge was near as he stepped back, became entangled by tool belts, and was not recovered after about four and a half hours of search.
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Disney
Robert Query
Henryetta
Grand River
Query
Dance and cakewalk at Legion Hall Wednesday night
A square dance and cakewalk will start at 8 PM in the American Legion meeting room at Convention Hall. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Proceeds benefit the Junior Legion baseball program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SDAY
Themerican Legion
Convention Hall
Junior Legion
Low-Cost Milk Plans Help Children in Cities
The piece explains how federal marketing agreements and new distribution methods cut milk prices for low income families. Boston and Chicago offer milk at five to seven cents a quart, with prospects for New Orleans and others. Lower prices through smaller containers and school lunches expand access.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Boston
Chicago
New Orleans
New York City
St. Louis
Grading Produce Emphasized For Home Canning
Miss Martha McPheters from A and M College urged careful grading of garden produce for canning at Convention Hall. She advised harvesting at the exact stage of maturity, using separate lots for prime and overripe produce, and adjusting pressuring times to prevent spoilage and ensure quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha McPheters
A. and M. College
Convention Hall
Pasture Tour Scheduled in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County will hold its annual pasture tour next Friday led by county agent C. H. Hailey. Tour participants depart the agent's office at 1 30 p m and will inspect burr clover at Bingham farm south of Ahloso, vetch at McQuirt farm, rye grass and Bermuda at Bob McCoy's place south of Stonewall, and abruzzi rye at George McCoy's west of Owl Creek.
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Pontotoc County
C. H. Hailey
Bingham
McQuirt
Ahloso
Bob McCoy
Bermuda
Lesedera
Stonewall
George McCoy
Owl Creek
Five Pontotoc County Students In Murray Graduation Class
Five Pontotoc county students will be among the 163 graduates of Murray State School of Agriculture receiving associate degrees May 24. The list includes Ray Parker and William Thornton of Ada Hoyt Isaacs and Arvel Payne of Allen and W M Smith of Roff with a ceremony May 18 led by Rev Cecil A Denny and a commencement address by President T T Montgomery.
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Tishomingo
Pontotoc County
Murray State School of Agriculture
Cecil A. Denny
First Christian Church of
Oklahoma
Ray Parker
William Thornton
Ada
Hoyt Isaacs
Arvel Payne
Allen
W. M. Smith
Roff
Parker
Ray
Thornton
William
Addington
Harrison
John
Isaacs
Hoyt
Payne
Arvel
AMBER
Monroe
Morris
Antlers
Billings
Floyd
Bradley
Eugene
Labor
Clarence
Scott
Sam
Reynolds
Bertha
Weaver
Garrett
Beggs
Henderson
Irene
Bennington
Philpott
Dorothy
Borchito
Puckett
R. L
Cline
Myrtle
Cluck
Jane
Howard
Pauline
Jaquysh
Thelma
Wasson
la Verne
Gregory
Edward
Caddo
Powell
Annette
Reese
Paul
Calera
Ernest
Lloyd
Sharp
Evelyn
Camargo
Tomlinson
Jim
Clarita
Grigsby
Colbert
Simms
LaVerne
Tally
Ella Belle
Coleman
Price Edward
Connerville
Hilton
Evert
Jewel
Holbrook
David
Daugherty
Dobbs
Forrest
Davis
Howeth
Orbra
Dela
Rea
Thomas
Dundee
Carter
Johnnie Marie
Durant
Hicks
Edna
Eldorado
Walker
Eudell
Maburn
Elmore City
Welch
Juanita
Ada Public Library Needs Discussed by Local League
Ada chapter of the National League of Women Voters met in the Ada Public Library club room to discuss public welfare at state county and city levels. Milton Keating urged library needs and local citizens' involvement while Mrs. Claude McMillan reported on a New York City national meeting and broadcast talks by Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Roosevelt.
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Ada
National League of Women Voters
Public
L. P. Sandbach
Milton Keating
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Claude McMillan
New York City
Robert Taft
Franklin D Roosevelt
League
Ponca City
McMillan
O. A. Bayless
J. O. Truelove
John R. Harris
Initiative Liquor Petition Attacked In Oklahoma City
Mrs Vera Millikin filed a protest with the secretary of state challenging the sufficiency of the initiative petition for legalized liquor alleging fraud improper signatures and insufficiency. Her attorney Jasper Roberts noted she did not agree with Dr W R White of the United Dries decision not to protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Vera Millikin
Secretary of State
Jasper Roberts
Applications Pour In For Mattresses Under New Program
County Agent C. H. Hailey reports many applications for a free mattress program aiding farm families with income under 400 dollars. Sponsored by AAA, the county home demonstration agent and the surplus commodities corporation, the project costs 50 cents plus materials and labor. Mrs. Jessie Morgan assists, cotton provided by the surplus commodities corporation, and eligibility begins after 120 approved applications. Information and blanks are available at the county agent’s office.
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C. H. Hailey
AAA
County Home Demonstration Agent
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Jessie Morgan
Two Ada Men Charged in Alien Man Robbery
Emmett Pates and Lloyd Vigus were charged with robbery with firearms after allegedly robbing G. W. Crisp of Allen of $17 at gunpoint and fleeing toward Ada. They pleaded not guilty, committed to county jail without bond, with a May 18 preliminary hearing set.
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Allien
Ada
Emmett Pates
Lloyd Vigus
A. W. Oliver
Oliver
G. W. Crisp
Allen
Jimmie Dean
Crisp
Vigus
Dean
Petes
Sandy Bridge
Said
Twelfth and
Johnson
Charley Shockley
Jim Rogers
Clothing School Held Past Week at Convention Hall
A second clothing school for county farm women was held last week at Convention Hall with eight county clubs present. Mrs. Jessie Morgan said Saturday that Miss Martha Merrifield of Oklahoma A and M taught the class. The sessions covered pattern alteration and finishing techniques for garments.
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Convention Hall
Jessie Morgan
Martha Merrifield
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Merrifield
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T. H
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Ebert
New York
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North Sea
Netherlands
Bardment
Ada Public Library
League of Women Voters
Initiative Liquor Petition
Emmet Potes
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