Local Rural School Closes Term With Eighth Grade Diplomas
Lightning Ridge reports a successful term ending with four boys earning eighth grade diplomas. A school program Thursday night delighted attendees as Miss Thelma Lois Tipton and Miss Doris Ruby Griffith were among visitors. numerous local families from Ada and Davis joined in community greetings and family visits through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lightning Ridge
Thelma Lois Tipton
Doris Ruby Griffith
Craig Dunn
Susia Austin
Ada
Grandpa
Grandma Garrett
John Ray
Mildred Watson
Fay Peneleton
Otis Coffey
H. G. Coffey
Stephens
Oklahoma
Fruitz
Linh Pendleton
Summers Chapel Singing School Closes Big Night
In Vanoss area Sunday school drew good turnout with Mr Driskell guiding the singing school eyelids. The final night invites singers from everywhere to join the last session while families and neighbors share in the event and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoor
Mr. Driskell
Rose Poe
Oklahoma City
Betty Lou Anderson
Lenn
Hughey
Jean Magar
Avery Penningon
George Vans
Woodrow Tiner
M.N. Hughey
John Tiner
EB C. Flatt
Mothers Shape Sons Toward Right Aims And Duties
A column urges mothers to guide children from cradle with a definite life aim. Pastor Willerson and wife sang at Atwood Nazarene church as a Sunday note carries plans for Pontotoc county singing, rainouts noted, and a family reunion on Mothers Day citing Mrs. Ann Alfred’s descendants gathering at ADA and nearby towns.
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Brother Willerson
Atwood Nazarene Church
Pontotoc
Ann Alfred
S21
West 7Th Street
Ada
Tom Riley
Harry Crawford
Pleasant Hill
Jess Cooper
Allen
Reedy Blaylock
Wickett
Texas
Arthor Ellott
Harvey Holman
Tupelo
Woodrow Coffey
Roff
Orville Crawford
Son Cowper
Hess Pengieal
Ardmore
Alfred ‘Pennington
Stratford
Lula residents urged to help beautify cemetery May 24
We, the people of Lula and others interested in beautifying the Lula cemetery, are asked to bring lunches and spend Wednesday May 24 working at the cemetery.
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Lula
Summers Chapel Singing Meet Invitation
Friday night the Summers Chapel singing school will be held with an invitation to singers from everywhere to come and join in good singing and a good time.
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Summers Chapel
Phillips To Confer With Dept Heads In Oklahoma City
Phillips to meet with state department heads in Oklahoma City on May 17 to discuss patronage age, the budget cut by the legislature, and space allocation in the new state office building. He plans to use the building even without partitions after the $9,875,000 appropriation died in the recent legislative session.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Post office to issue King George royal train postmark
Stary collectors seeking envelopes with the King George royal train postmark will get them next month. The post office department will apply the special post mark to mail on June 3, though the letters won’t travel on the train. Prepared covers should go to the second assistant postmaster general.
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Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Dairy Farmers Urged To Make War On Weeds
Oklahoma City reports dairy commissioner L H Stinnett urged dairy farmers to combat weeds in cattle feed to protect milk quality. He warned pennycress and peppergrass degrade butter and cream, causing price losses, and advised mowing, burning, and using weed-free pastures or short grazing before milking.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
L. H. Stinnett
State Department of Agriculture
Okdanoma
Cranmeries
Whale
Fennycrest
Stinnett
Indians and white man plant corn together in Kansas field
In Lawrence Kansas an exhibit paired old and new farming methods with Native American and white participants planting corn side by side on a 40-acre field. Indians Arthur Rowledge Kaw Willie Meho jah and Marvin Little Hole joined Leonhard farm owners son Lawrence Leonhard for a demonstration that included fish as fertilizer and new seed corn planting. The field hosts next fall’s national corn husking contest.
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Lawrence
Kas
Wpie
Leonhard
Northeas
Mure
Lawrence Leonhard
Trac
Arthur Rowledge
Arapahoe
Greenfield
Okia
Willie Mehojah
Marvin Little Hole
Unexpected Rise In Wheat Prices Buoys Farmers
Wheat prices jumped about 10 percent above winter loan levels boosting farmer liquidity. Storage wheat redeemed to pay off CCC loans. Interior markets saw higher receipts as farmers move grain to marketing channels amid improving demand with some loans maturing May 31. No. 2 hard wheat quoted 78 1/2 cents in Chicago, Kansas City No. 2 red 73 1/2 to 7 over loan, Minneapolis No. 1 dark northern $1 to 84.
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Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Craterville Park Plans Pageant and Rodeo
Craterville, May 17. A pageant of Oklahoma history marks the state’s 70th anniversary with Craterville Park’s July 23 celebration. A rodeo features Billy Keen of the New York World's Fair wild west show performing leaps over an automobile and fancy roping. Frank Rush notes Keen’s Madison Square Garden appearances. Dozens of high schools picnic nearby as the park sits in the Wichita Mountains near Layton.
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Craterville
Oklahoma
Craterville Park
Billy Keen
New York
Madison Square Garden
Wichita Mountains
Layton
Women Held In Whiskey Case
Louise Black and Cora Black were charged with violating the internal revenue act and were to be taken to the federal jail at Muskogee Wednesday. Arrested in Semihole county, they have been held in the county jail. Allen Stanfield, deputy United States marshal, was to transport them.
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Louise Black
Cora Black
Muskogee
Semi Hole
Allen Stanfield
United States
Farley Visit Crowded Texas Town and Parade
Amaro, May 17 Farley visited to ride horses dedicate a post office greet cowhands and public onlookers in a five hour stop. A massive Farley parade described as the longest cowhand pageant by Mason King and a 1000 dollar white Arabian four gaited horse were touted. Farley planned to depart for the west coast late afternoon. Also Wyatt Smith moved his drug store to a new location in Holdenville after keeping a bull frog as a civic mascot for years.
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Amarillo
Tex
Jim Farley
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Farley
Mason King
Pidins
Lene Howe
West Coast
A, Smith
Jholdenville
Wyatt Smith
E Smith
Smith
Thompson Donates Books To Ada Library
M. 2 Thompson of East Central State College donated a diverse list of books to Ada library this week. Numerous titles span travel, science, literature, manuals, agriculture, and citizenship, reflecting broad curricular and domestic reading interests with multiple authors including Buckley White Adams Silvernale and Peterson among others.
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M. 2 Thompson
East Central State College
Ada
Buckley
White
Adams
Browning
Folls
Leavell
Breckinridge
Wilson
Erb
Bupsh
Dickie
Runkle
Halleck
Florida Senate blocks $200 state pension plan
Florida lawmakers defeated a Townsend plan proposal to fund a $200 monthly pension for residents aged 60 and over. The vote 29 to 8 followed Holland reading a Townsend telegram, with lawmakers citing doomed prospects for a state financed pension program. Lewton considers installing traffic signals at five corners next year to curb missed stop signs.
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Florida
Senate
Spessard Holland
Francis E. Townsend
Tallahasser, Fla
Vawton
Lewton
Harry Stacehouse
Stackhouse
Farley avoids 1940 talk during Oklahoma swing
Postmaster General Farley urged unity at a Tulsa breakfast praising President Roosevelt's record as the 1940 platform. He declined to forecast a third term or a bid for the presidency, saying only that the party should subordinate personal views for the party’s welfare. He lauded Governor Phillips and New Deal programs amid a tour that included visits with state officials and delegation members.
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Oklahoma City
James Farley
Maine
Vermont
Farley
Tulsa
Roosevelt
Phillips
Fareley
Josh Lee
Okeelahoma
Democratic Nationa
White House
Democratic Party
France Paris
Red River
Public Works Administration
Jack Nichols
Eufaula
Lyle Boren
Seminole
Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
Roosevelt Official Family Divided on Farm Bill Action
Washington May notices report Roosevelt advisers split on signing or vetoing the 1.218 billion agriculture bill. Cabinet members in dispute over funding and parity payments, with Wallace urging passage and Garner urging veto and return to Congress for budget alignment or higher revenue. Senate plans and finance committee views add to the uncertainty.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Aire
Wallace
Gamer
Congress
Garlier
Senate Finance Committee
Panhandle April Rains Abundant
In the Oklahoma Panhandle, April rainfall totaled 1.87 inches, 14 percent above the 11 year average, with four months of 1939 reaching 4.07 inches, 22 percent above long term norms. Wheat prospects are aiding by moisture though some areas report stress from excess growth, eight dust storms occurred in April, and soil conservation efforts helped reduce soil blowing.
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Guymon
Oklahoma Panhandle
George M. Barker
Mana
Soil Conservation Service Project
Here
Parker
Panhandle
Aloka Loses One Of Best Citizens
W. D. Higdon a pioneer of Atoka county was buried Tuesday in Atoka. Funeral services were at the Presbyterian church with Masons in charge at the grave. He had worked in Lehigh coal and later lumber, and for over thirty years was manager at J. Cook Lumber in Atoka. An elder and Sunday School secretary, he was a respected civic worker and Mason. Delegations from Ada and other parts of the state attended.
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W. D. Higdon
Atoka County
Atoka
Presbyterian Church
Rigdon
Lehigh
J. Cook Lumber Company
Ada
Hugh Norris
D. W. Swaffar
Jess Bell
Ed Haley
Franklin Bourlane
J. W. Gleghorn
Harry Miller
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Lucy. Welker
Va Chambers
Lydia Wierick
Merion Beth Brewington
Ponder
Helen Walker
Sydney Walker
Vaness
S. D. Chambers
Agey Loum
Harl Hodges
Bernice Ragland
Edd Powell
Marion Brewington
Elizebeth_ Owens
Ellen Ponder
Son Lee
Delore Powell
Lena Grace Turner
W. L. McKinley
Clint Phillips
Marvin Briggs
Cildren
Gaar Corner
Elton Cape
Earl Willis
Doyle Walker
D. Chambers
Jimmie
Boyd Ponder
Ellen
Burns
Iatford
Edd Fowell
Susie Jones
Etna Turner
T. L. Cook
Caroline
Tommey
Leon Hammond
Charles Riley
Maud
Egese
Ae Vanoss
Z. W. Denham
CA. Berger
Wanda Fae
Hattie Collins
Chloe
Bob Peek
Carl Denham
Mount Driskell
Sunshine
J. W. Keet
Willie Shaw
Rachel West
Grace Irvin
Mimmie Shaw
Mytie Marten
M. S. Collins
Joe Walker
Alan Walker
Tammie ‘Duncan
Gear
W. H
Bonnie Petes
Berger
Ben
Mrs. Walters
Feeling Walters
Gailey
Joe Hart
Madonna Fae
Ruby Dempsey
Verni
Lorene Johnson
Beaula Mae Shumard
This
Sidney ‘Green
Knox
Warren Shumardi
Ed. Roundtree
Family Se
Jack Beller
Center
Barney
Woodrow Hall
Jean Logan
Christina Oden
Nay Dean
Stella Mae Roundtree
Dan Tyson
Ruth Hughes
Sam Rankin
C. Co. Wortman
Dorothy
Norene
Dorothy Mase Hughes
Edna
Januar
JK. Newby
Lorene Peterson
Bonnie Wortman
Ola Blevins
W. EH. Bandy
Jessie Lilley
Fred Renels
Boil Capps
J. Lauten
J. R. Shankard
Charles Auten
Harvey Bandy
T. R. Lee
Abloso
Doris Binkley
Alice Uilley
Homer
Dan
Cupid
R. E. Byrd
Dorothy Upton
Harold Byrd
Wilma’ Henderson
Holdenville
Carl Hill
Ella Byrd
Amazon
Mr Ae
Aire Netin
Emme
Lois de Fee
Oma Reeves
Agears
Thompson
Row Peterson
Spot
Johnson Book Co
Come Eng
Lover Burdett Co
Aloka
Belmont Park
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