Allen Field To Be Shut In Allen Pool Drilling Plan
The Allen pool in Seminole Hughes and Pontotoc counties averaging 19 175 barrels daily from 90 wells will be formally shut in by a seven member committee of Allen operators. The Mid Continent Oil and Gas association advisory committee will guide a restricting drilling program while maintaining production unless it exceeds limits. Ray M Collins will umpire in Kansas and Oklahoma if operators fail to agree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Seminole
Hughes
Pontotoc
Committee of Seven
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Allen Pool
R. A. (Barry) Griffith
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
George OO. Moody
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
C. H. Wright
Sunray Oil Corporation
Frank Walling
Gilcrease Oil Company
M. J. Kirwin
Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
Gorham
Russell County
Kansas
Wichita
Kan
Ray M. Collins
Oklahoma
Community notices and visits span Ada area Sunday
A long list of church visits and social rounds across Ada Pontotoc County includes Odom preaching at a local place Saturday night and Sunday and Sunday night. Many residents spend time with relatives at events and dinners, with gatherings in Walters Ada and Fitzhugh. Next Friday May 25 is cemetery cleanup day with all invited and asked to bring dinner. The weather rains have delayed farming and growth at the cemetery grounds. A separate legal notice announces a June 18 sale at the Pontotoc County Courthouse to satisfy a 1927 judgment against Walter C Lovelady and Ada Lovelady, with prior mortgage and attorney fees. the sheriff and attorneys are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro, Odom
Christine Crowder
Ellen’ Dunn
Emmet Hudson
Elorys Wright
Francis, Helen
Jane
Ruth Kerr
Ada
Boren
Willis Ables
Roff
Mattie Patton
Eller Dunn
John Bradley
Elmer Young
Fitzhugh
H. G. Coffey
Cleo Coffey
Arthur Coffey
J. C. Wells
Lester Pitts
Percy Speer
Dee Crowder
Little Marlow Mounger
Foy Pendleton
J. A. Rhodes
Rofs
McCraw
Young
S. C. Evans
Sheriee
Pontotoc County Court House
Oklahoma
Township 3
Range
Indian Base
Meridian
Pontotoc County
District Court
Commerce Trust Company
Walter C. Lovelady
Ada Lovelady
W. B. Walker
P. H. Deal
Mek Rown & Green
Rainy spell slows farmers as cotton near stand
Heavy rains last week left farmers behind with planting. Most cotton is up to a good stand. Cleo McCalb is sick with pneumonia. Emmitt Light and family shopped in Ada Saturday. Evens, Starks, Haskins, and others visited Ada Stratford on weekend. Yeager services and Summers Chapel Sunday school well attended with local families present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo McCalb
Emmitt Light
Ada
G. W. Evans
Buel Starks
Earlin Haskins
Stratford
J. G. Stone
Yeager
J. Q
Norine Moore
Nora Hendricks
Eva Hurd
Ava
Myrtle Evins
L. D. Haskins
Summers Chapel
Henry Goodson seeks minor rights to contracts in Pontotoc County
Henry Goodson by his mother Nora Roper petitions the Pontotoc County District Court on June 27 1928 to grant him majority rights for contracts and to transact business as a person of age. Attorneys Wim BIS H & Wim BIS H represent the petitioner in this filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Oklahoma
Pontotoc
CIPY
Henry, Goodson
Nora Roper
Pontotoc County
Henry Goodson
Wimbish & Wimbish
Rewards Seen In Close for Schools Here
Several Ada area students earned top honors as the city schools closed. East Central State Teachers College and Ada High School awarded multiple prizes including Mrs Velma Eliott Wimbish for top averages, Miss Mattie Calhoun for most valuable student, and Ellen Barney for Grigsby-Orr Scholarship with DAR gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State Teachers College
Ada High School
Velma Eliott Wimbish
East Central State Teachers’ College
Ada Evening News
Calhoun
Horace Mann High School
Dallas
Wichita
Kan
Leonard Callies
East Central Tigers
Polly Wallace
P. A. Wallace
East Central
Ellen Barney
Ada
Barney
Charles T. Barney
Grigsby-Orr
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ruth Bryan
Ada High
Troy Melton
Kiwanis
Branch Louise Smith
Hobart Ragland
Edith Calhoun
Wallace Hoggatt
Methodists Oppose Compulsory Military Training
The Quadrennial General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church adopted a strong declaration opposing compulsory military training in U.S. schools. The conference voiced opposition to military instruction in high schools and to conscription in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nine file for state offices in Oklahoma House
Nine persons filed for seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives with the state election board late Saturday and early today. Two filed for the Senate. The filings include Louis Ware of Caddo County, Republican. George Hutchinson of Garfield County, Republican. H. E. Swan of the Fifth District, Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Election Board
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Louis Ware
Caddo County
George Hutchinson
Garfield County
H. E. Swan
Debate Over Military Training Ad Policy Wins Narrowly
A conference debate on the advertising of military training camps in mass mailings ends with the resolution passing, though about 50 of 865 delegates oppose. The vote highlights tensions over patriotism and university peace as figures like Daniel L. Marsh defend government as servant of the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Daniel L. Marsh
Boston University
Committee On the State of the Church
Escaped Suspect Burns Recants in Indiana Inquiry
John Burns twenty admits that Wallace McClure and John Grove were killed by three unknown men who stopped their car during the February chase. He says Baxter and he were released, with the deputies forced to follow a separate vehicle before dying on a farm near Danville, Illinois. The trio reportedly drove the officers’ car to Decatur, Illinois, where it was later found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Sills
Lafayette
Ind
John Burns
Wallace McClure
John Grove
Robert Williamson
Burns
Samuel Baxter
Williamson
Grove
McClure
Baxter
Indiana Reformatory
Edersburg
Indiana
Danville
Ill
Otto W. Smith
Burrs
Decatur
Seaman Silent on His Ousting in Oklahoma City
W R L Seaman secretary of the state highway commission says he will remain on duty until June 15 to complete an audit of 1927 highway tag agents. He notes possible heavy shortages and hints he may enforce full audits and legal action. McDonald of Sallisaw set to take office June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
W .R. L. Seaman
State Highway Commission
J. E. McDonald
Sallisaw
Seaman
McDonald
Man Released From Holdenville Forge Time
A man was released from Holdenville penitentiary yesterday after serving time for forgery, marking the end of his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdenville
Mukogee Wins 1929 Odd Fellows Encampment Election in Oklahoma
Mukogee was chosen as the host city for the nineteenth annual grand encampment of the Odd Fellows of Oklahoma. In the election Mukogee defeated Oklahoma City 60 to 14. Officers including W. J. Kirby and R. E. Holland were named to top posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Lows
Oklahoma
Mukogee
Oklahoma City
W. J. Kirby
R. E. Holland
Altus
Grand Outer Sentinel
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Allen Field
Sunshine
Mr. Minor
Alvin
Walter Ashley
Bob
Zella
Ora Lee Ashley
Lucille Cochran
Lula Minor
W. P. Nance
Ashley
Clyde Higgs
Irene Cochran
Hickory
Walker
Wilson
Virgie Wilson
Bessie Cochran
Arlene
Ardell Clayton
Hester Collins
Ray Lamb
Travis Norman
Watts
Ada City
Lahoma
John C. Head
McCurtain
Clarence Lohman
Osage County
Emily Jordan
Muskogee County
Charles Linthicum
Oklahoma County
J. E. Duggan
Love County
Marvin E. Nixon
Tulsa
Lee I. Seward
Arnett
Clifford C. Kerns
W. J. Martin
Jain
Dec Sloan
Ada, Okla
ODD Fellows
Delco-Light
Delco- Light
General Motors
Belton Brady
Delco
Okla
Ade
Detco Light
Delco Light Company
Dayton
Ohio
South Townsend
Sudan
the Checkerboard Store
ADA Seed CO
Oklahoma Brokerage Co
Paul Delorvin
West Main Street
West Main
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