Ada Woman 81 Wins Honors for Hand Carved Woodwork
Mrs. Carrie Kittell of 823 East 7th Ada earned an honorable mention and cash prize at the Oklahoma City Do It Yourself show for a walnut dropleaf table with filigree dogwood motifs. She began woodwork about a decade ago, later branching into poetry, prose, rugs, quilts, and gardening while driving her own car and planning to adopt a Korean orphan.
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S. J. Markley
W. E. Kittell
East 7Th
Ada
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kittell
Bill Emanuel
Carrie Kittell
Indiana
Ada News
News
Pontotoc County Rural Schools Mostly A Rated
Sixty one of twenty one Pontotoc County rural elementary schools received A ratings in the State Board of Education accreditation. Four schools earned B and one C with all schools accredited. Dr Oliver Hodge sent certificates to be picked up at the county superintendent's office for teachers.
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Pontotoc County
State Board of Education
Ural
Jake Smart
Rural and
State Department
Bebee
Maxwell
Galey
Center
Egypt
Oakman
Happyland
Homer
Pickett
Colbert
Union Valley
Ahloso
Jesse
Union Hill
Cedar Grove
Worstell
Lawrence
Yeager
Summer's Chapel
Jones Chapel
Puddles Don’t Faze Ada Postman On Route 1
Wilson correspondent Bernice Morrison spotlights mail carrier Joe Roper on Route 1 out of Ada. In spring floods, he braved wet roads to deliver 200 baby chicks to Phares despite a deep hole near Day Creek, wading through water to keep the mail moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Morrison
Wilson
ADA Weekly News
Joe Roper
Roper
Route 1
Ada
Day Creek
Tom Phare
Phares
Lee Andrews Latta Raises Broilers in Scientific Brooder
Lee Andrews of Latta operates a 2000 capacity brooder. He keeps his chickens supplied with food and water and even plays hillbilly music to soothe them. The article notes the birds settle when music plays and dislike talking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Andrews
Latta
Andrews
Shakespeare
Lee
Thomas Edison
A Senior Says Farewell To School
A student recalls routines at the school gate, car keys, and the final ride as three years of daily commutes end. The piece blends nostalgia with the moment of separation and a closing image of a red vehicle and a castle of happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pablo
Tom Yarbro
Mrs Griffith Fights Copperhead With Hoe on Farm
A farm resident recalls a near fatal encounter with a large copperhead. She grabs a hoe to strike as the snake lunges and loses its bite, then cuts off the head and boxes the snake for proof amid recent copperhead activity and dog bites in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Griffith
Big Copperhead
Joe Tom
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Audrey Treas
Marie Anderson
A. L. Frederick
Loreda Bowers
Mabel Bowers
L. F. McDaniel
Maud Sliger
Frank Strickland
Annie Pittsenbarger
Ruby Hardin
A. H. Armstrong
Jewel Flanagan
J. C. Treas
Glenn Harrell
Lois Smith
J. F. Treas
Bill Bowers
Albert Bowes
B. L. Hardin
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