Latta Listens To Metropolitan Zoning Plan talk
Latta residents attended an information meeting on Metropolitan Area Planning and Zoning led by urban planner Bob Lehr. About 85 people heard details on master plats, with sessions planned for other areas. meetings are informational, not hearings, and future sessions may follow elections.
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Latta
Bob Lehr
Norman
Ablaso
Metropolitan Planning and’ Zoning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Tax Collections Jump In County During 1962
Pentotoe County tax collections rose by 59568 over 1961 as valuations increased by about half a million dollars. The county assessor's office submitted net taxes for real estate personal and public service with gains across categories. Total net taxable value reached 27099591, with a county tax total of 1585924.76 and Ada shares listed. tax statements to 17000 will be mailed soon and collections start next week.
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Pentotoe County
Ada
County Shorts and Farm News From Ada County
County agents and 4-H lectures noted in Stillwater Latta School reports. Hereford Heaven sale drew ranchers after a rainy planting week. Vetch and winter grain planted on former peanut lands amid heavy county rain. Peanut harvest delayed by dry August. Rofs Sportsman's Club Auxiliary report a partial fundraiser success. Springbrook SH19 bridge overflowed, lowlands damaged. Vanoss First Baptist plans Nov 11 reunion with basket lunches. East Central College offers a six week biology course for top county students starting Thursday night.
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East Central College
Crisis Swamps Draft Board With Questions
Ada district sees a Cuban Russian crisis flood draft board 64. Clerk Josephine Latta reports many calls and visits from men with marriage certificates and legal papers. Mothers inquire about sons birth and draft status changes, and interest peaks during crises. Only one man volunteers at the office.
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Ada
Josephine Latta
Selective Service System
Pontotoc County Home Demonstration Tour of Kitchens
Members of Pontotoc County Home Demonstration Clubs plan a Kitchen Tour Tuesday departing 9 15 am from the county home demonstration office. Stops include homes of Mrs Urban Dew Love lady Mrs Silas Taylor Stonewall Mrs R L Hale Roff Mrs Alvin Powell Ross Mrs Leonard Etchieson Latta Mrs Wesley Brantley Latta and Mrs E Brady Latte with a luncheon at 11 45 am. Attendees bring a sack lunch drinks provided. Tour assists those planning to build or remodel.
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Pontotoc
County Home Demonstration Clubs
County Home
Urban Dew
Homer Road
Silas Taylor
Love Lady
R. L. Hale
Stonewall
Alvin Powell
Roff
Leonard Etchieson
Ross
Wesley Brantley
Latta
E. Brady
Latte
Two Cases Heard by Wednesday Justice Court
In Bert, Ratliff's court on Wednesday two cases were heard. Stewart Barhatt Hollenberry Kaw was charged with making an improper turn. Jewell C. Humphray of Talihina was cited for child abandonment.
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JP Bert
Ratliff's Court
Stewart
Barhatt
Hollenberry
Kaw
Jewell C. Humphray
Talihina
County Doctors Delay Type III Vaccine Program
The Type II polio vaccine rollout for county residents on November 4 is postponed after a joint Fontetec County Medical Society and Jaycees meeting. Drs George Stephens and H P Harrison cited adverse publicity and animal tests for Type III as reasons to delay, with a December first week target to resume Type II and consider Type I.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce v
Fontetec County Medical Society
Jaycees Dx
George Stephens
8. P. Harrison
Medical Society
Harrison
Saturday Show Highlights Quarter Horses on KWTV
A Saturday farm show features a quarter horses segment airing Saturday from 12 30 to 1 on Channel 9. Wayne Liles and Siil Hare of KWTV farm directors present facts about Quarter Horse Showing and Working. Filmed at Reeder ranch Woodward 4 H Light Horse Beaver Dick Rabey horse farm Edmond Burl Holmes farm Oklahoma City Horse Barn OSU. Charley Peppers president OK Quarter Horses Association Andy Kinkead secretary Ted Scott Edmond assisted in development.
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Channel 9
Wayne Liles
Siil Hare
Kwtv Farm
Reeder
Woodward
Beaver
Dick Rabey
Edmond
Burl Holmes
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State University
Charley Peppers
Oklahoma Quartar Horses Association
Andy Kinkead
Ted Scott
Liles and
Hare
County ASC picks pair for Pontolac County committee
Ada area men Louis Moshier and A A Bryant were reelected as chair and vice chair of Pontolac County Agricultural Stabilization Conservation county committee for 1962 63. They will serve one year beginning November. Also elected were Guy Pegg first alternate Marian Willoughby second alternate and other members by delegates of nine county committees.
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Ada Area
Pontolac County Agricultural Stabilization Conservation County
Louie Moshier
Rt.4
Ada
A.A. Bryant
Rt. 3
Guy Pegg
Allen
Bain
Ands
Marian
Willoughby
ASC
Green Takes New Position At Seminole
Riley Green, assistant administrator of Valley View Hospital, will become administrator of Seminole Municipal Hospital effective December 2. He has served five years at Valley View, is native Adan graduate of Hast Central State College in business administration. “Valley View is the best, but I couldn’t pass up a chance to have my own hospital.” A replacement at Valley View has not been named.
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Riley Green
Valley View’ Hospital
Seminole
Green
Valley View
Adan
Hast Central State College
Soil Survey Probes Soil Types In Pontotoc County
A Oklahoma soil scientist Vinson Bogard and assistants map Pontotoc County soils for the Soil Conservation Service. The survey, ongoing three years, aims to complete county soil data by 1970, detailing physical and chemical makeup, geology, and land use guidance. Field work spans every four sections with cores, PH testing, and slope maps to build a practical county soil atlas.
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Pontotoc County
Soil Conservation ‘Service
Vinson Bogard
SCS
Oklahoma
Bogard
Fittstown
Soil Conservation Service
Ada
Homecomings A Pretty Sad Tail For Allen Family Pet
Stinkey the pet skunk of Mr and Mrs Herman Jacobs Allen returns after wandering since May. Mark Mullins 10 finds the skunk two miles east of Allen, dog snips its tail, but Stinkey is recognized and reclaimed by the Mullins family and Jacobs share the reunion.
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John Bennett
Mark
Stinkey
Herman Jacobs
Allen
Mark Mullins
Leroy Mullins
Enid Contractor Submits Low Bid On Water Project
Three bids heard Tuesday and two mailed bids were received for the Upper Clear Boggy Watershed project at the Sail Conservation Service office south and east of Ada. H Holtzen of Enid submitted the lowest bid of 218 323. Simms Inc of Duncan bid 398 501 90 and A K McBride of Fort Smith Ark bid 384 020. two mail bids remain under consideration.
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Enid
Upper Clear Boggy
Sail Conservation Service
Ada
H. Holtzen
Fallowing Haltzen
Simms, Inc
Duncan
A. K. McBride
Ft. Smith, Ark
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Whitey Wilburn
Reeves Packing Plant
Wilburn
Frank Milsapp
Adz
Stillwater
Raymond Greg
Latta School
Rofs Sportsman’s Club
Union Valley
Egypt
Lawrence
Springbrook Bridge
Sh19
Vaness First
Novasé
de. Stephens
Stephens
Canada
Soil Conservation’ Service
Tiffin
Vaness
Sandy Creek
Auti ‘McCullar
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