Floods Leave Pon totoc County Farms Flooded and Stressed
Cotton, peanuts, and hay crops suffer as floods and rising rivers disrupt harvests across Pon totoc County. Local gin manager Coleman Lea notes some improvement with sun, predicting 100 to 150 more bales ginned. county totals track just above 1940 levels. Nearby notes show 1941 cotton ginned by Oct 18 stood at 2,228 bales versus 2,313 in 1940, while peanuts rot in wet soil and sprouts fail, crops overall harmed though county felt only a corner of the flood area. In Tishomingo, teachers gather Nov 7 for a 150-strong county meeting. Johnston county draft calls list six local men and one Tulsa transfer for Nov 4. Stratford hosts a Business Men's Club meeting Nov 5 and announces an eight-week metalworking class starting Nov 3.
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Pon County
Coleman C. Lea
Choctaw Gin
Pontotoc County
Deac v
County Scouts Expand Travel Program Across Oklahoma
Pontotoc county Boy Scouts remain a mobile unit under executive Harry Miller. Young scouts complete short trips to Carlsbad Caverns and historic sites in north eastern and southeastern Oklahoma. Future journeys are planned including a November 22 trip to Norman for the O U Marquette football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Boy Scouts
Harry Miller
Carlsbad Caverns
Oklahoma
Norman
O. U.-Marquette
Water taps reach Tishomingo as Spring Creek line opens
Water from the Spring Creek line arrived in Tishomingo after months of work. Mayor Reid Hutchens announced the long awaited completion and that water was turned into the city pipes, pouring over the standpipe and serving residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
Roosevelt
Spring Creek
Reid Hutchens
Armistice Day Plan Nears Completion in County
The American Legion committee arranging the Armistice Day program on November 11 needs only a speaker to finalize plans. The event promises to be the largest and most attractive festival day in the county with top talent expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
American Legion Committee
WPA asks postponement of $20,000 high school building
Due to a shortage of roaders and stone masons in the cockeacent division of the state WPA, construction work on the proposed twenty thousand dollar high school building project has been postponed indefinitely, according to word received from the state WPA offices this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
Raed Rs
WPA
Scouts Direct Traffic on Highway 19 Crossings
Scoutmaster P C Burgess has appointed Boy Scouts to direct traffic morning and night at highway 19 crosswalks near schools. Highway patrolmen assist the scouts and recommend dark rain coats for rain and wind protection.
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Stratford
P. C. Burgess
Alumni Banquet Set for November 27 at High School
The 17th alumni banquet will be held in the high school auditorium on Thursday November 27. Secretary George Dalton and an able corps of assistants are busy making arrangements for the 17th annual alumni banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
George Dalton
Chamber of Commerce Joins Local Armistice Day Plans
Coalgate moves to assist area groups for Halloween Boy Scouts events, Legion and auxiliary activities, and Armistice Day preparations. Red Cross roll call starts November 13 with the Chamber aiding all programs.
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Coalgate
C. of C
Boy Scouts
Hallowe’en
Legion
Auxiliary
Red Cross
C. of C. 4S
Coal County Red Cross aids refugees with garment work
The Coal County Red Cross chapter emphasizes refugee garment production as its main effort. Each garment requires a specific estimated number of hours of work as outlined by the general office.
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Coalgate
Coal County
The
Red Cross
General Office
Coalgate PTA Sees Strong Turnout at Meeting
The Coalgate PTA met Monday night in the high school. President Mrs Walter Plummer and secretary Mrs Mae Forneris presided. Rooms led by Mrs Forneris and Mrs Holland won prizes for most parents present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
Coalgate Pta
Walter Plummer
Mae Forneris
Atoka High School to Present Three One Act Plays
The speech department directed by Miss M Ruth Hatcher will stage three one act plays at Atoka High School. Matinee is November 4 at 2 PM in the high school auditorium with an 7:30 PM evening show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atoka
Atoka Highschool
M. Ruth Hatcher
Special Press Plans for Navy Enlistment Push
Oklahoma City November 1 A special meeting of Oklahoma press association members and publishers from towns under 50 000 will gather Tuesday November 4 to discuss the Navy recruitment drive. Capt F E M Whiting and Commander C L Walton will represent the Navy with George Gouge and J H Kelly of a New York advertising agency also attending. Oklahoma veterans groups will supply speakers. Governor Phillips was invited.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Press Association
Navy
Navy Department
F. E. M. Whiting
Washington
C. L. Walton
New Orleans
George Gouge
J. H. Kelly
New York
Oklahoma
Phillips
Dreher Smokes Historic Stogies On 21st Birthday
In Roscoe New York Alfred Dreher lights two old stogies kept by his father Henry for the day of Alfreds 21st birthday. The ritual marks a family joke dating back more than two decades as part of a sentimental observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe
N. Y
Alfred Dreher
Alfred
Henry
Dreher
Burnetts honored for farm virtues and scouting impact
The Burnett family of Fitzhugh, Oklahoma, led thrifty diversified farming while raising three sons Ross Charles and R B. They supported scouting with Camp Burmay and attended camps with their boys. Now living near Los Angeles during a defense program, they hope to return to their Fitzhugh farm when prep measures end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Oklahoma
Burnett
Fitzhugh
Okies
Pat Burnett
Ross
Charles
R. B
Los Angeles
Legion Auxiliary Holds First Quarter District Meeting
The Fourth District American Legion Auxiliary met in Tecumseh with district president Mrs. Ada Ferguson presiding. Department and district officers spoke, installation was conducted by Mrs. Edward Box, and a banquet at Tecumseh State Industrial School for Girls followed with remarks on auxiliary programs and global conditions.
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Legion Auxiliary
Fourth District
American Legion Auxiliary
Tecumseh
Robert Ferguson
Ada
Gillie Kellogg
Annie Hardin
Cecil Hey
J. M. Satterthwaite
Clyde Leforee
Bristow
Edward Box
Oklahoma City
H. H. Holliday
Anadarko
Dept
J. Sam Johnson
Edmond
J. Guy Sweatt
Wewoka
Dept. Emblem and Employment
Edwin S. Dunnaway
Bartlesville
Dept. Child Welfare
J. T. Price
Seminole
Dept. Rehabilitation
L. D. Akin
Shawn
James Taylor
Holdenville
Pin
Box
Max Fife
Legion and Auxiliary
Dust Bowl origin debate prompts reward offer
The search across the southwest extends for the maker of the term dust bowl amid controversy over its use in describing the storm ravaged plains. Albert Law of the Dalhart Texan offered a $50 reward while officials debate its origins and the role of soil conservation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Albert Law
Dalhart Texan
Grover B. Hill
Secretary of Agriculture
Texas
Amarillo
Judge Jones
United States
White House
Morgenthau
Worley
D.tex
Panhandle
Cotton Vote To Be Taken In December In Pontotoc County
Pontotoc county cotton farmers prepare for the fifth national cotton marketing quota referendum in December. Chairman David Gray notes supplies are steady and exports remain below normal, with quotas affecting loans under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Polls will be open at locations across Pontotoc county.
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Pontotoc County
David Gray
County Aaa Committee
Gray
Oklahoma
Cows bog in Sandy Creek and hill pasture woes
Report notes cows bogged in sandy hill pastures near Ada Uhl Bumpers with two pulled from wet sand near highway 19. Rains created seepy springs in timbered sands. cows recovered with no worse for wear. Mentions historic dust bowl talk and political figures in a tangential aside.
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Ada
Ada Chose Delegate for 1906 Convention Say Man
Ada district voters chose Carlton Weaver Democrat as delegate to Oklahoma constitutional convention in Guthrie. The Ada News reported Weaver's lead over Burton at 586 with total district votes around 2,096 to 2,200. Citizens shared varied reactions praising the outcome and discussing implications for state government and party dynamics. In Chickasha, B A Pendleton was jailed after a coroner ruled a fatal shooting unjustified in a separate incident.
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Indian Territory
Ada
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Carlton Weaver
Ada Evening News
Weaver
Burton
Franks
M. W. Ligon
J. W. Davis
Holley
R. E. Haynes
Tennessee
C. S. Patterson
W. H. Ebey
J. W. Bolen
Republican Congress
C. A. Galbraith
C. J. Little
Henry Asp
S. M. Torbett
Robert Wimbish
Washington
George A. Harrison
Texas
Chickasha
B. A. Pendleton
Minco Cafe
Hershel Dunn
Pendleton
Dunn
Sal
Ross Warmack Commissioned In Air Corps
Ross Warmack age 21 son of Mrs Emma Warmack graduated Friday morning with class 41 H at Kelly Field receiving a commission as second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and assignment to Randolph Field after training at Ryan School of Aeronautics San Diego and basic and advanced programs at Randolph and Kelly Fields. He attended Meridian high school near Chickasha lived with grandparents Mr and Mrs Daniel Nicholas and studied at Oklahoma A and M before joining the army in Oklahoma City last March. Graduation exercises were at 8 30 am in the Post theatre at Kelly Field where commissions and assignments were announced.
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Ross Warmack
Emma Warmack
Kelly Field
Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Warmack
Meridian High School
Chickasha
Daniel Nicholas
Oklahoma A
Stillwater
Army
Oklahoma City
Ryan School of Aeronautics
San Diego
Calif
Teacher Then Preacher Now Returns to Fittstown
Derwood A. Clay, formerly a teacher in Fittstown public schools, is reassigned as the town’s new Methodist pastor after an East Oklahoma conference transfer from Allen. He was ordained by Bishop Charles Selecman in Shawnee and is an East Central graduate class of 1937. He and his wife Mary Cleveland have connections to Allen and Stratford through his father in law O. L. Cleveland. Clay also writes a newspaper column under the pen name Anton Avery and plans to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derwood A. Clay
Fittstown
Clay
Allen
Charles Selecman
Shawnee
C. W. Clay
Stratford
YMCA
International Relations Club
Education Club
Little Theatre
Pi Kappa Delta
Mary Cleveland
O. L. Cleveland
Anton Avery
Paving Project Begins on 12th Street in Oklahoma City
WPA announces a contract driven paving unit starts on 12th street between Rennie and Constant avenues. The 2202.7 square yards of concrete pavement include curb header sidewalk and sewer work. About 21 workers will be employed for two months.
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Works Projects Administration
12Th Street
Rennie
Constant Avenues
WPA
Oklahoma City
Rennie Avenue
Constant Avenue
Oklahoma Counties Keep 1942 Car Tag Prefixes
Oklahoma tax officials report seven of seventy seven counties will retain their 1941 auto prefix numbers in 1942. Population figures from the 1940 census determine prefixes with Oklahoma County first and Tulsa second. Other counties listed include Custer Haskell Major on Harper Cimarron and many more through 75 Ellis.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tax Commission
Oklahoma County
Tulsa
Custer
Haskell
Major
Harper
Cimarron
Muskogee
Seminole
Stephens
Washington
Lincoln
Hughes
Choctaw
Cleveland
Canadian
Okfuskee
Logan
MclIntosh
Sequoyah
Kiowa
Jackson
Washita
Beckham
Mayes
Wagoner
Craig
Rogers
Cherokee
Tillman
Pushmataha
McClain
Atoka
October Rain Totals Set Local Record in Ada
Weather observer W. E. Pitt notes October brought 13.16 inches of rain in Ada across 22 rainy days. Sulphur reached 14.88 inches for the month, while Ada’s last week was the wettest with 5.65 inches and daily highs and lows listed for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
W. E. Pitt
Ruth Ralston Promises Punctual Start At Wapanucka High
Ruth Ralston a sophomore at Wapanucka high school plans a teaching career if her studies progress. She has missed no days since her first day at school and is noted for strict punctuality. The Capital Democrat in Tishomingo suggests Ripley should hear of her example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ralston
Wapanucka
Ruth
Ripley
Capital Democrat
Tishomingo
Twin Engine Plane Crash Kills Five on Training Flight
A twin engined army bombing plane from Patterson Field crashed in a cornfield near Findlay Ohio during poor weather. Five men testing automatic flight equipment were killed. The aircraft dropped at a 45 degree angle, flames erupted, and wreckage scattered across 150 feet of fence. An army accident board headed from Patterson Field will investigate.
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Findlay
Patterson Field
Dayton
L. L. Clymer
Here
Army Accident Classification Board
Moorhead
Minn
St. Thomas
Ont
T. W. Bafford
George W. Smith
Asheville
N. C
Lee Chambers
Hinsdale
Robert J. Hegeman
John D. Southard
Springfield
Ohio
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Johnston County Teachers Association
Earl McDonald
Johnston County
Tulsa County
Dorothy Clark
Mill Creek
Pontotoc
Masonic
Lonnie Mann
Thomas A. Edson
Mississippi River
Ada News
Burnetts
L. T. Easley
Southwest
New Mexico
Kansas
Colorado
Marvin Jones
United States Court of Claims
Texas Penhandle
Ouse Agricultural Committee
Soil Conservation
Wallace
W. G. Currie
Asp
Ed Fussell
J. W. Hays
J. F. McKeel
Matt Walsh
W. L. Byrd
C. O. Barton
J. F. McKeel Too
Air Corps
Rennie Block
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