Allen High School Gas Explosion Shatters Classroom Wing
A massive natural gas explosion at Allen High School collapsed a wing trapping students. Carolyn Miller suffered severe burns, and her father Mr. Miller was burned helping, with 23 taken to hospitals and 25+ treated. About 100 students were inside when the blast occurred.
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Vanoss
Carolyn Miller
H. E. Miller
Miller
Carolyn
Mil
Ler
Ada
Holdenville
Easements Sought For Vanoss Gaar Corner Road Project
Kent Spellman of the state highway commission seeks easements on three miles of Gaar Corner to Vanoss road from area landowners to allow grading drainage and bridge work. The project totals about 207 600 dollars with 104 600 estimated for surfacing and drainage later. Easements cover 100 feet total width, 50 feet each side, with potential extra land costs if needed. Owners named include M I Chambers G M Pitts Adella Jones W F Hammond Florence Tiffin Manice Cook C A Berger Darwin Bumpers and R M Bradley among others including Santa Fe railroad.
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Kent Spellman
State Highway Commission
Gaar Corner
Vanoss
H. L. Ayers
Glen Collins
Ag Gree Senet
M. I. Chambers
G. M. Pitts
Adella Jones
W. F. Hammond
Florence Tiffin
Manice Cook
C. A. Berger
Darwin Bumpers
The
Santa Fe Railroad
R. M. Bradley
J. A. Bathine
Leonard Ross
N. M. McNair
Frisco Jersey Stages Brief Sit Down Strike
In Frisco a Jersey cow disrupts milking when it sits in Miss Jim Marshall’s lap, bruising her head and injuring an ear while smashing her glasses and spilling milk. The cow then sits again after choking on food, and the milking resumes with no ill feelings between farmer and animal.
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Jim Marshall
Miss Marshall
Eggs and the cage layer breakthrough at Coody farm
George Gurley describes a new cage-laying installation by Mr and Mrs Charles Coody that simplifies egg production and reflects the practical, humorous side of modern poultry farming. The piece previews a continuation on Page Three.
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Charles Coody
Charles
ADA WEEKLY NEWS Thanksgiving publication notice
The ADA WEEKLY NEWS announces it will publish Wednesday, November 24 due to Thanksgiving. Writers are urged to mail copy by Monday and avoid late submissions after Tuesday to ensure inclusion.
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ADA Weekly News
Emmitt Scates Hurt At Work
Emmitt Scates, at Ada Mill Inc, was pinned under a 100 pound feed sack in a pile. The slide injured his right knee, spraining and bruising it, but he freed himself and was reported with a sore knee.
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Wilson
Emmitt Scates
Ada Milling Co
Scates
Tourney Set with 51 Teams for Ahloso Grade School Invite
Ahloso hosts a grade school tournament with 51 teams entering. Play starts Monday at 1 p m. The annual event showcases strong early season basketball from young area teams.
Calves gain more if cottonseed cake used for fattening
Feed ing 112 lbs. cottonseed cake daily in a fattening ration for steer calves is superior to feeding 1 or 2% lbs. daily in drylet cattle feeding. Steers fed 142 lbs. made faster gains early and maintained them throughout the trial at no extra cost per hundred lbs. gain due to greater feed efficiency. In two tests, varying the level of protein supplement.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma A&m College
County Hunters Await Opening Of Deer Season
A large county delegation plans to attend the rifle deer season opener on November 11 across seven southeastern counties. Oklahoma now allows rifle deer hunting statewide, with rifles restricted to the southeast and shotguns with solid slugs used elsewhere. Landowner permission is required for shotgun hunts.
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Fellows
Oklahoma
Highway 13
Sherrell Fails to Rally From Fall at Reeves Ranch
Ed Sherrell 45, southern Pontotoc County rancher, remained unconscious and critical at Valley View Hospital after a Saturday fall from his horse on the Reeves ranch near Pecan Grove. Friends say a cow pony tangled with hog wire, causing a severe head injury and hours before he was found. No improvement by Thursday.
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Ed Sherrell
Pontotoc County
Valley View Hospital
Sherrell
Reeves Ranch
Pecan Grove
Pie Supper Benefit by Lovelady Women’s Club
Lovelady Home Demonstration Club sponsors a pie supper to aid the community Christmas tree program. The event is Tuesday night November 16 at 8 p m in the school building with Don Thompson and his singers and others performing.
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Women of the
Lovelady Home Demonstration Club
Don Thompson
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J. N. McKee
Allen High School
Pauls Valley
Town
Allen
Grady Miller
Gaar Corner Road
Frisco
Jack Ray
Vaness
Coodys
George Gurley
Charles Coody Jr
AHOY
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