Ada Scout Show Draws 2000 In Attendance
About 2,000 people attended the Scout-o-Rama in Ada featuring Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorers in action. Den 8 Pack 2 Willard School PTA won the President's Award for the best Cub Scout booth with Alma Hogan as den mother and Neta Fredrick assisting.
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Den 8
Willard School
PTA
Ada
Alma Hogan
Neta Fredrick
Den
Wick Renwick
Mike Hogan
Phillip Clinton
Mike Fredrick
Donald Whelchel
Kenny Logsdon
Cooksey Roark
Apache Patrol
First Christian Church of
Jimmie Howard
Terry Miller
Jerry Allen
Jack Hisle
Howard Collings
Steve Johnson
Neill Howard
Tishomingo Lions’ Club
Charles Wyatt Jr
Danny Gibson
Steve Trotter
Danny Lovette
James Bynum
Bob Park
Bill Duff
Jamie George
Dean Sweat
Charles Wyatt Sr
Vaness School
First Presbyterian Church
Washington School Society
Tishomingo Lions Club
Tishomingo
Wandering cowboy recalls frontier days in Oklahoma
Tom Grove born in Harper's Ferry Virginia left at 13 to roam the West. He joined the 1893 Cherokee Outlet run in Indian Territory on a bay pony named Dan. Now 89 in Pontotoc County with wife Susan he recalls Civil War era memories and a life of adventure.
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Tom Grove
Pontotoc County
Susan
Tom
Susan Grove
Cherokee Outlet
Oklahoma
Ada
Harper's Ferry
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Black Hills
Dakota
Idaho
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
Cherokee Strip
Indian Territory
Dan
Enid
Susan Reed
Grove
Vanoss Ffa
Bankers Service Life Insurance Company
Vanoss
Wadell
Jimmy Altom
SCS
Jim Thomas
Vo-Ag
Notice to Weekly Reporters for Thanksgiving Week
A county newsroom appeals to correspondents to file and deliver weekly reports by Tuesday noon so the weekly can go to press on Wednesday. The teletypesetter operator Kaye Eden thanks reporters and wishes a happy Thanksgiving.
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Kaye Eden
Kaye
Pecan Crop Estimates Scaled Down in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City AP reports reduced pecan crop estimates due to heavy shedding in central and northeastern areas. The revised forecast is 30 million pounds, still about 33 percent above the 1959 crop, with a 10 year average near 18.7 million pounds.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Marks 53rd Birthday of Oklahoma
Oklahoma celebrates 53rd birthday tracing the 1907 entry of Oklahoma and Indian Territories as one state. Across the state ceremonies honor old settlers and history lovers with speeches. Ada judge Orel Busby attends the memorial service at the Oklahoma Memorial Association in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma
Indian Territories
Orel Busby
Ada
Tha Mo
Myers Ranch Feeds Crossed Calves In Experimental Work
Myers Ranch near Ada Oklahoma is conducting a feedlot experiment on Whiteface and Shorthorn cross calves. Owner Escal Myers, who began in cattle after World War II, runs 330 acres with Bermuda pastures and six water tanks. He crosses milking shorthorn cows with registered Whiteface bulls as part of ongoing ranching research.
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Myers Ranch
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Texas
Myers
Ada
Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association
Escal Myers
Bermuda
Community Notes From Lula Area Hospital Visits And Local Events
Mrs Lois is recovering at Valley View Hospital after surgery and Mrs Clifford remains a patient there. Local residents including Mrs Clareta Gray Mrs Helen Kendall and others send well wishes while church attendance held 77. Summers Chapel Home Demonstration Club planned a cook book with attendees listed. Joe McCurley funeral held in Pauls Valley after car crash. The Standridge and Robertson families visiting relatives amid local community activity.
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Lois
Clifford
Lula
Valley View Hospital
S. J. Markley
Stonewall
the Weekly
Valley View
Summers Chapel
Minnie Lewis
Wanda
Lamb
Joe McCurley
Pauls Valley
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Clareta Gray
Minnie
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Pearl Gray
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Lena Soward
Ruth Sutton
Loretta Perrine
Clinnie Crow
Shawnee
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Sondra Garrett
Patsy Odom
Vera Roberts
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Willie Isaacs
Vernon Gray
Oren Gray
Singing At Center
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Karl Tilley
Herman Wilson
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Gene Standridge
Floyd Burk Sr
Ray Cook
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