Old-Timers Share The Spotlight As Civil War Centennial Nears
In a rest home Ben F Gillam aged 94 recalls a boyhood in 1867 Arkansas near Atkins and stories of Brooks-Baxter Pope County wars and raids into Indian Territory. He notes volatile lean years after the conflict and the era of confiscation laws.
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Gillum
Allen Rest Home
Melissa
Ben
Ben Gillum
Ben Gillam
Indian Territory
Ben F. Gillam
Green Hills
Arkansas
Little Mountain
Atkins
Trans-Mississippi Department
Ben F. Gillum
Nancy Holderfield
Gillum
Allen Old Folks
Bids Awarded on Upper Clear Boggy Creek Sites
Three sites on the Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed project were let to Simmons Incorporated of Duncan Oklahoma with a low bid of 85429 dollars. Sealed bids were opened at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Coalgate during an officials meeting. The report includes historical anecdotes about local residents and regional migration.
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Upper Clear Boggy Creek
Coalgate
Upper Clear Boggy Project
Simmons Incorporated
Duncan
Oklahoma
Pecan Show Planned in Ada Sets December First
Pontotoc County aims to crown a million dollar pecan crop with a big show at the Herndon Building in Ada on December 1. C H Hailey coordinates with a six person committee as First National Bank and Trust Company and the Oklahoma State Bank of Ada sponsor the Pecan and Pecan Food Show inviting all Pontotoc County residents.
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Pontotoc County
Herndon Building
South Townsend
Ada
First National Bank and Trust Company
Oklahoma State Bank of
C. H. Hailey
Ada Merchants Plan Early Christmas Shopping Kickoff
Ada retail stores will open the Christmas shopping season Monday night November 28 with gift merchandise displays special window decorations and extended hours until 8 pm. The Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce approved the plan and outlined Red Tag Day in January and a July Sidewalk Sale. Bud Ashlund presided at the meeting held at Chamber offices.
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Ada’s
Chamber of Commerce
Bud Ashlund
Retail Group
Chamber
4 H Banquet Set For December 5 In Ada
The Pontotoc County 4 H Achievement Banquet is scheduled for Monday December 5 in the Student Union Ballroom East Central College Ada. About 122 youths recognized for 4 H work in 1960 will attend the banquet at p.m. Sponsored by the Ada Kiwanis Club. Adults who supported 4 H county activities and 4 H leaders will also be honored.
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Pontotoc County
Student Union
East Central College
Ada
Kiwanis Club of
Pecans Declared Private Property On Public Right of Way
Jack M. Cornelius Jr. of the state board of agriculture states pecans are a crop and remain property of landowners even when trees grow on section lines or along highway rights of way. The landowner controls the nuts despite tree limbs crossing boundaries.
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Jack M. Cornelius Jr
State Board of Agriculture
Bogards Fast Progress on Pontotoc Soil Survey
Vinson Bogard supervises a soil survey mapping one hundred thousand acres in Pontotoc County. He forecasts completion two years ahead of the 1968 schedule, possibly by 1966, as he uses aerial photos for land classification from the Ada Soil Conservation office under Ted Lehman.
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Vinson Bogard
Bogard
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Sequoyah
Soil Conservation Office
Ada
Ted Lehman
Okmulgee
Bermuda
ASC
Paul Henderson
Frank Jared
Henderson
Jared
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Concludes 19th Annual Convention
Oklahoma City hosts the 19th annual Oklahoma Farm Bureau convention on Wednesday November 17 with delegates voting on resolutions for 1961. Pontotoc county attendees include Philip Busby Ada Irl Rhynes Stonewall Willard E Rhynes Stonewall Mr and Mrs Dorsey N Myers Ada Mr and Mrs Guy H Binkley Ada and Mr and Mrs Harold Davis Roff.
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Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Oklahoma City
Farm Bureau
Pontotoc County
Philip Busby
Ada
Irl Rhynes
Stonewall
Willard E. Rhynes
Dorsey N. Myers
Guy H. Binkley
Harold Davis
Roff
Pecans and neighbors mark a friendly Ada week
Local notes recount visits from neighbors the McGees Watson Pedersen and Ber ger families, a basketball team’s early wins, and a November Oklahoma trip by Velma Henderson with Burl Lane. Mentions of coal mine sighting near Okemah and Opal Bivins sewing bustle fill a Sunday and weekday chatter page.
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Don Henderson
Chrystal Ann
James Don
Burl Lane
Myself
Ada
Sasakwa
Wewoka
Cromwell
Okemah
Henryetta
Morris
Bur Lane
Mary Carol
Mike
Charlene White
Lane
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Indian Territories
Allen
Old Town
Cleveland
Ark
Melissa Massey
la Coygne
Kan
Missouri
Kansas
Massey
Morrillton
Lookout Point
Great Plains
Fitzhugh
Merchants
Oklahoma State University
Midland
Mrs
Chris Pedersen
J. L. McGees
Helen
Don
Air Force
Florida
Richard Pedersen
Oliver Stonecipher
Sharon
Johnny
Pedersen
Dale
Gentry
Tony
David
Lee Parrish
Teresa of
Christian Berger
Judy Farmer
Janis Meelyand
Linda Kirkley
Sherry
Sheila Pedersen
Byng
3Yars
Egypt
Velma Henderson
Robert Vaughn
Lenora Berryman
Roy Bivins
Reggie Tucker
Opal Bivins
Geraldean
Benny
Bill Roper
Latta
Opal
Mrs. O. S. Whits
Hollis
Marion Kite
Opal Lee Bivins
George Littlefield
Ollie Littlefield
Ann
Ray L. Auten
Bible Baptist Church
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