Charity-Minded Timothy Analyzes County Charity Bills
Charity minded Timothy Taxpayer reviews July and August charity spending in the county for 1939-40. He notes nearly half of doctors and hospital fees went to one district led by Commissioner George Collins, with Ada and the west side of Broadway seeing the most need. Total doctor payments about $903 and hospital bills around $2,046.44 across 28 doctors, top earner Dr I L Cummings with about $261 plus jail-related pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Taxpayer
Timothy
District Two
George Collins
Elmer Chandler
W. F
Morris
Collins
Ada
Broadway
Chandler
I. L. Cummings
Cummings
Drs
Canada
Brydia and McBride
R. E B. Cowling
T. L. Seaborn
Sade
Wilson
Lewin
Enloo
Holloway
Brannon
Threlkeld
Pacinegesbs
Lationaly
Aucuat
Cinteane
Ant. Dia
Dine
Tr Brosa
Elt Valley
A. McKee
Catherine Jr
Harrell Webster
Wisi
Ins
M. Lewin
Evans
Granger
Cowling
George Alsonel Welbeth
Emera
Shen McKeel Nanan
Beenie
Stelewakl
Ed Bacon
Sane
Berl & McBride i
Joseph G. Breee
Fitttstown W M U Holds All Day State Missions Meet
Fitttstown W M U conducted an all day program on state missions at the Fittstown Baptist church. The event featured colored state shaped program aids, a wall map of state workers, and talks led by Mrs. Bigham, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Briley, and others. A brief business session elected auxiliary counselors and approved W M A staff assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittstown Baptist Church
W. M.U
Fritz Whitaker
Oklahoma
Reynolds
Miller
Kingdom Building
Bigham
State Mission Tisk
Two Oklahomans Injured by Blast in Coal Mine
Fort Smith Arkansas Sept 29 Two Oklahomans are in a hospital after a gas explosion at the Great Western Coal Company mine near Bonanza. Melvin Nezl 29 Shady Point burned on hips shoulders and face John Rooney 45 Tahoma burned on face and body. Frank Vodishak Jr 25 Jenny Lind killed and Frank Klentz 25 Jenny Lind minor injuries. Explosion believed caused when a coal cutting machine hit a gas pocket.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Bures
Great Western Coal Company
Bonanza
Melvin Nezl
Shady Point
Okla
John Rooney
Tahoma
Frank Vodishak Jr
Jenny Lind
Frank Klentz
How To Get Some Essential Foods In Child's Diet
Nutrition guidance from Miss Clara Cerveny of Oklahoma A and M stresses milk and dairy products vegetables and fruits whole grain cereals eggs lean meats fish or poultry and cod liver oil as key foods. Regular meals sleep and appetite support growth and health. A folder named Well Nourished Children is available from the Children's Bureau in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Cerveny
Oklahoma A
M. College
Children's Bureau
Bureau of Home Economics
Children’s Bureau
Washington, D. C
East Central State leader to speak at Ada library meet
Dr A Linscheid, president of East Central State college, will headline a banquet Friday night October 13 as part of the Oklahoma State Library Association convention in Ada. About 200 librarians are expected to attend the Ada meeting October 12 to 14 in the new library building with sessions through October 14.
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A. Linscheid
East Central State College
Oklahoma State Library Association
Ada
Verna Riddle
Oar Public Library
University of Oklahoma Library School
Gertrude Davis
Frederick
State Association
Southwestern Library Association
Two Arraigned In Pipe Theft Charge
Walter Cooper and Andy Cox were arraigned in justice court on Friday for pipe theft. Both pleaded not guilty. Cox bond set at 1900 in each case, Cooper bond set at 2000. Gillispie and Brand also charged. theft involved eight joints of tubing from Eureka Tool company. Cooper and Gillispie accused of taking property valued at 84 dollars. Cox accused of buying stolen material for 16 dollars. Theft allegedly occurred September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cooper
Brand Jarceny
Andy Cox
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Cox
Cooper
Kenneth Gillispie
Eureka Too
Simpson Roadhouse Drilling Company
Former Ada High Instructor Dead
J. B. Garrett, 62, former Ada high school faculty member, died Wednesday at Howe Oklahoma after five years in UI health. He taught at Ada high from 1923 to 1928 and served on faculties at Poteau Wister Spiro and Wewoka before moving to Cushing. Funeral held Thursday in Poteau Methodist Church with burial there. Survived by Mrs Garrett and sister Mrs T Crow of Rogers Arkansas.
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J. BE. Garrett
Ada High School
Howe
Oklahoma
Garrett
UI Health
Cushing High School
Methodist
Poteau
T. ¥. Crow
Rogers
Ark
Petition Seeks Bond Election For Wintersmith Park Improvements
City commissioners were asked by 79 taxpayers to issue an election proclamation to authorize a $10,000 bond for park upgrades at Wintersmith Park. The plan includes a new lake created by a dam south of the current lake and a concrete swimming pool near the stone bath house, funded with WPA support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintersmith Park
Bill Crawford
Bosh Is Reply To Capital Report
Washington report explains the capital dome painting is routine every four years. Spectators and rumors sparked citywide curiosity about camouflage and war themes. Officials deny any deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosh
Capital Report
Washington
Capital
Idaho
Capitol
Work Starts On Burrow School Building Project
The foundation and sub-floor have been laid for the Burrow school house being built to replace the fire destroyed buildings. The notice came from the county superintendent of schools office on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrow
Satay
War drought threatens first war crop of wheat since 1918
CHICAGO September 29 drought across the farm belt endangers the first American war crop of wheat since 1918. Seeding delays, dry soil, and low moisture hinder germination and planting while insurance demand rises. Officials report severely dry conditions across Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas with pastures dwindling and potential winter wind damage.
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Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Indiana
J. Carl Wright
E. A. Duke
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Panhandle
Hubert Lasater
Federal
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Abilene Land
Sweetwater
Kerr Named To Oklahoma State Coordinating Board
Oklahoma City Gov Phillips appointed Robert S Kent to replace Dr John Moseley on the revived state coordinating board that studies functions of state institutions. Moseley resigned to join University of Tennessee Knoxville faculty. Board members serve without salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kent
Phillips
John ©. Moseley
Moseley
Central State College
Edmond
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
County Gains In Raised Allowable For This Month
An upward revision of allowables during October increases daily permits across eight Portotee county pools by 2,983 barrels to 28,943. In Pontatac county eight pools, only Fitts-Cromwell is cut to 496 barrels, while Fitts-Upper Simpson rises to 13,017 and Fitts-Wileyx to 3,992. Allen field gains to 5,575 barrels, Fitts-Oil Creek to 5, Patsy Oil drills to Hunton depth, W.B. Osborn Harris nears 2,500 feet, and Alcorn No 2 Rise nears 3,500 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Portotee County
Pontatac County
Fitts
Fitts-Wileyx
Allen Field
Fitts- Oil Creek
Patsy Oil Company No
C. T. Bates
Hunton
Harris
Alcorn
Phosphate to Arrive Soon for Ada Area Farms
About 250 farmers in Pontotoc County signed up to receive two carloads of triple super phosphate as AAA fertilizer payment. The shipments come from the TVA plant at Muscle Shoals Alabama and will be delivered within ten days to two weeks, with locations announced by mail and in the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Uncle
Sam
Ada
AAA
TVA
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Traffic Deaths In Drop for August
American motorists and pedestrians reduced traffic fatalities six per cent in August from 1934 and set the lowest August total since 1932. The National Safety Council reported 2,690 killed last month, turning July to August fatality changes from up nine per cent to down three per cent. Through August, eight months total reached 18,980, four per cent below last year, saving about 760 lives. The report also notes a Soviet Dneiper dam said to be the world’s largest, created by American engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Counoil
United States Britain pact sustains cotton rubber trade
Washington reports the United States plans to ship cotton to England in exchange for rubber under a barter. Officials say this reduces international material conflicts compared with World War I. Britain’s embargo on strategic goods previously led to a state department working agreement. President Roosevelt warned Americans at a press conference that selling such materials could invite limits on shipments if resold.
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Washington
America
England
United States
Britain
State Department
London
Roosevelt
Jnst
Gorum Seeks Freedom in Coram Nobis Plea
Sam Gorum former Seminole county kingpin who eluded arrest faces a 15 year sentence for armed robbery. His lawyers filed a coram nobis petition in district court claiming false and perjured testimony at trial. He alleges a night before trial meeting with Barnwell Harris Jriles Hargrave led to witnesses agreeing to testify for the state. He seeks release from conviction and hearing on the petition. He was convicted of robbing Bob Myers home near Ada, taking cash shotgun and whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Gorum
Seminole County
Gorum
Criminal Court of Appeals
T. C. Barnwell
Clifford Harris
Floyd Harris
Crag Jiles
Hubert Hargrave
Seminole ‘County
Ada
Bob Myers
Highway 99
Valuation Put On Stanolind Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission set tentative final valuation of 47,150,000 for Tate making purposes on Stanolind Pipe Line properties. Stanolind, part of Standard Oil Indiana, owns pipelines in multiple states. A final valuation of 6, by typo, 25,000 was set for Standish Pine Line properties within Phillips Petroleum system operating Oklahoma City to Kansas City and Okmulgee.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stanolind Pipe Line
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Wyoming
Iowa
Sinois
ICC
Standish Pine Line Company
Phillips Petroleum Company System
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Kas
Okmulgee
Okla
County Offices Repaired After Redecoration Project
Workmen completed a redecorating project for the county commissioners and county clerk offices. Walls were repainted in cream, the commissioners meeting room partition was reconfigured, and other offices and corridors in the building were repaired and redecorated to improve convenience for officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County ‘Commissioners
Alfred Roberts Held for Trial on Burglary Charge
Alfred Roberts bound over to district court for trial on a burglary in the second degree charge. After a preliminary hearing in Justice W. L. Reed’s court, Roberts was accused of entering Frank Lewis’s store at Oi Center last August 16 and stealing groceries valued at $25. Bond set at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Wallace
Tommy Ford
Joe Smalley
Pontoise County
Wallace
W. O. Reed
Ford
Smalley
Oklahoma
Carloss
Wadlington
Alfred Roberts
District Court
Justice Court
W. L. Reed
Roberts
Frank Lewis
Oi! Center
County officials to discuss sheriff deputy cut Monday
County Attorney Carl oss Wadlington has notified commissioners that one deputy must be cut from the sheriff's force under an attorney general ruling. The mileage claims of deputies Jim Rogers Joe Porter and Charley Shockley carried notes stating the county can have only three deputies, including the undersheriff, as the AG says the extra post is unconstitutional. The commissioners are expected to discuss the issue in the Monday morning session with Wadlington having spoken to each member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carloss Wadlington
Wadlington
Jim Rogers
Joe Porter
Charley Shockley
Attorney General
Pontotoc County
Culture Ponds Near Finish at Wintersmith Park
Ponds for bass and crappies near completion at Wintersmith park under a WPA project with about 20,000 allocated for Wintersmith and Glennwood parks. Dams and water connections are done. stocked next spring with fingerling bass from Durant state hatchery. Improvements continue on Wintersmith park with tables pits and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintersmith Park
J. .Pryer
Wintersmith
Glennwood
State Game and Fish Department
Pryor
State
Durant
Advisory Council To Meet October 11
The Pon totoc county advisory council for the farm agent and home demonstration agent will hold a meeting October 11. The council, meeting three times a year, includes J. B. Hill county agent and Mrs. Jessie Morgan home demonstration agent. They will consider and outline the work of these two offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
J. B.hill
Jessie Morgan
Oklahoma oil output falls to 387,700 barrels daily
Tulsa reports a weekly drop in Oklahoma crude oil production by 9,675 barrels per day, reducing the daily total to 387,700 barrels. UPI notes the figure reflects the latest statewide output as reported by the Tulsa World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
UPI
Oklahoma
Tulsa World
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Fitttstown
W.M.U
Dr. Linscheid
Ada High
J. E. Garrett
New Burrow
Westerplatte
Danzig
Lyde Wallace
Weleetka
American National Bank of
Shawnee
Bob Kerr
Dneiper
Soviet Russia
U. S
Advisory Council
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