Boy fights polio and iron lung care in Fargo
A Fargo family describes their son Bradley Joe's battle with polio, the iron lung, and oxygen therapy. They recount hospital costs, nipple to the National Foundation for Polio, and the effort to sustain care without lowering living standards while awaiting support and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. D
Nea
Bradley Joe
Dorothe
Brad
Morse
Joey Little
Tyne
National Foundation For Defense Paralysis
Palio
Heaid Weacily
Lung Huils
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Ware
National Foundation
VA Extends Time For GI Changes
VA has extended the effective date for stricter GI bill education and training regulations to November 1. Veterans who must justify course changes or seek guidance to obtain certificates should contact VA, call or visit Room 301 at the local post office for interviews or to arrange documentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Ford
Polio Spreads Slower Across Oklahoma State
Polio cases slowed to near standstill in Oklahoma with only one new admission reported. Hillcrest Hospital admitted Ty Comstock, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Comstock of Tulsa, as 283 patients remain under treatment across six state hospitals. Oklahoma’s state flower is mistletoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Charlies Comstock
Yearold
Charles Comstock
Tulsa
Hillcrest Hospital
Ender
Pay Raises Issued To National Guard Recruiters Pushed
National Guard members receive pay raises under the army's new career plan. Increases vary by length of service from 69 cents per drill for corporals to over four years raises up to 3.17 for recruits and higher for sergeants. Local officials hope raises boost recruiting drives running September to November 19. Ada unit Company C 189th Infantry reports 1 enlistment in September and five more ready. 40 promotions in September.
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National Guard
Effeccu
Army
Era Guard
Cie
Wich
Oklahoma City
Skrvin Tower
189Th Infantry
Ada
Hag
Stratford Society Sessions Reach Several Local Clubs
Stratford’s church and women’s groups held regular meetings Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon. The Meth dist church women opened with hymns, heard a devotional on growth, and named officers and speakers. The First Baptist W M S gifted a hostess at cloth wedding anniversary, while the Madres club discussed yearbooks and tea towel orders for lunch program. The Intermediate Boys class enjoyed television and a birthday gift for Edward Wilson, as multiple clubs concluded with socials and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Tom Glass
E. E. Hamilton
W. R. Cloar
Delpert Jones
Ray Watts
Renneta Andrews
BH. Eaves
Karl Andrews
W. M
First Baptist Church
Earl Lewis
F. D Seers
Sears
F. D. Sears
David
Roy Maupin
W. W. Cook
Louie Beer
Walton Tobays
Will Crawtford
L. B. Milligan
A. Cushman
Jonn T Willams
Dave Melton
John Horsley
Bert River
M. E. Lewis
Lee Ott
Laird
Jack Wood
Aubrey Robertson
Clarence Bratcher
Joe Yom Blackburn
I Clarence Bratcher
The
Herman C. Wilson
Edward Wilson
First Baptist x
Glenn Sears
Curtis Ressen
Remnald Heidel
Charles Sheppard
Donald Sears
Gilbert Patton
Ledrue Nease
Willie Joe McMillan J
Pattin
Charles Shepard
Ralph Watts
Curtis Rossen
Ronald Reidel
Forrest Sheppard
Arch Nease
M. Patton
F. Sears
Rossen
C_S. Gardner
Larry Ey
Frank Reed
Jack Corley
Claud Bell
National Home Demonstration Council Meets in Colorado Springs
The National Home Demonstration Council convenes October 3 to 7 in Colorado Springs. Delegates from Pontotoc County will attend, with plans for county council and club reports, project work, and hosting duties by Cedar Grove and other clubs.
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National Home
Colorado Springs
Calo
Pontotoc County
National Messing
W. CO
Story
Fitzhugh
Sire Estelle Madden
Happylacd
R. Ho Cdleman
Goat Corner
Sra Man Richards
Pecan Grove
Elle Mae Todd
Ada
Marthy Mote
Mome
First Baptist Church
Acts
Cedar Grove
San Grove
Dodds Returns to Ada Exterminating Firm
Luke B Dodds joins See Jay Exterminating in Ada after a year in Houston Texas. He partners with F W Hoinkemeir who has led local operations for six months. Dodds, a former merchant civic worker and mayor, studied at Texas A and M and will handle Ada and surrounding territory with pest control services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Luke B. Dodds
Ada
Ouston
Tex
F. W. Hoinkemeir
Dodds
Tejas A
M. College
Hoipkemeir
Brown Named Credit Manager at McCurley Bros
Brown is new credit manager at McCurley Bros. He brings 11 years in the appliance field in Ada and specializes in Service refrigerators chambers ranges and Ward floor furnaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
McCurley Brot
Ada
Skyrocket jet rocket plane tops speed of sound in flight
Washington report details the Navy D-558 2 Skyrocket breaking the sound barrier in its initial flight tests at about 700 miles per hour. It notes a brief 1 000 mph capability with rocket boosts and outlines collaboration among the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics NACA and Douglas Aircraft with Air Force involvement.
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Washington
Navy
Douglas
Air Force
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics and
Douglas Aircrstt Co
MoPac Leaders in Proposal Meeting
MoPac strike leaders met to draw a counter-proposal to the railroad’s plan as union officials, led by Roy E. Davidson, study Guy S. Thompa’s arbitration option. The trustees offered 232 claims for arbitration, with a binding rail decision if accepted, potentially ending a strike affecting about 5,000 union members and 20,000 other MoPac workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Roy E. Davidson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Davidson
Guy 4. Trhompesa
MoPac
Ais
Mo- Pac
Northwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's meet and feeder sale slated
TEXHOMA, Oxia. Sept 4 Pi. The Northwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's association will meet here Sunday and have a carrot of feeder cattle on Monday. Pete Ross, association secretary, said cattle consigned will be judged early Monday to determine order of sale.
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Texhoma
Oxia
Torthwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
Pete Ross
Association Secrtary
Barbecued buffalo meat to be served at Las Cruces Centennial
The Las Cruces Centennial celebration will feature barbecued buffalo meat from Oklahoma. The Wichita Mountains herd near Lawton will supply the meat, and it will be served during the October 9 to 15 event in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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Las Cruces
Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains
Wilde
Lawton
County Going Bon This County Goes Dry Bootleg Raids
Sheriff Sterrif J. D. Gaar announced that Ponta'oe county is going dry after a county vote that favored repeal. Four whiskey raids occurred Saturday with two arrests in the afternoon and two at night. One detainee posted bond while three remained jailed as deputies tagged whiskey for evidence.
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Ponta'oe
Sterrif J. D. Gaar
Sherif Gaar
Pontator
Sheriff's Force
Byars Social and Local News Highlights In September
Mrs Mildred Smith hosted Jerry byars sixth birthday with games and refreshments. A long list of attendees included Shirley Tucker, Patty Tucker, Sue McAfee, Joan Smith, Raymond Smith, Lucretia Smith’s party on Barbara Tucker’s, and numerous visits from Byars residents. Also noted are visits by S C Jones Jr of Tyler, Ada visit by Jos Cochrane, and various family gatherings with neighbors and friends. Norway’s 1814 independence and 1905 final dissolution noted.
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Mildred Smith
Hew
Jerry
Shirley
Patty Tucker
Sue McAfee
Sue
Sherry Courtney
Gayle Reynolds
Phil
Cleda
Jackie Heller
Frankie Smith
Joan
Raymond Smith
Rosie
Bonnie Potter
Betty Kay Potter
Sherry
Denny Hankins
Frankie Oliver
Deanna
Jimmy
Donna Wimpy
Butch Corbet
Gary Dean
Martha Kate Dunham
Thelma
S. C. Jones Jr
Tyler
Texas
J. N. Sheppard
F. H. Garner
Sheppard
Jos Cochrane
Earth Central
Ada
Mra Cochrane
Lucretia Smith
Barbara Tucker
Som
Theron Jones
Durbary
California
Nell McDonald
Stratford
Henry Jones
Byars
Horton
Atoka
Jay Courtney
E. F. Colbert
F. H. Gardner
Darla
Kathy
Bark
Davis
Roscoe Jones
D. R. Jones
Stanford Gardner
Ken
Wrnnewood
Melvin McCurdy
Roff
Thurman Williams
Oklahoma City
Qrean Gray
Sow
Bobby
Center
Dorothy Jones
Joan Wall
Wiburn Jones
Theodore Jones
Arvie Jean Ansell
Mary Ruth Jones
Donnie
Carl Wayne Bonne
BR. Harris
McAllen
Byars Pool
R. L. Dean
Gus Haiveseen
Ada Tuesay
Will Stone
James Dunham
Ben Clark
Memphis
Tennessey
Sanders
Nannie Rhodes
Shawnee
Joe Pell
Cadillac
Mick
Pell
John Crouth
John Crouch
Lon Frazier
Tw BM
Roy Grider
Thrift
Elmer Spears
Byar
Tom W
Hinton
Oklahoma
Newbern
Norman
Pontotec Dairy Exhibit at State Fair and 4-H News
Pontotec county dairy exhibit moved to the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City, display runs October 2 to 8. Five 4-H boys Garvin Glover Richard Soutee Bil Lucas Kenneth Gibson and Joe Tom Griffith returned from the State Fair School, placing dairy team third and crops 13th among 40 and 32 entrants. Cedar Grove 4-H won Rural Division exhibit. trip funded by local patrons. Winter pasture crops note hairy vetch as key cover crop with seeding rates for vetch rye grass and other mixes. inoculation guidance and soil testing emphasized. D. H. I. A. records show Houston George leading butterfat production in September. nine of top ten produced 60+ pounds. Top cows listed with owners. several more above 50 pounds butterfat.
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Georgie Ruth Pitt
Vanoss
Georgia Ruth
Oklahoma City
Fontotee County
Jack Wimberey
Homer
Cecil Canada
Stevenson
Jesse
Sint
Bis. C
Gardan
Happy- Jland
Calbert
Earl Parker
Francis
Vesta Reed
Pontotec
Pontotec County
Bfuskogee
Cedar Grove
Daniels
Oklahoma
Pontctoc
HLA
Houston George
W. P. George, Sr
W. H. George
W. P
Dub
Winter Pasture Plans At Coalgate And Tupelo
Winter pasture planning described for farms near Coalgate and Tupelo. Albert Eddings C. W. Careen and Mrs. Fred McKeel plant rye, vetch, and mixed clovers with phosphate to feed and protect fields. Wildlife exhibits at the county fair by Pine 4-H members Howerton show seed wells to attract wildlife and promote conservation. A poultry man touts green pasture as cost reducing, with potential 25 percent food savings and better egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Eddings
Coalgate
C. W. Careen
Fred McKeel
Tupelo
Coss County
E. C. Howerton
Alvared
Erwin Howerton
Hoys
Tulsa Escapee Held On Robbery Charge
A 17 year old Tulsa youth, Perry Ferris Blaylock, was held in Albuquerque on armed robbery charges after escaping custody in Tulsa. He claimed the name Edwin Fight when arrested, and is linked to the Duran robbery in Tucumcari, where Duran reported being robbed after giving Blaylock a ride. He had escaped from a juvenile court questioning and was found hiding under a car near the Albuquerque courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque N. Mex
Perry Ferris Blaylock
Tulsa
Oxfa
Blaylock
Edwin Fight
J. M. Duran
Tucumcari
Albuquerque
Jay Lide
George Norvell
Ollie Belle Stines
Tulsa Police Aid
Miss Stines
Graduate Nurse Award Presented in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City chief source confirms that Maxine Gennette Morris, a recent St. John's Hospital Tulsa graduate, won the Linda Richards outstanding graduating nurse award for the 1948–49 period. The honor coincides with the American Nurses Association diamond jubilee and was presented by Misa Pearl Melver at the Oklahoma Nurses Association banquet. The organization concluded its three day meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Maxine Gennette Morris
Oklahoma
Morris
St. John's Hospital
Tulsa
Linda Richards
Oklahoma Nurses Association
Misa Pearl Melver
American Nurses Association
Oklahoma Association
Nan Ana
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Des Moines
Lloyd W. Syeen
Dar Nea Servier
Bradley
Joe Steen
Army Entoaregea
Parisipetien
Stratford Society
Itents
Progressivs
National Home Demonstration Council
State Fair
Luke Dodds
Mayme Field
Roy Holland
Hoyd Pers
Kenneth Andrews
W. R. Clear
F. OP
Withee Watts
Roy Watts
Agnew Stordridge
Lee Hurd
McCurley Bros
C. C. Brown
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AP Aviation Reporter
Byars News
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Farm News
Ene
Hailey County
Lester F
Tata
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