Quarter Horse Trainer On Echo Ranch Recalls Racing Years
Tom Stevens, longtime Echo Ranch trainer near Ada, recalls his Beaver City Fair ride on Big Dan in 1920. He narrates riding as a 12 year old, guiding Big Dan to near victory before a fast rival crossed the line. Stevens, now in his fifties, trained horses for Audie Murphy and Dale Robertson and praises Echo’s stars like Aunt Judy.
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Beaver City
Oklahoma
Big Dan
Tom Stevens
Echo Quarter Horse Ranch
Ada
Stevens
Beaver City Fairgrounds
Southwest
Echo Ranch
Audie Murphy
Dale Robertson
Varnevar
Barbarell
Bright Eyes
Aunt Judy
Judy
Echo
G. Gurley
Echo Ranch to Host Third Annual Quarter Horse Sale
Echo Ranch south of Ada on State Highway 99 will host the East Central Quarter Horse Association sale on October 15 starting at 1 p.m. Pre-sale consignments include 45 top horses plus five Echo Ranch racing horses. Notable names tied to consignments and prior record prices reflect strong national interest from buyers in Oklahoma Texas New Mexico and beyond.
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Echo Ranch
Ada
State
East Central Quarter Horse Association
Rapidyy Appling
Lee West
United States
Ada Cn State Highway 99
Walter Britten
West
Go Man Go
ECQHA
Tonta Bars Gill
Bars Hawk
Ruidoss Downs
Ruidoso
New Mexico
Carl Mercer
Tom Stevens
Oklahoma
Texas
Minnesota
Echo Grounds
Mr. West
Marvin Barnes
Pete Winters
Raymond Brookshire
R. E. Cowling
Vincent Daly
Lloyd Daniels
Ed . Bottoms
Quinn Hill
Charles Bigsham
Frank Dared
Stanley Johnson
Orvile Maxey
Joe Roberts
Howard O'Daniel
Robert Slnger
E. Pau
Peanuts Drive Regional Harvest Gains In Pontotoc County
Allen family near Ada Oklahoma threshes and stacks pantales peanuts using mixed methods. Modern machinery speeds the work while some neighbors still pull vines and thresh by hand. The harvest supports local family life as Allen and his wife juggle jobs with farm duties and two teenagers.
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Allen
Ada Oil Company
Valley View Hospital
Ada
Pontotoc County
Dennis Allen
Oil Center
Burglars Take Large Haul From Allen Store
Early Wednesday morning thieves robbed Sooner Supply in Allen securing 341 items. The haul ranged from automobile tires to television sets after prying open the front door. Sheriff Oren Phillips said investigators are pursuing two suspects.
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Sooner Supply
Allen
Oren Phillips
Joose Ure
Mysterious Illness Strikes East Central State College
A mysterious illness hit East Central State College on Thursday, causing more than 60 dorm residents to miss classes. Officials suspect an infection rather than food poisoning after cases appeared among students who did not dine at Knight Hall. Most cases feature high temperatures and vomiting, yet few are severely ill.
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E. C
East Central State College
T. K. Treadwell
Knight Hall
Treadwell
Lightning Strikes Fittstown Home Burns TV In Fire
Mrs. Dause awoke to rifle shots and smoke in the living room of the Fittstown house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Dause. A 22 shell explosion from atop the TV sparked a fire that damaged the TV, curtains, blinds, wall and carpet while smoke filled the living area. Firefighters extinguished the blaze as the Dauses survived by staying in place. The fire followed a prior lightning strike 25 years earlier that destroyed a barn, prompting Mrs. Dause to research rumored lightning attractors and underground ore deposits.
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B. E. Dause
Fittstown
Dauses
Mr. Dause
Alice
Local residents visit friends across Stonewall and Ada
Visitors from Stonewall and Ada fill weekend social rounds. George Barns hosts guests Bertie Lilley and Zoa White while Joe Kee visits friends in Ada and Stonewall. Church events draw 72 attendees and a Square Dancers club promotes weekly lessons with a no drinking rule. The report lists numerous local families visiting kin, attending services, and hosting relatives across communities in Oklahoma.
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George Barns
Bertie Lilley
Zoa White
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Francis
Wayne
Vaness High School
Allens
Muna
Ww. E. Snyder
Stonewall
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Joe Kee
Ada Crow
Margie
E. Parnell
Pate
Stawall
Free Will Baptist Church
Wilson
Dallas
Tex
Las Vegas
Earl Craddock
Tex I
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Z. P
Konawa
Bob Slaughter
Oklahoma City
Frank Bynum
Jim
Rocky) Stone
Stone
Stonewalls
Mr. Stone
Charles Craddock
Smiley Weaver
Virginia Creech
Charles Brady
Mesquite
Ide Creford
Florida
The
Church of Christ
Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Gangs
Leona Millar
Jesse
J. C. Hale
Stonewall Monday
R. D. Mayed
Lindsay
Pauls Valley
Lez Elliott
Fitzhugh
L. Gibson
R. D. May
Bert May
Thier
Raford J. May
Blossom, Tex
Robert Ann Jamison
Midland, Tex
M. L. Jamison
Nancy Stewart
Doug i
Mrs. Thurman Heck
Lind
Goff Manard
Mrs
Carol Stewart
Morgan
Bernice Bargas
California
Mercy
Newhber-‘berger
Valley View
G. M. Woodruff
Mans Hospital
Dick Hendrix
Raymond Newhert
Randy
Frank Newberry
Leon Mullins ofFrisca
Harden City
Frank
C. H. Leard
Newberry
Charles Tennison
Assembly of God Church
Assembly of God
Circle
Old Pleasant Hill School
East Jesse
State Federation of
Square Dancers
Glen Trimmer
Edward Lance
Bobby
Eddie
Elmer Trimmer
Vera Walker
Sandra
Debby
Vanoss
Steve Lilley
Rev. Lilley
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