Pontotoc County Votes on $49,000 Bond Issue for Roads
Voters in Pontotoc County will decide on a $49,000 bond issue the first in nearly four decades to fund highway projects. The plan funds four-lane work Arlington to Hemer, a new beeline road to SH 1319, and the Water Laboratory Road plus a $2.5 million Water Research Center. Bonds will be repaid from state highway funds, commission shares, and a two year property tax levy with a three year term.
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Pontotoc County
Highway Commission
Holloway
Arlington
Mississippi
Hemer
Ada
Big Sandy Creek
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Water Research Center
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Sandy
Angus Breeders Plan Sale in Ada Oklahoma
The Pontotoc County Angus Breeders Association schedules its first sale Monday at 12 30 p m Oct 12 at the Ada Livestock Auction. It features 40 registered Angus and 276 commercial heifers with 23 consignors. Auctioneer Holland Jester presides. consignees include Ned Biffle Carlton W Corbin Eldon Flinn and others with officers Sexton Thompson Parker Hailey.
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Pontotoc County
Angus Breeders Association
Ada
Holland Jester
Ned Biffle
Carlton W. Corbin
Eldon Flinn
H. D. Hall
Louis Hazelwood
Robert H. Kerr
Earl McKendree
C. R. Rigsby
F. D. Sexton
Guy Shipe
John Skinner
Silas Taylor
Billy Thompson
Welton Stanford
Walter Mayer
J. L. Delaphlain
Norris Price
Larry Heard
Elmer Morgan
Dick Gibbons
H. C. Rackley
Bill Thompson
Oscar Parker
C. H. Hailey
Oklahoma Upstream Flood Prevention Program Proves Popular
The Upstream Flood Prevention Program in Oklahoma shows broad approval and broad benefits beyond flood control. It supports water supply, irrigation, wildlife conservation, recreation, and drainage improvements across numerous sub watersheds. Oklahoma leads the nation in watershed planning under Public Law 566 with 33 percent of planned structures and 30 percent of built dams nationwide.
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Oklahoma
State Soil Conservation Board
Soil Conservation Service
Washita
Veonle
Ada Adds 200-Bed Emergency Hospital On EC Campus
Ada deploys a 200-bed emergency hospital stored in Briles Hall basement under EC campus with 13 guardsmen loading equipment from Purcell. Captains Henry and Doty oversee response with Valley View Hospital and Ada CD director Haynes. valued at 35 000 to 40 000 dollars, first of its kind locally.
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120Th Medical Bn
Briles Hall
Purcell
John C. Henry
Ada
Capt
Henry
Roy J. Doty
Hayden Haynes
Ada CD
Charles Villines
Valley View Hospital
Haynes
Civil Defense
State Department of Health
Area V to Hold Annual Meeting in Ada November Sixth
The Oklahoma Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Area V will meet November 6 in Ada at the East Central Student Union. Attendees include officials from 87 Oklahoma districts across five areas. Topics cover 1965 watershed objectives, legislative aims, and a noon talk by Hollis Williams on upstream flood control.
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Area V
The
Oklahoma Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Ada
East Central Student Union
Victor Herron
Johnston Co
L. M. Griffin
Hugh Green
Oaswcd
Hollis Williams
U.S
Oklahoma
Husband Leaves Wife Ancient Literature Collection
Mrs. Gertrude Johnson inherits her late husband Frank Johnson’s antiquated book trove. Johnson, a writer, poet and journalist, was a Kansas author and furniture dealer who shopped auctions to grow his volumes. The list includes works from 1851 to 1867 such as Trumpet Blasts, Harper’s, Argosy and the Private Life of Napoleon.
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Gertrude Johnson
Frank
Frank Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
T. Dewitt Talmage
Harper's
Napoleon
Constant
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George Gurley
Don Thompson
Big Sandy Bridge
Angus Breeders Plan Sale
Valley View
East Central
the College
Co. C
McIntosh Co
LeFlore Co
Kiamichi
Gaines Creek, Coal Co
Checotah
Atoka Co
Hughes Co
Little River
Okfuskee
Bryan
Valliant
Pushmataha
Marshall Co
Talihina
Haskell Co
Latimer Co
Pontotoc Co
R. W. Burleson
Roff
BCB
Ft. Smith
Ark
Burleson
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