Easement Dilemma in Sandy Creek Flood Plan
A Sandy Creek flood control project nears start but faces holdouts over easements. Some landowners want payment while others see lake benefits. district may condemn land if needed. Advocates argue giving easements yields a lake on one’s land and higher property value, with water rights and recreation potential. The piece urges owners to choose selling easements now or risk future higher costs.
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Sandy
Sandy Creek
Marshal Jordan
Washila
Ada
Agricultural Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Jordan
Conservancy District
Washita
Minister Lesson for October 20, 1957
The article discusses the minister's calling versus a job, noting that a minister is God's man first and salary is a subsidy, not wages. It contrasts salary with other professions and emphasizes service, integrity, and spiritual impact over money or prestige. It cites St. Paul on right to pay and the aim of saving souls through dedicated ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Christ
Altus Family Weekend Visit Highlights Georgia Link
Mrs Leonard Solomon and children of Altus spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Glenn Cornell and visited Mrs Robert Phillips of Key West Florida The report notes Tennessee ages its country hams for a year and provides local color from the era.
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Leonard Solomon
Altus
Glenn Cornell
Robert Phillips
Key West, Fla
Tennessee
Tommy Joe Phillips
Glen Cornell
Time to Take Time Aims For Wisdom And Joy
A collection of aphorisms and quips on time fate playing a role in life. Quotes attribute Old Irish Proverb and various witticisms about luck, travel, wealth, and housework. Notable lines include time as foundation of wisdom and reading, and a quip about cars and vacations.
Provisional remedies and injunctions in Oklahoma law
A Public Surview feature from the Oklahoma Bar Association explains injunctions as court orders to refrain from acts, temporary or permanent, with short-notice hearings possible and bonds required. It also covers receivers and receiverships as court actions to protect litigated property, detailing how receivers operate, collect rents, and distribute proceeds under court direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Bar Association
Local Social Notes From Vanoss And Nearby
Vanoss area residents host and visit family over the week with Mrs. Wiley McParland and baby from Los Angeles joining Mr. and Mrs. Lea McNinch. Key West visitor Mrs. Robert Phillips spends two weeks with relatives, and M. E. Hall of Kansas over weekend. Local families, weddings, and trips noted including attendance at the Kaye Crow and John Paul Covey wedding in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley McParland and Baby
Los Angeles
California
W. E. Miller
Ahingo
Lea McNinch
Vaness
Berry Gunshot Death Ruled Accidental
An elderly Fontatoc County man, Grammar Lesttle Berry, 3, died when a shotgun discharged accidentally while he walked from his home toward a target across the road. Neighbor George Robinson found him about 7 a.m. with the weapon entangled in barbed wire. Sheriff Bill Broadrick said the load struck under the chin and out the right side of the nose as Berry lay on his back near the road east of his home. Berry had lived in the Vanoss area 28 years, lived alone, and a brother Samuel Newton Berry lives nearby. Funeral set for Friday at Lightning Ridge Cemetery.
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Fontatoc County
Grammar Lesttle Berry
Vaness
George Robinson
Sherif Bill Broadrick
Berry
Broadrick
Robinson
Vanoss
Samuel Newton Berry
Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge Cemetery
Hearing Set For Blue Conservancy District Oct 28
A 1:30 p.m. hearing on forming the Blue River Conservancy District was scheduled by the Johnston County District Court for October 28. If approved, it would become the county’s third watershed organized under state conservancy law, joining Sandy Creek and Clear Boggy. A Muddy Boggy association is forming, with a reconnaissance survey planned. Engineers will begin detailed plan work in November.
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Johnston County
Blue River
Conservancy
Muddy Boggs
Dave Roberts
Jesse
Clear Boggy
Danny Walker Succumbs to Illness at Ada Home
Danny Walker 20, who survived a pelicanic illness in 1949 and a lifelong crippled condition, died Tuesday night at his Ada home. He completed Ada High School in 1955, attended East Central State College, and planned to major in accounting at Oklahoma University this fall. Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. John A. Walker a sister Carolyn Janet Walker a brother J A Walker Jr. in Norman.
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Daniel Bager
Danny) Walker
Pelic
Danny
Ada High School
East Central State College
Oklahoma U
Ada
John A. Walker
West Nineteenth
Carolyn Janet Walker
American Airlines
Hollywood
Calif
J. A. Walker Jr
Norman
Re-registration Now Open At Courthouse For 1958 Elections
Pon totoc County voters must re register under a new statute to be eligible for 1958 elections. Re registration certificates may be filed at the precinct registrar or county courthouse until January 1 1959. After that date registration must be at the courthouse. Precinct registrar hours run 30 days before to 10 days before the next election a 20 day window. Transfers also handled at courthouse office. W W Gibson is secretary and Sar Dew deputy.
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Pontotoc County
Election Board
County Court House
Court House
W. W. Gibson
Sar Dew
Divorces and Alimony Awards In Early Case List
Jadys Savage awarded divorce from Joseph Savage with $500 monthly alimony plus defendant’s attorney fees and court costs. Marie Dillard granted divorce from Davis Dillard, the wife to keep the 1956 Chevrolet and household property while the husband retains the trucks and a 1948 Chevrolet. Also notes Atlantic City history, Madame de Pompadour birth fact, and a medical death cause from a blocked mucus leading to lung collapse.
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Jadys Savage
Joseph Savage
Marie Dillard
Davis Dillard
Chevrolet
Fittstown
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W.l. Knickmeyer
Aga, Oklahoma
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Pontotee County
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Democrat
Aca Times-Democrat
Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly
Pontotee
Edioining
Okla
Dial
Tess Easile
Barkgrnand
I Corinthians
John Doe
Doctor Doe
Jesus
Man
Foreman Suer
America
Otrevey
Rosary Bulletin
Sounds
Eleanor Clarare
Hal Chadwick
Ai Voltswagon
Las Vegas
K. M. Corgershall
Pierse
Dan Bennett
Vesta M. Kelly
Vanoss News
Key West
Jack Hurt
M. E. Hall
Kansas
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Latta
Frank Rogers
R. B. Tiffin
Pas
Mike
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Callins
Konawa
Clifford Culpepper
Geta
Pauls Valley
Vernon Gasaway
Leo McWinch
England
Davis
Nebraska
Max James Solomon
Oklahoma City
Jack Dean
George Cook
Clear Lake
8. D
Cook
Cornell
Blue Conservancy District
Danny Walker
Harvey Shipman
Mattress. and Rug Shop
Ada, Okla
Atlantic City
Lenith
Madame de Pompadour
Francoise d'Aubigne
Ecci E Eod Electric Company
Oklahoma Gas
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Admiral
Firestone
Frigidaire
General Electric
Gibson
Hotpoint
Kelvinator
Kenmore
Maytag
Montgomery Ward
Norge
Philco-Bendix
Rca-Whirlpool
Speed Queen
Westinghouse
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