Sunray Oil Company Makes Pontotoc Refining History
Sunray Oil Company of Tulsa operates a modern Allen refinery with 8500 barrel daily capacity, 106 workers, and a 10 000 to 15 000 dollar monthly payroll. Production runs include 4000 barrels daily from Pontotoc and Seminole areas, with major products Ethyl gasoline, polymerized gasoline, and regular leaded gasoline plus road oils and asphalt by‑products.
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Sunray Oil Company of
Tulsa
Pontotoc County
Sunray Company
Allen
Pontotoc
Sunray
Seminole
Canadian River
Francis
Dick Johnson
Dewey Vincent
F. L. Martin
Floyd L. Martin
Martin
Ailen
Mid-Continent Petroleum Company
Transcontinental Oil Company
Allen Sunray
K. O
G. Sunray
Midwest
Ohio
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Water Fight Draws 135 Attorneys
Randell S Cobb will join attorneys from 135 towns October 26 to oppose Oklahoma City's bid to claim more than half of the North Canadian river water for domestic use. He represents six state institutions in the river valley in a district court battle set for Oct 26, with counsel from El Reno Woodward Shawnee and others aiding. Cobb represents the state hospital at Supply the Panhandle 4 and the state college atGoodswell, the game farm at Darlington.
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Ernest M. Hill
Oklahoma City
Randell S. Cobb
Cobb
North Canadian
Oklahom
el Reno
Woodward
Shawnee
State Hospital
Supply
Panhandle 4
M, College
Goodswell
Game Farm
Darlington
County pecan and peanut crops forecast with mixed yields
Local buyers report this year’s pecan yield is a third to a half of normal while peanuts run about a third. Pecan quality is good despite smaller nuts, with prices from five to seven cents a pound for native pecans and 16 to 15 cents for paper shells. Peanuts purchased approach 5,000 bushels as harvest nears completion. Farmers plan plowing after showers, and crop recommendations for October and November include rye grass Austrian winter peas and dairy vetch to bolster stock pasturage and save feed.
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Drouth
Man Invents Minnow Air System for Fishing Trips
In Okemah Oklahoma on October 14, L E Shorty Willet, laid up in hospital, devised a device to keep minnows alive during drives to fishing spots. He attached a cream can to his windshield wiper and created a method to force air into the container, addressing a long standing problem for bait fishers. Fellow sportsmen await news on the invention’s success and potential investment.
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Okemaeh
Okla
L. E
Shorty
Willet
Brents Named As County Advisory Board Chairman
W H Brents of Hickory Rural Route long time Pontotoc county farmer was named chairman of the county Advisory Board at the fall section meeting in the office of J B Mill county agent. Oscar Banks Byars Rural Route vice chairman and Earl Rose Ada Route 2 secretary re elected. New emphasis will be on galus of commercial fertilizer as plans for the coming year were discussed. Reports by W M McMurtry Soil Conservation Service D E Slingerland Farm Security Administration supervisor and J W Herron ACA program assistant. 1988 89 A A A payments to Pontotoc county farmers totaled 167 127 94 with wheat and range payments cited.
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W. H. Brents
Hickory
Pontotoc County
J. B. Mill
Oscar Banks Byars Rurel
Earl Rose
Ada
W. M. McMurtry
Soil Conservation Service
D. E. Slingerland
Farm Security Administration
J. W. Herron
Agricultural Conservation Adjustment Program
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Pantotes County
Herron
FSA Farm Loans Families To Be On Farms
County FSA supervisor D E Slingerland says tenant purchase loans will settle families on new farms around January 1. Options have been taken by listed individuals. Willis Ables family yet to select. Plans include buildings and terraces, with four year payments if needed. Team includes spur geon and Ivah Jones to estimate improvements. work begins next week.
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Farm Security Administration
D. E. Slingerland
FSA
Leonard T. Youtry
Fitzhugh
Holida Myers
Egypt
Dewey Eeds
Stratford
Andrew Bryant
Francis
Willis Ables
Roff
Slingerland
Joan
George T. Spurgeon
Ivah Jones
Home Demonstration Club Elects Officers and Reports
The county home demonstration clubs held an all day session electing officers for 1940 and turning in annual reports. Mrs. J H Stephens was elected president, Colbert named vicer president, and Mrs Frank Mc Cauley was secretary. Major projects include clothing pest control poultry with a focus on turkeys and yard improvement. A new farm accounting class will be added with instructor Bonnie Goodman from Oklahoma A and M College.
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County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
J. H. Stephens
Vaness Club
Bonnie Goodman
Oklahoma A
M. Eollege
Vera Collier
Horner
Jess Wall
Fitehugh
Anna Farley
Vanoss
Jessie Morgan
Fickett
Gsar Corner
Friendly Homemakers
Union Valley
Colbert
Hemer
Fitzhugh
Morgan
Farmers urged to use 1989 AAA fertilizer before 1989 end
County administrator J. W. Herron said farmers can use the government supplied triple-super phosphate on any non-depleting soil crop through January 1 as part of the 1989 AAA payments. Two carloads are on order with potential for more if demand grows. delivery has been delayed by drought provisions.
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J. W. Herron
Her- Ton
Py Drouth
Pontotec
Cinnamon Young to Kansas City for American Royal show
4-H club member Willis Young accompanied by Wayne Cinnamon and county agent left Friday for Kansas City to attend the American Royal Livestock Show as a guest of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. He previously showed the grand champion junior Hereford at the Southeast Oklahoma Junior Livestock show in March and his calf placed fifth in the Oklahoma City show later that month.
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Willis Young
Fitzhugh
Wayne Cinnamon
Kansas City
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Cinnamon van
B. H. Pratt
Elmo Hendrickson, Jr
Muskotgee
Allen
Ada
Pontotoc County Cotton Crop Shortest On Records
Pontotoc County ends with the shortest cotton crop on record as Pontotoc Custom gin shuts down after baling 560 bales, about 200 under the previous low. Coleman Lea reports the season’s total. Choctaw gin under J. E. Boswell to close next Saturday after a brief reopening.
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Pontotoc County
Pontotoc
Coleman Lea
Lea
J. E. Boswell
Choctaw
Cotton Gin Progress Near Week End
Buyers plan from Monday to Saturday with total ginning reaching 353 bales by Saturday. A few bales remain in the cotton house and about 10 to 15 more are expected to be ready for ginning on the final day of operation.
Stonewall Defeats St Louis Eleven By Single Point
Stonewall edged St Louis 7 to 6 in a Friday night clash under new lights. Goodall set the winning margin with a second quarter kickoff return to the five yard line before Kennedy scored from the four. St Louis tied late in the third via a 40 yard interception return to the two and punched over on fourth down. Next Friday Stonewall hosts Rol Stonewall's stout Refl team after Asher's 20 to 13 upset victory.
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Goodall
Stonewall
St. Louis
Red Daugherty
Stoneiwall
Kennedy
Asher
Problems Of Refugees To Be Discussed
Washington October 14 The European war prompts an international conference on refugees to expand aid for German political exiles to include others displaced by the conflict. Lord Winterton Herbert Emerson and Paul Van Zeeland head the delegation for talks opened by President Roosevelt with future sessions at the State Department. The White House will guide the effort amid wartime refugee movement changes. Germany allows only elderly and children to depart while others are barred, and reception by other nations remains limited.
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Washington
IPL
Roosevelt
Lord Winterton
Inter-Governmental Committee For Political Refugees
Herbert Emerson
Paul van Zeeland
Premer
Belgium
Praver
State Department
White House
Germany
Allen's Reserves Get Good Workout in Loss at Coalgate
Allen high school dropped a Friday night game 61 to Coalgate as Vietta led the Coalgate squad. Coach Boots Wadley used reserves with limited prior game time to gain experience, stating every position is open and effort will determine who wins. Allen now prepares for a clash with Tishomingo.
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Allen High School
Coalgate
Boots Wadley
Allen
H Ad
Wadley
Tishomings
Census Supervisor Castlebrry Named for Fourth District
H E Castleberry of Seminole was appointed to supervise the taking of the 1940 census for the Fourth Congressional District with Roger Butner of Wewoka as assistant. District offices will handle applications. no state setups until after November 1. Ada’s population has grown since 1929. census next year will include about 200 questions per farm family.
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H. E. Castleberry
Seminole
Roger Butner
Wewoka
Castleberry
Washington
Oklahoma
Oklohoma
Ada
No Gas Leaks In School Buildings
The Adustly school system completed annual gas checks across all buildings with individual outlet tests and found no leaks. Superintendent Dan Procter noted the checks follow a prior East Texas disaster warning and involved fire department and plumbers’ representatives.
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Adustly
Dan Procter
Texas
Fire Department
The
Plumbers’ Association
Starts New Search For Amelia Earhart
Honolulu reports a new year long search launched by Eric Banner for Amelia Earhart and Edward Noonan. He sails from Monolulu on the 59 foot schooner Valkyrie to scour the South Seas after Navy efforts failed to locate them following their July 2, 1937 disappearance.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Eric Banner
Monolulu
Hanner
South Seas
Miss Earhart
Edward Noonan
South Atlantic
Navy
South Sea Isle
Armstrong Kayoes Howard Scott in ten round title bout
Henry Armstrong world welterweight champion knocks out Howard Scott of Washington, D C in the seventh round of a scheduled ten round fight in Minneapolis. Scott shows gameness but is outmatched as Armstrong dominates from the first bell weighing 141 to Scott's 147. Bare details note Scott’s Ada connections and Buddy Scott relation.
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Minneapolis
Henry Armstrong
Howard Scott
Washington
D. C
Scott
Ithe Cing
Asithough
Armistrong
Howard
Ada
Buddy Scott
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Ada Evening News
Sunray News
AL A. Milne
C.D. Taylor
Hack Jones
Leon Jones
E. G. Smith
George Watson
H. C. Kesettle
Jimmie Bland
Clarence Hampton
Murray D. McCormick
Bob Richards
Luther Jones
Holly Everett
Texes
Universal Ol Products Company
Dobbs
Pontotor
Tecumcal
Boey
L. D
Buck) Hoyt
Lincoln County
Avery
Hoyt
Moss and Powell
Leon Phillips
Sunray Refinery
Randall
River Water
County
Pecanrep
Ada News
Brents
Rancisco
Atoka
H. L. Buchanan
Quitman
van Buren
Ark
Buchanan
Herman G
Durant
Clyde
Sparks
Nevada
Stancil Buchanan
Houston
Atoka County
Coal County
Duff Casey
Tishomingo
Future Farmers of America
Tishomingo Lions Club
Addie Whitehead
Bill Goodfellow
E_ C. Wright
Coalgate Route 3
United States Weather Bureau
Wright
Bureau
Paul F. Matthews
Rera
Baltimore
Jettie Smith
Anna Belle Fairey
Vaness
Mozelie Coley
Pickett Club
Dela Chaffin
Young
K. C. Royal
Shirley Williams
H. A. Kiles
Jack Scott
A. W. Dye
B. D. Blaylock
J. P. Ford
Konawa
Jackson
Oboe
Paul Jackson
Fonca City
Mur Ralty
Shidler
Walter Evans
Fairfax
Kendith White
Stillwater
W. A. Mansur
Earl Mansur
Drurmright
Arch McDougal
Holdenville
Bill Williams
Cox
Robert Smith
Jess Arnold
Rosedale
New York
Clyde Burx
Comanches
Madison Square. Garden
Ted Yochum
Wagoner
Red Thompson
Comanche
Oxia
M. E. Castleberry
Armstrong
Kayoes Howard Scott
Pauls Valley
Hary
Bare
Tulare
Cal
Coitton
California
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