Wyche Heads Ada Area Homebuilders
The Ada Chapter of the National Association of Homebuilders held its annual meeting Tuesday at Indian Hills Restaurant. Jim Wyche was elected president for the coming year joining vice president Walter Leerstang treasurer M E Carr and treasurer Bob Cypert with Ernie McGuire as outgoing president as the group grows to 25 members.
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Ada
National Association of Homebuilders
Jim Wyche
Walter Leerstang
M. E. Carr
Bob Cypert
Ernie McGuire
Indian Hills
Shipe Horse Tops West Coast Walkers in California Show
Jack Shipe former Ada resident wins top honors at West Coast Park and Pleasure walking horse show in Sacramento riding War Echo. The four year old stallion has been shown four times with two wins and a championship in his fourth outing. War Echo to compete at the Grand National in San Francisco Cow Palace while Shipe works at a Sacramento radio station.
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Jack Shipe
Ada
Shipe
Guy Shipe
Sacramento
Calif
Walker War Echo
War Echo
West Coast
California
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Bill Horne Named Member of CPA Council
Bill J. Horne CPA of Ada has been re elected to a three year term on the governing Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants His re election was announced at the AI C P A s 84th annual meeting Horne a partner in Griffin Horne Co Ada offices has served on the AICPA Council since May 1979 and is active in the Oklahoma Society of CPAs Lions Club Ada Community Chest Ada School Board and more He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.
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Bill J. Horne
CPA
W. 24Th
Ada
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Horne
AICPA
Grifin, Horne & Co
Oklahoma Society of Cpas
Ada Lions Club
Ada Community Chest
Ada School Board
Oklahoma State University
Veterans encouraged to attend Oklahoma Job Fair in Tulsa
Edward E. Redpath of the Ada Oklahoma State Employment Service announces the state's second Job Fair for veterans set for November 2 at the Exhibition Hall in the Assembly Center Tulsa. Governor Hall backs the event with 2 OSS staff assisting veterans and urging visits to local OSS offices or American Legion Posts for aid.
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Edward E. Redpath
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Ada
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Assembly Center
American Legion
David Hall
Morris Leonhard
OSES
Overton James Inaugurated Chickasaw Governor at Byng
Overton James was inaugurated as governor of the Chickasaw Nation, becoming the first elected chief since statehood. The ceremony in Byng drew 500 tribal members as James outlined plans for a constitution, by laws, a quarterly newsletter, and housing ventures amid a $413,290 tribal fund and ongoing riverbed litigation potentially affecting up to $50 million.
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Byng
Overton James
Oklahoma City
Wapanucka
James
Brockway Halts Glass Recycling at Ada Plant
Brockway Glass Co in Ada temporarily shuts down its successful glass reclamation project as construction ends. Lloyd Hatley reports 1,915,830 pounds recycled in 1971 before the pause, with plans for improved facilities when collections resume in February. By year end 1970 Muskogee and Ada plants had earned 367,775 and 450,020 pounds respectively.
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Brockway Glass Co
Ada
Lloyd Hatley
Hatley
Mately
Muskogee
Retail Merchants Schedule Meeting in Ada
Ada Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee plans noon luncheon at the Aldridge Building. Ed Leeper says they will discuss promotions for the year, set a Christmas decorations date, and decide on late season hours. Leeper urges members to attend.
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Retail Merchants Committee
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Aldridge
Ed Leeper
Leeper
OSU Fraternity Drives to Help Wrestler Murphy
Members of Phi Gamma Delta at OSU lead a drive to raise funds for Ray Murphy, a former OSU student paralyzed in a wrestling accident two years ago. Other student groups join the fundraising effort to provide treatment. Barry Barringer, son of Mr and Mrs John Barringer, is a member of the fraternity. A mock kidnapping with a ransom for coach Floyd Gass was staged as part of the Murphy fund drive.
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Phi Gamma Delta
OSU
Ray Murphy
Barry Barringer
John Barringer
Floyd Gass
Local Dealers Earn Amway Direct Distributor Honors
Roy V. and Norma Jean Stokes of Route 3 Ada were named Amway Direct Distributor for achieving high sales volume and building a large distributor network. Amway, an international person-to-person company with 150 home care products, hosted an appreciation banquet in the East Central ballroom with about 75 attendees.
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Roy V
Norma Jean Stokes
Route 3
Ada
Amway Corporation
Michigan
Amway
East Central
OG&E Hosts Visit Tour of Engineers in Ada
A large group of electrical engineers from national power firms will visit Ada Sunday. About 125 to 130 delegates from the Edison Electrical Institute will attend a luncheon at the college with their wives, then tour OG&E’s new Konawa generating station after leaving Ada from Oklahoma City.
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Ada
Electric Systems and Equipment
Edison Eelectrical Institute
New York City
Oklahoma City
Og&e
Konawa
Violet Receives New Rating At Miss Station
Gary Violet of WM PA Aberdeen Mississippi earned his first class radio and television license after passing the FCC exam in Atlanta. He will assume engineering duties at the station where he has worked as an announcer for two years following completion of electronic engineering studies. Violet is a 1967 Aberdeen High School graduate with ties to Horace Mann Ada High and Mississippi State. He is the son of Lee and Robbie Violet.
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Gary Violet
WMPA
Aberdeen
Miss
Violet
Atlanta
Horace Mann and
Ada High School
Aberdeen High School
Mississippi State
Lee Violet
Ada
Robbie Violet
Crossword ACROSS Crossword ACROSS
Puzzle clues list with across and down entries including compass point, medley, cereal, custody, within, ship, sedate, tremble, digraph, varnish ingredient, meadow, varnish, volcano, poem type, arrived, said again, carelessness, superlative ending, and down clues for grapplers, artificial, New Zealand locust, male parent, sphere, horse gait, bad-tempered person, spud, small bed, girl name, equal, concurred, spasm, flower part, circle section, location, comfort, and French.
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Industri
New Zealand
Community meeting ends then hosts barbecue in Byng
The meeting began at 10 a.m. and adjourned shortly after noon. Attendees moved to the Byng Community Building for a large pashora and a free barbecue.
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Byng
Robbie Robertson’s Breath Test Refused After Fire-Eater Claim
Police detain Robbie Robertson but dismiss the case after he explains he carries a mouthful of alcohol to spray flames as part of his act. In court he says he is a professional fire-eater and keeps alcohol ready to ignite. The case ends with a dismissal.
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Robbie Robertson
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