Notice of Partition Sale in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
United States Marshals will publicly auction two tracts in Pontotoc County Oklahoma on November 14 1944 at 10 oclock a.m. at the south door of the Pontotoc County Courthouse Ada Oklahoma. Tract B consists of 100.18 acres more or less described as parts of section 3 township 2 north range 4 east with oil gas and mineral rights appraised at 1000000 dollars. Tract C is 60 acres more or less in the same county and range appraised at 72500 dollars. Bids must reach two thirds of appraised value. The sale follows a 1944 court order in case 743 Civil Jefferson Johnson plaintiff v M O Matthews et al partition. Sale may be of either tract separately or as one parcel. Title includes oil gas and mineral rights. Public sale notice published October 9 1944.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Ada
United States Marshals
Pontotoc
Ee Miteieb
Tee Memiaries
United States District Court
Eastern District of
Jefferson Johnson
M. O. Matthews
Peppe
Section 22
Township 3
Raymond O. Barton
Georgia Colbert
Dew
P. T. Bevers
Board of County Commissioners
Sam Dew
Seven Men Leave For Military Service From Ada
Seven area men report for military training at Ada draft board No. 1 and will travel to Oklahoma City for processing. Those listed are Herman B. Hickey Jr Morton C. Woods Winfred Morris James R. Bowerman John Gouge Charles D. Auten and James W. Bell. The note on the sinking of the American navy adds a wartime backdrop.
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Draft Board No. 1
Jack Lloyd
Ada
Oklahoma City
Herman B. Hickey
Morton C. Woods
Winfred Morris
James R. Bowerman
John Gouge
Charles D. Auten
James W. Bell
Property dispute in Ada seeks title to Lot 12 Block 116
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma Simmie D Wood and Beviah May Wood sue the State of Oklahoma and multiple defendants to obtain legal and equitable title to Lot 12, Block 116, Ada original townsite. The plaintiffs seek heirs determination and bar all claims since the suit filed September 28 1944 with a December 5 1944 answer deadline.
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VE Oy
Morris Harper
Rig, Reel and Manufacturing Co
J. F. Harper
State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc
State OF
Oklahoma
Simmie Lee Broyles
Eaton
Ruby Reeves
Angline Sampson
Walter Paxson
Angie Swanson
Paxson
Mary Legg
Perry
Calvin C. Perry
Bell Eaton
Pontotoc County
Ada
Oklaoma
Stanolind Oil Buys Leases in Oklahoma County Sale
The Stanolind Oil company paid 4088 for oil and gas leases on two 80 acre tracts in Oklahoma county at the state school land commission weekly sale. Joseph Faust of Oklahoma City bought three 80 acre tracts in Cleveland city four thousand total with two at 1000 and one at 800 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Stanolind Oil Company
Oklahoma County
State School Land Commission
Joseph Faust
Cleveland City
Washington's Hair Explained Not Wigs But Turned Back
The article clarifies that George Washington did not wear a wig. His hair was worn turned back and tied in a queue behind.
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Washington
George Washington
Oklahoma Battleship Oklahoma Decommissioned After Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor report says the battleship Oklahoma, mortally damaged during the 1941 attack, is decommissioned as of Sept 1. It capsized and sank minutes after torpedo and bomb hits, with 32 rescued from the hull. salvaged later and used in operations until decommissioning ends its war service.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Oklahoma
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval
Death of Ada Blacksmith Ada Blacksmith Tuesday
Ada resident Joe Jared died Tuesday at 12 45 pm after a stroke. He ran a North Constant blacksmith shop since 1919 later at 304 East Ninth and served Asbury Methodist Church as superintendent. Survived by wife Mabel and fourteen relatives, funeral plans pending Smith Funeral Home.
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Joe Jared
Pontetoc
Ada
North Constant
East Ninth
Jared
Asbury Methodist Church
Mabel Jared
A. R. Lanier
Jack Lamb
Dave Choate
Mary Jean Jared
San Francisco
Calif
Joyce Ann Jared
W. E. Jared
Centrahoma
J. E. Jared
Joe S. Jared, Jr
Gowen Field
Boise
Idaho
Charles Jared
Double Cross of Stassen Charged by Johnston in Wisconsin
Victor A. Johnston of Minneapolis claims Senator Joseph Ball betrayed the Stassen delegate campaign in Wisconsin by crossing party lines. Johnston says Ball does not represent Harold E. Stassen and asserts Stassen would be ashamed of Ball’s stance as Ball backs Roosevelt.
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Madison
Wis
Victor A. Johnston
Minneapolis
Harold E. Stassen
Wisconsin
United States
Joseph FE. Ball
Minnesola
Harod Siacsen
Ball
Roosevelt
Johnston
Stassen
South Pacific
Letter purporting to show Willkie against administration
An Indianapolis report discloses a letter purportedly from Wendell L. Willkie dated May 5, 1944 stating dedication to removing the current administration. The photostatic copy was shared with Earl L. Jolly and Eugene C. Pulliam, published in the Indianapolis Star after Willkie had withdrawn from the GOP race following Wisconsin and Omaha events.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Wendell L. Wallkie
Willkie
Earl L. Jolly
Evansville
Eugene C. Pulliam
Inianapolis Star
Tar
Wisconsin
Omaha
Orson Welles Improves After Throat Infection
Orson Welles, ill at his New York hotel with a throat infection, has passed all danger and now is in convalescence, according to his manager Jack Leighter.
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Welles
New York
Orson Welles
Jack Leighter
Singing at Oakman Sunday Draws Local Visitors
Sunday events praise community fellowship as Ada visitors and area families gather for an afternoon singing at 3 PM. Neighbors share visits across Byng, Ada, Denny, and nearby towns with residents including Miss Eula Mae and Mr. and Mrs. Wright Hart.
Social at Toby and Nickell Families in Conway
Mr and Mrs H E Mathews visited the Toby home Sunday evening. Charley Laughlin and wife made a business trip to Steedman Sunday. Lorene Toby and son Philip of Ada visited the latter's SS. Lydia Eubanks and daughter LaCressa Ann Audie Bryan and son Glenn Lilly Bryan called on Ruth Lillard Tuesday. Harley Nickell of Ada spent Saturday night with son Leon Nickell. Joyce Nickell spent Sunday with aunt Zelda Nickell in Ada.
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Harley Nickell
Ada
Leon Nickell
Joyce Nickell
Zelda Nickell
Bethel Man Cpl Granwell Walker Returns on 10 Day Furlough
Cpl Granwell Walker of Camp Wheeler Georgia is spending a 10 day furlough with family in Pomona Calif his first home leave after ten months in service His sister Mrs C S Palmer of Ada is expected to visit and Miss Ollie Walker has returned to Ada after visiting relatives in Pomona
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Bethel
Oakman
California
Granwell Walker
Pomona
Calif
Walker
Camp Wheeler
Macon
C. S. Palmer
Ada
Ollie Walker
Owl Creek School Reopens After Break
Owl Creek school will reopen Monday October 30. Jewel Hoover returns home from Dallas Texas. Glen and Lorice Bennet travel back from western Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Brice Thompson visit their son Delbert and family. Mrs Ira Rose reports her ill father is improving in Pontotoc. Ivy Sutterfield of the navy visits his parents Sanford and Mrs Sutterfield for a week. Grandmother Parker stays with her daughter in Oklahoma City.
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Owl Creek
Jewel Hoover
Dallas
Tex
Glen
Lorice Bennet
Oklahoma
Brice Thompson
Delbert
Ira Rose
Pontotoc
Ivy Sutterfield
Navy
Sanford Sutterfield
Grandmother Parker
Oklahoma City
Community social notes and local moves in Ada Oklahoma
Mrs Dora Roberts visited. Denham and Ragland families hosted others. McDonalds returned from Sentinel. several visits to Ada. Pfe and Ray Hunt welcomed a son born October 20. school began. hot lunch program to start November 1. note on Germany and Allied talks from Red Star.
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J. M. Tilley
W. N. Baker
S. E. Williams
Ada
S. D. Low
Ernest Williams
W. H. Henderson
Nat Hilton
Pfe
Ray Hunt
Eza Holland
Glen Johnson
Ruth Pitt
Wanda Faye Berger
Beth Brewington
Naomi Williams
Daisy Miller
P. A. Templeman
Oklahoma City
Charles Nelson
C. W. Martin and
Curtis and
James
Imogene Wilson
Geneva Childers
Minnie Miller
George Miller
J. Crooks
C. E. Childers
Herman Miller
M. J. Brewington
Japs Send Land Based Planes For Attack On Leyte
Japanese air force sent land based bombers and fighters from Visayan air fields to attack Leyte Gulf ships. US Wildcats and Hellcats intercepted 100 miles out. most enemy planes were shot down. Two American fighters crash landed. one pilot injured. A destroyer rescued a pilot after a Wildcat landed in the water. Admiral Kinkaid ordered a smoke screen over the transport area as heavy fog hid vast portions of the gulf.
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Spencer Davis
Adm. Kinkaid
Leyte Gulf
Visayan Islands
Tacloban
Thomas Kinkaid
San Pedro Gulf
Kincaid
Gulf
Government Takes Over Lord Manufacturing Company
The government seized the Lord Manufacturing Company of Erie Pennsylvania by executive order for price violations and failure to supply war materials under a 1943 price order. Navy Secretary Forrestal to operate the plants as needed to sustain aircraft parts and other essential war materials.
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Ington
Lord Manufacturing Company
Erie
White House
Navy
Forrestal
Secretaries of War and Navy
Orde ‘Ae Company
Ordes
De Gaulle complains of lack of arms from Allies
In Paris on October 25 Gen Charles De Gaulle said France is ready to play a larger war role but lacks weapons. He cited Allied supply problems and port destruction as partial causes and urged equipment from Allies until French factories can supply their armies.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
France
Germany
de Gaulle
Ickes
Metchnikoff
Dewey
Department of Agriculture
Farmers
George E. Holm
Department
Bureau of Dairy Industry
White House
Roosevelt
Ginning Of Cotton Trails Last Year
The census bureau reports cotton for this year up to October 18 at 6,282,155 running bales compared with 7,792,249 last year and 8,182,596 two years ago. The agriculture department forecasts this year’s crop at 11,953,000 equivalent 500 pound bales versus 11,427,000 last year. Oklahoma ginnings are listed at 190,583 this year and 179,156 last year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
War Bonds Featured Among Safe Christmas Gifts
Holiday shoppers are urged to consider War Bonds as reliable Christmas gifts. The appeal highlights tax advantages and support for national effort, portraying bonds as practical, timely presents during the season.
De Gaulle Provisional Government Recognized by Allies
The United States Britain and others recognized the De Gaulle administration as the provisional government of the French republic. Stettinius announced interior zone authority for Paris and other areas, with elections planned per French will, and potential ambassadorial duties for Jefferson Caffery.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
de Gaulle
Moscow
Russia
Ottawa
Canberra
Stettinius
France
Paris
Docket Faces Burglary Fraud and Assault Cases
Pontotoc county district court began a criminal docket this week with Monday opening delayed due to missing witnesses. Scheduled cases include James Blanton and L E Primm on burglary and mortgage property disposal, Willie Grant Earl Boone Paul Sellers on burglary, Herman Tollison on larceny, plus debit of robbery and assault with intent to kill and murder in open docket. Next week lists Gurley Fowler procuring illegal voting and four forgery counts against Josephine Martin.
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Pontotoc County
Gurley Fowler
Josephine Martin
Painting Begins On Missionary Baptist Orphans Home
Workmen started Monday painting the main building of the Missionary Baptist Orphans Home located six miles north of Ada. Roy Gilliam leads the project and asks volunteers with spare time to help report at Collins Lumber company. Transportation tools and ladders are provided and insurance covers all workers.
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Missionary Baptist Orphans
Ada
Roy Gilliam
Collins Lumber Company
Leaning Towers Spread Through Italian Cities
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has stood for centuries due to a notable tilt of over 16 feet. Now many Italian cities feature similarly leaning buildings reflecting regional architectural quirks.
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Pisa
Italy
Farm Views and News From Pontotoc County Topics
Agricultural notes cover selecting breeding hens and housing for poultry plus poisoning by the Kentucky coffee bean found in Pontotoc cattle pastures. County clubs list officers and enrollment counts for Francis McLish Roff Latta Center and Grasshoppers damage alfalfa with control guidance.
County 4 H Club Organizes Multiple New Groups
Several 4 H clubs have been organized in the county as boys enroll in production programs and related activities across the area.
State Nutrition Meeting Attendance In Oklahoma City
Attendees at the State Nutrition meeting in Oklahoma City on 16 17 included Mrs Schroeder R E A Miss Clara Backhous Home Demonstration agent Coalgate Coal county Mrs Mary Alice Carroll Home Demonstration agent Tishomingo Johnston county Miss Patricia Witt Madill Marshall county and Miss Margaret Wood Byng School. The group praised the large turnout and noted extensive business on the state nutrition program and regional extension division meetings. An invitation was issued to the National Nutrition meeting to be held in Oklahoma City in 1945. A recipe for medium sized green tomatoes appears with steps for rolling meat and simmering with flour fat onion water and vegetables.
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Oklahoma City
Schroeder
Clara Backhous
Coalgate
Coal County
Mary Alice Carroll
Tishomingo
Johnston County
Patricia Witt
Madill
Marshall County
Margaret Wood
Byng School
Ada
Oklahome City
Rural 4-H clubs report activities as schools close
Four H clubs in Latta Roff McLish Center and nearby areas report work done during the year for their record books. Attendance is low with 9 girls at Center 1 girl at large and 20 clubs to be visited when schools reopen.
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Latta
Roff
Center
4-H
McLish
Francis
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