Ada Senior High School Honors and Activities News
Ada senior high reports Coach Elvan George named Coach of the Week after the Cougars beat Seminole and the band earned top Battle of the Bands rating. UNESCO council election win for Dub Alston highlighted, plus student broadcasts, pep rallies, and class activities at Ada High.
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Elvan George
Cougars
Ada Highschol
Dub Alston
George
Seminole
Unesco Council
Boys Learn About Buying Clothes at Clohthing Class
A home making class visited downtown to study purchasing attire. Norman Bayless explained shoe manufacturing and fit at 5, & Q. Clothier's while Marion Fenton spoke on suit style and lining. Tony Wise and Don Lynn modeled items as Bob Steiner discussed hats and prices.
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Don Lynn
D. C
E. Q. Denton
Daniel Boone
Dallas
Highway 239
Au Uuu Pri Doy
Q. Clothier’s
Norman Bayless
Marion Fenton
Tony Wise
Bob Steiner
Mr. Steiner
Civic club members for year named
Rotary and Kiwanis members named for the rest of the year on Monday morning. Kiwanians listed Warren Boley October Jimmy Green November James Canford December.
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Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Kiwanians
Warren Boley
Jimmy Green
James Canford
Legion Auxiliary brings program to Sulphur hospital
Ada American Legion Auxiliary presented at State Veterans hospital in Sulphur Monday night led by Monte Bell as director and entertainer. Barbara Hansard Wetherill sang and amused patients with Gay Nineties songs. Mrs O C De Moss accompanied. Ukulele quartet of Ada High girls joined. Cigarettes distributed to patients and staff. Attendees included Mrs Ferguson Lea Dew Zinker DeMoss Eddie Van Bebber and rehabilitation chairman DeMoss. The hospital housed 175 patients in its new recreation room.
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American Legion Auxiliary of
Ada
State Veterans Hospital
Sulphur
Monte Bell
Barbara Hansard Wetherill
O. C. de Moss
Warren Boley
Ada High
Auxiliary
Robert Ferguson
Henry Dew
E. 5. Zinker
DeMoss
Eddie, van Bebber
American Legion
Confession Clears Iowa Family Man
In Council Bluffs Iowa Paul Lee Albert 30 admits involvement in a 790 hold up of Williamson Tobacco on June 7. He says he did not want a family man to take a rap for what he knew. Albert wrote a six page confession and provided photos to Earl Fezette before leaving town. Fezette remains free on bond awaiting district court trial on the charge. Albert was later arrested in Burlington Iowa. In Tokyo the United States handed two World War I lend lease frigates to the Republic of Korea at Yokosuka naval base.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Paul Lee Albert
Wiliamson Tobacco Company
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Don Jackson
Albert
Earl_Fezette
Fezette
Jackson
Burlington
Tokyo
United States
Republic of Korea
Russia
Yokosuka
Japan
Yokosuka Naval Base
Bear shot from tree near Sudbury downtown
A 300 pound black bear was shot from a tree six blocks from Sudbury’s center yesterday. Four men with rifles fired multiple times, bringing down the animal in a northern Ontario town.
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Sudbury
Ontario
Ada High School Chooses New Pianist for Chapel
Ada High School will have a new chapel pianist as Vanita Brady, who has served for two years, leaves afternoon duties. Hetsy Coleman will replace her. The staff held its annual meeting, reviewed student photos, and decided to use the well identified portraits in the yearbook. Mrs. Richmond displays pictures of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and ancient Greek buildings.
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Ada High School
Vanita Brady
Hetsy Coleman
Richmond
Automatic Spotters Arrive for Windsor Lanes Installation
Automatic pin spotters have arrived at Windsor Bowling Lanes. A crew from Oklahoma City began installation Tuesday, with completion hopeful in two days. League play in Civic Clubs, Automotive and Industrial leagues expected next week, plus a possible women’s league. Jack Jones Jr. led Monday with 214, Joel Marsh 189, and Mrs. Susan Davison topped the women with 176.
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Windsor
Oklahoma City
Harve Windsor
Wee Jack Jones, Jr
Joel Marsh
Susan
Davison
Dodds to Attend Red Cross Institute in Muskogee
Luke Dodds chapter chairman will attend the Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Institute in Muskogee from October 31 to November 3 and invites interested parties to report to Mrs. Dorothy Driskill. Mrs. Frances Voglar will conduct the meeting with a general session October 31 on Red Cross responsibility disaster and civil defense.
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Red Cross
Muskogee
Luke Dodds
Dorothy Driskill
Frances Voglar
GIs May Leave Korea by Christmas Says Informants
Informants in Tokyo report General MacArthur expects most American troops to depart Korea by Christmas with the Eighth Army moving back to Japan by Thanksgiving. All four divisions and possibly more units would be withdrawn as fast as combat ends, while South Korean forces are assumed to maintain order.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Korea
MacArthur
Eighth Army
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Pusan
Peninsula
Oklahoma postwar higher education gains and accreditation
After World War II Oklahoma expanded its college system to meet surge enrollments. Many new buildings funded via self liquidating bonds. teaching standards rose with 12 new accredited institutions joining the North Central Association. Illinois? No. Oklahoma’s state schools now educate 80 to 85 percent of local college students, far above the national share in independent institutions.
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Oklahoma
University ¢ Oklahoma
A and M. College
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Oklahoma Institutions of Higher Education
Central State College
Edmond
East Central State College
Ada
Northeastern State College
Northwestern State College
Alva
Southeastern State College
Durrant
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Northeastern Oklahoma A
M. College
Miami
Northern Oklahoma Junior College
Tonkawa
Oklahoma Military Academy
Taragety
Langtrton University
Aston
Firemen Educate Careless Drivers
In Little Rock Arkansas on October 25 Jacksonville fire department staged a fake alarm to deter motorists from driving through a fire scene. Fire hoses were aimed at passing drivers as one man attacked a firefighter, costing the attacker ten dollars in court. An additional notice describes a heat torch with a plastic handle and sliding windshield, capable of producing a flame over 3700 degrees Fahrenheit for indoor or outdoor use.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jacksonville
U S to Maintain Higher Force in Japan After Korea War
The United States will keep a stronger duty level in Japan than during the Korean conflict. Three divisions will be deployed to the Far East from the United States, including the second and third infantry divisions and the first marine division. The timing of their arrival in the Far East has not been announced.
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Japan
Far East
United States
Hq Battery 171st Artilley Rounds Into Good Organization
Headquarters Battery 171st Artillery at CAMP POLK La proceeds with training and school programs as members balance classroom work and field prep. Many attend specialized schools with some heading to Ft. Sill Oklahoma in November while others finish 40 hour courses. Troop Information Hour starts Saturdays in the day room as Lt Joe Love leads anglers report good catches locally with gar and catfish. Mont Comer joins Camp Polk football, Cpl Marion Madden pursues boxing as colleagues train daily in a busy, evolving unit.
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Camp Polk
171St Artillery
Met
Dutch” Herrold
Ft. Sul Okla
James S. Sturdevant
Bobby Roberts
Army
Bil Wiliams
S Sg
John Walker
Ernest J. Zenker
Louisiana
Lake Texbma
Joe Love
Mont Comer
Cpl
Marion Madden
Ada Junior Highschool Elects Journalism Staff
Ada Junior High elects staff for first semester with Paul English as editor and Kaye Brown as assistant editor. Other roles include Phyllis Clark, Gail Willoughby, Carol Lamb, Betty Smith in editorials and features. Donna Cummins and Billie Sue Wood in filling. Kaye Brown and Wynema Jackson lead society. Wynema Jackson, Gail Willoughby, Betty Stith in fashions. Glenda Hudson as inquiring reporter. sports by Bill English, Paul English, Phyllis Clark. business managers list includes Paul English and others.
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Paul English
Kaye Brown
Phyllis Clark
Gail Willoughby
Carol Lamb
Betty Smith
Wanda Nunley
Ramona Sloan
Donna Cummins
Billie Sue Wood
Mary Maddox
Wynema Jackson
Betty Stith
Car‘rol Ann Tor
Home Room 214 Learns More About Football
Students in home room 214, sponsored by Miss Laurice Core, study next football game with diagrams and explanations of formations by Robert Hayes and Ronnie Hoel. Dillard Corky Hayes, Ada Junior High alum and future University of Oklahoma pre med, visited last week. Honor roll students include Michael Kent Smith, Mary Bentley, Phyllis Buchanan, Jan Click, Kay Kingery, Helen Kuras, Charis Lamo, Ruthie Linschied, Beverly Moore, Caroline Ridling, Mary Taylor, Beverly Whitehead.
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Réath
Michael Kent Smith
Mary, Bentley
Phyllis Buchanan
Jan Click
Kay Kingery
Helen Kuras
Charsie Lamo
Ruthie Linschied
Beverly Moore
Caroline Ridling
Mary Taylor
Beverly Whitehead
Officers Elected For Homemaking Nine Women
Mrs. Pauline Whitsett oversaw the Homemaking night where nine officers were chosen led by president Joyce Vaughan and vice president Rosa Hicks. Barbara Pruett serves as secretary with Patsy Gray as reporter. In Algebra I, six weeks results include six students scoring 100 led by Sarabeth Gullatt Carolyn Zoeller Jo Ann Pritchard Barbara Pruitt Toby Keithly and Elden Taylor. Cynthia Cochran and Bob Perry also scored 100 in the recent six weeks test. All students review eighth grade formulas as they study signed numbers.
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Layon Odom
Dorothy Holliman
Pauline Whitsett
Kay Current
Nelma Jo Bun
Joyce ‘Vaughan
Rosa’ Hicks
Barbara Pruett
Patsy Gray
Vera Simmons
Sarabeth Gullatt
Carolyn Zoeller
Jo Ann Pritchard
Barbara Pruitt
Toby Keithly
Elden Taylor
Cynthia Cochran
Bob Perry
Seventh Grade Candidates Named For Rallies On Wednesday
A recent assembly showcased an amiable program by eighth graders with a Hallowe'en tale and musical numbers. Ninth grade officers were presented by Don Morrow. Seventh graders named for lam and Liberty party offices will rally Wednesday in the Ay.
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Clfford Macias
Ruth Ann Norris
Gail Willoughey
Kaye Brown
Mack Braly
Mercedes Davidson
Kenneth Copland
Marian Massey
Carolyn Cantrell
Skippy Floyd
Don Morrow
Ray Brotherton
Roy Gene Blake
Joyce Vaughn
Marion Massey
Betty Bailey
Art Pokorney
Pat McKnight
Umpy
Shirley Floyd
Maxine Terry
Lam
Liberty
Johnny Morey
Students Hear Freedom Bell Broadcast In Schools
Students at the school joined millions listening to the freedom service on Tuesday at 11 am. Radios were brought, and those without radios gathered in classrooms to hear the program. In some schools the Freedom Bell rang to signal the message of freedom beyond the Iron Curtain.
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Freedom Service
PTA Drive Seeks Junior High Members and Ardmore Game
Junior high patrons urged to join PTA as students from our school who appeared on a senior high program chaired by Mrs Finis Morison are listed. Blue Jays host Ardmore juniors at Norris Field Thursday at 8 pm with 15 and 25 cent tickets. Blue Skirts will sell tickets downtown. Ardmore will bring two busloads of fans to cheer.
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Ruth Ann Canterbury
Frances King
Rudolph Carney
Blue Jay
Madill
Blue Skirt
Shirley Dodson
Jo Anna Pritchard
Maryan Meaders
Cam
Our School
Finis Morison
Mercedes Davidson
Ken Mundy
Marva Dann Northcutt
Betty Bailey
Harriette Boiles
Phil Hart
Ruth Ann Norris
Gail Wiloughby
Kaye Brown
Mary Helen Ray
Mack Brely
Blue Jays
Ardmore
Norris Field
Blue Skirts
Ue Jays
Hartshorne Man Survives Near massacre in Korea
Hartshorne, Oklahoma soldier Sylvester J. Voituro, one of 21 survivors of a massacre near Suchon by North Korean troops, was taken to a Japan hospital after liberation. His sister in Oklahoma City said prayers sustained him as no word had come since July when UN forces retreated. He had briefly worked as a meat salesman from Ada years ago.
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Oklahoma City
Ort
uPi
Fic
Sylvester J. Voituro
Hartshorne
Okla
Suchon
Voituro
Japan Hospital
J. B. Wells
Botkin
United Nations
Vulturo
Ada
Buckingham Palace
Charles II
Bobwhite
Platt Park Has Noted Visitors
In Sulphur Platt National was honored by National Park Service visitors enroute to a superintendent conference in California. Inspectors included Charles A. Richey chief of land planning Washington Sam P. Weems superintendent Blue Ridge Parkway Virginia Mr and Mrs Robert P White park engineer Great Smoky National Park. Richey designed much rock work in the park including Bromide Park entrance at the end of 12th street.
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Platt National
National Park Service
California
Charles A. Richey
Washington
Sam P. Weems
Blue Ridge Parkway
Virginia
Robert P. White
Great Smoxy National Park
Richey
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Ada Senior Highschool News
Kada
Jerry Scott
Frank Jaques
Betty Williams
Gladys Anderson
Carolyn Stone
Gayle Simmons
Tish Ridge
Anita Henry
Delma O'Neal
Doris Dean
Pat Cook
Pat Pruitt
Marilyn Moore
Robert’ Parker
Sally Morey
George Smith
Pat Marsh
Harrell Spoons
Derrelyn Metz
Duane Moore
Tou Ann Spears
Pat Walsh
Wilma Mayfield
Patty Pitchford
Glynda Burns
Earnest Randall
Joe Ann Dean
Oma Lance
Peggy McKnight
Pat Johnson
Gayle Harper
Jody Whitsett
Herman Burrough
Loren McKeown
Patricia Redman
Bobby Sloan
Arlene Clark
Bill Cheek
Eddie McDonald
Tommy Watson
Jim Vernon
Sue Thomas
Ronald Thompson
Wanda Salter
Jerry Farnham
Jimmy Miller
Pat Williams
Virginia Miller
Mary Mays
Betty Evans
Ronald Clark
Jean Crockett
Pat Mark
Max Richards
Roberta Toler
Clifford Young
Mary Pat Bunch
James Crawford
Letty McRoberts
Noval Ricks
Jimmy Herndon
Mary Ella Reynolds
Hubert McCurley
Shirley Miller
Clyell Webb
Diane Trippe
Kafie Callihan
Betty Zenker
Norma Shaffer
Charles Hussey
George Kuras
Marilyn Martin
Donna Canada
Kay Fentem
Wanda Ray
David Foster
Wendell Sawyer
James McWilliams
Hoyt Hudgens
Robert Parker
Myron Salter
Pat O'Neal
James Leach
Jerry ‘Farnham
James Cumbie
Unesco
Tulsa
Pee
First National Bank
Joan Reynolds
Betsy Coleman
Cougar
Leaders IN Physical Education
Harold Kimery
Carl Lee
Jackie Leeds
Clarence Johnson
Jay Carroll
Lambert
F.H. A
Hallowe'en
Weiner
Wintersmith Park
Warren
Carolyn Johnson
Doris Whittington
Loretta Boatwright
Betty Sweeney
Mrs. Warren
Joan Lewis
Joan Allison
Bill Lee
Donald Kleeper
Civic Club
Oklahoma A. & M
Kansas City
Glen Bratcher
Stilwater
Bert Bezdlcek
Perry
Don Wakeman
Jake White
Greenfield
Ohio
Jim Fransen
Clinton
Lawrence Smith
Lexington
Harvey Richardson
Pauls Valley
Okia
Forrest Griffeth
Cushing
Associated Press
Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Rev. Jernigan
First Free Will Baptist Church
Wade Jernigan
Bladesboro
S.C
Free Will Baptist Church
Fifteenth and
Ash
Norman
Jack Jones, Jr
Susan Dovizon Ball
Dodds
Red Cross Institute
Charles M. Krumtum
Donald Mulican
Eddie Garrison
Annetta Jones
Veil
Lloyd Sanders
Elaine Zoeller
Liberty Party
Jimmy Reynolds
Jerry Thompson
Anita McGuire
Gary MecGuire
Yetl
Larry McGuire
Dorothy Gibson
PTA
Platt Park
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