Allen business men plan school and park project
Busy Allen club lunch gathers 20 men led by Roy Saifarrans. They outline a $30,000 new school building, highway improvements, a public park and playground. A $5,000 bond issue with WPA funds funds the auditorium gymnasium and classroom block replacing the old wooden structure. construction starts soon and will finish in months.
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Roy Saifarrans
United Effort
Allen
J. L. Jacobs
John Pegg
Sam Tew
Lloyd Watson
J. M. Jones
Methodist Church
Watson
McCall
Gilmore
Bill McCall
Stonewall
Ailen
K. ©. and G. Railroad
Mer
Old Town
Alton
Imogene Gilmore
Idr
John Gilmore
Allen Oklahoma’s boom and its enduring town spirit
Allen grew from a 19th century grist mill hamlet to a 1920s oil boom town, spurring schools with 573 students and a strong football program. Prominent figures include superintendent Watson and trader John Pegg, while Sunray Oil’s refinery supports about 75 workers and plans a catalytic polymerization unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Mead
Fred Kimbrough
Myron Gilbert
Surrey Refinery
F. Johnson
Hardware
Louisiana Oil Company
Taylor Bullard
W. M. Pegg
Allen
Leaders of Allen civic life pictured at luncheon event
A group photo showcases Allen pioneers including Sam Tew County Commissioner and Farmers State Bank president Lloyd Watson and refinery figure Floyd L. Martin. The article notes the Sunray Refinery and a polymerization unit, plus a road campaign from Allen to Lula and various local leaders shaping the town’s growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Hart
Rosberg
Daugherty
Hickory
Russet
Fitzhugh
Allen
Sunray Oil Company
Pontotoc County
O. M. Brooks
Chrystal White
White Oaks
Homackla
R. L. Johnson
A. D. Vinson
Sunray Company
F. L. Martin
Universal Oil Products
Richard L. Johnson
Sunray
Alen
Farmers State Bank
Sam Tew
T. A. Bryan
Lloyd Watson
Roy Saffartons
A. C. Dixon
Louis Wakeman
Elmo Hendrickson
C. C. Rose
Myron Gilbert
C. L. Jacobs
John Pegg
Fred Page
John Wyche
Stolowski
Wayne Mead
J. M. Jones
Fred Kimbrough
Floyd L. Martin
Pontotec County
Pontoteic County
Local official urges public playground for families
A city official notes the lack of a public playground and explains that children have no safe communal space while families lack a place to gather and play outdoors.
New State Highway Across County Predicted By Tew
Tew of Alert last week traveled over a 13 mile stretch of road hoping it will become a north south highway through Pontotoc County. The road now runs from Okemah through Wewoks Sasakwa into Ada and into Durant with plans to extend south through Allen and Lula. Tew aims to connect through to Durant with two bridges at Boggy and Sincere and notes WPA workers aided construction at low county cost.
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Sam Tew
Alert
Allen
Lula
Pontotac County
Tew
A. A. Caldwell
Highway 56 Association
Vernon Kikei
Wewoxa
Okemah
Wewoks
Sasakwa
Ada
Aljen
Pontotoc County
Durant
Caldwell
Dick Elam
Stonewall
Boggy
Sincere
Weather Turns Colder Hinting Winter's Approach
Ada residents awaited real winter as a new cold snap neared with temperatures dipping from 42 to 40 degrees overnight and a high of 82 degrees later. Despite the shifting weather, football fans still traveled to Norman for the Oklahoma Nebraska game and shoppers packed Ada’s sidewalks and stores Saturday afternoon.
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Sovernment
Ada
Norman
Road Workers Due Back To Jobs After Pay Pause
Nearly 100 county highway workers who have been jobless and without pay for two weeks are expected to return to work Tuesday morning. The county budget protest period ends Monday and commissioners had warned road work would stop until then. No district court suit has been filed though one is believed in preparation. A separate note mentions a cynical author describing a recent Russian aviator attack on Col Lindbergh as a publicity stunt for Mrs Lindbergh’s book Listen the Wind.
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Alien
Elmo Henderson
N. A. Lambert
Allen High School
Boots Wadley
Hazel Queen
Allen
WPA
Col. Lindbergh
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Dorothy Davis
Eugenia Heath
Mary Frances Kidwell
Mary Jane Krnettle
Jeanne Davis
Ruth Butler
Tovernment
C. M. Means
Jonas Milner
Luther Moss
Edgar Muse
Bentley Olive
Methodist
Baptist
Church of Christ
Church of God
Assembly of God
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