Safe water program targets county farm wells this year
County Health Department data from 1953 54 shows 61 percent of Ada submitted wells tested unsafe after Oklahoma City lab results. HD clubs with Hume plan three phase effort education construction steps and testing to restore safe supply. Communities will be inspected and wells sealed with concrete coverings and 10 feet steel or concrete casing as needed.
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County Health Department
Ada
Oklahoma City
County HD Council
Richard Hume
Hume
106 East Thirteenth
Girl of Ten Is Taxpayer Jury Call
Jennifer D Enloe ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Enloe Route 5 Ada was summoned for jury service by Court Clerk Abe Holloway. The clerk learned she was below voting age and could not qualify, though he deemed her intelligent enough to serve once she reaches ten more years.
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Jennifer D. Enloe
Walter Enloe
Ada
Abe Holloway
Jennifer
Holloway
Teachers Meet Stonewall for Tri-County Masters Meet
A tri-county masters meeting is set for Stonewall on November 8 with participants from Coal Pontotoc and Garvin counties. The event gathers schoolmasters from three counties to discuss educational issues.
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Stonewall
Coal
Pontotoc
Garvin
Vanoss Club Sponsors Annual Community Powwow
Vanoss residents gathered at the school lunchroom for the annual home demonstration club sponsored powwow. It marked the fourth time the group hosted the event with families bringing covered dishes and local students performing a short variety program under Reba Burk's direction.
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Vanoss
Vanoss Home Demonstration Club
HD Club
Newcome
Community Chest Sponsors Ada Clinic Program
During the week starting November 1 the Ada Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Community Development Clinic with daily meetings of civic fraternal veterans labor and women's groups. Don Anderson of Oklahoma Gas and Electric will conduct the clinic as Ada residents propose ideas to improve living and business conditions.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Don Anderson
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Anderson
Steed tells Farm Bureau farmers not to blame for high living costs
Congressmen Tom Steed told Pontotoc County Farm Bureau members that the high cost of living should be blamed on others, not farmers. He noted farms are the economic foundation of the United States and prosperity begins on the farm, citing parity and farm income effects.
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Steed
Fitzhugh
Tom Steed
Pontotoc County
Farm Bureau
Washington
United States
County ACS Committee Named in Ada Convention
A new county ASC committee was named last Friday in Ada. The officials will take office November 1. Members include W W Gibson chairman Steedman Henry Little vice chairman and B B Ownbey member. J S Stanfield was replaced by Ownbey due to personal business. The group allocates acreage programs passes on practice applicants and handles conservation program payments under federal statute.
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ACS
Ada
W. W. Gibson
Steedman
Henry Little
Gaar Corner
B. B. Ownbey
Hart
J. S. Stanfield
Ownbey
ASC
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HD Clubs
George Gurley
Amon
Ahloso
Bill Hisle
Roger Thompson
Thompson
Harry Joe Anderson
Floyd “Peanuts” Fox
Donald Hampton
Tony Lillard
Herbert Kinsey
Vaness
Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
William D. Little, Jr
Chamber
Charles Rhoades
Richard Thompson
James Thompson
Lions Club
Ada Lions
Young Thompson
Richardson Buick Warehouse
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