Ada pastors weigh fence tale at church conference
Ada Mayor Bill and attorneys react to a fable told by Rev. A N Averyt about a fence between Up There and Down Yon, where Satan reportedly tears it down and St Peter jokes about finding a lawyer. The tale prompted reactions from local clergy and civic leaders during a recent Ada church gathering.
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Ill Crawford
ADA
O. B. Lee
Bill
Methodist Church
A. N. Averyt
Durant
Satan
St. Peter
Ambrose Sextette Recalls Town Goat Belfry Prankster
An acquaintance once famed for tying a goat in the church belfry on Hallowe'en now has a son who would not recognize a goat or a belfry. The anecdote highlights a family change from notorious prankster to ordinary youth.
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Ambrose Sextette
Hallowe'en
Smith dodges OZell nickname question in interview
In a gas office interview Smith avoids confirming whether the capital O in his name stands for Ozell. He quips about childhood nicknames and deflects the issue with a fence-straddling reply.
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Smith
Ozell
Campaign Song Parody for Roosevelt and Garner
A quip wonders why a tune like Frankie and Johnny isn’t sung for Franklin D Roosevelt and James Garner in a campaign, or if someone already has created such a parody.
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Frankie
Johnny
Frankie Roosevelt
Johnny Garner
Voters Attend Games For Guessing Contest Over Teams
Fans increasingly attend football games to see if their chosen winner in office Prediction contest has the edge, not for the sport itself. The piece notes crowd enthusiasm tied to political bets and team loyalties shaping attendance.
Original Maryland Men Not Heard Of Lately
The remark notes a lack of information about the so called original Maryland men and suggests they have not appeared or been mentioned recently. No further details are provided in the excerpt.
Rancher Flags Train On New Mexico Route Tale
John H. Barrett recalls a Western incident between Amarillo and New Mexico where a rancher on a large black horse halted a passenger train on the new track. He asked the conductor if there were horses along the road, the train was behind schedule, and the conductor answered no. The rancher rode off, illustrating early days of cooperation.
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John H. Barrett
Amarillo
New Mexico
Oklahoma Not an Old State Says Its Residents
Local readers remark that Oklahomans have pride in their home state and rarely boast about origins from New England New York or North Dakota, contrasting regional loyalties and identity.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
New England
New York
North Dakota
Breeding Hope For Brute-Resistant Crops Mentioned
Sam Dew speculates on value of breuth resistant traits in corn cotton and other crops after noting a bumper weed crop. The fragment discusses potential agricultural breeding aims and crop resilience without detailing results or sources.
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Sam Dew
Appointment Required For Ada City's Notable Figure
A remark suggests that in Ada, a city of modest size, reaching the prominent person for a simple question requires an appointment, implying the answer may lack significance and the figure’s accessibility is highly controlled.
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Ada
Prank Ends with Quinine Shock in Chicago Park
Howard Newcomb recalls a mischievous act by him and two classmates on a negro paper picker in a park on their way to school. On a warm day they poured quinine into the man's mouth while he slept, and he awoke in terror rushing to a police officer shouting for a doctor, saying his gall was busted.
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Howard
Newcomb
Chicago
Charlie
Roosevelt Says Tax Only Those Who Can Afford It
Democrats push a tax idea likened to keeping up with the Joneses while President Roosevelt declares the guiding rule is to tax only those who can afford it.
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Roosevelt
Jack Emanuel Considers Selling Furniture as Side Line
Jack Emanuel contemplates adding furniture selling to his ventures. He has frequent chances to give away a modern chair from E and M's shoe department and to place another on the rig floor at a Fitts field well.
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Jack Emanuel
Parents threaten boys with bogeyman and future presidency
A reflection on generational discipline describing how fathers once warned of bogeymen and now warn sons they could become president if they misbehave. The piece contrasts old and new parental threats and the lasting effect of authority figures on youth.
Horn Heights Development Taken Over By Grindstaff And Laves Firm
Grindstaff and Laves firm assumes control of the Horn Heights development project as overseeing parties. Local officials confirm transfer of management and continued work on residential plans.
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Horn Heights
Grindstaff and Laves
Ada area sees major home building and armory progress
Grindstaff and Lawes begin 15 brick homes in Horn Heights south Ada with streets readying for grading and paving. Other starts include a $15000 residence for Jim Chambers and multiple homes along Arlington Boulevard and East Fourth Street as the armory project slows with weather and WPA labor constraints.
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Grindstaff
Lawes
Horn Heights
Ada
Grindstaff and
Laves
Stockton Avenue
Coffman
Jim Chambers
South Highland
Roy Meek
Carl “Zip
Arlington Boulevard
W. P. Hopper
East Fourth Street
Country Club
R. W. Cason
Clyde Brown
Don Johnson
Finley and Lollar
East Seventeenth Street
High School Avenue
R. E. Francis
Okmulgee
Sixteenth Street
W. Burgess Steed
Seventeenth Street
Quinton Phillips
Adams Lumber and Supply Company
South Cherry
I. G. Killough
Stockton
Dr. Bartlett
West Twenty-fifth Street
East Main
Aldridge
Criswell Funeral Home
South Broadway
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Jerry Clowers
Jack Duncan
China Clipper Ends Round Trip From Manila To Alameda
The China Clipper completed a 16,000 mile preliminary passenger round trip to Manila, landing in Alameda California on October 24. Seven news writers, including Dorothy Kilgallen, exited the plane and headed to a New York bound airliner while six rode private planes. The final Honolulu to Alameda leg took 21 hours and 31 minutes.
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Alameda
Calif
Manila
New York
Dorothy Kilgallen
Charles E. Harner
Associated Press
Honolulu
Remarkable Story of Devotion Ends
Helen Keller mourns the death of Anne Sullivan Macy, her longtime teacher and navigator of a life beyond blindness and deafness. Macy died in a coma at Forest Hills after guiding Keller from silence to speech, teaching her the hand manual code and a Swedish lip pressure method, and remaining a constant presence through Keller’s rise as author and lecturer.
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Helen Keller
New York
Forest Hille
Anne Sullivan Macy
Miss Keller
Mies Keller
Forest Hills
Anne Macy
Mrs. Macy
Arthur Keller
Alabama
Helen
Keller
Greatest returns for amount in vested
Ada News classified advertisement highlights investment options promising high returns on vested amounts with emphasis on secure access and potential growth.
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Ada News
Vanoss School Journal Highlights Student Art Projects
The fifth and sixth grades crafted dish towels, pillows, and scarfs from unbleached muslin with crayon designs. Fourth graders prepare Halloween themed scenes featuring pumpkins witches and owls as October approaches. Second graders tie art to Indian life decorating vase shaped booklets with chiefs papooses wigwams and canoes.
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Hallowe'en
Sylvia Evans Best Girl Athlete of Senior Class
Sylvia Juanita Evans born October 23 1919 near Maxwell Oklahoma is recognized as one of the top girl athletes in the senior class. She attended Summers Chapel grade school earning a large certificate for perfect attendance over six years. She began high school at Vaness and is praised for sportsmanship and athletic ability with an ambition to become a surgical nurse.
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Sylvia Juanita Evans
Maxwell
Oklahoma
Summers Chapel
Vaness
Boys Glee Club Forms Leadership at First Meeting
The boys glee club met Tuesday with good attendance and readiness to start singing. Ray Parker was elected president with Clarence McCauley as vice president. Other officers to be elected next meeting. Mr. McAnally directs the club and Eileen Tilley serves as pianist.
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Ray Parker
Clarence McCauley
Mr. McAnally
Eileen Tilley
Pie Supper and Carnival Draws Community Cheers
The pie supper and carnival drew local residents with a playful pageant where Miss Coe the English teacher won by eighty cents over Miss Weaver. Mr McAn ally received the soap prize as part of the lighthearted event.
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Miss Coe
Miss Weaver
Mr. McAnally
Miss Doe Finds Satisfaction In Brief Reading Session
Miss Doe says she could not teach literature to the students but she gained some satisfaction from guiding them to look at a book for forty five minutes.
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Miss Doe
Vanoss High Receives Brand New Stoves for Classrooms
Vanoss high school students and teachers celebrate new stoves easing cold classrooms. Earlier scenes showed bare rooms and students with enamel worn from cold and hard furniture, but now the school will have heat and modern facilities this winter.
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Vanoss High School
Vanoss
Fifth and Sixth Grade Highlights and Enrollments
Fifth grade pupils show strong spelling interest with pumpkin spelling booklets and new Halloween posters for their room. In the sixth grade two new pupils, Pauline Huddleston and Doyle Stonecipher, have enrolled and a study of Asian life and customs is being directed by the sixth grade teacher.
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Pauline Huddleston
Doyle Stonecipher
Asia
New Curtains and Primers Bring Cheer to Primary Room
The primary children express happiness over a brighter room thanks to new window curtains and the colorful backs of four sets of supplementary primers. Sixteen Fact and Story pre prim ers sixteen Elson Gray sixteen Laidlaw and sixteen Real Life primers were purchased. A new stove in their room adds comfort warmth and attractiveness.
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Laidlaw
Second Grade Room Re Conditioned
The second grade room has a springlike atmosphere with re decorated chairs sand table and books painted apple green. Nine chairs made from nail kegs look neat in their new green costumes.
Applied Art in Seventh and Eighth Grades Takes Shape
Applied art in seventh and eighth grades has taken shape with students exploring practical design concepts and hands on projects. Teachers note growing creativity as students integrate color form and function into assignments.
Bizzell Backs Separate Board for A and M College
Oklahoma President Bizzell urged support for a measure creating a separate board of regents for Oklahoma A and M college. He spoke to about 46 central Oklahoma publishers at the Central District meeting in Norman. P. B. Vandament urged more photo use in weeklies, while R. V. Peterson urged shifting revenue tasks to circulation.
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R. V. Peterson
Wewoka
Grade School Glee Clubs Elect Officers
The girls and boys glee clubs with twenty five members each elected officers last week. Girls officers are President Coma Joe Zumbro Vice President Muriel Arnold Secretary Treasurer Natroma Muney Sergeant at Arms Nina Marie Hunt. Boys officers are President Matt Richardson Vice President Charles Tolliver Secretary Treasurer Leonard Hickey Sergeant at Arms C. E. Childers. Miss Spradlin sponsors all grade music and organized a rhythm band of 30 pupils from first and second grades.
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Girls Glee Club
Coma Joe Zumbro
Muriel Arnold
Natroma Muney
Nina Marie Hunt
Boys Glee Club
Matt Richardson
Charles Tolliver
Leonard Hickey
C. E. Childers
Miss Spradlin
Third Grade Assembly Presents Seasonal Program
A third grade class staged a Friday program featuring songs and pantomime pieces. Performers included Wanda Jeane Carpenter and Betty Joe Martin with reader Octavia Standridge. announcer Dillard McDonald. Miss Weaver highlighted goals of expressive storytelling and social skill development.
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Song
Jack and Jill
Wanda Jeane Carpenter
Betty Lorene Byrely
Reader
Octavia Standridge
Mae
Billye Jeane Norvell
Dora
Kenneth Byrely
Bob Song
the Muffin Man
Betty Joe Martin
J. R. Roundtree
Juanita Riley
Tommy Hunt
Dillard McDon
WPA pay rise demand sparks White House protest
Workers Alliance of America leaders were arrested during a 400 strong demonstration near the White House as they urged a 20 percent WPA wage increase and a $40 monthly minimum. They later met Marvin McIntyre and Aubrey Williams. arrests charged lack of permit and resisting arrest.
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Washington
WPA
White House
Relief Administration
Workers Alliance of America
Executive Mansion
Alliance
Roosevelt
Marvin McIintyre
Aubrey Williams
Works
Lasser
The
Civil Liberties Union
Pontotoc Coal County Basketball Schedule Listed
The Pontotoc Coal county conference released a complete basketball schedule featuring Tupelo Centrahoma Clarita along with Byng Vaness Fitzhugh Fittstown Latta Stonewall and Francis of Pontotoc county. Games alternate across venues with dates in December January and February.
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Pontotoc- Coal County
Coal County
Tupelo
Centrahoma
Clarita
Byng
Vaness
Fitzhugh
Fittstown
Latta
Stonewall
Francis
Pontotoc County
Vanoss
Sunny Side Sewing Circle Organizes in Fittstown
The Sunny Side Sewing circle formed in Fittstown on October 21 with thirteen members. Mrs. J Carroll hosted the first meeting and officers were elected: President Mrs R C Clark Vice president Mrs Frank Henry Secretary treasurer Mrs J D Whitlock. Tea towels were made and refreshments served. The group plans to meet weekly at Mrs Kit Carters.
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Sunny Side
Fittstown
J. Carroll
R. C. Clark
Frank Henry
Texas bank robber given sixty years in prison
Cass county jury convicts Charlie Chapman of attempting to rob the Atlanta National Bank on August 31 and sentences him to 60 years after the state sought the death penalty. Citizens pursued the robbers, Chapman wounded, Lindsey captured, and Buddie Sadler later arrested.
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Chapmen
O. H. Lindsey
Estel Manning
Wilmar Hughes
Evelyn Enid
Elsie Jackson
Dunklin
Chapman
Lindsey
Buddie Sadler
Texas
Oklahoma crashes claim seven lives in weekend toll
Seven people died in Oklahoma weekend crashes across multiple counties. Victims include Victor Martin near Pawhuska and Sam Deel near Pearson. A 16 year old girl, Fay Hart, was held for investigation after a Shawnee ditch crash. Separate fatal and injury collisions occurred in Oklahoma City and Seminole as authorities probe driver fault and circumstances.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Victor Martin
Skintook
Shorty Gossett
Pawhuska
Gossett
John T. Anderson
Oklahoma City
J. L. Smith
R. W. Cantrell
Smith
Sam Deel
Pearson
Shawnee
Fay Hart
Walter Mosier
Monroe MclIntruff
Deel
P. D. Swink
W. W. Smith
Wilbert Tucker
Hugh Reynolde
Tucker
Reynolds
Seminole
Joe Epperson
Tecumseh
U S crude oil output hits another weekly high nationwide
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a new weekly record for crude production, with 3,087,885 barrels per day for the week ending Oct 24. Texas and Louisiana show gains, Oklahoma and East Texas mix changes, while California and Michigan decline.
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Tulsa
dAnother
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma
East
Texas
Louisiana
California
Kansas
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City
Wwe
Gulf Coast
Southest
State of Texas
North Louisiana
CNN
Oc Ics
Arkansas
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain Area
United States
Texas youths found dead from exposure near Nocona
In Nocona Texas on October 24 the thinly clad bodies of Floyd Carmon eleven and Olander Carmon fifteen were found in a pasture fifteen miles north of town. They died of exposure becoming Texas earliest winter victims. A farmer named John Foster discovered the bodies about two hundred yards from the Carmon home.
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Bonnie Mitchell
O. P. Carmon
D. M. Painter
Foster
Nocona
Tex
Floyd Carmon
Olander Carmon
Here
Texas
John Foster
Ada to Lose Hope for Local Fish Hatchery
Ada residents had funds returned for a planned fish hatchery after Milton Keating announced that local contributions of 257 would be mailed back. A sportsmen committee raised the amount but lacked state game commission support to finish the project leaving 47 donors refunded and many pledges uncollected.
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Ada
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
State Game Commission
Keating
Seminole County Negroes Held On Federal Charges
Two Seminole county men, Arthur Little and George Barkus, pleaded not guilty to federal internal revenue law violations. U. S. Commissioner W. C. Edwards committed them to jail in default of a 3000 appearance bond after a preliminary hearing found they possessed whiskey, Choctaw beer, and other illicit moonshine accessories.
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Seminole County
Arthur Little
George Barkus
W. C. Edwards
U. S
For Sale or Trade 160 Acres Near Oil Field Adjoins Range
For Sale or Trade surface of 160 acres near an oil field on a good highway with plenty of open range adjoining. Features a new 4 wire fence and a house that can be repaired into a good residence. Cheap for cash. Contact W. C. Story at Lakeside Allen or Ada phone numbers 91 R Lakeside and 2246 Ada.
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W. C. Story
Lakeside
Allen
Ada
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CuRios
Editorial
America
Alameda, California
Harry Ferguson
United Press
Vanoss School Journal
Joleeta Little
Bobby Snipes
Secy
Treas
Eunice Tiffin
Fileen Tilley
Louise Pitt
Aleene Cummings
Dortha Thornhill
H. 8S
Juanita Zumbro
Bobbie Riggins
Geneva Kendrick
Clara Gordon
Lavena Tilley
Bizzell
Pontotog
Coal Count
Fittstown Women
New Club
J. D. Whitlock
Tollie Scribner
Ab Jobe
Kit Carter
State Game Department
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Tinues
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
P. A. Norris
G. J. Morton
S. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
J. E. Martin
B. C. King
R. W. Simpson
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