Old-Timer Higedon at 85 Still a Go-Getter in Homer
At 85 Hubert Earl Higedon shows tireless energy as a local builder, photographer, painter, teacher, and radio pioneer. He helped construct Ada landmarks, ran a grocery and service station, and now pursues bottle collecting and rabbit farming with wife Violet.
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H. FE. Higedon
Homer
Mr. Higedon
Ada
Higedon
Coca-Cola
Sugg
East Central
Sandwich
Stonewall Faces Water Shortage Six Wells Dry
Stonewall residents face strict water rules as six of seven wells are dry and the remaining one runs at a minimum rate. City officials impose irrigation and car washing bans with penalties for water waste while awaiting potential new water sources.
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Stonewall
Stonewall City
Fitzhugh Opens New School Building With Open House
Fitzhugh school will hold a Friday night open house from 7 30 to 9 30 p m to showcase its new building. Superintendent Fletcher Watson notes the $33 000 investment includes furnishings and the community gains a large space from a redesigned structure using parts of the old building.
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Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh School
Fletcher Watson
Watson
Reynolds and Morrison
Oklahoma City
Teacher Changes Mark Opening of Pontotoc County Schools
The Pontotoc County school term starts with several teacher changes. All county schools except Ada begin Monday. Ada city schools start Tuesday. At Yeager, Alpha Tilley replaces M R Tucker. at Galey, Tucker and Mary Turner replace Wayne Craig and Leonora Parsons. Edna Mae Hart hired at Colbert.
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Seronnel
Pontotoc County
Ada
Orman C. Mitchell
Ada City
Yeager School
Alpha Tilley
M. R. Tucker
Galey
R. Tucker
Mary Turner
Wayne L. Craig
Leonora Parsons
Edna Mae Hart
Colbert
Cemetery Clean Up Boosts Lightning Ridge Community Site
Lightning Ridge residents joined a Hart Home Demonstration Club sponsored cleanup to beautify the local cemetery. Volunteers praised cooperative effort and reported a very successful one day project with many residents helping, noting the impact of shared work on the area.
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Higedon
Kodak
Ada
East Central College
Clifford Logsdon
Cuth
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Dallas
Lightning Ridge
Hart Home Demonstration Club
Masons Plan Sept Reunion at McAlester for Past Grand Masters
Local Masons organize the Past Grand Master's Reunion of the Oklahoma Grand Lodge at Indian Consistory in McAlester September 5 to 8. About 600 of 2,200 area Masons belong to the Consistory with Ada and other towns sending many delegates. The program includes a musical opening, public procession, and Osceola Four. Miss Beverly Hutcheson will portray Miss Liberty. Degree work runs September 6 to 8.
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McAlester
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Oklahoma
Ada
Allen
Sulphur
Konawa
Francis
Wapanucka
Bromide
Tishomingo
Atoka
Coalgate
Connerville
Roff
Stonewall
Stratford
Pontotoc
Helen Webb
Chicago
Bob Howard
Oklahoma City
Osceola Four
Wray Groom
Miami High School
Beverly Hutcheson
Miss Liberty
Prussic Acid in Stock Feed Takes Toll of Cattle
STILLWATER Okla The worst prussic acid poison ing since 10 years is hitting Oklahoma beef and dairy cattle. Dr B G Heller of Oklahoma A M College reports widespread losses with one southern farmer losing 40 head. Poison forms in drought stressed feed crops and kills animals within 5 to 10 minutes. Damaged feeds can retain the toxin after curing and baling. Principal sources include Johnson grass flax tree leaves and sorghums and sudans. No effective first aid exists.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A&m College
B. G. Heller
Heller
County Sees Surge in Two Summer Elections Registrations
Pontotoc County reports 3 499 registrations across 57 precincts for the summer primaries, per county registrar C O Hunt. He notes the total nears twice the expected turnout, attributed to new residents and a few required re registrations due to precinct changes.
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Pontotoc County
C. O. Hunt
Hunt
Grass Fires Ramp Up in Rural Pontotoc County
Grass fires across Pontotoc County intensify amid drought drying pasture and fodder. Reports from Frisco describe a blaze threatening homes as residents fought flames with local help and a Stonewall fire department jeep arriving to assist.
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Pontotoc County
Simon Patton
Frisco
W. R. Robbins
Hisaws
Tree-Cutter Is Pontotoc County's New Lumberjack
A new mechanical lumberjack, dubbed the spaceship by Ada workers, is built by Elwood Kingery of Kingery Drilling Co. in Ada. The machine can clear timber far faster than manual cutting, mirroring a McCormick design.
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Pontotoc County
Paul Bunyan
Ada
Elwood Kingery
Kingery Drilling Company
Kingery
McCormick
Earl McKendree
Virgil Senate
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Mrs. Vio
London
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Canada
Kentucky
Union
Mexico
Rob-Len Oil Company
Hi. E. Higedon
Jack Eden
Council
J. H. Stevens
Masons
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