Ada Woman Injured in Two Car Crash at 1st and Johnston
Ada woman Juanita I. Phillips age unknown sustained minor injuries in a two car collision Friday afternoon at 1st and Johnston. Phillips driving north on Johnston collided with A L Swanson who was traveling west on 1st. Phillips treated at Valley View and released. charged with failure to yield right of way.
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Ada
1St and
Johnston
Juanita I. Phillips
N. Johnston
A. L. Swanson
W. 14Th
Juanita Phillips
Valley View
Whittern Transferred to Muskogee Office
Rex Whittern of Ada's Commercial Credit Corporation moves to manage the Muskogee office. He and wife Rheta and son Randy are active in First Baptist Church. Rex is a deacon and teacher, Randy starring in school and church music and theatre productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Whittern
Commercial Credit Corporation
Ada
Muskogee
Whittern
CCC
Rex
Rheta
Randy
First Baptist Church
ACT
East Central
Elijah
Byng Adds Two New Classes for 1968-69 Term
Byng School adds aeronautics and speech correction to the 1968-69 curriculum. The aeronautics course targets juniors and seniors and leads to ground instructor tests in navigation meteorology and civil air regulations. Speech correction, funded partly by Title 6, serves Byng Francis and Homer students under Mrs. Pat Taylor. Superintendent Marvin W. Stokes cites surveys showing about 10 percent of students have speech defects and the new class addresses this need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byng School
Byng
Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
Pat Taylor
Francis
Homer
Marvin W. Stokes
Lightning Strikes Dickey Home Twice In Ada
In Ada on Wednesday a bolt hit the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dickey at 1020 E Gardenia for the second time after an earlier hit on August 31 1965. The first strike damaged a clock television set air conditioner electric washer telephone and freezer. This time the damage was limited to a washing movie as Mrs Dickey described the bolt coming from a clear sky around 3 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Dickey
E. Gardenia
Ada
Dickey
Man killed by train near Calvin identified
A Hughes County man Coolidge Herrod age 43 was struck and killed by a Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf freight train early Sunday near Calvin. The Highway Patrol said he appeared to have lain down on the railroad track before the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes County
Calvin
Coolidge Herrod
Highway Patrol
Herrod
Farmer Gored By Bull Is In Poor Condition
Joe Holbrook a 66 year old dairy farmer near Homer remains in poor condition a week after a bull gore. A San Francisco native and former longshoreman he was injured in his pasture while tending a Jersey cow and young bull. His granddaughter Wanda Hodges assisted and he was taken to Valley View Hospital for emergency surgery.
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Joe Holbrook
Homer
Holbrook
San Francisco
Wanda Hodges
Jersey
Valley View Hospital
County Enrollment Reaches Five Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Seven
Enrollment figures end of initial period show county total 5 777 with Ada at 2 251 including by school tallies Glenwood 137 Hayes 222 Irving 197 Washington 292 Willard 365 Ada total 1 213 Seventh grade 185 eighth grade 176 total junior high Sophomores 177 juniors 162 seniors 141 total senior high 480 Byng totals 815 Allen 457 Stonewall 380 McLish 181 Roff 284 Vaness 482 Latin 502 continued on Page Two.
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Ada
County
Glenwood
Hayes
Irving
Washington
Willard
Byng
Homer
Allen
Stonewall
McLish
Roff
Vaness
Community Committee Election Nearing in Pontotoc County
The ASC announces farm program community committee elections for Pontotoc County during the third week of September. Ballots go to eligible voters by mail with a Sept 17 due date and Sept 19 tally. lists of nominees are provided for Communities A through I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Pontotoc County
B. B. Ownbey
ASCS
E. Main
Ant
Shar
A. M. C. Cox Jr
Joe Isaacs
Albert Pierce
N. W. Rowe
Vernon H. Scaff
Troy Shackleford
C. B. Welch
Marion Willoughby
V. T. Gasaway
Delbert Gerloff
Clifford Miller
Robert Peek
Earl Rose
J. B. Smith
W. E. Carter
A. C. Griffith
A. L. Griffith
Henry Jinks
A. C. Medcalf
Kenneth Stanfield
Richard Soutee
W. S. Wyche
Carrel Bryant
Charles Chandler
Mayo Cottingham
Delmar Crews
Dean Lee
Jean Lee
Ben Nipps
C. R. Scroggins
Herbert
C. N. Flanagan
W. J. Guest
George Johnson
Bill Jones
Ron Newton
Charles Richard
Joe Roberts
J. J
County Boys Win 4 H Record Book Honors at OSU
Two Pontotoc County 4 H youths, Lanny Bates of Ada and Jack Sanders of Roff, earned top awards at Oklahoma State University. Bates received a $50 bond from the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association for his horse project. Sanders won a $25 bond from Westinghouse for an electric project and a trip to the National Dairy Conference in Chicago from Carnation County for his dairy project.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma State University
Lanny Bates
Ada
Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association
Jack Sanders
Roff
Westinghouse
Chicago
Carnation County
Sanders
Kansas City
Washington, D.C
Bates
Hickory District Annexation Battle In Oklahoma Courts
In Murray County Oklahoma the Hickory district fights annexation plans as two petitions vie for a split or full transfer. The court voided an April annexation to Sulphur. a July 9 election favored a Roff Sulphur split. State orders current students to Roff with 38 of 42 attending there. Tax implications place about 16 000 extra to Roff and 8 000 to Sulphur based on 40 mills.
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Oklahoma
Hickory
Murray County
Ross
Roff
Oscar Huffines
Supreme Court
State Department of Education
Rolf
Indian Housing Opened by Chickasaw Nation Authority
The Chickasaw Nation Housing Authority in Oklahoma begins taking applications from eligible Indian citizens for rental of modern homes across 11 counties. Rent is about 20 percent of family income plus utilities, with criteria including roll-number lineage, income under 3900 dollars annually, and substandard current housing. Applications to the Tribal Housing Office in Ada must state family size, desired community, and mailing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority
Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
Chickasaw Nation
Tribal
Tribal Housing Office
Ada
Ada Community Chest 1969 fund drive scheduled
Final planning for the Ada Community Chest fund drive in 1969 completed at a Citi zens Bank Ada meeting led by chairman Hugh Warren. The campaign aims to raise 62754 dollars, above last year’s 61000, with chairmen named for business groups schools and public agencies plus major local organizations providing the bulk of gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Community Chest
Hugh Warren
Ralph F. Smith
Steve Keller
Drive
Martin Clark
G. William Lee
S. M. Baublits
Watermelon Pickles and Dill Beans from Kantry Korner
A reminiscence on blue ribbon pickles leads to a tested recipe for watermelon pickles. The process spans three days with steps for rind preparation, syrup making, and sterile canning yielding eight pints. Also present is a watermelon syrup method and dill beans with spice seasoning and vinegar brine.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jesse Green
J. L. Green
Sherry Woolly
Adan
Russell Hale
Ernie Jones
Oran Kerr
Homer Stevenson
Regular County
ASC State Committee
Jake Sanders
Okla State
Ior
Central District
Frank Bates
J. E. Sanders
Mildred Payton
Roger Bates
Beatrice Herion
Hickorys
The
Citizens Bank of Ada
Warren
First Methodist Church
Merle Martin
Frank Dillon
Wilbur Grogan
Ken Johnson
Mike Smith
In Clark
Jack Moore
John Barringer
Max Skelton
Oscar Parker
Hicks Smith Jr
George Miller
Lonnie Abbott
J. B. Davidson
Lois McDaniel
Jack Fentem
James Thompson
S. M. Baubluts
Bert Roberts
Ada Boys’ Club
Camp Fire Girls
Ada Summer Playground Association
Boy Scouts, Child Welfare Service, Salvation Army
USO
Boys’ Club
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Kantry Korner
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