Community Farmers Vote This Month On County Committeemen
County ASC elections by mail run Sept 24 through Oct 5 with a county convention on Oct 23 to choose the ASC committee. Community chairmen serve as delegates to the county meeting, and ballots with return envelopes go to eligible voters. Aldermen Moshier Bryant Willoughby head supervision. each community must nominate at least 10 candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Lonie Moshier
Fhe
ACP
Conservation Reserve Soil Bank
Louis Moshier
A. A. Bryant
Marion Willoughby
Home Demonstration Club Meeting on Communism at Hart
Hart Home Demonstration Club schedules an open meeting on September 1 at 7:30 PM at the Lightning Ridge Church. A skit from J Edgar Hoover's Masters of Deceit will be performed and a discussion on communism and its dangers to American life will follow. Mrs Abe Griffith invites all interested neighbors to attend and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Elib
Lightning Ridge
J. Edgar Hoover
Abe Griffith
Zoo Bears Not Coming to Ada Zoo
Ada Park Board chair says reports of bears for the newly created Ada Zoo were a mistake. E. F. Coker from near Kiowa keeps two black bears in a steel pen and had planned to donate cubs after the Muskogee County Fair but Ada officials say they cannot accept them due to lack of pen facilities.
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Oklahoma
Ada Zoo
H. J. Huddleston
Ada Park Board
Huddleston
E. F
Doc Coker
Blanca
Kiowa
Coker
Oregon
Roy Mead
Atoka County
Willard Jenson
Pittsburg
Ada 200
Muskogee County
Circle Eights square dance club meets twice monthly
Circle Eights square dance group in Jesse meets the first and third Friday of each month for a three hour session in an old Pleasant Hill School building. President W B Dub Lewis notes the club emphasizes fun with no rough talk or drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B
Dub
Lewis
Jesse
Countes
Fleasant Hill School
Cousins Meet Again After Long Separation in Fort Worth
Fort Worth woman Miss Mollie Baird visiting the United States for the third time in 96 years spent a one week vacation with her cousin Mrs. Pearl McCarns in Allen, then planned to return soon to the Philippines. Baird, an Assembly of God missionary, recently taught school and pastored a church there.
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Eunice Isascs
Fort Wort
United States
AL Fen
Philippines
Mollie Baird
Assembly of God Church
Pearl McCarns
Allen
Farmers Set Wool Lamb Referendum On Market Development Plan
A wool and lamb producers referendum will decide approval of a new financing agreement for advertising and market development. Ballots from eligible producers in the county must be received by Sept 10 with voting Sept 19 to Sept 21. deductions remain capped at previous rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Moshier
Agricultural Stabilization ‘and Conservation County Committee
Moshier
Secretary of Agriculture
American Sheep Producers Council Inc
ALCS
Mosbier
Crow
Ada
Ascs County Bee
Clinnie Crow
Upkeep Costs Money On Box X Cemetery
Mrs. Clinnie Crow appeals for donations to fund mowing crews for the Box X Cemetery near Ada, a 200 year old site neglected for years. Since seven years ago she and Amos and Mrs. Roberts began a cleanup, raising funds to buy equipment. weekly mowing costs and a $10 donation this week highlight ongoing needs as ballots for a related referendum approach deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Clinnie Crow
Crow
Amos Roberts
Oil Center
Ada to host Sabin Polio Vaccine drive Sept 23
A joint effort by Ada medical society and the Pontotoc County Jaycees will bring Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine to Ada on Sept 23 at the National Guard Armory. The goal is to vaccinate 80 percent of Pontotoc County's 26 000 residents with three-dose series starting at 1 pm and running to 6 pm. Dr Stearley Harrison says all ages should participate to curb polio threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabin
Ada
Pontotoc County
Pantanic County
Medical Society
Dallas Drug Company
Jaycee’s
Jaycees
Ada National Guard
Stearley P. Harrison
The
Ada School Board approves multiple faculty changes
Ada Board of Education approved several new hires and transfers suggested by Supt. Rex C. Morrison. Marie Loague resigns as high school speech teacher to teach in Farming ton NM. Virginia Ramsay fills the role. Flossie Grogan moves from junior high to senior high to teach Russian and English, easing high school English crowding. Jewell Coleman named junior high replacement for Grogan. Irving enrollment shifts send Inez Self to Willard. Glenwood and Washington also affected with a pending transfer. Willard expansion approved with a fifth payment of 22302. classrooms ready and cafeteria due Sept 17. Participants included Morrison and board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Board of Education
Supt
Rex C. Morrison
Marie Loague
Farmington
Morrison
Virginia Ramsay
Ramsay
Flossie Grogan
Ada Junior High
Irving School
Willard
Irving
Inez Self
Glenwood
Washington
Willard School
Roy Young
Jack Fentem
Millard Lawson
Wayne Pitt
Vernon Roberts
Ruth Collins
Ada Draft Board Faces 1654 Men Rough To Follow
Ada draft board No 64 discusses 5 654 registrants and how changes in status like marriage location or disability must be reported. Clerk Josephine Latta warns failure to notify delays processing and complicates inductions in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Draft Board No. 64
Josephine Latta
Oklahoma City
Mrs. Latta
Fire Strikes Twice For Egypt Family
The Clea Cozads of Egypt lost their home in a Wednesday morning fire, a disaster mirroring a similar blaze two years earlier on the same site. Neighbor Mrs John Graham alerted residents and fire crews, but the house burned completely, sparing only a coop of game roosters. Cozad was working on a construction job near Clayton when the fire started. The couple had left for Clayton to visit the husband, and had been away in Wilburton during the 160 fire.
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Egypt
Clea -Cozads
Cozad
Clayton
John Graham
Cozads
Wilburton
County 4-H Queen Contest Opens At Fair
Four H clubs in the county plan junior and senior queen contenders at the county fair. Voting ends Sept 11 at 8 PM with the two winners to be crowned by the county federation president at 9 PM. Eligibility includes prior 1902 club membership and, for seniors, a 1962 record book entry. Each club may enter one candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Federation
Jane Norton
Tulsa
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Wingard
Harold Wingard
Fitzhugh
Harald
Hart
Hart Home
Grogan
Jewell Coleman
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