Leasing During Two Weeks Oil Shutdown Hits Pontotoc County
During a 15 day state oil production shutdown trading slowed in Pontotoc County with fewer property transfers and numerous mineral deeds. Leases and releases span Bebee and Fitts areas, involving W C Jackson, Blackwell Oil and Gas, L A Henry, Howard Harris, Hugh Nealon, Tom D McKeown, D E McKay, J J Hall, Caloma Oil and Gas, Edna Chapman, Simpson Roadhouse Drilling, Peters Petroleum, LTLO, Empire Oil and Refining, Mid-Continent, and Gulf Oil in sections 2 4N 4E to 34 5N 5E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
Bebee
Fitts
W. C. Jackson
Blackwell Oil and Gas Company
Anna Isabella Brown
L. A. Henry
Henry
Howard E. Harris Et al
Hugh Nealon
L. W. Larson
Francis
W. A. Delaney, Sr
Moday Drilling Company
Tom D. McKeown
D. E. McKay
J. J. Hall
Caloma Oil and Gas Company
Edna Chapman
Kingery Production Company
Simpson Roadhouse Drilling Co
John W Scriber
Mlingis Bankers Life Assurance Company
LTLO
L Peters Petroleum Company
W. D. Grisso
J. E. Hall
Rebee
Empire Oil and Refining Company
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Oklahoma State Bank
C. — Burns
Geo. Collins
Lena Owen
MrKeown Bridge
S. K. Duncan
A. T. Boggan
Geo. E. Smith
Bebce
Gulf Oil Corporation
Carter Oil Company
W. E. Fitt
Harry H. Diamond
Allasville
Mid- Continent
South Fitts
Missouri Muleum
Bregdon
Eva Alton Hale
Jal
S. H. Green
Small-Time Liquor Case Draws Unexpected Attention
A minor liquor possession case involving one gallon of non-tax paid whiskey 12 pints of tax-paid whiskey and five pints of alcohol gained unusual prominence as U.S. District Attorney’s office requested a week-long postponement of the preliminary hearing for Jim Gibson and Raymond Thompson. The men, accused of liquor on a barn property in Alien, pleaded not guilty and posted $1,000 bond each.
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U.S. Distric Attorney
Muskogee
U. S
Thomas P. Holt
Jim Gibson
Raymond Thompson
sHolt
Alien
Federal Building
District Attorney's Office
Laxton School News Six Weeks At Laxton Under New Staff
Laxton School reports six weeks under new teachers Mr and Mrs L G Harris from Maxwell. Miss Bessie Dame also teaches as students grow fond of her. 4H camp at Bromide drew twenty four club members. Calf feeders Orland Dean Harold Jean Wingard Hilly Kirkes lead strong showings. Students took two field trips to judge beef and dairy cattle. Attendance stayed at ninety three percent with fourteen neither absent nor tardy. Six week spelling tests saw four students reach ninety percent or better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Harris
Maxwell
Bessie Dame
Bromide
Orland Dean
Harold Jean Wingard
Hilly Kirkes
Doris Lee Benton
Bobbie Alice Harris
Junior Hewett
Benarr Benton
Ouida Harris
Eugene Owens
Billie Floyd Vertrees
Lavern Nichols
Wyona Owens
Betty, Sweat
Daisey Wiley
Dorothy Farmer
Magdeline Farmer
Margie Nihols
Minnie June Brady
Doris Lee Benton l
Huff
Hewett
Sampy McDonald
Oil drilling activity limited in Pontotoc and Seminole counties
Simson and Roadhouse Inc open a new Stonewall site with a well in 34-27, Pontotoc. Another well, Smith et al No 1 Kahn, 13-3-4, Pontotoc, reached 505 feet. E H Moore Inc No 3 Frazier in 23-2N-75 was dry at 1,362 feet. Stanolind No 1 Sa Jing in Tyrola, Seminole, acidized after reaching 3,105 feet. Wildcat near Seminole limited to two wells. L S Youngblood No 2 Eletic near Wewoka encountered water at 2,223 feet and abandoned at 2,270 feet. J M Corbett No 1 Kiser moving in material. July oil production in Pontotoc down to 802,881 barrels from 1,460,863 last year. 1939 saw 3,194,258 barrels in 1937 as peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazier
Stanolind Et al
Tyrola
Seminole County
Wildcat
L. S. Youngblood Et al
Wewoka
Sonora
J. M. Corbett
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Pontotoc County
Most Everything In Ada County Chattel Mortgages
County clerk records in Ada show three chattel mortgage filings in one day last week, above the daily average. Mortgages cover items from automobiles and radios to livestock, tractors, choctaw ponies, and household goods with amounts ranging from 5 to 3000 dollars.
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Ada
Loans and interest rules in Oxlahorsa era finance
An analysis of mortgages shows funds flowing to sellers of goods and to finance companies for small cash loans. Many mortgages cover livestock, tools, crops, autos, or quick loans, with the legal rate capped at 10 percent per year and forfeiture of double interest for noncompliance.
Dorcas class furnishes layettes for 12 expectant mothers
In cooperation with the Dorcas Sunday school class of the First Christian church, the county Red Cross chapter distributed twelve layettes to mothers unable to buy garments. To date 250 garments have been provided, with eight group captains organizing sewing, collection, and purchase efforts. The Red Cross seeks additional usable clothing as school opens and funds are tight. Donations can be left at the Red Cross office or by calling 2402.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas
First Christian Church
Red Cross
Fannie Labarge
Doreat
H. P. Schienberg
Record Set For Highway Safety In August
Oklahoma City report says state highway safety set an all time record with only 23 deaths in August. The Highway Patrol announced the milestone as part of its monthly briefing. Greater returns for amount invested noted in Ada News Classified Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Ada News
Late Summer Heat Reaches 105 Degrees Thursday
The last days of summer bring the hottest readings as temperatures hit 105 degrees Thursday between 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. W E Pitts, the official weather observer, notes scattered clouds and a 76 degree low. The day was four degrees cooler than the summer record. State readings include Tulsa 102 Ardmore and Lawton 105. Reports also say Mexican oil shipments from Tampico to Germany may be halted due to the war.
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E. Pitts
Pitt
Tulsa
Ardmore
Lawton
Teachers Of Pontotoc County Schools Outside Ada System
A roster lists teachers for rural Pontotoc County schools in multiple districts including C-1 Latta, C-2 Vaness, C-3 Byng, C-4 Fitzhugh Albert Horn, A G-1 Lula Makoske, U. G.2 McLish, and numerous others. It notes many are at work or have completed summer sessions, naming supts and dozens of instructors across towns like Latta, Vaness, Byng, Fitzhugh, Maxwell, Galey, Parish Chapel, Center, Union Valley, Lovelady, Stonewall, Rocky Chapel, Lightning Ridge, Hart, Colberg, Weems, and more. The long list includes names such as Ray J. Lippit, J. E. Teague, D. Duke, Lola Stewart, and Eleanor Duke among many others.
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Pontotoc County
Latta
M. L. Stegall
Ray J. Lippit
G. W. Everett
Vera Simmons
Beatrice Crow
Jewell Summers
Delma Scott
Florence Lea
Vaness
J. D. Vernon
Bonnie Peters
Roy Dame
Darwin Setliff
Georgia Vernon
Mavis Jo Williams
Minnie Jesson
Ella Hoggatt
Ethel Tilley
Jennie Peters
Marie Lawrence
Abbie Lewis Glascock
Gladys Ozburn
J. R. Crockett
Ray Harrell
Imogene Allison
Byng
J. E. Teague
J. N. McKeel
Truman Mauck
Phil D. Willhite
Marvin Stokes
C. C. Grindstaff
Grenada
Wilbanks
Lula Wood
Quida Muse
Nadine Stanley
Mary Davis
Bertha Frank Teague
Fitzhugh
Albert Horn
Leo Tarrant
W. W. Willis
Margaret Peay
Floyce Ozburn
Inza’ Webster
Dollye Price
Kathryn Zimmerman
Lula
A. A. Makoske
Howard Wilson
Bernice Stewart
Nannie Barnes
Lela Crockett Rose
Loyce Reynolds
George Adams
Doris Yeary
Ivah Spradlin
Kinkade
McCell Chapel
Tom Watson
Ina Louise Wilkins
Francis—R. RB. Cape
Virgil Burrows
Lillian Webster
Clifford Green
Elsie Tuttle
Ah Wilson
Pon Lejo
M. Nance
Oma H
Enloe
Colbert
Aa. R. Seiph
Nora Martin
Jewels Arnold
Union Valley
Mrs
Roh. Hagar
Helen Smith Scott
Ahloso
E.L. Patterson
Inez West
Thelma Roan
Lovelady
Ray Fulkerson
Heloise Fulkerson
Stonewall
D. D
Rocky Chapel
Frank Scott
Jane Scots
Lightning Ridge
Craig Parker Dunn
Beatrice Stephens
Hart
Buel M. Smith
Iva
Lee Eads
Laurine Stephens
Colberg
G. Henry
A. G. Eenry
Weems
Bond Retirement Approved by County Commissioners
County commissioners late Friday approved retiring a $25,000 Pontotoc county funding bond due February 1946 with a $5,222 premium. The county will pay $30,222 total for bonds issued in 1921, purchased through R. J Edwards Inc in Oklahoma City. Officials stressed the purchase is not an investment but retirement of idle funds, with the bonds typically bearing six percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
R. J_Edwards ‘Inc
Oklahoma City
New AAA Plan To Aid Soil Building Told To Farmers
County farmers heard a full explanation of the new AAA soil building plan in Pontotoc County through the Soil Improvement association and county agent’s office. About 60 attended in the district court room as J W Herron and Wayne E Cinnamon outlined the program. Sign up began with cooperation forms, and committees will visit farms. Farmers not yet paid all Number Two AAA soil building payments are eligible. If enough farmers participate, a carload of fertilizer will be distributed to operators at 80 percent of their soil building goal, with a small ten cent daily handling charge. Fertilizer must be used this fall or winter on ryegrass or similar cover crops, weather permitting.
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AAA
Pontotoc County Soil Improvement Association
J. W. Herron
Wayne E. Cinnamon
Oil mileage dispute sparks federal inquiry in Kilgore
Harvey G. Fields, U S district attorney for Shreveport, says he will submit data on alleged hot oil movements from Arkansas to Texas and Louisiana to the oil and tender board at Kilgore for investigation. C C Bailey of the Arkansas oil and gas commission denies knowledge of illegal production but will cooperate. In other notices, Dr. MecNew, Oklahoma eye ear nose and throat specialist, dies at 69. funeral plans pending with Criswell Funeral Home.
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EL Dorado, Act
Harvey G. Fields
U. S
Shreveport
el Dorado Evening Times Today
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Oil and Tender Board
Kilgore
Fields
Columbia County Cit
Magnolia
Department of Justice
C. C. Bailey
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Oklahoma
Tennessee
MecNew
East Tenthstreet
Criswell Funeral Home
McNew
J. L. Stevens
S. W. Dean
Mattie McNew
Joe
Charles McNew
Pontotoc County Resumes Oil Production After Inactivity
Pontotoc County resumes full oil production Friday at seven o clock ending a period of total inactivity that began August thirteenth. Estimated loss from the shutdown reaches about 480000 barrels for the latter half of August. New wells in the Fitts area include EB H Moore Inc No 5 Statler and Magnolia Chandler in sections 34 2 7 and 35 3 7. The No 5 Statler set seven inch pipe at 1817 feet with Gilcrease Sand at 1823 feet. Magnolia Chandler drilled to 11835 feet. New locations include J L Cowley No 1 J J Malloy and Sinclair Prairie No 13 Rails. The cellar is completed on the J J Malloy area and tools moved in. Grisso Oil Corp completed test No 1 Hoskins SESW SW of 27 54. Preparations for Hunton lime and surface pipe on J G Buell No 1 Blankenship are under way. A production table for July and September allocations follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
EB. H. Moore, Inc
Statler
Magnolia Chandler
Statlers
J. L. Cowley
J. J. Malloy
Sinclair Prairie
Grisso Oil Corporation
Hoskins
Sesw
Hunton
J. G. Buell
Blankenship
Delaney Oil Corporation
Pontotee
August 1939 busiest month at Valley View hospital
August saw 238 admissions and 241 discharges at Valley View with 40 patients remaining at month start. Since opening in July 1938 the total admissions reached 2,214 and births reached 284 including 33 in August. Patients came from Pontotex, Seminole, Johnson, Murray, Carter, Okmulgee, Muskogee, Cherokee, Hughes, Okfuskee, Comanche, Pottawatomie and Tears. September started with a rush indicating continued pace.
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Valley View Hospital
Elizabeth Hansen
Valley View
Pontotes
Seminole
Johnson, Murray
Carter
Okmulgee
Muskogee
Cherokee
Hugnes
Okfuskee
Comanche
Pottawatomie
Illinois Man Is New G.A.R. Chief
The Grand Army of the Republic named John E. Andrew, 71, Quincy, Illinois, as its commander in chief at Pittsburgh. He succeeds Robert M. Rownd, 65, Ripley, New York. The GAR adopted a resolution criticizing Gone With the Wind as depicting a union soldier as a "hideous murderer" and urged members to avoid theaters showing the film.
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Pittsburgh
Grand Army of the Republic
John E. Andrew
Quincy, II
Andrew
Robert M. Rownd
Ripley
N.Y
GAR
File
Atlantic
Two Tuskegee Men Considered for Langston Presidency
Dr. FD Patterson of Tuskegee Institute announced two faculty members were favored by Oklahoma Regents for Langston University’s presidency. The candidates are Dr. T. A. Derbigmy administrator and A. L. Turner registrar. The Langston board ousted J. H. Sanford in July. acting president is B. F. Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
UWP
FD. Patterson
Tuskegee Institute
Negro College
Tuskegee
Ala
Colored Agricultural and Normal University
Dr. McNew Taken by Death in Local Notice
Dr. M. C. McNew, resident of this community, has died. The notice records his passing and identifies him as a local resident. Further details about the obituary or service arrangements are not provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. McNew
Wintersmith Park Fishing and Picnicking Season Continues
Wintersmith park ends fishing and swimming seasons but plans for a strong picnic season. Wayne Wheelock and Bud Ruth report public cooperation and pride in improved facilities and future additions. Five cooking furnaces and fourteen new tables installed. Joe Hunsaker catches a bass and bream during a summer of fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintersmith Park
Lessie
Wayne Wheelock
Bud Ruth
Wintersmith
Joe Hunsaker
Jake
Browder Recounts Nixon Style Offer To Nominate Roosevelt
Earl Browder, general secretary of the American Communist party, testified before the Dies committee that in 1936 a group of six or seven wealthy Republicans offered 250000 to nominate Franklin D Roosevelt as the Communist candidate. Browder said the backers wanted to dilute Democratic support by tying the party to Roosevelt while withdrawing later in his favor.
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Washington
Earl Browder
American Communist Party
Dies Committee
Roosevelt
Barryhead
Browder
Davidson
Democratic Party
Communist Party
Sanders enters not guilty plea in DWI case
G. C. Sanders, a county resident, was arrested on Highway 12 west of Ada late Thursday by Patrolman R. E. Simpson who filed driving while drunk charges. He was arraigned Friday afternoon in Justice Court, pleading not guilty. Preliminary hearing set for Sept 12. Sanders released on a $1000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C., Sanders
Ada
R.E. Simpson
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Sanders
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Gibson, Thompson
Laxton School News
Lass
Mexico City
Tampico
Germany
A. G. Taylor
Ralph Wasson
Leona Preston
Maurine Alto
Ralph Benham
Ustin Kidwell
Tames Grigsby
Mary Miller
Douglas
Phillips
Kate Murphy
Laxtean
L. Harris
Jo Clint Morrison
Clint Morriso
Gertie Holiday
Vera Thomason
UN. T. O
Mesks
Lilian Fpovac
T. T. Akers
Thaddeus Anna M
Sun Lola Stewart
Jewel Watson
Bai
Ce Eh Vergie
Chandler
Effie Crews
War Fletcher
Watson
ma.Watson
A Boyd
Lay Herschel Melton
Richardine Turman
Pee W. White
Mildred Cannon
Stee . Treas
Ruth West
Blu Homa M. Hrents
Iva Wilson
Red Dewey Reynolds
Yeag
Erie
Eva Haskins
Myrtle Richarson
Sumn
James E. Rogers
James Rogers
Eleanor Haskins
Jones
Stella Stegall
Pleasantey
Albert Wilson
Walnut Zula
Scott Page
Vista Henry
Wilson
W. A
Mayme Peck
Effie M. Burns
Egypt
J.D. Underhill
Veiva Jean Underhill
Oakman
Ivan L. Gromer
Zelma Cromer
Esther Maness
Bappyland
B.D. Ragland
Aleene Gray
Black Rock
R. H. Trivitt
Ruth Sales
Denny
Lavon P. Graham
Conway
Vivian
Cragon
Gloysse Isaacs
Homer
Homer Kuykendall
Herman Ford
Norman
C Mitchell
Lela Duke
Pickett
F. B. Haskins
Joy Hodges
Love
Hollywood
Omaha
Neb
Gilbert Doorly
Omaha World-Herald
Des Moines
Oage
Breco Hospital
Konawa
Maud
Aus
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Pitts Pools
Sasakwa-Wil
Amis
Illinois
G.A.R
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Langston Post
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