Seabees Sailor Schultz Serves Overseas In France
Carlton Schultz SF 3c in the Seabees, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Schultz of Connerville, is stationed overseas after volunteering October 6 1943. He trained at Camp Perry Va and served in England and France during the second invasion. He graduated Pontotoc High in 1942 and worked in Wichita Kansas. In a letter he recalls home, bonding over serviceman sacrifices and German mistreatment of civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eulus Carlton Schultz
Seabees
Robert Schultz
Connerville
France
Camp Perry
England
Pontotoc High School
Wichita
Kans
Schultz
Jimmy Adair Promoted to Sergeant in Air Corps
Sergeant Jimmy Adair, formerly of Fort Bliss stationed family ties to Maj. Roy E. Adair, is now assistant night crew chief of his bomber repair squadron. He earned the promotion July 1 1944 after training at Camp Kearns and Curtiss-Wright Institute before serving overseas in England. His unit recently received a citation for keeping bombers operating during heavy raids on German targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Adair
Adair
Germany
Italy
Fort Bliss
Maj
Roy E. Adair
Air Corps
Camp Kearns
Utah
Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute
Glendale
Calif
Brookley Field
Mobile
Ala
England
Miller D. Hay Jr Killed in England at 22
Word arrived of Pvt. Miller D. Hay Jr death in England at Hungerford where he served as radio tower operator at an air field. He was 22, unmarried, a former Nebraska University student, and nephew of Mrs. Mary West of this city. His mother, Bonnie Horton, taught in Ada schools. His father was a former Oklahoma miner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Miller D. Hay, Jr
Mary West
Hay
Oklahoma City
West
Pvt. Hay
Nebraska University
Hungerford
Bonnie Horton
Ada
Oklahoma
Southwest Pacific
Italy
Edwin Olivo in Solomon Islands Six Months Overseas
Edwin Lynn Olivo, CM 3/ce in the Seabees, stationed in the Solomon Islands after six months overseas, serves as a carpenter when not in combat and drilled the first water well on the island. His wife in Allen sent cloth wrapped with jewelry. natives preferred the cloth and exchanged goods, with a letter from Jo h onathan Tuke near the SDA Mission on Saint Isabel Island expressing welcome and need for dress cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Olivo
Solomon Islands
Edwin Lynn Olivo
Seabees
Solomon Island
Johonathan Tuke
SDA
Saint Isabel Islands
Hunsucker Commissioned with family present
The ceremony photo shows Hunsucker being commissioned with his mother Mrs Ada Hunsucker and sister Vera Lee Wright of Victorville California. His mother pins his wings on the uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Hunsucker
Vera Lee Wright
Victorville
Calif
Jackie Evans Promoted to Corporal in Army Air Forces
Jackie D. Evans, Ada High School standout, is promoted to corporal in the Army Air Forces. He serves in the China Burma India theater with the 20th Bomber Command Air Depot. Evans earned the Good Conduct Medal and trained as a football star before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie D. Evans
Ada High School
Army Air Forces
Army
Cpl. Evans
20Th Bomber Command
CBS Theater
Margaret Isabel Evans
Bundy Marks 450th Combat Mission in Italy
Staff Sergeant Garland A. Bundy flew with a group on its 450th mission over Northern Italy targeting a rail bridge used by German forces. P-47 escorts repelled attackers as Bundy’s crew achieved 98 percent bombing accuracy. Bundy’s mother Inez Elsner of San Diego and wife Mary Bundy of Ada are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland A. Bundy
Italy
Bundy
Inez Elsner
San Diego
Calif
Mary Bundy
Ada
Lt Albert Watson Enlists in Advanced RAF Training
Second Lt Albert T. Watson Jr. of King's Road reports to Randolph Field as an expert pilot for RAF Central Instructors school. After a month of specialized training he will transfer to another AAF Training Command field to become an aviation cadet instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Watson, Jr
Albert T. Watson
King’s Road
Randolph Field
RAF Central Instructors School
AAF Training Command
Robert Reynolds Promoted to Sergeant in Army Air Forces
Robert L. Reynolds Jr. a 19 year old tail gunner aboard a B 17 Flying Fortress has been promoted from corporal to sergeant. He joined the army July 27 1943 and earned his gunners wings February 1944 in Las Vegas Nevada. Reynolds flew his first combat mission over Verona Italy and is an Ada High school graduate who worked as a service station attendant. He is the son of R Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Reynolds Jr
Sgt. Reynolds
Army
Las Vegas
Nevada
Verona
Italy
Ada High School
Reynolds
R. Reynolds
Pvt James Sherrell Stationed At Fort Bliss Texas Hero
Pvt James Sherrell is stationed at Fort Bliss Texas and has served in the army since March 14 1944 He grew up in Fittstown and graduated from McLish High School in 1943 He worked in Ada before entering the army and was assigned to an anti aircraft company at Fort Sill before arriving at Fort Bliss He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jim Sherrell of Fittstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
James Sherrell
Fort Bliss
Texas
Fittstown
McLish High School
Ada
Sherrell
Ft. Sill
Jim Sherrell
Smith Completes Aviation Mechanic Training at Amarillo Field
Lowell D. Smith has completed his course of studies as an aviation mechanic at the Amarillo Army Air Field Texas. His graduation fits him for airplane maintenance and he will be sent to an air base to help keep Flying Fortresses in the air. Smith is the son of Mrs. Elzie W. Smith Route No. 1 Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell D. Smith
Amarillo
Tex
Army Air Field
Smith
Elzie W. Smith
Ada
Whittington Gets Another Promotion
Leland L. Whittington aged 18 son of D L Whittington was promoted to corporal He attended aerial gunnery school at Harlington Texas and is presently a member of a combat crew in training at Tongpah Nevada Army Airfield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland L. Whittington
D. L. Whittington
Harlington
Tex
Tongpah
Nev
Stonewall Man Receives Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
Awarded Cluster S/Sgt. Robert M. Markley of Stonewall, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Markley, was recently awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal while stationed in England. His wife, Mrs. Lottie B. Markley, is making her home in Stonewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Markley
Stonewall
F. Markley
England
Lottie B. Markley
Haney Completes English Camp Orientation Course
2nd Lt. Norris B. Heney recently completed an orientation course at a camp in England and is now ready to enter combat against the enemy. Lt. Haney is the son of Mrs. J. A. Walker who lives on Kings Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haney
Norris B. Heney
England
J. A. Walker
Kings Road
Blue Cross Expands Ada Enrollments in Hospital Plan
H. K. Felkel reports Ada enrollments exceed 2 000 since program began with about 700 farmers joining. Many large Ada firms and some rural groups have signed, with ongoing applications through FSA aid. Felkel heads to Tulsa to enroll state teachers, with several thousand expected in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Felkel
Pontotoc
Blue Cross
Ada
FSA
Blue Cross Plan
Ada Iron and Metal Co
Ada Public Schools
Blue Lantern Shop
Breco Hospital
Choctaw Cotton Oil Co
City of
County Court House
Cowling Cottage Hospital
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Criswell Funeral Home
Cudahy Packing Co
C. W. Roadhouse
East Central State College
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Pontotoc County
Peoples Electric Cooperative
Pontotoc County Medical Society
Rigsby
R. W. Allen Feed Mill
Southwest Natural Gas
Spann-Denison Motor Co
Swink and Johnson
Smith Funeral Home
Sage Clinic
Stevens Apparelal
U. S. Postal Employees
Western Auto
Hardage Texaco
Valley View Hospital
Delaney Oil Co
Boetcher Oil and Gas
Joe Ett Beauty Shop
Thompson Book Store
Parker Home Supply
Thomas Concrete Pipe Co
Oklahoma Silica Sand Co
Felkel
Tulsa
Henson Receives Fifth Oak Leaf Cluster Air Medal
S/Sgt. Wilbur B. Henson 24, aerial gunner, awarded fifth Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious aerial achievement. Stationed in Italy with the 15th AAF B 24 Liberator group that bombed targets in Austria Romania and France. He previously destroyed one Me 109 and is the son of Mrs. Mary Henson of Francis E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur B. Henson
Henson
Italy
15Th Aaf
Austria
Romania
France
East Central State College
Air Corps
Mary Henson
Francis.e
Johnston Completes Training at Camp Pendleton
Marine Private Phillip M. Johnston son of Mr and Mrs O F Johnston has graduated from infantry and BAR section school at Camp Pendleton Oceanside California He completed training with the BAR M 1 Gar and Carbine rifles hand grenades and anti tank grenades and is skilled in bayonet and knife jungle warfare He previously drove ambulances for Ada funeral home and will be assigned to an infantry battalion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Phillip M. Johnston
O. F. Johnston
Infantry
BAR
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Johnston
Ada
Feather molt affects flight in swimming versus land birds
The text notes that only swimming birds lose flight during molt, while land birds shed few wing feathers at a time due to flight being essential for safety.
Cpl Boyd Strunk Visits Wife After Return from Italy
Cpl Boyd D Strunk of the 45th Division visits his wife Mrs Selma Strunk and son Robert LeRoy of Centrahoma on furlough after serving in Sicily and Italy including Salerno Volturno Cassino Anzio. He will report to Fort Sam Houston for reassignment and may bring his wife and son if stationed in the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Boyd Strunk
Italy
Boyd D. Strunk
45Th Division
Selma Strunk
Robert LeRoy
Centrahoma
Strunk
R. D. Cody
Strimk
Hace Hasan
Salerno
Volturno
Cassino
Anzio
Rome
Fort Sam Houston
Brandon Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Italy mission service
Leonard E. Brandon has been promoted to staff sergeant and serves as a ball turret gunner with the 15th AAF in Italy. A Byng High School alumnus and RAF entrant since June 2, 1942, he earned gunners wings November 17, 1943 at Las Vegas Gunnery School and has flown 10 missions over Italy Germany and the Balkans. He holds the Air Medal and is the son of Ames J. Brandon of Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard E. Brandon
15Th Aaf
Italy
Brandon
Byng High School
RAF
Army Technical School
Sheppard Field
Tex
Las Vegas
Germany
Balkans
Ames J. Brandon
Allen
Campbell Awarded Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
2nd Lt. Robert E. Campbell was awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for achievement in aerial combat. The 20-year-old P-51 Mustang pilot of the Eighth Fighter Command has completed 38 missions over continental Europe since joining combat duty in England. He recently destroyed four railway locomotives on one mission and escorts heavy bombers to targets behind German lines. His wife Wanda June Campbell lives in Ada, and he is the son of C. E. Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Campbell
Eighth Fighter Command
Europe
England
Wanda June Campbell
Ada
C. E. Campbell
Weather Observer Sgt Lucian Becquart Serves Eighth Air Force Network
Sgt Lucian G Becquart of Coalgate Oklahoma serves as a weather observer in England as part of the Eighth Air Force weather net. His forecasts help guide thousands of fighters and bombers. He trained at Chanute Field and has served 21 months with AAFF, eleven overseas. he is the son of Mr and Mrs Victor Becquart and attended Coalgate high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
Lucian G. Becquart
Coalgate
Eighth
Victor D. Bequart
Becquart
Chanute Field
Ill
AAFF
Coalgate High School
Lindsey Stationed At English Camp
Sgt. Jack H. Lindsey serves as a sheet metal man in the sheet metal section of the largest air service command depot in Britain. Before joining the Air Forces in September 1942 he worked in Ada and is the son of Ollie S. Lindsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack H. Lindsey
Air Service Command
Britain
Air Forces
Ada
Ollie S. Lindsey
Red Cross Calls Surgical Dressings Workers to Action
Red Cross resumes dressings work on Tuesday September 5 with the same schedule as before a two week vacation. Regular workers and new volunteers are asked to begin this week and continue through the coming months as materials for September and October quotas have arrived. Dressings will be dispatched to field and base hospitals abroad and at home where the wounded are treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Dewey Man Uses Commuter Plane Between Farms and Tulsa
Ed Davis of Dewey flies a 30 minute commuter hop from his cattle ranches near Dewey to his job in the Douglas parts supply department in Tulsa. He has flown 17 years and survived severe weather with no accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Douglas Aircraft Factory
Ed Davis
Dewey
Douglas
Davis
Questions Go Out To Farmers in Area Survey Just Begun
Ada area surveys begin with 41 of 51 county schools receiving farmer questionnaires. A farm committee of 11 distributes forms to schools for home return by parents, with plans to collect next week and compile postwar needs data. The highway committee has not yet met, but work is underway in that division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ada Roundup Club Wins Vinita Prize
Ada Roundup Club wins first place at the Vinita rodeo prize event with Tulsa taking second and Chelsea third. About 3,000 spectators attended the opening performance and a large parade featured 400 horsemen from eight towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Roundup Club
Vinita Prize
Vinita
Ada
Tulsa
Chelsea
Clifton Starts Missions Overseas
Sgt. Lloyd T. Clifton arrives overseas with the 15th Army Air Force in Italy and flies combat missions. He is the husband of Mrs. Sue A. Clifton and a former Texas University student and Texas high school graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd T. Clifton
Sue A. Clifton
15Th Aaf
Italy
Army
Texas University
Texas
Baer in Hospital for Back Injury at Denver
Staff Sgt. Max Baer, former world heavyweight boxing champion, reported to Fort Gan convalescent hospital Denver for treatment of a back injury. The hospital did not disclose the injury type or how it occurred. Baer, with brother Buddy, toured 39 states giving boxing exhibitions for the Special Service Division of the Air Service Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Baer
Denver
Army Air Forces
Fort Gan Convalescent Hospital
Baer
Buddy
Special Service Division
Air Service Command
School Fair 4-H Leaders Map Plans in Pontotoc
Mrs. Jessie Morgan announces Vanoss and neighboring clubs will assist the Vanoss school fair. Violet Nelson and Alice Carlson prepare 4-H record books and judging for September events. County Council meets September 8 with Lemna Maloney to elect officers and organize exhibits for state fair. Geneva Cecil leads 4-H record work for state honors. Fitzhugh clubs plan to raise funds and aid teachers amid staff shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morgan
Vanoss
Violet Nelson
Violet
Vaness
Alice Carlson
Suggested Poultry Jobs for September 1
Pontotoc County Agent C. H. Hailey lists poultry tasks including selecting and leg-banding cockerels, scrubbing and spraying poultry houses, moving pullets to laying houses, planting rye or wheat for fall pasture, remodeling houses when economical, washing windows, starting lights for 14 hours of daylight, and monitoring pullet body weight with ample grain. The Horseshoe Ranch is filling two silos this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hailey
Pontotoc County
Horseshoe Ranch
County Angus Show Selects Ten Head Herd for Fair
A Pontotoc county Angus show herd from Charles T Bates ranch and Corbin's Stoneybroke ranch has ten head. The animals will compete at the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition from September 23 to 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Charles T. Bates
Corbin
Stoneybroke Ranch
Vanoss Community Fair Set for September at School
The Vanoss community announces a farm fair to be held Thursday September 7 at the school with cash premiums on crop livestock and poultry. Our office assists in judging the crop exhibits and the neighborhood is to be congratulated for sponsoring the event. The fair is viewed as educational for farmers and Pontotoc county hopes to resume fairs in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanoss
Pontotoc County
Jersey cattle sale at Pon totoc fair grounds
Farmers in the county may buy select high producing Jerseys at Dr Ed Granger's sale planned for Monday September 4 at Pon totoc county fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Granger
Pontotoc County Fair Grounds
Pontotoc 4 H Club to Enter Crop Exhibits at State Fair
Pontotoc county plans 4 H club crop exhibits at the Oklahoma State Fair September 23 to 29. Five outstanding 4 H boys will be official delegates for the county at the state 4 H club fair school during the event. They will take part in crop and livestock judging contests. Bobby Nance president of the Byng 4 H club has consigned a registered Chester White hog for sale at the fair September 29 sponsored by the Oklahoma Hog Breeders association. Several local schools with organized club work have been visited and supervisors are eager to restart clubs this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc Home
Fitzhugh High School
Fitzhugh Home Demonstration Club
Pat Burnett
A. P. Young
Stella B. Robinson
Fitzhugh
Pontotoc County
Bobby Nance
Byng
Chester White
Bobby
Oklahoma Hog Breeders Association
Ensilage as economical winter feed for livestock on farms
En silage provides a complete winter feed from fermentation, reducing protein supplement costs. It helps prevent shortages of other feeds and is often called grass in the winter. Many crops are ready to go in.
County conducts T. B. test with 300 plus tested
More than 300 head have been tested this week as the county runs the T. B. test. September 16 has been announced as the deadline for accepting applications. Contact the office if you are interested in the test.
Certified seed growers list with amounts and prices
A state publication lists certified seed growers showing available quantities and prices. The document notes seed quality standards and references agricultural livestock terms with emphasis on crop and cattle associations.
Rainfall Lifts County Farms and Pastures
Farmers and ranchers statewide report improved conditions after recent rains. Pastures and gardens, peanuts, alfalfa and other feed crops show material benefits with some cotton fields also noted for improvement.
Smith Graduates From Gun School
S/Sgt. Joseph Charles Smith son of Charles S. Smith 321 West Fourth graduated last week from the AAF Training Command's Flexible Gunnery school at Buckingham Field near Fort Myers Florida. Now qualified as an aerial gunner he will join Army Air Forces bomber crews after crew training at a U S operational field and then go overseas. Sgt. Smith entered the Army five years ago and is 25 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Charles Smith
Charles S. Smith
West
AAF Training Command
Buckingham Field
Fort Myers
Fla
Army Air Forces
U. S
Smith
Army
Oil Well Rig And Equipment Damaged In Bebee Field Fire
An oil field fire in the Bebee field damaged a cleaning-out well and destroyed pumping equipment and a pulling machine near the Fittstown Townsite area. Officials suspect a boiler nearby caused the blaze. the rig was leaning and likely to be torn down if it collapsed. Several barrels of oil were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebee
Fittstown
Ears For Blankets The Long Eared Bat Description
The long eared bat has ears nearly as long as its head and body and they may curl forward and downward while it rests. This feature aids in thermoregulation and camouflage during sleep.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carlton Schultz
Miller D. Hay Jr
Solomons
Island
Hunsucker
Austin N. Hunsucker
Army Air Force School
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Jackie Evans
G. A. Bundy
Albert Watson
Robert Reynolds
Ft. Bliss, Texas
Whittington
Ada News
Horace Mann
East Central
Fairy Strunk
Montgomery Ward
California
Cpl. Strunk
Houston
Battery C
Joe Bryan Furlong
Joe Cope
A.A.F
Campbell
Oak Leaf
Bacquart
Lindsey
Dewey Man
Clifton
Geneva Cecil
Geneva
Byng Schoool
Mrs. Jessie Morgan
Vanoss Fair
Jersey
State Fair
T. B. Testing
Gun
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