Ada School Board Tackles Crowding at Willard
The Ada board meets to ease third grade crowding at Willard and discuss solutions including transfer of students, hiring extra teachers, and potential building expansion or redistricting as enrollment grows. A temporary first grade fill at Homer and possible new classrooms at Willard are considered to relieve persistent bulges.
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Ada
Willard
Washington
Morrison
Tions
Tard
Viola Ellisth
Elliott
Homer
Rex. C. Morrison
North East
Willard i
Burleson Ranch Elevates Polled Herefords in Oklahoma
R W Burleson, a Texan transplant to Oklahoma from Van, arrives near Roff with a 30 acre spread and a history of breeding top horned and polled Herefords since 1949. He bought his first horned Hereford in 1942 and shifted to polled lines after 1949, aiming to build herd quality with selective breeding.
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R. W. Burleson
Rofs
Fort Worth
Coleman
Texas
Burleson
Jonglime
Roff
Oklahoma
Lone Star
Van
County Agent Appeals To Beef Breeders For Fair Entries
County Agent Cy Bailey urges beef breeders to bring 40 head to the 45th Pontotoc County Fair opening September 14. Only 20 entries so far, with premiums on Angus and Hereford. Junior exhibitors welcome. carnival acts planned, no baseball games this year. The fair aims to showcase harvest from a year’s work and facilitate exchange of farming ideas. Exhibitors urged to submit entry blanks on arrival to speed processing.
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Ponotec County
Cy. Bailey
Pontotoc County
Cherokee Amusement Company
Hailey
County Trapper And Boyhood Friends Track And Kill Giant Mountain Lion
A Fresno California hunting party led by Jack McPherridge tracks a mountain lion in King Canyon after recognizing tracks unlike bear. Accompanied by his brother, brother-in-law, and a boyhood friend, the group treks through rough terrain with hounds Red and Ely, pursuing a big cat at high elevation before the narrative continues on page four.
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King Canyon
Ely
Red
O Hunt Bear
Jack McPherridge
Pontotoc County
Jongs
Idaho
California
Fresno
Calif
McPhetrides
McPherridge
George
Bill Harper
Sin
Ashland
Okla
Great Sequoyah Forest
Jack
Frank Ely
McPhetridge
Frasna
Pontotec County
Winchester
Hunt’s End
Improvements Planned For Oakman Lake
The Oakman Sportsmen's Club met a week early due to a community revival. Plans were made to halt drainage into the lake, stop road dragging along the lakefront, plant grass, and consider building a dam to clear muddy water.
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Oakman Sportsmen’s Club
Six Guns Flame And Stacks Burn In Hayborn Fight
Last week's edition printed a page of a personal letter written by Bill McLish in 1998 to his son Sherman McLish, recalling early Oklahoma days. The letter recalls Choctaw history, feuds, and frontier life with anecdotes from 1899 including a race horse used in a trick and a colorful encounter aboard a Rock Island Railroad stop near Blanco.
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The
Weekly
Bill McLish
Sherman McLish
Ads
McLish
Oklahoma
United States Army
Kiowa Station
Mk&t
Big Brushey Creek
Blanco
Ardmore
Haileyville
Rock Island
Charley
Coalgate
Page Four
Local News and Family Visits Across Lula County
Locals gather for weekend visits as the Brooks and Clifford families share time with relatives in Ada and Lula. Army service updates include Corlis Williams and Ernie McDonald preparing for Fort Leonard Wood. Community sports note reports Terry Bruner's leg injury during baseball practice and nearby families attending Murray College events.
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Lula
Terry Bruner
C.D. Whelchel
Terry
Harg Sweat
Lyla
Ernie McDonald
Army
Donald Brooks
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
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Charles M. Floyd Jr
Latta Road
Randy
Kay
Floyd
County Home Demonstration Club
Cantinur
John L. Bennett
Oakman Lake
Hayborn
the Tinsleys
Labora Baptist Seminary
Jville
Tex
jLee Cross
Cross
Charley Williams
Qnath Corlis Wiliams
Lloyd Johnston
Jerry
Jes
Paul Johnston
Lee Cross
Cen
Fred Williams
Frank Holman
Trahoma
Bert
Cherley Willaims
Grace Harbin
Sa- Tinsley
Gary
Calumet
Murray College
Varmah
Tishomingo
Lois Clifford
Charles
Floyd Leader
Connie Harkins
Boise City
Willis Wofford
Dickie Clifford
Mrs
Charles Leader
Gene Treas
Sandra
Brenda
Chou
Teau
Jake Treas
Ahloso
Inlaw
Homertron
Buck Sweat
Clyde Wolford
Jackie
Melinda
Pampa
Roy Johnston
Larry
Betsy
Knox Lee
Sweat
Connie
Donna
Maysville
Donnie Sweat
Bend
Kam
Debra
Donnie
Ronnie
Clovis Thompson
Debbie Aané
Pampa, Te
Fred Wolford
I.N. Brooks
Walter Brooks
J. N. Brooks and Jr
Allen
Yellen Duncan
Diana Leader
McDonald
Bill
Ard
Tawata
Bobbie Norfleet
David
Lillard
Uubie
LenianUa
Cliffords
Maxine Thompson
Debra Ann
Debbie Kay Clifford
Stonewall
Nor
Fleet
J. C. Treas
Chester Treas
Roy Estes
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