County TB Group Plans Campaign Start November 15
The Pontotoc County TB Association Chapter met at First National Bank to plan launching the first of the 1959 Seals on November 15. Mrs. Joe Bonar was elected secretary replacing Mrs. S. H. Boles. The group voted $75 to Puckett Memorial for lectures and $325 to supplement city county funds for detection tests. The drive funds education chest X rays and checkups for six active cases, with 60 percent kept in the county. Members listed include Glenn Guests president Burl Harris vice president Roy Hanson treasurer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County TB Association
First National Bank
Joe Bonar
S. H
Boles
Carnegie
Puckett Memorial
Ada
Glenn Guests
Burl Harris
Roy Hanson
Inez Richmond
Conner Logsdon
John Walker
Fittstown
Charles Gentry
Byng
Mack Caffey
Lloyd Goss
Stonewall
James F. Hohl
Martha Mote
C. B. Howard
Latta School Elects Officers For Senior And Junior Classes
Latta South Carolina Latta Senior and Junior High classes elected officers last week Senior slate includes Donald Stonecipher president William Brantley vice president Nedra Price secretary treasurer Joyce Byers Doreen Graham reporters Junior officers Kay Holman president Janet King vice president De Etta Selby secretary treasurer Sophomores Jimmie Jackson president Chloe Ann Scoggins vice president Farrell Trivell Continued on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta
Donald Stonecipher
William Brantley
Nedra Price
Joyce Byers
Doreen Graham
Kay Holman
Janet King
de Etta Selby
Jimmie Jackson
Chloe Ann Scoggins
Farrell Trivell
Ada Livestock Auction Shifts to Two Day Sale
Mushrooming cattle shipments push Ada Livestock Auction to a Tuesday and Wednesday schedule. O Neal notes two day sale begins 10 a m Tuesday and 1 p m Wednesday to boost service. The center has expanded facilities including 4 000 head lake pens and new unloading and outbound decks. Sales this week reach about 240 000 dollars with 2 200 head sold Tuesday, prices averaging around 10 dollars higher than last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Livestock Auction, Inc
Sherwood O'Neal
Ada
West Main
O'Neal
O’neal
Ada Livestock
Sheriff Herds Texas-Bound Fugitive After High-Speed Chase
Rudolph N. Gray, 40, fleeing east of Ada from Holdenville police for drunk driving, was chased by Sheriff Oren Phillips into a cow pasture near Ada. He had $20 of a $60 fine and hoped to borrow $40 to post bail, before being arrested after his car left the road. Gray quipped that he would have made it to Texas if not stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Phillips
Ada
Rudolph N. Gray
Holdenville
Gray
Phillips
Allen
Texas
Wacker Returns to Norfolk in New Coast Guard Role
John F. Wacker, formerly a yeoman in 1942 with the Fifth Coast Guard District in Norfolk,Va, comes back after 17 years to head the office in a commander’s role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
John F. Wacker
Wacker
Fifth Coast Guard
Workers at Local Mill Strike for Higher Wages
Pickets formed at Evergreen Mills as Ada company faced its first 50 year strike. About 35 workers walked out at 4 30 p m after wage talks failed. Local 142 AF of L sought 8 cents an hour rise for 1959 and 1960. company offered 5 cents. Mediation failed after five meetings. Ted Jones said the vote to strike passed. Bob Calvert argued higher wages would raise feed prices. All production workers affected. about 90 employees total. Truck drivers to honor picket lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Mills
Ada Company
The
Grain Processors Union
Afofl
Service
Ted Jones
Teamsters Union Local No. 886
Camp Ground Church to Host Family Relations Talk
The Camp Ground Free Will Baptist Church reports 76 in Sunday School. Tom Abney of Pauls Valley will speak on Family Relations and Juvenile Delinquency at the Camp Ground Church on Wednesday night September 16. Visitors included Mrs Verlin of Perry and Mr and Mrs Skinner of Arizona. Many local families and neighbors are noted visiting or hosting others throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Scott
Camp Ground Free Will
Local families share visits and projects around Ada
Ada area residents and relatives gather for weekend and Labor Day visits in Stratford Ardmore Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Guests include the Briscoe Cape Pennington Martins James and Meeks families with stories of kitchen and bathroom improvements, hospital releases, and moving plans.
Local ninth graders join Sulphur class party
Miss Sherry Scott spent Friday evening with Miss Phyllis Potter of Gaar Corner. They accompanied the Vanoss ninth grade to Sulphur on a class party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry Scott
Phyllis Potter
Gaar Corner
Vanoss
Labor Day Guests Travel Across Oklahoma and Texas
Mrs Dale Melton writes of Okmulgee visitors to the Jacksons and extended weekends with Cheryl Melton in Dallas and other relatives in Amarillo. Orris Dees, Linda Dees, and McDaniels family hosted in Amarillo while Scarbrough, Holland, Horton, and Pennington families shared Sunday visits across Stratford Ada and Vaness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlan Dees
Linda
Leroy McDaniels
Savanna
Phnaughn
Alvis
Dennis McDaniels
Amarillo, Tex
Coleman Pennington
Nelda Sue
Roy
Ada
Latta Family Labor Day Visit Highlights Local Ties
Cimoun Burge and family from Medicine Lodge Kansas visited Cimoun’s mother Mrs Marvin Laughlin and Mr Laughlin over Labor Day weekend. Guests included Gene Lansford Sulphur Jack Burge Ada and relatives Calvin Grace Bill Nelson Lee George home from Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for a brief visit with his parents Dub and Mrs George. Dub Jr a policeman in Oklahoma City also joined the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Gene Hood and Son
Oklahoma City
T. L. Coley
C. S. Whitson
Henry
Tulsa
Steve Whitson
Melva Jo
Claud Whitson
Vinita
J. C. Martin
Marvin McCurdy
Nolan Martin
Nolan Martin's
J. C. Martins
Tony Martin
Oil Center
Eunice Galey
Joe Meeks
Jerry
Bessie Bowerman
Sacramento
Calif
Meeks
Worster
Jim Hardy
Janiece
Hardy
Cleta Bowerman
Carrie Burk
Ada
Harvey Mitchell
Olen James
Norman
Olen
Henry Little
Jameses
Lee Bell
LeWayne
Wesley Brantley
Cimoun Burge
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Cimouns
Marvin Laughlin
Mr. Laughlin
Gene Lansford
Jack Burge
Calvin Grace
Bill Nelson
Lee George
Fort Leonard Wood
Dub George
Dub Jr
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County TB Group
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Iowa
Dowell Stanford
Albert Wilson
Doug Smith
Harold Davis
M. W. Whitmire Jr
C. C. Buxton
Alvin Powell
Dub Scott
Welton Stanford
Glen McDaniel
Jones
Bob Calvert
Calvert
Bebee
Roy Teeters
Dallas
Paul Duncan
Freddy
J. T. Teeters
Paul Duncans
Carter Holloway
Stewart
G. C. Holloway
Roy Briggs
G. C. Holloways
Bob Horner
Wanette
Karnsley
Clara Miller
Max Law
Parish Chapel
Donna
Odessa
Tex
George Collins
Nora Roper
Bobby Joe Adams
A. O. Cape
Deloris
Fred Pierce
Albert Cape
Judy
John Mahan
Houston Cape
Lindell Mahan
R. E. Tilley
Karl Tilley
Gerald
Carlton Lee
Jerry McDaniel
Evie
Earl McDaniel
Joe
Stevie McDaniel
Grover Tyree
Sid Walden
Billy Joe Adams
Della Baldwin
Mattie Brumley
Oliver Crane
Leroy Owens
Allie Phillips
Hollis Kite
Jackie Kite
Charles Kite
Fort Worth
Kenneth Kite
P. P. Kite
Stevie
Bill Choate
Ricky
Mike
John Norton
Texoma Lake
Lane Jaquess
Dalas
Mr. Jaquess
L. C. Jaque
Pickett
Linda Gray
Joy Roberts
Donna Scott
W. H. Hightower
Vergil Meek
Sherry
Don Henson
Sheila
Donnie
Glen
Max Hudson
Herbert Moore
Randy and
Kenny
Arrell Jones
Denise
Gregory
Gracie Hayes
Kenneth Choate
Cindy
Roy Choate
Loren
Billy Joe McNair
Vian
Lana Jo
Edd Berryman
Kay
Charles
O. S. Whitson
Roy Bivins
Burl
Tommy Walden
Wichita, Kan
Dick Goodman
Granny Walden
Paul Hatcher
A. L. Cape
Junior
Sherman Estes
Bobby Snow
James Wayne
Lowell Brisco
Debra
J. W. Cape
A. L. Capes
Alva Pennington
Poo Law
Alva
Henry Little Visted
H. L. Waters
Anne
Joe Henry Waters
Ardmore
Ernest Cavener
Joe Anderson
Lynnia Horton
Ed Varnadore
L. E. Ballar
Mark
Stratford
Varnadores
J. C. James
Mary
Johnnie Griffiths
Babara
Ted Cox
J. N. Driver
Lawrence
Martin
Bill Hopper
Martin Home
Violet Nelson
Charlie Nelson
Jerry Robbins
Penny Robbins
Lindsay
Tommy Robbins
Garland
0. F. Snipes
Wanda
Wayne Pike
Snipeses
Nadine James
Ethel Varnadore
August Teghtmeyer
Mary James
Jack Corley
Myrtle Gray
Bessie Farnham
Baby
Tom Burch
Emmett Molock
Arches
R. E. Thompson
California
Burch
Ru’ McKnight
Charles Melton
Philadelphia, Pa
Lennie Melton
Obie
Melton’s
Tacoma
Wash
Lottie McClure
Patsy
Otho Stephens
Cressie McKinney
Hazel Ann McCurdy
Pauls Valley
John Hendree
Konawa
Dale Jones
Frank James
Mildred Melton
Sybel Reed
Ada Weekly
Cheryl
Lee Decker
Mrs. Cecil Boyce
Dale Melton
R. L. Wood
Jeff
Okmulgee
B. B. Jackson
Cheryl Melton
Paul Cameron
Claude Lee
Kenneth Horsley
Debbie
S. H. Ansell
George Scarbrough
Ezra Holland
Vaness
Mrs. Austell Horton
Mildred Melin
Chery
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