R B Evans Dies at East Central State Tennis Courts
R B Evans 72 of 600 W 25th Ada died Monday afternoon at the tennis courts of East Central State College. A longtime Ada businessman and tennis enthusiast, he was a veteran player in the Missouri Valley Tennis Association and a member of the Fearsome Foursome. He helped run R B Evans Candy Co. in Ada for 37 years before selling last summer. He was born May 19, 1896 in Fannin County Texas and moved to Ada in 1931.
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R. B. Evans
Ada
East Central State College
Mayhue Courts
Missouri Valley Tennis Association
Mr. Evans
Bill Whitaker
Hugh Warren
Oscar Parker
Ralph Beachem Evans
Fannin County
Tex
Windom
Honey Grove
Georgetown University
SMJ
Commerce State
Evans
Sherman
Oklahoma
W. R. Evans and Son
Caddo
R. B. Evans Candy Co
Ardmore
Pontotoc County
Sem
Hereford Association Conducts Bull Test
The Pontotoc County Progressive Polled Hereford Association runs a 27-bull rate of gain test at Feeder Milling Company from Sept 15 to Feb 1 1969. Bulls weighed every 28 days with a goal of 3.5 pounds per day. A sale will climax the test on Feb 15 with 55 animals consigned. fall sale is Oct 26 with 74 head. Officers cited: Frank Crabtree president Ernest Fanning vice president Dorothy Lacey secretary treasurer.
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Pontotoc County
Frank Bates
Bates
N. C. Bowen
Bill Osborne
Fairgrounds
North Broadway
Frank Crabtree
Ernest Fanning
Dorothy Lacey
Ada Council sets Oct 15 for three bond issues total 610000
Ada residents will vote October 15 on three general obligation bonds totaling 610000 to fund sewer collection and treatment facilities and new equipment for the street and fire departments. The sewer bond is 340000, fire department 140000, and street department 130000. the move was approved unanimously by four council members.
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Ada
T. L. Les
EC Prof Really Going Places
East Central educator Dr. Ray Stout of the education department serves as a navigator with the 937th Military Airlift Group at Tinker Field. He flies a C-124 cargo plane on continental U S routes and vacations that include Japan Panama Puerto Rico and visits to many Air Force bases from New York to California Chicago to Phoenix.
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California
Ray Stout
East Central
Education Department
Stout
Tokyo
Japan
Europe
Southeast Asia
Honolulu
937Th
Air Force Reserve
Tinker Field
Air Force
Phoenix
U.S
Civil Air Patrol
New York
Reno
Chicago
Dayton
Panama
Puerto Rico
County Man Graduates From Patrol School
Cadet Ronald Dean Holman of Ada completes the 24th Oklahoma Highway Patrol Institute in Oklahoma City. He is 23, from Lula, ex-East Central State College student and former Oklahoma Highway Department employee. He will report to Bixby Tuesday, as one of 50 cadets honored by FBI official Donald Morley. Justice Ralph Hodges administered the oath.
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Bob Lester
Ronald Dean Holman
Route 4
Ada
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Institute
Oklahoma City
Holman
Lula
Stonewall
East Central State College
Oklahoma Highway Department
Patrol
Officers Candidate School
36Th
North Eastern
The Case Of The Bottom Locker
The author warns about the danger of crowded hallways during class changes and describes the risk of injury when opening a bottom locker. The piece reflects on safety concerns and the perils of rushed behavior in a school setting.
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J. C. Allen
Davis Named to Top Post in Agricultural Dept
Ted J. Davis a 38 year old Oklahoma City attorney from a Pontotoc County ranching family was nominated as U S Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in charge of Marketing and Consumer Services. He is the son of Mrs Harold Davis and the late Mr Davis and the Davises operate a large cattle ranch west of Roff.
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Pontotoc County
U. S
Four Pontotoc youths named National Merit semifinalists
Ada High’s Joe Sherrer and Nat Williams, Stonewall High’s David Stokes, and Byng High’s Rose Engel were named semifinalists in the 1968 69 National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists must advance to finalist status for Merit Scholarships. tests, school endorsements, and records determine eligibility.
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Pontotoc County
Joe Sherrer
Nat Williams
Ada High
David Stokes
Stonewall High
Rose Engel
Byng High
Sherrer
Bennett Sherrer
Williams
Don Williams
Miss Engel
Joe Engel
Byng
Engels
Stokes
Stonewall
Ada
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R.B. Evans
Hereford Association
George Gurley
W. L. Knickmeyer
Bixby
Barbara Beady
Donald W. Morley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Supreme Court
Ralph Hodges
Lester
Stonewall Junior High
Mikel Ary
Davis
Agricultural Dept
John M. Stalnaker
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Mike Monroney
Johnson
Senate
OSU
Senate Agricultural Committee
Washiton
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