Good Natured Sailor Kinsey Reenters Navy Training
Seaman Herbert Kinsey, a Bromide native six feet one inch tall and 247 pounds, trained recruits at boot camps and became first assistant to a company commander. He and his wife Loretta May Kinsey live in San Diego as he nears two years in the navy, with two young daughters and strong ties to the local church and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
Bromide
Navy
E. T. Kinsey
Herbert
Childen
Baptist Church
East Central College
San Diego
Loretta May
G. C. May
Mr. May
Seaman Kinsey
California
Plue
Arbuckle Mountains
Pvt James E Ross Receives Discharge at Sheppard Field
Pvt James E Ross of 1001 North Francis has been honorably discharged from the RAF at Sheppard Field Texas Separation Center. He formerly worked as parts manager for the Service Chevrolet Company and is married with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Ross
North Francis
RAF
Sheppard Field
Texas
Pvt
Ross
Service Chevrolet Company
Greater returns for amount in vested-Ada News Classified Ads
Classified ad note highlights higher returns on vested amounts in Ada News. It outlines investment terms, potential yields, and eligibility criteria for readers considering long term cash placements with Ada News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
1st Lt Grimes To Get Discharge From Air Forces
1st Lt Wallace Keith Grimes son of Mr and Mrs R W Grimes of Ada is being discharged from the Army Air Forces. He flew 18 months in Europe as a B 24 pilot with the 448th Bombardment Group in England earning the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He holds the Europe Africa Middle East Theater ribbon with three stars and plans to return to East Central University after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Keith Grimes
R. W. Grimes
West Fourteenth
Army Air Forces
Ada
Europe
448Th
England
RAF
Grimes
East Central
Ada High School
Smith Released From Active Duty
Captain James K. Smith of 730 East Main has been released from active duty in the Army Air Forces at Camp Beale California. A P 38 pilot he flew 70 combat missions in the European and Mediterranean theaters earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters. He entered the army from Oklahoma City in February 1941 and was a jeweler in Ada before enlistment. His father is J Kent Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Smith
East Main
Army Air Forces
Camp Beale Separation Center
Calif
Army
Oklahoma City
Smith
Air Forces
S Sgt Auld Returns From Overseas Duty
S Sgt Joe Bailey Auld arrives at the San Antonio District Redistribution Station after 21 months in the ETO as a glider mechanic. He is husband to Shirley Frances Auld of Ada with a 20 month old daughter, and son of Mr and Mrs Virgil L Auld of Tishomingo. He bears the Unit Citation Good Conduct and ETO ribbons with five stars and will undergo two weeks of processing before discharge or reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bailey Auld
ETO
San Antonio
Shirley Frances Auld
Darter
Ada
Virgil L. Auld
Tishomingo
Auld
Patrick Arrives with 17th Airborne for Deactivation Return
Sgt Bruce E Patrick arrives in the United States with the 17th Airborne Division to mark the unit's return for deactivation. He served as a platoon sergeant in the 513th Paratroop Regiment and fought in the Ardennes Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. He wears the American Defense ribbon Combat Infantryman Badge and an Invasion arrowhead. His parents Mr and Mrs W E Black live at 122 East Second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce E. Patrick
States
17Th Airborne Division
ETO
Patrick
513Th
Ardennes
Rhineland
Central Europe
W. E. Black
East Second
Col Leo J. Tunnell Graduates From Chanute Field
Col Leo J. Tunnell son of Mrs R L Goodwin of 330 West Thirteenth has completed training and graduated from Chanute Field Illinois He received instruction in airplane hydraulic mechanics while in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo J. Tunnell
R. L. Goodwin
West Thirteenth
Chanute Field
Pfc Gray Awarded Silver Star for 1945 Action Near Ommersheim
Pfc Fred H. Gray of Company C 255th Infantry earned the Silver Star for crawling 500 yards through rocks and brush to neutralize an enemy machine gun on March 15 1945 near Ommersheim Germany. He rushed the gun capturing an officer crew and two medics enabling his company to advance. Son of O E Gray Center aged 24, raised at Summers Chapel worked at C R Anthony Ada high school graduate overseas since November father of four year old David Ray awaiting return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Gray
Ommersheim
Germany
O. E. Gray
Gray
Summers Chapel
C. R. Anthony
Ada
Anoss High School
David Ray
Ada Soldier Clyde Haskins Surfaces In Pacific Duty
Cpl Clyde R Haskins son of L D Haskins Route 2 Ada has served 27 months overseas as a truck driver with the Quartermaster Truck Company of the 13th Air Force Service Command in the Philippines He entered service January 1942 and served at Fort Warren Davis Monthan Field and Topeka Army Air Base before departing overseas in May 1943 His unit fought with the Jungle Air Force from Guadalcanal to China earning five battle stars and the Asiatic Pacific ribbon plus the Philippine Liberation ribbon with a battle star He previously worked as a farmer near Ada and attended Vaness High School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Clyde R. Haskins
L. D. Haskins
Route 2
Ada
13Th Air Force Service Command
Philippines
Haskins
Vaness High School
Fort Warren
Wyo
Davis-Monthan, Field, Ariz
Topeka
Kan
Army
13Th Air Force
Jungle
Guadalcanal
China
Solomons
Bismarck Archipelago
New Guinea
Luzon
Sgt. Ledford Becomes Civilian After Army Service
Mr and Mrs Pat Ledford seek their son Don A Ledford who wired from Fort Bragg NC that he is now a civilian. His career included postings at Fort Sill Abilene Texas Rockford Illinois Camp Crowder Missouri Colorado Emporia Kansas Fort Leonard Wood Missouri California and Germany. He served in the 160th Field Artillery band the air forces and the infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Ledford
Don A. Ledford
Don Ledford
Ft. Braggs
N. C
Ledford
Fort Sill
Abilene
Tex
Rockford
Ill
Camp Crowder
Colorado
Emporia
Kan
Fort Leonard Wood
California
Germany
160Th F. A. Band
Seaman Miller Returns After 13 Months Aboard Merchant Ship
1c Homer L. Miller of Antlers has reported in at the Naval Armed Guard center after spending 13 months as a gun crew member aboard a merchant vessel. The Treasure Island center directs training and assignments for navy gun crews of merchant ships in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer L. Miller
Antlers
Naval Armed Guard Center
Armed Guard Center
Treasure Island
Pacific
Clinton B Oliver Granted Navy Discharge at Galveston
Clinton B. Oliver chief machinist’s mate receives honorable discharge under the Navy point release system at the Naval Receiving Station in Galveston. He entered service March 12, 1943. He is married to Pearl Oliver of 819 West Twelfth and son of C. G. Oliver and spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton B. Oliver
Navy
Naval
Galveston
Oliver
Pearl Oliver
West Twelfth
C. G. Oliver
West Sixth
Sgt. David New Returns Home From War Service
Rev and Mrs Thomas D New learn their son Sgt David New has arrived safely in the United States after three years overseas in North Africa Italy France and Germany He served as an engineer with an ordnance company and had worked nine years at the Santa Fe Indian Hospital Albuquerque New Mexico before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. New
David New
U. S
Sgt
New
Ordnance Company
North Africa
Italy
France
Germany
Santa Fe Indian Hospital
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Local Sailors On Tanker Brazos
S 1/c Cleatis L. Mullins and S 1/c Joe D. Phares served with the oil tanker USS Brazos which earned commendation from Rear Admiral S. N. Kiland for its Okinawa operations support. The vessel was first on scene and last to depart, refueling 575 ships in 86 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleatis L. Mullins
Joe D. Phares
Brazos
S. N. Kiland
Okinawa
T Sgt Ogg Receives New Assignment in Santa Ana
T Sgt Daniel E Ogg 23 son of Mr and Mrs Clarence P Og is assigned to the AA Redistribution Station in Santa Ana California He served as a B 26 radio operator with the 91 Air Force earning 50 counter missions and entering service August 19 1942 He went overseas September 1944 He holds the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters a Presidential Citation and the European theater ribbon with battle stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Ogg
Clarence P Og
Santa Ana
Calif
Ogg
91 Air Force
Coin Demand Surges in U S Since 1929
A surge in demand for pennies nickels and dimes in the United States marks the highest level since 1929. Retailers report tighter inventories and collectors show renewed interest as coin circulation rebounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
No Pony Express Telegrams in Ada as Cowboy Messenger Arrives
Local Ada office embraces Western Union with Lois Hodges the Cowboy Messenger on duty. A humorous note on men’s fashion fades as the staff serves a homestyle menu with beans, soups, roasts, and desserts for a second day, ending with a liberated memory of menu one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony Express
Ada
Hodges
Western Union
Spent Weary Hours Concocting Wished For Menus
HAL BOYLE reports from Yokosuka Navy Base Japan on Oscar a marine prisoner who chronicled a long imagined menu split into meats pastries and desserts with six daily meals from six in the morning to midnight 26 kinds of meat 16 kinds of pie and one ice cream and the imagined courses fill a handmade yearbook style record reflecting hunger during captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Yokosuka Naval Base
Japan
Oscar
Camp Ashiro
Shanghai
Philippines
Tulsan Will Aid Chinese Farmers
William E. West of Tulsa, former state director of War Finance, will go to China to assist Chinese farmers in rehabilitation work. He has served in the agriculture department 16 years and led farm security and rural rehabilitation from 1936 to 1940. West leaves Wednesday from Tulsa to Washington then by air to Chungking, coordinating with the United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief association for rural surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
William E. West
War Finance
China
West
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Chungking
United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief Association
Buckley Aboard Tug In Pacific Battles
Robert O. Buckley of Ada serves aboard a Pacific tug that supported salvage and repair operations for two years. Buckley, a carpenter’s mate first class, worked as a repairman as the vessel helped rescue nearly 20 battle damaged ships in the Okinawa area while larger units stayed back due to enemy fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert O. Buckley
Ada
Buckley
Oknawa
Stephenson Reflects on V J Day Aboard Louisville
William L. Stephenson, radio man third class, aboard the Cruiser Louisville, heard the final Japanese surrender announced mid afternoon on August 14. He said the crew’s mood was relief not riotous celebration as tension eased after years of war. He also mentioned Ada, Oklahoma as a imagined scene of celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Stephenson
West Seventeenth
Louisville
Ada
Stephenson
District Fair Results Highlight Broad Exhibits and Prizes
The district fair yielded cash prizes totaling 245.90 with 50.00 remaining for next year. Judges listed top placers in Holsteins calves to stocker cows and beef cattle, plus numerous entries across horses, poultry, goats, sheep, swine, and extensive clothing and canning divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanoss
Navy Lt Popkess Receives Bronze Star for Iwo Jima Service
Lieutenant junior grade Fred G. Popkess medical corps United States Naval Reserve awarded Bronze Star for meritorious achievement during Iwo Jima operation from February 19 to March 6 1945. He assisted battalion surgeons under heavy shelling while evacuating wounded. Married to Joan Chadick of Stonewall the couple have a 14 month old daughter and live with her parents while resident in Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Fred G. Popkess
United States Naval Reserve
Iwo Jima
Volcanic Islands
Pepkess
Joan Chadick
Stonewall
A. W. Chaddick
Stonewell
East Central
Dewey
Lewis Promoted to Full Colonel in India
James Linn Lewis receives promotion from lieutenant colonel to full colonel and serves with the 93rd Engineer Regiment in India. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lewis of 223 South Francis, he is a West Point graduate with 33 months overseas including the Aleutians and Alaska, and has been in India since March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Linn Lewis
India
Col. Lewis
J. W. Lewis
South Francis
West Point
Aleutians
Alaska
Shrine Club Growth Push Planned in Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc Shrine Club met at the Masonic Hall with 11 members present. President T B Blake led as committees on membership, Shrine seating, entertainment and publicity were chosen. An intensive recruitment drive was planned for the club and the broader Shrine. Regular meetings will be the second Sunday of each month at 2 pm at the Masonic Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Trim Bond Proposal Slashed in Tulsa Plan
Tulsa officials reduced a proposed bond issue for roads and bridges from 5 06 million to about 1.5 million. Commission Chairman J B Gray announced the cut as part of scaled back public works funding in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Commission
J. B. Gray
Discharged Soldier Ray A Young Ends Army Service
Photographic army photographer Ray A Young is discharged after earning enough points. He served 42 terms. The report then notes termites as a diet item for African natives and mentions battles over giant ant hills. It also recalls Lady Jane Grey’s nine day reign and Herodotus as Father of History.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Grey
England
Herodotus
Officers Help Women After Roadside Tire Trouble Near Shawnee
Mrs W S Kerr of Ada mother of Gov Robert Kerr rode with Mrs Claude Marcum and Miss Anna Weaver Jones when two tire blowouts stranded them north of Shawnee. Patrolman Don Pendleton and undersheriff Frank Buchanan assisted, taking the women to Shawnee homes and keeping them safe until replacements arrived, the group reaching Ada around 1 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Patrol
Pott
W. S. Kerr
Ada
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma City
Claude Marcum
Anna Weaver Jones
Shawnee
Don Pendleton
Frank Buchanan
Pottawatomie County
Mr. Marcum
Boud Returns Home From Panama USO Service
Charles Russell Boud son of Mr and Mrs J H Boud 230 West Fifteenth visits his parents after two years in Panama with the USO His wife plans to join after visiting relatives in St Louis Road He later worked with U S O at Temple Texas and Balboa Amador He toured Gala Pagos Islands and will next supervise USO musical entertainments in Hawaii for clubs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Russell Boud
J. H. Boud
West Fifteenth
Panama
USO
St. Louis Road
Natal Payne College
Brownwood
Tex
U.S.O
Temple
Balboa-Amador
Hawaii
Yeoman French Glimpses Japan Homeland August Twenty Seven
Yeoman W H French of Ada is noted for his first view of the Japanese homeland on August 27 as his ship USS Mississippi entered Tokyo Bay with Admiral Bull Halsey’s Third Occupation Fleet. He serves in the communications department of the 40 000 ton battleship and holds the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with five battle stars and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two stars. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W M French of Route 5 Ada and graduated from Vanoss School in 1942. He entered the navy in June 1943 and has spent about 25 months in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. French
Mississippi
Tokyo Bay
Bull Halsey
Communications Department
W. M. French
Route 5
Ada
Yeoman French
Pontotoc County
Vanoss School
Navy
Pacific
Ada Public School enrollment climbs 248 as district gains
Ada city schools report a total enrollment increase of 248 over last year’s first week. Junior high rises from 566 to 695 and Ada High from 418 to 470. Grades show Irving 309 to 392 and Washington 335 to (incomplete) while Glenwood, Hayes, Willard also rise. Lt. Cameron Cox, son of F W Dorris, visited after navigator training in Selman Field and now serves at a B 29 school in Lincoln Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada City
Rex O. Morrison
Ada High School
Irving
Washington
Coat Glenwood
Hayes
Willard
Cameron Cox
Selman Field
Monroe
Lincoln
Nebraska
Cox
F. W. Dorris
Fittstown
Sailors aboard USS Megrez from Le and Atoka
Sailors Kenneth Strong boatswain’s mate second class and Arthur Pitts steward class, both sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strong of Le and Atoka, are aboard the cargo clipper USS Megrez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Strong
Robert Strong
Arthur Pitts
Atoka
Megrez
Divorces Granted in Local Court Ruling
Allen Everett Vann is divorced from Cath erine Vann. Maude Crownover is divorced from W Crownover. W M Cannon is divorced from Ia Gladys Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Everett Vann
Catherine Vann
Maude Crownover
W. & Crownover
W. M. Cannon
Ia Gladys Cannon
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Skelly Oil Company
Coast Guard
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Oza Lou
San Francisco
Minnie Stewart
East Fifteenth
W. U. Lad
W. U
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W. L. Stephenson
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Siberian-Manchuria
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Amur
Ussuri
Vanoss
Corky Snipes
Cleamon Stone
Richard Rountree
Clyde Walker
Hollis Gallup
Jack Griffith
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M. R. Tucker
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Bill Austell
Samuel Roy Hunt
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Vaness Ffa
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O.sc
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O.lc
Berkshire
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Berkshire Sow
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Pajtemas
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E. M. Sliger
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Verlin Berger
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Jo Aan Wall
Lorene Payne
Mrs. Williams
Impleta Jackson
Solomon
Mrs. Holland
Bonita Bradley
Daphne Bradley
Mrs. Griffith
Georgia Pitts
Darlene Payne
Sam Sliger
Ray
Lela Tilly
Ella Jo Tiner
Daphne Pear
Joyce Jackson
Robbie Pederson
Lena
Popkess
Bronze Star
Lewis
Shrine Club
Trim
Boud
Ada Public School
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