Contention and opinion in a candid 20th century piece
An opinion filled column argues that while some disputes are useless, disagreement remains vital for a healthy society. It cites David Lawrence on Stevenson, air power debates, Priestly on southwestern Americans, and social attire. It notes a car salesman anecdote, Miss America judges, a Cedar Grove church singing set, and Eddie Cantor’s 1910 Bowery debut with a five dollar weekly wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Carnegie
David Lawrence
Adlai Stevenson
Laurence
United States
Russia
America
General Twining
J. B. Priestly
Dallas
Southwest
Ol' Buzz
FFA Chapters Winners Named in Page D Contests
Judges included Dwight Peck and Calvin ag teacher for field crops J W Coleman Wynnewood dairy and livestock and Cager Hisen Je tractor driving. Winners received plaques from Gem Credit Jewelers Ada and Theimer Implement Co Ada provided the tractor. Placements Poultry Vanoss Roff Latta Allen field crops Vanoss Roff Latte dairy Allen Vanoss Latta Roff livestock Latta Roff Allen Vanoss high individuals Poultry Charles Stonecipher Vanoss field crops Paul Pedersen Vanoss dairy Thurman Stephens Rolf livestock Eldon Lee Jatta tractor Steve Dilbeck Rolf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Peck
Calvin Ag
J. W. Coleman
Wynnewood
Hisen
Gem Credit Jewelers
Ada
Theimer Implement. Co
Vanoss
Latta
Allen
Roff
Charles Stonecipher
Paul Pedersen
Thurman Stephens
Rolf
Eldon Lee
Jatta
Trace
Steve Dilbeck
School bus driver Wilson recalls near accident and duty
The veteran driver Wilson describes four daily railroad crossings, a brake leak scare on Frisco tracks near town, and the heavy responsibility of transporting students. He emphasizes steady caution, weather challenges, and 13 years on the job without an accident, underscoring why drivers never take the bus for granted.
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Wilson
Hlm
Anyeady
Gaar Corner and Ada Visits Highlight Community Notes
Multiple brief items record Mrs. Dale Malton visiting a Vaness school on Tuesday, the Wilscues and Pennington family visits in Ada and Ardmore, and a Gear Corner Home Demonstration Club meeting with demonstrations on new foods and a fair exhibit plan. Other entries note visits to Ada, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, teachers meetings, and local social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaar Corner
Dale Malton
Vaness
Gear Corner Home Demonstration Club
Inez Pennington
Verna McCurdy
Estella Cox
Jessie Maddox
Money Recovery Suit Dismissed Against Satterfield
Charles W. Tune of Tune Baker Real Estate Agency sued W. S. Satterfield and others for a $75 commission on a Pontotoc Coal counties property sale in 1954. The court dismissed the money recovery suit at plaintiffs costs, noting sale of the property to C. Knott and defendants’ failure to pay the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Tune
Tune-Baker
W. S. Satterfield
Harvey Lambert
Pontotoc
Coal Counties
C. Knott
Raymond F. Robbins dies at 55 in Ada home
Raymond F. Robbins, 55, died Thursday morning at his Pecan Grove home. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Criswell Funeral Home. Survived by wife Donnie. daughters Ollie Mae Fulton and Barbara Casady. sons Alen and Floyd. brother Leo Robbins. sisters Willard Pitts, Helen Brown of Chino, California, Marjorie Soutee of Roff, Sylvia Brantley of Ada. six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond F. Robbins
Pecan Grove
Criswell Funeral Home
Donnie
Ollie Mae Fulton
Barbara Casady
Ada
Alen
Floyd
Leo Robbins
Willard Pitts
Helen Brown
Chino
Calif
Marjorie Soutee
Roff
Sylvia Brantley
Markets Slip In Quiet New York Trading
The New York stock market declined today with quiet afternoon activity. Losses were small, about fractions up to two points, while building material, motor and rail shares rose slightly. Traders remained cautious after yesterday’s late selloff, the ninth drop in ten sessions, with volume near 2.1 million shares versus 2.04 million yesterday.
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New York Front
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report September
Oklahoma City livestock totals include 2,000 cattle and 400 calves with steady to weak demand for slaughter, due to packing house workers strike. Cows, bulls, heifers show limited bids. slaughter calves and feeders steady to weak. Hogs active with gains. 200-240 lb butchers 16.08 to 17.00, No 1-2 16.50 to 17.00, sows 12.50 to 15.30.
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Okla
City
Oklahoma City
USDA
Oklahoma City Prices Clock Farm Goods Across Regions
The Oklahoma Board of Agriculture released today price readings for farm products. Wheat No. 1 hard shows scattered regional quotes from Frederick to Yukon around 2.00 to 2.08 per unit. No. 1 broilers and butterfat also listed with steady movement and varied regional centers including Enid Lawton Vinita and Oklahoma City.
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Okla
City
Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture Today
Frederick
Hennessey
Alva
Bison
el Reno
Enid
Kitgfisner
Medford
Yukon
Hobart
Vici
Blackwell
Clinton
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
Muskogea
Tulsa
Vinita
Heas
Levernd
Woodward
tAlva
Elk City
Watonga
Valley
Death Comes Thursday to R F Robbins
Raymond F Robbins 55 long leading farmer of Pontotoc County died Thursday at his home Pecan Grove Funeral arrangements will be announced by Criswell Funeral Home Robbins suffered a heart condition for ten years but remained active He attended county fairs and baseball games in Ada his wife two daughters Olen and Floyd sons and six grandchildren survived by sisters and a brother Burial details pending
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Raymond F. Robbins
Pontotoc County
St Pecan Grove
Criswell Funeral Home
Robbins
Latto
County Fair
Farm Bureau
Southeastern Oklahoma
Ollié Mae Fulton
Barbara Casady
Adas
Olen
Floyd
Ada
Willard Fitts
Helen Brown
Chino
Calif
Marjorie Soutee
Roff
Sylvia Brantley
Leo Robbins
Ade
Phil Dew
Polio cases rise nationwide in week ended Sept 15
Public Health Service data show 956 new polio cases last week, the highest for 1956, with Utah and South Dakota missing reports. California, Michigan, New York, Missouri posted modest gains, Delayed reports may have inflated totals. total April 1 to Sept 15 reached 9,859 for the disease year.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Utah
South Daketa
Chicago
Thnsis
California
Michigan
New York
Missouri
Most Typical Farm Families Honored at Muskogee Fair
Muskogee hosts 41st annual state fair with 25 eastern Oklahoma counties voting on “most typical” farm families during day two of the 23 day rodeo. Donald J. Strait, assistant secretary of the Air Force, presented an outstanding cooperation award to Mayor Lyman Beard for the city’s defense force partnership.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma
Department of Defense
U. S
Los Angeles
Donald J. Strait
Air Force
Lyman Beard
Ada man pleads guilty to assault and battery
Carl Ledford pleaded guilty to assault and battery at his arraignment before Justice Wilbur P. Lee. He was fined $10 and court costs totaling $23.50 after his wife Melba Ledford signed the complaint accusing him of whipping her.
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Carl Ledford
Ada
Justice of Peare
Wilbur P. Lée
Ledford
Melba Ledford
Falls and drownings dominate August Oklahoma fatalities
Falls and drownings accounted for the major share of Oklahoma's 43 non-traffic fatalities in August. Dr. DeWitt Hunt of Oklahoma A&M noted 11 drowned and about the same number died in falls, seven at home. The month was the second highest this year but below totals from recent Augusts. Through the year 319 people died in nonhighway accidents, up from 286 a year earlier. Also advises keeping a fire extinguisher mounted on tractors for quick access.
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Oklahoma
DeWitt Hunt
A&m
Ada League Forum Discusses Ada Water Problem
At the Ada League annual meeting in St. Luke's Parish Hall a forum on the Ada water problem was held with 60 attendees. Mrs. Harvey Price moderated while Mrs. David C. Ramsay presented the Water Committee findings and Mrs. Vincent McPhee outlined the financial picture. The group did not take a stand, pledging to study issues from all angles before action. The next major event is the October 16 annual dinner with national board member Mrs. Waldo Stephers of Norma City to attend.
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League of Women Voters
Ada League
St. Luke's Parish
Hall
Harvey Price
David C. Ramsay
Vincent McPhee
League
Waldo Stephers
Okla
Norma City
National Board
Hormone Pellets Boost Steer Growth Reported
A paper from the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association describes Synovex implants using progesterone and estradiol to raise yearling steers average daily gain to 3.03 pounds over three months, with better feed efficiency and faster gains than stilbestrol or untreated cattle. Six pellets per cartridge are implanted once in the ear, providing about 150 days of effectiveness.
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Lower East
Colorado Veterinary Medical Association
R. J. Deans
Michigan State University
Department of Animal Husbandry
E. R. Squibb 2 Sons
Syntex
Ogden Corporation
Deans
Ada Youth Center marks decade of supervised youth activities
Ada Youth Center completes ten years serving city youth with indoor play and relaxation facilities. Funded by the Ada Community Chest, the center operates four afternoons and evenings weekly for ages 13 to 19, supervised by Mr and Mrs Doyle Johnson. About 250 members attend. last year door counts reached 14,500 with average 75 youths per night.
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Ada Youth Center
Ada
Ada Community Chest
Ada Kiwanis Club
Convention Hall
Ufe
Doyle Johnson
Suion
Youth Center
Community Chest
Johnsons
Adz
Johnson
Salk Vaccine Cuts Polio In Oklahoma Report
Oklahoma health director Dr Grady Mathews released survey results showing only eight of 437000 vaccinated children contracted polio this year, with five having one shot. Polio cases total 163 this year, compared with 2189 last year when fewer vaccines were given. two deaths this year, four last year.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Grady Mathews
Mathews
Younger Churchill Won't Get Second Chance at Quiz
Randolph Churchill son of Sir Winston Churchill won $64 on The $64,000 Question after missing on a tyrannical Irish land agent name. Hal March ruled he had a chance left, but producers overruled. Churchill said he agreed it was fantastic to recall a name he knew well.
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New York
Randolph Churchill
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Ireland
Roy-Scott
Hal March
Driver Fined for Improper Left Turn in Fitts Town
Justice Bert E. Rat Aubrey A. Mitchell states Fred Warren Graham was fined for an improper left turn into his driveway in Fittstown. The patrolman cited the traffic rule infraction and ordered payment of fines and court costs totaling ten dollars.
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Fred Warren Graham
Fitts' Town
Justice of Peace
Bert E. Rat
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Graham
Fittstown
Vanoss FFA Teams Sweep County Fair Judging
Vanoss FFA teams dominated county fair contests earning top honors in field crop poultry and dairy judging with multiple individual winners. Judges credits from Gem Credit Jewelers Ada were presented as plaques. Instructors W P Gallup and N L Hensley organized the groups with 54 boys and 152 exhibits. The chapters plan to compete at the Oklahoma State Fair and Tulsa State Fair.
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Vanoss
Gem Credit Jewelers
Ada
Paul Pedersen
David Sutton
Lavoid Bratcher
Bill Briggs
Winnin Poulley
Charles Stonecipher
Trent Briars
Richard Pedersen
County Fair Exhibits And Judging Day Draw Crowds
Judging Day featured dairy beef cattle poultry swine sheep and field crops under judges eyes as onlookers toured the fair. Industrial Show across the road in the Armory attracted many visitors to local business displays while sporadic rain drew light showers over the grounds.
First Aid Course Organized at Vaness School
An organizational meeting for a First Aid course will be held at Vaness School on Tuesday September 25 at 7 40 p m. Eligible attendees include adults both men and women and high school students. Harvey Shipman of Ada will be the instructor. There is no charge for the lessons.
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Vaness
Harvey Shipman
Ada
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Harrell Pennington
Marvin McCurdy
Newt Jervis
Stratford
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Mrs. C. A. Whittaker
N. L. Hensley
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Gary
Pat
Gallup
Mollie Daggs
Skeet
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S. W. Escue
WN. L. Hensley
C. A. Whittakers
Loris Davis
Doyle Davis
Zelma MecGraw
Joe Lee Whittaker
Ads
N. J. Hensley
Marsha
Doyle Whittaker
Mrs
CG. A. Whittaker
Clariece Pennington
Harrell Gene
Inez Penington
Asmos Roberts
Claude Horsley
Raymond Robbins
Wall Street
R. F. Robbins
Raymond
Women Voter League
Ada League of Women Voters
David G. Ramsay
Center
Vincent McPher
Younger Churchill
Vanoss News
W. T. Galaway
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