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$750,000 Gift Is Revealed (open access)

$750,000 Gift Is Revealed

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Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
1431.pdf (open access)

1431.pdf

Full section of the newspaper dealing with the local industries. Many stories and photographs. 14 pages, newspaper section
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ardmore, Pennsylvania (open access)

Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Commemorative section of the Main Line Times, 1973, celebrating the Centennial Year of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, originally named Athensville. Many stories and pictures of early pioneers are in the tabloid. Photographs are also included. 28 pages, newspaper section, original
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Carter County Federal Fund Total Is Given (open access)

Carter County Federal Fund Total Is Given

Daily Ardmoreite, Dec. 12, 1973. Total of $33,769,734.00 in funding is reported to have been received by Carter County during the fiscal year of 1973. Distribution of the money and what departments funded various projects is listed. newspaper article
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Carter Seminary (open access)

Carter Seminary

"Edythe Turner Retiring From School", Daily Ardmoreite, June 10, 1973. Story of retirement after serving as principal at the school for 16 years. Changes at the school are mentioned in the article.
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chisholm Trail Historical Museum - Tribute to Bygone Era (open access)

Chisholm Trail Historical Museum - Tribute to Bygone Era

Pictures of some of the exhibits in the museum are shown
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Community Profile (open access)

Community Profile

Published c1973 by O.G.&E. Company. 48 pages, published material
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Community Service Award (open access)

Community Service Award

Article, with photograph, concerning presentation of this award by John Koobs, Ardmore Seventh-day Adventist Hospital, to Cecil Bailey, Daily Ardmoreite. Award given for service and leadership rendered to the Ardmore area, March 22, 1973. Letter to Albert Riesen, general manager, from John Koobs, included.
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Daily Ardmoreite, Jan. 11, 1973 (open access)

Daily Ardmoreite, Jan. 11, 1973

Article, possibly written by Mac McGalliard, relating the work by John F. Easley, "Mr. Ardmore", on the newspaper and for the town of Ardmore.
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Evens, Kay (open access)

Evens, Kay

"Kay Evers Wins Writing Award", Daily Ardmoreite, March 22, 1973. Article noting presentation of the fourth annual Jerry Marx Memorial Award, for outstanding traffic safety writing, to Kay Evers.
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Sill (open access)

Fort Sill

"Fort Sill Played Role in War and Peace", Cowman, Feb. 1973, reprinted from National Park Service book "Soldier and Brave". Story of this fort, founded by General Sheridan in March, 1869, to aid in Indian management, located at the base of the Wichita Mountains. Accounts of Indian hostilities in the area, including work by Indian Agent Lawrie Tatum. Some of the names are: Satanta, Big Tree, Satank, Geronimo and Gen. William T. Sherman.
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
France Retires As Assessor (open access)

France Retires As Assessor

Daily Ardmoreite, Feb. 28, 1973, by Mac McGalliard. Story of resignation of William H. "Bill" France, assessor for Carter County, and the appointment of Pat Battle to succeed him. France had served two periods for the County totaling more than 22 years. newspaper article
Date: 1973
Creator: McGalliard, William A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Judge Cook Dismisses Two Drug Cases Before Trials (open access)

Judge Cook Dismisses Two Drug Cases Before Trials

Daily Ardmoreite, March 16, 1973, by Kay Evers. Story of the dismissal of the cases against two people charged with possession of marijuana.
Date: 1973
Creator: Evers, Kay
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pawnee Bill (open access)

Pawnee Bill

Denison Herald, August 26, 1973, "Pawnee Bill Rides Again!", by John Clift. Story of Gordon V. Lillie, great-nephew of Major Gordon W. Lillie, "Pawnee Bill". History of the founder of the "Pawnee Bill Wild West Show" is told along with recollections by Mr. Lillie of his great-uncle.
Date: 1973
Creator: Clift, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Registered Angus Bull Setting Records (open access)

Registered Angus Bull Setting Records

Story of "Emulous 613" owned by Mr. Richards and his record setting performance testing.
Date: 1973
Creator: Richards, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Salvation Army, Ardmore (open access)

Salvation Army, Ardmore

"Salvation Army Part of Ardmore" story of the work begun in Ardmore by Captain Maggie Nobbs during the 1920's.
Date: 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stephens County (open access)

Stephens County

"Your County Government and What Makes It Tick", Duncan Banner, July (?), 1973, by Steve Hall. Article concerning county commissioners and county clerk for Stephens County. Commistioners Jack Davis, O. L Damron and W. A. Chadwick. County Clerk, Priscilla Savage. newspaper article, 3 pages
Date: 1973
Creator: Hall, Steve
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Story of Wiley Lynn and His Strange Gunfight (open access)

The Story of Wiley Lynn and His Strange Gunfight

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Date: 1973
Creator: McCullough, Harrell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Walker, Mrs. Effie (open access)

Walker, Mrs. Effie

"Mrs. Walker Recalls Days of 'Family Style' Cafe Here", Tulsa Daily World, Jan 21, 1973, by Beth Macklin. Story by Mrs. Walker of early life with her oil field worker husband in Ardmore, c1910. Mention of Mrs. Effie Miles, who ran a boarding house in Ardmore, is in the article. newspaper article
Date: 1973
Creator: Macklin, Beth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
We Never Intend to Stop Serving (open access)

We Never Intend to Stop Serving

Story of the retirement of Rev. & Mrs. Mix from the First Christian Church in Ardmore
Date: 1973
Creator: Adkins, Dot
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wilson, Henry Franklin Vincent (open access)

Wilson, Henry Franklin Vincent

Notes taken by Robbie Pitts during interview with Mr. Wilson, June 21, 1973. Story written thereafter and published in the Sunday Oklahoman, July 1, 1973. 14 pages, handwritten
Date: 1973
Creator: Pitts, Robbie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wilson, Henry Franklin Vincent (open access)

Wilson, Henry Franklin Vincent

"Black Educator Ending Long Career", Sunday Oklahoman, July 1, 1973, by Robbie Pitts. Story of the work in the field of education by this long time Ardmoreite. Some of his positions during his 46 years of service are noted, among them are 36 years spent in the Ardmore school system. Article written at the time of his retirement from the office of Carter County Superintendent of Schools. newspaper article
Date: 1973
Creator: Pitts, Robbie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Y. M. C. A., Ardmore (open access)

Y. M. C. A., Ardmore

Daily Ardmoreite, Aug. 8, 1973. Letter to the editor, by Bob Cline, executive director of the Y.M.C.A. Background information on development of the Y.M.C.A. Little League Complex is given. People and businesses involved are listed.
Date: 1973
Creator: Cline, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shilling, Judge Kenneth (open access)

Shilling, Judge Kenneth

Notes taken by Mac McGalliard, and letter from Jerry Campbell, concerning cases dismissed by Judge Luster Cook. McGalliard's notes on conversation with Judge Shilling in regard to the actions taken and report of case in Daily Ardmoreite on March 16, 1973.
Date: March 20, 1973
Creator: Campbell, Jerry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History