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Time Machine

65 years ago, March 8, 1954 Waltons Start Work On Enlarging Pond A fishing hole almost within casting distance of Tonkawa. That’s what the local Isaak Walton League has in

Time Machine

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65 years ago, March 4, 1954 Council Race Hangs Fire; No Candidates Tonkawa’s city election was still hanging fire today and by press-time Thursday afternoon still no candidates had filed

Social Security Matters

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Dear Rusty: I turned 67 in September 2018. My benefit estimate is $1478 a month if I claim benefits now. I work and will continue working as long as I

Congressman

The beginning of March marks the end of Career and Technical Education Month across the United States. Such end marks another occasion to celebrate the endless opportunities that Oklahoma’s CareerTech System provides for hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans.

For years, employers expressed concern about filling manufacturing and technical jobs. The need for a workforce who would become our nation’s mechanics, engineers, and other skilled laborers became a greater urgency pushing states to adopt programs rising to meet the nation’s challenges.

 

Former Grid Coach To Return Next Fall

Former Grid Coach To Return Next Fall

An expanded athletic program, both in major sports and intramurals, was promised for Northern Oklahoma Junior college today by President V. R. Easterling, who made a simultaneous announcement of the hiring of Merlin E. London on the NOJC athletic staff.

London served as head football coach at the local junior college in 1951-52 and was assistant football coach in 1950-51. For the past two years he has been on the physical education staff at Salina, Kan., high school

 

Times Machine

City Business Has Big Gain In Fiscal Year

Tonkawa did $235,088.00 and Kay county did $4,016, 165 more business for the fiscal year 1952-53 than for the 1951-52 fiscal year, the Oklahoma Tax Commission revealed today.

For the period July 1, 1952, to June 30, 1953, Tonkawa firms paid $70,699.05 in sales tax, compared to $65,997.28 the previous year. That was a tax gain of $4,701.77 representing a dollar business gain of $235,088.50.

Kay county paid $1,003.743.67 in sales taxes in 1952-53, compared to $923,420.37 in 1951-52, a sales tax gain of $80,323.30.