Ada Weekly News, The (Newspaper) - February 3, 1955, Ada, Oklahoma A WEEKLY TRULY DESIGNED FOR THE RURAL READER YET THE WEEKLY IN Combined with The ADA YEAR ADA OKLAHOMA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3 1955 Have Father-Son Ranching Partnership HANDOUT CV Charlie Fat Truitt and his son Wayne confer on the tions of the Truitt Ranch southwest of Jesse Wayne an iastic 4-H club member and vice-president of the Stonewall club has a lot of projects of his own But he has a hand in practically Wayne and Fat 60 OR Steer Project And Not Only Has His Fingers In Everything on the Ranch By W L KNICKMEYER Some day when you feel that you're losing faith in humanity and in the future of the world just drift over toward Jesse and visit with the father and son Talk to Wayne Truitt for a while about his 4-H club projects his own personal inter- ests and affairs and before very long you'll find that the tion has got around to Wayne's father and to the operations of the Truitt ranch Then talk to Charlie Fat Truitt for a few minutes Start anywhere with that bunch of steers you see out in the feed lot with the three nosing around for a handout of cottonseed cake with the big Santa Gertrudis bull that both the are so proud of And before you know it you'll find that what you're really ing about and have been all along is Wayne Truitt That's the way it is with the They go together Father and son a working team friends partners in the business of ing And while they don't come right out and say anything about it you can feel that there's a lot of respect and admiration on both sides of the relationship Feeding Steers everything on the ranch in partnership with his father From Take that bunch of st eers for the calculating looks in those narrowed eyes they're probably instance that the are teea the average weight of that bunch of steers they're ing out There are of mem ing News Staff STIR BIRDS Pioneer Teacher And Church Leader Dies Here Sunday A Floyd County Figure Had Been Teacher Superintendent Pioneer teacher public official church leader and hatchery operator A Floyd died suddenly Sunday at the age of 82 a half century he had been a familiar figure to county residents Born at Corinth Ark May 7 1872 he came to Indian Territory in 1894 and taught at the old Newburg community near At- wood at Allen Center and Asher He served for several years as superintendent of Asher schools In 1909 he came to Ada as cipal of Irving school He was county superintendent in 1916 and served four terms During his tenure as county superintendent he worked actively for Three disillusioned eagles give a NEWS photographer their dirtiest looks The birds were dentally caught in on Carlton Corbin's Ranch recently They were confined for a while in this to give them a chance to recover from the experience then released and nally captured again and taken to the wildlife refuge at Lake The eagles themselves didn't care for any part of the deal News Staff Applications For Cotton and Peanut Allotments Due The county Agricultural office here has announced that applications for New er cotton and peanut allotments will be taken until February 15 Farmers who have not grown cotton or peanuts the last three years are not eligible for the lar allotments The New er plan provides an opportunity for such growers to obtain an age allotment for these crops The conditions of eligibility as announced by L Sherrer local ASC director are as 1 Application must be made by Continued on Page 2 Col 4 MEETING SET The Francis Community Club will meet at the schoolhouse day February 7 There will be en- and refreshments for all Eagles Find Modern Life Is Full Of Strain And Confusion Three of the Big Birds Were Caught at Ranch And Grounded Now They're at Refuge be confusing even for eagles In an older and the life of an eagle was probably pretty nice You soared around in the wild yonder keeping your pre- eye out for a succulent rabbit or fish down below and now and then you peeled off and went into a power dive to mixed All but two of them were dropped on the er started that feeding project last fall in November and it's strictly a partnership deal Actually from Wayne's point of view it's a 4-H club project Wayne a sophomore at Stonewall High is an enthusiastic er and vice president of the wall club And he's keeping re- cords on the feeding project so that he and his fattier will know exactly how they come out on it The calves averaged about 275 pounds in November Right now the estimate that they'll go about When they're sold in another two or three weeks they ought to hit close to 600 Estimated feed cost up to this point is per head That's just a guess of Truitt adds We're not going to figure it out to the penny until we sell them These steers have been eating ground corn cottonseed meal and hulls hay and a little molasses putting it away at the rate of nine pounds of grain and meal per day and turning it into a good many pounds of beef Wayne docs nearly all the work the kind of that goes on all the time around the Trnitt place Santa Gertrudis bull who's getting a snack from Wayne the horses follow wherever nosing around his pockets to see what he might have for them off can see the pigs know which side their bread is buttered on too News Staff Continued on page 2 Col 5 Continued on Page 2 Column 1 John Norris Ada Banker Dies In Hiway Accident Wreck Occurred Sunday Norris Was Fourth er to Die In Accidents John C Norris 41 well-known Ada banker was killed Sunday afternoon in a car accident miles south of He was the fourth of the Norris family to meet violent death by accident A brother Harvey ton Norris IS was killed in a accident in Ada Dec 24 1933 On April 1947 two other brothers died in crash They were Thomas R and Frank C Norris All the accidents occurred on Sunday John Norris president of the Gardeners Make Their Plans As New Season Nears With the groundhog looking to right and left as he crept out of his hole Wednesday and with the occasional spells of mild weather that have been hitting the area county gardeners are ing their plans for plenty of er vegetables next spring and summer i lovers can get in- and helpful information from Oklahoma M Extension Division circulars now available in the county agent's office An Oklahoma Garden Planning guide provides a list of important vegetables suggested for anybody's home garden with information on spacing depth to cover seed amount of needed per 100 feet of row and the feet of row needed to keep each member of the family loaded to the eyebrows with the green and yellow stuff Continued on 2 Col 8 Continued on Page Column 4 Basketball t cl Big Deal Of County's Week Stonewall Boys And Girls Win In County ney Another Opens Basketball held the limelight an over the county last as boyS and girls teams Pontotoc County tournament East Central college In finals Saturday Stonewall boys coached Roberts took a from McLish The McLish under Claude iously knocked Byng the ning with a overtime Stonewall and tied for the conference championship In play Saturday ter Continued on Page Heart Fund Drive Opens On Tuesday Under Elvan George Ada High Football Coach Heads Campaign to Raise Funds for Heart Research The annual Heart Fund drive opened in County day with Elvan George Ada High football coach acting as general chairman ONE-TWO-THREE pick up a load of groceries It a good life for eagles Even if you happened to be a Bald Eagle the fact that you were the national bird of the United States didn't bother you a Probably even know it Then without warning the full impact of modern tion struck you One day when you were idly buzzing a stretch of country south of Fittstown you hit what seemed to be a bonanza on Carlton Corbin's Ranch Meat Rich red juicy beef spread out invitingly on the ground Beef was something of a rarity with you of course as with some of the rest of us not because of the high price of steaks but because cattle in eral are a little to for an eagle to handle Chow Call But these cattle already Continued on Page 2 Column 61 i ELVAN GEORGE Assigned quota for the county this year is Local chairmen have been pointed in communities throughout the county The Allen drive will be led by Ernest Hodges wall chairman is Duane East Central student and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Union Valley Richard and K P Continued on Page 2 Col 8 These Ada High School chorines are rehearsing for the coming Show The big extravaganza set for next Monday night in the Ada High School Is a variety show featuring Ada High coeds All proceeds from the event will go to the Heart Fund fc Drive currently underway this county The at p m and contains material that sublime to the ridiculous Peggy O'Neal som is in charge of the production News Staff
