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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1944
Page
3
The Poppy sale expands to help World War II veterans alongside World War I veterans. Money from poppy sales funds rehabilitation. Wreath boards in Pontotot County pay veterans for each completed poppy, supporting disabled and living veterans. The Legion Auxiliary leads the drive.
J A Richardson arrives in Ada to take over the former Massey Motor Co Buick agents forming Richardson Belt Motor Company with G W Belt. Belt remains in Bartlesville. Richardson plans to move his family to Ada soon. The Weltys praise his civic and business reputation.
Ada shoppers packed stores Friday to beat the new twenty percent luxury tax. Jewelry and bag merchants reported brisk sales while drugstores saw heavy purchases as much of their merchandise fell under the tax. One dealer lamented a late handbag shipment missed tax free placement by nine hours.
Garden insect control notes list common pests and practical remedies for crops this year. It covers cutworms bean leaf beetles cabbage worms flea beetles cucumber beetles blister beetles potato beetles and aphids with directions on poisons and dusts such as Paris green derris cryolite arsenates and calcium arsenate.
Fifteen 4-H club boys in Pontotoc County broadcast Louisiana strain white Dutch clover seed over bermuda sod to improve pastures. Hugh Rouk, assistant county agent, notes the variety adapts well to local climate and increases carrying capacity while adding soil nitrogen. Participants include Roy Peterson, Bobby Nance, Jerry Young, Frank Jared, R. B. Burnett, Floyd Robbins, Bill Hunt, Billy Ray Thompson, Gene Lung, James Mitchusson, Garvin Glover, J. G. Lovelace Jr., Harrell Wingard and Wesley Blair.
War department reports Oklahoma servicemen wounded in action in Europe and the Mediterranean. Names include Staff Sgt. Virgil Taylor of Bristow, Pfc. Lloyd Latham of Rush Springs, and several others from Roff, Newkirk, Lawton, Porum, Erick, Maysville, Stilwell, Itlesville, and With multiple family connections listed. Also notes home front lines on Victory Gardens and steel-saver furniture.
Department of Commerce figures show Pontotoc county cotton production fell to 2038 bales in 1943 from 3100 in 1942. Farmers delay large plantings for 1944 due to labor shortages and lower yields. Officials note acreage changes did not cause the drop, blaming variety performance and regional practices.
The pure bred Guernsey Cooper's Augusta's Bess produced 21545.8 pounds of milk and 1029.5 pounds of fat in Class A, the highest Southwest record. Meadow Lodge Farms owner Kent B Hayes purchased her in 1939 from Tom Cooper of Ardmore, with ancestry including Langwater Africander. Bess has prior records at ages two and three, and is shown with milker Irvin Hamby.
H. D. Richardson of Byng will host a farm demonstration comparing sixteen hybrid corn varieties including Hays Golden Ferguson Yellow Dent Reid Yellow Dent 75 Day Yellow Dent U S Hybrid 13 Hoosier Crest F 140 U S Hybrid 35 Illinois Hybrid 751 Shannon 1300 Pioneer 334 Pioneer 336 Embro 1001 Grinnellian 300 Keystone 39 Keystone 42 and Squaw on bottom land and upland. The event aims to inform Pontotoc county farmers about yield potential and risks. Insect pressure may cause sap loss and plant wilting. recommended controls include rotenone dust and nicotine sulfate spray or dust.
Jersey breeders anticipate the Central Jersey Parish show in Ada on May 25. The district covers Creek, Okfuskee, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Seminole, Hughes and Murray counties. Classification and entry sheets are being prepared for mailing to prospective exhibitors.
Mrs. J. E. Craddock, landowner in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood, ordered 300 cedar trees this week to form a windbreak on her farm.
A. F. Darlow of the animal husbandry department announces annual feeders day at the Animal Husbandry building in Stillwater on April 22. Officials will present the year’s livestock feeding research results and farmers are invited to attend and learn from the experiments. A number of ranchers and farmers from the county plan to attend.
Pvt. Leo Daniel Fagan of the Fifth Army was baptised in the Sea of Anzio at the beachhead, becoming the first Yank to be baptized there since the Allied landing. Capt. William L. Lovell and Pvt. William A. Pope had earlier requested baptism, administered by Chaplain Franklin E. Rector in a water-filled shell crater watched by Italian workers and gunners. Fagan, an ammunition bearer, said the act proves baptism can occur anywhere in Uncle Sam's army.
Captain Philip Darlington 39 of Cambridge Mass a U S army entomologist fighting for insect samples wrestled a 10 foot crocodile in a murky jungle pool at Cape Gloucester New Britain. He escaped with torn arms and reaching a field hospital after the brutal encounter.
The army reported 1 058 000 enlisted men discharged from December 1 1941 to January 31 this year with 844 000 honorable discharges. Camp Dodge induction center in Des Moines will run all night to process the largest Seventh service command draft yet, beginning 5:30 a.m. and continuing in shifts to finish within 24 hours.
Governor Kerr will appoint J Dewey Clemons of Ardmore to the Oklahoma Highway Commission to fill the vacancy caused by Sam Hale’s resignation for health reasons. Clemons is a hardware firm president and former Ardmore Chamber of Commerce leader. The appointment awaits Senate confirmation during a special session beginning April 19.
East Central State college schedules convocation May 14 with Dr. Robert D. Swanson of Tulsa as speaker. Commencement address by John G. Mitchell, Seminole schools superintendent, set for May 18. Mitchell, veteran educator, has led Seminole schools and supported East Central graduates.
The article outlines WAVES pay by rating from third class petty officer at base pay 78 dollars monthly plus 3.05 dollars per day subsistence when quarters and meals aren’t provided, totaling about 170 dollars monthly. Seaman grades and petty officer grades are listed with comparable subsistence, and training allows weekend dates for recreation. Full WAVES information is available via Navy Recruiting Stations or the Office of Naval Officer Procurement.
County 4-H and Home Demonstration clubs focused March on nutrition with Mrs. Jessie Morgan noting 460 girls made yeast bread after bread demos. Additional demos covered meat cuts and nutrition, while April will feature clothing projects and a 4-H club contest leading to the State Roundup at Oklahoma A and M College in May.
The 1935 graduating class will include 35 degree recipients, said registrar W. Harvey Faust, with four degree types offered B A and B S in education and two teaching degrees. The baccalaureate sermon is May 14 opening convocation week for East Central State College's 23rd spring class since 1921.
The passage mentions Sperry gunsight calculating lead timing for firing, notes historic claim of mahogany in England by Sir Walter Raleigh, a Cleveland boy injured on a car ride, and a comment on bumper crops and spring timing.
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