Pontotoc Name Means Its Meaning in Question Says Experts
The Pontotoc County Historical Society eyes a revival of local history as experts note multiple translations for Pontotoc with attempts to define it as meeting place or cat tails on the prairie. Chickasaw roots trace to Mississippi and Ada area linguists debate origin while public interest lags.
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State Historical Society
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Oklahoma Country
Meton Creek
Pontotoc Creek
Pontotoc
Ponto
Mormon Pioneers Gratitude For Rains Fill Arizona Reservoirs
In Mesa Arizona April 5 members of the Latter Day Saints church plan Sunday thanksgiving after drought relief rain and winter snows filled Salt River and Gila valley reservoirs to near or full capacity. Leaders including Lo Wright say prayers answered. Water storage promises three years irrigation with May runoff expected to fill lakes.
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Mesa
Ariz
Latter Day Saints
Arizona
Salt River Valley
Gila River
Lo Wright
Maricopa
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Bartlett
Verde River
Salt
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Gila
Calvin Coolidge
San Carlos
Gila Valley
the Water Users Association Con
Poultry Drives Oklahoma Farm Income Up in 1940
Poultry accounts for over a quarter of Oklahoma livestock income and 14 percent of all farm income. Oklahoma produced about 25 million dollars in poultry and products in 1940. Two thirds of poultry is consumed at home and 60 percent of eggs are sold. Egg output per hen rose from 52 to 84 per year between 1920 and 1930. The Oklahoma Poultry Improvement Association, formed in 1927 under the college, now coordinates with farmers, hatcheries, and the U. S. Department of Agriculture to advance disease control and flock quality.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
R. B. Thompson
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Thompson
Oklahoma Poultry Improvement Association
College Poultry Department
U. S. Department of Agriculture
FSA
Back
Alumni Work For Central Organization
East Central State College Alumni Association under secretary T. K. Treadwell carried on a busy year with a publicity program using East Central Journal and local papers. Senior Day on March 28 entertained 1,649 high school seniors. Oklahoma Education convention headquarters in Tulsa hosted hundreds of alumni and teachers. The group planned an East Central Hall of Fame with a committee led by Travis Watson, Dale Rodgers, and B L Morrison. An inter alumni council from state college associations is being considered with details to be announced.
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East Central Journal
T. K. Treadwell
East Central State College Alumni Association
East Central District
Alumni Association of the College
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa
Oklahoma Education
Friends of the College
East Central Hall of Fame
Travis Watson
Dale Rodgers
B. L. Morrison
Hall of Fame
Effort Under Way To Bring Army Flying School To Ada
Ada, Oklahoma considers hosting an U S Army Air Corps training center as part of national defense. Secretar y Milton Keating of the Ada Chamber of Commerce said efforts to locate a school here are moving, with Ada’s site approved for the municipal airport and a private operator potential.
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Ada
America
Milton Keating
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Keating
Army
Garland Brant
Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Area
Jewell Hokett's Outstanding County 4-H Club Work
Jewell Hokett, 17, is highlighted as a standout 4-H member in Pon totoc County. Her six years of activity include food preparation and preservation, home improvement, sewing, and leadership roles. She saved families nearly a thousand dollars through her projects and competed in numerous contests, meetings, and fairs.
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Jewell Hokett
Pontotoc County
Jewell
Owl Creek
Kansas City
Pork price support unlikely to alter 1941 corn aid plan
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced a $9 bottom for hog prices to boost pork output but expects only minor impacts on the 1941 corn adjustment program. The corn loan rate remains at 61 cents per bushel, unchanged from 1940.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Local Marriage Licenses Issued Over Weekend
Marriage licenses issued by the court clerk include Henry Flad 32 of Allen and Imogene George 19 of Atwood Otis W Heady 20 and Thelma Alexander 19 both of Ada on Saturday and Sunday.
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Henry Flad
Allen
Imogene George
Atwood
Otis W. Heady
Thelma Alexander
Ada
New Phase Of Stock Feeding For 4-H Clubs In Pontotoc
Pontotoc county 4-H boys will gain a new live stock feeding phase tied to beef mutton and pork projects. The program, led by C H Hailey and Assistant Agent Link Haws, centers on finishing animals for market using home grown feed and pasture with transportation to a central yard for sale. Target is 100 head in year one with stock weighed and payments issued by commission firms.
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Pontotoc County
C. H. Hailey
Link Haws
Ada
Francis W M A Honors Mrs Doner And Mrs Langston
The Baptist Women’s Missionary Union of Francis honored Mrs Doner and Mrs Langston with a covered dish preign at the Doner home Friday. Mrs Doner’s three tier white cake bore white icing and colored candles with a candy lettered birthday message.
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Baptist Women’s Missionary Union of
Francis
A. Doner
John Langston
Doner Home Friay
Mrs. Doner
AAA Sign-ups Soar as 1941 Farm Plan Takes Root
County AAA assistant J. W. Herron reports the 1941 signing drive producing the best results yet with about three quarters of farmers signed. Signers receive a folder with the 1941 handbook the AAA agreement and a county aerial map. More than half of eligible cotton producers have signed, many attracted by the cotton stamp plan tied to acreage reductions.
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J. W. Herron
AAA
Herron
Enlisted Men Open Salvation Army Service Club in Lawton
The Enlisted Men's Service Club in Lawton opened by the Salvation Army has drawn Wort Sill soldiers since it began three months ago. Visitors include 7,194 soldiers with 3,354 receiving free doughnuts and 1,136 using free stationery. guest rooms hosted 74 men. The club offers a writing room reading room rest rooms showers music lounging room and canteen.
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Lawton
Salvation Army
Wort Sill
Desb
Roosevelt Urges Quick Action to Speed Up Defense
President Roosevelt calls for faster defense production amid praise for acceleration but insists more progress is needed. He jokes about chestnut burrs to boost morale as critics cite human delays. Vice President Wallace vows aid to England and defeatism as the German threat looms. Sigma Xi notes and Psi Chi election mentioned in related science society items.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Wallace
Foreign Policy Association
New York
United States
Germany
England
Britain
Fittstown Jolly Workers Club Meets
The Fittstown Jolly Workers club met Thursday with Mrs. Virgil Wilson as hostess. Members pieced quilt blocks for the hostess and used Easter bunnies as plate favors. Attendees included Mrs. Lilian Burke and granddaughter Gloria Ann, Mrs. Josie Rambleton, Mrs. Ida Belle Sloan, Mrs. Agnes Hamilton and son, Mrs. Mattie McLain and son, Mrs. Margaret Lee, Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, Mrs. Alta Berry, Mrs. Laura Wolf, Mrs. Cleo Forrest, Mrs. Hazel Van Buren, Mrs. Marguerite Wilson and guest Mrs. Robert Wilson. Next meeting will be at Mrs. McLain's home.
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Virgil Wilson
Jolly Workers Club of Fittstown
Lillian Burke
Gloria Ann
Josie Rambleton
Ida Belle Sloan
Agnes Hamilton
Mattie McLain
Margaret Lee
Elizabeth Rogers
Alta Berry
Laura Wolf
Cleo Forrest
Hazel van Buren
Marguerite Wilson
Robert Wilson
McLain
Mrs Tarrant Hosts Fitzhugh Home Demonstration Club
Fitzhugh Home Demonstration club met at Mrs. Leo Tarrant's home. They planned an evergreen plant for the school grounds, elected committees, and heard lessons on house furnishing and bed making led by Mrs. A P Young and Mrs. Jessie Morgan. Refreshments followed for fifteen guests. Next meeting set at Mrs Beasley’s home with Mrs Ruth Odom leading.
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Fitzhugh Home
Leo Tarrant
A. P. Young
Tarrant
Shelby
Beasley
Charles Blackburn Admitted To National Honorary Fraternity
Charles Marvin Blackburn of Ada and the University of Oklahoma psychology program is among 34 to receive Sigma Xi membership. The national honorary scientific research fraternity will initiate the group and hold a banquet on April 17 in Norman.
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E. L. DeGolyer
Dallas
Texas
Sigma XI
Blackburn
Psi Chi
Jared Ranch Scene Of Birthday Party
A birthday party was held at the Jared ranch on Saturday evening for Miss Margaret Elizabeth Jared on her nineteenth birthday. The event featured square dancing and refreshments for guests from Lovelady Conway Ada Maud Harden City and Francis including many named attendees.
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Jared Ranch
Margaret Elizabeth Jared
Julius Jared
Odus Wiles
Wendell
W. H. Barton
Jim
Josephine
Virginia
Joan
Norma Faye
Oliver Taylor
Richard Hudson
George Langendorf
Cecil Madden
Edgar
Tip Jackson
Hardin City
Leonard
Bobby Wade
J. W. Deaton
Walter Walton
Ira Flowers
Billy Joe Wilson
Francis
Draft Evader Dixon Pleads Innocent In Federal Proceedings
Johnny Morton Dixon, OU student from Ardmore, indicted for draft evasion, pleaded innocent before Federal Judge Eugene Rice. He allegedly pasted a note and arrow to the conscientious objector clause and listed hallucinations and nostalgia under defects, after being advised to register and seek conscientious objection.
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Muskogee
Johnny Morton Dixon
University of Oklahoma
Eugene Rice
Dixon
Ardmore
Poorer States Put More in Education
Senator Thomas of Utah argued that evidence shows if all states fix their fiscal houses education opportunities would grow similarly. He pointed to poorer states like Mississippi Kentucky North Carolina West Virginia Alabama Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana and South Carolina as already making strong efforts.
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Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Mississippi
Kentucky
North Carolina
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
South Carolina
Italian government withdraws Admiral Lais from Washington embassy
Rome reports the Italian government has withdrawn Admiral Alberto Lais from the Italian embassy in Washington in protest against the seizure of Italian ships in American ports. The move follows claims the actions violate moral norms and international law.
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Rome
Alberto Lais
Washington
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