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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1952
Page
5
County agents discuss pasture seed selection and analysis. Emphasizes seed quality, weed content, and the need for seed analysis before purchasing. Also notes cattle show observations with calves progressing toward prime grades and daily gains of 2 to 4 pounds over six weeks.
All legume seeds should be inoculated unless a successful crop of the same legume has previously been grown on the land. The inoculant costs little and serves as good insurance for yields.
Legumes need high phosphate and neutral soil. Test soil to determine nutrient levels and apply recommended fertilizers to achieve proper pH and phosphorus balance for healthy growth.
The text presents a list of grass types with varied sowing rates per acre and regional notes. Entries include Bermuda sodding advice, Bluegrass Texas rates, Bluestem variants with percentage ranges and pounds per acre, Buffalo grass, Brome, Dallis, Fescue tall, Gamma blue grain, Indian grass, Lovegrass, Ryegrass, Sudan, Switchgrass, and Wheatgrass crested with specified amounts.
The data lists seeding rates for alfalfa and various clovers and legumes. Rates range from 1 to 50 pounds per acre depending on species such as alfalfa 15 to 20, black medic 5 to 10, white Dutch clover 1 to 2, crimson clover 10 to 15, Ladino white clover 1 to 9, and lespedeza 10 to 20, with grasses and legumes varying by seeding method and soil fertility.
Four new dairy calves reported this week including three from the Young brothers of Fitzhugh and a Holstein heifer calf from Jerry Creel of Roff. Plans are underway for the dairy show on May 22 23 and 24. Members should prepare by feeding grain with new grass brushing daily leading and posing teach show clipping early for a neat appearance.
The 4-H broiler project remains in week seven as feed ers report excellent chick care. Mortality stands around 2 percent with a few chicks surviving. Marketing will begin once broilers weigh over 242 pounds or after eight weeks.
The county 4 H round up will host medical exams by Dr. Green from the city county health department. Examinations run 1 to 5 pm each Tuesday and Friday this month. This week’s clubs include Francis and Fitzhugh on Tuesday April 8 and Galey Homer Jesse Latta on Friday April 11.
Mary Rossi of Italy's YWCA denounced a Catholic Action warning against YMCA and YWCA as secret or seditious. She argued the Canon 684 directive mislabels peaceful, cross‑confessional Christian fellowship and urged respect for religious freedom and the YWCA’s centenary aims.
Congress passes a bill removing the Oil Stock Peanut provision for 1952 and later crops. It bars farmers from marketing excess peanuts beyond the allotment with no penalty and ties any surplus to a marketing quota penalty. The change ends the prior allowance of harvesting beyond 1947 to 1948 planted acreages if peanut stock was unavailable.
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Chicago to Cincinnati derailed near Elwood Indiana. The rear seven cars left the rails and the front section last car derailed but did not overturn. Two persons were injured and about 25 others were bruised. A railroad spokesman blamed a broken rail. Wrecking crews were rerailting cars.
Norman reports Dr. J Willis Stovall of the University of Oklahoma museum found petrified bones of a meat eating dinosaur about 14 or 15 feet long in sandstone in southeastern Atoka County. A prior discovery nearby measured 20 feet. Both finds support dating of regional rock formations.
Monterey Park resident William J. Workman seeks an attorney to share half of Alcatraz Island claiming a Mexican deed to land including Alcatraz granted to his grandfather in 1845. He cites an 1849 Los Angeles County history noting a prior grant for Alcatras in San Francisco Bay.
The Upjohn Company reports a process to make cortisone from bread mold and other sources. The method uses muracoles to produce progesterone which converts into cortisone with a single chemical step, reducing costly changes. Cortisone remains scarce despite rising supply due to heavy doctor demand.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers union will not seek a wage increase for 150,000 members as the men's clothing industry faces a downturn. The United States Clothing Manufacturers Association extended expiring contracts to Sept 15, signaling a possible pattern for 375,000 workers in the sector. The union had not staged a major strike in 30 years and last gained a 12 1/2 cent hourly raise in November 1950.
Stratford news records numerous visits across Shawnee Ada and Sayre from families including Riggs Skaggs Ballard and English. A daughter Karen Laverne arrived April 1 to Fate Drake's family at Stratford hospital. Local social ties show widespread travel for family events and hospital cases.
Mrs. S R Cosby hosted son Ronalds tenth birthday on March 31 at their home. Guests included Karen Allen Lula Fay Morris Janice Wood Edgar Winn Ronnie Ballard Betty Shirley Potter Bonnie Alma Klutts Joyce Wood Carlton Roger and Frankie Cosby. Candles cake and punch followed gifts and balloons.
The W S C S gathered at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon with a hymn This is My Father s World and prayer led by Mrs Tom Glass. Mrs Willie Watts reported on the W S C S conference held in Enid last week and Mrs George Needham led a program Brotherhood in the World of Work reading Matthew chapter 20. Attendees included Mrs Allie B Clark Mrs Mattie Slatten Mrs Roy Watts and others.
William W. Wooten age 69 died Sunday in an Oklahoma City hospital. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Watts Chapel Konawa with R L Hartell officiating assisted by Rev Jack Gray. Surviving are his widow Cora two sons Marvin Konawa Elton Wooten Oklahoma City two daughters Ruth and Gloria both of Oklahoma City brothers Lee Wichita Falls Tex Glen Plainview Tex Arthur Tishomingo sisters Ollie Hensley Effie Amburg Nannie Ridley Konawa Tulsa and eight grandchildren.
The East Central music eliminations meet drew 3768 total entries over three days from Thursday to Saturday noon. Participants included bands choruses soloists and ensembles from East Central district and beyond with 1980 entries opening, 1760 for high school and junior high sections, and 28 pianists on Saturday. E Paul Enix of East Central led the event and praised the student participation and smooth organization.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Sutton and Carl visited Clyde Sutton and Bill Sutton of Seminole on Wednesday. Mrs. J. W. Atkinson Jimmie Alta Jean and Mary Jo Starns visited C. M. Dunagan of Tecumseh Tuesday night.
Mr and Mrs David Mullins and their daughters spent Wednesday night with Mr and Mrs Walter Sutton of Seminole.
Mr and Mrs Alton Burns and family of Asher visited Mr and Mrs John Phelps on Wednesday.
Mrs. L. E. Majors of Bowlegs and Mrs. Herman Robertson and Becky visited Mr. and Mrs. George Hollingshead of Ada and Mr. and Mrs. Merl Harper of Allen Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Jack Bottoglia of Seaside California announce the birth of a son named Johnny Joseph They have a daughter Janet Joy Mrs Bottoglia is formerly LaVena Mullins daughter of Mr and Mrs Brad Mullins
Mrs M C Botkin and three other women visited Seminole Tuesday to join a demonstration by Miss Ruth Peterson of Stillwater on pressure canning and deep freeze preserving.
Ernie Sutton and Freddie of Drumright spent Wednesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Jess Sutton.
Mrs Edd Zweincher and Mikie traveled to Okmulgee to visit Mrs Ray Hackworth on Thursday.
Oklahoma City April 5 A union official said the Western Union strike is effective though some workers crossed picket lines Earl Ellis local president AFL Commercial Telegraphers said picket lines are well organized and progress is satisfactory He expected an early wage settlement Frank J Rohrer Western Union superintendent reported some workers defying the national strike order Other offices open Lawton Bartlesville Tulsa with over 100 workers off the job. more expected to take messages.
Sen. McMahon says the United States is building a hydrogen bomb with great progress in atomic weapons. He spoke on a radio program as chairman of the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee, not clarifying if blueprints or actual construction are underway.
Oklahoma A and M experiment station researchers publish a bulletin detailing a full method for making grass silage in damp weather, with curing and storage steps and nutrition data. The report notes rising corn yield goals, illustrates high performance with soil testing, new varieties, and better tillage, and covers watershed runoff studies near Perry to aid cattle and highway planning.
Oklahoma A and M assistant Mable Walker will present a 2:00 p.m. demonstration on better buying at the First Baptist church Ada on Thursday April 10. The event titled The Family Market Basket shows meal plans with equal nutrition at different prices. Ada 4‑H club schedule lists meetings from April 7 to April 11 at multiple locations with girl‑only sessions on some days.
Quick lunch or supper idea uses eggs and ham. Brown ham in fat, then pour a mixture of four eggs milk and seasonings over meat and cook until set. Serve on toast with tomato or vegetable strips and finish with fruit and cookies for dessert.
Fry in fat with onion garlic pepper and tomatoes then add eggs and cook until thickened. Serve with potatoes snap beans crisp salad and upside down fruit cake.
Garden note advises spraying with one teaspoon nicotine sulfate per one gallon water plus soap to control plant lice on arbor vitae. Recommends pruning roses now and trimming vitex Buddha and crape myrtle if needed. Early blooming shrubs like japonica and spirea should be pruned after blooming.
The schedule lists meetings for Rebee at the school on Monday April 7 Pickett with Mrs R J Ritter on Tuesday April 8 and Vaness at the recreation building on Wednesday April 9.
Backers of the Washita Valley flood control project plan a final plea for funds before the Senate Agriculture Committee in Washington Thursday. R C Longmire says a petition with 50 000 signatures will accompany him and publisher Dave Vandivier. The Oklahoma delegation will join in urging funding for soil conservation and flood control dams along 64 Washita River tributaries.
Mrs. Martha Ann Howard 78 died Friday at her Konawa home. Services were 2 p m Saturday at Watts chapel with Orval Knight and Rev L J Gray officiating. Burial Vista cemetery. Survived by eight daughters five of whom reside in Konawa Jenks and Mineral Wells Texas 33 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren.
In Paris eleven of fourteen NATO nations send over 60 officers at lieutenant general rank to test defense theories with charts maps and models for a simulated attack through Germany toward Western Europe. Field Marshal Montgomery arranges and conducts. General Eisenhower plans to attend.
The banana plant originated in Southern Asia but over two thirds of the global commercial banana crop is now produced in Central America.
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