County 4 Hers Parade In Dress
The annual 4H Dress Review and Appropriate Clothing contest drew over 400 county 4 H students. Girls competed at East Central State College ballroom, boys at Willard School auditorium, both starting at 9 30 a m and ending at noon. Peggy Heimer earned grand champion in the junior senior division with a bottom dress. Cheryl Melton took reserve. Senior winners included Carol Dearman, Peggy Heimer Latta, Shirley Griffith, Carol Howell, and Cheryl Melton. Ronnie Smith Francis won grand champion in the boys division modeling school wear. Jimmy Klepper Fitzhugh was reserve grand champion in dress suit. Shelby Morgan Fitzhugh won sports outfit. judges included Jim Bullard and Ted South.
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East Central State College
Willard School
Peggy Heimer
Cheryl Melton
Vaness
Cheryl
Ruth Ann McCullar
Pickett
Cathy Tucker
Gabey
Brenda Mitcheson
Gayle McNinch
Carol Dearman
Ross
Ronnie Smith
Francis
Jimmy Klepper
Fitzhugh
Shelby Morgan
Jim Bullard
Black's Clothiers
Ted South
B and M Clothiers
Edd Mitchell
M. C. Klepper
H. V. Smith
Frank Jared
Roy Bardin
Goats Claim Best Timber Control On Center Farm
Edgar Morrison keeps twelve goats on his 60 acre Center area farm to clear brush and weeds. He says the goats pay for themselves as they improve land, milking four daily and even drinking goat milk himself. The Nannys and Bills reportedly eat most pests while sparing the grass, a key point Morrison notes.
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Edgar Morrison
Morrison
Center
J Brush
Retired Barber Ties His Own In Fly Fishing
Fitzhugh reader profile on "Slew" Ballard a retired barber now in his 20th year of fly fishing. He ties his own flies makes fiberglass to bass and goggle eye lures in his shop which doubles as a domino parlor and repair shed. Ballard guides his craft selling to friends and for profit while sharing tips on streams in southeastern Oklahoma.
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Ballard
Izaak Walton
Fitshugh
S. K
Oklahoma
Ates
Morrison
Blue
Mill Creek
Atoka Lake
Texoma
Fitzhugh
Ballard i
Rankin Arena At Galey Attracts Cowboys And Spectators
Rankin Arena near Galey on SH 13 hosts biweekly winter rodeos with top professionals in charge. Selmon Rankin owns the venue, training stables and cutting horses nearby. The two day events feature bulldogging calf roping and barrel racing drawing about 300 spectators and 60 entrants per show with many well known riders from Oklahoma and beyond. Notable names include Jim Rutherford Ted Rankin Samuel Rankin Lloyd Burk Barry Burk Clyde Burk Bennie Combs Willard Goodspeed Jess Goodspeed Bobby Goodspeed Moncey De Burk and Sonny Worrel. The circuit expects bigger crowds on Easter weekend and aims to become a regular rodeo tour stop.
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Rankin
Galey
Rodeo
Bennett County
Rankin Arena
SH 13
Selmon Rankin
Oklahoma
Rankin's
Jim Rutherford
Summers Chaplel
Dim
Jim
Ted
East Central State College
Selmon
Samuel
Lloyd Burk
Rutherford
Barry Burk
Clyde Burk
Sonny Worrel
Kansas
Everett Shaw
Stonewall
Wortel
Cheyenne
Wych
Cowboy
Bennie Combs
Yion Bulldogger
Willard
Jess
Bobby Goodspeed
United States
Bobby
Moncey Dee Burk
Baldy
Rankin and
Rodeo Cowboy Pro Gives Full Time Now
Jim Rutherford, 26, near Summers Chapel, left his dairy job to pursue rodeo full time. A seasoned calf roper and bulldogger, he trains at Rankin Arena on SH 23 near Ada and travels the rodeo circuit with his brother Ted. Ranked as a rising professional, he credits years of practice and a steady work ethic, aiming to become a top rodeo cowboy in three years.
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Jim Rutherford
Jim
Summers Chapel
Rankin Arena
SH 23
Ada
Galey
Ted
Excitement
East Central State College
Arly
Rankin
Cree
Roper
Rutherford
Rankin’s
Vanoss FFA seeks Junior Master Farmer nominee at state convention
Vanoss Future Farmers of America chapter nominates Vance McNeal for the Junior Master Farmer degree to be awarded at the Oklahoma FFA convention April 26 27 in Stillwater. About 340 Oklahoma FFA boys qualified this year as Jimmy Altom Jerry Haskins and Don L Sliger represent Vanoss. Governor J Howard Edmondson will present degrees and award the Governor's Trophy to the State FFA Star Farmer. The degree honors outstanding vocational agriculture work and requires significant investment or earnings by the nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Galaway
Vanoss
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Stillwater
Vance McNeal
E. L. McNeal
Oklahoma Ffa
Jimmy Altom
Jerry Haskins
Don L. Sliger
Vaness
J. Howard Edmondson
FFA Association
Specialists Make Study Of County Agriculture Here
A team of Oklahoma State University agriculture specialists visited Ada to study Pontatac County’s economic conditions. Led by Houston Ward, the group included Doyle Spurlock and George Masters, working with County Agent Cy Mailey to prepare an economic development program for the county and its Rural Firea Development organization. Ward will return to assist in final reporting.
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Oklahoma State University
Ada
Pontatac
Rural Firea Development Organization
Houston Ward
Ward
Doyle Spurlock
George Masters
Area Development Association Studies
ARA
Cy Mailey
Past Resident Of Egypt Dies In Texas
Brice Scott of Weatherford Texas died suddenly Friday at 1 30 pm after a heart attack at the Parker County Sheriff s Posse clubhouse He was 72 and had spent most of his life near Egypt Ada area He leaves a wife Cora Mae two daughters two step sons and two step daughters plus two brothers Hoover Scott Egypt and H A Scott Cleveland Tex and two sisters Mrs Willie Gayne Egypt and Mrs Laura Seeley Lower Lake Calif Services were Monday at White Funeral Home Chapel with minister Sparkman officiating Mineral Wells
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Brice Scott
Weatherford
Tex
Walter Gayne
Hoover Scott
Egypt
Weatherford Hospital
Posse Club
Cora Mae
Jason
B. C. Scott, Jr
Fort Worth
J. Allen Davis Jr
Chesterfield
Jo Mary
Sinclair
Los Angeles
Calif
Flw. Anthony
Seldridge
Mich
A. E. Anthony
Hangnail Blamed for Lockjaw in Oakman Community
Miss Angie Wright of Oakman reports a hangnail led to a case of lockjaw after an infection. She spent five days at Valley View Hospital and is now at home, with doctors not fearing any regular recurrence.
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Oakman
Angie. Wright
Valley ‘View Hospital
Miss Wright
Tranquilizer Gun Subdues Wild Animals In Ada Clinic
Three years of use by veterinarians has made drug shooting guns common for temperamental livestock. A Cap-Chur rifle delivers nicotine alkaloid via syringe to immobilize targets in seconds, reducing stress on animals and handlers. The Ada clinic keeps one device and uses it about ten times yearly when capture is difficult.
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Ada Veterinarian Clinic
Amazon
Ada
Oklahoma
Willd Rhyites
Cline
Pakner Chemical and Equipment Co
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Hers
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Selmen Rankin
Vanoss Boy
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Lockjaw
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