15 Apr 1954
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1954
Page
1
Everett Shaw of Stonewall earns ongoing honors for rodeo involvement alongside the Truitts, making Stonewall prominent on the rodeo map. The piece also notes heavy rainfall of 1.22 inches and local chatter about dandelions and a whimsical plan to use boll weevils to curb them.
Rain postpones Pontotoc Junior and Senior Benefit Rodeo to Sunday April 18 at 1 30 p m. Event at Stewart Ranch Connerville invites rodeo hands to join jackpot roping bulldogging barrel racing for high school girls and OVS.
Virginia approves a 200000 appropriation to fund the 350th anniversary events marking the 1607 Jamestown landing. The move supports ceremonies, exhibits, and educational programs tied to the historic sesquicentennial.
Pontotoc County Teachers Association selects Fisher District Judge Lavern Fisher from Coalgate as speaker for the annual dinner meeting on April 21. The event at East Central State College Union ballroom begins at 7 p m with tickets at 1 50. Music by EC State College music staff.
Ada faces an injunction suit filed last weekend by downstream landowners to limit Byrds Mill spring water use. City officials debate funding, possible new pumping line, and the need to maintain water flow to avoid air locks while keeping residents served.
The week opened with heavy beneficial rain, 1.12 inches on Sunday and 0.10 inch on Monday, aiding agriculture. Warmups to the 80s followed a spell of cool, cloudy weather as Gulf moisture and cold air collided, with the U. S. Weather Bureau predicting more showers and thunderstorms starting Thursday afternoon.
Two women Frances Johnson and Nora Pettigrew, both of 1130 East Fourth, claim Cecil Wood beat and bruised them with his fists in separate assault and battery cases filed in C. W. Floyd's peace justice court.
William M. Ross and his wife Martha Nickell reflect on Oklahoma in 1896 when grass stood shoulder high and timbered country offered abundant game. Born in Arkansas and meeting near Ardmore, they married in 1893 and later settled to farm and cattle in the territory, recalling Indian trails, burned brush, and a wilder landscape.
Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission extended a ban to all lakes built with public funds excluding municipally owned ones. Texoma Grand Tenkiller Ft Gibson Greenleaf Murray Car Blackwell Lugert Hulah Wister Ft. Supply Canton Salt Plains Heyburn now prohibit nets seines or traps. Trotslines remain allowed for sport fishing at Texoma and Grand. Proclamation took effect April 5 with officials citing reduced spawning and safety concerns.
Dick and Juanita Truitt mentor local boys in ranch life through hands on work and rodeo events. A tree poisoning party drew boys including Homer Ray Roberts and Monroe Hodge while a Pontotoc high school senior rodeo in Connerville showcased youth talent with Monroe Hodge placing first in bull dogging and Joe Warren Broughton winning barrel racing to fund their Florida trip. A repeat rodeo is planned next Sunday due to rain and renewed interest.
A report notes that electric eels in the Amazon and Orinoco rivers can grow to about eight feet in length and be as thick as a man's leg, indicating remarkable size for the species.
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