Mushrooms and a Teen Scientist Shine in Ada Community
Ada Chronicle notes a local mushroom harvest by Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Hudson yielding 164 mushrooms from a 30 by 30 foot patch. It also profiles Joe Geddie of Byng School, who earned a superior rating at the East Central District Science Fair for a high voltage transformer project and qualified for state competition.
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George Gurley
Marlon
Tiny” Hudson
E. 15Th
Hudsons
Joe Geddie
Ada
Byng School
Allied Radio Corporation
Chicago
Joe
Navy
C. C. Geddie
North Bluff
Ada Weekly Photo Contest Opens New Rule
The Ada WEEKLY News hosts a photo contest offering two dollar prizes. Last week winner Bob Stroud identified three Ada area bridges. This week presents three undefined objects. mail answers to Don Cook. After a person wins three times, they become ineligible.
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Bob Stroud
Ada
Wintersmith Park
Don Cook
Ada Weekly News
Farmers See Peak Participation in Pontotoc ACP for 1964
In Pontotoc County 413 farms joined the Agricultural Conservation Program in 1964, the highest participation among ASCS activities. B B Ownbey, ASC County Committee chairman, notes funds help soil and water resources. The report lists numerous practices including perennial grass or legume cover on 202 farms and 3626 acres, lime stone on 2 farms, and dam or reservoir work on 138 farms with 146 ponds.
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Pontotoc County
ASCS
B.B. Ownbey
ASC County Committee
ACP
Lee Knickmeyer Dies Suddenly in Ada Home
Mrs. Elma Louise Knickmeyer died at her Ada residence Tuesday night. Graveside services are set for Friday at 3 p.m. in Rose Dale Cemetery. She was wife of W. L. Knickmeyer, Ada Evening News staff writer and former Ada Weekly News editor. Born May 6 1914 in Clifton Hill Missouri she had two sons Joe and Steve. The family moved to Ada in 1954 when Mr. Knickmeyer became editor of the Weekly.
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Elma Louise ‘‘Lee
Knickmeyer
Crownpoint
Ada
Rosedale Cemetery
W. L. Knickmeyer
Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly News
Clifton Hill
O. W. Reed
Mr. Knickmeyer
Stoney Hill
Knickmeyers
Joe
Steve
Oklahoma University
Stillwater
Ozark
Arkansas
County Round-Up Bigger Than Ever
A total of 202 boys and girls attended the annual 4H Pontotoc County Round-Up at First Methodist and First Baptist churches on Tuesday April 13 Ninety nine talks and 97 demonstrations were presented by both groups Combined Eight boys earned spots on the Pontotoc County delegation to the State 4-H Round-Up in Stillwater May 25 to compete for state honors Winning trip honors went to Don Reed and Lanny Murphy Stonewall for an electric team demonstration Youth Hal Sliger and Robert Scroggins Byng soil conservation team demonstration Dean Wils and Jimmy Zakary Stonewall automotive team demonstration Richard Bailey Allen safety demonstration and Jack Sanders Roff 4-H Talk American Youth Eddie Ward and Jim Stone Galey presented the champion rural team demonstration Making a Nail and Screw Rack The rural champion individual demonstration was Gary Hunley Pickett with How to Make a Simple Chick Brooder Keith Losson Pickett was rural division 4-H talk champion with 4-H Health In grade school division the champion team demonstration How Electricity Works by Mike Standridge Benny Rosser Latta and Terry Shortes Latta presented the champion 4-H talk Soil Improvement and Dairy Farming High school division champions were Don Reed and Lanny Murphy Stonewall with their team demonstration
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Pontotoc County
First Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Stillwater
Don Reed
Lanny Murphy
Stonewall
Hal Sliger
Robert Scroggins
Byng
Dean Wils
Jimmy Zakary
Richard Bailey
Allen
Jack Sanders
Eddie Ward
Jim Stone
Galey
Mike Standridge
Benny Rosser
Latta
Terry Shortes
Grain Estimates Will Exceed 1964 Costs
Washington AP reports that the Agriculture Department foresees feed grain stabilization costs for 1965 at least 200 million dollars higher than 1964. The program buys price supports and payments to reduce plantings of corn sorghum and barley to curb surpluses, with record participation and the largest acreage held out of production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
the Department
Walleye Egg Stripping Effort Aims Five Million Fry
Canton Reservoir hosts biologists stripping eggs from Walleyed pike females. Eggs fertilized by males are sent to Tahlequah hatchery for hatching and release. Fisheries chief Leland Roberts says the process won’t hurt the Walleye fishery. even one large female could overflow Canton with pike.
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Canton Reservoir
Tahlequah
Leland Roberts
Department of Wildlife Conservation
Roberts
Canton
Byng Hires Ina Henson as Francis School Principal
The Byng School Board announces Ina Henson as Francis Grade School principal after 29 years in teaching. A Pontotoc County Teacher of the Year recipient, she taught at Francis since 1943 and previously led a high school program until 1957. She holds degrees from East Central State College and studied at Oklahoma on an NSF grant. Her husband is Frisco conductor, and their two sons hold education and public service roles.
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Byng School Board
Francis
Ina Henson
Henson
Pontotoc County
Steedman and Lovelady
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Central District Meet
Platt Park
Buly
Lee Knickmeyer
Richard
Gary Hunley
Pickett
Keith Losson
Department
Pike
EEK Francis Public SC ST
Mrs. Via Henson
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