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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1958
Page
2
Oakman News lists numerous weekend guests and social visits. Ada, Seminole, Oklahoma City, Sherman, Horner, La., Oxnard, Calif., and other towns are named among relatives and friends staying with or visiting local families. Fishing at Lake Texoma noted with several catches.
Long list of 4-H talks demonstrations and health contests across Blue Red White groups in Rural School Division 4-H events. Names include Carol Howell Judy Wil Paty Lamirand Judy Grover and Floyd Burrows among many participants, with chocolate and oatmeal cookies and various cooking and table setting demonstrations highlighted.
Dr Morrison notes high milk production relies on green pasture and high quality roughage rather than protein concentrates above 12 percent. Calf starters need protein quality, fat additions have little economic benefit, and stilbestro shows no production gain. Minerals vary by region. salt is essential. vitamin A is key for producers.
The 1957 wool program will set payment rates after the summer release of the average price received for short wool in the 1957 marketing year. Payments, under the National Wool Act of 1954, aim to boost wool production toward a 300 million pound target. Shorn wool payments directly incentivize production, while payments on unshorn lambs mirror shorn wool rates to encourage selling lambs with wool and discourage unnecessary shearing for incentive pay.
Latta dominated poultry with Lattadual and teammates Don Boatright Dennis Thurman Pete Brantley. sophomores Lovelace Brantley and freshmen Boatright Thurman. Field crops placed 10th among 45 schools. Team members include Don Scott Jan Newton Don Stonecipher and Russ Brumley.
Bennett Sherrer local ASC director warns cotton growers to release any unused cotton acreage by May 1. He notes the June 1 deadline also applies to peanut allotments.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol will run its second quarterly vehicle inspection in May led by Patrol Chief Major Jack Rollins. In February 62,445 vehicles were checked with 9,232 defects, about 15 percent, below prior years. Troopers will inspect lights brakes windshields horns emissions and steering. drivers must show licenses. 22 cities will run local lanes with red and white circular stickers.
Awards totaling 2250 dollars are offered for winners in the 1958 international land judging contest to be held May 1 and 2 on a farm near Oklahoma City Four H and FFA judging teams from at least 40 states are expected to compete Also entered are 22 representatives of 11 foreign nations and a junior judges team from abroad The Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 4 H Club provides the latter team The contest allows 4 H and FFA teams and individuals women girls adults and collegiate teams The actual contest occurs Friday May 2 with May 1 for instruction on land judging techniques and purposes
The Jessie club outlines plans to refurbish the kitchen and create a working south room. The Tae club will meet on the first and fourth Wednesdays monthly. Vandalism damaged an outside kitchen door after the building was handed to the district for community service. a warped old door replaced it. Attendees at the initial meeting included Mesdames M. Pharr Arvel Phillips Chester Nix Le tMer Bob Cox Mygile Truitt and S. J. Markley.
Leroy Tibbs faces second degree forgery charges for passing a counterfeit check and forging Earl Miller signature as payee. The $28.75 check, tied to a hauling claim, was made payable to Tibbs and given to Fowler Service Station. Tollie Fowler signed the complaint in Bert E. Ratliff's justice of the peace court.
All interested persons are asked to meet at the Center School building Tuesday night at 7. Plans will be discussed for the annual Memorial Day rally on May 30.
Ada clarity from Internal Revenue Service official Ballard explains refunds travel through many hands and machines before mailing. Differences in deductions handwriting or missing signatures can delay, yet 206,934 refunds have already ship. Eligible 1957 returns should arrive by July 4 celebration.
Pony Project continued from page one notes a foal expected in February after a back bred mare. Wayne Brown, 10, Latta first grade, and sister Carolyn, 6, enjoy watching the colt leap and kick as neighborhood children gather. Joe Bob Fruitt’s three week old colt is second youngest. Joe Bob is four. Jerry Beller, 17, junior, secretary of the Latin FFA, has the latest foal born April 18. China adopts a 26 letter phonetic alphabet, replacing hundreds of ideographs.
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