Changes and Additions for Pontotoc County Free Fair Dairy Cattle
County Agent Lester F. Smith announces changes in age classifications for dairy cattle for the Pontotoc County Free Fair September 13 14 15. New state cohorts apply to bull and heifer ages with classifications from calf to four years plus cow and herd group rules. Also added farm crops class hybrid corn, 4 H club divisions and tractor operators contest replacing farm level events. Agricultural tips cover bollworm and boll weevil control, hog comfort in hot weather, and field pest monitoring with spraying and dusting guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hamey
LESTER _F. SMITH
Pontotoc County Free Fair
Central Oklahoma
Milx
M.lk
Hog and Livestock Care Notes from Pontotoc County
Article reports on hog housing and humane marketing methods, horse fly control using Pyrenone T-143 with concentrate sprays, and 4-H projects. Highlights include pig litter records from Billy Lucas of Fitzhugh 4-H, a sow's two-P.R. litters, and DHIA records by Joe Engel noting Bayd Farms cow Outcream Bessie Nell produced 13,699 pounds milk and 774 pounds butterfat in ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontetac
Billy Lucas
Pontotoc County
Fitzhugh
Tne
Bill Hes
DHIA
Joe Engel
Bayd Farms
Bessie Nell
Mulch and Feed Your Vegetable Garden Now
BENRY PRs for NEA Baprice offers summer gardening guidance. Mulching with leaves or straw conserves moisture and cuts weeds, aids even moisture distribution for tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and root crops. Feed plants with a liquid fertilizer made of three cups of fertilizer to 22 quarts water, applied as a pint per plant or per three feet of row. July is the typical seed sowing window. remove early crops to free space, rework soil, and add compost or fertilizer for fall quality. Also covers composting, pest questions on bagworms arborvitae and other pests, spray recommendations, and notes on answering reader questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benry Prs
NEA Baprice
Charge Filed for Slaying at Tulsa
A 20 year old man Eugene Monroe was charged with murder in the June 25 rape slaying of Dorothy Waldrop 22 a pregnant mother. Monroe pleaded innocent at arraignment before Judge Leslie W Lisle and a preliminary hearing was set for Friday. Police say he signed a statement admitting the crime and may be sent to McAlester state penitentiary next week. Waldrop body was found by two boys near her apartment with a handkerchief around her throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Ohls
Dorothy Waldrop
Eugene Monroe
Common Pleas
Leslie W. Lisle
Fred Graves
Monroe
California
State Penitentiary
McAlester
Lewis J. Bicking
Graves
Spraying Program Used at Konawa
Konawa begins a citywide spraying program to reduce Hy and mosquito populations using DDT. City manager Jasper Freeman says alleys will be treated after precleanup of vacant lots and alleys. Weather conditions are ideal and effective results are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Jasper Freeman
Freeman
Sue
Two Drivers Die In Speedways Near Winchester Indiana
Two speedway drivers Cecil Green and Bill Mackey were killed within 15 minutes at Funk Speedway near Winchester Indiana during time trials. Both cars spun or crashed on a steep southwest banked curve after slipping on an oil slick, with Green crashing through a rail and Mackey dropping down the embankment as guard rails failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inchester
Ind
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Cecil Green
Houston
Tex
Bill Mackey
Indianapolis
Funk Speedway
Winchester
Green
Mackey
American Automobile Association
Vanoss Ice Cream Supper Brings Community Together
Vaenoss annual ice cream supper hosted by the Vanoss HJJ club drew many families on Friday night. Each family contributed ice cream mix, cake or cookies while elders visited and children played. Georgia Ruth Pitt performed accordion pieces as the event wrapped with music and socializing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaenoss
Vanoss
Union Valley HD Club Meeting With 32 Women Present
The Union Valley home demonstration club met Thursday with 32 women, eight visitors, and six new members. President Beulah Elmore led the session. A devotional and prayers opened proceedings. Members discussed fair exhibits and family life education with demonstrations on play and citizenship. Refreshments followed for attendees, including several new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Valley Home Demonstration Club
Beulah Elmore
Cordie Davis
W. EL. Davis
Oklahoma
Lucille Elkins
Novelee Hall
Effie Scott
Cerill Blankenship
Helen Scott
H. D. A. Miss McDaniel
Mary Scott
Jean Crawford
Floyce Keatley
Ellene Boyd
Charlene Boyd
iHaroldene Hall
Habbie Morris
Nellie Miller
Winnie Turner
Cecil Blankenship
Viola Minor
Zella Minor
Alma Boyd
Emily Hisan
Effie Seoth
Dolly Morgan
Ruth Stephens
Faye Dell Davis
Geniene Horton
Rosia Falter
Ed Welch
Cuby McNinch
Cordie Woolwine
Ethel Tones
Pauline Young
Jones Biller
Narvah, Marsh
McDaniel
Smithville Welcomes Smith Family Return to Town
Smithville, Mn. July 28. After years without any Smith residents the town now has two Smiths. Smith and his sister-in-law Mrs. Clara Smith recently moved to Smithville from Japlin. The population is about 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
Smith
Clara Smith
Japlin
Miss Bessie Thomas Completes Degree Work at College
Mrs Bessie Thomas of 218 East Sinth finished degree work at East Central State College with the summer class earning a Bachelor of Science in elementary education and Emclisa minor. A Moore Man training school graduate, she taught ten years in Seminole and Okfuskee counties including seven years at Fetiquah Okfuskee and coached girls basketball. Her husband Dr L Thomas is convalescing after oil company injuries, and they have six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Thomas
East Sinth
East Central State College
Thomas
Aonor
Emclisa
Morsee Mann Training School
East Central
Seminole County
Cleveland County
Fettiquah School
Okfuskee County
Or. L. Thomas
Bessie Lee
R. 8. Lée
Ada
Antlers Soldier Pvt Frazier to be reburied in Antlers
Reburial services for Pvt. Eiam L. Frazier 29 of Antlers killed in Korea August 10 will be at 4 p m Friday August 2 at First Methodist Church Antlers. Body ships from Oakland escorted by guard arriving 2 19 p m Thursday color guard from VFW post will meet train. The Rev Byars Columbia and Rev James M Edwards will officiate with burial under Indian veterans from the VFW post. Frazier survived by widow Sarah Ann and two daughters Jo Anna 7 Naomi Fay 3, family longtime Antlers residents. He first served in World War II Normandy Northern France Rhine Central Europe and re enlisted in 1948. He served occupation duty in Japan before Korea. first Antlers soldier reported killed in Korea. Pushmataha rural schools open August 27 per Lonnie D. Killian with teachers reporting August 27.
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Eiam L. Frazier
Antlers
Korea
48Rd Combat Engineers
First Methodist Church of
Byars Colummbia
Hugo
James M. Edwards
Sarah Ann
Jo Anna
Naomi Fay
Louis L. Frazier
Saper
Pyt
Frazier
ETO
Normandy
France
Rhine
Europe
Japan
Two Return From Extended Travel
Mrs. J. C. Horton of 715 West Thirteenth and her sister Mrs. Clare Atkins Granbury Tex returned from a two week East and North tour with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Horton Jr visiting Oak Ridge Tenn Washington Pittsburgh New York City Boston Quebec and Montreal. They stopped at Niagara Falls and Lake Erie enjoyed swimming and saw racing farms in Kentucky and the White Mountains New Hampshire where they viewed the Man of the Mountain from Hawthorne's The Great Stone Face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Horton
West Thirteenth
Clare Atkins
Granbury
Tex
J. C.horton, Jr
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Horton
Atkins
J. C. Horton, Jr
Washington, D. C
Pittsburgh
New York City
Boston
Quebec
Montreal
Canada
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Kentucky
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Hawthorne
Ada Boy Scout Camp in timbered hills near town
Mr and Mrs E G Kendall have created a premier Boy Scout retreat near Ada for Troop 4 of the First Christian church. The 200 acre estate features springs, a swimming pool, lakes, multiple camps with concrete tables and fireplaces, a Kendall cottage with a modern exhaust roof fan, running spring water at each camp, and ongoing plans for additional lakes and evergreen plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Little
E. G. Kendall
Ada
First Christian Church
Mr. Kendall
Kendall
Chaunces
Seis
Farm Home Conference and County Fair Notices
A report from Stillwater outlines plans for the Farm Home Conference July 31 to August 3 with 30 or more home demonstration members and agents attending from Ada leaving at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday. Pontotoc chorus will perform Thursday 10:30 a.m. during the general assembly, and Pontotoc county fair catalogs are being printed with arts and crafts exhibits added. Also included are recipes for Lemon Ice Cream and a tomato lemon conserve suitable for home canning and jars.
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Martha Mote
Lou McDoniel
Farm Home Conference
Home
Stillwater
Court House
Ada
County
Pontotoc Chorus
General Assembly
Pontotoc County
Senate Probers on Alert over Alleged RFC Loan Story
Washington reports that Senate investigators are alert and watching the unfolding case of an alleged influence loan to a St. Louis printing firm. Names linked include William H. Boyle Jr, E Merl Young, James F. Finnegan, and Max Siskind, with figures totaling about 14 500 dollars for minimal work and 13 000 dollars paid to Siskind through mid 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
St. Louis
McClellan
D-Ark
Post-Dispatch
Max Siskind
Law Farmer
William H. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Siskind
Boyle
E. Merl Young
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Joans
James F. Finnegan
Post- Dispatch
Lithoford
R.ay Blauner
RFC
Blauner
Lithaford
Mrs Floyd Hale Heads Auxiliary in Konawa
Mrs Floyd Hale has been elected president of the Auxiliary unit of the Cable Jumper post of the American Legion in Konawa. Officers named with her include Miss Oda Terny as vice president Mrs Dan Khoury secretary Mrs Joe Rodgers treasurer Mrs Calvin Vance historian Mrs Mary Taylor chaplain Mrs A F Eidson parliamentarian and Mrs Rebecca Parks sergeant at arms. Mrs Hale succeeds Miss Terry as head of the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Floyd Hale
American Legion
Konawa BPW Club Adds WBB Bank Project
Konawa BPW Club approves a new WBB Bank project with Mrs. Herman Burton as president and Mrs. A Stephens named chairman. Another major effort aids handicap children, with Mrs. Ben Frank as corresponding secretary. Mrs. Wes Leatherock resigns as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Aalking Broad Bank
Konawa Bpw Club
Herman Burton
A. Stephens
Ben Frank
Burton
Wes Leatherock
Korean student to speak to Ada groups this weekend
Miss Duk Sun Park a native Korean now studying in America will address Ada groups Sunday and Monday. She speaks Sunday at 7 p m at Westminster Youth Fellowship First Presbyterian church and Monday at 4 p m to Presbyterian women in Community Hall. Park, 24, daughter of Korea's Democratic Party vice president, came to the U S before the war and studied at Park College Missouri and College of Emporia Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duk Sun Park
America
Westminster
First Presbyterian Church
Korea
Democratic Party of Korea
Duk Sun
Park College
Missouri
College of Emporia
Kansas
H. T. Baugh
Meeker
Presbyterian Women of
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Lightning kills OPS staffer on golf outing
Wilmer R. Huff, 43, member of the Office for Price Stabilization press staff, was killed by a lightning bolt at a miniature golf course on Hains Point near the Jefferson Memorial. W. W. McClanahan, 35, was seriously injured. Huff previously worked for the Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal. McClanahan had a long newspaper career including posts at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Toledo Times, and Nashville Tennessean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilmer R. Huff
W. W. McClanahan
Office For Price Stabilization Press
Hains Point
Jefferson Memorial
Hutf
McClanahan
Huff
Marianne Huff
Theodore Huff
New York
Associated Press
New York City
Wall Street Journal
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Toledo Times
Nashville Tennessean
Norman lieutenant among Oklahoma casualties in Korea
The Defense Department announced that First Lieut. Thomas C. Hanson, son of Mrs. Mary Tackett, was killed in Korean fighting, the lone Oklahoma casualty on list No. 364. A recipe note adds grated cucumber with sour cream served with cold boiled salmon for a hot weather main course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defenee Department
Thomas C. Hanson
Mary Tackett
Oklahoma
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Quiszing
Henry Pree
Norfolk, Va
Guadaluse River
Kerrville
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Union Valley HD Club
Smith Families
Antlers News
Pushmatahe
Lonnie D. Killian
Horton of
Sisters
Northeast
Adan
Scouts
Minnie
Mrs
Konawa Bpw
WBB Bank
Korean Democratic Party
Sha‘s
Kansas College
Bolt of Lightning
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