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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1950

Page

8

Pontotoc County Fair Dairy Show Prep Tips

County Agent notes the Pontotoc county fair dates and urges early exhibit prep. Provides dairy cattle conditioning steps 45 days before show including blanket brushing leading standing drinking and feeding practices. Also covers Irish potato storage sprout inhibitor use soil erosion cover crops and a July DHIA report highlighting top cows and butterfat yields.

Pontotoc County Pontatec County Ting Taylors Junior Dhia Pontstoc Dewayne Sherrell Lee George Holstein Ww. P. George Leroy Stonecipher Guernsey Billy Young Harold Krancig Tom George W. P. George

Farm Home Conference and County Fair Dates

The Fontenac county fair runs September 15 and 16 with notes on air catalogs. A Farm Home Conference departs August 2 for Stillwater for a three day program themed Homes Build the Nation, featuring home maker exhibits. A potato catsup recipe is shared, using tomato pulp and spices.

Fontenac County Fair

Ard 4-H Club Parade and Spiced Tomato Preserve

Step by step recipe notes from Ard 4-H Club describe parading through sieve and making spiced tomato preserve. Includes boiling tomato, reducing to half, simmering spice bag in vinegar, then combining with sugar salt paprika and cayenne. Jars are filled, sealed, yields about two pints.

4-H Bedroom Improvement by Maxine Clifford

Maxine Clifford of Lala 4-H club completed a bedroom improvement project. She removed the fireplace and a window to increase light and cheerfulness, finished walls with light blue wallpaper with rose accents, and chose rose and white check curtains and matching bedspread. The fabric features a white ruffle, bedspread trim, and rose and white pillow shams with white ruffles. She completed the room with the help of fellow club members and expressed pride in her work.

Maxine Clifford Maxine Pitin G

Ex U S School Teacher Seeks Homes For Europe Refugees

Paris based Evelyn Scheyer, former New York teacher, works for the Economic Cooperation Administration to find homes for Europe’s displaced persons. She notes refugees are job seekers, not just victims, and describes housing shortages across Schleswig Holstein and Bavaria, with families in rail cars and barracks.

PARIS NEA Evelyn Scheyer New York Europe Economic Cooperation Administration Scheyer Central Asia Russia Yugoslavia Germany Schleswig- Holstein Bavaria Austria

Bome Demonstration Club Schedule

Schedule notes a July and August sequence with meetings on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Names such as Bebee Colbert James Pat terson and Francis appear in fragments. The text lists events at Ge school and a Mrs. James Patterson involvement with August dates.

Leta Colbert James Patterson Francis Clut

Ada Gets New Signs on Main Street

Ada city officials announced new traffic signs along Main Street at intersections with signals. The plan enforces the traffic rule at corners with signals and aims to guide drivers, with officers scheduled to monitor compliance beginning Monday.

Ada Main Street City Street Department Pance Deparment Ma Denvers City Sine

Cancer Detection Clinic Examines 38 In Sulphur

In Sulphur a Marine Cancer Detection clinic examined 38 patients in the afternoon at the American Legion Hut. Registration was handled by three women, with doctors from Oklahoma City assessing dermatology, surgical, and gynecological care. Results showed seven positives in dermatology and one positive in surgical out of the examined.

American Legion Hut Reistrars Charles G. Berndt George W. Duke J. O Carter Robert T. Sturm American Cancer Society Oklahoma City Frank Logan Logan Branch Oklahoma Gutta Lark Clay i Weems Royal Miday County

Red Oak Home Demonstration Club Hobby Program Review

The Red Oak Home Demonstration club met at 2 15 p m Friday with Mrs Z E Ballinger hosting. Group singing opened. poems were read and the theme was Hobbies and Handicraft. A letter from Miss Genevieve L Kysar noted Farm and Home Week at Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater August 25. Delegates were named and reports for eight months were given including Flower and Vegetable show and county picnic. Demonstrations on arts and crafts plus bottle collection and a wood painting were shown. Next meeting set for August 3 at Mrs Ramona Henn with cake and iced tea served to seven members.

Red Oak Home Z. E. Ballinger America S. E. Ballinger A. R. Lannom Ramona Henn Wioness Pall Lhdadek Ag

July 4 Election Checks Ready for Distribution

County officials who served in the July 4 election can pick up their checks at the county clerk’s office. Cloud Babbitt, the county clerk, said the checks arrived Monday and are arranged for distribution at the clerk’s office. A telephone call will authorize mailing of the checks.

Punto Cloud Babbitt

Engineers Hold Unbeaten Home LACrosse Streak At RPI

Troy New York Ned Harkness led Cornell’s lacrosse team to an 831 home unbeaten run, with 67 wins, 9 losses and 2 ties over six years, as the Engineers failed to beat them on their home field.

Troy N.Y

American Reinforcements Land in Korea Reported

U.N. forces rush to aid troops in Korea as American reinforcements arrive, while at Lake Success the U.N. Security Council debates Soviet demands to admit communist China as a condition for action. Washington rejects such a bargain, insisting on peace action first and expecting U.N. forces to prevail.

Korea Lake Sucess United Nations China U.N United States Moscow Security Council Jakob AL Malik Moalis Russia South Korea America Asia Peace Organization Red China Tibet Ching Indo China

City Directory Being Prepared for Publication

A city directory is in preparation with the Mutin-Killer expected to publish this directory next. The first city directory was issued in 448 with this issue anticipated for delivery soon.

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Missing youngster found in ice box

In Los Angeles on July 28 a search by twenty officers extended a mile square area for four hours for seven year old Betty Jean Simuth. She was found sitting in an old ice box on her porch after authorities pursued multiple leads.

Lue Angeles Betty Jean Simuth

Hadacol Praise From Newport Stew Worker

A Newport stew worker touts Hadacol as a lifesaver noting improved appetite and stomach comfort after using the tonic. He claims rapid progress from frequent pains to normal eating and no gas, and urges others to try Hadacol for better strength and stamina.

Ink Bo Robinson Lin RY Newport H.acol Prinecla. Here Is What Mr. Robinson Ming Eveal Rede B. B. Wren

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