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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
2
Farm Views and News by C. H. Hailey outlines fall vegetable planting times for Pontotoc County. The guide lists cowpeas, sweetcorn, squash, cucumbers, beans, Irish potatoes, carrots, Swiss chard, radishes, spinach, mustard, and onions with specific planting windows based on the November 6 average first killing frost date.
A historical note outlines tasks for August 1 including culling non producers from the laying flock. It advises locating mash and grain feeders in a shaded well lit area, remodeling the poultry house for pullet moves from the range, feeding ample grain mash grit and Steen feed, and keeping old hens separate from pullets with higher grain needs.
Ten cotton fields in Pontotoc county were surveyed for boll weevils with percent punctured squares ranging from 7 to 51. The overall infestation is down fifty percent from last week, yet remains high enough to threaten crops and justify poisoning on fields likely to yield at least half a bale per acre.
Farm Home Week drew record attendance with President Bennett and Secretary Clinton P Anderson among honored guests. Oklahoma educators Mr and Mrs Agnew Standridge join as principals and teachers. Irene Wyatt to head music. Zeland Wood returns to first grade. existing staff retained. Public foods guidance urges storage preservation and sugar alternatives amid wartime demand.
Work is progressing quickly to prepare an outstanding exhibit in all lines at the county fair this fall.
Announcement from Stratford Star by Sept Lewis E McGraw lists new faculty as Stratford schools prepare to open Sept 3. McGraw former Haworth schools head in Curtain county. Mrs McGraw to teach English in the high school.
L F Battles announces Ada native Hinkle Blevins will replace Frank Lucas as Wetumka football coach and social studies teacher. Blevins reports in August, begins practice September 1. LeRoy Matthews moves to Purcell High. Doc LeFevers joins Norman High as assistant coach and head basketball coach.
A local classified item notes enhanced value for investors in the Ada area. The notice highlights improved yields and a renewed appeal for early participants in the program. It points to favorable terms and potential gains backed by the issuing organization.
Fort Worth reports on the B 32 bomber as a heavy class aircraft surpassing loaded performance and crew training. The article details the plane’s dimensions cockpit crew hours checks and the first land plane to use reversible pitch propellers.
If your name is on the included list, claim your belongings at the Society Editor's desk. The notice lists numerous individuals with photos and mentions other items and unidentified pictures in the files. Names include J. E. Teague Byng Mrs. Max Turman and many others with photos and clippings.
A letter from Gary Indiana urges that rising female independence paired with greater acceptance of civic duties will improve the nation and the country’s welfare.
Capt. Jack S. Ambrose names his B-29 City of Ada as home town gesture. The Superfortress based on Guam has flown 18 missions over Japan, with crew praised for skill amid intense anti aircraft fire. The nose flag points to Ada, Oklahoma, Ambrose’s hometown, and he writes to Ada’s mayor about bringing the plane home after the war.
As of July 1, Pontotoc county has 165 people receiving old age and survivors insurance payments totaling $2,687.42. The breakdown includes 52 retired wage earners, 13 wives over 65, 68 children of retired or deceased earners, five widows over 65, 26 young widows with children, and one dependent parent over 65.
Beginning Monday August 6 the Ada tag office will open at 9 a.m. daily and close at 4 p.m. except Saturdays when closing is at noon A K Thornton motor license agent Pontotoc county says the new hours are in effect until further notice The flying spider of Australia cannot fly but has parachute sails which spread out as the spider leaps through space
Ada High football players train this summer along with peers at Oklahoma A and M and the University of Oklahoma. Rusty Kane moves toward his second season with the New York Giants after a summer of workouts and a raised contract while teammates pursue college careers at OU and A and M.
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson designated 12 mid western states as a single procurement area to share poultry for the armed forces. The plan, effective Aug 13, aims to equalize load and curb black market activity while maintaining the current 15 percent supply already allocated.
Sgt. Morris E. Tucker writes from Salzburg Austria after a 72 hour pass with brother Cpl. Jimmy Tucker. Another brother Cpl. Hubert Tucker and S/Sgt. Bill Hollis plan to visit Col. Jimmy. The Tucker family requests after shave lotion and hair oil from their West Fourteenth Street home.
The yew tree's importance for bow staves led to early English laws making its planting compulsory, reflecting the demand for strong war gear and long bow competencies.
Marine Private First Class Thomas B. Mattingly 27 of Route 2 Roff receives a commendation for excellent service with the Fourth Marine Division Grave Registration section on Saipan June 15 to July 9 1944. He hauled ammunition during Iwo Jima and plans farm work near home after the war. His poem about home expresses his feelings as a distant land fades from memory.
Ada Rotary supporters celebrate a Blue Cross hospital payment plan drive yielding 110 business firms and 4 500 members enrolled. L B Adams signs as No 95 000 for Oklahoma and other Ada and Allen figures join the effort. Drive runs April 9 21 with leaders J Hugh Biles Kenneth Ambrose Guy Thrash and Bessie Langley coordinating.
Seaman Thomas Harrison Beam is serving in the commissary department at Naval Air Station Puunene Maui T H He is the son of A J Beam who lives at 722 West Sixteenth He joined the navy in April.
Cpl. Charles L. Britt, son of Henry P. Britt of Ada Route 4, has served 25 months overseas as a quartermaster truck driver with the 13th AAF Service Command in the Philippines. He joined in January 1942 and served at air bases before sailing overseas in May 1943.
Marine Lt. Curtis Lee Floyd, 21, of Ada, Oklahoma, son of Curtis Floyd, is shown on Okinawa as a fighter pilot with a Marine Air Wing. A former Ada High School graduate who attended East Central College and worked as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco before enlisting.
Two Willis brothers from Fittstown Oklahoma met for a 48 hour reunion at the 9th AFS Villacoublay Airdrome near Paris. Sgt Tudor H Willis overseas since August 1943 fought in major campaigns from Africa to Germany. S/Sgt Sy Willis went over in October 1943 as an aerial radio operator aboard a C 47.
A Ada area notice lists marriages including Vernon Kuxhaus 22 Springdale Arkansas to Margie Barnes 23 Ada and Willis Walls 19 Alameda California to Bonnie Louise Hammons 17 Ada among other couples such as Jim H Muncrief 6 Ada, Balzara O Balthrop 21 Ada, Milford R Johnson at Cambria Pennsylvania to Bobbie Jean Anderson 18 Ada, Clarence K Lancaster 21 Ada, Alene Lee 18 Ada.
Local readers learn that new terms boost earnings from vested Ada News Ads. The notice highlights revised rates for advertisers, promising higher yields and longer commitment options.
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