Irrigation Gains Interest As County Faces Dry Spell
The county explores irrigation as a solution to erratic rainfall. Farmers like the McCullars irrigate about 50 acres using a 4 inch centrifugal pump and 1,850 feet of pipe, delivering six gallons per minute per sprinkler. They can water a 50 acre field in 11 days under ideal conditions, but drought limits water supply and operation now.
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McCullars
Sandy Creek
A. J. McCullar
McCullar
W. E. McCullar and Son
A. J
Vaness
House East of Fittstown Burns Saturday Night
Four room frame house five miles east of Fittstown destroyed by fire of unknown origin. Owner Scud McKinney was away. Outbuildings nearby remained intact. Smoldering stump rekindled grass, but neighbors stopped the blaze after burning only a few acres.
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Fittstown
Scud McKinney
Escaped inmate Jones-Even Jones rekindles crime spree
Louis Jones former Ponca Cillan sentenced to life for first degree rape, slipped from Oklahoma State Penitentiary August 3 by driving away in a duty truck. The vehicle balked seven miles west of McAlester and Jones fled on foot for three days playing a rapid string of cons and robberies.
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Louis Jones
Ponca Cillan
Jones
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Game Department Sets Dove Hunting Schedule for 1955
The 1955 dove season in Oklahoma runs September 1 to October 15 for 45 days, five days longer than 1954. Rails and gallinules have a 60 day season October 22 to December 20, woodcock October 22 to November 30, with no 1954 woodcock rails or gallinules season. Dove bag limit is 10 doves per day with one day limiting possession.
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State Game and Fish Department
Oklahoma
Seven County Schools Set Opening Days
Seven county schools announced opening dates for the new year. McLish Schools enroll Friday August 26 with classes starting Monday August 29. Teachers begin August 22. one new teacher, Mrs Claude V Corvin, joins the math department replacing Mrs H L Mitchusson.
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McLish
Supt
J. D. Enis
Claude V. Corvin
H. L. Mitchusson
Mitchusson
H. L
Van Arsdell Named Livestock Research Director at Noble Foundation
Dr. William J. Van Arsdell will direct livestock research at the Noble Foundation Ardmore. A native Oklahoman, he earned a 1951 Ph.D. in animal husbandry from Oklahoma A&M and served as a Michigan State College livestock specialist before joining the foundation on July 1. He will be supported by Ray Dyer in brush and timber control.
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Horace J. Harper
Noble Foundation
Ardmore
William J. van Arsdell
Foundation
van Arsdell
Oklahoma A
Michigan State College
Lansing
Mich
Ray Dyer
Brush
No Minorcas At Hatchery
Mrs. C. A. Thomason of Jesse raises Black Minorca chickens after hatcheries stopped offering the breed. She takes her own eggs to a hatchery, then raises the resulting pure bred chicks for sale as stock for others.
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Jesse
Thomason
C. A. Thomason
Jesse Way
Night's Work Nets Small Profit for Francis Burglar
A burglar or burglars broke into Francis Drug Store last Wednesday, stealing only 3.72 dollars. They failed to crack the Francis post office safe, wasted time, and left a hammer and chisel behind. No clues identify the intruder, per the sheriff's office.
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Francis
Francis Drug Store
Francis Post Office
Sheriff's Office
Melon Grower Spars with 11 Pound Hunk from Ada
Robert Golden of Route 2 Ada in Union Hill raises muskmelons and shows an 11 pound round specimen measuring 3212 inches in circumference. He cultivates about an acre and reports strong season yields.
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Robert Golden
Ada
Union Hill
Golden
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Egypt
E. L. Hart
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Hart
Dave Roberts
Jesse and
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W. E
Eeasing Jones
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Dr. van Arsdell
Smiley Burnette
Smiley
Columan
Blair
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