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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
2
Advice on maintaining food supplies amid war. Guidance covers peach ripeness, rapid peeling, halved fruit, sealing in syrup, and freezing with space for expansion. Syrup options range 20 to 45 percent sugar, with notes on sweetness and container yields. ripening affects sugar content.
Courtesy of Dean Morrison the Tailoring Class begins at East Central college in the Home Economic Department on Monday August 13 with about 30 Home Demonstration members. Martha Merrifield and Mrs. Morgan lead the session. follow up dates are August 31 and September 8. several clubs postponed earlier but will meet in August.
A three day 4 H training school will be held at Murray College on August 22 23 and 24. The course will cover various projects taught by specialists from the Extension Division A and M College for boys and girls excelling in their work. Delegates names to be announced later.
Home Demonstration clubs Col bert Union Valley Owl Creek and Center will meet the week of 13 18. An agent will present the tooth brush handle rug demonstration.
A dairy specialist from A. and M. College presents a vanilla ice cream recipe. The method includes whipping eggs, dissolving gelatin, blending with corn syrup and milk, adding vanilla and cream, then freezing in trays.
Pontotoc county 4-H plans for 1945 activities with 500 plus boys in contests across Dairy Production Soil Conservation Meat Animal Field Crops and Poultry Achievement. county medals and state level honors hinge on records and extension staff judging. 269 in meat projects 246 in field crops 75 dairy animals 116 soil management participants 125 in poultry projects.
Pfc. Raymond Milligan hopes to be home about November 1 after recovering from wounds. Since enlisting November 23, 1942 he has earned the ETO ribbon with four battle stars, good conduct ribbon, presidential citation badge, and combat infantryman badge. A letter notes a Paris 48 hour leave and he recently underwent knee operations in France. His brother, Seaman First Class Jack Milligan, has served overseas 20 months with the Navy, 16 months as a gunner.
George Miller Jr 18, formerly of Ada and Horace Mann High School, visited his parents in Ada between boat training and further schooling. He will go back to the Great Lakes naval station near Chicago for radar training after an introductory naval course. He served at KADA in Ada for two years before enlisting on June 6.
Stanley Kansas August 11 Visitors at the annual hog type conference and sale of the national Hampshire swine registry hear breeders describe changing hog fashions. The Hampshire association backs a middle of the road hog combining bacon and lard potential with thick round hams amid debate on past trends and the importance of corn crop yields for pork supplies.
Willis I. Decker, an Oklahoma native with B S and M S degrees in chemistry, will lead the college chemistry department this fall. He has taught in Dewey and Wilburton before serving as a chemist at the DuPont Pryor explosives plant. Mr and Mrs Decker and their two children plan to move to Ada soon.
Pfc. Eldridge Roddy son of Mrs Bertha Roddy of 405 West Third Ada is awarded the Combat Infantryman badge for valor in combat against the Japanese on Cebu. He has five overseas months and earns the Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbon with one battle star and the Philippine Liberation ribbon with star as a member of the 182nd Infantry, the oldest American regiment.
Pvt. Jess W. Robins 26 son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Robins of Centrahoma rests after taking part in the Iwo Jima battle. He served in an amphibian tractor unit maintaining the alligator tanks that carried Marines to shore and also fought in the Guam campaign. Prior to service he was a Centrahoma High School graduate in 1937 and a derrick man in Oklahoma City.
Sgt Tom J. Phillips, veteran of 23 months in the ETO and 15 months as a prisoner of war, reported to the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution station at Hot Springs Arkansas for reassignment after a 60 day furlough at his home. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W E Brinlee of 730 West Thirteenth.
1st Lt. James D. Vinson of Allen has completed seven months in the Southwest Pacific and arrived at the San Antonio AAF distribution center for reassignment. His decorations include the Air Medal Philippine Liberation and Southwest Pacific ribbons.
Gilbert C. Mayhue has completed the Army Air Forces Basic flying training course for single engine pilots at Spence Field Montana. He will continue pilot training at an Advanced Pilot school within the AAF training command.
In normal times more than 700,000 pairs of shoes are worn out in the United States each day, reflecting high consumption and disposal rates across the nation.
Kenneth Hendrix spent a 30 day leave visiting friends and relatives in Ada. He served 14 months aboard a destroyer in the Pacific and entered the Navy at 17 on February 10 1944. He trained at Farragut Idaho and holds nine battle stars. He recently reported to San Francisco for further assignment. He is the son of Mr and Mrs D Hendrix of 330 West Fifteenth.
Pfc Buster K Greenwood son of Mamie Tohm and grandson of Mrs A Tohm Route 2 Stonewall served 12 months in the South Pacific and has returned to the States He entered the army October 26 1942 and trained at Camp Adair Oregon Fort Lewis Washington and Camp White Oregon He received the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on Okinawa May 26 1945 and is now at McClosky General Hospital Temple Texas
Pvt Joe D Potts trained at North Camp Hood Texas in the tank division. After a 10 day furlough with wife and child he reported to Fort Ord California and then went overseas. He enlisted January 8 1945 and previously worked in Ada. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J D Potts of Tishomingo and son in law of Mr and Mrs Ed Hendrix of Ada.
Pvt. Dudley L. Jones, seven months in Europe, reported to Hot Springs Arkansas for reassignment after a furlough. He saw action in Luxembourg Belgium and Germany and wears the American Defense and Good Conduct ribbons. His wife Mrs. Evelyn Jones lives in Ada.
Scientist oaneace O Gettler of New ark asserts alcohol exists naturally in the human body as a constituent. The claim frames alcohol as a normal physiological element rather than a foreign substance.
Mrs. Winston Wiggs reports her husband Sgt. Winston Wiggs has 14 days of rest during a first furlough in 34 months of service in Europe. He traveled through Naumorre and Marseille to Nice before a homeward pause, now stationed with the 298th General Hospital at Liege, Belgium. The unit, the oldest in the theater, recently earned commendation. He is married to Oleta Jackson.
John D. Prewett of the 413th Field Artillery Group receives the Bronze Star for actions Feb 16 to May 8 in France and Germany. He maintained necessary fire direction communications amid displacement and shell fire. Now 26, he has served since March 30, 1944, and is stationed in Paris with a brother in France. wife and three sons live in Hickory.
1st Lieutenant Edward C. Wilds elected by the State Board of Education to lead a college wide physical education program for men and Horace Mann school. A Grand Haven native, West Michigan grad, he coached there before joining the Army Air Corps PTD and serving at East Central and in Texas. He is married to Clarice Massey of Ada.
Seaman Max Ray Cagle entered the navy January 5, 1945, and is taking training at the Norman base. Son of Mrs. Daisy N. Cagle of Roff, he was a student before entering service and will be transferred to a naval unit afloat or another shore station for further instruction and work.
Sgt. Leon P. Hastings of Allen completed 29 months in the European Theater of Operations and arrived at the San Antonio AAF Personal Distribution center for processing and reassignment. He holds the Presidential Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster and the ETO ribbon with nine stars. Processing typically takes 10 days to two weeks before reassignment to new stations.
Sgt. James E. Byrd, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Byrd of 514 West Twenty-third, reached Ada after a long war journey. He earned four battle stars and the Purple Heart after 13 months overseas in Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe. His air home trip covered over 16 000 miles via North Africa and across the Atlantic to Fort Smith Arkansas for discharge.
Sgt. Jesse McCarty receives the Silver Star for gallantry in action. Lt. Col. K. Wallace of the 7th Infantry calls the honor richly deserved. Winn McCarty has served three years and about a year overseas and is now in Germany. His brothers Jackson in Phoenix and Homer, plus sister Mrs. Rosetta Bolen near Ada, are noted.
Jack F Ray 24 of 609 North Miss from sergeant to staff sergeant announced from a French air force station. Ray served as radio operator on a B 17 with the 384th Bomb Group and earned the Air Medal for combat merit. He is the husband of Mrs Margaret P Ray and a Sulphur High School graduate who studied at East Central before enlisting in May 1942.
T/5 Roy L. Backus Jr. of 631 West Twenty-Second spent six months overseas in the European theater and has served since November 13, 1943. He earned a battle star for central Germany service and held 50 points under the development program. Before enlistment he was a truck driver and worked at a local airport. Read the Ada News Want Ads.
Vaughan Beal will teach practical mechanics at East Central starting fall semester. The course aids veterans and others in repairing electrical and refrigeration appliances and prepares them to start shops. Beal earned a BA at East Central in 1941 and joined the staff in 1942 after technical training in St. Louis and Chicago. He has advised at the Air Forces Technical School in Boca Raton, Florida.
Stillwater Oklahoma hosts the Third Annual Quarter Horse show and sale on August 24 25 at Oklahoma A and M. Judging begins at 8:00 am with new Grandfather class for stallions 10 years plus. Sale begins August 25 at 1 30 pm with 27 head selected from Oklahoma breeders.
Oklahoma City August 11 Ernest M Black research director of the Oklahoma Tax Commission said state educational institutions have met payments on revenue bonds for building purposes. Only NE Oklahoma A and M Miami was behind with 17 000 of 77 000 matured and 60 000 unmatured. total 3 834 000 issued 1 808 500 paid June 30 with 2 736 500 remaining. Oklahoma A M Stillwater 150 000 of 390 000 dormitory issue. University of Oklahoma paid 202 000 on a 1924 dormitory issue of 300 000 and 84 500 on a 130 000 1924 infirmary. Oklahoma College for Women Chickasha 50 000 on 115 000 in 1934 and the entire 20 000 of a 1939 issue. Cameron State Agricultural College Lawton two issues of 71 000 and 90 000 with 16 000 and 10 000 paid. East Central State College Ada 43 000 on 200 000 issue. Langston University Langston 27 000 on 118 000 issue.
Navy and army casualties include Pvt W L Bevers Henryetta and Pvt L J Bruesch Norman among wounded. Army dead Pacific Pfc Jonah Ingram and Pfc J A Ables Hugo listed with other names across Oklahoma communities.
Lester L. Killian, who has been overseas several months, has been awarded the Silver Star for work accomplished during his combat career. He is the driver of a truck. His wife, Mrs. Vivian C. Killian, is making her home near Roff.
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