Back to School in Pontotoc County Report
Pontotoc County prepares for a new academic year as about 5 375 students and 250 teachers return across Ada and rural schools. Norman C. Mitchell notes enrollment trends show a slight county decline, with 2 600 Ada students and 2 700 rural students expected. No segregation problems reported among local Negro teachers or students.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Ada Weekly News
Glenwood
Hayes
Irving
Washington
Willard
Norman C. Mitchell
Mitchell
Galey
Lula
Yeager
Leader
Ada City Schools Set Opening Dates For Autumn Terms
Ada city schools announce an autumn term start on Tuesday August 31 with summer vacation ending. Faculty return August 16 for enrollment and principals meeting. Grade enrollments span August 23 to 27 for various classes. A Pontotoc County Teachers Health workshop August 23–24 in Ada boosts health planning.
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Ada City
Ada
Rex O. Morrison
Pontotoc County
Memorial Union
East Central State College
Pontotoc County Health Unit
Ada City Health Department
State Health Department
Joint Committee For
18 Children Make Back to School an Adventure
Mrs Mae Webb mother of 18 describes back to school prep in Jesse Community. Older girls sew while younger children help with dishes. She works in the school lunch room and, since her husband died, she is the breadwinner. Three children attend Stonewall High. four of her youngest are in school. Joan is the youngest.
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Mae Webb
Jesse School
Jesse
Stonewall School
Webb
100 Dairymen Attend Second Roff Meeting
Approximately 100 dairy farmers attended the second annual Dairy Producers meeting at Roff High School gym. Bud Graves sponsored the gathering to discuss fall milk markets and drought relief, with Cheabie Graham urging state wide drought declaration rather than county by county. He warned that rain is crucial in the next weeks and criticized politics in drought designations while noting dairy farmers face feed shortages in December and January. The fall market outlook seemed favorable only when supply is low.
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Roff
Bud Graves
Graham
Loan Funds Expand REA Service And Beef School Honors
A $500,000 REA loan will expand the People's Electric Co-op network with 600 new customers and 150 miles of power lines across ten counties, plus a new Ada headquarters. McLish topped a 4-H Beef Judging School at Shipe Angus Ranch near Fitts town as members learned beef type traits and placed cattle, while a Greek train bombing near Corinth injured over ten.
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Shipe
Angus Ranch
Ada
Jack Shipe
James McDaniel
Fitzhugh
Billy James
Latta
Paul Pedersen
Vaness
Sue Mitchusson
McLish
Fittstown
Lester Smith
4-H
Lee George
Tom Lamb
Bill Clark
Glenn Johnston
James Morrow
People’s Electric Co-op
REA
U. S
Mike Monroney
J. H. O’shaughnessy
Washington
Monroney
Pontotoc
Hughes, Johnston, Coal
Garvin
Murray, Atoka
Seminole
McLain and
Carter
East Main
Allen
Troy
Francis City Council Sparking Three Improvements
Francis City Council members in Pontotoc County met with County Commissioner David Gray to approve three improvement efforts. They voted to fund a $4,000 water bond and install new wells to ease a water crisis while exploring the potential purchase of the Frisco railroad water system.
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David Gray
Ada
Francis
Frisco Railroad Water Sys
Frisco Railroad
Emergency March Of Dimes Starts In Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc County chapter opened the emergency March of Dimes financial drive with mailout appeal letters. Norman C. Mitchell, director, said coin containers will be distributed in downtown business houses and offices. He urged recipients to give serious consideration as reaching everyone by mail is impossible.
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Pontotoc County
Norman C. Mitchell
Mitchell
Provisions of New Farm Legislation Indicate Supports Remain
Washington reports new farm bill keeps price supports for livestock feed grains steady with a flexible corn floor set from 82 to 90 percent of parity, rising or falling with supplies. Other feed grains may be supported from zero to 90 percent at the secretary of agriculture’s discretion. With drought reducing this year’s corn crop, 1955 support could stay at or above 86 percent of parity, depending on crop size and demand.
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Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
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H. L. Kinsey
Vanoss
Saw
Cheabie Graham
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Oklahoma Milk Producers Association
Oklahoma
People’s Electric
Leo MecNinch
R. L. Tilley
G. W. Johnston
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Maurice Howell
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