Schools Gird Themselves For Fall Rush of Eager Students
County schools prepare for the new term with remodeling at Stonewall and Oakman joining changes at Duke school. Stonewall uses Jesse district additions including a 24 foot lunch-room expansion. New egg grading rules take effect Sept 1 with enforcement later in November. Duke adds dining space to feed about 225 daily and constructs a storage room behind the kitchen.
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Stonewall School
Jesse
Stonewall
D. Duke
Knowledge
Oakman
Supt
D. D. Dike
Duke Fleares
Duke
Acreage Reserve Setup For Winter Wheat Program 1958
The Soil Banks 1958 Acreage Reserve program was announced by Acting Secretary True D Morse. The signup begins August 26 at the County ASC Office for farmers who reduce winter wheat acreage below the established allotment. W W Gibson, Pontelne County ASC chair, says details are being finalized and changes to the 1958 provisions include a total crop reference figure for beeb.
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True D. Morse
W. W. Gibson
Pontelne
Expo
Gibson
Beeb
Col
County FHA Post Goes To Rhynes
Willard E. Rhynes of Route 1 Stonewall has been named to the Farmers Home Administration county committee. He replaces Guy E. Pegs Allen whose term expired July 1. Rhynes, a former praeminarian turned rancher, joins Fo. G David Francis and Ea Has Route 1 Ada as the three members whose terms run three years with at least two farmers among them.
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Willard E. Rhynes
Route 1
Stonewall
Farmers Hate Administration
FHA
Richard I. Walker
Tony
Guy E. Pegs Allen
Witse
Raynes
Jesse
Fov
Fo.g
David Francis
Ada
Sandy Creek flood control plan clears Congress
The Sandy Creek project wins approval from House and Senate Public Works committees enabling upstream flood control on the stream. A $280,000 appropriation funds three projects, with Sandy likely to receive the majority. work begins after six months as engineers draft detailed specs.
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Sandy Creek
House
Senate Public Works
Sandy
Harral Alten
Sandy Crees Conservancy
Sor Conservation Service
Allen
Wilson Plans Homecoming September
Wilson community prepares its fourth annual homecoming on September 1 with a basket lunch at noon. Pastor Ray L. D. Stonatipher will speak in the morning and entertainment will follow. Former pastors and teachers are especially invited, with all attending an all day event.
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Wilson — Wilson
Ray
L. D. Stonatipher
Wilson
Tangier Island Named by Captain John Smith in 1808
Tangier island in the Chesapeake Bay was found by Captain John Smith in 1808, twelve years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts. He named it Tangier after a place in Moorish Moracen where he had once been imprisoned.
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Tangier
Chesapeae Bay
John Smith
Massachusetts
Moracen
White Men Not Indians Made West Wild Dent Walker Says
Dent Walker, a real Chickasaw sheriff, recalls serving as Pontotoc County sheriff under the Chickasaw government. He says he never fired a shot nor was he shot at during five years in office. Walker grew up among Chickasaw and intermarried citizens, knowing most locals. The piece traces his family from Stonewall to Frisco and notes the continuation on page 2 column 6.
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West
Dent Walker
W. L. Knickmexler
Ming
Cent Walker
J. Cc
Walker
Pontotoc County
Young Dent
Tandy C. Walker
Old Stonewall
Frisco
Walkers
J.C. (Dent) Walker
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Kibitzes
Jack Glewn McDonald
Imber
C. H. Hailey
State Department of Agriculture
Hailey
Bill Shakespeare
Oakman School
Rhynes
Congress
Senate
Pontotoc Cartaty
Ben Theimer
Theimer
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