Scientific Twins Grow Up Normal Despite Stimulus Experiments
New York twins Johnny and Jimmy Woods, once lab subjects in Columbia University infant development studies, grow up normal with distinct interests. Johnny, pushed to physical feats, is lean and hands-on with shop classes, while Jimmy prefers academics and sports, saying the training made little difference. Their parents and Dr. Myrtle B. McGraw note they are well adjusted, attend different schools, and pursue separate paths.
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New York
NEA
Johnny
Jimmy Woods
Jimmy
Myrtle B. McGraw
Columbia University and Babies Hospital
Aais Woods
Janie
Ada Public Library Adds New Books Across Sections
The Ada Public Library expands shelves with new titles across adult non fiction adult fiction juvenile non fiction and juvenile fiction. Notable entries include Hiroshima Hershey Out of Calvary Hall of the Night's Wind and Tell Your Sons among adult works and Chicken Little Cap'n Dow and A Grandma for Christmas among juvenile selections plus biographies of Haydn and Brandeis.
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Ada Public Library
Calvary
Hall of the Night
Davis
Bob Hope
Cable
Burnett
Halsey
Welles
Red Sea
Ellsberg
China
Hiroshima
Haydn—Geiringer
Brandeis—Mason
Sedgwick
Daly
Holland—De Jong
Dolly Madison
Desmond
Woodward
Stephen Foster—Higgins
John Quincy Adams
Weil
Newcomb
Friskey
Strickland
Rush
Brock
Peter
Whitehead
Pinkerton
de Angeli
Scatter
Chipmunk
Coblentz
Reuben
Dalgliesh
Martin
Duffy—Krauss
Cap’n Dow
LeGrand
Johnny
Mule
Credle
de- Witt
Mr. Nip
Tuck
Emerson
Barbara
Coal County HDA Guides Toy Making For Children
Home Demonstration agents advise gift ideas by age group for children in Atoka and Coal counties. Tips include tin can toys with bright enamel, wooden blocks from scrap lumber, painted clothespins, and simple dress shortening methods. Christmas table decorations feature apples with candles and evergreens.
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Coal County
HDA
Martha Mote
Atoka County
Veterans Build Own Homes In North Plaza Addition
A group of 100 Indianapolis veterans pooled 150 lots at 25 dollars each with back taxes paid to form the North Plaza addition. They financed sewers with stock sales, used veteran labor to clear land, and plan cost plus construction of four room homes under city code starting in January.
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NEA
Indianapolis
Ind
North Plaza
Homeess
A. Wayne Murphy
Murphy
Lowman
New Addition
Bath
Home Demonstration Agent Pattern for Block Set
Instructions offer a home demonstration pattern for making a block set from scrap lumber. The note suggests a DIY toy project and invites contact for guidance.
Detroit Student Turned Burglar in $15,000 Hoard Heist
Percival N. Hobbs a 20 year old sophomore law student admitted stealing from 15 homes in Detroit’s Palmer Park area to fund a life above a $20 GI bill allowance. He was charged with breaking and entering after police found him with stolen cash and jewels.
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Detroit
Percival N. Hobbs
Harry Michaels
Palmer Park
Centerline
Hobbs
Highland Park Junior College
Michaels
Flood Displaces 1600 Families in White River Valley
The Red Cross reports over 1,600 families driven from homes in the flood ravaged White River valley south of Seattle. Damage to farms and homes is expected to approach 1 million dollars.
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Seattle
The
Red Cross
White River Valley
Here
Gas Line Break Halts Heat in Atoka Town
Atoka residents shivered as a large natural gas line providing heat broke Friday morning. Stores stayed open with coats on though some used butane heat without issue. Flood evidence lingered to the north and east with roads mostly open and Muddy Boggy gauge at 27.5 feet at peak, near a historical 28 feet.
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Atoka
Coal County
Stonewall 4-H Club Elects Officers
The December meeting of the Stonewall 4-H club at Stonewall High School elected officers. Gene Lang became president, Yannis Morgan vice president, Reba Joyce Minor secretary, Jovita Guning leader, Louise Eppler game leader, and Barbara Turpin reporter.
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Stonewall
Stonewall High School
Gene Lang
Yannis Morgan
Reba Joyce Minor
Jovita Guin
Louise Eppler
Barbara Turpin
George
Mildred Glover
Josephine Brantley
Imogene Brady
Doris Bailey
Edith Hudson
Wiley Winton
Reba Minor
Jovital
Vaness Club
Eugenia Hooser
Doris June Wall
Darlene Payne
Robbie Pederson
Joy Beller
Georgia Ruth Pitts
4-H Club Meetings Highlight Demonstrations and Topics
In Latta and Pickett 4-H clubs January agendas feature demonstrations on Table Setting and Being a Good Hostess. Timely topics are planned by Luella Jean Moss and June Lowe, with multiple clubs listing upcoming demonstrations and sewing projects plus active hive records and garden readiness.
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Margaret Brade
Latta
Jean Smith
Wilma Jean Neely
Maxine Neely
Pickett
Bethena Files
Dorothy Penrod
Luella Jean Moss
June Lowe
Ileen Biggs
McLish
Jimmie Miller
Patsy Thompson
Fern Gibson
Pleasant Hill
Mary Ann
4 H clubs meet in Pontotoc with weather delays
The 4 H clubs across Pontotoc county met as scheduled except Hart Lightning Ridge and Center due to muddy roads and high water from recent rains. Meetings will be rescheduled this week and January gatherings are planned. Dairy feeding schools drew good attendance with J W Boehr advising on feeding and management of heifers.
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Lester Smith
Pontotoc County
Hart
Lightning Ridge
Center
Latta
Pickett
McLish
Pleasant Hill
Stonewall
Vaness
W. P. George, Jr
Charles Teel
Richard Soutee
Bobby Penrod
Jackie Vogt
Glen Files
Carroll Brantley
Vernon Laxton
Louis Dale Brady
Gene Lang
Vannis Morgan
Bill Hunt
Vaness Club
J. W. Boehr
Boehr
Oklahoma
State Pecan Show to be Held in Ada in 1947
The State Pecan Show will be held in Ada in 1947. A junior division will be incorporated for another year and 4 H club and FFA members will be eligible to exhibit as junior members.
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Ada
FFA
Mrs. Ingram Hurt In Car Accident
Mrs Willard Ingram of Alameda California formerly of near Stratford was seriously injured last night after being struck by a car while crossing a street. She suffered a fracture of the right wrist and both bones in the [arm].
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Willard Ingram
Alameda
Calif
Near Stratford
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Kay Sherwood
Johnny Woods
Jane
Ada News
Roman
Advartice
Miles
U. S. Army
Chrysler Corp
A. J. Mayfield
Lane
L. R. Nuner
Rock Creek
U. S. Russel
Wards Chapel Club
By Dick Lewis
Stonewall 4-H Club
S. P. Hunter
Henry Timbrook
W. Richard Moore
California
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