County Whirls Through Last Week Before Christmas
The county rushes into the final Christmas week with community, school, and church events. Ada hosts a pageant at Norris stadium with a 100 voice choir and The Greatest Gift scene, while Santa visits nearby towns and the Baptist Orphan Home. Extra Ada telephone operators work Sunday to aid celebrations.
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Ada
Norris Stadium
Iliar
Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Baptist Orphan Home
Byng
Telephone Company
Ada Exchange
Farm Bureau Sets National Policy At Annual Meeting
Voting delegates at the 37th annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Chicago adopted a program to raise farm family net incomes by balancing production with demand. They also outlined plans to expand markets at home and abroad to boost demand.
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Chicago
State Farm Bureaus
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureaus
Big Christmas Doings Set For Friday At Roff
One of the county s biggest annual Christmas programs is scheduled for Friday night at Roff in the high school gym starting at 7 30 p m under the Roff P T A sponsorship. The event is a community party though PTA sponsored and held in the school building.
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Roff
County Agent Hailey Reflects On Year Of Agricultural Work
As the county closes its fiscal year Hailey reviews a year dominated by drought concerns irrigation plans and pecan orchard care. He highlights irrigation efforts by Charlie Shockley Dorsey Myers and L C Stonecipher along with a visit from Robert Duffin to guide future water use. The note also praises growing egg production and the Pauls Valley pecan show focus.
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Cv Hailey
Hailey
Charlie Shockley
Francis
Dorsey Myers
Ada
L. C. Stonecipher
Granville Montgomery
Pickett
Pauls Valley
Fred Keatley
Union Valley
Experimental A&M Farm Celebrates its 64th Birthday
Stillwater Oklahoma A&M College marks 64 years since the first farm began in 1891 with a 200 acre plot donated by homesteaders. The system now spans 23 000 acres across 19 locations and includes 4-H clubs with 368 members, state awards in livestock, soil analysis work, and pecan show prizes won by Granville Montgomery and others.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma A&m College
Freak Accidents in 1955 From the National Safety Council
The National Safety Council highlights odd injuries in 1955 with bizarre cases. Gene Scott was shot by a car door, David Dahl was shot by a dog while climbing a ladder, Bobby Bright was shot by a fish, and a tooth brush incident left Dorothy Gazzeny with a spare. Two dogs drove cars in Wisconsin and Indiana, and two-year-old Timmy Davis steered a car, tearing a porch and nearly hitting a neighbor.
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Dew Drop Inn
National Safety Council
Gene Scott
Rushville, Neb
Gene
New Liberty
Iowa
David Dahl
Terry
Bobby Bright
Gonzales
Tex
Bobby
Detroit
Dorothy Gazzeny
Fort Wayne
Ind
Black River Falls
Wis
Long Beach
Calif
Timothy
Timmy
Corbin Elected Official of New Beef Association
Carlton Corbin, noted county Angus breeder, elected vice president of the new Oklahoma Beef Improvement Association. Other officers include Jack Walker of Pawhuska as president B H Graham of Pauls Valley as secretary treasurer and Clyde Reed A M College extension livestock specialist as executive secretary.
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Corbin
New Beef Association
Carlton Corbin
Oklahoma Beef Improvement Association
Jack Walker
Pawhuska
B. H. Graham
Pauls Valley
Clyde Reed
A&m College Extension Livestock
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Santa
North Pole
Pontotoc County
Jesse
Santa Claus Surplus
Saita
St. Nicks
Farm Bureau
Ann Miller
Terry Harlin
Ann
Experimental A&m Farm
Charles Coody
David Calvert
Byng Club
Oklahoma City
Michael Lucas
Fitzhugh
Tulsa
Hail
J. T. Allen
East Jesse
Allen
Timothy Davis
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