Trapper Tom Blevins Feeds Harden City Chicken Farmers
Tom Blevins of Harden City earns farmers gratitude for trapping possums, skunks and coons that prey on chickens. At 68, he recounts trapping with his brother Charley from boyhood around Clear Boggy and Muddy Boggy as mink numbers faded after seasons with 63 mink in one winter and 21 in another.
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Tom Blevins
Harden City
Bulger
Spec
Marrelle Mahoney
Hunter
Tom
Charley
Fittstown
This Week's Basketball February 5 Schedule
Friday features no county games as most boys' teams join East Central tournament. Tuesday games include Latta at Allen, Byng at Francis Fitzhugh, McLish at Stonewall, Roff at McAlester, and Vanoss hosting Byars.
Corbin Angus Win Honors At Fort Worth Fat Stock Show
Corbin Angus and Stoneybroke cattle dominated Fort Worth show results with reserve championships in pen of three and five bulls. Bill Corbin placed three steers finishing in 3rd 7th and 11th. Mrs Guy Shipe bid 15000 for Corbin's Quality Chief bull from Sunbeam line, with Shady Springs Ranch securing the top price. Shipe plans Sedalia sale and seeks another top animal in Missouri.
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Carlton Corbin
Big Fort Worth
Stoneybroke Ranch
Bill Corbin
Corbins
Guy Shipe
Corbin
Shipe
Shady Springs
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Sedalia
Lost stray dog touches town in Ada cold night
In Ada during a recent cold snap a man spots a hungry stray dog outside a theatre. Passersby show sympathy as two men try to approach the animal while a woman speaks to him before the narrative continues on Page 2.
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Ada
Oklahoma growers face adjusted cotton allotment plan
The 69 082 acre increase in Oklahoma’s reduced cotton allotment and a new 65 40 50 formula aim to fix inequities. Each farm would receive 65 percent of its 1951 53 average or 40 percent of its highest planting, not to exceed 50 percent of cultivated land. If total state allotment cannot be spread, revisions will be made.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASC
Mrs Murray Will Speak In Ada This Friday
Mrs Johnston Murray is set to speak at East Central campus Student Union Building this Friday at 3 pm on Woman's Responsibilities As A Citizen. The Fortnightly Club invites area women to attend and stay for a tea after her address with East Central entertainment planned.
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Johnston Murray
Study Club
Seasoned Bottled Clam Broth as First Course Beverage
A creative first course uses bottled clam broth seasoned with tomato catchup celery salt and Worcestershire sauce. Serve chilled with crackers as a light starter.
4-H Group Powwows To Plan Year's Events
Officers and workers of the 4 H Club Federation met at the courthouse on Saturday January 30 to plan the Federation meet ing and achievement program. They schedule a Feb 13 federation meeting at 10 am in the district courtroom to elect officers set goals and plan activities for the year. Separate achievement programs for boys and girls were decided with evening times to allow parental attendance.
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4- H Club Federation
Court House
District Court Room
County Court House
Dona Sue Stephenson
McLish
Family Night at Roff Farm Bureau Friday February 8
The Pontotoc County Farm Bureau hosts Family Night in the Roff School auditorium at 7 p.m. Harold Davis says all Farm Bureau families and the public are welcome. The program features Ralph R. Gfeller and his collection Pencils with Personalities with 10,000 pencils from 71 countries and many famous figures.
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Pontotoc County
Ralph R. Gfeller
America
Gfeller
Fdr
Eleanor Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Admiral Byrd
Walter Winchell
County Schoolmen Schedule Meeting in Pendgr aft Annex
The Pontotoc County School Master's Club will meet Monday in Pendergraft's Annex. Ada auto dealer J A Richardson will be the featured speaker. Music for the program is not definitively scheduled yet, county superintendent Norman Mitchell says.
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Pontotoc County
Pendergraft’s
J. A. Richardson
Ada Automobile Dealer
Norman Mitchell
Home Destroyed by Fire in Oil Center Community
An early morning blaze destroyed a dwelling owned by Wes Farmer in the Oil Center area. Ada Fire Department responded but the house was beyond saving. Cause undetermined at this time.
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Oil Center
Wes Farmer
Ada Fire Department
World War II Impact Alters American Potato Use
The average American uses about 15 percent fewer white potatoes than before World War II.
Jaycees Combine Music and Business Meeting
Ada Jaycees plan a meeting tonight at 8 in Convention Hall combining entertainment and business. East Central College trio Dana Duty Jan Nabors and Robbie Gentry will sing with a duet by Pat Mark and Zana Comer. A preliminary report on yardsticks will be presented.
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Ada Jaycees
East Central College
Dana Duty
Jan Nabors
Robbie Gentry
O Pat Mark
Zana Comer
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Daniel Boone
Corbin Angus
By Buzzy Bonehouse
Fitzhugh
Birdie Driver
Betty Moss
Lee Elliott
Nancy
Chubby
Mrs. Murray
Barbara Jones County Federation
Earnest Lee Sweat
Lula
Frankie Lamirand
Pickett
Harold Frantz
Galey
Lester Smith
C. H. Hailey
Martha Mote
Hdent
John Burrough
Vaness
Oma Enloe
Union Hill
Barbara J
Mary Ann Griffith
Ray Young
Fitzh
Aleta Stinson
Roff
Bureau
United Nations
San Francisco
NBC
Jaycees
David. Bishop
H. P. Bishop
Gour
Mets
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