County Heart Fund Brings Door To Door Drive To Ada
The 1965 Heart Fund campaign in Pontotoc County advances with house to house calls in Ada this week. Volunteers including Mrs. John Cooper and Mrs. Allis Lundgaard lead the effort alongside mail campaigns and Tag Day contributions.
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Heart Fund
Pontotoc County
Ada
Floyd Haynes
John Cooper
Allis Lundgaard
John Oxford
Camp Fire Girls
Haynes
Circle K
East Central State College
George Lucas
Roff
Olin Snow
Stonewall
Wayne Bullard
Allen
Teachers List Dieting Results
Byng teachers share weight loss as two week Mayo diet ends with groups averaging eight pounds and about 50 pounds lighter overall. One member quit at day four saying the diet is for the birds while others finished with mixed appetite and tips on coffee or tea without cream.
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Maypole
Byng
Ada Weekly Photo Contest Winners and Instructions
The Ada Weekly News announces last week’s winner Mrs Simon Young of Roff for identifying three business photos. This week features long strips of concrete. readers must mail answers to Don Cook with postmark eligibility.
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Paul
Mack Braly
Performance Registry International
Don Cook
Simon Young
Roff
Kerr’s Machine Shop
Trader Mills
Wickham’s Packing Company
Ada Weekly News
Ada Expands City Limits Annexes Hammond Heights Area
Ada council approves annexation of 270 acres including Hammond Heights North Hammond Heights Subdivision No 2 and airport strip. Residents push for zoning, sanitation and services while Rev Charles Hill touts support. Eastern Oklahoma Television franchise and open house for Municipal Building set for March 7 with Earl Sneed as featured speaker.
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Ada
Hammond Heights
North Hammond Heights
Charles Hill
Rev. Hill
Roy Sneed
Mississippi
Eastern Oklahoma
Bill Hoover
Hoover
Earl Sneed
Norman
Oklahoma Municipal League
OU Law School
House Passes Sign Bill Seeks Imported Meat Labels
Oklahoma City AP The Senate Agriculture Committee sent a House-passed measure to a subcommittee requiring grocery stores that sell imported meats to display signs The bill drew opposition from the League of Women Voters and the Retail Grocers Association with concerns it would force nearly all stores to post signs Support came from Lew Meibergen president of the state Board of Agriculture and Ellis Freeny executive VP of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association who argued foreign meat inspection standards justify the bill.
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Oklahoma City
Senate Agriculture Committee
Byron Dacus
Hobart
League of Women Voters
Retail Grocers Association
Larry Bowman
Association
Ellis Freeny
Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association
Lew Meibergen
State Board of Agriculture
Meibergen
Home Demonstration Council Discussed Diabetics and Tours
The Pontotoc County Home Demonstration Council held a regular meeting at Wintersmith Park Lodge with 95 attendees. Officers announced the Central District meeting in Stillwater on March 25 and a Spring Educational Tour on April 9, including a Fort Worth vendor tour and visits to art centers.
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Pontotoc County
East Central
Welton Stanford
Lyle Selko
National Dialetic Foundation
HD Clubs
Fort Worth
Goodwill Industries
Clyde Cassady
Latta
Dud Burns
Byng
Bob Austell
Oklahoma cattle inventories reach new high in 1960
Oklahoma drought livestock report shows cattle numbers up for seventh straight year reaching 4,190,000 head on January 1, a 4 percent rise from 4,029,000 a year earlier. Current value is about $406 million, with per head value at $97, down from $111, as beef-type herds drive the growth.
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Larman
Bermuda
Vetch
ASC
Farmers Home Administration
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Ada Farm And Ranch Meeting Is Planned
The Ada Farm and Ranch Club will sponsor a dinner meeting at Latta School on Thursday February 18 at 7 p.m. Clyde M. Reed will discuss the Oklahoma feeder calf program from Stillwater, Pontotoc County and nearby areas. County agents can provide attendance counts at FE-2-2153. Women are invited. officers include Norris Price president and Sherwood O Neal among directors.
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Ada Farm and Ranch Club
Latta
Oklahoma
Clyde M. Reed
Stillwater
Pontotoc County
Cooperative Extension Service
Superior
Norris Price
Dorsey Myers
Sherwood O’neal
Billy H. Thompson
M. W. Whitmire
W. C. Wigley
Bill Ballard
Jesse Collins
Safety Facts on Motor Vehicle Accidents
Safety data shows about 38 000 deaths and 1 400 000 injuries yearly from traffic crashes. On average over 100 Americans die daily in motor vehicle accidents despite progress. Vehicle numbers and miles traveled have tripled since 1934 with no large rise in crashes.
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C. B. Larman
County Heart Fund
George Gurley
House
Home Demonstration Council
Tours
Ladora Chesbro
Central Home Demonstration
Ada Farm and Ranch
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