Hog-Killing Traditions and Smokehouse Craft in West Texas
Oscar Myers recalls hog-killing as a communal event with men women and children helping from sunrise to sunset. He details standards of skill, the use of a pole-ax and sticking knife, and the social penalties for sloppy work. Myers preserves frontier curing methods using smokehouses with hickory smoke and saltpeter sugar cures, noting climate affects meat handling and the need for careful smoking for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Cnld
Oscar Lee Myers
West
Texas
Oklahoma
Oscar Lee
Conference study on modern swine trends and pork production
The article outlines a conference starting Friday morning January 13 to study market hog types, their suitability for commercial pork, and the processing chain from hogs to pork carcasses. It notes live hog handling, spicing, and meat preparation, with seems to highlight Poland China Swine registry and industry figures like C. W. Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
C. W. Mitchell
Poland
Handy Registry Association
Weight Gains Test Tracks 181 Bulls Across Counties
Weight Gains continues from page one detailing a 140 day test with weighings every 26 days. Nineteen bulls from Pontotoc County and adjacent areas participate, averaging 2.77 pounds daily gain last month. Ranchers named include Dr. Marvey Price C H Moora Union Valley Guy Straittstown Jerry Force Roffy Doe Holmes RW Burleson Ross Frank Crabtree Union Valley Blair and Sons Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fantotoc
Pontotoc County
Marvey Price
C. HL Moora
Union Valley
Guy Straittstown
Jerry Force
Roffy Doe Holmes
Around The County Guests Visit Relatives In Ada Area
Local social notes describe gatherings and visits among Garrett family and friends in Ada and surrounding towns. Vera Lanham of Antlers and Margaret Boles of Pittsburg visit sister Rae Garrett. extended family share meals and discuss plans. Other entries mention Zondra and Rae Garrett, Paula de Murphy in Ada, and multiple families hosting or visiting during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Lanham
Antlers
Margaret Boles
Pittsburg
Rae Garrett
Vera
McAlester
Portland China Meat Type Mog Conference in Oklahoma
Compiled notes describe hog breeders from several states converging on Pauls Valley Oklahoma for the Portland China Meat Type Mog Conference Show and Sale. Attendees include Ed Helgens from Monticello Iowa Wendell Len stedt Alcester SD J Donald Prewell Eaton Indiana and other exhibitors. The event features breed stock demonstrations sales and an auction of sows boars and open gilts with demonstrations and sales planned for Friday and Saturday January 13 and 14.
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Galesburg
United Sta
Fom
Ed Helgens
Monticello
Iowa
Wendell Lenstedt
Poland
Poland China Record Association
Alcester
S. D
Donald Prewell
Ohio
Eaton
Ind
Fairdeounds
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma
Lane
Sunday Visit Notes From Granville Family
Sondra Garrets and Carel Willoughby visited Sunday afternoon. Grandpa and Grandma Grove are well. She had three colds but kept going. We talk often, mostly by phone since I cannot visit. They are shut in but hear preaching via radio. They miss church and enjoy gospel singing and preaching. Most people now prefer TV to church programs.
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Grandpa
Grandma Grove
Lula and Stonecipher Visit Bring Family Together
Miss Barbara Stonecipher and brother Darrell visited Monday and Tuesday with their aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Eual Walkup of Savannah and Mrs. Grace Hardin of Savannah. Mr. and Mrs. Stonecipher took Mrs. Margin home Wednesday and brought Barbara and Darrell back. H. F. Dotson and Frank Holman of the slack visited Thursday with sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Brooks. Dotson plans to build a concrete trench silo with perpendcular walls to eliminate mud in tractor work, noting farm labor-saving devices push farming forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Brooks
Linda
Diane
Dwayne
Adam
Walter Brooks
Well
Charles Leader
Lois Clifford
Debra
Bonnie
Barbara Stonecipher
Darrell
Eual
Savannah
Grace Hardin
Doyne Stonecipher
H. F. Dotson
Frank Holman
Slack
Ahloso
H. F
David Brooks
Dotson
Fire Devastates Ada Retail District Rollow Hardware Losses
A large fire swept Ada destroying or badly damaging multiple downtown businesses including Rollow Hardware S&Q store and Holiday Shop. Sparks from a wind driven blaze threatened Main Street awnings while fire crews protected roofs and contained spillover. About 73 people affected as firms lost merchandise and records with temporary offices arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate One
Collins and
Mauch Lumber
Main Street
Rollow
Hensler's Drug
Holiday Shop
Blue Lantern
Bod Bunyard
Rollow Hardware
S&q
First National
Sam Sheldon
Dallas
Ada
Bob Steiner
Granger
Standard
ADA News
Rallow’s
Rollow's
Norris-Haney
Loseshine Norris
Franklin's
John Higsins
Birmingham
Ala
Stevens
Carl Browall
Landers
Wye
Christmas visits and fuel delays ripple through Velma area
Mrs. Helen vLeades and the Cliffords herd out of bu lane as truck fuel deliveries run late, with tanks to be filled by Saturday. Local families share weekend visits from Jesse, Union Valley, Velma and Short Fortner kin as school resumes after Christmas and bowl games are watched on TV.
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Helen vLeades
Cliffords
Bu Lane
Kenneth Forner
Union Valley
Mrs
Short Fortner
Willard Biynes
Stonewall
Marriages reported in Ada and nearby towns
A list of marriages includes David Piper 20 Ada to Jane Walker 19 Ada. Jack B. Howard 22 Oka City to Linda L. Drummond 22 Oklahoma City. Ted Reynolds 44 Stratford to Mary Gayle Duty 17 Stratford. Cecil Curry 31 Ada to LaQuit ta Jones 28 Ada. Fleetwood Stephens 44 Ryan to Betty Lewis 34 Ryan. Kenneth Black 26 Healdton to Geneva Kendall 22 Ada. Neil Griffith 21 Ada to Kay McDaniel 22 Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Piper
Ada
Jane Walker
Jack B. Howard
Oka. City
Linda L. Drummond
Okla
Ted Reynolds
Stratford
Mary Gayle Duty
Cecil Curry
LaQuitta Jones
Fleetwood Stephens
Ryan
Betty Lewis
Kenneth Black
Healdton
Geneva Kendall
Neil Griffith
Kay McDaniel
Firemen battle blaze as wall is toppled on Main Street
Firemen stood by on a stand-by basis as Red Cross and Salvation Army served coffee and doughnuts. The sun rose on a scene of gutted bandit gs hulls and blackened brick. Hoses snaked through the area while a big crane knocked down the remaining wall. Traffic remained diverted as smoke and flames lingered over the debris.
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Red Cross
Salvation Army
Main Street
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Oscar Myers
Smithfield
Southwestern
Bennett Sherrer
Push
R. L. Sherrer
Bennett
Garrett
Ollie Tucker
Ceres
Clara Fike
R. J. Delosier
Fittstown
Rab Garrett
Oren Gray
Lawrance Lae
Fred Gray
Sondra Garrett
Paula de Murphy
Sondra
Guyna Roberts
Midge
Donald
Sharon
Noah Anglin
Wetumka
Bobby Gray
Dickie Clifford
Davey Johnston
Dickie
Dar Jell
Sonny Leader
Simon Young
Mrs. Pug Garrett
Curtis Williams J
of Moore
Eeshente
Charley Willams
Betty Wallace
Lechurch
She Campground
Free Will Baptist Church
Highway 13
Carl Garrett
Minlaw
Pug Garrett
C. T. Johnson
Hansel Burk
Tal Oil Center Pentech
Pug
Odus McGallard
E Sue
Butch
Axl
Delbert
Tucker
Darlene
Styadecl
McGallaher
Jon Woodrait
Sondra Garrets
Carel Willoughby
Lula
Lloyd Johnson
Jesse
Roy Johnson
Larry
Betsy
Paul Johnston
Diana
Joan Clifford
Ben Johnstons
Arthur Hardin
Velma
Ronald Hill
John Clifford
J. D. Reed
Og&e
Gold Medallion Electric
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
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