Outlook for Pontotoc farming and political notes of 1937
The piece surveys Pontotoc County agriculture noting a harsh previous drought, a hopeful current trend with crops and winter pastures improving, boll weevil decline, and a larger early planting outlook. It also discusses the vice presidency status of John N. Garner, election dynamics, public office turnover, and Evalyn Walsh McLean’s costly Washington party contrasted with historic social expenditures.
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Pontotoc County
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Washington
Bradley-Martins
New York
The Greatest Love Sunday School Lesson and Civic Notes
The piece discusses the shift from fear of a wrathful deity to the gospel of universal love in John 3 and Nicodemus. It then covers legislative tax exemptions, medical standards, postwar diplomacy, Ada bank deposits, wildlife aid, western political nominees, Ada building milestones, and a note on Jackson Day and legislator pay.
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Louisiana Purchase
Mississippi
United States
Drought Dries Ada Area in 1936 Rainfall Record
The 1936 rainfall in Ada measured 31.21 inches, six inches below normal, with two-thirds falling in May and September. The driest year in 26 on record was 1917 at 24.45 inches. wettest was 1923 at 56.25 inches. May and September provided the heaviest rains, while August recorded near zero.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
County Officials In Office Monday In Ada
Ten county officials including County Judge John Boyce McKeel and Sheriff Clyde Kaiser are sworn in for new terms Monday with no ceremony. Re-elected officials keep their deputies. July adds one change in county treasurer. District and county officials begin new terms while city officials elected last year were seated in May.
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Pontotoc County
Court House
John Boyce McKeel
Virgil Stanfield
Clyde Kaiser
Bill Bevers
Della Bedford
Hettie D. Garner
A. W. Oliver
Sherwood W. Hill
Joe Harrington
W. E. Black
Tommy Ford
Fred McKay
A. A. Caldwell
George Collins
J. E. Hall
Will
Ray Stegall
Tal Crawford
H. H. Edwards
Wewoka
Congressman Pushes Soil Act and Grass Survey Plan
Representative Phil Ferguson of Woodward Oklahoma urged continued soil conservation funding and a long term grass experiment to aid dust bowl farmers. He aims to fund an extensive grass type survey through the agriculture department.
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Washington
Phil Ferguson
Woodward
Okla
Ferguson
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