Mills Garrison Checks Schools Twice Each Year
County sanitarian Mills Garrison conducts thorough school lunch room inspections, focusing on wholesome food, proper utensil handling, refrigeration, and adequate sanitary toilet facilities. He uses scent to detect spoilage and emphasizes cleanliness over taste, guiding schools to maintain high standards.
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County Sanitarian Mills Garrison
Homer
Gladys Thompson
Thompson
Garrison
Mills Garrison
County Sanitarian
State Health Department
Long Area Resident Joe Auten Dies at 71
Joe Auten 71, longtime Ada area resident, died of a heart attack Friday at his home. Funeral services were Monday at First Baptist Church with burial in Rosedale Cemetery. He lived in Duncan, Wetumka, Clayton, Stonewall, Osage County, Olustee, Alex, and Pontotoc County before settling in Ada. Survived by wife Alice May and several children, siblings, and in laws across Oklahoma and California.
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Joe Auten
Ada
First Baptist Church
Rosedale Cemetery
Mr. Auten
Duncan
Wetumka
Clayton
Stonewall
Osage County
Olustee
Alex
Pontotoc County
Alice May
Mildred Auten
Roly Large
Fittstown
Geneva Shaffer
Muskogee
Charles
Los Alimose
Calif
James
Oakland
Cailif
Bill
Fredonia
Kan
J. W. Smith
Texhoma
J. C. Kitchens
Burbank
Henry Bowles
Beulah Bridges
Jessie Golightly
Gallup, N. M
Thelma Branscomb
Hampshire Meat Hog Conference Slated Jan 13 14
Some 45 Hampshire breeders from a dozen states will compete for prizes in the breeding animal show during the first Southwestern Hampshire Meat Hog conference January 13 14 in the Oklahoma A&M College animal husbandry arena. Bonus prizes awarded if entries come from certified litters, with classes for bred gilts fall gilts and fall boars. An auction sale Saturday afternoon offers the chance to buy prize winning hogs.
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Hampshire
Oklahoma A&m College Animal Husbandry
Geary Guineas Try Communism Once for Size
A flock of 40 guinea hens on the R. G. Stegall farm near Geary Oklahoma attempted a communal hatching plan. The hens laid about 100 eggs in a single nest and three volunteered to hatch. Disagreements and shifting nests led to inefficiency as strong individualists clashed over duties.
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Geary Guineas
Geary
Okla
Associated Press
R. G. Stegall
County Precinct Democratic Meetings Set for Friday
Pontotoc County Democrats announce Friday January 13 precinct meetings at regular polling places. A new officer panel will be elected at each meeting including a chairman co chairman secretary treasurer and four members two men and two women.
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Lewis Watson
Pontotoc County
Democratic Committee
Watson
Shots Scheduled at Stonewall School This Friday
The county health nurse will be at Stonewall School on Friday January 13 at 9 a.m. to give polio shots for children from 6 months through 14 years. All pre school children must be accompanied by a parent.
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Stonewall
Dentists Seek County Junior High TeethChampions
Ada dentists visit Allen Stonewall Vaness and Ada Junior High Schools at 1 p m Wednesday January 18 to select a champion from each school. The four winners advance to the county championship in Ada Saturday January 21 under a state dental association contest promoting teen dental care.
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Allen
Stonewall
Vaness
Ada
State Dental Association
New Peanut and Cotton Growers Urged to Apply
Farmers without cotton or peanut allotments who want to grow either crop in 1956 must file new grower applications at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office by February 15. Eligibility requires livelihood dependence on the farm for cotton allotments and no other local farm with a cotton allotment. peanut growers must also have two years of peanut growing experience in the past five years.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
ASC
Bennett Sherrer
Scientific Spirit Prevails As Explorers Seek Largest Pecan
A two car expedition near Frisco tested a claim of Oklahoma’s largest pecan tree. County Agent Cy Hailey Homer J Massey Ellis Freeny and ADA WEEKLY NEWS reporters measured circumferences 24 feet 21 feet 5 inches 24 inches from ground and breast high 16 feet 11 inches. The team planned to climb the tree to measure its height for science and Massey.
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Bob Daniel
Homer J. Massey
Cy Hailey
Oklahoma
A&m
Massey
Wooley
of Oklahoma
Frisco
Hailey
Ellis Freeny
ADA Weekly News
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
News
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