Community clubs boost schools and cooperation in Ada
The Editors Own Column notes neighborhood efforts to improve school grounds and form Parent Teacher clubs. It highlights moonlight schools started in Kentucky and praises Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart’s work. Local clubs report progress, with plans for dress form making, canning, poultry work, and garden projects.
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Kentucky
Of &6
Cora Wilson Stewart
Ahloso
Owl Creek
Oakman
Worstell
Club reports and local clubs featured in county news
Mrs. Morgans report on county club work is good reading and Pecan Grove club updates are noted as interesting. The writer expresses long standing support for club work and welcomes more club contributions to The News.
Club Work Under Way In Pontotoc County
Club activities begin the new year with meetings at Vanoss Pickett Pecan Grove and Ahioso. Officers elected programs arranged literature distributed and demonstrations shown on hot beds cold frames and poultry. A model garden contest to begin with planting specialist judge planned and schools to host poultry shows with local experts aiding children. A new club house is planned and annual prizes encouraged by Mrs Morgan and W A Oliver of Oliver Filling Station.
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Vanoss
Pickett
Pecan Grove
Ahioso
V. E. Norvell
Vanose
Pecan Grave
Ahloso
Hodges
Vanoms
Patterson
W. A. Oliver
Oliver Filling Station
Morgan Club
Pontotoc County
Pecan Grove Club Elects Officers for New Year
The Adult Home Demonstration club of Pecan Grove met January 7 with Mrs. Sam Dew hosting and elected officers for the new year. Mrs. Sam Dew elected president and Mrs. J. F. Welton elected vice president.
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Pecan Grove
Abloso Adult Home Demonstration Club Elects Officers
The Abloso club met at Mrs. George BeVels home in January to reorganize. Elected for the coming year were T. L. Coley president Elmer Anderson vice president J. R. Young secretary treasurer Berwin Herrin reporter Plans include cooperative marketing of home products and a February meeting with Berwin Herrin. Model Garden and sewing will be featured prompts.
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Abloso
George BeVels
T. L. Coley
Elmer Anderson
J. R. Young
Berwin Herrin
Morgan
Hatchery planned to serve Ada and surrounding area
A new chick hatchery is announced for Tishomingo to save trips elsewhere and bring convenience to Ada. The essay notes Ada sees many incoming chicks and calls the post office a makeshift brooder, while express carriers handle large volumes. A local custom hatchery could grow a thriving business.
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Tishominge
Ada
Express Company
Farmers rush to prepare fields for new crop season
Fields are being turned over quickly as farmers work hard to get land ready for a new crop. Some areas remain dry, but optimism grows that a good harvest will help everyone's fortunes rebound.
Johnston county boy coalitions turkeys inspire farmers in region
Conrad Sharp, 14, a standout turkey raiser from Tishomingo Johnston county, has spurred demand for birds well over tenfold. County Agent Curtis Floyd lauds his impact, noting Sharp has 40 hens and 75 birds sold this year, with plans to breed 7 toms and raise the price of gobblers near 100 dollars. A farmer influenced by Sharp reports turkey sales yielding 334 dollars in the past year.
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Johnston County
Conrad Sharp
Curtis Floyd
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Conrad
Floyd
Texas
Remedy for Chicken Pox and Poultry Ailments Promoted
The American Poultry Journal publishes a cure and preventive for chicken pox canker soup and swelled heads. It is recommended by Elisha Morgan of Portage Washington and a local poultry expert network.
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American Poultry Journal
Elisha Morgan
Portage
Wash
Ada Welcomes New American Building Monument to Progress
The Ada landmark, built for 150000 dollars by the American Oil and Refining company, is now occupied. O. W. Skirvin leads the project, converting the edifice into suites for local business and professional figures, reflecting faith in Ada’s growth and regional prosperity.
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Ada
American Oil and Refining Company
O. W. Skirvin
Electric lights extend hen day in farming trials
Experiments lengthening the day for hens show satisfactory results in many cases. Electric lights are switched on early to wake hens from the roosts so they scratch breakfast from straw. Early starts lead to hens like old Biddy laying earlier and for longer portions of the day.
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Biddy
Garden Planting Time Approaches as Moon Sign Guides
The text notes days speed toward planting season with gardeners preparing ground and awaiting the right time to sow seed. Some may rely on a lunar phase as the signal for planting to begin.
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Peraps
Committee finishes crop contest review with Ada dinner anticipated
The committee completed its examination of crop contestants reports but results will be released later in the month. All entrants will attend a dinner in Ada. Few submitted final reports, and some who skipped reporting may miss an opportunity for easy money.
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Ada
Creek County Farmers Expand Terracing Efforts at Sapulpa
E A Kissick Creek county demonstration agent reports six terracing levels in farmers hands, ten demonstrations underway with more planned. He notes only a quarter of farmers own farms and stresses careful, quality terracing to prevent overextension.
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Creek County
Sapulpa
E. A. Kissick
Oklahoma A
M. College
Kissick
Seed Test Advocated For Cotton Growers In 1926
Washington warns Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma cotton growers their crop may fail without good tested seed. A five day seed vitality test using a rag doll towel method helps assess seed quality before planting to avoid low vitality seed.
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Washington
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Sweet Potato Weevil Threatens Oklahoma Potatoes
Sweet potato weevil, long thought immune, now threatens Oklahoma crops. Entomology professor C E Sanborn warns growers to avoid infested slips or risk ruin of the industry. Quarantines may spread to Oklahoma tubers as the pest moves from Texas into the region.
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Oklahoma
C. E. Sanborn
Oklahoma A
M. College
Sanborn
Texas
Ada City Building Emerges As Modern Office Center
The Ada building project begun August 1924 by contractor L G Mades in Oklahoma City with Layton Hiecks and Forsyth as architects and C F Zollars handling interior work. The structure allows four more stories, uses fire proof materials, and was built with local materials to support Ada’s growth and future expansion.
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Ada
L. G. Mades
Oklahoma City
Mades
Oklahoma
Skirvin Hotel
Layton-Hiecks and Forsyth
American
State Capitol
Shrine Temple
Medical Arts
Braniff
C. F. Zollars
Weevil Threat With Sweet Potatoes In Oklahoma
A western Oklahoma weevil, the red ant type that forms large mounds, lays eggs in sweet potatoes in fields and bins. Larvae tunnel inside tubers causing decay. cold storage cannot halt development. Sanborn notes rumors of infested Texas potatoes sold in Oklahoma harming the industry and warns of severe losses if the infestation persists.
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Oklahoma
Sanborn
Texas
Doctor Pierce's Early Medical Career and Rise of the Golden Medical Discovery
Dr R W Pierce studied medicine in Cincinnati graduating in 1862 and practiced widely before creating ready to use prescriptions. He founded the World's Dispensary in Buffalo New York and issued Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for the blood and Favorite Prescription for women. The discovery sales grew for over six decades, touted as a digestives and blood purifying tonic with roots and herbs, available in tablet or liquid form.
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Cincinnati
R. W. Pierce
Titusville
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
United States
Pierce
Local notes from Durant area events and visits
John Morris spent last week in Durant on business. Miss Hattie Prewett returned home after visiting relatives in Roff. The spelling match drew crowds Thursday and the next is set for January 21. A box supper Thursday aims to raise funds for a piano. Jack Morris visited Ada Saturday. F L Odom and son traveled to Ada with Mr. Benton. The Laxton boy scouts were organized by Mr. Miller from Ada with two weeks of prep work. Minnie Glasgow was elected B Y P U president. W B Rucker visited Roff Saturday. Flora Bell Good is back from Wilson for an extended visit. Dorothy Pollock Vinita Majders Wilma Good Louise Good and Vera Allan joined Mrs J K Majors Sunday. Mrs Geo Riggs and Mrs Geo Hewett are listed as sick this week.
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John Morris
Durant
Hattie Prewett
Rofs
Jack Morris
Ada
F. L. Odom and Son
Wilma Good
Louise Good
Vera Allan
J. K. Majors
Geo. Riggs
Geo. Hewett
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Glydas Lawson
Glydas Grider
Sam Dew
Peean Grove
Ington
Abloso Club Report
Ada’s New Office
American Building
W. E. Harvey
Lincoln
FORD
Laxton
California
Fred Harvey
Grand Canyon National Park
J. HW
Shackleford
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