County 4-H Enrollment Grows Toward Record in Pontotoc
County 4-H members meet weekly at Homer and nearby towns as Allen leads with 75 boys. The assistant county agent notes enrollment already surpasses last year, with about 50 more members expected. A demonstration on year round pastures by Mr. Rook highlighted lespedeza, clovers, and bermuda as pasture options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Byng
Allen
Latta
Rofif
Fitzhugh
Galey
Pickett
Vanoss
McLish
Pleasant Hill
Hugh Fuk
Pontotoc County
Rook
Bermuda
Rouk
Johnson Grassland
Vanessa 4-H Girl Reports Year of Work and Skills
Georgia Ruth Pitt a nine year old 4 Her club member presents a year long record of food production kitchen tasks garden work canning and preservation. She details planting harvesting canning jelly and cookies with notes on weather and diligent record keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Ruth Pitt
Jessie Morgan
Georgia Ruth
Arden
Alaska
Noted Flu Patient Causes Festivity
At Fort Bragg North Carolina a hospitalized influenza patient Rose Lee famed strip tease star was to have a day. A lighted 16 candle cake was presented at her bedside as soldiers gathered around her room during her illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
N. C
Rose Lee
Miss Lee
Oliver Taylor Finds Success as Tulsa Herdsman
Oliver Taylor, once a Lovelady 4 H club boy, became Green Hill Farms Tulsa herdsman after boss Jim Sharp bought an $11,000 Hereford bull. Taylor, praised for his rapid progress, previously worked with Jersey herds in Mississippi and Pontotoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Taylor
Jim Sharp
Tulsa
Taylor
Green Hill Farms
Pontotoc County
Ed Granger
Mississippi
W. E. Harvey Ranch
Sharp
Laughs and Drama in Daily Oklahoma Patrol Tales
State Safety Commissioner J. M. Gentry highlights unusual patrol cases from the past year. Examples include a city siren parade to assist a partygoer, inquiries about a spouse’s whereabouts at a club, and a fire‑damaged residence with injured occupants.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
J. M. Gentry
Oklahoma City
Georgia
Osage County
Black Explains How Teacher Pension Fund Is Handled
Harvey Black, executive secretary of the Oklahoma teacher pension fund, spoke at Ada to the county Schoolmasters club about the law’s operation, its Texas Ohio and Alabama bases, and four key benefits. The fund covers all district employees, requires teacher membership, and imposes strict safeguards with audits and state oversight.
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Harvey Black
Oklahoma Teacher Pension Fund
Ada
County Schoolmasters Club
Rofs
Carlyon Dodson
Black
Texas
Ohio
Alabama
State Tax Commission
Teenage Girl Is Major Problem Now
Oklahoma health officials credit elimination of red light districts with reducing venereal disease rates. Dr. John A. Cowan cites teenage girls and service members on leave in Oklahoma City as a growing challenge, while Dr. Grady F. Mathews notes the state sits well below national averages for gonorrhea and syphilis. He cites 3,800 infections among armed forces in the state last year and urges continued vigilance by health officers and physicians.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
John A. Cowan
State Health Department
Cowan
Grady F. Mathews
Armed Services
Leaders Named For County Polio Drive
County polio drive chairmen were announced Saturday by the Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors. Starting Saturday January 22 two booths will be set up on Main Street at Main and Broadway and Main and Townsend. Yardsticks will be sent to county schools early in the week to give children a head start. Ray Stegall, county superintendent, will distribute yardsticks to rural schools. County chairman Guy Thrash and city chairman L E Walk lead a list of polio committee members including Rex Morrison Tales Broadrick boother gens Sidney Sachs and others.
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Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Main and
Broadway
Townsend
Ray Stegall
Guy Thrash
L. E. Walk
Rex Morrison
Tales Broadrick
Ao Downtown Boother
Sidney Sachs
objBee Hs
Vo Wate
Insurance Policy Finally To Be Paid
A government life insurance policy for Wesley Rudolph Fewell, a Navy machinist mate third class killed in action on August 24, 1942 aboard the USS Enterprise, is about to be paid after 16 months. The lapse occurred due to missing Navy records of premium allotments, now resolved as the Navy reports a May 1 1942 deduction and January 1943 application. VA will authorize payout to Fewell's parents, Guy Lee and his wife, of Ringling Oklahoma.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Wesley Rudolph Fewell
Elmer Thomas
Fewell
Guy Lee Fewell
Route 1
Ringling
Okla
Veterans’ Administration
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
McMillen
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Thomas
Marine Jim Lucas Leaves Tarawa Story Unfinished
The article recounts Sgt. Jim Lucas, a Checotah-Tulsa native, who rushed a Tarawa story to press then interrupted it to alert a general on the beach. He sent a sentry to Pearl Harbor for word and ripped the piece from his typewriter before the general could read it. The tale ends with the general possibly taking the story to Pearl Harbor, as heard later on a news broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jim Lucas
Tarawa
Jim
Washington
Lucas
Pearl Harbor
Eneral
Lee Confirmed for Civil Aeronautics Board Term
The senate confirmed the reappointment of former Oklahoma senator Josh Lee to the Civil Aeronautics Board for a new term ending December 31 1949.
Canadian Schools Move Toward Slate Based Classes
A fragmented OCR note shows schools in Canada adopting slate based classrooms to save paper and reduce waste. It mentions teachers testing slate boards and students writing with chalk as a low cost alternative.
Seventh Annual Southeastern Oklahoma Junior Livestock Show
County Agent C H Hailey reports the Ada Chamber of Commerce and Pontotoc cattlemen will host the event March 11 12 13 and 14 with more animals entered than in 1943. Judges will inspect entries in early February and plans include cattle herd improvements and soil building at ranches.
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C. H. Hailey County
Southeastern Oklahoma
Ada Chamber of Commerce and Cattlemen
Pontotoc County
Tree Planting Program Encourages 2.3 Million Trees in 1944
Governor Ker leads a state program through the planning and resources board to plant 2.3 million trees in 1944. The effort promotes farm windbreaks and fruit nut posts, with Pontotoc and Coal counties offered pecan and walnut plantings at affordable prices. Farmers may order via county agents. lime soil treatment boosts wartime production and phosphate availability. Dr. R E Cowling bought a registered Hereford bull at a local sale.
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Robert S. Ker
State Planning and Resources Board
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Planning and Resource3 Board
Division of Forestry
Oklahoma City
P. L. Gassaway
Ada
Coal County
Homemade bulldozer draws public attention for utility
A rural bulldozer made from a row crop tractor proves extremely useful and inexpensive to build. Costs as low as six dollars have been reported. C. T. Sturdivant, agricultural engineer from Stillwater, developed plans and specifications and offers them through county resources.
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C. T. Sturdivant
Stillwater
Moor e Bull Purchase Touts Hereford In Mississippi Sale
H S Moore a Pontotoc county contractor and rancher purchased 17 registered Hereford bulls at Delaney and Harvey sales 14 from Delaney and 3 from Harvey. Moore plans to use the bulls on commercial herds with part of the stock staying in Pontotoc county and the remainder sent to Cane Mount plantation in Claiburn county Mississippi.
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H. S. Moore
Pontotoc County
Delaney and Harvey
Delaney
Harvey
Moore
Cane Mount
Claiburn County
Mississippi
Four-Point Soils Program for Fertile Land
A four point plan to maintain soil fertility includes lime at 1 to 3 tons per acre, phosphorus with 200 pounds per acre of superphosphate, adding organic matter via summer and winter legumes and incorporating green manure, and nitrogen from planting legumes such as sweet clover.
Farmers urged to buy seed early for next spring planting
Farmers advised to purchase seed now due to short supply of good planting seed especially legumes sorghums and oat seed shortages noted in this state. Those with quality seed should save seed for next spring to ensure better returns.
Livestock Leaders Clash Over Meat Rationing
At the American National Livestock association convention roundtable in Denver on January 14, leaders debated beef supply shortages and rationing. Albert Mitchell warned of rising feed costs and higher cattle counts while others urged OPA reform or removal, and Harry Reed urged continued regulation to curb inflation and prices.
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Denver
American National Livestock Association
OPA
Albert K. Mitchell
Albert
N. Mex
Association
Mitchell
New Mexico
Hub Russell
Maricopa
Calif
Congress
Will Miller
Topeka
Kans
Kansas Livestock Association
Harry E. Reed
Washington
Food Distribution Administration
More Ships to Take Grain to Greece
Two additional Swedish ships have been chartered by the International Red Cross to carry grain to Greece. The Pedro Christophersen, a Johnson Line freighter of Biel tons, was set to handle a shipment from Argentina, while the Canadian shipment would be carried aboard the Swedish Lloyd Line’s freighter Virginia, a 1,600 gross ton vessel.
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New York
International Red Cross
Greece
American
Swedish News Exchange
Exchange
Pedro Christophersen
Johnson Line
Biel
Argentina
Swedish
Lloyd Line
Virginia
Army Warns Editors On Display Of Female Form In Papers
Washington dispatch reports the army guide counsels editors to avoid showing the female form in army newspapers within the United States. The memo notes civilian magazines meet the topic, and military outlets should not compete. A brief Alaska post quotation praises a burlesque artist pictured for a small publication.
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Washington
Army
Continental
United States
War Department
Newcastle
Alaska
New York
Burris Heads Dem Central Committee in Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc county Democratic central committee met Saturday electing George W. Burris as county chairman with Nellie Munday as vice chair and D. W. Swaffar re-elected secretary treasurer. A resolutions committee outlined aims supporting veterans and postwar programs, praising national leadership and urging war bond purchases. Precinct officers for many wards and precincts were listed, with Burris unopposed for chairman.
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Democratic Central Committee
Pontotoc County
George W. Burris
Tom D. McKeown
J. Oane
D. Swaffar
Burris
Nellie Munday
D. W. Swaffar
E. N. Jones
Jack Conn
Frank McCauley
Gary Kitchens
Frank Bourland
Demos
McKeown
Kerr
Democratic Party
Army
Navy
Greenhouse
Charles Laseman
Nora Donaghey
Alice McCauley
Aline Donaghey
Ed Barringer
Lightning Ridge
Otis Coffey
Hettie Mantooth
Phil McLachlin
Kenneth Cobb
Woodrow Coffey
Sam A. McKeel
Lottie Braly
W. D. Little
F R. Laird
A. K. Thornton
Lucy Sampson
J. F. McKee
M. H. McDaniel
J. O. Abney
T. W. Bowzee
T. O. Dandridge
C. G. Hall
J. B. Hill
Hicks A. Smith
G. C. Harris
C. R. Drummond
W. B. Jones
Clifford J. Smith
Vallee McClendon
Army officer issues exam in Rush Springs area
Oklahoma City January 15 Colonel B S Thompson commander of Will Rogers field said Lieut George F Kilgen Jr of Los Angeles California was issued the first examination at a camp near Rush Springs yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
B. S. Thompson
Will Rogers Field
George F. Kilgen, Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
Rush Springs Yesteray
Captain Hatfield Upholds Navy Code in Nicaragua
Capt. Gilbert Hatfield earns a storied claim to fame for refusing a Nicaraguan general's demand that he surrender. The famous phrase A marine never surrenders is attributed to his steadfast stand during the encounter.
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Gilbert Hatfield
Kerr Names Two Appointments to Oklahoma Prisons
Governor Kerr announced the appointments of Martha Schneider as head matron at McAlester state women's prison and Lillie B. Logan as assistant superintendent of the Tecumseh girls training school. Logan transfers from McAlester where she previously served ten years at Norman state hospital and has aided Tecumseh place. Schneider, a widow with four grown children, is tasked with creating a work program for women inmates at McAlester after recent business and educational preparation.
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Oklahoma City
Kerr
Martha Schneider
State Women’s Prison
McAlester
Lillie B. Logan
Tecumseh
Logan
Creighton Burnham
Schneider
State Board of Affairs
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Perry
John Wilbur Voss Captured Again
John Wilbur Voss 28, famed for escaping prisons, hid in a bread box at Oklahoma Penitentiary last October. He was recaptured tonight at Merced highway patrol office with over $1,100 in cash, brought to the Merced County Jail for FBI custody. He was unarmed and did not resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merced
Calif
John Wilbur Voss
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Highway Patrol
Voss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma
W. A. Burch
Here
Patchwork Quilt Exhibit Showcases 1000 Materials
A 76 year old woman presented a quilt with more than a thousand fabrics at Chalington England highlighting her extensive handiwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalington
England
Green Capital Berlin Trees Surpass Forty-Six Lakh Mark
Berlin earns the nickname Green Capital as streets and broader areas host over 465 000 trees excluding parks and gardens, highlighting the citys extensive tree coverage and environmental emphasis.
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Berlin
The Driver Ants Dominate African Jungles
The blind driver ant is described as the true king of the African jungles, with every creature fleeing before its army of insects.
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Bag Ss
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