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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1956
Page
1
Lightning Ridge resident Lee Jones suffered severe burns to his hands and arms when a gasoline-soaked brush brushed the car motor starter, igniting a fire as he washed oil from the vehicle. He works at a cement plant in Ada and was off work at the time.
Bright smiles won county honors for Janease Deering Ada and Jerry Moore Allen in Pontotoc County Dental Association contest. Runners up include Robert Speck Ada Wallace Brown Stonewall Glenda Dale Stonewall Ruth Roark Allen. Winners receive engraved cups and later district winner cups. Further competition based on smiles only.
The Union Valley Home Demonstration club will sponsor a community wide meeting on Friday January 27 at 7 30 p m in the school building. Mrs W C Story club president announced Ada attorney G C Mayhue Jr will discuss legal problems of interest to everyone.
A Tuesday meeting of Sandy Creek Conservancy District Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District and Soil Conservation Service outlined a tentative ten year plan for a 147 000 acre watershed. Engineers must locate dam sites secure landowner easements and design land treatment practices to control floods and steady stream flow with costs shared between federal and local funds.
Midland Bermuda grass is highlighted as an excellent pasture improvement option for Southern Oklahoma and North Central Texas. It is winter hardy and on most soils yields more forage than common types. It is a cross between Indian storm and Coastal Bermuda and can be grown further north.
The Committee for Economic Development urges shared costs for farm readjustments and public action on three core problems. It backs price supports at reduced levels, land retirement programs, flexible supports and income payments, and a storage plan to curb price swings. It notes about 1,000,000 persistently low income farmers and slower mobility in the South.
Dr. Robert MacVicar of Oklahoma A&M College argues that while more funding and better teachers are needed, the core issue is students’ genuine interest in learning. He cites home training as shaping attitudes toward education and links it to the nation’s science graduate shortages.
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson said an agreement with Yugoslavia will finance the purchase of 88 million pounds of lard worth 10.8 million dollars. The sale will be paid in dinars under Title I of the program.
Oklahoma extension poultry man Alex Warren explains dry weather fills air with static. nervous hens stop laying. Grounding each row of cages with copper wire or to water pipes between rows can reduce stress and boost egg production.
Farmers obtained 61,000 federal land bank farm mortgage loans in 1955 totaling 487 million dollars through 12 land banks and 1,100 national farm loan associations in the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The level marks a 21 percent rise in number and 59 percent in loan value from 1954, with 338 million dollars of new money. Funds refinance existing mortgages and finance real estate, chattel mortgages, buildings, land improvements, operations, livestock and machinery.
County 4-H members and adult leaders were honored at the Achievement Day program in Ada on Saturday morning January 21. Darrel Bryant led the meeting as county federation president. Key awards went to Frankye Sullivan and Nancy Elliott of Fitzhugh Bryant and David Calvert of Byng.
Pontotoc County 4 H Federation schedules annual meeting at 10 a m Saturday January 28 in the district court room Ada to elect 1956 county officers and set club goals Local clubs are urged to send three voting delegates plus the club officers Federation officers and leaders will plan upcoming 4 H events
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