Money Is Last Topic For County Cowmen Beef Short Course
The final Beef Short Course meeting was held January 20 with 52 attendees from Pontotoc County. George Reed of Liberty National Bank Oklahoma City urged localized banking and a planned production program to strengthen cattle finance, followed by vets on disease control, auction marketing, and beef cattle records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta
Ada
George Reed
Liberty National Bank
Oklahoma City
Reed
Pontotoc County
Sherwood O’neal
Clyde Reed
Stillwater
Latta School
Oklahoma to Stock Northern Pike in Small Lakes
Oklahoma will introduce Northern Pike to several small lakes after the Oklahoma Wildlife Commission approved the plan at its January meeting in Oklahoma City. First spring stockings will occur in state lakes with potential expansion to larger eastern reservoirs, using half a million eggs from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and five million from the South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Wildlife Commission
Leland Roberts
Wildlife Department
Nebraska
Roberts
Kansas
Arkansas
Carl Etling
West Cimarron County
Beaver County
Vincent
Ellis County
Bluestem
Pawhuska
Greenleaf
Muskogee
Clayton
Kiamichi Mountains
Tulsa
Spavinaw
Department
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
South Dakota
Roff School Lists 31 On Its Honor Roll
Thirty one students earned honor roll honors at Roff School for the first semester. Superintendent Virgil Medlock released the list detailing straight A students and others on the roll across all grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roff School
Roff
Virgil Medlock
Glenna Williams
Jane Davis
Dana Boren
Steve Cherry
Danny Childs
Mike Fairchild
Cathy King
Dixie Powell
Karen Binderim
Mark Phillips
Sandra Bratcher
James Sutton
Rita Fennell
Kay Morgan
Betty Quinton
Francis Duke
Neva Woods
Alvin
Farmers Asked To Turn In Social Security Numbers
Farmers receiving payments under farm action programs are being asked to provide their Social Security numbers. ASCS Chairman B. B. Ownbey says a form titled Request for Identifying Number Farmer and a prepaid return envelope have been mailed to each known payment recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASCS
B. B. Ownbey
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
New Cowman Predicted by 1980 for Beef Industry
A 1966 Cow-Calf Clinic in Stillwater Oklahoma gathered about 340 cowmen from six states. Dr L S Pope predicted a new breed of cowman age 30 to 35 with a 300 head herd who balances business and husbandry, uses crossbreeding or AI, aims for a 100 percent calf crop and earns premium prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Pope
Animal Science
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iowa
Texas
Missouri
Colorado
Pope
Stonewall Man dies in collision second highway toll for county
William C. Mason 46 of Stonewall died Friday in a local hospital after his car collided on SH 3 a mile west of Stonewall. Hickman Prince 67 of Grant and Willie Evans 65 of Oklahoma City were seriously injured. Mason's death marks Pontotoc County's second highway fatality in 1966, with other recent losses noted in nearby towns and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Mason
Stonewall
SH 3
Hickman Prince
Grant
Mason
Prince
Willie Evans
Oklahoma City
Valley View Hospital
Pontotoc County
Verta Mae Johnson
SH 13
US 177
Asher
John Jessie Webb
Arkansas
Oklahom
Joseph Frank Hughes
Magazine
Ark
US 69
McAlester
Greyhound
Cattle Industry Crossroads Highlight Speech
Kansas City AP Freeman warned the cattle industry faces a shift from quantity to control over who raises feeds and sells. He cited government beef market stabilization via the feed grain program and supported Johnson poverty programs while noting farmers seek fewer acreage controls amid rising demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Orville Freeman
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Freeman
Johnson
Congress
U.S
Tanzanian Teacher Sees U.S. Stay Through Program
Miss Gloria Williams from Tanzania visits Ada Oklahoma as part of the International Teachers Development Program. She studies in Holdenville and Oklahoma City schools after three months in Milwaukee, plans to return home via Washington, D C. She notes education as Tanzania’s top issue and describes a two-religion society with both Islam and Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gurley
World
Ada
Gloria Williams
Miss Williams
United States
International Teachers Development Program
America
Carl Morse
Morse
Park View School
Holdenville
Oklahoma
Central
Park View
Diamond School
Milwaukee
Wis
Washington
D. C
Dar Es Salaam
Tanganyika
Moshi
Martha Kanana
Maryland
Church of England
Tanzania
Zanzibar
Neighborhood Youth Corps Aids Pontotoc County Youths
The Neighborhood Youth Corps in Pontotoc County since October has helped more than 500 people. The program funds in school and out of school training for ages 16 to 22, with 377 in school and 129 out of school. Treas and Teague praise improved attendance and grades, while noting challenges including limited local opportunities for African American youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Ernest Thompson
Ada
J. C. Treas
J. E. Teague
Treas
Teague
Community Action Committee
Byng School
Nyc
County Commissioners and Highway Department
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Pike
O. Burr Ross
OSU
Richard L. William
William
W. M. Thompson, Jr
Thompson
Wayne Rowe
Meers
U2 Ranch
National Livestock Marketing Association of
Lee Scott
Vinita
LO Ranch
Ralph Chain
Canton
Chain Ranch
Leo Roberts
Ardmore
Daube Cattle Co
Bill House
Cedarvale
Kan
American Hereford Association
Ahloso
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