All College Rodeo Plans Take Shape
Regional Director John C Gatlin of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife said February start for a 121000 improvement program at the Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery. The project, funded through Accelerated Public Works, will repair buildings expand ponds fences roads and raise capacity creating ten on site jobs. A Second item states dates for the First Annual All College Rodeo in Okmulgee sponsored by the OST Rodeo Association set for April 1920 with events including bare back riding wild horse racing girls barrel racing steer wrestling and bull riding.
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Oklahoma State Tech Rodeo Association
Okmulgee
Tech
Connie Wood
Ada
Sam Hawkins
Bradley
Skip Rowell
Atoka
John C. Gatlin
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery
Tishomingo Hatchery
Tishomingo
California
Department of the Interior Wildlife Agency
Thomas F. Nelson
Albuquerque
Bureau
Branch of Engineering
Russell Hornbeck
Okmulgee County
OST Rodeo Association
Sandy Creek
Vaness
Kenneth Blan
Pontotoc County
South Canadian River
Blan
Heart Fund Plans For '63 Announced
The Ada Heart Unit announces February as heart month with a tag day by Camp Fire Girls on Feb 9 and National Heart Day on Feb 24 for a nationwide house to house canvass. Ada officers include Bob Steiner Frank Jacques Casper Duffer and Homer Hensler.
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Homer Hensler
Ada Heart Unit
Hensler
Ada
Campfire Girls
Heart Fund
Pontotoc County
Bob Steiner
Frank Jacques
Casper Duffer
County Heart Unit
Turner Plans to Break Up Historic Hereford Herd Sale in June
Roy J. Turner announces a three day dispersal of his registered Hereford herd from June 3 to 5, shifting the Turner Ranch back to commercial beef production. About 1000 cows with calves at side will be auctioned, with main herd bulls sold and some young bulls held for fall. Turner cites his health and lack of succession in the family as factors.
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Roy J. Turner
Turner
Oklahoma
Turner Ranch
Sion
Dean W. L. Blizzard
Oklahoma A&m
Harper and Turner
Dean Blizzard
Hazlett
Robert H. Hazlett
Eldorado
Kaw
Harper & Turner
Torch Powered Granite Quarrying Modernizes Stone Cutting
Century Granite near Mill Creek uses a large torch system to cut granite, replacing dynamite. A 20 ton block is released by jet channeling with an oxy acetylene torch, fed from a trailer with high pressure tanks, producing loud noise.
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Century Granite
Mill Creek
Fredericks
Gregory Verhoff
Rail Crossing Crash Injures 2 Latta Women
A two car collision near Latta left Ella Chaloupek and Sammie Jo Stilwell hospitalized in fair condition. Trooper H T Gay said the crash occurred at a hump shaped crossing east of SH 12 as a Santa Fe train bore down on the Chaloupek vehicle, which was stuck on the tracks. Both drivers escaped with bruises and the women’s children were checked and released.
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Latta
Valley View
Ella Chaloupek
East Sixth
Sammie Jo Stilwell
Route 1
Ada
H. T. Gay
SH 12
Gay
Santa Fe
Chaloupek
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New Lake
Conservancy District
Sandy Creek Conservancy District
Tishomingo Fish Hatchery
F. E. Harper