Hughes County Team Tops 4-H and FFA Judging Contests
Pontotoc county’s 4-H club judging team placed fourth in the annual contest at Turner ranch amid 25 counties represented. Hughes County 4-H team won the team judging event coached by George Freeman. FFA teams held six classes with 40 teams and 251 members. Cash prizes totaled 500 for both 4-H and FFA winners.
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Pontotoc County
Turner Ranch
Hugh Roukhew
E c. H. Hailew Emintyw Anmant
Hughes County
George Freeman
Stephens County
Custer County
Grady County
Comanche County
Okmulgee County
Johnston Coutdlan
Brice Harris
Johnson County
Cecil Vaughn
Lahon Grimes
F.F.A
Elk City
Ernest Andrews
Billy Grissom
Hugh Carter
Kenneth Rouse
Armond Wann
Earl Henslee
Louis Tyon
Lone Wolf
Edwin Detloff
Cushing
Don Dennis
Waurika
F F.A
Dean Blizzard
Oklahoma A
R. J. Kinzer
American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association
Mowing Weeds Improves Pastures Says Local Official
In the county many residents mow weeds at the barnyard gate to improve pas tures. R D Cody Contra homa chair Blue Boggy Soil Conservation district August Pasquali Coalgate R E Farmer Lehigh and Judge W B Thornsborough Coalgate take part. Weeds provide mulch to hold moisture and aid young grass.
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R. D. Cody
Contrahoma
Early boll weevil control urged by county farmers
Farmers across the county are urged to monitor boll weevil damage by counting punctured squares in cotton fields every three to four days. A sustained 10 percent or higher punctured rate indicates it is time to dust with calcium arsenate, with alternatives for flea hoppers and nearby adopters of new dusting equipment.
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John Linker
Centrahoma
D. C. Petty
Clarita
Turner Ranch Field Day Judging Herefords By 4-H Boys
Five 4-H livestock boys judged Herefords at Turner Ranch Sulphur this week and enjoyed a barbecue dinner. The accompanying youths were Charles Martin Olney Glen Nelson Olney Billy Burns Clarita Jack Ray Clarita Jack Patton Clarita and Jerry Morgan Centrahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Club
Turner Ranch
Sulphur
Charles Martin
Olney
Glen Nelson
Billy Burns
Clarita
Jack Ray
Jack Patton
Jerry Morgan
Labor and Harvest Outlook in Olney Area
Labor in hay crews shows difficulties but grain harvest is 96 percent complete. Four threshing crews formed by owners in Olney and Clarita. yields are low yet improved over the past two years. Volunteer victory corps grow daily, with more expected for peanut and cotton seasons. Potato market sees two cars shipped to the Commodity Credit Corporation and another due. potatoes packed in new sacks.
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Olney
Clarita
Victory Corps
Hudson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Walls Makes Good With Poultry Flock
James Walls of the Center 4-H club raised a large poultry flock with solid returns. He bought 100 Brown Leghorns for 18 dollars and 75 cents, then 100 White Plymouth Rock cockerels for 1 dollar and 85 cents. He sold 53 birds at 60 cents, and 140 more at 55 cents, totaling 108 dollars and 80 cents, yielding a 62 dollar and 7 cent profit on 200 birds. He then began feeding a Hereford steer for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Walls
Center 4-H Club
Walls
Mescalero Debs Stage 96 Hour Coming Out Ceremony
Mescalero Apache debutantes Althea Naiche Eula Tortilla and Vera Shant prepare for a four day coming out in the Sacramento mountains. The ceremony features buckskin regalia, feasting, gifts from tribesmen, and many suitors in uniform hope to become husbands.
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Mescalero
N. M
New Mexico
Sacramento Mountains
Althea Naiche
Eula
Vera
Dad Was Right About Dale Moder
Fred Moder of Brookfield Missouri spent 14 months insisting his son Dale Moder was alive after a 1940s AP image. The Marine Corps notified him Dale was captured by Japan revealing the photo resemblance to Captain Vermouth and an unnamed aide. Dale enlisted in 1939 at 18 and vanished after 1941 moving from Shanghai to the Philippines.
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Brookfield
Fred Moder
Dale
Vermouth
Moder
United States Marine Corps
Shanghai
Philippines
Spitfire Pilot Recalls Malta Battle and Relief Efforts
The author, a Royal Air Force pilot and author of Spitfires Over Malta, recounts Malta's siege from March 1942 to May 1942, detailing the defense led by Spitfires and Hurricanes, the arrival of the carrier Wasp with 60 planes, and the turning of the tide as Malta became an offensive base in the Mediterranean. He notes the heroism of Maltese civilians, the heavy Luftwaffe assault, and the eventual relief convoys and renewed air superiority.
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Malta
Island
Field Marshal Kesselring
Mediterranean
Sicily
Michael Angelo
U.S
Wasp
Sir Hugh Lloyd
Winston Churchill
Grand Harbor
Sicilian
Hun
Rome
Tunisia
Alexander
Bengazi
Gibbraltar
Italy
Pvt McGaha Becomes Airplane Mechanic At Sheppard Field
Pvt James H McGaha son of Mr and Mrs C A McGaha of Ada Oklahoma has graduated from an intensive course in airplane mechanics at Sheppard Field Texas. He becomes a trained Army Air Forces technician ready to keep the air armada flying.
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Sheppard Field
Texas
James H. McGaha
C. A. McGaha
East Fifth
Ada
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Army Air Forces
June Road Death Total Is Low
Oklahoma highway patrol reports 12 traffic fatalities in June, tying the all time low last December and down from 19 in June last year. State Safety Commissioner J M Gentry notes favorable weather aided travel. four counties posted first fatalities since 1941 1942.
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Ada
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Cy Killian
Harold Watson
J. M. Gentry
Cimarron County
McCurtain
Beaver
Cherokee
Cleveland
Craig
Dewey
Grady
Grant
Greer
Jefferson
Johnston
Kiowa
Latimer
Lincoln
Logan
Major
Marshall
Mayes
Murray
Noble
Pushmataha
Roger Mills
Seminole
Sequoyah
Wagoner
Washita
Woods
Oklahoma County
Tulsa
Rogers
Kay
Leonard Grindstaff Receives Claremont Summer Fellowship
Ada native and East Central graduate Leonard Grindstaff, now director of curriculum for Santa Barbara schools, earns a fellowship at Claremont College summer session seminar on hemispheric solidarity. He will attend June 28 to August 7 as one of 25 grants for potential leaders in inter American relations.
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Leonard Grindstaff
Ada
East Central
Santa Barbara
Calif
Claremont College
Ada Youth Earns Silver Wings as Aerial Gunner
Joseph S. Jared Jr of Ada Oklahoma is awarded the Silver Wings of an aerial gunner and promoted to sergeant after completing training at the Army Air Forces Gunnery School at Tyndall Field Florida He trained in operation of .30 and .50 caliber machine guns on ground ranges and in the air for service as a bomber crew member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Fla
Joseph S. Jared, Jr
Joe Jared
East Ninth Street
Ada
Oklahoma
Army Air Forces
Tyndall Field
Grove Gets Advanced Navy Training at Milligan University
William Robert Groves former East Central student and Ada High School graduate has been chosen for advanced Navy training. He recently left Shawnee for Milligan University in Johnson City Tennessee where he will receive further instruction. Groves enlisted in the Navy V-5 reserve while at East Central and is the son of Mr and Mrs L Groves living east of Ada.
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William Robert Groves
East Central
Ada High School
Navy
Shawnee
Milligan University
Johnson City
Tenn
Groves
L. Groves
Pfc Roy Click Jr Graduates Chanute Field Teletype School
Pfc Roy Click Jr completes training at Chanute Field under the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command. He received teletype maintenance and related technical instruction for aircraft upkeep. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Roy Click of 514 North Stockton and a graduate of Ada public schools.
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Pfc
Roy Click, Jr
Chanute Field School
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Pfe. Click
Roy Click
North
Stockton
Ada
East Central College
Telegraph Plant Leaves Form Signaling Foliage
India witnesses a Telegraph plant with each leaf made of three leaflets. Two leaflets continually wig wag to resemble flashing signals, creating a living natural semaphore in the garden.
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India
Sgt Cartwright Wins Wings of Aerial Gunner
Technical Sergeant George O. Cartwright recently graduated from the Kingman Arizona Aerial Gunnery school and qualified as a radio technician in Madison Wisconsin. Enlisting in 1940 he served with a Tank Destroyer Battalion and Military Police before joining the Army Air Forces in 1942. He is now stationed in Salt Lake City Utah and was promoted at the Kingman school. He was educated in Ada Oklahoma, graduating from Ada High School.
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George O. Cartwright
Kingman, Ariz
Army Air Forces Communication School
Madison
Wis
America
United States Army
Military Police
Army Service
Army Air Forces
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cartwright
G. R. Cartwright
Ada
Ada High School
Pfc Williams Sent To Camp Lejeune North Carolina
Pfc Williams enlisted in November 1942 and joined the parachute branch at San Diego Marine Base. He earned the silver wings in March 1943 and was noted for rifle and pistol marksmanship before heading to Camp Lejeune after basic training. He grew up in Ada, attended Ada public schools, graduated 1941, and later played football and softball at East Central.
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Pfc. Williams
U. S. Marines
Marines
San Diego
California
Marine Base
Camp LeJeune
S. S. Williams
West Eighteenth
Ada
Ada High School
East Central
Pvt MeNinch Goes To North Africa
Pvt. MeNinch, Signal corps radio operator, is stationed in North Africa after enlisting in May 1942 at Fort Sill. He trained at Camp Crowder and Pittsburgh radio school before shipping out in November 1942. He speaks of North Africa as both a pretty place and a fight for it, wearing the campaign ribbon with pride. His wife Ruby Chapman works at McAlester shell loading plant, and they previously lived in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell R. McNinch
Signal Corps
North Africa
Pvt. McNinch
Army of the United States
Fort Sill
Camp Crowder Signal Corps Replacement Center
Army Radio School
Pittsburgh
Penn
Pvt
MecNinch
Ada
Pvt. MccNinch
Latta High School
Hereford Tour Draws Out-of-State Cattle Breeders
A Hereford tour in Oklahoma drew 150 to 500 spectators on day two as Texas and Missouri breeders toured barns and feed houses. Governor Kerr addressed a barbecue in the pecan grove while R C Pollock of Chicago spoke on livestock production challenges.
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Texas
Missouri
Robert S. Kerr
Jack Holt
William Skelly
James Berry
Dean W. L. Blizzard
Oklahoma
R. K. Kinzer
American Hereford
Cattle Breeders Association
Anto Classen
Oklahoma City
A. D. Weber
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kerr
Turner
Roy Turner
Pollock
R. C. Pollock
National Livestock and Mean Board of Chicago
F.F.A
4-H Club Boys
Turner Ranch
One Tomato Crop Sets Impressive Record in Pontotoc County
Seed and feed dealer R L Halcombe reports a giant tomato raised by Mr Lindsey south of Ada. The fruit weighed 24 ounces, far larger than any previously recorded locally, showcasing Pontotoc County’s tomato potential as a one tomato crop example.
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R. L. Halcombe
Lindsey
Ada
Horcombe
Pontotoc County
County 4-H Garden Projects Expand Amid Drought
About 55 acres are devoted to county 4-H club gardens with 105 boys enrolled. Plants shift from early crops to cowpeas, June corn, and Irish potatoes as dry weather hits. Assistant agent Hugh Rouk notes rising garden acreage. spring potato ground may grow summer vegetables or turnips. Allen and Galey lead in number of 4-H projects.
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Hugh Rouk
Allen and Galey
Lieutenant Duke Completes Signal Corps OC School
Fort Monmouth New Jersey June 26 1943 Second Lieutenant John H Duke graduates from the Officer Candidate Department of the Eastern Signal Corps School and is commissioned in the U S Army He will serve with the Signal Corps and is from Acadia Oklahoma resident at 613 West Fifteenth Street He is the son of Mr and Mrs Parley Luke
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FT Monmouth
N. J
John H Duke
Eastern Sigal Corps School
Fort Monmouth
New Jersey
Army of the United States
Signal Corps
Duke
Aca
Okla
W. Fifteenth Street
Parley Luke
Charles Blount Reported as Prisoner of Japanese
Sister of Charles Blount Mrs. W R Stephenson of 215 South Stockton reports he is held by the Japanese in the Philippine Islands after being listed as missing in action earlier. The notice appears in the Ada News classified section.
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Charles Blount
W. R. Stephenson
Stockton
Phillippine Islands
Blount
Sutton Assigned to Station Hospital Gardiner Field
Pvt. Herbert H. Sutton of the Army Air Forces Medical Detachment moved from Fort Sill to the Medical Replacement Training Center at Camp Barkeley Texas and then to Gardner Field Station Hospital. He is the son of Mrs Effie Sutton of Taft California.
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Herbert H. Sutton
Gardner Field
Station
Pvt
Sutton
Taft
Calif
Army Air Forces
Fort Sill
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Hutton
Gardner Field Station Hospital
Effie Sutton
Francis
Polk Studies Naval Landing Craft Seaman Second Class Polk
Carlis D. Polk, son of Mrs. Ruby Polk of 614 West Sixth, attends the Naval Landing Craft School at the San Diego Destroyer Base after five months in the Navy. The Ada public schools alumnus serves at the school during his Marine counterparts, while Dewey Williams reports to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina as a Marine paratrooper.
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Carlis D. Polk
Naval
Destroyer Base
San Diego
California
Pfc Creech Completes Armament School Training
Pfc Jesse Cecil Creech graduates from Armament School at Lowry Field Colorado after attending Rocky Chapel grade school and Latta High School Class of 1942 He played baseball and basketball in high school and was inducted at Fort Sill later stationed at Buckley Field before reporting to Lowry He is son of Jesse Eugene Creech route 1 Fitzhugh prior employment with Brown Bellow Co McAlester as a dispatcher.
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Jesse Cecil Creech
Lowry Field
Colorado
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Pfc
Creech
Rocky Chapel
Latta
Fort Sill
Buckley Fiel d
Jesse Eugene Creech
Fitzhugh
Brown-Bellow Co
MicAlester
Bennett Jr. Graduates Army Commission at Camp Hood
Joe D. Bennett Jr. completed training at Camp Hood Texas and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army. He has been in the tank destroyer battalion at Camp Hood.
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Joe D. Bennett, Jr
Camp Hood
Texas
Army
Joe D. Jr
Shipman Transferred to Fort McHenry Fire Instructor
Harvey H. Shipman was moved from a Cincinnati Coast Guard base to Fort McHenry Maryland where he serves as a firefighting instructor. A former local fire department member, he is the son of Mr and Mrs D N Shipman.
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Harvey H. Shipman
Cincinnati
Corn Uniform Ears Show Even Row Pattern Despite Injury
Microscope analysis reveals that ears of corn maintain an even number of kernel rows. Even if an injury destroys a row, the undeveloped row count remains consistent at seven, indicating a fundamental pattern in corn morphology.
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Stiles
Extension Entomologut
A. & M. College
Begaa
Tupelo
Coalgate
O’neal
Turners
Dad
New Key
Next Move
Paul Brennan
NEA
Taranto
Sardinia
Corsica
D.F.C
D.S.M
Pvt. McGaha
Sheppard Field School
Adan
Claremont
Sgt
Gunner's
Grove
Chanute Field Teletype School
Sgt. Cartwright
Pic. Williams
Camp le Jeune, N. C
Hereford
Signal Corps O.C
Ada News
Pvt. Sutton
S-c Polk
Pfc. Creech
Joe Bennett, Jr
Gels
Shipman
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