Indoor Rodeo Arena Planned By Rancher Kenneth Lance
Rancher Kenneth Lance plans an all sports Ken Lance Sports Arena at Union Valley with a 6500 to 7000 seat indoor arena, 350 by 175 feet under one roof, fully lighting and ventilation, hosting an August Ada Rodeo and future events. Tim Holt will appear, and Clyde Crenshaw will stock, Doug Williams to announce.
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Kenneth Lance
Lance’s
Rodeo Grounds
Ada
Ferdinand
Union Valley
Ken Lance
Lance
Clyde Crenshaw
Doug Williams
Horatio
Ark
All Sports
Kerr Water Lab Gets New Director Richard D Vaughan
Richard D Vaughan named director of the U S Public Health Service water pollution laboratory in Kerr, Michigan. He is a 35 year old engineer with advanced degrees from Michigan and Georgia Tech and has led multiple river pollution projects in Dallas Arkansas Red River and Detroit area. He and his wife have three children and will visit soon for initial duties.
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Richard D. Vaughan
Grosse Ile
Michigan
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington
Vaughan
Public Health Service
Gordon E. McCallum
Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control
Evanston
Ill
Silver Spring
Maryland
Florida
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Austin
Tex
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Carl Thompson
Detroit
Men Live In Undersea Home For Two Days
Edwin A. Link led an underwater expedition proving men can operate at 430 feet for two days. Jon Lindbergh and Robert Stenart lived aboard a nine by four foot inflatable chamber on the ocean floor near the Bahamas while Link plans a November mission to 600 feet depth.
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Miami
Fla
Edwin A. Link
Bahama Islands
Link
Jon Lindbergh
Robert Stenart
Atlantic Ocean
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Great Stirrup Cay
Bahamas
Stenart
Father and Son Operate Bank-Bryant Farm Ranch
Francis area farmers Francis A Bryant and his son Carrel run a large, diversified operation near the North Canadian River. They own over 1000 acres, herd 200 Hereford cattle, and rotate crops like alfalfa Bermuda clover oats and maize to maintain soil fertility. They avoided last winter’s feed program, sold hay and feed, and plan further timber clearance and possible irrigation while Carrel uses industrial arts training from East Central State College.
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Carrel Bryant
A. A. Bryant
Cy Hailey
Francis
Carrel
North Canadian
Homesite
Bermuda
Bryant Farm
Bryant
Kalkihoma Recreation Area dedication set for July 18
Fourth District Congressman Tom Steed will give the principal address at the Kalkihoma Lake area dedication on July 18. Overton James, governor of the Chickasaw Nation, notes the Pontotoc County Chickasaw Tribal Council will meet then to discuss long range plans to convert the 900 acre Chickasaw land into a tribal recreation area with housing on the agenda. Attendees are asked to bring a picnic lunch. a large pot of pasho ra will be shared. Marie Rodke Bailey chairs arrangements.
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Tom Steed
Kalkihoma
Overton James
Pontotoc County
Kallihoma Lake
James
Marie Rodke Bailey
Pontotoc County Fair Plans and Dairy Judging Update
The Forty-Eighth Pontotoc County Fair is set for September 10 to 12 with catalog revisions underway and catalogs due by August 1. Changes by fair committees, weigh in dates, and a December bull sale are noted, along with a 4-H Jersey dairy cattle judging team’s third place finish at Pete Howe dairy farm near Nebo on July 1.
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Pontotoc County
Jersey
Pete Howe
Nebo
Willie Soutee
Becky Soutee
Jack Sanders
Oklahoma Jersey Cattle Club
Becky
J. E. Sanders
Roff
4-H Dairy Project
4-H
Pontotoc County Bulls Enter Holdenville Performance Test
Pontotoc County beef breeders sent 26 bulls to the Holdenville Performance Test this week. The cattle will be fed for 140 days to determine the rate of gain. Cattlemen sending bulls include Mack M. Braly with 10 Charolais. Ansus breeders entering were.
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Pontotoc County
Holdenville
Mack M. Braly
Ansus
Twelve Pontotoc County 4-Hers in Hereford Judging Field
Twelve Pontotoc County 4-H club members took part in a Hereford judging field event assessing cattle quality and breed characteristics. The contest highlighted youth involvement in livestock evaluation and rural sciences.
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Pontotoc County
Hereford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ada Rodeo Association
Tim Holt
PHS
Kerr Water Lab
W. D. Little JR
Carrel Is
East Central State College
Kallihoma
Carlton Corbin
Eldon Flinn
Ned Biffle
Harvey Price
Richard Rogers
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