Dry Weather Affects Area by W L Knickmeyer
In Ada and surrounding areas a prolonged dry pattern press of rainfall shows May and June below normal. Official Ada weather figures reveal first six months of 1966 at 11.58 inches, with drought comparisons to 1936 and 1917. western Pontotoc County faces severe water scarcity with stock ponds low, pastures dry, and some irrigation attempts using well water and restricted ASCS pasture wells.
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W. L. Knickmeyer
W. B. Pitt
Jay
Oklahoma
Ada
Pontotoc County
Ken Yoakum
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Neal Stidnam
Chapman Ranch
Roff
Dick Stroud
Stroud
J.C
Wingard
Fitzhuen
Bermuda
Lespedeza
Atoka
Ken. Yoakum
Pushmatana County
Bennett Sherrer
ASCS
M. W. Whitmire
Fillstown
Frisco Road
Waltmire
Whitmire
Louie Moshier
Ahioso Y
Livestock Judges Named for 1988 Tulsa State Fair Contests
A panel of judges from across the nation will select winners in the 1988 Tulsa State Fair livestock events. Prominent figures from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois will judge cattle, dairy, swine, sheep, and horse divisions with more than $125,000 in premiums planned. Entries close Sept 3, and contact details for forms and premium books are provided.
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Carl Menzies
Kangay State University
George Scott
Collins
Colo
OSU Meat Authority
Lowell Walters
Reed Hill
Canadian
Tex
NCHA
Don
Montgoméry
Kokémo
Ind
J. D. Graft
Eldon Fairbanks
Pasadena
Calif
George Cheatham
Tulsa
Rudy Terrill
Muskogee
Fiat
Okla
Tulsa State Fair Opens Sept 30 With $125000 in Prizes
The Tulsa State Fair runs Sept 30 to Oct 9 with over $125,000 in premiums and awards across 1200 competitions for hundreds of youths and adults. Double prizes are offered in the junior livestock lamb division, plus cash awards for Oklahoma’s best junior Private Eye. Judges include Oklahoma State University experts. displays of tole painting will be shown in the Educational Building.
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Tulsa
44H
PFA
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Woolley Heads Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association Drive
Walter Woolley of Ada leads a three county membership drive for the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association in Pontotoc Seminole and Pottawatomie counties. Chester Gates Hugh Ownby and Don Quart assist as they aim to double local membership from about 10 percent of roughly 78 000 cattle operations in the state.
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Walter Woolley
Ada
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
Pontotoc
Seminole
Pottawatomie
Woolley
Chester Gates
Seminole County
Hugh Ownby
Don Quart
Pottawatomie County
OCA
Adan
Steff
Agel
It Was A Hot Trip For The Garner Family
Kathleen Garner recounts a family visit from California to Oklahoma with a long, sunny drive to Platt National Park and Turner Falls, plus a Sulphur rodeo and Pauls Valley fireworks. An air conditioner failure baffled drivers until mechanics found the healer was on, ending their heat scare.
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Kathleen Garner
Garner
California
Oklahoma
Garners
Platt National Park
Turner Falls
Pauls Valley
O.K
Variety Is Spice Of Life For Bird
In El Reno Oklahoma biologist George Wint autopsied an experimental blackneck pheasant killed by a car. The crop contained green alfalfa, sorghum grain, goathead slicker bars, barley, corn husks, gravel, an earthworm, a wasp, hop clover, green crap, and a hackberry seed totaling 56 cc. The bird’s indulgent meal ended with its untimely death.
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EL Reno
State Wildlife Department
George Wint
Wintpec
EC Plans Big New Building for Horace Mann Campus
East Central moves toward a 2.262 million addition to the Horace Mann building, funded by 420 667 from federal sources and 841 331 via a December bond. Construction may start in September or October and aim for fall 1887 opening, with a band shell and new labs, classrooms, and offices across a 6000 square foot plan in a U shaped complex connected to Main Street and Center Street.
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East Central
Horace Mann
Ed James
James
Board of Regents
Horace Main
Main Street
Center Street
Francis Street
Ili
AdaDandridge Cookbook Delights Readers With Kerr Era Cake
Mrs Estelle Dandridge of Ada, long time Kerr-McGee land department ally, shares her White House Cookbook with WEEKLY readers. The Kerrs inspired Senator Kerr’s Chocolate Potato Cake, a rich recipe using pecans, hot potatoes and chocolate. The piece previews next week’s recipe Truman’s Ozark Pud.
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Sy Doris Darby
Estelle Dandridge
East 2Th
Ada
White House
Dandridge
T. C. Dandridge
Kerr-McGee Oil Company
Land Department
Robert Kerr
Inlaw
Reba Shelton Kerr
Truman
Plaza of the States to rise at Oklahoma City State Fair
Construction starts on the Plaza of the States at the Oklahoma State Fair grounds in Oklahoma City. Fifty state flag poles, bronze plaques, and 20,000 square feet of concrete will mark the new plaza between the 4-H and FFA halls, lighting the flags at night and drawing national attention to the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Oklahoma
Sandy Saunfiers
Saunders
Henry Bellman
State Fair of
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University of Missouri
J. B
Curly" Ives
Tea
Water
Jaine
Lubbock
Texas
L. D. Wythe Jr
Texas A&m University
L. J. Christian
Caddo
Bob Care
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Wayne Boothe
Cordell
F. Jake Hess
Randi
John Morris
College Park
C. L. Norton
Kansas State
John
George W. Brinson
West 8Th
Brinson
Dogma EL
Fittstown
Carlton Corbin
Oklahoma City
Robert Scroggins
Byng 4H
Stephenie McCullar
Vanons
Shirley Howell
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