Drought Persists Across Ada Area With Parched Ponds
May and June rainfall totals show May 0.85 inch and June 1.75 inches, with 1966 six month totals at 11.53 inches. Western Pontotoc County reports bone-dry stock ponds, short grass, and irrigation efforts, while some east county areas see slight relief. Agricultural programs fund pasture wells, but many farmers still struggle to feed and water cattle as drought lingers into a third year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Knickmeyer
W. E. Pitt
Oklahoma
Ada
Pontotoc County
Ken Yoakum
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Neal Stidham
Chapman Ranch
Roff
Stroud
J. C
Wingard
Fitzhugh
Sandy Creek
Atoka
Pushmataha County
Bennett Sherrer
ASCS
M. W. Whitmire
Fittstown
Frisco Road
Whitmire
Bermuda
Louie Moshier
Livestock Judges Named for 1966 Tulsa State Fair
Judges representing ten states will decide over 125000 in premiums at the Tulsa State Fair running Sept 30 to Oct 9. Notable experts from Kansas Oklahoma Texas Missouri and Illinois will judge steer dairy Swine sheep and horse events with entries due by Sept 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Don Good
Kansas State University
L. D. Wythe Jr
Texas A&m University
L. J. Christian
Caddo
Okla
Bob Carr
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Wayne Boothe
Cordell
F. Jake Hess
Doctor Hereford Ranch
John Morris
College Park
C. L. Norton
Kansas State
John
D. Sikes
Dairy Authority
University of Missouri
J. B
Ives
Stillwater
Euel Liner
Lubbock
Texas
Francis Callihan
Chicago
Carl Menzies
George Scott
Ft. Collins
Col
Eldon Fairbanks
Pasadena
Calif
George Cheatham
Rudy Terrill
Muskogee
Fiat
Tulsa State Fair opens Sept. 30 with big prize fund
The Tulsa State Fair runs Sept 30 to Oct 9 with over 125000 in premiums and awards across 1200 competitions for youths and adults. Junior livestock prizes may allow double rewards in the lamb division while best animals are judged on the hoof and carcass. Oklahoma 4 H and FFA members vie for insect identification honors as OSU experts judge. Tole painting exhibits in Educational Building trace origins to 18th century turned decorative metalware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
4-H
FFA
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Woolley Leads Three-County Oklahoma Cattlemen Drive
Walter Woolley of Ada heads a three county membership drive for the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association. Chester Gates Hugh Ownby and Don Quart assist in Pontotoc Seminole and Pottawatomie counties. Woolley aims to double area membership and widen industry advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Woolley
Ada
Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association
Pontotoc
Seminole
Pottawatomie
Woolley
Chester Gates
Seminole County
Hugh Ownby
Don Quart
Pottawatomie County
OCA
Acan
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
It Was A Hot Trip For The Garner Family
Kathleen Garner recounts a family visit to Oklahoma, where heat and a faulty air conditioner plagued a trip to Platt National Park Turner Falls Sulphur and Pauls Valley fireworks. After a garage inspection, mechanics found the heater was on and the cooling did not operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Garner
Garner
California
Oklahoma
Garners
Platt National Park
Turner Falls
Pauls Valley
Variety Inspires A Pheasant's Last Supper In El Reno
An Oklahoma biologist autopsied a captive blackneck pheasant killed by a cat at the state wildlife department farm near El Reno. The crop held 56 cc of varied food including alfalfa, sorghum, barley, corn hulls, gravel, an earthworm, a wasp, hops, grass, and a hackberry seed, totaling about two ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Reno
State Wildlife Department
Wint
East Central plans $1.26 million Horace Mann addition
East Central schedules a 66 000 square foot U shaped addition to the Horace Mann building. Federal funding covers 420 667 with 841 331 bonded last December. Groundbreaking to start by October with classes in fall 1967. plans await Board of Regents approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central
Horace Mann
Ed James
James
Board of Regents
Horace Main
Main Street
Center Street
Francis Street
Senator Kerrs Chocolate Potato Cake Recipe Shared
Mrs Estelle Dandridge of Ada presents her White House Cookbook with recipes from famous figures. The feature highlights Senator Kerr as the cake’s namesake and shares his Chocolate Potato Cake recipe including sugar butter flour eggs pecans and buttermilk with baking and icing steps. Next week promises Bess Trumans 0 Pudding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Darby
Estelle Dandridge
East 12Th
Ada
White House
Dandridge
T. O. Dandridge
Kerr-McGee Oil Company
Land Department
Robert Kerr
Inlaw
Reba Shelton Kerr
Bess Truman
State Flags Will Rise At Oklahoma City Fair
The 1966 State Fair of Oklahoma will feature a new Plaza of the States at the fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. Fifty flagpoles will display every state flag, each with a bronze plaque on its base detailing its flag’s history. Construction, including walkways and 20 000 square feet of concrete, is under way between the 4 H and FFA halls, with lighting planned for night visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Oklahoma
Sandy Saunders
Saunders
Also Mentioned on This Page
George W. Brinson
West 8Th
Brinson
Carlton Corbin
Senator Kerr
Robert Scroggins
Byng 4H
Stephenie McCullar
Vaness
Shirley Howell
Oklahoma City
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