Polled Hereford Breeders at Center Gain Wide Reputation
Lester Blair and his son Wesley built Blair Polled Hereford Ranch from five heifers in 1939 to about 200 pure bred Polled Herefords on nearly 1,500 acres. They hold leadership roles in Oklahoma and Texas breeders groups and Magic Empire of Tulsa, have posted top sales with an average of 614 dollars and a top price of 3600, earning a statewide reputation beyond their local area.
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Lester Blair
Wesley
Highway 19
Center
Blairs
Blair
Turner Ranch
Judging Set for Wildlife Tracts on June 9
Four tracts of 1 1/2 acres each, prepared by Vaness and Roff FFA chapters, will be judged June 9 with prizes of 60, 40, 30 and 20 dollars. The Pontotoc County Sportsmen's Club sponsors the contest under the federal habitat improvement program with C. H. Bond leading the project. Seeds and planting supplies were provided free and work included ground preparation, fencing, and planting of chittumwood osage orange red cedar grasses for wildlife habitats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Vaness
Roff
Pontotoc County
Wong
Fittstown Boy Injured by Exploding Cap
Roy Dee Sliger eleven, son of Mr and Mrs Roy Sliger, north of Fittstown, was hurt Saturday when a dynamite cap exploded while he tried to make a fish stringer. Pieces lodged in his chest arm and face. X rays showed no broken bones. doctor left metal to discharge naturally.
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Roy Dee Sliger
Fittstown
Roy Sliger
Royce
Sliger Place
Roy Dee
June Dairy Month proclaimed to honor cows and milk
Cows and milk take spotlight as June is proclaimed Dairy Month by Governor Gary. The Oklahoma Dairy Princess election is set for June 10 at the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, with the national contest in Chicago in October. The feature notes milk's nutritional value, economic impact, and calcium importance for all ages, urging daily consumption.
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Gary
Oklahoma
American Dairy Association of Oklahoma
Tulsa
The
Association
A&M Opens Summer Pre-Enrollment for Fall Term
Oklahoma A&M College registrar announces no-line pre-enrollment available all summer. Students can register between Monday and Saturday mornings with no special days, and the process takes about an hour. Weekday and Saturday sessions run except on holidays to fit working students.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma A&m College
Union Valley Club to Host All Day Upholstery Workshop
The Union Valley Club will hold a special all day meeting and upholstery workshop demonstration on Wednesday June 8. Homemakers are invited regardless of membership. A noon covered dish lunch will be served and the gathering begins at 9 a m with Mrs Beulah Elmore as hostess.
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Union Valley Club
Beulah Elmore
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Lester and
Wesley Blair
W. L. Knickmeyer
Tha
Blair Polled
Johnnie Bray
Wrassles
Pontotoc
Junior
Coluun
A&m
B. I. Scoggin
Summers Chapel
Scoggin
Coen
Cates Semmes
Gite
Mme Siret
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