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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
5
A Lata 4-H Clubber writes of the 1951 state round up details. She praises the Student Union building and cotton school dresses, describes two hours of workshops, a dress revue with a city setting, and a police signal scene. Honor Night featured Governor Johnston Murray and Hall of Fame plaques.
Murphey, a Pontotoc County 4-H club member, earned a blue ribbon in health at the 6th annual 4-H Round-Up in Stillwater. Seventy-seven boys entered. sixteen from the southeast district competed, with three earning blue ribbons. Ford Mercer announced the winners as Murphey advances to the state championship at the Oklahoma City State Fair.
Oklahoma Lions converge in Muskogee with Ada delegation growth to 20 by Sunday night. J A Richardson leads Ada’s push for Lions International director post. Final ballot for Oklahoma choice set for Tuesday in Muskogee. Walter C Fischer, past Lions International president, urged faith and democracy over communism.
Lester Smith details the 30th annual Oklahoma 4-H club round-up at A and M College with about 1800 delegates from 77 counties. Pontotoc 4-H entrants earned several blues and reds in demonstrations on rope making, beekeeping, tractor operation, and livestock losses, plus electrical and soil sampling displays. Additional notes cover pecan spray timing, and the Pontotoc Hereford tour and sale schedule with participating ranches and sale details.
Sgt. Thomas A. Banks of Ada serving with IX Corps Public Information Section in Korea earns the Army Commendation Ribbon for outstanding duties as a combat correspondent. He prepared press releases, feature stories, and hometown items, boosting Army goodwill while working long hours under adverse conditions. Banks, a World War II veteran and Elk City native, has a long Army career including Silver Star and Bronze Star medals.
Statewide meetings are set in Oklahoma City and other groups this summer to discuss a survey of the Oklahoma nursing situation. Miss Eleanor Moore of Ponca City leads the Oklahoma State Nurses Association executive committee in planning sessions on June 8 22 and July 13 14 with various nursing groups and advisory committees. Ada district offices are led by Mrs. Fannie Fields and Robert Schingeck. A West Virginia University professor notes a safe from an old Roman recipe using bare flour mineral honey salt and spice.
Recipe fragment shows making a Hawaiian milk float with crushed pineapple vanilla ice cream and decorative garnish plus an ice cream pie using vanilla wafers and strawberry ice cream. Includes measurements and steps but garbled wording.
A vintage recipe blend yields a cinnamon almond float with milk sugar and vanilla served with ice cream, plus raspberry custard cups baked in a water bath. It details ingredients: milk, sugar, cinnamon, almond and vanilla, bread crumbs, raspberries, eggs, and butter, with a 325 F oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
A collection of vintage recipe instructions including orange cups filled with vanilla ice cream and orange marmalade sauce, cottage cheese and gelatin molding with bleu cheese and fruit, and a creamed dried beef sauce with chipped beef folded in. Serves 6 for the sundae and 8 for the beef dish.
Butter and onion with celery are sautéed until tender then flour and seasonings are added. Milk is whisked in and cooked until thick, then Worcestershire sauce is stirred in. Ladle into bowls, top with toast rounds and grated American cheese. Serves six.
In a century old custom, Saint Nicholas was said to drop a purse of coins down a chimney only to have the coins land in a drying stocking, a mishap now told as a Christmas Eve tradition children continue by hanging stockings each year.
The 12 Pentotec county 4 H girls attending round up displayed solid performance, winning six blue ribbons and one red across seven contests. Patsy Thompson led as southeast district champion in the timely topic division with a talk on citizenship. Frankie Wells and Betty Ita topped dairy foods with an ice cream demonstration. Other teams earned blue ribbons for fruit canning and clothing projects while several participants placed in red ribbon groups.
The article outlines syrup types for fruits, substitutions with honey or corn syrup, and specific steps for canning pineapple including slicing, packing, and boiling water or pressure processing. It also covers freezing with sugar and agar, headspace, and sealing, plus a schedule of upcoming club meetings in early June.
Cal Tinney muses on how June became the prime month for marriage. He humorously cites practical reasons from old days when finances and farming dictated timing, noting June sits between spring and summer catalogs and avoids extreme weather. The piece wryly contrasts rich and poor brides and jokes about domestic shortcomings.
In Pawhuska Oklahoma June 2 five Osage County ranchers warn of bleak prospects as 250000 head graze on bluestem. J B Smith president of Osage Cattlemen's Association says next year may force many out of business. Sam Rogers cites alarm over beef price controls and bankrupty risk from government actions. They oppose premature marketing to avoid losses and wasted meat.
U S government cost of living index shows all foods at 215 versus a 1935 base of 100 while home delivered milk remains 177. The Dairy Month sponsor Milk Industry Foundation notes over 40 million quarts distributed daily to consumers at prices rising less than other food groups despite high wages, operating costs, and raw product prices.
Tulsa notes six year old Benna Kay Kime who regrew a paralyzed toe after polio and started a mail order greeting card business. She plans wholesale purchasing and retail pricing with help from her parents and doctor, believing God is her partner in this venture.
Mrs E P Suttles president elect of the Phil Avant Study club announces committee assignments for 1951 52 with members covering program civic finance advisory budget courtesy library decoration cancer and mental hygiene. The new club year begins in September.
May DHIA results in Pontotoc county show multiple ties among top cows. Lolstein owned by Marvin Creel and a Milking Shorthorn owned by Lambert Kerr share No 1 with 75 pounds of butterfat. Herbert and Renzo Cooper’s Milking Shorthorn is No 3 at 73 pounds. Joe Engel’s Holstein lists TA pounds. A three way tie for No 8 includes Sam Dew’s Jersey and two Cooper animals at 65 pounds. Other 50 plus pound producers include Claude Thompson Harral Allen and Howard Smith.
Harvard nutrition expert Dr. Frederick J. Stare urges school based nutrition education from primary grades, argues fortified foods equal to natural ones, and stresses a mixed diet with sixty essential nutrients found in common foods. Heboosts emergency dry milk products and notes sugar boosts energy. The text also includes a Carmel Cake recipe and notes on milk accessibility in the U S and Russia.
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