Hereford Heaven Tour Draws Large Oklahoma Crowd
The Hereford Heaven tour attracted over 1 000 attendees and 1 00 automobiles as it visited 10 ranches around Ada Pauls Valley Tishomingo Marietta and Ardmore. Notable stops included Seay Fitz Gerald Lazy S Calvert Turners and Horseshoe ranches with Lunch hosted by former Governor Roy Turner. George Rodenz of Toronto attended purchasing Del Zento Ist for 51000 the era's top Hereford auction price.
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Arbuckle Mountains
Hereford
Hereford Heaven
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Ada
Pauls Valley
Tishomingo
Marietta
Seay Ranch
Lloyd Oble
Denny Fitzgerald
Moss
Nell Patterson
Patterson
Oklahoma Hereford Breeders Association
Pattersons
Hereford Heaven Association
Calvert Ranch
Mill Creek
Turners
Roy J. Turner
Jim McClelland
Turner Ranch
Sulphur Roundup Club
Horseshoe Ranch
New Cash Ranch
the Cash
Charles T. Bates
E. P. Larsh
Blue Valley Ranch
Rofs
Larsh
Flying L_ ranch
Davis
Healey Bros
Flying L Ranch
Grover McMakin
Healey Brothers
Rodenz
George Rodenz
Toronto
Canada
W. A
Gus” Delaney
Canadian Hereford Association
Cotton Insect Control Advice For Local Growers
County Agent Ly C. H. Hailey and Assistant Lester F. Smith outline boll weevil threats to cotton and recommend timing for insecticide applications. Field checks show 450 to 600 adults per acre in several local spots. control starts at 150 weevils per acre. They stress early-season sprays before squares form, midseason checks, and late-season counts, plus mechanical methods like stalk destruction to reduce overwinter survival.
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Gene Malloy
Charles Hougs
Steedman
T. J. Stoke
Ahloso
Cotton Insect Control Program 1952 Phases and Rates
The 1952 cotton insect control plan outlines dust and spray rates for toxaphene and toxaphene-DDT mixtures. Early season aims include early fruiting and maturity with applications begun when one adult boll weevil per 100 feet appears, at four leaves, with 5 to 7 day intervals for two or more treatments through late June.
Cattle in Osage Pastures in Fine Condition
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service says Osage County Oklahoma cattle in Blue Stem pastures are in good shape with favorable gains. Receipts this season are down about 23 percent from 1951, but pastures remain fully stocked due to winter arrivals and higher local inventories.
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Oklahoma
Federal
Osage
Blue Stem
Kansas
Panhandle
Self administered DDT back rubber for horn fly control
Farmers explore a back rubber setup to apply a 5 percent DDT and oil solution to cattle. Two posts 16 feet apart hold a sagging burlap wrapped chain that drags along the cattle backs as they walk beneath it, leaving a residue to deter horn flies. Recharging burlap is needed about every two weeks.
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D. E. Howell
Howell
Mrs J H Norman Dies At Okmulgee
Mrs J H Norman longtime Ada Pontotoc county resident died at the family home in Okmulgee Friday at 12 30 Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 with burial in Okmulgee cemetery Attending the funeral from Ada were Mr and Mrs Yandell Lain and Mrs W P Chism From Seminole were Mr and Mrs John McCarthy and family Mrs Lain and Mrs McCarthy are nieces of Mrs Norman Mrs Norman was a sister of the late W P Chism Surviving are two sons Jimmy and Parker who grew up in Ada They now live in Okmulgee The Normans lived in Francis and Ada for many years Mr Norman was water superintendent of Ada for years and both were active in Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges He also taught before his city service.
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J. H. Norman
Ada
Pontotoc County
Okmulgee
Yandell Lain
W. P. Chism
Seminole
John McCarthy
Lain
McCarthy
Norman
Canadian officials join Hereford meeting tour in England
Canada's special representatives joined the Hereford Association gathering in England with other notable travelers. Dr Charles M Harris of Fort Worth recently funded a million dollar nurses college in Fort Worth. W B Hamilton of Wichita Falls could not attend the tour and was represented by his son John Jim Alexander of Canadian Texas, vice president of the Hereford group.
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Canada
Hereford Association
England
Charles M. Harris
Fort Worth
Tex
Nurses’ College
W. B. Hamilton
Wichita Falls
John Jim Alexander
OPS Price Clinic Set for Thursday
An OPS price clinic for Ada on Thursday June 19 will run 9 am to 12 noon at the Ada Chamber of Commerce. Price specialists Fred Carder Jr and Joseph Mattox from Oklahoma City will explain Ceiling Price Regulation 134 and require posting of ceiling prices and filing price lists. The session invites all area businessmen and women with price concerns.
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Ada
Fred Carder, Jr
Joseph Mattox
Oklahoma City
Carder and
Mattox
Rubber hose guides curved edges for tidy garden beds
Proper edging of plant beds gives a finished look to landscape plantings. If shaping curves is difficult, try using a rubber hose to form the outline for smooth lines.
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News want ads
A brief notice highlights improved value in Ada News want ads with higher returns for advertisers who invest more. The announcement emphasizes effective pricing and targeted reach for local businesses seeking broader visibility.
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Ada News
Farm Women Picnic at Winter Smith Park
County home demonstration agents announce the annual picnic on Thursday June 19 at 10. Attendees should bring basket lunches for a day of fun. Jesse's hostess club provides drinks and eating equipment while Fitzhugh club plans games. Mrs R L Hale will preside over the business meeting.
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Wintersmith Park
Jesse
Fitzhugh Club
R. L. Hale
Proper Onion Storage and Maturation Tips
Onions store best in cool dry places such as barns attics cellars or basements and can last five to six months if kept from freezing. Harvest when tops fall over and dry 3 to 4 days in shade before storage. Discard bulbs with any neck damage. dryness matters more than temperature.
Control tips for squash and pumpkin pests this season
This week urges control of squash and pumpkin bugs, cucumber beetles, and blister beetles. Effective methods include dusting with 1 percent lindane or DDT dust every five days, hitting insects directly, hand picking eggs and adults early, and using cryolite or fixed copper dust for cucumber beetles.
Harvesting Potatoes in Extreme Heat
When temperatures reach 100 degrees for days, harvest potatoes regardless of vine maturity. Work quickly with care and shade during digging. Collect potatoes promptly to avoid sun burn, cure 10 to 14 days in cool ventilated space, then sort and store in shallow crates.
Red Cross Swim Program Opens at Glenwood Park
The Red Cross summer swimming program starts Monday at Glenwood Park at 9 am with 430 participants signed up for a five week course. Classes range from beginner to junior lifeguard, with lifesaving instruction on Saturdays.
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Glenwood Park
Red Cross
Harriett Schroeder
Billie Jean Fabree
Eva Jo Miller
Mont Comer
Oklahoma May oil strike hits manufacturing employment
Oklahoma City report shows May manufacturing payrolls fell from April after an oil workers strike. Dave Vandivier of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission cites 74,900 jobs in May versus 77,700 in April. Skilled aircraft workers and engineers are in demand at several state plants.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dave Vandivier
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Aprie
Early Automobile Pioneers Emerged from Bicycle Trade
The record notes that many of the first American automobile figures previously worked in the bicycle industry, reflecting a common career path in the sector's infancy.
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United States
Community club meetings listed for mid June
The schedule lists meetings with Cedar Grove with Mrs. Pearl Surginer on Monday June 16, Pecan Grove with Mrs. Ross Fulton on Tuesday June 17, Fitzhugh club at the school on Tuesday June 17, Happy land club at the school on Wednesday June 18, Allen with Mrs. Ernest Hodges on Wednesday June 18, and Roff at the club house on Friday June 20, with a prior postponement from Friday the 13th.
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Cedar Grove
Pearl Surginer
Pecan Grove
Ross Fulton
Fitzhugh Club
Happyland Club
Allen
Ernest Hodges
Roff
Wheat Crop Reaches New State Harvest Record in Enid
Enid reports a 24 hour carload wheat receipts record of 1109 cars surpassing the 965 car high set in 1948 for a total of 5342 unloaded cars or about 10 million bushels. Two million more bushels arrived by truck as harvest advances. Statewide labor and combine activity push 24 hour operations through the weekend with areas like Beaver County expected to begin cutting next week.
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ENID
Okla
Enid Board of Trade
State Employment Service
Blackwell
Braman
Newkirk
Oklahoma City
Kingfisher
Canadian
Logan
Mcc
Mrs Meaders dies after long Ada residence
Ada resident Mrs. Frank Meaders 78 died at home 421 South Broadway after an extended illness. Funeral Monday 10 at Criswell Chapel with Rev. Kenneth G. McCullough and Rev. Rufus Walker officiating. Burial Memorial Park. Surviving: four daughters and three sons, 13 grandchildren. She came to Ada in 1902 from Ladonia Texas. She was active in church and clubs.
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Frank Meaders
Ada
South Broadway
Criswell Funeral Chapel
Kenneth G. McCullough
Rufus Walker
Memorial Park Cemetery
Beavers
Cleve Hall
H. P. Sugg
Philip Sinnett
Earl Turley
Jack Moore
Bob Crozier
Dellie Dora Bartley
Ladonia
Tex
Meaders
Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Louise Shipe
Margaret Hennigan
Helen White
Houston
Bessie Dell Lambke
Oklahoma City
Guy and
F. Bartley
Skeet) Meaders
Joe Meaders
Old Ocean
London
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Prague
Brno
Ministers Respond To Recognition of Soil Saving Needs
Pontotoc County Soil Conservation district leaders urge villagers to learn soil depletion impacts. Carlton Corbin, chairman of education and district supervisor, prompted ministers to address soil saving in sermons May 18 and 25. Forty seven ministers agreed to comment.
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Pontotoc County
Boll Weevils Hit Oklahoma Cotton Fields in June Survey
Stillwater Oklahoma June 14 Boll weevils are appearing in damaging numbers in many Oklahoma cotton fields said C F Stiles Oklahoma A and M College extension service entomologist after a survey by Federal workers and volunteers The heaviest infestation is in Western Oklahoma with 900 weevils per acre found in a Caddo County field southeastern counties Pittsburg and McIntosh also report heavy infestations.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
C. F. Stiles
A. & M. College Extension Service
Caddo County
Pittsburg
McIntosh
Third of Pasture Tour Series Set
KONAWA Special The third in a series of area pasture tours sponsored by the Konawa Soil Conservation district will be Tuesday announced Herbert Sugg unit conservationist. The tour will start in Asher at 9 am visiting J K Moore farm Joseph Grove and A C Whitwell places as well as S H Sharp Roy Shepherd and Lloyd Sanders pastures with dairy vetch and wheat for supplement and soil building and erosion control. The final stop is Sanders sheep project with Wanette area tour planned for June 26.
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Konawa
Joseph Grove
A. C. Whitwell Place
Asher
S. H. Sharp
Roy Shepherd
Lloyd Sanders
Sanders
Sugg
Wanette
Maud
Farm Land Boom Slows Down Takes More Money Now
The Agriculture Department reports the farm land boom is slowing as buyers face higher costs to purchase and equip farms. Average U.S. farm value stands at 17 000 to 18 000 dollars, excluding machinery and livestock, with prices up 9 percent year over year and 23 percent since July 1950. Foreclosures remain rare and tax-delinqencies negligible, while two thirds of reporters expect little future price change.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Korea
Department
Rural Roundup: Potatoes May Stay Scarce Despite Price Ceilings
State agricultural experts warn potato shortages may persist in Oklahoma Texas Arkansas and Louisiana with yields near 1951 levels amid reduced acreage. Forecasters note the drop in national planting to 1 373 009 acres this year compared with 2 457 000 in the decade average.
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Associated Press
C. L. Underwood
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Underwood
Oklahoma tests show two new combines outyield rivals
The Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station reports that Kaffirs 44-14 and Redland outyielded leading miles in Woodward tests last year. The 44-14 averaged 36.6 bushels per acre, about 10 bushels higher than top rivals, offering ranchers extra time for summer work.
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Redland
Woodward
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Big Borrowing Campaign Starts July One
Washington reports a heavy government borrowing plan beginning July 1 to finance swollen defense costs. The Treasury will issue a 3 billion dollar bond to big investors, mainly banks, reintroducing a wartime style cash-raising method in a new fiscal year. This move aims to lift business activity and perhaps prices, though outcomes remain uncertain.
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Washington
Treasury
Kniseley Reports Civil Defense Progress in Rocky Mountain News
Bob Kniseley head of the Civil Defense program summarized progress and value estimates for CD efforts. He has directed the Central Technical CD Training School at Stillwater for four months, creating disaster scenario training to teach defense of cities in war and peace. He notes growing interest and better organization of the civil defense program. While in Denver he met CD leaders to discuss training for wardens and rescue personnel.
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Bob Kniseley
Adan
Denver
Rocky Mountain News
Kniseley
Central Technical CD
Stillwater
Scanland seeks Oklahoma County grand jury investigation
County Attorney Grnavelli Scanland filed a petition for a new Oklahoma County grand jury to probe county commissioners. The prior grand jury urged ouster but the move was quashed on a technicality. The petition with 227 names is under verification by District Judge Clarence Mills and Court Clerk Cliffers, with completion promised by Monday. Myers knew nine of the first eleven signers.
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Oklahoma City
Grnavelli Sianl
Oklahoma
Early Rome Founded After Volcanic Calamity
The article suggests Rome’s site remained unsettled until around 1000 B C due to nearby volcanic activity, implying early habitation began after the volcanic threat subsided.
Murray County Show Set for June 24 at Sulphur High
The Murray County Flows er and Vegetable Show for Home Demonstration and 4-H Club members is scheduled June 24 in Stout Hall at Sulphur High School. Entries run 9 to 10 45 a m with judging at 11 a m Flowers on display until 4 p m. About 50 vegetables may be exhibited along with cut flowers potted plants and arrangements. County council bazaar will accompany the event with Mrs Harold Lannom in charge.
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Murray County
Stout Hall
Sulphur High School
Ofice
M. G. Lessly
Joy
H. L. Kennedy
Fairshine
Curtiss Franks
Iona
Chaffin
Edith L. Gabrish
War Veteran Keeps Interest In Oil Rich Farm
Oklahoma veteran R O Wilkin retained sole interest in an oil rich Beckham County farm after the U S Circuit Court of Appeals voided a prior ruling that added Martha Hocker Walter Hocker Jr and J C Scott. The court held the three civilians cannot profit under the Soldiers and Sailors relief act. Shell Oil Co previously held a half interest along with Wilkin in the land worth about 750000 with five producing wells.
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Denver
Colo
Beckham County
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
R. O. Wilkin
Shell Oil Co
Martha Hocker
Walter Hocker Jr
J. C. Scott
Wilkin
State School Land Commission
Shell
Scott
Hockers
Criswell to Speak in Ada at First Baptist Church
Dr. W. A. Criswell, pastor of Dallas First Baptist, will speak Thursday night at Ada First Baptist following the Family Night basket dinner. Program begins at 7 p.m. Criswell, raised in Southwestern Oklahoma, has led the world’s largest Baptist church since succeeding Dr. George W. Truett.
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W. A. Criswell
First Baptist Church of
Dallas
Tex
Ada
First Baptist Church
Church Tabernacle
Chickasha
Muskogee
First
George W. Truett
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Cushing
Charles Chambers
Ryan
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Bill Oden
Shawnee
Roy Hartman
Sayre
Dickie Yates
Beaver
Martha Mote
Minnie Lou McDoniel
F. M. Baumgartner
Pawhuska
William Brock
C. C. Pearson
Uncle Sam
Kniseley Pictures
Scanland
Rome
Sulphur School
Dallas First Baptist
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