Live at Home Program Boosts Pontotoc Farmers to Independence
In Pontotoc county the Resettlement Administration helps nearly 300 farmers move from relief to self-support through loans for cows, chickens, and farm equipment. Stories of families like Mr. A and Mr. B illustrate improved incomes from cream and eggs, with gardens and livestock fueling a path to independence.
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Pontotoc County
Mr. A
D. E. Slingerland
Ada
Iva Jones
Jessie Morgan
Slingerland
Tion
Rehabilitation Corporation
Resettlement Administration
Woke School Rating Report Highlights 4-H Girls’ Scores
Last week in May Mrs. Jessie Morgan led four 4-H girls to a district judging school by the extension division of A and M college at Stillwater and in Murray college at Tiphmingo. The group posted scores across Home Improvement Canning and Clothing with averages from 62.5 to 91, led by Vernice Johnson and Edith Bryant. The report notes pride in the girls’ records and points to which line of work the girls pursue.
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Jessie Morgan
Vernice Johnson
Josephine Morton
Edith Bryant
Floretta McCurry
A. and M. College of Stillwater
Murray College
Tishomingo
Josephine Martin
Canning
Josephine Martin Reason
Floretta McCurry Reason
Vernice Johnson Reason
Edith Bryant Reason
Lunch Time on Pontotoc County Farms
A photo tour on Pontotoc County farms highlights live at home programs. Grants Wells near Ada shows foaling mares and rising colt value while Roy Carpenter and others showcase pigs, mares, calves, and flocks of hens. 4 H leaders oversee a good housekeeping contest and garden competition with county and state prizes pending.
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Pontotoc County
Grant Wells
Ada
Wells
Grant
Pontotoc County Poised For Big Corn Crop If Rain Arrives
Heat blanket across Oklahoma brings bright farm prospects in Pontotoc county if rains come in time. Corn could be excellent with one more shower, while pastures stay good and cotton thrives. Reported boll weevil damage is minimal so far in this region.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Coal
Atoka
Johnson
Pontotoc
Longhorns Face a Harder Challenge Than Modern Breeds, Ada reminiscences
Dave Richardson, longtime livestock trader from southeastern Oklahoma based in Allen, recalls Ada days when longhorns dominated range cattle. He recounts a 1909 incident of eight longhorns driven through Ada and fences, then notes the shift toward Herefords and Aberdeen Angus as cattle markets evolved with higher weights using similar feed.
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Dave Richardson
Oklahoma
Richardson
Allen
Ada
G. W. Busby
Convention Hall
Bois D'Are
Broadway
Boone seeks injunction to close East Fifth site as public nuisance
Hearing on the county attorney's petition to permanently close 1017 East Fifth occupied by Earl Boone has been set for Saturday June 27. The state sought a temporary injunction filed Saturday alleging Boone has been selling or giving away whiskey in violation of prohibitory laws. The petition claims this constitutes a public nuisance and seeks abatement.
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East Fifth
Earl Boone
Boone
Exclusive large edition overshadows standard paper size
A single issue of the newspaper expands beyond the usual book size, surpassing the 300-page mark, even before considering advertisements.
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Ies
Farmers Hold Outside Jobs Across Nation in 1934 Census
Census director William L. Austin reports that 30 percent of American farmers held off farm work part time. In 1934 eight point four percent of farm operators worked 150 days off farm. Oklahoma saw two fifths of farmers working away from farms. Farm population rose by 1.5 million to 31.89 million by Jan 1 1935, with gains mostly in industrial and mining regions including Ozarks and eastern Oklahoma.
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Washington
William L. Austin
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Ozarks
Harmon county pushes live-at-home agricultural program
Harmon county agent Clarence Burch says the live-at-home program mobilizes every tenant farmer landowner and land operator to rebuild fences repair barns and improve houses while enhancing poultry flocks and planting. The British navy includes three first class battleships ten second class vessels two battle cruisers forty nine cruisers seventy eight destroyers and forty four submarines.
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Harmon County
Clarence Burch
Sweezy Enters Not Guilty Plea in Rape Case
Dupont Sweezy, Indian, accused of first degree rape, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Justice A. W. Oliver on Monday. Oliver scheduled a preliminary hearing following the plea.
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Sweezy
Allen Francis and Maxwell Farmers Get Cooperative Improvement Loans
Three Ponto toc county loans backed by the Resettlement Administration were arranged with I E Nutter aiding D E Slinderland. The Maxwell group bought a purebred jack, the Allen group a stallion and a jack, and the Francis group a row-binder for harvesting crops.
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Allen, Francis and
Maxwell
Pontotoc County
Resettlement Administration
I. E. Nutter
Cooperative Service of the Resettlement Administration
Ada
D. E. Slinderland
Cooperative Breeders Association
Allen Com
Munity
Cooperative
Horse and Jack Association
Francis Communty
Sweezy arraigned on attack charge denies alleged assault
Thursday June 25 at 10 a.m. Sweezy was arraigned Saturday and asked for 24 hours to plead. He denies charges of attacking a young Ada woman near the city last week as authorities pursue the case. The report mentions a new Bureau of Human Heredity forming to study inherited traits. London dispatch notes peculiar family traits and a claim about average yearly food consumption between 1454 and 1474 pounds.
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Sweezy
Ada
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Mr. C
the Resettlement Administration
Emergency Relief Administra
WOKE
Ture
Roy Carpenter
Wilford Richardson
Stratford
Eulon Boyd
Vaness
Jersey
Roy Jenkins
Homer School House
Raymond Bond
Gaar Corner
Gus Bauer
Rhode Island
Francis
James Lambert
Homer
D. C
Coanties
Harmon CO
George R. Collins
WPA
Bureau of Human Heredity
London
Paris
Choctaw Cotton Oil Company
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
P. A. Norris
G. J. Morton
S. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
J. E. Martin
B. C. King
R. W. Simpson
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