The Ada Weather Lab and its Rain Gauge Tricks
A field guide to how a federal weather observer collects data. W E Pitt records daily highs and lows using a two-thermometer bird house setup and a nested rain gauge to measure precipitation. Forecasts come from the Oklahoma City Weather Bureau, while Pitt chronicles past conditions for farmers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Pitt
Pitt
Frank Whitney
Oklahoma City
United States Weather Bureau
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Rain Gauge and Weather Bureau Pioneers in Ada
The article describes early Ada weather observation practices including a tall rain gauge, a wind vane atop a barn, and the system that measures runoff. It traces the lineage of observers from Ralph T. Brooks in 1910 to Pitt beginning in 1937, noting the 1939 shift toward public access to reports and Pitt’s role in relaying forecasts from Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Ada
Ralph T. Brooks
W. Sloan Creveling
West 19Th Street
H. P. Sugg
East 13Th
Laura S. King
E. A. McMillan
Lena Jordan
Pitt
Oklahoma City
Weather Watcher Denies Conspiracy Claims
A bystander who collects $50 annually to observe weather patterns denies any connection to forces controlling the weather and says he merely notes the conditions while a phone call interrupts his day, suggesting someone may be upset about rain.
What Grade Do You Make As A Parent
A state extension service article outlines a Plan of Guidance for better parent child discipline. It argues democratic family life, consistency, and understanding the reasons behind misbehavior to set fair expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Extension Service
Procter attacks governor budget plan as risky to schools
Ada superintendent C Dan Procter tells Ada Kiwanis the governors budget balance plan uses a small state aid fund to balance the entire budget. He urges fairer income distribution and opposes a coordinating state colleges board and higher old age pensions in a March 11 ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Procter
C. Dan Procter
Ada City
Phillips
Oklahoma
Ada Kiwanis Club
Eral
East Central
Poultry Show History A Look Back To 1913
Ada residents recall the Pontotoc County Poultry Association’s first poultry show in January 1913. The event followed standard contest rules with a large crowd and strong entries, awarding prizes to notable locals including T. H. Granger J. L. Huber John Thrasher Mrs. C. S. Aldrich L. J. Crowder T. O. Cullins J. M. Welborn Mrs. P. A. Norris and Mrs. I. M. King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Pontotoc
T. H. Granger
J. L. Huber
John Thrasher
C. S. Aldrich
L. J. Crowder
T. O. Cullins
J. M. Welborn
P. A. Norris
Six Collegians To Enter Air Corps
East Central State college interviewed six qualifying juniors last week for Army Air Corps flying cadet places. Names listed include Jack S. Ambrose George Kenneth Reeves Harold Eugene Bradley Ralph Wilson Gaither Lloyd Roberts and Carl Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
Army Air Corps
Monroe C. Whitehead
Jack S. Ambrose
George Kenneth Reeves
Harold Eugene Bradley
Ralph Wilson Gaither
Lloyd Roberts
Carl Gardner
Whitehead
East Central
Uncle Sam
Air Corps
Highways Funded by Automotive Taxes Over Three Decades
The highways of the United States were largely built with about 16 billion dollars paid in special automotive taxes during the last three decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Oklahoma Oil Pool Brought In
Tulsa reports a new Oklahoma oil pool east of the Seminole field. The Sunset Oil company and C. C. Cummings drilled No. 1 Brown, which gushed oil and gas with about 15 million cubic feet of gas, blowing tools from the hole and flowing for an hour before being shut in. The well target Wilcox sand proved water-bearing and was logged back to production from 4,080 to 4,106 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Seminole
Sunset Oil Company
C. C. Cummings
Wilcox
Sunton
Marriage Licenses Issued In Weekend Clerk Office
Licenses issued from the court clerk’s office include Ovid L. Smith 22 and Mavis Phillips 18 both of Stonewall. Clarence R. Brown 21 of Fort Sill with Levena Malloy 18 of Roff. Ray Bowman 39 of Wichita Kas with Sarah Ellen Butcher 37 of Wichita Kas. Guy M Sweeten 21 and Mildred Conrad 18 both of Sulphur. Carl Harp 24 of Ada with Zela Roberts 19 of Stonewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Brown
Fort Sill
Levena Malloy
Roff
Ray Bowman
Wichita
Kas
Sarah Ellen Butcher
Guy M. Sweeten
Mildred Conrad
Carl Harp
Ada
Zela Roberts
Stonewall
Ada Leaders Seek To Bring Army Pilot School Here
Ada civic leaders travel to Randolph Field San Antonio to meet Army officers about locating a projected pilot training center in Ada. The plan would cost between 2 million and 3 million dollars and involve a major federal project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
U.S. Army Pilot School
Randolph Field
San Antonio
U. S. Army
County to send 21 youths to Army for training
Pontotoc county draft officials released a list of 21 selectees for March 11 induction in Oklahoma City for a year of U S Army training. Twenty more volunteers will be sent March 19 if enough enlist by March 14, with potential drafting to fill the quota.
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Pontotoc
United States Army
Oklahoma City
Ira Gene Garrett
Preston Leroy Garrett
Roff
Donald Leon Hale
John Carlisle Hale Jr
Ada
AAA Chairman Explains New Cotton Stamp Plan
David Gray announces the AAA cotton stamp plan to lift low income farmers in Pontotoc County by reducing cotton acreage. Stamps pay 10 cents per pound on lower of 1941 allotments or 1940 measured acreage, with up to 25 dollars per family for sharecroppers and up to 50 dollars for multi-farm owners. The program also promotes home food production to offset nutritional deficits and improve health among qualifying farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
David Gray
AAA Committee
Gray
Method Found To Fight Cotton Root Rot Disease
The agriculture department proposes a practical control for cotton root rot by plowing under old stalks and leaves at season end. Dr. James T. Jardine said organic fertilizers boost beneficial microbes that suppress the disease, which endures via roots, debris, and buried plant parts.
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Washington
The
Agriculture Department
James T. Jardine
Department
House Appropriations
House
Black Land
Texas
Escal Myers Re-elected Secretary at Oklahoma Roundup Meet
Escal Myers was re-elected secretary of the Oklahoma State Roundup Association at a Seminole meeting attended by about 200 men from across the state. Myers and Virgil Manahan represented the club, with officers Jack Smother of Oklahoma City as president, Cliff Kiersey of Seminole as vice president, and Clinton Utzman of Wilburton as second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escal Myers
Ada
Oklahoma State Roundup Associaion
Seminole
Myers
Virgil Manahan
Jack Smother
Oklahoma City
Cliff Kiersey
Clinton Utzman
Wilburton
Willkie cancels looksee trip to China
Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee, has shelved his planned looksee trip to China. After several days in Indiana, he returned to New York to focus on private law practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
China
Indiana
New York
State Gasoline Tax Bill Seen At Nine Hundred Million
It is estimated that during 1941 American motor vehicle owners will pay a state gasoline tax bill of about 900 million dollars.
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McMillan
Extension Service
Ada News
AAA
Seminole Field
Ovid L. Smith
Mavis Phillips
Jack Lloyd
Harrell Childers Hall
East Thirteenth
R. C. Madden
Charles Allen Bailey
South Townsend
Joseph Riger Pool
West Main
Charles Edmon McKaskle
Homer T. Loman
Thad Jefferson Bass
Prague
Lonnie East
West Twelfth
Marvin Brown
Cletus Murphy
Dona d. Leon Hale
Del
Baiel Scates
Roy Horn
Allen
Clarence Watson
Roy Eugene Fleming
Fitzhugh
Curtis Floyd Thomas
Lula
Met
W. C. Johnson
Cleo William Tevis
Herman Kerr
Bill Crawford
Frank Norris
Claude Thompson
George Toler
Milton Keating
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Boren Helping
Lyle Boren
General Brant
Gulf Coast Training Center
Gulf Coast Training Region
Oklahoma-Kansas Line
WPA
Corporation Commission
North Broadway
Toler
Brighton
England
Honolulu
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