Broiler Hatchery Eggs Begin in Pontotoc Garvin Counties
In Pontotoc and Garvin counties about 11,000 chickens were moved from a Dallas hatchery as 10 area farmers start hatchery egg production. Harold Krause leads with a 110 by 40 foot house and 1,250 birds, including 2,100 pullets and 150 cockerels, while Alfred and Milo Pennington raise hundreds more. Birds are hybrids to maximize meat yield, under contract with the hatchery which guarantees a year round egg market. current price is 65 cents a dozen.
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Ina F Pontoto
Pontotoc County
Harald Krause
Abed
Milo Pennington
Harold Krause
Alfred Pennington
Reading
Texas
Sualford
Pennington
Krause
Saiil
Parish Chapel
Dallas
Stratford
State Drivers Set New Mileage and Death Records
Oklahoma motorists logged a record 9 895 000 000 miles in 1957 and a record 703 traffic fatalities. The mileage rise reduced the death rate per mile from 7.2 to 7.1. An accident occurred every 278 000 miles and a fatality every 14 760 000 miles. Urban fatalities rose 34 percent, contributing to a 3 percent overall fatality increase from 1956. One vehicle crashes into fixed objects and rollovers surged 45 and 35 percent.
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Oklahoma
Floods in 1957 May Trigger Federal Casualty Deduction
Taxpayers suffering losses from tornadoes floods and other disasters in 1957 may deduct the loss on federal tax returns for that year. Hershel S. Ballard of the Internal Revenue Service Ada explains the deduction equals the fair market value before minus after the event, not exceeding adjusted basis, less insurance. He defines casualty as a sudden identifiable event, not gradual deterioration. For those with casualty loss headaches rain storms and similar, Revenue offers Publication No. 153.
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Hershel S. Ballard
Internal Revenue Service
Ada
Ballard
Varass FFA spring Livestock Show crowns champions
The Varass chapter of FFA held its annual spring livestock show with 26 entries all pigs across seven classes. Grand champion barrow was a Durroc shown by Mike Tiffin, reserve by Jimmy Pedersen. grand champion gilt went to Sanford King with reserve by Dick MefMeil. Bud Graves of Rofs FFA served as judge.
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Varass
Future Farmers of America
Barrow
Mike Tiffin
Jimmy Pedersen
Sanford King
Dick MefMeil
Bud Graves
Rofs Ffa
Red Cross Disaster Officials Set Ada Meeting
Nelson Haley new disaster chairman for Pontotoc County Chapter calls a special meeting of disaster preparedness committee chairmen and vice chairs for Friday night. They plan to sign for a disaster preparedness institute to be held in Ada March 19 21 at the Red Cross office starting 7 38 p m.
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Nelson Haley
Pontotcc County
American Red Cross
Ada
Red Cross
Price Supports Announced for 1958 Grain Crops
The U S Department of Agriculture sets 1958 price supports at 70 percent of February parity for oats barley rye and grain sorghums with 1957 levels also at 70 percent. Specifics cover grades and loan terms for CCC loans and purchase agreements, with maturities through 1959 and 1958 for sorghum, subject to local storage conditions and harvest timing.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wey
Commodity Creei Corporation
County Ag Wire Stabilization and Conserva
ASC
Parakeet on Floor Ruins Doghouse Meal Joke
A Summers Chapel item clarifies a quirky tale about Emmit Light. The parakeet Rusty was on the floor when Light stepped on him, not Light eating on the floor as earlier claimed. The joke about being in the doghouse remains, but meals may taste better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summers Chapel
Emmit Light
Rusty
Mr. Light
Sandy Creek easements push continues for lake project
Thirty or more Sandy landowners and Ada businessmen toured Murray County sites on Mill Creek and Chigley Sandy to view dams under construction and existing lakes. Neal Stidham noted grass recovery after inundation, with bermuda and other grasses thriving as cattle grazed, while officials cited the 46 percent signature goal toward 33 structures in the watershed.
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Sandy Creek
Harral Allen
Conservancy Dstrict Board
Sandy
Ada
Murray County
Mill Creek
Chigley Sandy
Ice
Stidham
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Willis Melton
Local 4-H Week Observed By Poniatue County Members
Poniatue County 4-H Club members join 2 165 000 youths nationwide in National 4-H Club Week starting March 18 with events in Ada. Plans include a storefront display at J C Penney, county club news stories, a KTEN TV program at 5 45 p.m. on March 8, and a cattle grading contest on March 6.
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Poniatue County
J. C. Penny
Ada
KTEN
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W. L. Knickmeyer
New Venture
Chigier
Neal Stid
Soil Conservation Serv
Texoma
Cers
Bermuda
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