Young Countians to Attend State Junior Livestock Show
At least two Pontotoc County 4-H boys will enter fat steers at the Oklahoma City state junior livestock show next week. Bill Corbin and Butch Wigley of Fittstown lead entries while 12 additional 4-H members, including a four girl meat identification team and an eight bay commercial cattle grading team, travel to the city March 16.
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Butch Wigley
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Wendell W. Steward
Vanoss Alumni Plan Meeting in School Auditorium
Vanoss alumni scheduled a meeting in the school auditorium on Tuesday March 15 at 7 30 p m. Superintendent H L Kinsey announced the event aims to form an alumni association.
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Vanoss
H. L. Kinsey
Ambitious Pig Claims Local Feed and Seed Fame
Tut Roberts of Highway 31 raises a pet pig hailed as a new Whiteface Pig breed. The animal, linked to Roberts and Ewing Burns, boosts a prospering feed and seed business as Mrs. S. J. Markley first reported the oddity.
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Ewing Burns
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Ambitious Pig
Tut Roberts
the Weekly
S. J. Markley
Jesse
Survey Planned To X Ray 13 000 County Residents
Preliminary plans call for a county wide chest X ray survey to start the first week of April making Pontotoc County the site of the first such survey in five years. The State Health Department will loan its mobile X ray unit to assist with the effort as it moves to multiple locations until every resident has had a free X ray.
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Mink Ranchers at Union Valley Plan for Retirement
George McCurley of Union Valley and his son G A McCurley run a Mink farming venture in Ada. They started with five head and aim for about 250 females to support retirement income. Pelts fetch around 25 dollars each and the operation emphasizes low feed costs and planned expansion despite early losses.
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Union Valley
Ada
Mink
United States
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G. A. McCurley
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Ada Firm Moves Warehouse And Shop To Center
Center Ada reports Acme Construction Company moving a new 44 by 60 foot Quonset warehouse to the north side of Highway 19 in Center. The firm owned by Paul Little and J B Stallings plans an office move pending better telephone service.
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Acme Construction Company
Highway 19
Ada
Paul Little
J. B. Stallings
Stallings
Center
Ada Firm
Gas-Fed Bronc Causes Turmoil for Anderson Family
The Impson Andersons of Summers Chapel are a famed bronc busting clan led by Jimmie and Ted Rutherford. Reporter George Gurley of the Ada News arrived Friday with a gasoline powered drone to cover Ted Rutherford’s horse breaking, sparking upheaval on the Anderson property.
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Summers Chapel
Jimmie
Ted Rutherford
Andersons
George Gurley
Ada News
Anderson Place
Gurley
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A clipped newspaper segment shows continued text from page 2 across multiple columns, with references to ongoing stories, column positions, and cross-page continuations. The readable bits hint at article structure and layout rather than full narrative details.
Roff FFA Debuts Its First Stock Show
Roff FFA chapter staged its first livestock show with pens behind the high school. Vocational agriculture instructor Bud Graves organized the exhibit to give members experience handling and showing stock alongside J C Pruitt who aided in the effort.
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Bud Graves
J. C. Pruitt
Vocational Agricul
Latta Folk Plan Singing Program To Aid Houchens
A Latta couple, J. H. Houchens and family of four, lost their home and most belongings in a fire last Saturday. Local residents organized a fundraising singing program to support the needy family with quartets performing to raise aid.
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J. H. Houchens
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