Share-The-Fun Contest At McLish Friday
Pontotoc County 4H clubs stage the annual Share-The-Fun Festival Friday March 25 at 7 30 p m in the McLish High School auditorium with 18 acts and ten clubs. Two winning acts advance to the district contest March 31.
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McLish
Pontotoc County
McLish High School
Ray Northrip
Bur Harris
Byng
J. E. Teague
Colbert
Edna Mae Hart
Fitzhugh
Fletcher Watson
W. F
Values in Family Living Featured at HD District Meet
About 90 Pontotoc County women joined 800 home demonstration club members from 18 counties at the southeastern district state HD council meeting held at East Central State College. Dr. Lela O Toole spoke on values in family living at home and abroad. a pie supper and cake walk at Oakman gym Friday night April 1 raise funds for track equipment and the baseball team. short musical program by school children and outside singing talent invited.
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Pontotoc County
HD Council
East Central State College
Lela O'Toole
Division of
Oklahoma A & M College
Miss O'Toole
Oakman School
State Council
East Central
Voice with Smile to Fade From Ada Telephones
By the end of 1956 Ada residents on the Ada exchange will switch from operator assisted calls to dial service. Bert Roberts of Southwestern Bell announces the change and that customers must dial numbers themselves and bear responsibility for incorrect connections.
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Ada
Bert Roberts
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Banquet to Honor Pontotoc Farmers Monday
The Conservation Awards Banquet will honor outstanding Pontotoc County farmers and ranchers Monday at 7 p m in the East Central Student Union. The event is sponsored by the banks of Pontotoc County and the Oklahoma Bankers Association with 33 local recipients to receive awards presented by George H C Green.
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Harold Davis
Roff
Board of Supervisors
Pontotec County Soil Conservation District
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Bankers Association
East Central Student Union
George H C. Green
Trees Can Beat Borers With Proper Tree Care
County agent C. H. Hailey explains that spray targets should be the trees not the borers. Healthy peach, plum, and cherry trees resist shot hole borers. signs include waxy exudate on trunks and branches, and vigor deters infestation.
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C. H. Hailey
Hailey
Polio Vaccinations Planned Across County
First and second grade students countywide will receive the Salk polio vaccine in April. A countywide planning meeting is set for March 25 at 7 30 p.m. at the Health Department to coordinate doctors, schools, and the Infantile Paralysis Foundation.
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Ray A. Northrip
Northrip
Health Department
Norman C. Mitchell
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
National Foundation
Rex Morrison
Bill Corbin Earns Certificate of Merit for Heroic Rescue
Early last summer in Sheep Creek near Harden City, Bill Corbin leaped into the water to save his friend Butch Wigley after a diving accident. He brought Butch to safety despite the current and saved his life. the rescue earned Bill the Boy Scout Certificate of Merit for valor and quick action.
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Butch Wigley
Wallace Wigley
Sheep Creek
Harden City
Butch
Bill Corbin
Carlton Corbin
Bill
Boy Scout Troop 66
McLish School
McLish
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McDonald
Leon J
T-Bone” McDonald
Vincent B. Appleton
Trinity Baptist Church
Davis
Evangel List
Byron Smith
Pickett
B. C
Pontotoc Countians
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