Ada Shetland Pony Sale Opens in County Palace
Buyers from 30 states flocked to the Ada area for the Shetland Pony Sale at the Pony Palace near Ada on State Highway 13. By Wednesday night 174 ponies sold for about 360000, topped by an 11 year old white mare for 10000, with more grade ponies to come Friday as officials promote the event.
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Ada
Asa Hutchinson
Silver
Nancy
Ralph Brewer
Marietta
Watchinson
Brewer
C. C. Teague
Sherman
Tex
Vern Brewer
Gainesville
State 4-H Roundup Draws 24 County Girls and Boys to OSU
Pontotoc County will be represented at the 87th annual state 4-H Club roundup in Stillwater by 12 girls and 12 boys, plus two high school girls chosen later as extra delegates. The May 17 30 event on the Oklahoma State University campus will include short courses in junior leadership citizenship and recreation to train delegates.
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Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Oklahoma Site University
Loris Shook Dies Sunday at 50 in Lightning Ridge
Loris R. Shook aged 50 died in a local hospital Sunday April 27 at 2 30 am after a brief illness. Funeral was Tuesday at Lightning Ridge Church with Rev L E Perrin and Rev Melvin Balthrop officiating, burial in Lightning Ridge Cemetery. Survived by wife and son Paul at home along with sisters Mrs Louis A Powers of Burleson and Mrs Doris Pills of Santa Paula, Calif, and Mrs W E McCoy of Ventura, Calif, and brother Roy Oxnard Calif.
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Lightning Ridge
Loris R. Shook
Lightning Ridge Church
L. E. Perrin
Melvin Balthrop
Lightning Ridge Cemtery
Criswell Funeral Home
Shook
Paul
Louis A. Powers
Burleson
Tox
Doris Pills
Santa Paula
Cavif
W. E. McCoy
Ventura
Calif
Roy
Oxnard
Never Again Says Mrs Reese After Cub Hike Heroism
Ahlosa Pack 194 Cub Scouts hike to Thomas ranch. Mrs. Robert Reese, new to the area, carries diabetic Cub Jerry Don Gantt on her back when he faints. She prays for help and reaches the ranch with the boy safely, vowing never to start with a child she cannot guide.
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Ahloso
Ahlosa Pack
Thomas Ranch
Robert Reese
Jerry Dor Gantt
Jerry Don
Mrs. Reese
Ross
Hornemen Meet The Central Quarterhorse Association Meeting
The Central Quarterhorse Association will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at the Ada Livestock Auction. All members and other interested persons are urged to attend.
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Mast Central Quarterhorse Association
Ada
Odd Birthday Puts Lilley Out in Front
A Stonewall correspondent, S. Lilley, writes about turning 22 on April 3 and noting extra birthdays. The editor jokingly suggests Lilley may be speeding or living faster than others. Readers are invited to offer a better solution to the puzzle.
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Lilley
Stonewall
Mr. Lilley
Accidents Hit Hardest At Kids Under 14 In Oklahoma
Oklahoma safety commissioner Jim Lookabaugh reports rising traffic deaths and injuries among children under 14. He notes a 62 percent increase since 1954, with deaths climbing from 3 in 1954 to 69 in 1958 and 72 in 1956, alarming figures for the state’s road safety.
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Oklahoma
Jim Lookabaugh
Lookabaugh
Wheat Pasture Worth $37 Per Acre Says Tests
Professor Robert Noble reports at the 32nd annual Oklahoma State Livestock Feeders Day that lush wheat pasture can return 25 or more dollars per acre for 90 days grazing by western feeder lambs. Over three years at Fort Reno, wheat pasture yielded 37 per acre for 88 days in 1937 58 tests, with lambs gaining 0.35 to 0.4 pounds daily and about two thirds grading choice or good. Supplemental 0.75 pound of meal per head daily added modest gains and improved carcass quality.
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Robert Noble
Noble
Fort Reno
el Reno
Latta Shetland Pony Project Clarified by Pruitt Family
Joe Bob Pruitt and his father J. C. insist their pony effort is standalone and not part of a bank financed cooperative. They clarified after reports linked eight ponies to the Latta project amid widespread pony sightings.
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Latta
Joe Bob Pruitt
Joe Bob
J. C
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Hutchinson
OSU
Patricia Tiffin
Vaness
Carolyn Swanson
Health and Dairy Foods
Linda Thompson
McLish
Bette Davis
Roff
Cooperative
Shirley Stinson
Carolyn Coffey
Dairy Foods
Nance Young
Birvie Lee Barton
Cal
the Weekly
Latta School
Loris Shook
Mrs
Douglas Smith
Arade
Corbin Ranch
Fittsmany
Corbin
Angus
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