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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1928
Page
3
Ada’s hatchery, run by the Floyd family, expands to 12 000 egg capacity and now operates at full tilt with 1000 turkey eggs incubating. The farm praises pure bred chicks, notes a surge in baby chick sales, and highlights 4 H club talk stressing rural leadership and productive farming.
The Vanoss 4 H club at the Ada county rally had 75 members in uniform. Ime Norvell was re-elected county club secretary. Demonstrations by Verlin Walls Corda Mullins Eldred Solomon Ray Buck drew praise. The string band Archie Spurgeon Solomon Myrtle Frazier David Waters Joe Agular entertained along with native Spanish songs by Joe and Rufus Agular. A park feast followed before attendees headed home. Prof A T Watson warns beekeepers to inspect for foul brood as it reappears.
The annual 4-H Club Rally was held April 25 with about 300 club members and many parents and Supervisors present. The program included singing led by Winnie Whipple, secretary reports by Ima Norvell, and a Vaness High School orchestra performance. Officers for the coming year were elected, and demonstrations covered packing a school lunch, canning jars, seed corn, and pecan budding. Lunch and games followed in the park, with the Federated meeting set for June 23.
Ray Allen, a notable 4-H member from Pontotoc County, has recently gained attention for his leadership and achievements within the club. His activities showcase youth engagement and regional rural education.
The Sulphur Times-Democrat reports the board of education has re elected A R Wallace Cameron school Hubert Priest Washington school L E McBride high school C E Fair superintendent of schools for another year. The board praises productive work despite handicaps and expresses happiness at retaining this strong team.
J. C. Hynds, secretary of the Ada chamber of commerce and a farmer, reports strong peanut prices last year and will plant 50 acres this year. A by product was ample hay that fed his stock through the winter.
J C Hynds of Ada placed a small ad in The Evening and Weekly News seeking a farm hand. The response totaled 40 or 50 applications, including a call from Okmulgee, and Hynds chose the best candidate. The writer notes the classifieds are valuable to buyers and sellers, citing seed peanut and clover seed sales by L E Hutchison near Oakman as another example.
A Stillwater note presents French pancakes as a versatile egg based dish for breakfast lunch or dessert. Directions show three small cakes baked in pie tins with two eggs one third cup sweet milk two tablespoons flour a pinch of salt and heated greased pans.
Miss Esta Owens, a Pontotoc county girl, writes from Littlefield Texas about a growing town fueled by nearby oil activity. She praises her new home yet admits Texas holds a warm place in her heart for Pontotoc and friends back home.
P A Norris of Ada drives a diversified farming program aimed at Pontotoc county. He has twelve farms with dairy and hog barns and plans fifteen to twenty more, plus offering 6 percent loans to tenant partners. The goal: one thousand dairy cows on about 50 farms with shared cream income and worker families included. Cotton on smaller acreage will be grown along with peanuts, grain sorghums, potatoes and other feeds.
Prof Ector C Roberts of Frisco announces his candidacy for County Superintendent of Instruction in the Democratic primary. He has 19 years teaching experience in Pontotoc county rural schools and aims to raise county schools to state best standards.
Cattle 9 500. calves 1 000. Fed cattle slower, most offerings bid lower. other killing classes steady. Hogs 9 000. slow, uneven, prices 10 25 cents lower. stock pigs steady. top 10.00. packing sows 7.75 8.85. Sheep 10 000. sheep and spring lambs steady to strong. mature lambs slow. top Arizona spring lambs 19.25.
Oklahoma City livestock sales show cattle around steady with calves mixed yearlings at 12.50 and top cows 9.00 to 10.00. Hogs decline 15 to 20 cents with tops near 9.75 to 9.80 and bulk around 9.40. sows and stags 7.50 to 8.50.
The New Orleans cotton market opened with an early gain of 32 to 34 points on a bearish weather report but sold off as traders realized profits. Later buying reemerged on expectations of a bullish weekly weather update, with July at 21.65 and October/December at 21.40, amid renewed selling on a rumored weevil report. Exports reached 37,913 bales.
New York May cotton prices surged above 22 cents a pound in early trading, marking new high ground for the movement. May futures rose over five cents from February lows, with most contracts up 45 to 49 points, before moderating in mid afternoon as volume declined and prices pulled back 15 to 20 points from the highs.
Chicago markets saw wheat slip sharply after unofficial forecast of US winter wheat production at 122 million bushels. Prices fell nearly six cents before a late rally on new buying, with corn and oats following with declines and provisions mixed.
New Orleans Spot cotton steadies as May 1 prices show gains of seven points. Transactions total 1,817 with low middling at 20.80, middling 21.55, good middling 21.95. receipts 374 and total stock 340,320.
Maxwell School closes the year with baseball seven games six wins one loss and notable players Ray mond McGalliard and Price McGalliard highlighted. The 4-H club formed and honors at township and county fairs included a 45 prize for top pupil participation. Basketball saw girls win ten of ten or twelve games with one semifinal loss to Washington and boys tally 141 to 131 across twelve games with two losses to strong opponents.
Maxwell school reports strong athletics with high point player Elmer Evans and standout girl Mable Ellis. Edith Brecheen and Vivian Light named all county guards, Arvel Bailes center. Maxwell wins track and literary events with multiple prize essays and top grades. school improvements include new basketball facilities and equipment.
Judge A C Barrett 65 of Pauls Valley former judge of the four teenth district died in Oklahoma City after two weeks in hospital kidney trouble. Born March 19 1863 near Palestine Texas he educated himself by night study and in Clarendon Texas office. Funeral services will be held Thursday from First Methodist Church Pauls Valley.
Filing for state offices opened in Oklahoma City with many candidates entering races for the house and senate. By noon 26 filed, including H R King and Robert C Graham for the House, and J A Johnson plus others for the Senate, with multiple incumbents seeking re election across districts and positions.
The column notes record turnout at a cooking school in Ada with 738 women registering. Despite widespread sickness many attended, exposing households to new cooking methods taught by a Boston Cooking School instructor. The News expresses satisfaction with the community service and hopes for better health next session.
Ada High School made a solid showing at the Norman state literary meet. Ruth Ada Gee finished third in oratory among 45 entrants, Margaret Meaders and Jeff Laird also took third in violin and flute, Freddie Dennis and Troy Melton placed high in dramatic reading and tenor solo as the girls glee club and bands earned top finishes.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Sam Russell and Luther Jackson of Logan County Oklahoma for violating the Harrison narcotic act by selling narcotics to two informers for six dollars. It declined a challenge arguing insufficient evidence, stating there was ample evidence and the jury chose to credit the informers' testimony.
Norman May 1 Henry C. Mugler state university student who was shot a week ago and left on the front steps of his fraternity house shows signs of improvement.
More than 500 ladies attended the final day on Friday and voted unanimously for another school next year. The five day total was 1883 with an average near 400 daily, despite a heavy rain.
CHANDLER April 30 Two of three men held in jail here are identified by Wellston bank officials as the pair who robbed the First National Bank of Welston ten days earlier. Ira Blackie Wall and Sherman Turley allegedly entered the bank and took about 2500 dollars. Ben Turley remains unidentified. Wall was arrested in Tulsa on Saturday. Sherman Turley was captured last week at Sapulpa and Turley was taken into custody at Eureka Springs Kansas.
In The News cooking school event last week Mrs O E Gary won first prize with her cake, Mrs Louis George took second, and Mrs T O Drummond third. All entries were sold at auction for the Parent Teachers organization with prizes of 5 3 and 2 dollars donated by The News.
A fresh consignment of furniture is being distributed in the Pontotoc County court building today after arrival earlier in the week. Nearly every office receives counters shelves and essential office furnishings plus desks and chairs from a prior shipment. The final shipment will furnish the new courtroom.
Announcements list candidates W A Peck I R Gilmore John M Thompson George R Collins Jr for County Commissioner District No 2. No further details provided.
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