Colbert HD Club Holds May Meeting
The Colbert home demonstration club met at Mrs. Edith Balthrop's home for the May program. Mrs. Edith Balthrop served as co host. Members were urged to send magazines to the Sulphur Veterans Hospital. The event followed by several Pontotoc county clubs. Mrs. Floretta Hammond reported 471 girls and boys won at the county rally. The club will award cash prizes for first to third place. Mrs. Luther led the lesson on food preservation and Mrs. Martha Mote demonstrated freezing containers and aluminum foil use. Refreshments were served to a long list of members including Mrs. Balthrop and others.
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Colbert
Edith Balthrop
John Balthrop
Veterans Hospital
Pontotoc County
Floretta Hammond
Luther
Martha Mote
HDA
Boone
Burns
Cassell
Engle
Fleming
Hammond
Newland
Parker
Verble
Sorghum varieties and plans for Coal County Day at Experiment Farm
Lateness for corn prompts sorghum choices for feed with Darse and Atlas Sorgo favored for bird resistance and dual forage grain use. Include Sumac 1712 1732 and African Millet as options. May 10 Coal County Day at Experiment Farm near Coalgate offers tours, samples, and demonstrations on soil and pasture improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Grant
Atlas Sorgo
Redlan
Four-W Cotton Improvement Program for 4-H
The Extension Service and 4-H leaders in Stillwater announce a cotton production contest for 4-H club boys with 2700 dollars in cash prizes. Thirty six county 4-H participants to date. entrants must grow at least one acre, keep records, and submit an end report. The program promotes seed variety, land use, soil management, and moisture conservation across Oklahoma counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LEQ BK. Cavnar
Extension Service
Stillwater
Leo K Cavnar
Coal County
Will Beed
Ubste
Turtye
Ornahou Ton Gil
Cal Tinney Muses- Cal Gets Clipped By News Clipping
A fragmented OCR piece reports a misfired clipping about Cal Tinney and a travel note from St. Louis airport. It includes stray musings on headlines, a long digression about Dr. Hog Thompson and a gossiping narrator who chased a missing news story to its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
CAL Tinee
St. Louis
John Smith
Jim Simmons
Kewanee Horse-Doctor
Oklahoma
Sitwater
Okla
Oklahoma A
Carl P
Hog) Thompson
Thompson
Scissora
Hogeveee
Dr. Hog Thompson
Dr. Thompson
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Patrick Henry Arl
Hog Thompson
Jme
Drr
Hop Thompson
Sean
Cotton production contest prize money details
The top four individuals receive 63 dollars in prize money with 25 dollars for first, 20 dollars for second, 10 for third, and 5 for fourth. Twenty eight cotton producing counties are divided into groups of three to five to compete for group prizes of 63 dollars each. Score sheets are provided to county agents to aid 4-H club boys entering the contest.
Mountains Eagles and Flagpoles Portrait of Mike Porvaznik
NEA Special Correspondent Edward Ellis profiles Michael Porvaznik, a New York public works bridge painter who climbs flagpoles on public buildings. The tale traces his youth in Homana near the Austro Hungarian border, his mountain cravings, eagle nests, and ascent to a high sky career after years of striving and work as a motorman, rigging, and eventually bridge painting.
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Mike
Mike Porvaznik
New York Department of Public Works
New York
NEA
Homana
Michael Porvaznik
Mounttains
San Oak
Ameren
Pennsylvania
Brookins
Mike Ciane
Queries on Household Dust Stockings and Decor
Oklahoma City reports readers seeking dust control amid allergies with fabric dipping chemicals and washable options. Advice covers sturdier everyday nylon stockings and two decor ideas for kitchens featuring Grandma Moses plates, plus notes on an Oklahoma industrial and traffic safety conference and local food offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okshoma
Winners in Coal County 4 H Club Contests
The Coal County 4 H Club held contests with multiple divisions. Winners include O N Riley Gaey Topic on Beef Cattle care, Harold Boddy on 4H Clover value, Roy Byrd on Blue Shield, and many team and individual demonstrations across Coalgate Tupelo Olney and Clarita with topics from inoculation of legume to dairy farming and dress wear.
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Boes
O. N. Riley
Gaey
Harord Boddy
Philips
Roy Byrd
Blue Shield
Blue Cross
Tupelo
Augie Harkins
Carroll Stewart
Coalgate
Grant Jak Williams
Ray Chapman
Olney -Morria
Wayne Daniel
Billy den Morrison
Jimmy Blue
Coalgate Grant
Ralph Beowrie
Clarita
Charles Suttee
James Wood
Fred Scott
Ferry Hefley
Church of Dress
James Edward Wood
Jeannine Morrison
Olney
Darlene LaFevre
Lehigh
Jen Robinson
Lois Edwards
Rebecca Neeley
Coalgate Lee
Betty Hyatt Tupelo
Edith Ron Faris
Mary Ann Salmon
Ruth Bullard
Carma Harvey
Marlene Davidson
Alene Huff
Joyce Chriss
Opel King
Percy Ilins
Maria Hammons
Jeannette Collins
Maxine Hefley
Darlene Cloninger
Margaret Jones
Clanta
Fredelia Morrison
Mary Rose Hardy
Jeannie Morrison
Mary Lee Swindell
Armetta Floyd
Ruth Floyd
Reba Lovelace
Arita
Percella Cogburn
Centrahoma
Latta News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Events
Latta residents and families share weekend visits with Coleman and Tulsa friends, a bridal shower at the Baptist Chapel, and relatives from Mississippi. Local youths attend Stillwater judging contests. several Latta students listed among participants in the EPA charter crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Latta
EPA
Charles Teel
Bobby Shortes
Verlin Arter
Gienaromae
Renker Glarente
Ivan
Sylvester Gipson
Bol
Kirk Campilevwood
Royce Fulton
Leon Hughy
Vernon Laxton
Lloyd Martin
Clyde Casady
J. C._Price
Austin Roberts
Steve Grnn
Leonard Diebeck
J. C. Pruitt
Lome
Admirals Back Carriers as Key to U S Defense
Admiral Stump and other naval leaders insist aircraft carriers remain the most effective weapon against potential foes. At Norfolk Naval Base a Civilian Orientation Course showcased carrier and submarine operations, with talks on sea control, anti aircraft fire, and planned Douglas prop jet planes expanding carrier range.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Norfolk Naval Base
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Dan A. Kimball
B. Potter
Annapolis
Potter
Felix B. Stump
U. S. Atantic Fleet Air Force
U. S
American
Europe
England
Stump
Ase
Stump Beieves
Mediterranean
Arctic
Iust
Anan
Aderiran Stump
Isamel
Arabian Sea
Persian Gulf
Bry
Bengal
China Sea
Bering Sea
Carter
2 Jmne
Keng
Virginia Capes
Philippine Sea
Old Doc Bramsett Seeks Patient Bills In Forsyth ad
Atlanta May 8 The Forsyth County News carries an appeal from Dr R H Bramsett known as The Old Doc asking patients to pay overdue bills to cover his medical expenses. He is recuperating after a serious operation in Atlanta and received contributions from several states.
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Atlanta
Doc Bramiett
R. H. Bramsett
Forsyth County
Forsyth County News
Doe
Louisiana
Michigan
R. H Bramsett, Jr
Ewd
Educator Dies Fighting Fire in Laguna Beach
Dr. Clarence Dykstra provost of UCLA died of a heart attack while battling a brush fire near his summer home in Laguna Beach California. Police report he received adrenaline treatment and failed to respond to inhalation therapy, a former head of the University of Wisconsin.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Clarence Dykstra
University of California At
Los Angeles
Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Green Street Baptist Church four pastors in 106 years
Louisville Kentucky story notes Green Street Baptist Church is 106 years old and has had only four pastors since its 1844 founding by enslaved people. It recalls humble beginnings in a livery stable, early secretary aid, and long pastorates from George Welly to Henry Wise Jones.
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Louisville
Green Street Baptist Church
Green Street Church
George Welly
Richard Sneathen
Daniel Abraham Gaddie
Henry Wise Jones
Nut
Unclear List of Names and Fragments From OCR Text
A scrambled OCR passage lists many personal names and places such as Arkansas Doris Wilda Vann Airdmore Willie Wade Jr Bos well Bil M Walker Midwest City Tayd O Walker Madill Paul Waugh Jr Huge Harkell Ro one Willingham Broken Bow Emerson G Wilson Bacone El bert Derry Youell Jr Zamies Leslie Obed Hood Ramona California and ends with an apparent stray phrase about a lover's knot and an angle. The text is fragmentary with no coherent event or notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Doris Wilda Vann
Airdmore
Willie Wade Jr
Boswell
Bil M. Walker
Midwest City
Tayd O Walker
Madill
Paul Waugh
Huge Harkell
Roone Willingham
Broken Bow
Emerson G. Wilson
Bacone
Elbert Derry Youell
Zamies
Leslie Obed Hood
Ramona
California
Oklahoma Tax Revenue Rise and Turnpike Financing Plan
The legislature reports increased revenue from commercial vehicle licenses exceeding one million dollars more than last year. Private capital funds the Oklahoma Turnpike with bids far below RFC rates, ensuring no public funds are used and promising broader highway funding and jobs. Traffic safety aims to beat 1980 fatality tolls, with 24 fewer deaths so far in 1980 and a target reduction of 73 by year end.
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Asa
Oklahoma Turnpike
Turnpike Authority
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Oklahoma
State Department of Public Safety
Alls
Department of Public Safety
Generous Hens Produce Oversized Eggs for Mrs Craddock
Mrs Bessie Craddock notes eight oversized eggs in recent days from mixed breed hens. Sizes range from about 4 by 7 inches to 6 by 6 inches, with eggs brown and white. She seeks to identify the contributing hen or hens without alarming the flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Craddock
Love and discipline in schools raise voices at home
Barbs from RAL Cochran argue that love and discipline should guide parenting amid school problems. The principal condemns parents for neglecting lessons learned, while science suggests the human voice can be magnified dramatically.
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Ral Cochran
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New York World-Telegram
the Sun
American Newspaper Publishers’ ‘Association
Colbert HD Club
Curtis Floyd
Experiment Farm
Oklahama Agm
Cal Tinney
Stalin
Marshalltown
St. Mar
Dr. Roc. Scarpenter
Great Bend
Kan Din Barbi
Arta
Edward Ellis
Sue Gardner
Latta News
Roy Nuner
Coleman
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J.C. Sission
Mrs
Frank Wells
Charles Thompson
Tulsa
Jess Bettis
Kenneth Wilson
Jimmie Mitchell
Weslly Brantley
George Brown
Ray
Shawunday
Joan Wells
The
Baptist Chapel
Weils
Linda Wilson
Mrs.w. J. Neely
George Smith
Mississippi
Cash Thompson
Hong Kong
China
Shanghai
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Canton
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Delsenhofen
Germany
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Hie Erma
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Negro Church
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