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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1954
Page
1
McLish HD club president Mrs. Kenneth Harden will demonstrate freezing methods on WKY TV in Sybil Johnson's program this Friday at 1 p.m. She keeps a 12 cu ft freezer stocked with meats vegetables fruits ice cream bread and a chicken pie and says many vegetables can be kept safely for up to a year.
A program to maintain health records on school children is underway led by the City County Health Department. Parents of incoming kindergartners are urged to obtain a Health Record Form from their school or the Health Department. The plan, supported by the PTA, school superintendent, Home Demonstration Clubs, Health Department and County Medical Association, aims to identify health problems affecting new students and address serious issues before school opens.
Two Oklahoma pullet pens top national standings in the egg laying test. Perry's Hatchery Ponca City Australorps led with 76.8 percent and 2,117.75 points from 2,116 eggs in 212 days. Hogan Farms Brown Leghorns led with 71.2 percent and 1,995.2 points from 1,963 eggs. Capital Breeding Farm St Paul Minn Rhode Island Reds led their breed with 90.3 percent and 2,564.65 points from 2,489 eggs.
Pontotoc County welcomes Mrs. Scroggins the latest war bride. German nun to wife of Sgt Andrew Scroggins, now at Ft. Sill, she journeyed with son Kurt Robert after years of paperwork and visas. Their tale spans Karlsruhe to Oklahoma amid Army sponsorship delays and official clearance.
Bright first to fourth graders at Summers Chapel School include many with parents who also attended. Of 50 students, 32 are second generation alumni, with examples like Charles Wood and Aubrey Rutherford among those with both generations represented in the school.
Melvin Johnson a senior mechanical engineering student from A M College placed fifth in a paper presentation at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers meeting in Tulsa. The competition included student branches and Johnson from Roff received a $10 prize. Participating schools included Arkansas University Kansas State College Kansas University Nebraska University Oklahoma University and Oklahoma A M. Faculty advisor was Dr James H Boggs.
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