Quest For Better Grazing Continues With Range Experts Shaping Plans
Oklahoma cattlemen increasingly rely on pasture specialists to design range programs that increase grass on existing land. Neal Stidham of the Soil Conservation Service discusses local initiative and farmer involvement as essential to successful conservation, with a historical view of range development in Pontotoc County and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Ada
Neal Stidham
Soil Conservation Service
Stidham
Pontotoc County
S.C.S
Roff F.F.A
Turner Ranch
Spooks at White House Halloween Party Draws Families
The Faith Friendly and Young Men's Classes of the First Baptist Church Stonewall held a Halloween party Saturday night with Emily Hisan and S G Witherspoon winning prizes for the most weird costumes. Attendees gathered in front of the church before visiting the spook house. Wayne Bullard and Simon Patton provided rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Patton
First Baptist Church of
Stonewall
Emily Hisan
S. G. Witherspoon
First Baptist Church
Wayne Bullard
Spook House
Pegg Re elected County ASC Committee Chairman
County ASC committeemen were re installed for 1961 at Ada. Guy Pegg a local rancher was re elected chairman and Henry Little was re elected vice chairman. B B Ownbey was re installed as member with G L Bain elected first alternate and Jim Young as second alternate.
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Pegg
ASC
Ada
Guy Pegg
The
Coun
Ty Committee
Henry Little
B. B. Ownbey
G. L. Bain
Jim Young
Transient Season of Fall Brightens Pontotoc County
The piece describes autumn in Pontotoc County with colorful hills and valleys, blue Indian Summer fading, and changing scenery nightly. It urges slow driving to enjoy byways, listen to bird songs, and note the fleeting, colorful season before frost changes the landscape.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Surprise Dinner Showcases Texas Rodeo Films at Stamford
A surprise dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Oscar Lawrance in Sulphur featured fast action rodeo reels of 1951 1958 1959 and 1960 from the Texas Cowboy Reunion Rodeo at Stamford Texas. The films were shot by Truman Moody of Elmore City and shown in the Lawrance home. Present were C A Thomason and companions Ewin Gale Oscar Lowrance and the late Jesse Gann plus several Thomason and Gale family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Thomason
Jesse
Oklahoma
Stamford
Tex
Oscar Lawrance
Truman Moody
Elmore City
Ewin Gale
Mill Creek
Oscar Lowaance
Sulphur
Jesse Gann
Foster
Moody
Lowrance
R. A. Jennings
Millard Holcombe
Roff 4 H Club Members Win Personality Improvement Awards
Roff 4 H members Panny Teel and James Lucas returned from an area meeting in Wewoka where both won $50 bonds. The event drew 77 counties and marked the fifth year of Southwestern Bell sponsored Personality Improvement programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panny Teel
James Lucas
Roff
Wewoka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Feed Survey Committee Sees Bright 1961 Outlook
The Feed Survey Committee of the American Feed Manufacturers Association projects a strong 1961 with larger spring crops and higher livestock inventories. Twenty four experts from colleges and experiment stations across the United States foresee a 10 percent rise in the 1961 spring crop and beef cattle numbers up about four percent, with further gains anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Feed Manufacturers Association
Chicago
United States
AFMA
Cumberland Presbyterian Youth Retreat Families Attend Weekend Activities
The Chickasaw Presbytery youths from Latta, Mar low, Oklahoma City, Wichita joined host Cumberland Presbyterian Church for a weekend retreat. Activities included singing, devotions, skating, a wiener roast, a Sunday basket dinner, and a UNICEF fundraiser.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marlow
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Latta
Danny Lovelace
Wesley Brantley Jr
Wintersmith Park
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Texas
Red River
Indian Territory
Bud Graves
Roff Wo Ag
Barry Driskill
Jim Standifer
Larry Heard
Jerry Gorre
Haskell Barnes
Richard Swink
Roff Public School
FFA
Kansas City
Sient
Feed Survey Committee
Forsees Bright Outlook
Sharver
First Assembly of God Church
Amon Self
Fort Worth
Wesley Brantley
Chickasaw
F. H. la Follette
Lattn Church
Bob Shortes
Mrs
Herbert Cooper
United Nations
Unicef
Jesus
Herbert ,Cooper
Joe Lovelace
Bob Mayberry
Judy Cooper
Phyllis Brantley
Becky Lovelace
Stan Andrews
Linda Wilson
Janelle Thompson
Sharon Shortes
Margaret Neely
Ricky Shaw
Larry
Gary Lovelace
Robert Mayberry
Jodie Law George
Nancy Mayberry
Nancy
Robert
Carol
Sand Springs
S. B. Hawkins
Muskogee
Phil Hawkins
F. H. LaFollette
Charles Hodges
Bob
Alabama
Tennessee
M. L. Stegall
Troy Teters
Mer Latta
Stegall
Ms. Stegall
J. G. Lovelace
Hubert Cooper
Sparks
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