Seedling trees and poultry notes for Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County Agent announces seedling tree applications for post lots wind breaks shelter belts and wood lot plantings with early delivery. Poultry guidance covers licensing weight checks health and feeding practices plus 14 hour light for fall and winter production. A winter legume demonstration in Gaar Corner includes soil analysis lime and phosphate trials with plans to publish results. Crows roost locations are sought to coordinate control with the State Fish and Game Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Gaar Corner
Pontotoc County
Milking Short Horn Show and Sale Highlights Fort Worth Event
Leonard Young of Fitzhugh attended the Southwest Milking Shorthorn Show and Sale in Fort Worth on October 30 and 31. He reports a live show backed by an active breed association. Pontotoc County will be represented at the Oklahoma Farm Bureau state meeting in Oklahoma City on November 7 8 and 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Young
Fitzhugh
Ft. Worth
Leonard
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Oklahoma City
Six 4-H Clubs Reorganized In County This Week
The county reorganized six 4-H clubs with full enrollment at Center Egypt and Pickett. Sponsors include Mrs. Vivian Crusan Egypt Mrs. Charles Gentry Center Mrs. Bill Bevers Pickett Mrs. Stella Robinson Fitzhugh Mrs. R. C. Austell Vanoss and Miss Juanita Townsend Fittstown. 1946 county 4-H champions listed for Clothing Food Preservation Food Preparation Yard Improvement and Record Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Egypt
Pickett
Pittstown
Fitzhugh
Vaness
Vivian Cruson
Charles Gentry
Bill Bevers
Stella Robinson
R. C. Austell
Vanoss
Juanita Townsend
Fittstown
Betty Thomas
Roff
Okla
Darlene Payne
Stratford
Shirley Wall
Ada
Sue Norvell
Doris Binkley
Byng
Fall table décor ideas with gourds and wax flowers
Collect gourds pretty leaves and grasses for table decorations this fall. Old candles can be melted down and molded into different flower designs. These wax flowers can be floated in a bowl of water which gives the effect of water lilies.
Make Your Own House Shoes to Match Your Housecoat
Simple home craft note explains making house shoes to match a housecoat. Suggests using felt inner soles or cutting thick material and padding like pot holders. Mentions cross stitching on a sewing machine and finishing touches.
Hixons Trial To Begin Soon In Bank Robbery Case
Oklahoma City November 2 Federal district attorney Dierker said trial of James A Hixon 27 and Joseph L Hixon 33 on charges of robbing the First National Bank at Antlers last August 8 will likely start by November 20. James Hixon arrested after car crash led to a satchel with 5040 and Seph Hixon arraigned in Electra Texas on a 33000 robbery indictment. Authorities pursue about 20000 unaccounted loot as they question James Hixon at Antlers.
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Oklahoma City
Charles E. Dierker
Federal
James A. Hixon
Joseph L. Hixon
First National Bank of
Seph Hixon
Electra
Texas
James Hixon
Antlers
MISS CLARK WEDS K STEPHENSON IN OKLAHOMA CITY
Miss Virginia Joan Clark daughter of Mrs B Clark of Coalgate and the late Walter Clark married Kermit Dale Stevenson son of Mr and Mrs C Stevenson of Oklahoma City. Only attendants were Mr and Mrs W T Womack. They will reside in Oklahoma City where Stevenson works with Lyntone Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Joan Clark
B. Clark
Coalgate
Walter Clark
Kermit Dale Stevenson
C. Stephenson
Oklahoma City
W. T. Womack
Crestwood Baptist Church
Boyle Has Loss To Remember In Five War Years
Travel writer HAL BOYLE reflects on a life of world travel and war reporting. He recalls battles revolutions and bread lines, noting lessons about peace and human longing for security across fifty countries and six continents. He concludes peace requires new heroes of compromise to defeat old global hatreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle
Hal Boyle
New York
Adt
LaGuardia
Eiffel Tower
Bali
Ophe
Eisenhower
Manhattan
Demosthenes
Calcutta
Bronx
Bombay
Hitler
Ada milk supply crisis prompts grading talks
Ada officials, health officers, and distributors met to address a chronic milk shortage. Grade A production has fallen by over half, pushing use of Grade C milk and raising fears of unsafe or improperly labeled dairy. Authorities demand strict grading and supervision to avert a deeper shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Health Department
Burl Poe
Sanitarian
Glen Boley
Steffens
Poe
Marwell Company
Markwell
Chet Robins
A. R. Sugg
Pontotoc County
Hansen
W. E. Hansen
Roper
Robins
J G Lovelace Jr State Dairy Champ Wins Chicago Trip
J G Lovelace Jr a 17 year old Latta high senior is named state dairy champion and among 25 state winners who will attend the 25th anniversary National 4 H Congress in Chicago. He earns an all expenses paid Santa Fe rail trip November 29 with Congress December 1 to 6. He is active in 4 H for six years serving as club president and leading the Pontotoc county federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Farmer-Stockman
Pontotoc County
Richard Soutee
Latta Club
Richard
Gene Griffith
Roff
Gene
Wisconsin
J. G. Lovelace, Jr
Garvin Glover
Latta
Garvin
Curtis Brice
George Dunigan
Guernsey
Curtis
George
Baptist Orphans Home
Howard Smith
Francis
J.G. Lovelace, Jr
Chicago
Lovelace
Oklahoma
Robert Berry
Gage
Nancy Jean Davis
Haywood
Jean Claire Frye
Yukon
Santa Fe Railway
Congress
Route 1
J. G
Must Have World Peace Says Truman To Old Comrades
President Truman urged for world peace in a three minute improvised speech to Battery D veterans in Kansas City. He said atomic weapons have made war unimaginable and that all must work toward peace to spare future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Kansas City
129Th Field Artillery
Charles G. Ross
United States
League of Nations
Battery D
Battery 10
One Killed When Car and Truck Crash in Oklahoma
A wreck near Okemah Oklahoma killed William Henry Williams 46 of Fort Smith Arkansas and injured four relatives including his wife their son David and Mrs Williams' parents Mr and Mrs Charles Inter of Versailles Missouri. Williams died when the trailer rear end skidded into their car during a heavy rain on a curve. The truck was driven by Bennie Oral Level 30 of Warren Arkansas. Hunter 72 is in critical condition from a broken back. Police said it was a hard rain accident.
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Okemah
Okla
William Henry Williams
Fort Smith
Ark
Here
Williams
David
Williams’ Arents
Charles Inter
Versailles
Hunter
Wallace Strang
Bennie Oral Level
Warren
Taxpaying Time Here First Half Delinquent on January 1
Ada and Stonewall districts show varying tax rates this year with Ada lowering rates and homestead exemptions while Stonewall posts the county’s highest rate due to new water system bonds. Delinquent dates announced by County Treasurer Sam Dew set the first half due Jan 1 1947 and second half delinquent after April 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Stonewall
Charles Rushing
Sam Dew
Roosevelt's Death Elevates Heir to Presidency
The text notes that the successor to the presidency rose to power upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kenny Foundation Drive Nears Its Public Appeal
The Sis ter Kenny Foundation announces its third annual public support drive from November 18 to December 7 with a national goal of 2 000 000 dollars. Clyde Rawl chairs Pontotoc county and Clifford Byrne is treasurer. Kate Smith is national chairwoman and Bing Crosby leads the executive committee. The drive supports infantile paralysis treatment and aims to offer Miss Kenny's care to all victims nationwide regardless of race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sister Kenny Foundation
Pontotoc County
Clyde
Rawl
Clifford Byrne
Kate Smith
Bing Crosby
Ros
Miss Kenny
Editor Gets Best Of This Deal In Apple Box
The Stratford Star editor reminded Ernest Brown of Tieton Washington to renew The Star. Brown replied with a box of apples and a note saying he preferred apples to a dollar. The editor felt he was ahead on the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Star
Ernest Brown
Tieton, Wash
Brown
Meat output expected to exceed last year, says USDA
The agriculture department predicts meat production will surpass last year's peak for the rest of the year. Cattle and hog slaughter will stay high, while sheep and lamb slaughter remains lower. For 1947, production may match or exceed 1946, with pork supplies rising in fall and winter but dropping sharply in spring 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
District OEA Officers Listed for East Contra District
Officers for the East Contra Costa OEA were elected. Names include Administration: H P Hopkins president and Trice L Broaderick vice president with Margaret Baker secretary. Art Ida Hoover chair with secretary to be appointed. Foreign Languages Lula Johnson chair with secretary to be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Contra
OEA
Presdent
H. P. Hopkins
Asher
Trice L. Broaderick
Margaret Baker
Pauls Valley
Ida Hoover
East Central
Department of Foreign Languages
Lula Johnson
Ada
Ruth Bigerell
Ome Hatte Ae
Smitawnee
Bias
Mildred Sullivan
J. W. Huff
Sam
Seminole
J. Lagerins
Inez Richmond
Maime Veach
Helenville
Harriet Kearna
Messer
Vera Simmons
Sybil Stokes
Stonewall
Secreetary
M. P. Hatchett
Taylor Mitchell
Inten
Denton Floyd
Industrial East Central
Garvin Peck
Okemah
Association For Childhood Education
Marie Hillis
Jorden Bound for Trial in Shotgun Slaying
Steve Jorden Jr 39 of Greenwood Junction Oklahoma was bound over to district court on a first degree murder charge for the shotgun slaying near Moffett Oklahoma a week earlier. Jorden pleaded not guilty at arraignment and testified that the victim Riddle threw an iron pipe and drew a knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorden
Sallisaw
Okla
Steve Jorden, Jr
Greenwood Junction
Aee Moffett
Woodyiddiddle
Riddle
Frisco Water Project Reaches San Francisco Supply
Frisco’s water system sources from a distant glacier lake 207 miles away. A twenty year effort laid a pipeline through swamps mountains of solid granite and quicksand to deliver the supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
San Francisco
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C. H. Hailey
State Fish and Frame Commission
Margaret Barde
Walters Bank
Miss Clark
K. Stephenson
Bride
Lester Pfister
el Paso
Pfister
Santa Fe
Kilgore
Tex
Joe King
Joe PD
Barry
Tulsa
Png
Frank W. King
King
Palestine
Kenny Foundation
W. P. Hopper
East Central Cfa
Physical Education Department
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