Aunt Sara Roe reads lives and guides Ada locals
An Ada woman dubbed Aunt Sara Roe offers personal and miscellaneous readings from her home and by telephone, claiming a lifelong gift to read personalities. She avoids the fortune teller label, charges no fee, and attracts clients across Oklahoma, Texas, and beyond who seek guidance on business, health, and domestic matters.
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Ada
Sara Roe
Sara
Aunt Sara
United States
Mary Ellen Seminary
Austin
Sherman
Tex
Texas College
Tyler
Oklahoma
Southwest
Abra
Oklahoma City
Sarah
Club Tours Feedlots On County Lands
Ada Farm and Ranch Club plans a county feedlot tour Saturday morning starting at Turner King Ranch and visiting Stanford ranches. Members will observe operations in progress in this part of Oklahoma, with Reeves Packing Plant as the final stop for a lecture and forum on cattle feeding techniques.
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Ada Farm and Ranch Club
Turner-King Ranch
Stanford
Fletstown Club
Oklahoma
Reeves Packing Plant
Beefmasters Meet in Texas Sets Attendance Record
At the second annual Beefmaster Breeders Universal meeting in San Antonio on November 22, 1962, progress and growth were reviewed. A new attendance record was set as members discussed expanding publicity budgets, youth programs with 4-H and FFA, and extending performance and pregnancy testing in 1963.
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Beefmaster Breeders Universal
San Antonio
Tex
Beefmaster
Gentry T. Powell Sr
Walker W. White
A. E. Hitefelder
E. L. Lodge
Lillian Johnston
W. H. Rivers
Texas
L. Q. Eales
Oklahoma
David E. Kistner
Georgia
Harold C. McCracken
South Dakota
Dan Gibson
George C. Galloway
Humberto Garza
Beefmasters
4-H
FFA
Bebee Pie Supper Aids Community at School Event
Bebee annual pies supper to support a community effort will be held November 19 at Bebee School. The event features a Christmas tree and begins at 7 30 p m under the vocal direction of auctioneer Whitey Wilburn.
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Bebee
Whitey Wilburn
Pam
Bebee ‘School
Specialists Hold Landscape Meet At Park Lodge
Amateur and professional landscape gardeners can gain hands on instruction Friday at Wintersmith Park in a public landscape training conference led by J C Garrett extension service landscape specialist and Frank Millsap assistant Pontotoc County agent. The event at the park lodge runs from 4 30 a m to 4 00 p m with invitations extended to individuals and firms in various landscape activities. Garrett will stress pruning as part of overall management including spraying fertilizing and plant selection.
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Amateu
Wintersmith Park
J.C. Garrett
Frank Millsap
Pontotoc County
Park Lodge
Garrett
Local Men Seek Hidden Treasures in Pontotoc County Caves
Boyd Eager and Bill Higgs, longtime Pontotoc County residents, persist in treasure hunts across the county chasing stories of sunken gold and silver. They recall near misses, such as a cave east of Ada where a cache was buried 35 years ago, and an attempted find at Rocky Ford along the Canadian River where a walnut tree marked the treasure but the sand swallowed the boxes.
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Pontotoc County
Boyd Eager
Bill Higgs
Eager
Higgs
Oklahoma
Bager
Cain
Ada
Smith
Eage
Biggs
McAlester
Rocky Ford
Teveo
Jones
Vanoss
Planning Group Meets Opposition At Homer Meeting
A Homer School meeting drew about 125 residents for a metropolitan area planning session. Chair J A Richardson and urban planner Norman Lehr led a lengthy Q and A on zoning subdivision standards and a major street plan with Braly challenging the program and urging balanced discussion.
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Homer
Dick Krause
Sgain Richardson
George Gurley
Homer School
Ablosa
Latta
Mack Braly
Dda
Richardson
Metropolitan Area Planning and Zoning
Bob Lehr
Norman
Urbanplanner
Lehr
Partel
County Demonstration Clubs Meet At Ada Youth Center
Home Demonstration Clubs met Friday at the Ada Youth Center in four sessions led by county agent Miss Martha Mote. The tailoring workshop began at 9 30 a m with classes on cutting and fitting patterns for coats and wool suits, ending at 3 40 p m.
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County Home
Ada Youth Center
Martha Mote
Names in Frisco mix up clarified for Sid and Jim
Confusion over two Frisco residents Sid and Jim is explained. They are not brothers or spouses. they are sister and brother, with Jim identified as the sister.
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Jim
Sid
Marshall
Gopher Demostrations Show Complex Control Methods
Demonstrations on gopher control were held in the county with big machinery and planning. A tractor drawn burrow-builder tunnel system feeds poison bait into artificial burrows to attract gophers. County agent Cy Hailey notes damage to bermuda pasture alfalfa gardens lawns and row crops on sandy soils.
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R. R. Hal
Stonewall
Sh3
Marvin Barnes
Clive Rigsby
Ada
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Jack McPherridge
Cy Hailey
Bermuda
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National Guard
Abloso
Herbert Shutte
Stephen Watkins
Gary Beker
Jesse James
Horseshoe Ranch
P. A. Norris
Ezra Halland
Vanoss High School
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