Businessmen See Rainbow Signs In General Picture
New York reports suggest a cautiously improving economy as retail activity recovers, dividends rise, and stockholders gain while defense and weather help industry. Government price supports for farms are forecast to shrink next year, and tax burdens may limit profit growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pacific Northwest
Defense
Fleischmann
Dun and Bradstreet
Commerce Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
BSU Sponsors Youth Evangelistic Campaign at ECSC
The Baptist Student Union at East Central State college will sponsor a youth led evangelistic revival October 14 to 19 in Trinity Baptist Church auditorium. Jim Langley of Southwestern Baptist Seminary Fort Worth Texas will lead the meetings with Bob Feather directing song services. Breakfast at 7 am daily in the ECSC Baptist Student Center and 7 30 pm evening services at Trinity Church. The event aligns with a statewide effort involving 22 Oklahoma college campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Student Union
East Central State College
Trinity Baptist Church
Tenth and
Turner
Jim Langley
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
Tex
Bob Feather
Baptist
ECSC
Trinity Church
Oklahoma
Soil Testing Highlights For Pontotoc Pecan Growers
County agents announce over 600 soil samples analyzed in the Ada Laboratory with results supporting a systematic spray control program for pecan pests and diseases. Pecan growers in Pontotoc County are invited to attend the meeting starting at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Ada
H. P. Gallup
C. P. Horseley
H. Sudick
Jim Shults
Gaar Corner
Harold Davis
Sam Roberts
J. W. Morrison
W. A. Barnes
Roff
Homer Grisso
S. E. Patton
J. W. Price
R. H. Hagar
Stonewall
G. E. Mitchell
D. H. Rutledge
James Bates
Ahloson
Ed Sherrell
Pecan Grove
E. V. Ownbey
Hart
Burgess Steed
D. W. Thomas
Virgil Manahan
Red Oak
Lawton Fleming
Maxwell
Roy Graves
Latta
G. L
National Fire Prevention Week Highlighted October 7 13
Rural fires threaten 3500 lives and 102000000 dollars in property this year if farmers do not act. Fires occur every five minutes and 90 percent are preventable. Hazards include faulty chimneys sparks from fires defective stoves careless smoking improper gasoline storage spontaneous hay ignition overloaded outlets worn cords and faulty appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Fire Protection Association
Pecan Field Day At Sparks Experiment Station
The first annual pecan field day will be held at the Sparks Experiment Station on Tuesday October 9. Work there has operated about a year and includes native trees and propagated varieties.
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Sparks
4-H State and County Contests Highlights
Pontotoc county 4-H members sent project records to Stillwater for county district and state competitions. Named recipients include Billy Lucas Fitzhugh Jimmy Watson Ray Young Jerry Balthrop Odell Deaton and Dean Young with awards in dairy safety livestock poultry meat animal tractor maintenance and national camp honors.
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Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Billy Lucas
Fitzhugh An
Jimmy Watson
Byng
Ray Young
Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh Club
Jerry Balthrop
Odell Deaton
Billy Joe Lucas
Dean Young
Larceny Charges Filed on Couple
Petit larceny charges were filed against J. C. Whitaker and Carl Long after allegedly stealing a refrigerator from D. J. Dulaney. They pleaded not guilty before Justice C. W. Floyd, posting $100 bonds. preliminary hearing set for 10 a.m. October 19. The 12 to 15 year old, 15 dollar appliance was allegedly taken after the pair were found returning from Shawnee where they reportedly tried to sell the ice machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Whitaker
Carl Long
D. J. Dulaney
C. W. Floyd
Justice of the Peace
Dulaney
Canned Goods on Fall Menus and Savory Recipes
Fall menus favor canned vegetables with tomatoes corn beets and beans featured. Recipes include Scalloped Vegetables with string beans carrots and mushroom sauce and Beets with Almonds using canned beets butter flour lemon juice almonds and seasonings.
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General Features Corp
Pontotoc County Eyes Separate Soil Conservation District
Pontotoc County may form its own Soil Conservation district after a petition signed by about 25 landowners was sent to the state department seeking separation from Blue and Boggy district. An election to decide the matter is expected. Johnston County recently left Blue and Boggy, leaving Coal and Pontotoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
State Soil Conservation Department
Slipcovers to Resize Bulk Furniture with Style
If a problem chair or divan appears ungainly, a slipcover can restore proportion. Dark plain fabrics shrink visible size, while light colors and splashy patterns can make a piece seem larger. Clean uncluttered styles also help in reducing bulk.
Colbert Home Demonstration Club October Meeting Notes
The Colbert Home Demonstration Club met in October with Mrs. Raymond Verble as hostess. Mrs. Vera McCurry assisted, devotion led by Mrs. Verble, and prayer by Mrs. C. L. Balthrop. Business session chaired by Mrs. Floretta Hammond. roll call on mending topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Verble
Colbert Home Demonstration Club
Vera McCurry
Verble
C. L. Balthrop
Floretta Hammond
J. M. Engle
Ted Ebriie
Minnie Lou McDaniel
HDA
Lindsey
W. L. Newland
Arthur McCurry
James Patterson
Harvey Luther
L. L. Scroggins
Delay Marketing Get Better Price for Cotton
Farmers could earn 40 cents a pound if they refrain from dumping cotton on the market, according to J. C. Wilson Pecos Texas vice chairman of a beltwide producers committee. He reports weekly surveys on a campaign to hold fiber off the market to lift prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
J. C. Wilson
Pecos
Texas
Pardoned German Spy Lothar Witzke Cleared by Coolidge
Lothar Witzke, the first German spy to receive a death sentence from the United States in World War I, was pardoned by President Calvin Coolidge on November 22, 1923. He must leave the United States and not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lothar Witzke
Coolidge
Witzke
United
First Pure Nickel Said to Be Made in 1804
The record notes a claim that the first pure nickel was prepared in 1804 by early metallurgists. Details about who conducted the work and where the experiment occurred are sparse in the surviving notes.
Home Demonstration 4-H Club Plans Oct 12 Meeting
Martha Mote describes the Home Demonstration 4-H Club planning committee meeting led by Mrs. Sam Dew and Mrs. Raymond Verble. They finalize details for the October 12 gathering at First Baptist Ada with lunch by Francis club, Pecan Grove program, and choral numbers. The 1952 program will be planned and new officers elected, with attendance urged by October 15 1951. This event promotes farm home improvement and community pride, sponsored by KVOO farm department and extension service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HD Club
Home Demonstration Club
Home Demonstration
Sam Dew
County Council
Raymond Verble
First Baptist
Ada
Francis Club
Pecan Grove Club
County Home Demonstration Choral
R. L. Hale
Jesse Club
Onstration
Kvoo Farm Department
The
Extension Service
Home Grounds Improvement Contest Closes Sept 30 1951
The home grounds improvement contest closed on September 30 1951. Completed reports are to be turned in to the home demonstration agent for review and counting of submissions.
Reorganization 4 H Clubmeetings Begin Week of Oct 8
4 H club re organization meetings start the week of October 8. Any boy or girl nine to twenty one may join. Schedule lists meetings at Rebee Union Hill Summers Chapel Cedar Grove Homer with times from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
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Rebee
Union Hill
Center
Summers Chapel
Cedar Grove
Homer
Hart Club Meeting With Mrs Margie Sou Tee
Hart club meets Monday October 8 with Mrs Margie Sou Tee. Pickett club meets Tuesday October 9 with Mrs R L Tinsley. Vaness club meets in recreation room. Homer club meets Thursday October 11 at the school lunch room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HD Club
Hart Club
Margie Soutee
Pickett Club
R. L. Tinsley
Vaness Club
Homer Club
Money Talk Dominates the News on Rates and Loans
New York reports show money worries across the nation as interest rates rise, mortgage funds tighten, and lenders foresee higher borrowing costs by Christmas. Bankers, officials, and businessmen debate stabilizing the dollar while government taxes press on savers and borrowers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Savings Bank
Congress
What Is a Worm Across Species
The riddle lists several organisms by common names and their true classifications to question the definition of a worm. A single consistent answer is elusive, highlighting that common names often span unrelated groups in biology.
Salmon Dominates Alaska Fishing Share at 75 Percent
The report shows salmon accounts for about three quarters of Alaska’s fishing volume. It highlights salmon as the leading species by catch and value, underscoring its central role in the state's seafood industry.
Tileboards For Walls And Ceilings
Homeowners can refresh kitchens and bathrooms with eighth inch hardboard tileboards. They resist heat and moisture, come in colors from ivory to blue, and in three patterns. Sheets four by six and four by eight feet install with nails or cement, and can be cut to fit fixtures and moldings.
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General Features Corp
Ada Teachers Can Still Enroll in In-Service OU Courses
Ada teachers may enroll until October 10 for in-service graduate instruction offered by the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Thruman White directs the Ada course in education psychology and 26 centers statewide offer 35 classes. The program allows teachers to pursue graduate work while teaching, with locally adapted instruction and no duplicate residence credit.
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Norman
Ada
University of Oklahoma
Thruman White
O. W. Davidson
Department of School and Community Services
War hero Spurrier clears horse theft charges in Bluefield
Junior Spurrier, Medal of Honor recipient, has charges of horse theft and traffic dropped in Bluefield as he faces possible AWOL charges. He was found asleep on a porch after an auto chase. Army plans Fort Knox transfer. he has been missing from Fort Lawton since April.
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Charleston
W. Va
Junior J. Spurrier
Bluefield
Junior
Spurrier
Eugene P. Okey
West Virginia Military District
Fort Knox
Fort Lawton
Wash
Sasakwa Man Beaten After Ride With Two Men
DeMay Mullins 28 of Rt 2 Sasakwa is hospitalized at Valley View after a car ride with two men went violent. He says the men stopped at Sasakwa Y and assaulted him, leaving head and body lacerations. Mullins remained for further treatment but expected release Monday.
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DeMay Mullins
Rt. 2
Sasakwa
Valley View Hospital
Sasakwa “Y
Mullins
Hunters kill large wolf and predator numbers in US service action
U S Fish and Wildlife Service hunts erased 1 159 wolves 10 874 bobcats and lynxes and 753 stock killing bears in a nationwide campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Veteran of Hump Run Crash Fatal for Three on Return Flight
A WWII veteran pilot C Kenneth August and two National Homes figures Dr Thomas Graham and Cecil Clark died when their deer laden plane crashed eight miles southwest of Lafayette Indiana. James R Price was critically hurt and other company officials suffered injuries in the rainy field crash. Karl Kettelhut reported the sudden impact while the weather was heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
National Homes Corp
Thomas G. Graham
National Homes Company
Cecil Clark
Crawfordsville
National Homes
C. Kenneth August
West LaFayette
James R. Price
George E. Price
Ralph Shurmeyer
Fort Wayne
Karl Kettelhut
Kettelhut
Paratrooper Dies In Bridge Plunge In Memphis
Paratrooper Pfc Norman Seidenzahl of Baltimore stationed at Fort Campbell and 11th Airborne fell 115 feet from a Mississippi River bridge after a dare by two fellow paratroopers. His body was not recovered as Anderson of Wilmington and Soroka of Masury described the tragedy during a three day pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
A. T. Bartholomew
Norman Seidenzahl
Baltimore
Fort Campbell
11Th Airborne Division
Seidenzahl
George Anderson
Wilmington
Del
John Soroka
Masury
Nashville
Anderson
Antlers High School Announces First Yearbook Staff
The high school plans its inaugural yearbook with Mrs Flora Easton as adviser. Co editors listed as Pat Hogan Jerry Welch and Sharlene Bryant. Advertising staff Jo Ann Holton Clark Wasson Jackie Mahoney. Subscriptions Jimmy Harrison Leona Sherrer Billy Kendrick Oscar Vandergriff. Photography and makeup staff named Betty Jacobs Bette Olive Joan Parker Martha Wonsch.
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Flora Easton
Pat Hogan
Jerry Welch
Sharlene Bryant
Jo Ann Holton
Clark Wasson
Jackie Mahoney
Betty Jacobs
Bette Olive
Joan Parker
Martha Wonsch
Jimmy Harrison
Leona Sherrer
Billy Kendrick
Oscar Vandergriff
Youth Inductee Leads county October draft quota near Antlers
Howard Scott of Nelson route farm youth near Antlers leaves Tuesday October 9 as the lone induc tee from the county for October quota per Captain W T Florence board chair. Florence adds five registrants called October 17 for pre induction physicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Scott
Nelson Route Farm
Antlers
Capt
W. T. Florence
Florence
American Legion fixes monthly meeting date
The Feye en Heye post sets the first Thursday of each month as the regular meeting date replacing two meeting nights. The Legion membership committee launches an ad campaign for 1952 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feye-en-Heye Post
American Legion
Legion
Bank Chief John Long Under Treatment in Paris Hospital
John G. Long, president of the Farmers Exchange Bank, is receiving a series of treatments this week in a Paris Texas hospital. His condition is reported not critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Long
Farmers Exchange Bank
Paris, Tex
Cahills Return From Navy Project Guam Duty
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cahill have returned from four years as civilian employees on a Navy project in Guam. He is a machinist and she a personnel clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cahill
Guam
Cahill
VFW delegates chosen for state council meeting
George L. Sparks post voted Thursday night to send 10 delegates to the state VFW council meeting set for November 17 18 at Lake Murray lodge. Members under a new rule must wear VFW caps to all meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Sparks Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Council
Lake Murray Lodge
VFW
Kitchen Fix for Hard Cream: Add Egg White Whip Fast
A common kitchen issue is cream that won’t whip. Beat in an unbeaten egg white then whip the mixture until fluffy for a light whipped cream.
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BSU
Evangelistic
Ada News
Bursa
Widgit
U. & Pat
NEA Service, Inc
Air Force
C. H. Hailey
Lester F. Smith
Pecan
Edith M. Barber
Marianne Gustafsson
Olof Hultin
Stockholm
Sweden
Martha Mote
Minnie Lou McDoniel
Sam
Johnston
Savings and Loan
Dad
Mother
By Sue Gardner
O. U
Sasakwan
Hunt
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