Trees and drought shaping city landscape insightfully
A Valley View Hospital Auxiliary member notes the city views from a hospital porch and extols trees as life sustaining. The piece explains trees regulate climate, produce oxygen, and sweat through stomates, while detailing how drought and variable rainfall impact health, watering needs, and planting choices for Oklahoma’s landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley View Hospital
Dreath
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Tresland
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U. S
Wineter
Ogre
Prairie Margin Forest Boundary Shifts Noted
The article notes trees on the prairie margin and within the forest boundary retreating from stress, with growth failing to bear leaves in spring. It offers limited practical advice in this week’s column, aiming to foster appreciation of the wider world and bridge two social worlds.
First Baptists Send Kersh to Aid Alaskan Campaign
Gwen Kersh minister of education and music from Ada First Baptist Church leaves today for two weeks to assist in a Simultaneous Evangelistic Crusade among Baptist churches in Alaska. He will lead singing at Emanuel Baptist Church in Anchorage October 14 to 28 with Rev. James Potter of Tabernacle Church Raleigh NC as preaching teammate. The mission is sponsored by the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board with most Alaska Baptists participating. First Church funds his trip from its annual mission program. Also tips on soaking wooden skewers and adding cinnamon to carrots.
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Gwen Kersh
Ada First
Southern Baptist Convention
Alaska
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
Kerso
Frisco News Roundup of Cattle Sales and Local Goings On
Frisco notes Windell Fxice drove cattle through the Andy Cox sale. Lee Langley hauled four loads of water daily for cattle. Mrs Georgia Barnes and Mrs Bea Morgan prep canning. kraut and hominy made. Families from Latta Ada and Denison visit and share meals. Four Horsemen Dea Lance George Lance Bob Byrd Dee Scott attend Kiowa rodeo. Several local residents visit relatives in Stonewall Norman and Oklahoma City.
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Windell Fxice
Andy Cox
Wlonday
Georgia Barnes
Bea - Morgan
Patton
Four Horsemen
Dea Lance
George Lance
Bob Byrd
Dee Scott l
Kiowa
Woman's Persistent Calls Traced in Real Estate Case
Irvin Berzon, a 47 year old real estate broker, testified before Superior Judge Elmer D. Doyle that his wife kept phoning him while he was pursuing work, sometimes up to 60 times in a three day period, prompting the trouble described in the case in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Irvin Berzon
Berzon
Elmer D. Doyle
Tulsa Mecca for Soil Conservationists at 11th Annual Meet
The Soil Conservation Society of America holds its 11th annual meet in the Mayo Hotel Tulsa October 15 17 led by Ada Work Unit conservationist Brren T Smith. Oklahoma claims largest state membership with new chapters at Muskogee Stillwater and Clinton. The society includes bankers professors teachers district supervisors ranchers ministers and farmers among its members.
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Tulsa
Soil Conservation Society of America
Mayo Hotel
Brren T. Smith
Ada Work Unit
Smith
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Stillwater
Clinton
A&m
Vetching Pastures Aids Bermuda Grass and Soil Health
Vetch and clover are being used to enrich district pastures as a substitute for downtrodden lands. Added nitrogen from legumes rejuvenates grasses and helps prevent Bermuda from becoming root bound. Farmers report seeding vetch with small grain into Bermuda grass pastures using pasture and fertilizer drills, with good results after rainfall. Portotoco County Soil Conservation District and Kiwanis Club offer rental drills for legume establishment, with ASC funding covering about half the cost.
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Bermuda
Harral Allen
Hisel
Pontotoc County
ASC
Stonewall Street Signs Development Delayed
City councilman Roberts said street signs would come later after the bank, post office, and school locations were confirmed. The reporter noted needed to visit the bank to learn street names.
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Case State ‘Bank
Roberts
President Shirla Daniel Leads East Central Home Economics Club
Shirla Daniel serves this year as president of the Home Economics club at East Central State College in Mississippi. The note highlights her role and mentions serving ideas like salad courses with jamb salad greens grapefruit sections and mand jelly cakes.
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Shirla ‘Daniel
Lila
sEast Central
State
College
Registration for- Continues Across Towns and Addresses
Registration listings show numerous residents and addresses from towns like Colbert Fitzhugh Frisco and West Roff. Names include Mrs Diana Davis Mrs E K Clark Mrs Thelma Garrett Mrs Lena Cassidy and many others tied to local areas such as Country Club Fair Grounds and Union Valley with street and boulevard references.
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Stegall
Gaar Corner
Nala Melton
East Central Bivd
Vanoss
Verdon Gasaway
Infiltration Tests and Ground Cover Comparisons
The article describes infiltration tests using metal rings and a Ford carburetor float valve to measure water absorption across four site types. It notes differences in absorbency times, cover quality, and root depth among excellent, good, overgrazed, and abandoned fields, stressing that grass species and root structure, not just total growth, determine water retention and soil health.
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Stidham
Coun
Ghsorbad
Lyrds Mill
Army
Grassland management for water and forage balance
Stidham argues moderate grazing preserves high quality grasses and sustains groundwater. He notes overgrazing by cattle reduces pasture value, driving water loss to distant Ada and Texoma. Landowners could coordinate to protect pasture, supporting springs and long-term production.
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Ada
Stidham
Iig
Wilson News by Joy Roundtree
Fifty three persons attended Sunday School in Wilson with visitors from Midwest City Ada and Roff. Local gatherings included a Stanley party hosted by the Briggs and Beller families and baptismal services at Pickett Baptist Church. A reader thanked the man who found and returned a wallet to the News office.
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Wilson
Jack Beller
Jackie
Rickie
Midwest City
H. W. Estes
Clarence Rler
Chldren
Ada
Marvin Briggs
Bill
Howard
Clifford Fullen
Bobby
Carol
Doyle
Pickett Baptist Church
Market advances and uneven gains in New York trading
A fairly good stock market advance in New York left prices irregularly higher early after noon. The general rise was tempered by minus signs among pivotal issues, with losers mainly fractional. Many stocks posted fractional gains while turnover fell as prices gradually backed away from session highs.
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New. York -U—A
Tata
Unis
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report Oct 11 Calves Steers Heifers
Oklahoma City USDA market reports show cattle demand mixed with price shifts across classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to weak, slaughter calves weak to 25 lower, good to choice slaughter calves 14.00 to 17.00, standard and utility cows 11.50 to 12.00, heifers 14.40 to 18.00, feeders 12.00 to 16.00, and mixed steers 150 lb to 3100 lb loads ranging 20.50 to 22.75. Hogs steady to weak for barrows and gilts, sows steady, weights 160 to 550 lb quoted 12.50 to 19.25 for various classes. Sheep 100 head steady, wool lambs 15.09 to 25.50, ewes 3.00 to 4.50.
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Okla
City Livestock
Oklahoma City
USDA
Cammah Starkers
Oklahoma City Produce Prices Reported by State Board of Agriculture
The state Board of Agriculture released prices for commodities including Wheat No 1 hard steady Thursday with multiple city quotes from Guyman Hooker Blackwell Clinton Alva Hobart Medford and others. Broilers No 1 steady with fair demand in Muskogee Oklahoma City and nearby. Eggs steady with light demand and listings from Alva Enid Clinton Vinita and Tulsa. Butterfat No 1 steady across Alva Clinton El City Enid and other towns.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture
Guyman
Hooker
Blackwell
Clinton
Alvz
Hobart
Medford
Viti
Bison
Eli Reno
Boia
Yukon
Kingfisher
Hennessey
Frederick
Broilers
Muskogee
Julia
Vienia
Eli City
Alva
Woadward
Laverne
Canion
Lawton
Vinita
Pauls ‘Valley
Watongs
Tayloz
Els City
el Reno
Woodward
Walonga
Enid
Pauls Valley
Lewton
Butterfat
Sleady
el City
Weedward
Lawson
Tulsa
Man Denies Cruelty To Animals Count In Chasing Cow
Jack Huntington faced a cruelty to animals charge after arraignment before Justice Sort BE. Ratliff. Bond set at $2,500. Accuser EB Morgan of Stonewall Noktel owned the cow. Merran alleges Huntington chased the registered Milking Shorthorn cow a quarter mile by car on October 5 causing injury or risk of injury. Huntington claimed the cow was in his fields. Bond later adjusted to $2,300.
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Jack Huntington
Ratliff
Huntington
Morgan
Stonewall, Noktel
Merran
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Adopts Water Plans and Tax Increase
Four water related resolutions backed watershed planning and removal of pond size limits while seeking a fair water law for Oklahoma. Members endorsed grassland in the soil bank and a steadier livestock market on a vendor basis for ASC payments, opposed seed tax, and favored congressional redistricting. Fifteen delegates and alternates chosen to represent at state convention. Annual dues raised from 6 to 7.30 with a new budget. Guest Truman Richardson attended.
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ASC
Oklahome
Oklahoma
Truman Richardson
Steed
Wananucka Resident Cleve Taylor Dies at Cafe
Cleve Taylor longtime Wananucka resident collapsed and died at a cafe Wednesday witnesses said he showed no illness, merely grunted and fell from the stool. He lived alone in Wananucka. funeral plans will be announced.
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Wapanucka
iSpenai
Cleve Taylor
Wananucka
Taylor
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