Spare Time Rabbit Growing Makes Profit for Ada Man
Ada man W P Vaughn has been raising rabbits that refuse carrots yet thrive on pellets and alfalfa. He started after discovering lettuce waste fed rabbits, expanding from two oil hatches to fifteen large structures. He notes no ironclad rules in rabbit growing and stresses learning by experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Vaughan
Ada
Vaughan
Ada Man
W. P. Vaughn
East Wic Street
California
Cpas
County ASC Committee Is Chosen
Farmers and ranchers in Pontotoc County completed mail ballots for the 1961 County ASC Committee election. Winners from nine communities were announced at the Ada ASC office, with chairmen named for Communities A through I and term starts November 1, 1960, for one year. The Canadian Valley Singing Convention meets at Pickett Methodist Church Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m., Fred Barker presiding, inviting singers and quarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
ASC
Ada
Joe E. Isaacs
D. McCurdy
Alvie Griffith
Andrew Bryant
B. O. Fulton
R. B. Hester
Andrew Borders
Louie Moshier
Kenneth Harden
Canadian Valley Singing Convention
Pickett Methodist Church
Fred Barker
Turbulent Thirties recalled by longtime deputy marshal
Allen Stanfield, a veteran U S marshal from Ada, recalls the 1936 pursuit of the Trish OMalley gang in Oklahoma s Jackfork Hills. Heady killed Muskogee chief detective and wounded the Police Chief, leading to a nightlong manhunt and a fatal gun battle that left Heady dead, Gilmore wounded, and a gang member captured days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Allen Tk
Allen Stanfield
U. S
Ada
Wilburton
Trish O'Malley
Oklahoma
Jackfork Hills
Dan T. Heady
O'Malley
Muskogee
Morris Corrigan
Heady
Dewey Gilmore
Leonard Short
Stanfield
Hartshorne
Cooper
McAlester
Clayton
Woman Takes Out Of Season Swim While Helping Husband Chase Bull
Mary Jo West recounted an unusual chase as the Whiteface bull wandered into a neighbor’s pasture and swam a creek. Mr. West crossed on foot, shouting for the bull to follow, while Mary Jo ended up in the water. Neighbors used trained cows responding to a pickup horn to guide the bull back, with Mr. Minor helping herd the animal away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Walker
Stanfield
Walker
Simon Patton Frisco
Jack West
Mr. Weal
Hank
Mary Jo
Ley
Oklahoma Cotton Crop in 1960 Exceeds 1959 Lint Yield
The Agriculture Department estimates Oklahoma 1960 cotton at 440 to 450 thousand bales per acre yielding about 330 pounds, totaling 14.353 million bales nationwide with a reserve of 7.6 million. Ginning to Oct 1 reports show 3,680,149 running bales ginned, down from 4,445,922 last year. The crop would be the largest since 1985 if realized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Annual Quarter Horse Sale at Echo Ranch
Forty five head of the finest quarter horses will be offered promptly at 1 p m at Echo Ranch Britten officiating as auctioneer. The event, recognized among breeders as a top sale, runs through Saturday afternoon October 14 with Walter’s horses featured in this section of Britten’s sale. Continued on page two.
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Walter
Britten
Tioneer
Auclioneer
Amotts Echo Ranch High
Auciioneerrade
Performance Test Underway At Tishomings Ranch
Ranchers of Pontotoc County will furnish five bulls this year for the sixth annual feeding performance test at Murray College Wishominga. Initial weighing includes 184 bulls from Pontotoc and surrounding counties, with the program continuing on the next page.
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Pontotoc County
Murray College
Wishominga
Pontotoc
Galley-Wanting Around The County
A casual, fragmentary column notes family news from Atoka and Valley View areas. It mentions birth of a baby boy named Keith Ray at Valley View Hospital, with weights nine pounds thirteen ounces, and two sisters Debra Ann and Terri Lynn. Community figures such as Mrs. Fountain and the Francis Cafe proprietors are referenced amid weather, hospital stays, and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Loftis
Loftis i Allen
Allen Shor
Valley View
Keith Ray
Debra Ann
Terri Lynn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blasted
Eastern Judicial District
Echo Ranch
Ada Police Department
Fred Bullard
FBI
Oklahoma City
Doyle Crawford
Taz Hixson
Francis
H. L. Kelley
M. F. Lott
Tule
Mary West
Verda Wilson
E. R. Bridge
John Williamson
Sherman Lesapalett
Val
Ly View
Jones
Oakman
Edith Scroggins
Mollie Gaylor
F. M. Fountain
E. D. Fountain
Lake Texoma
Ray Cottes Jr
Wasco
Calif
Jessie Lee
Valley View Hospital
Fitlstown
W. E. Snyder
Dale Howry
Pamela
Bill Foster
Steve
Calvin
Steve McNeill
Mae Wilbanks
Fayetteville
Ark
Lonnie McNeille
Eva Regan
Suisan Whitwell
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