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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
3
By C H Hailey Pontotoc County Agent outlines land use to prevent erosion and improve fertility. Emphasizes soil analysis minerals limestone and phosphate, permanent pastures, legumes, and crop rotation. Also details cattle parasite control using DDT rotenone cube derris and timing from October to February.
The Vanoss Farm Women’s Club met October 9 at Mrs. Sarah Williams home and reorganized for 1947. Officers elected were President Mrs. J. H. Stephens Vice President Mrs. Floyd Whizzenhunt Secretary Mrs. M. J. Brewington and Reporter Mrs. Darwin Cummins. Several charter members returned and new members joined. The next meeting will be at Mrs. A. M. Bradley’s in November.
Mrs Luther of Colbert Home Demonstration club shares a detailed home kitchen project report from a meeting with Sarah Williams in Ada Oklahoma. The description covers a 14 by 16 foot kitchen with a 6 by 14 foot service porch, extensive built in cabinets, a Westinghouse refrigerator, a 36 by 36 inch gas range, a 44 inch square breakfast table, and white enamel finish. She notes careful lighting, views from windows, and a bright, cool space after improvements.
Pontotoc county dairy program for farm youths gets notable coverage in the Milking Shorthorn Journal October issue. The Sooner State Dairy Show at Enid is highlighted, noting Oklahoma leads in FFA and 4-H involvement with 57 Shorthorns purchased for Ada area. Top juniors include Jerry Young Fitzhugh with multiple prizes, Joe Tom Griffith Roff with yearling wins, and Oneita Bryant with a yearling class placing.
Heirs of George Hulbutta full blood Seminole sue in Seminole county for 1 million dollars alleging illegal entry and oil development on a lease in the Cheyarha pool. They claim Hulbutta held homestead title to NW NW 8-9N-7E not leased and accuse H B Patterson Landowners Royalty Ashland Oil of acting under a fake claim. The suit seeks accounting of oil and gas production and damages for alleged depletion of reserves.
The Allen 4-H Club met on October 3 to elect officers for the coming year. In the boys division Alvin Prewett was named president Ozell Vinson game leader and Jerry Lee Murphey reporter. In the girls division Arlena Bryant president June McDonald secretary and Jani Lee Bryant song leader. The club aims for a better year and many other county clubs will be organized this week.
Police investigated a break in at Dicus grocery on West Main Thursday night. Two men were questioned and released. thirty five cartons of cigarettes were reported missing Friday morning and cash was also taken. A suspect remained at large Saturday afternoon, not located in Ada.
Ada News Want Ads reports improved yields for vested amounts, highlighting investment options and potential benefits. Details outline strategies for maximizing returns within regulatory constraints and offering guidance for readers seeking higher efficiency in asset allocation.
President Truman designated five U S representatives to the UNESCO session in Paris in November. Named were William Benton Archibald MacLeish George D Stoddard Arthur H Compton and Ann O Hare McCormick with five alternates Milton Eisenhower Chester Bowles Anna Rosenberg Charles Johnson and George Shuster.
Tehran reports rebels attacking Shiraz in southern Iran are withdrawing after a sharp bombardment by government planes. Officials remain silent on peace talks with tribal representatives demanding autonomy for the south akin to Azerbaijan province. In Chickasha Oklahoma H N Mulican elected president of the Grady County Pioneers at their annual reunion.
SAN FRANCISCO October 12 General Joseph W Stilwell aged 63 commander of the Sixth Army known as Vinegar Joe died quietly in his sleep at 12 48 p m EST after a liver ailment believed to have been contracted in the jungle He wished cremation and ashes scattered from a plane over the Pacific near his Carmel California home The Army awarded him the Combat Infantryman Badge on his death bed in a farewell to a long battle hardened career
Friends report a successful operation on two year old David McGee at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to repair a faulty heart condition. The boy, now back home in Konawa, shows natural color and is expected to be normal within three months. David’s mother Minnie McFerrin is linked to Konawa and Maud families. Mr. McGee teaches history and serves as assistant coach at Konawa High School.
Oil test planned on the Crowell-Norris No 1 Bayne well location NW SW SW of 16-5-6 near the Conservation pool. Sand interval from 1 177 to 1 204 feet to be perforated this week. Total depth 1 859 feet. Nearby Dillon No 1 Byrd wildcat seven miles north of Stonewall shows small signs at 2 000 feet while Viola lime drilling continues. In Fort Worth Texas Jimmy Bennett returns from a 35 day ride from Franklin Tennessee with a new horse Lone Ranger. He will keep westward trek toward the coast, aiming for early next year.
City revenues climbed after a new government form went into effect on July 22. Water rents rose sharply with September 1946 receipts up over the prior year, parking meter collections totalled 2,820.85, and fines increased from 1,878.25 to 4,479.50 as meters were read and bills paid.
In district court Judge Tal Crawford sentences Thurman Hice to 30 days in jail and $50 fines on both counts of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor second and subsequent offense. The sentences run concurrently though prosecutor had recommended a year and a day on each. Deposits of $45 were recorded in both cases, once Monday and once Friday.
John Cravens 74 a farmer from East Fairview district near Konawa died at home Saturday morning of a heart attack. Funeral at Konawa Methodist church at 2 30 this afternoon with burial in Konawa cemetery. Survived by his widow four sons A R Orville Elsie and Robert Cravens a daughter Mrs Susie Pierce all of Konawa. Pallbearers named F Houston O T Damron F P Swan Ed Armstrong A F Eidson L D Neal.
Frigid Friday night produced the season’s coldest temper- ature yet with a low around 35 degrees after a day high near 60. A full moon helped prevent a harsher frost, according to longtime weather observer W E Pitt. In Shattuck Oklahoma a plane crash near town killed Alex Schwab and Kendall Ratliff, both of Shattuck.
Tal Crawford veteran county and district judge will serve with the civil affairs division of the War Crimes Branch in Nuernberg. He traveled to Washington and received a formal call to join the war department at a salary of 10 000 dollars annually. Crawford has 12 years on the district bench and 10 years as county judge with two re elections. He left for Germany Thursday night after rapid telegram notices.
Oklahoma City reports petitions for two constitutional amendments have 99 218 signatures. With a Tuesday noon deadline about 9 000 more needed to hit 108 000 or 15 percent of the last general election. Tulsa county leads with 23 285 signatures. Oklahoma county trails with 15 481.
Claude Johnson near Owasso stops milking and lets calves nurse their mothers. He maintains 30 cows, buys extra calves, feeds grain, and sells the calves as vealers. Johnson reports satisfactory returns with much less work.
Bennett Fields near Weturmka in Hughes county oversees a bermuda pasture project on 40 acres this fall. He overseeded yellow hop ladina and black medic clovers after applying lime and phosphate to boost winter legume growth for potential countywide use.
The article notes October as a good month to spray for dandelions using 2 4 D to kill this weed. Tests from the Oklahoma Experiment Station show the chemical also kills most other lawn weeds.
Glenn Schneide r of Grady county urges good pasture as key to dairy earnings in Oklahoma. His Schneider farm uses wheat and small grains for fall and winter, ryegrass on tough land, and grain sorghums for summer and fall. He owns 70 Aryshire cows and leads the Oklahoma Aryshire Breeders' Association.
Washington reports the OPA sets conditions for airborne banana shipments led by Chiquita. Bananas must be tagged with origin and air-borne label, cut from stems, dressed in protective containers, and shipped ripe. Costs may add about eight cents per ton per mile to entry prices, with only a very slight consumer impact.
Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, urged top businessmen to demand responsible journalism. He defined a responsible newspaper as one that prints news without fear or favor and acknowledges that presentation is a public concern. He warned against supporting party presses and stressed public power to influence press freedom.
Tahlequah October 15 announces Miss Hattie Propst a veteran Pryor High School English instructor has been added to Northeastern State faculty. She is the 17th new teacher to join the staff since last summer.
Civil Aeronautic Administration and Muskogee officials completed details for government erection of an instrument landing system at Davis Field with an estimated cost of 75000 dollars.
A brief Ada News item reports greater results for the amount vested, noting changes in value and implications for beneficiaries and related accounts. The article emphasizes financial impact and ongoing adjustments.
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