Oklahoma fair critique urges modern, family focused reform
In a opinion piece, Buzz alwi argues current Oklahoma fairs cater to row crop judging and neglect modern farm business, living, and community needs. He envisions year round seminars for farm families with separate competitions for housewives, youth, and men, followed by joint discussions on farm life and Pontotoc County farming.
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Ol Buzzalwi
Oklahoma
America
U. & Agriculture
Pontotoc County
Watermelon bourbon tale and school year forecasts
A county church joke about spiking a watermelon with bourbon circulates amid tax talk and church humor. The piece notes fall sports underway in county high schools with baseball, football, golf, tennis, archery, and dove season. It closes with reflections on student study, travel of the mind, and notes the sequoia and Tahiti facts.
Hart News Briefs From Roff and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Grate Johnson and Mar visited with Mr and Mrs Walter Simmons in Roff. Tames Solamont visited his grandmother Mrs Alma Duna. Stratford visitors included Mr and Mrs Evert Swimmers. Jerry and Terry Thompson from Oklahoma City stayed with grandma Rosa Thompson and Aunt Eva Stevens. Mrs Evert Summers and Mack accompanied Nettie Summers home from Roff. W J Morrison visited from Roff with Leroy Cantwell Sharon and others in Stratford Kingston and Rio Grande Valles. Stanfield went on a fishing trip with modest success. Gurley Cook of Elgin visited with Virgil Searberry and Perry Cantwell of Mrs Roy Cantwell. Noah Miller of Ada visited E V Ownbey and Virgil Scarberry. Anno Griffith spent time with B B Ownbey. Mary Ann Griffith returned from Glorieta NM Baptist Assembly. May Johnson visited with Leroy Cantwell and Karen. Alva Johnson spent Sunday with Grace Johnson and May. Earl Stewart of Fitzhugh and Phyllis Belt and baby visited Alma Dunn. Chester Solomon Jack and Don Dunn visited Alma Dunn. A H Mercer and family of Oklahoma City visited BE V Ownbey. George Myrick left Sunday.
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Jerry and
Terry Thompson
Rex Thompson
Oklahoma City
Rosa Thompson
Eva Stevens
Griffiths Visit San Diego and Vaness Friends
Mary Ada Griffith joined a luncheon with the Briggs family near Vaness. Leroy Cantwell, Sharon, and the Morrison group called on Nettie Hodacs and others, visiting L. A. Da and Mrs. John Tyrer. Mary Ann Griffith plans to return to Stillwater Thursday to resume duties as president of Stout Hall and continue her senior year in Home Economics education.
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Mary Ann Griffith
Stillwater
Stout Hall
Ada Fair Prepares with Stallion and Mare Exhibits
Hailey urges reserve stalls for quarter horse department exhibitors calling Frank Jared at FE 20317 with no fee. Thursday's Ada Chamber of Commerce caravan toured Ada and nearby towns to promote the show and hand out literature. Next week backgrounds Inc will set up exhibits as livestock barns are cleaned and barns sprayed by the city. Hailey notes the 1957 season has been unsettled for farmers but fairs can still deliver strong exhibits despite past years.
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S & Q Clothiers
First National Bank
Bob Morgan Ford
Okelahoma State Bank
Reeves Packing Co
Hailey
Quarter Horse
Frank Jared
Jared
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Countian Fined for Lacking Fish License
Beecher L. Smith and Gaar Corn er were fined 5 10 and court costs after pleading guilty to lacking a fishing license in justice court with Wilbur P. Lee presiding. State Game Ranger Virgil Williams encountered Smith after he had hooked several small fish in Spring Brook Creek. A note mentions a depth of 35 640 feet in the Mariana Trench southwest of Guam.
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Beecher L. Smith
Gaar Corner
Justice of Peace
Wilbur P. Lee
Smith
Spring Brook Creek
Virgil Williams
Underhill Star Athlete Dies After Ada Rodeo Event
A local high school athlete from Stonewall and East Central Ada, Jimmie Underhill, died after a hospital visit following an Ada rodeo in mid August. Survived by parents Cole H. Underhill and the Jesse household, sisters Colene and Janey, brother Perry, and grandparents Georgia Linderhill of Pontotoc and Shorty Beauford of Connerville.
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Underhill
Sen
Cole H. Underhill
Jesse
Sieilar
Stonewall High School
East Central
Ada
Route 1
Stakewall
Colene
Janey
Perry
Georgia Linderhill
Pontotoc
Ass Shorty Beauford
Connerville
Soil Bank Base Set For Each Farm In 1958 Wheat Plan
The county ASC Committee will establish a Soil Bank base for each farm using past acreage of base crops from 1956 and 1957. The per mitted acreage is corelated to reserves and the Conservation Reserve. exceeding it risks loss of Acreage Reserve payments. Wheat farmers must sign by October 4 to join the 1958 winter wheat Reserve. payment rate averages 316.93 dollars per acre, adjusted per farm.
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ASC
Wilson- Continued from Page 1
A long list of names from Porasset Oklahoma and surrounding families appears, including Janet and Coy, Wilford Eldon, Janie Lee, Mrs Gordon Scott, Hack Beller, Edward Christian, Joss Holland, Carl M Christian, Woodrow Hall, Vermel Shumard, Barney Hall, Thelma Porriman, W. A. Gliphant, M. Sliger, J. M. Tilly, Norret Vandergriff, Marie Loyd Briggs, Mary Ann Griffith, Marvin Briggs, Roy Briggs, LeVelle Wallis, Glenda Lee, John Dunn, Rev Cross, Elbert Ross, Ben Gurley, Jess Gurley, Joann Gurley, Ada Hall, Garrett Beller, and others.
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Janet and Coy
Porasset
Okla
Wilford Eldon
Janie Lee
Gordon Scott
Hack Beller
Edward Christian
Joss Holland
Carl M. Christian
Woodrow W. Hall
Vermel Shumard
Barney Hall
Thelma Porriman
W. A. Gliphant
M. Sliger
J. M. Tilly
Norret Vandergriff
Marie Loyd Briggs
Mary Ann Griffith
Marvin Briggs
Bill and Howard
Roy Briggs
LeVelle Wallis
Glenda Lee
John Dunn
Cross
Elbert Ross
Ben Gurley
Jess
Joann Gurley
Ada Hall
Garrett Beller
Dairy farmers struggle as milk prices squeeze profits
Dick Colvert recalls overproduction and a costly surplus that forced price cuts after many farmers expanded herds. While some exit, older dairymen stay by the cows despite droughts and rising costs, drawn by the work they love and reluctance to leave farming. Bulk tank plans loom, pushing tougher choices for the rest.
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Dick Colvert
Colvert
Colvert Company
Rye Vetch Winter Pastures Make Good Two Way Calves
Oklahoma State University animal husbandmen evaluated a rye vetch winter pasture system to produce calves finishing enough for either feeder or packer. The low cost rye vetch option proved most profitable, though calves weighed slightly less and less finished. Calves yielded 56 to 57 percent and graded good to choice. creep feed with added sill bestrel gave slight profit gains.
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Oklahoma State University
L. 5
Pepe
OSU Animal Husbandman
Dairyman Reflects on Milk Prices and Survival in Hard Times
Mid Lasson Pickett, a dairyman, notes milk at 4.40 a hundredweight and cottonseed at a sack, saying success depends on liking the work. He warns the dairy business is like others: you either stay in and make money or struggle and exit. He cautions that outcomes may improve but could leave a stain.
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Pickett
Free Will Baptist Church notes and local visits
BEBEE NEWS lists Sunday School attendance at 71 and a series of local events. Mrs. Helen Kendall became teacher of the women's Bible Class, replacing Mrs. Earlin Haskins, as Rev. Curtis Hogue delivered morning and evening messages. The column covers dinners, birthdays, visitors, and travel to church services including locals from Ada, Holdenville, Shawnee, and Ardmore, plus a family loss and a move to Shawnee due to work.
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Lorene Scott
Free Will Baptist Church
Helen Kendall
Earlin Haskins
Curtis Hogue
Finger Injury In Motor Boat Accident In Duncan
A motor boat accident in Duncan left a man with a finger injury requiring several stitches to prevent amputation. He will miss work for an extended period. he is employed at Thrifty-Wise Food Market in Ada.
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Duncan
Glen
Ada
Fittstown News Highlights Community News and Visits
Edna Buttrill reports a rainy spell pleasing Fittstown and Harden City residents as school opens. Birth announced for a Landis grandson from Gallup NM. Local families travel, illness updates, and visits span Harden City Ada Lawton Seminole Eureka Springs and Oklahoma City with relatives and friends.
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D. H. Landis
Harden City
D. M. Landis
Gallup, N. M
Burl Harris Heads 13 Program for Ponotec County Tuberculosis Assoc
Burl Harris will head the Ponotec County Tuberculosis Association for the coming year. Other officers elected include vice president Joe Bryan treasurer Heard Wright Seals Sale chairman Fred Thompson Seals Sale secretary Mrs. Boles bonds chairman Jim Moore. The group planned for the Seals Sale drive centered in the Christmas season. A regional meeting will be at the Aldridge Hotel on Sept. 12 with a state association clinic for county officers.
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Burl Harris
Pontotec County Tuberculosis Association
Joe Bryan
Heard Wright
Seals Sale
Fred Thompson
Ada Livestock Sale Shows Calf Softness and Varied Cattle Prices
Receipts near 800 with limited hogs and softer butcher calf values slipping about 1.00 per hundred. Cattle ranges include young cow types 14.00-15.00, utility cows 12.50-14.00, canners 9.00-12.00, bulls 14.00-15.75, heifers 16.00-18.00, and butcher calves 18.00-21.00. Stockers steady 16.00-22.50, cows and calves 5300-165, dairy calves 1100-1400. Also note W E Branchs to Yellowstone for a monthlong superintendents meeting with park visits.
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Ada Livestock Exchange
Cate
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Jerald
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Mar
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Alma Duna
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Stratford
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Sharon
Clifford Cooper
Janell
Rio Grande Valles
Myrtle Cantwell
Kingston
Cora Calton
U.S Stanfield
Gurley Cook
Elgin, Okla
Virgil Searberry
Perry Cantwell
Roy Cantwell
Noah Miller
E. Vi Ownbey
Virgil Scarberry
Anno Griffith
B. B. Ownbey
Glorieta
Miss May Johnson
Mrs. Leroy Cantwell
Karen
Alva Johnson
Mrs
Grace Johnson
May
Earl Stewart
Fitzhugh
Phyllis Belt
Baby
Alma Dunn
Chester Solomon
Jack and
Don Dunn
A. H. Mercer
BE. V. Ownbey
George Myrick
Ernoca
San Diego
Calif
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Vaness
W. J. Morrison
Suncay
Nettie Hodacs
Phyllis
Roberta
L. A. da
John Tyrer
Countian
Marianas Trench
Guam
Pacific
Jimmie
Wilson
Bud Jones
Union Hill
Calvert
Cheebie Graham
Central Oklahoma Producers’ Association
Feas
Ardmore
North Texas Association
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Mel Curdy
Wesler Brantley
Latta
Orville Maxey
Maxey
McCurdy
Vencre Oie
Jerrid Barton
Fitzhugh 4-H Club
J. L. Barton
R. B. Tiffin
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Tiffin
Dallas
OSU
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Bebee News
H. L. Kite
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Donnie
Whitson
Henry
J. B. Berryman
Ed Berryman
Kay
Charles
Mrs. Farre] Jones
Denise
Labor Day
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P. P. Kite
Oakman Free Will Baptist Church
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Alexander Cape
Alene
Cape City
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Charles Berryman
Elmer Lee
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Kax
Buddy Kessinger
Beng
Gerald Tilley
Dick Kaul
Kiamichi Mountains
Glen Wilfong
Johnny Tilley
Karl Tilley
Gerald
Carlton Lee
Don Steele
Buddy Ressinger
Byng
Holdenville Lake
Fred Pierce
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Shawnee
Ber Tene Meek
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Dayne Isaacs
Hansel Burk
Vernon Scott
Larry Booth
O. S. Whitson
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Darlene Kite
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Kirby Lee Tilley
Pat
Joan Norton
Kay and
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Hood
Ann, Wanda
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H.C. Hood
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Frank Roberts
Don Henson
Parish Chapel
Homer Mercer
Ricky
Mike
J.B. Berryman
Pat Tilley
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Junior
Andrew Roberts
Ricky and
Fort Worth
Mrs. Mercer
Virgil Meek
Berlone
Leo Scott
Donna Kaye
Sherry
Deloris Cape
Mrs. Troy Miller
Brng
Harlin Haskins
Cedar Grove
Earl McDaniel
W. B. Brecheen
Jerry McDaniel
Moore and Brecheen
Lake Texoma
Odis Wilfong
Mrs. Paul Sellers
M. C. Hood and
Jerry
Dewight Megee
Colorado
Emma Senath
Mra. M. E., Booth
F. E. Duncan
Mattie Walker
W. Heightower
Vanoss
Fittstown
Edna Buttrill
Dean Miller
H. B. Turner
Millers
Moore
Rev. Miller
Methodist Church
Hey
Southern Methodist University
Dean
Miller
Marian
Ellis Schneider, Sr
Carol
C. C. Drake
Lawton
Schneiders
Drake
Myrna Schneider
Lavonne Dillard
Farmington, N. M
Estelle Vincent
Kathryn Vincent
Linda
Judy Kiowa
Cathey
Eureka Springs, Ark
John Gibson
Artesia, N. M
Eva Caronister
Ruby Hodgins
Ruby Eaton
Stroud
Waller Graper
Ernest Glover
Baby of
Madill
Finyd Kreger
Jim Whitten
Seminole
John Crabtree
Beth
Whitten
Rouse-Raistn
J. R. Ross
Jimmy Stettler
Gilpert Stettler
Frank Pevehouse
Healdton
Mattie Williams
Happyland
Valley View Hospital
Jim Turners
Mrs. Weldon (Corky) Wilson
Healdion
L. L. Wilson
Bert Hursh
Hursh
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Yellowstone National Park
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