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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
5
Ada public schools show rapid growth with new ward and high school facilities. The superintendent cites doubled teacher numbers, expanded programs, and strong parent teacher collaboration. Graduates maintain high continuation rates, and the district emphasizes preparing students for honorable, useful lives within a thriving Ada community.
Misses Lula Riddly of Union Valley and Leona Huddleston of Center won first honors for Porte tee County in state poultry reports. Other local members submitted papers to the A. and M. for grading, reflecting county participation in the state program and youth education on poultry.
At Union Hill School between Adak and Beboe Principal Norman Mitchell held an essay contest on home laundry methods. About a dozen girls participated with essays read by Mrs Elva Duvall who awarded first honors to Orpheline Raineland and Christa Bevans.
The Lee County Texas story details how diversification replaced cotton reliance after the boll weevil appeared in 1900. It notes local shifts toward dairying, swine breeding, truck farming, and a cooperative creamery in Giddings, with figures on eggs and poultry sales, pork, butter, and bacon shipments. It credits community efforts and rail access for prosperity and urges readers to pursue diversification.
In Pontotoc county three glass sand pits operate in Oklahoma at Poteau Hickory and Roff with Roff likely the largest. The Roff plant uses a blasting and high pressure water method to extract and wash sand from a deep pit. A 577 foot well provides 20 000 gallons per hour to power the operation run by RE C Larsh overseeing 18 workers at peak. Nearby J A Weldon reports white turkeys and wolf raids on his flock.
Ada and Pontotoc county are poised as a southeastern state industrial hub due to major plant growth. Oklahoma Portland Cement doubled capacity in 1907 era expansion, now producing about 5000 barrels daily. The Lawrence crushing unit serves railroads as a sideline, with August shipments setting records despite low spirits. Manager M C Matthews notes continued operation and rising annual cement sales, while wages stay stable and workforce remains committed amid optimistic future prospects. Cement Securities Co of Denver now owns the Ada plant, originally built by Adam L Beck and associates.
In Pontotoc County home demonstration work began with Mra L E Hutchinson as agent. She faced suspicion but launched progress. Mrs Ri vall followed, and now 57 ladies and 500 girls participate in 26 clubs focusing on canning, cooking, sewing, and homemaking skills. Mrs Duvall predicts an excellent county fair exhibit. An article notes the Pecan Grove era for context.
Pontotoc county reports show city independent schools cost 34.17 per pupil versus 18.51 in rural districts. The study notes 120 city teachers and 431 rural teachers, with city classes averaging 37 1/2 and rural 55 pupils. City schools spent 163 4A75 while rural 104 729. Independent districts offer high school access to all pupils. rural districts only about 5 175 of 12 560. Estimated need per child is 41 in independent districts and 22 in rural areas. Federal aid boosts rural funding.
The premium section of the county fair invites ladies to enter their handiwork for both adults and girls. Many do not realize how pretty their work is or how easily they can win a premium by showcasing their needle work.
A noted German surgeon Halting Mew Tork praised New Yorkers for daily bathing and neatly worn laundry. He remarked the subway crowds are accustomed to cleanliness, noting that otherwise the crowded environment would be intolerable.
The quickest cheapest way to dispose of items like a car house cow or horse is by placing a for sale ad in the Ada Evening News.
Byron Norrell reports Union Valley farmers ten miles southeast of Ada have organized a cooperative to handle truck crops especially sweet potatoes. About 50 members pool supplies, ship by car lots, and store in potato houses to secure better prices, with last year averaging 75 cents per bushel. The group plans to expand, while also noting weather and crop challenges. A strong school and community effort is highlighted with a four room teacherage, new stormhouse, and a disciplined, engaged student body and faculty including Miss Mat he Carroll and Prof W W Jones.
County Agent Hill reports seventeen club types in Pontotoc County for boys ages engaging in corn cotton peanuts Irish potatoes sweet potatoes wheat oil barley bee grass surphous nit fattening pig breeding cattle fattening cale breeding and poultry. Corn growers lead crops this season while Iowa Silver Mines corn seed boosts success. hog quality improves with bank loans aiding junior breeders. Curtis Ployd Ada excels in Angus cattle and Poland China hogs aiming a private sale. Joe Riddle Union Valley builds a 25 head Aberdeen Angus herd led by a $2000 bull. County and State fairs show strong results across all lines.
M. D. Fine, who was in Ada recently with Irish potatoes for the County Fair, is finding quick success in dairy. He milks 18 cows and sells about 78 pounds of butter weekly, with sales reaching 120 pounds earlier in the season. He believes a creamery in Ada and a steady fair price could double his herd. Fine has long thrived as a potato grower, though past market lows hurt his returns when he once lost out after raising five cars of potatoes. this year he produced 500 to 600 bushels.
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