Pontotoc County Fair Prize Winners Announced Saturday
A complete list shows dozens of winners across exhibits from pies and quilts to cattle, poultry and crops. Recipients include Mrs Lon Dunnard and Dr I L Cummings among many, with prizes ranging from 25 cents to several dollars in various categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Fair Board
Lon Dunnard
W. C. Wood
Naomi Bradley
Harrel Hammond
Ethel McAnally
Englis Breed
O. L. Hensley
Charles T. Bates
Charles Harber
Melvin Chilcoat
S. L. Drury
Audience Is Big As Farm Show Is Held
A long list of fair participants and prices follows for the county farm show. Numerous individuals and clubs are cited with prices paid for hogs, cattle, poultry, crops, baked goods, crafts, and exhibits reflecting widespread community involvement.
Frugal Ant Farm Plans Winter Provisions by Mrs Sparlin
Mrs. A Sparlin of the Johnson Better Homes club stores winter foods with 125 quarts beans 106 pints peas 24 quarts carrots 14 quarts Irish potatoes 24 quarts greens 16 quarts beets 25 pints jelly and 25 quarts cucumbers in brine. Extension specialist Martha McPheters notes the plan mirrors Biblical wisdom and promotes home canning of Irish potatoes for early winter meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaar Corner Farm Women’s Club
James Cruson
Laura Welker
Fred Barker
Thelma Rae Troutman
White Plymouth Rocks
S. C. Sampson
J. C. Stinnett
Jack Metheney
Jack Troutman
Rhode Island Reds
Larry Edmonston
Calvin Flood
Marvin Jones
Ouida Harris
Troy Freeman
Otalene Rainbolt
Leghorn Cockerel
Alene Williams
J. W. Glasgow
Carlton W. Corbin
Louis Johnson
George Surginier
W. A. Surginier
A. Sparlin
Johnson Better Homes Club
Edith Hutter
McClain County
Home Demonstration Club
It Was All Fair At Pontotoc County Free Fair
The Pontotoc county free fair ended Saturday at Ada fairgrounds with no attractions beyond livestock parades. Attendance grew late, nine farm women clubs, six schools, 693 farm women, 12 4-H clubs exhibits, plus numerous livestock and crop entries, and a Pontotoc county exhibit planned for the state fair in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Ada
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Parents Exhibit Work of Farm Boy Who Died Before He saw the Fair
Willis Lancaster, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Lancaster of McCall's Chapel, built a tiny model farm wagon from orange crate tin cans baling wire and an old watch chain. He died days before the county fair but his parents displayed the wagon in the WPA booth as he wished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Lancaster
R. P. Lancaster
McCall’s Chapel
Willis
Keating Praises Ada County Fair Quality
Milton Keating secretary of the county fair executive committee praised this year’s Ada fair noting improved quantity and quality of exhibits and risen farm population interest. He spoke during a Saturday pause at the Ada fairgrounds as judging ended and exhibits were moved home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Keating
Ada
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Jeanice May Gibbs
Lee Roy Riley
Imogene Hill
Lula Oakes
C. B. Stamnes
Edmond Perkins
Helen Bryant
Mona Lou Shelby
L. A. Story
Virgie Pennington
Jewell Hokett
Paul Heatley
Paul Krannig
Neville Pennington
Hampshire
Verneice Lucas
Marvin Eatherly
Gerald Don Stewart
Billie Jean Mosley
Jim Barton
Vernon Simmons
Ruby May Large
Roy Peterson
Clyde Blevins
Joe Jared
Josephine Barton
Leroy Bain
R. B. Moore
Plymouth Rock
Georgia Brown
Ruth Etherly
O. B. McKenzie
Sam Dew
Billie Ellis
J. B. Blackburn
Louis West
Mildred Gerloff
John M. Balthrop
Bobby Pegg
Opal Dell Taylor
Nellie Fay Upton
Ha Watson
Virginia Barton
Arthur Murphy
Jack Mackey
Delbert Gerloff
Cleddie Edwards
Wil
Jo Lee Cross
Arthur Hardin
Colbert Farm Women’s Club
Carl Solomon
Parker House
Lee Roy Moore
Fitzhugh Farm Women’s Club
Oliver Taylor
J. B. Walton
Charles Scroggins
Dellie Scroggins
Bobby Nance
Donald Akins
Shirley Wall
Gladys Wakefield
Cecil Abston
Dorothy Green
Carl Solemn
Leonard Solomon
Winnie Price
W. S. Emerson
James Wall
Bobby Myers
George Ashleck
Edna Tinsley
James Chandler
Cora Price
Geneva Dearman
Billie Jean Norvell
Bill Walker
Aaron Walker
Maynard Shipley
Frank Williams
Barford Huff
Floyd Jarrett
Oral Dean Wingard
Willis Young
Herman Roark
Clyde Qualls
R. B. Burnett
Harold Wingard
Bill Qualls
Charles Burnett
J. L. Tilley
Jack
Betty Guest
J. T. Eppler
Frances Stout
Katie Louise Bingham
Melba Lois Sparks
Jack Chiles
Kathryn Stephens
Jewell McDonald
W. FE. McCuller
Mrs. A. Floyd
Orpington
B. G. Gatewood
Harrison Cope
Barclay Martin
Billie James
Christine Hoover
Bess Sullivan
Cee
Orville Don Hill
Mable McDonald
Case
Louise Hokett
Neal McDonald
Milo Pennington
Edith Jackson
A. L. Large
A. L. Pennington
Willie Aaron
Lucille Scott
John McDonald
Coleman Pennington
W. M. Blankenship
Homer Farm Women’s Club
Willie Kuykendall
Kershaw
L. C. Coles
Raybert Solomon
FFA
S. J. Richmond
Robert Buchanan
Ruby Bryant
Manley E. Maddox
Joe Hunt
Charles Riley
Margaret Jared
Linelle Brandon
Lavern Brandon
Betty Lou Deaton
Samuriel Brandon
Dora Alice Isaacs
Vaness Farm Women’s Club
H. L. Troutman
Tony Summers
V. E. Norvell
Leroy Summers
Billie Wayne Scott
Nowell Cartwright
Melvin Solomon
Iantha Rainbolt
Dresser
Edna Faye Cartwright
M. C. Allison
Wanda Leslie
Leslie Hewett Jr
Edith Sliger
Lula Mae Rose
Anna Lou Murphy
Farley Hickey
Guy Binkley
Troy Williamson
Mary Etta Scott
H. L. Griffith
Juanita West
A. C. Griffith
Jack Griffith
Joe Daniel
Arno Griffith
G. B. Thompson
V. L. Newland
Leona Scroggins
Albert Clayton
Geneva Cecil
O. P. Walker
Rhode Island
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Eula Fox
T. L. Walker
Lonnie B. Crssady
Barbara Bandy
James N. Ross
Woodrow Noe
Orel Clampitt
Lonnie B. Cassady
Willie Gayne
Paul Loyd Cassady
Della Chafin
J. D. Underhill
Gladys Thompson
Union Valley Farm Women’s Club
Egypt School
Opal Harris
Florence Scott
Josephine Casper
Roff School
Project of Oklahoma Resources
Perry Allison
Vivien Cruson
T. L. Coley
J. M. DeMoss
W. H. Mock
Mattie Wheelock
Pickett Farm Women’s Club
Lonnie Buchanan
Alice McCauley
Clarence Sweat
Grace Burroughs
Murrell Thompson
Farm Women’s Club
Ivy Davis
Pauline Mitchell
Cedar Grove School
Moss Webb Kiersey
Edna Gaar
C. E. Pennington
Johnny Kirby
Olen Tilley
Bobby Ray Nance
J. T. Woods
John Skinner
N. O. Wolf
J. S. Cheat
Ancona
Elmo Fulton
Levand
J. C. Peterson
A. W. Huddle
Carroll Pedersen
A. J. Henderson
Chris Pedersen
Berkshire
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C. A. Bailey
Benton McCauley
Calvin Rogers
Billy McKeel
Roberta Cummins
Bailey Miller
Poland
China
Mayore Ruth Tines
Euel
Vivian Hodges
Keating
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