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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1955
Page
1
The State Game and Fish Department reports 131 arrests in August with pollution cases totaling 32, ranking second after fishing license violations. Fines and costs totaled 4077 and 1292.99 dollars respectively, averaging 32.26 and 10.60 per case. Pontotoc County contributed four arrests.
Pontotoc County 4 H sends five top youths to the State Fair in Oklahoma City from September 24 to October 1. The group was chosen for record books exhibits and club work and will attend the 4 H State Fair School September 26 28. Participants are Michael G Lucas Fitzhugh Roddy Calvert Byng Ronnie Rowe Vanessa Harold Davidson Fitzhugh and Gary Wright Latta. They will compete in crop horticulture poultry dairy and livestock judging and in the soil and water conservation contest. The group will depart from the county courthouse Monday morning.
The county fair impressed spectators but the behind the scenes work carried by Cy Hailey, Martha Mote, Valdene Kozel, Wendell Steward, and Jewell Dyer drove success. With 771 exhibitors averaging 3 entries each, over 2000 exhibits required careful planning and paperwork, including the tricky quarter horses entries.
The Indian Service opens the Branch of Land Operations in Ada to oversee soil conservation on restricted Indian lands in Pon totoc, Coal, Johnston and Murray Counties. Y. W. Collins and Joe A. Ragsdale are assigned to promote long term contracts, inspect farms, and help owner operators obtain ASC and FHA financing while ensuring specifications for ponds and terraces.
Oklahoma poultry program issue warns that inadequate feeder space reduces performance of laying hens and broilers. Alex Warren, assistant extension poultryman, discusses elbow room at the feed trough. The tip is part of a monthly series by Oklahoma A&M College and state feed manufacturers to improve management practices in poultry.
Byng School will serve as a laboratory for a new public school health service and health education experiment. The project is a joint venture of Byng School East Central State College the state department of education and state and county health departments. The aim is to test which theories work in practice in an average public school and to gauge how far such schools can implement them. A full-time school psychiatrist is impractical. the experiment will explore feasible models.
Cpl Owen W Frederick 20 son of Mr and Mrs R Onno Frederick of near Steedman was killed by a fellow sentry in an accidental shooting at El Toro Marine Air Station near Santa Ana California. Funeral services will be held in Allen High School auditorium. Born near Allen February 13 1935 he graduated Allen High School in 1953 and enlisted in July 1953. The Freddicks have another child Rickey 3.
About 3 500 tickets to the State Fair in Oklahoma City have been received in the office of County Superintendent Norman C Mitch ell for distribution to county school children. The tickets are valid only on Sept 30, the special school children’s day at the fair. County school officials are asked to pick up tickets at Mitchells office for children planning to attend.
Final placings of the 4-H club booths are announced by Assistant County Agents Wendell Steward and Waidene Kozel. Rural Division results list Center, Pickett, Galey, Union Hill, Bebee, Colbert Egypt. High school and grade division names include Fitzhugh, Vanoss, Byng, Latta, Roff, Lula, McLish, Allen.
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