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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1947
Page
8
The Cache community urges attendance at the Old Settlers picnic on July 6 at Pecan Springs with a picnic dinner planned for 1 p.m. Also noted is Lloyd Smyera’s broken arm from a horse accident while visiting grandparents J. D. Gang. Other items include birth announcements and visits among local residents.
Mrs Charles Duree underwent a tonsillectomy Thursday. Garden of names includes Carrol Wilks and several locals at a Thursday Masonic meeting in Hendrick. Numerous visits, vacations, and family trips unfold from Duncan to Lawton, with births at Angus Hospital and notes on church events and schooling.
Maj Edward F Moran announced extended enlistment for combat wounded veterans of the recent war from June 30 to December 31. He is in charge of U S recruiting in this area.
OODWELL Oklahoma July 1 The once barren Dust Bowl panhandle region could be renamed the strawberry bowl after Panhandle A and M College reported a spring strawberry experiment. On 1.2 acres the school harvested 262.9 crates of 24 quarts each, far above the normal 60 crates per acre. The experiment used Dunlap and Blakemore varieties with surface flooding irrigation and wind and heat reduced Dunlap yield. Blakemore showed promise. Most fruit will supply the college cafeteria, and at wholesale Panhandle prices the crop values exceed 2100 dollars total, about 1750 dollars per acre.
Ist Sgt and Mrs Brice Green Sr return from Texas where they visited relatives in Tyler guesting with Mr and Mrs Hubbard Newton. Gerald Speck and son Jerry move to Oklahoma City from Park Street with Mrs Alta Mobley. Ford Cowell and family vacation east to Newark New Jersey to visit son-in-law and daughter Winfield and Fer dine Cowell. Evens visit Oceanside while Dolores Evans Johnson revisits Lawton. Andy Erickson and wife depart for Yellowstone and Idaho to see Everett Erickson with forest rangers. Mrs George W Diveley and children Doris and David of Great Falls arrive for a week with J H Crosby. Iva Blackburn discharged to 1522 Gore after major surgery two weeks ago. Jimmie Schaedel, seaman first class, on 30 day leave with mother Mrs Stanley Ward. to report to San Francisco. L S Eckles and W W Keeney with Mrs Ethel Tynes return from West Virginia Michigan and Canada trip to Niagara Falls.
On the return trip the group visited relatives in Monad, Missouri, and Oklahoma City. In Michigan they visited sister Mrs. Jesgle Fields in Detroit. In Virginia they stayed with relatives in Charles ton, Huntington and Summersville.
Carter county citizens are urged to sign up now to be included in the pecan scab spraying program underway in the county. The pecan scab damages the crop annually and is particularly bad in Carter county. Spraying is the known control method, with two treatments usually required to eradicate the infestation.
Farm notes from Choctaw and Kiowa counties describe chicken house litter used as furrow mulch to keep potatoes dry. Louis Myers reports cattle gained better with summer grazing and DDT spray. Wagoner county oats yield 65 bushels per acre with a new winter-hardy variety from the Oklahoma Experiment Station. Aughes county terrace activity expands amid rising terracing efforts.
Vernon Fry and John Payne, Chockaw county farmer, reported selling 250 dollars worth of tomatoes from the first plot of one acre. Houston Ward, county agent, cited good management and 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre as the key. Greer county farmers may adopt commercial fertilizer on native pastures after a D. L. McVicker farm demonstration showed increased grass growth and livestock preference for the fertilized area.
Contractors began work on 10 houses near Velno as the first phase of a 2,000,000 building program by Skelly Oil Co. The project centers on a plant to extract gasoline from natural gas and other energy sources.
Orlanhorna City July 1 Willlim Os Tarman, at his door last night, was shot fatally. A relative by marriage, Basil Hill, 28, surrendered at the sheriff's office and is jailed pending investigation. Hill declined to discuss the incident per attorney advice.
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