Grasshopper Menace Warns Farmers in Wheeler County
Miss Vera Martin of the Resettlement Administration urges gardeners in Wheeler and Collingsworth Counties to act against a rising grasshopper threat. She notes a seven year high in infestation and endorses safe, inexpensive mixtures using bran and sugar, with water, to protect crops without harming humans or animals.
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Martin
Mike Martin
Time Magazine
Wheeler
Collingsworth
Abra News Recaps Weather Damage and Local Happenings
The Monday night rain caused significant damage washing terraces and delaying replanting for many farmers. Local residents receive family and health updates, including Mrs. Cleo Shipley learning of her sister’s serious illness and operation in Wellington. Rodeo planning continues with a July 4 event at Abra grove marking the seventh annual rodeo.
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Cleo Shipley
Bell Burgett
Wellington
D. A. Kinrannon
Earl Breeding
Raymond Laycock
College Station
Earl
Jose Lou Sublett
Ben Francis
CCC
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Pat
Bradley
George Groves
Lida Nell
W. R. Breeding
Walter D
J. C. Breeding
Fred Bradley
Baby
Abra Grove
Nurdin Massey
W. R.breeding
Dozier
Lone Mound
Nicholson
Callie Moss
Shamrock
MycLaycack
Nazarene Cradle Roll Meet Thursday For Mothers
Mothers listed on the Nazarene Cradle Roll will attend a 2:30 Thursday program led by Mrs. W. T. Duke to recruit families with babies. The event features a Cradle Roll quilt top exhibit and promotes the motto A Christian Home for Every Baby. Also noted is Prof. W. K. Cuyler's olfactory loss study of skunks at the University of Texas.
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Church of the Nazarene
W. T. Duke
Mangum Boosters Stop Here in Wellington for Celebration Parade
Twenty to thirty cars carried gaily dressed Mangum Oklahoma citizens who stopped in Wellington late Tuesday afternoon to advertise the fifth annual Greer County Pioneers Celebration set for June 26 to 28. The parade included the Granite State Reformatory band and Mangum boosters in big hats and yellow shirts.
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Mangum
Oklahoma
Wellington
Greer County
Oklahoma State Reformatory
Granite
J. ©. Tuton
Mangum Daily Star
Lucy Ann Lovett
Henry C. Sweet
Juanita Street
Norman Brothers
Panhandle
Shamrock
McLean
Pampa
White Deer
Amarillo
Claude
Clarendon
Memphis
Childress
Miss Fay Messick Departs for Raton New Mexico Job
Miss Fay Messick leaves Sunday for Raton New Mexico to serve as book keeper and cashier for Montgomery Ward store. She has worked eight years at the Harrel Store and has lived here most of her life. Friends gave her a gold necklace before departure. She is daughter of Andy Messick and sister of Mrs J V Langford.
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Fay Messick
Raton
New Mexico
Montgomery-Ward & Co
Miss Messick
Harrel
Andy Messick
J. V. Langford
CCC Enrollee Applications Open At Local Office
Several applications have been taken from boys seeking CCC enrollment in July, per Mrs. Cleo Templeton Collingsworth County Welfare Office director. The county quota will be announced by month end and may include non relief families with small incomes. Applications are accepted at the Welfare Office. A separate note records W A Conde of Oklahoma City jailed 15 days for assault and battery after paddling his ten month old daughter. Tom Wycliff Creek Indian reportedly dug up a tin box with over 50000 dollars in gold near Jay Oklahoma.
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CCC
Cleo Templeton
Collingsworth County
Collingsworth
W. A. Conde
Oklahoma City
Rural Aid Bill Sees Minor Adjustments in Funds and Staffing
Logan Cummings reports Senate Bill No. 185 unchanged in essence with key shifts. Two year appropriation rises to eleven million dollars from ten million. Funding for teacher staffing adjusts from one per twenty to thirty five students to one per thirty scholastics or fraction, with fractions up to two. Salary increases proposed 20 percent under a hundred and 15 percent above, minimum base pay of eighty five dollars monthly. Emergency Funds may bolster rural schools. bill pending joint committee review.
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Logan Cummings
Cummings
Layman Meeting and Wheat Prospects in Local Notes
A Layman meeting at the Methodist Church drew a nice crowd. Various local residents are mentioned visiting or hosting, with wheat yields estimated for several farmers including Dee Coleman, Jim Clark, Odus Offut, A. F. Wischkaemper, Guy Beasley, and Josh Clark. Harvest expected by late June.
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J. S. Phillips
New Mexico
David Clark
Jennett Montgomery
Plymouth
C. H. Caperton
Herschell Glass
Allison
Camey Reed
Jim Clark
Bergman
Hurbert Massey
Fuff Massey
Lone Mound
J. A. Coleman
McKenney
Dutch Clark
tMagic City
Josh Clark
Cherry
Edd
Quail
Lou Murry
Dee Coleman
Jim Glark
Odus Offut
A. F. Wischkaemper
Guy Beasley
NRS Director Seeks Farmers to Call for Summer Labor
The National Re-employment Service director, M. Harlan, asks farmers needing cotton choppers or extra workers this summer to call his office to determine demand and arrange provisions.
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NRS
M. &. Harlan
National
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Abra
A. L. Moring
Denny Shute
Boston
Shute
New England
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Pittsburgh
Denny
Nazarene
W. K. Cuyler
University of Texas
Mangum Boosters
Tues
Miss Fay Messick
Raton, N. M
Tom Wycliff
Jay
Bewley
Fish, Ib
Pork Shoulders
Rickey
New Potatoes
Steve Owens
Wellington & Dodsonville
Wellington, Texas
Roy Billingsley
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