The El Reno American (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 61, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1955 Page: 4 of 10
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4-A Tta El Reno (Okla.) American, Thursday, February 3, 1955
UNION CITY HAPPENINGS
m «*. *Of WALLACE
SCHOOL NEWS
Mrs. Leo Medearis entertained
Mrs. Inez Barron’s third and
fourth grade room with a parly
Friday afternoon at school when
she honored her daughter, Naomi,
on her 10th birthday. Mrs. Ervin
Niehues assisted Mrs. Medearis
with the games tor the children
and when refreshments of ice
Wayne Bryant, Mrs. Gerald Mar-
lett, Mrs. C. D. Boevers and Mrs.
Glen Feddersen.
The Origin of "Slapouf
Roy Wallace and your corre-
spondent accepted an invitation
from Beaver County Grange to
visit at a meeting of their organ-
ization, which met at Clear Creek
school house, near Logan, Okla.,
. . , avnuui iiuuk;, uuai wimm.,
cream, cup cakes candy and soil M„nday evening. Gn the way to
drinks wen’ served.
Naomi received many nice gifts
from her classmates. Her sister,
Melva Lee, a first grader, was
also present at the party.
Mary Ann Sweeney, junior stu-
dent in the high school and the
Sweetheart of the local FFA, has
keen named a state nominee by
the Union City chapter. Her name
has been sent to the state organ-
ization and a slate of state offi-
cers will be chosen from the nom-
inees.
Enter Tournament
The basketball team of Union
City high school has entered the
invitational tournament at Cen-
tral State college, Edmond, dur-
ing this weekend. While games
Logan wc stopped at Longdale for
a visit with Roy’s brother, Fran-
cis, Mrs. Wallace and their chil-
dren, Lloydene, Nita, David and
priests registered for the meeting,
which meant that more than 100
were in attendance since the local
Altar members were present.
Mrs. Henry Reding, president
of the Lawton deanery, was in
charge of the meeting which be-
igan at 10:30 in St. Joseph's
church. Mrs. Claude Morrison,
president of the St. Joseph's Altar
society, gave the address of wel-
come.
Others appearing on the morn-
ing program with their subjects
were: Rev. Kenneth Fulton of
Purcell, "Our Teen-Agers;” Mrs.
Albert Menz, nUion City, "Cath-
olic Charities;” Mrs. Charlie Wade
of Lawton, “Youth;” Mrs. Jack
Ross, El Reno, "Social Action and
Community Service;” Mrs. Pat
Mansfield, Calumet, "Family and
Parent Education;” Mrs. John
Laub, Calumet, "Vacation School”
'and Mrs. Stanley Navotny, Ana-
k°The trip look us through the I S"Cil1' ^ StU'
little town of Glapout and since r< una‘
this was such an unusual name
lor a town, we inquired about its
origin, as we sloped for gas. Our
informant told us that at first the
villege was designated as "Nigh”
because it was “nigh” to here and
“nigh” to there, but as highway
270 was being built through that
area a certain female citizen, real-
izing the opportunities of locating
a business on the new road, es-
tablished a small grocery stoic
theie.
A Valentine motif was used in
dining room decorations with
large bowls of red carnations ou
the tables. Rev. Thomas Hoff-
man, pastor of St. Joseph’s, acted
as toastmaster at the noon lunch-
eon m the school dining hall. Sev-
eral visitors were introduced and
made short talks. Principal speak-
er for the luncheon was Rev. J.
W. Kerns, chaplain at the Federal
Reformatory at El Reno, who used
"Religion in Prison,” as his sub-
SOIL CONSERVATION
.COUNTY
IN CANADIAN.
J. D. Randolph, Wort Unit Conservationist
East Canadian County SCD News
Back 'Hnmp' Annin Back 10 ihe Universily ok-
UUL* I lume ^90/niahc.ma alter a round of care-
free between-semester activities, are Leslie Harvey (left), Cov-
ington, Tcnn., and Trudy Hix, El Reno. Home to both of these
Albert Krshka, chairman of the
Board of Supervisors reported two
outstanding accomplish ments.
More miles of terraces were con-
structed than an previous year,
the total being 212 miles, also the
number of new District coopera-
tors, cooperating in the District
program for the first time was
greater than in a previous year,
the total being 196 conservation
plans. Some of these plans are
in the annexed area of Kingfisher
county.
The Soil Conservation District
program is a guide for conserva-
tion farming or ranching. This
program was developed by local
\ landowners, assisted by local agri-
landowners, assisted by local
agricultural agency representa-
tives. The District Objective is
to use all land within its cap-
abilities. To treat all land in
keeping with its needs for pro-
tection and improvement, also
every farmer or rancher a con-
servationist.”
The present members of the
Board other than Krshka are:
Fred Kimbell. Vice- rhairmaJ
j Drainage, 703 ac.; Improved water
I application 135 ac.; Irrigation
I pumping plants, 2 no.; Open drains
j J mi.; Pond, construction 53 no.
Sprinkler irrigation system 2 no.;
‘Terraces 212 mi. and Waterways
I 66 no. i
A total of 1047 conservatAni
plans have been written, with 884
plans considered active. There are
304,415 acres of agricultural land
in the district with 1,614 operate
ing units. On the 864 active planar
district business, the supervisors,
and makes all state and district
reports.
The state conservation board
sets up a fund for each district! -
to hire an aid to assist the soil! there are 149.695 acres,
conservation service technicians. . The remaining jobs to be done
Another engineering aid is pro-1 are 730 plans covering 154,730
vided the district, by the ASC! acres,
of the county allocation is set |
up for this assistance. At the( Awarrlpd Dlnloma In
beginning of the year the board j AWdraeQ u,P,omd
of supmisors plan the activities Dietetics at St. Louis
wnich they wish to accomplish1
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during the year. They participat-
ed with other agricultural agencies
during the year, sponsored a
Farmers-Bankcrs Award get-to-
gether, participated in the Good
Year contest, sponsored two land
judging schools and contests, also
provided cash prizes, participated
in Save the Soil Week, sponsored
In a graduation ceremony Mon-
day afternoon Mrs. J. D. Turner,
the former Mary Ellen Porter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Porter, 567 South Ellison, was
awarded her diploma after com-
pleting her dietitian internship in
Barnes hospital, St. Louis. She
thus completed the year’s required
by Soil Stewardship Sunday, sen1 j training and has received her Am
a Board Member to the National l erican Dietilics Assn. pin. Her
Association of Soil Conservation
Districts at Dallas, Texas, a n d
participated in Greater Service
by appointing a committee on
Finance, Progreins, Publicity, Edu-
cation, and legislature.
husband, who is a civil engineer
with a St. Louis firm, will report
for military duty at the Fort
Belvolr, Va., army engineers sta-
tion on April 1. and Mrs. Port#*
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Crump, Donald. The El Reno American (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 61, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1955, newspaper, February 3, 1955; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc911130/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.