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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1958
Page
2
The piece muses on spring’s meaning as life returns, linking renewal to human resilience and spiritual hope. It contrasts seasonal joy with aging memories, notes a surge in church-building, and recalls regional efforts in conservation and culture. Portland Oregon marks the 50th Rose Festival with a grand floral parade lineup.
Mr and Mrs Walter Ethridge and daughter Mrs Blevins near Stratford visited Rae Garrett Wednesday afternoon after Ada shopping. Thelma Jean Garrett went with her father to Pauls Valley to see Mr and Mrs Robertson Friday. Pug Garrett working near Wilson, glad to have a new job. Kitty Hansard moving to a West Fifteenth address for a garden and recovery. Van Ray Reed returned home with Carl Morris from Latta visit.
The Dave Roberts family replants over a hundred tree orchard after drainage fixes a year after heavy rain. Corrections note David Legate attends Norman school, Patricia Garrett recovers from flu and hospital stay, a baby boy born to Harald Robertson and family, with extended relatives mentioned.
Carl A. Watts, home on furlough from Fort Hustis, Va., plans to report to Fort Dix on April 23 and hopes to join his wife overseas. Crappie and black bass are reported biting well at Texoma with notable catches by Bob Markley and a trip with Alfred Tate yielding no keepers. Boag Pickens, age six, impresses dad with a gallon bucket of perch after a fishing outing on Grandpa Truitt's land. Early Friday, A. M. Pharr and wife wake to unexpected visitors Arbe Takutubby and wife from Redondo Beach who locate Pharrs then visit McLains in Stonewall and plan a two-week stay.
Larry and Ronnie Miller and their mother visited their uncle Pete May. In the afternoon Pete, his son Ricky, and the Miller boys moved a herd by pickup to a new pasture without using horses. Ray Kerr and Lee Pharr aided A M Pharr with bermuda sprigs on Pharr's dam. Roy Lee Pharr bulldozed the pond. Mrs. Roy Reynolds and son Keith visited the Roberts family in Chickasha.
Stonewall residents report spring fever for fishing with plans to stay indoors until weather clears. A reporter and friends endured near freezing conditions while fishing and two small catches were recorded. Easter dinner and chili fundraiser in Debs community drew local participation, with many families hosting visitors from nearby towns and military moves noted for Watt family arrival from Fort Eustis.
Owl Creek resident J J Garratt hunted rattlesnakes at Bar X Ranch and found four, including a snake with 12 rattles. His sons Cecil and Don boast snakeskin belts. Sportsmen Club’s pie supper raised 300.97, with a planned meeting on April 7 in the school auditorium. Church notes announce Easter programs and area rallies including Assembly of God Ada hosting an Area Rally April 7 and classes in Tishomingo April 5.
Local column reports staples of Lula community life. Visits include Maudice Hardin of Stonewall with sister Knox Sweat. Miss Martha Mote from Pontotoc County. Edna Cross of Centraloma. Dall Sims of Stonewall. and Chuck Clifford with Birdie Evans visit Kingston. A California trip joins funeral attendance for Vera Cross. Twin boys born to James and Treas of Abloso, plus extended kin in Ada and Union Valley. Health clinic and dentist visit noted for several children.
Saturday night gatherings featured Mr and Mrs Walter Brooks hosting as Karen Wolford from Ada stayed with grandparents and extended kin. Dwain Cooper and family visited, James Harden of Aday spent time with his parents, KTEN worker James Alvin Harden noted. Other local visits included Cliford families, Treas families, and remodeling updates at Mrs Ben Johnston home.
Landowners will be consulted before contracts are let. A sketch map showing ingress and egress roads and parking areas will be incorporated into the contract. If the landowner does not want it, the project will be destroyed.
The Free Will Baptist Church reported 52 in Sunday School with visitors from Duncan and Maxwell. Communion was held Sunday night. Everett and Pannell returned to Sunday School after a heart attack. An egg hunt is planned for next Sunday at the church. Local residents visited family in Haworth and at Whitson home. Various visits and gatherings occurred around Maxwell, Duncan, Pickett, and Stonewall communities as residents shared weekend activities and church events. Girls from the community attended the FHA state rally.
Oklahoma City Saturday social figures include Barbara Barlee Donna Scott Patricia Duncan Nancy Jones Betty Cushman and Mr and Mrs Paul Duncan. Freddy and Jerry visited Byng with J T Teeters. Margaret Golden visited the Duncan home Monday afternoon. Donna Sherry Scott and Gerald Tilley attended a singing convention at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church Ada. Marion Powell Maxwell and Mr and Mrs G Holloway then Mr and Mrs O S Whitson visited Holloway home Friday. Sher ry Scott visited Center with Sondra Garrett Saturday night. Earlin Haskins attended funeral services for B T Kinsey Bromide Monday afternoon. Kinsey is father of H L Kinsey Vanoss School superintendent. James Bryant family Denison Texas spent Sunday night with Joy Roberts Sr. and family. Mrs Roy Choate visited Monday with Mrs Dick Goodwin.
Hoyt Lillard and Hillard Oliver fished at Lake Texoma last Friday catching 12 crappie. Ada visitors, Checotah residents, and Bartlesville guests are noted with family gatherings in Oklahoma. Multiple mentions include hospital stays, car breakdowns, relocations to Carlsbad, and weekend visits across towns.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Chief Jack Rollins urged careful Easter travel planning. He noted large crowds at Wichita Mountains Refuge and other area festivals. He advised carrying blankets food fuel and water and signalled aid by Patrol plane if stranded.
Bobby I. Humphrey of 530 West Seventeenth paid a total fine and costs of 70 in Wilbur P. Lee’s justice court for failing to stop at the scene of an accident on March 28. He drove a 1947 Mercury coupe in a mishap with Elmer V. Scroggins of 830 West Fourteenth at the Oak Avenue and Fourteenth intersection. The Winesap apple is listed as available through June for eating and cooking.
California agricultural experiment station researchers cross Nemagreen with Early Thorogreen and Oklahoma 27 to combine nematode resistance with hort icultural traits. Field tests show Nemagreen yields near non resistant types on non infested soil and up to 2400 pounds per acre on nematode infested soil, far above susceptible varieties.
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