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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1973
Page
4
A letter defends cattlemen amid inflation and media portrayal. It notes persistent beef and feed costs after harsh winters, high land and equipment prices, and the need to reinvest profits. The author argues ranchers face cycles and risks, not profiteering, and urges fair treatment of the industry.
The essay reflects on the Oberammergau Passion Play starting with a Palm Sunday procession. It notes the contrast between the crowd’s joyous reception and the moment’s deeper savior significance, urging readers to reassess motives for Palm Sunday celebration and embrace Jesus as Messiah of love and the cross.
The article explains an unseen legal boundary around property. Courts treat wind sand leaves vines sounds and even lines of sight as trespass when they invade another’s land. The fence height has evolved from heaven to a reasonable limit and space near structures can be protected as part of the owner's land.
Deaths include MANERVA VAN ZANT 91 Ada died April 5 Criswell Funeral Home. ROY GRAHAM 69 Coalgate died April 4 Leonard Funeral Home. MATTIE MAE DICKENS 89 Ada died April. JOYCE MULLICAN 26 former Rofs died April 7 Criswell Funeral Home. MARIE GILPIN 57 former Ada died April 6. JOHN CURTIS SALLEE 63 Stonewall died April 8 Criswell Funeral Home. ISHMAEL GRAVES 76 Ada died April 9 Criswell J. W. FACTOR 83 former 8 Smith Funeral Home. TWYLA MAE HUNT 38 Ross died April 9 Pickard Funeral Home. HORACE R. CARTER 74 former Coalgate died April 11 Slater-Epperson Funeral Service. DELMAR HENRY CREWS 71 Francis died April 12 Smith Funeral Home.
Ada news notes Claire Belle Steinmiller praises aging with faith and service. Jokes and quips follow on aging, family, and society as Jack Allen becomes the new Ada Chamber of Commerce president, succeeding Bob Calvert, with officers Barringer Crabtree and O Neal. duties begin at the annual banquet.
The text argues that emotions often derail logic and probability while habits of thought, tradition, and superstition shape views. It stresses three points: reason can be biased by feelings, there is value in emotion when guided, and openness to possibility expands truth beyond conventional methods.
In Oil Center a Pentecostal Holiness Church gathering drew 63 attendees for Sunday worship led by Rev. Glen Eaves. The Women’s Auxiliary held a meal earning 192.75 for church cushions. Numerous visits and social events across Konawa Stratford Ada Wagoner and Stillwater are noted, including weddings and a funeral.
Visitors frequent Union Hill as families from Ada Fitzhugh Latta and Okemah visit. Union Hill Baptist Church reports 57 Sunday attendees. Rev. George Vance of Muskogee led services. weddings and baptisms noted. several local residents attend events and nursing home visits documented.
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