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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1958
Page
4
A college president explains leaders are formed by Providence through varied education. Moses gains power from failure and desire for change, then learns desert life in forty years, proving true leadership requires sacrifice and perseverance. God shapes leaders by hardship, not force, through schooling in life.
A humorous collage of home life quips and proverbs. It riffs on Bible verses, marriage, money, ambition, and parenting with witty one liners and short anecdotes attributed to various speakers.
A fragmented verse by Richard Wheeler comments on effort and fear with a playful boast about touring the world in regal style. The speaker hints at a desire for recognition yet admits lacking the necessary means to fulfill it, ending on a humorous, self deprecating note.
Revival at the Pleasant II Church will begin Wednesday April 23 with Rev John Quaid a retired Methodist man as evangelist About 20 attended Sunday school and church services at the community building Rev Le M Cass preached both services Beth Humphers a sixth grade pupil was the pianist About 20 attended cemetery cleaning Saturday and neighbors planned a club to handle activities at the building Mrs A M Pharr and Mrs LJ McDonald visited in Ataxa with Mrs Pharrs mother A M Pharr will leave for Los Angeles this week for a visit with his daughter Mrs Howard Antrikin and family Mr and Mrs Luther Parriss of Rebee visited and the Dales expect their daughter and her child to visit from Tulsa. Roger Dunlap of Stonewall spent Saturday with Ronnie Miller and the boys fished minnows with granddad Ralore May. Mrs Earl Hough a Valley View patient was released. Mrs George Barrett remains seriously ill after a head injury two weeks ago.
The piece traces clothing from practical animal skins to fashion, arguing hats reveal identity. It notes women seek fit and style while men treat hats as personal creations, often transforming them and adopting old hats as rainwear, with hats shaping behavior and mood.
Daughters Martha Nell Whitmire and Mildred Humphers of California join Mrs. Whitmire and others in Ada. Bob Cox on sick list. Fred Rogers improving after a serious heart condition. California visits from Emory Evang and Simmons families. Archie Iyakabby and Mrs. Iyakabby leave for California with J L McLain parents. McLains plan a visit to California. Chatter about McCu McLain family in Oklahoma. Fabulous Fishing recounts Alfred Tate C. Tate and Bob Markley fishing Lake Texoma catching 62 black bass and crappie amid humorous dangers. Buncome Creek resort road graded. Mrs Pauling Humphers and Freeman family visit. Freeman moves to Stonewall. Carl Watts group and Rafe wire Ada west. May and Miller families mentioned. Myrtle Truitt recovering from tooth infection. Horace Wayne and wife visit Ada.
A Sunday family gathering at the Troy Sherrells doubled as a reunion for the Gatiters clan. The visit included the baby’s new relatives and extended kin from Pleasant Hill Brusco and local families, with several aunts uncles and cousins present for the first meeting of the newest family member.
P C Turner of Allen and Irene A Scroggins of Allen marry. John Edward Mielke 25 of Appleton to Sally Jean Moirney 23 of Ada are wed per local notices.
Stonewall Junior High chapter applies schooling to real life by assisting foster parents Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Pharr with farming and caring for a flock of sheep. Mrs. Reston Wothy of Holdenville and her grandson Reston Triplett of Jones visited the Wades, spent a Saturday fishing, and the boy regarded catching perch as a success.
Midland news highlights a Stonewall homecoming attended by Paul Pedersen and the Barnes family. Announcements report Vanessa seniors resolving graduation papers while 4 H Dress Review participants Pedersen family excelled with top placings. Several community members seek medical care and relatives visit Ada and Oklahoma City.
Marie Tackett divorces James A Tackett with plaintiff restored to Brevins. Charlotte Anne Stephens divorces Lowell Dean Stephens with plaintiff restored to Collins. Household goods awarded to plaintiff. defendants to pay $100 attorney fee and court costs.
Oklahoma operates a seven-tier court system from municipal and justice of the peace courts to county, district, superior and the supreme court. Additional counties host special courts while three U S District Courts serve the state, with future columns planned to detail their roles.
Donald J. Woods aged 22 of Coalgate engages with Maxine Hefley aged 19 of Clarita. Edward L. Vincent 26, and Mary M. Lewis 19 from Ada also appear in notices. Want Ads invite readers to dial FE 24433 for results.
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