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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1965
Page
4
A lighthearted Ada Evening News column muses on spring sounds from frogs and birds to crickets and June bugs. It contrasts quiet winter nights with louder spring evenings, noting mockingbirds at night and the chronic buzz of insects as the sap rises and buds burst.
Ada High School inducted 26 students into the local National Honor Society chapter at East Central with a banquet for initiates and members. Named initiates include Diane Blackburn Carolyn Brown Janie Bumpers Betty Carter Kenny Coffey Jo Ann Corbin Kenneth Couch James Davidson Murial Densford Sharla Fletcher Judy Gurley Harriette Haynes Becky James Martin Kral Dale Lamb Barbara Martino Debbie Menefee Jacque Moravetz Charles Murphy Steve Omohundro Quinn Osborn Joyce Robertson Lynn Smith Becky Tate David Vandewalker and Pam Voss. Local sponsors are Mrs. Gladys Couch Mrs. Inez Richmond and Leon Landrith. Eligibility requires a minimum A minus average or seven points (about 3.5 in college terms). Once a member, reinstate is not allowed. New officers will be elected in May.
A housewife loses a damages claim after stepping into a cashier booth from the checkout area. The article explains invitee status depends on being within the area of invitation and how far that extends. It notes stores’ varying responsibilities and warns readers to stay within public areas to avoid harm and legal risk. Mrs. Warren’s sister and Burkburnett visitors are mentioned among social notes.
The author argues that passion and prejudice accompany anger and that emotion has value alongside reason. He cautions against suppressing emotion in peace efforts, noting how crowd behavior and wartime fear reveal limits of rational control while urging that humanity balance feeling with reason for leadership and justice.
A collage of humorous and pithy aphorisms on heaven and home beginnings, gender roles, marriage, money, and social observations. Jokes range from classic quips about companionship to light moral reflections and a Red Cross rescue anecdote.
Union Valley continues with community notices as Mr and Mrs Tom Wilson install a new water pump. Several families from Borger to Fort Worth visit, share Easter gatherings and dinners, and attend church with local residents and relatives over the weekend.
Mrs Juanita Wyatt relocates from Strat to Union Valley in a community notice. The move reflects neighborhood changes and new household arrangements as residents adjust to local growth.
Mr and Mrs W T Blackwell and family joined Mr and Mrs E J Powers Ada and Mr and Mrs Luther Thompson and Janell after church Sunday for a picnic at Wintersmith Park. The children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt after lunch.
Mr and Mrs H B Turner spent the Easter weekend with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Frank Pevehouse in Irving Texas.
Three Stonewall contestants plus Adan and Sulphur competitors earned trophies at Ken Lance Arena south of Ada. Winners include Calf Roping Paul Morrison Stonewall 26.9 Ben Brown Oklahoma City 28.8 Wayne Lorance Sulphur 29.7. Bull Dogging Jim Painter Wagoner 13.1 Don Huddleston Talihina 13.9 Charley Howell Ft. Smith Ark 14.2. Senior Barrel Martha Arthur Kermit Texas 32.4 Mary Craven Ada 33.1 with a third tie Frances Motes Addington Oklahoma and Carol Rider Wichita Falls Texas 33.5. Junior Barrel Sue Pirtle Stonewall 34.1. All winners received trophies. Lance noted strong turnout despite competition from a car and motorcycle race the same day.
Classified notice invites readers to place want ads via a local telephone line FE 2 4433. Short, practical public notice offering contact for ad placement.
A reader-shared poem fragment mixes quirky personal line with a classical moral meditation. The piece references coffee table spray mishap and judges faith through roadside graves, ending with exhortations about God’s praise and pity.
Miss America priced at three dollars with door tickets at one fifty. Entrants listed include Sue Ellen Meuser Ada Lavanda June Roberts Atoka Donna Lynn Winfrey Moore Zorita Zevely Hennessey Nancy Sue Meaders Ada Mary Ann Kidwell Ada Donna May Hoffman Ada Linda Blake Ada and Rita Gail Harp Ada.
City officials and Cemetery Commission chairman Joe Gifford discuss forming a council for an open house Sunday at the new cemetery location. J. B. Davidson reads a letter outlining the idea as part of continuity from page one.
The Rosedale city council will adjourn and the new council convene at a luncheon on May 3 in the Oklahoma Room at East Central campus. Two new members Pat Wheeler and Ray Warren will be sworn into office.
The home of Doll Davis west of the city burned at 11 40 a m Sunday. Firemen arrived after the house was already destroyed and no one was home. Investigators have not determined a cause.
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