A Special Sort of Touch Rainmaking Lore in July
A quirky column lists methods people claim to trigger rain from formal gestures to simple tasks. Rainmakers like Don Gant and Ken Lance are cited as last resorts, while events such as Oak Hills golf and Ada Rodeo supposedly boost moisture. The piece blends humor with weather lore and local yesteryear culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Gant
East Central Band
Gant
Ilang
Oak Hills
Ken Lance
Accounting Students Win Scholarships
Yvonne Harjo and Ralphi e Zeller of East Central State College earned the Stanley Voss Memorial Scholarship for overall academic achievement in accounting. Charles Sparks received the Billy F. McKeel Accounting Scholarship for spring 1971, citing leadership and public accounting interest. Bill Annoatubby Jerry Candia and Danny Edwards were named Griffin-Horn Accounting Scholars for academic excellence, funded by Bill and Mark Horn of Griffin-Horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Harjo
Ralphie Zeller
East Central State College
Stanley Voss
East Central
Stanley Vogs
Department of Business Eenoramics
Accounting
Charles Sparks
East Centrel State College
Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity
Billy F. McKeel
Sparks
McKeel
Ada
Bill Annoatubby
Jerry Canida
Danny Edwards
Griffin- Horn Accounting
Bill Horn
The
Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Aqgantants
Mark Horn
Griffin-Horn
OU Professor Schedules Talk On Ada Campus
Dorothy Rybka associate professor of Cytotechnology at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center will visit East Central campus Tuesday to discuss Cytotechnology. The program begins at 2 p.m. in Science Hall room 311 with biology professor Elmer Brown praising the field’s career potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Rybka
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
East Central
Elmer Brown
Cytotechnology
Legal battle over unborn damages and parental fault
A court grapples with whether a trucking firm can be liable for damages to a newborn blind baby and other cases linking injuries to unborn or born children. It declines a claim for illegitimate child against the father, warning of a flood of future lawsuits for birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behal
Car Thieves Nabbed at New York JFK Airport
AP reports three car thieves approached a new Cadillac at JFK airport guarded by four police sergeants and a detective. They used a rock punch to remove an attache case key codes and prepared a key, then affixed a ready-made plate sticker. They were arrested after the theft attempt. police logged 107 cars stolen from the airport over three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jfk
Ada School Bond Election Re-Set For May 4th
The Ada school bond election moved from April 27 to May 4 for a $640,000 bond to build a Hayes elementary school and improve other district buildings. Voting will be at Hayes and Washington schools and all eligible voters in the district may participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Hayes
Washington
East Central State College Wins Federal Grant for Program
East Central State College received a federal grant of 23033 dollars under the Public Health Service Act for its paramedical program. Funds will cover salaries for faculty, supplies, and minor facility alterations. Program directed by Dr. Thomas McKnight. announcement by Congressman Albert's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
Carl Albert
Public Health Service Act
Thomas Mcknight
Outsiders in Scripture and Faith Guides for Courage
The text argues that figures like Amos, Peter, John, and Jesus were outsiders to the local religious establishment yet spoke God’s truth. It notes two Israelite kingdoms, the prophets’ authority as laypeople, and Gandhi’s idea that aiding justice beyond home borders can align one with the oppressed rather than alienate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
John
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Anas
Galilee
Judea
Amos
Ghandi
W. W. Norton & Co
Erick H. Eriksen
India
Gandi
Regents Request Status Change For Six Schools
TAHLEQUAH RP A move to give six state colleges the designation university was approved Wednesday by Regents for Oklahoma State Colleges. The board adopted a resolution at Northeastern State College urging the legislature to provide for institutions governed by the Regents to be designated State University with campuses at Edmond Ada Tahlequah Alva Durant and Weatherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Northeastern State College
Central State College
Edmond
Central State
David Hall
Unis Board
State University of Oklahoma
Ada
Tallequal
Alva
Durant
Weatherford
Strayed I for the Herd and Home Life Parody
A collection of quips and verse on family chores and daily life. It mixes a mock sermon on endless household duties with light baseball humor and thrift minded reflections on medical costs and forgiveness.
Galley-Wanting Around the County (Continued)
Local social notes list visits among residents and families across multiple towns. Names include Walle, Price, Wallace, Garrett, Lewis, Abbott, Jones, Reed, Lehr, Magar, Ross, Barnes, Cyrus, Grove, Roundtree, Gray, and others. Activities span visits, dinners, church revival attendance, and fishing trips.
Sunday school attendance and community notices in Lightning Ridge
Sunday school attendance reached 35 with several more attendees for church. The Rev. IM Mercer of Oklahoma City preached. Numerous visitors from Ada and surrounding towns attended services and events, including funerals, banquets, and dress reviews. Several local residents made weekend visits and reported family and hospital news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IM. E. Mercer
Oklahoma City
Mercer and Son
Taya
Mercer
Jimmy
Moore
Earl Hatchett
Luther Miller
Jeff Bailey
Ada
Darlene Hunt
Stratford
Eldon Lee
Gaar
Baptist Church Sunday School And Training Union Count Rise
The Baptist Church reported 75 in Sunday school and 33 in Training Union. Re. Cloud, Texas, served as speaker for both morning and evening services. Mrs Leh and Mrs Verne ntoore sang for the morning worship. David Bandimere, director of child evangelism, visited in the evening and invited church workers to a Trinity Baptist Church training seminar. Mrs Dottie Reed, Mrs Merrel Abbott, and Mrs Margrett Pouler attended Monday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Re. Cloud
Texas
Leh
Vernentoore
David Bandimere
Trinity Baptist Church
Dottie Reed
Merrel Abbott
Margrett Pouler
Rabid Skunks Halted in Three Oklahoma Counties
Oklahoma City AP reports rabid skunks threaten public health as 13 people in Garfield Kingfisher and Canadian counties receive rabies exposure treatment. Quarantines require pets kept indoors while field workers tackle poison bait despite owner complaints and a string of confirmed cases since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Stan Ferguson
Jay
Ferguson
Garfield
Kingfisher
Canadian
Leon Barnett
Tess
Stanfield Couples Travel Through Three Towns
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stanfield and Mrs Naomi Stanfield visited Coalgate Durant and Madill on Monday. Mr and Mrs Joe Summers and girls Pickett spent value.
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Richard Sautee
Perkins
Laura Johnson
Margaret
Melody
Marjorie Sautlee
Roff
Kenneth Stanfield
Naomi Stanfield
Roy Laxton
May Johnson
Arno Griffith
Bill Thomason
Abed Dasson
Coalgate
Durant and
Madill
Joe Summers
Pickett
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ADA Times
Democrat
D. Little
Don Cook
Ava
Chahomlas
Aviating
Tis Ada Weekly Democrat
Fonistae County Enterprise
Dan
Aux Star- Democraty
A Times-Gemactat
Pontatne
ADA Evening News
al Ade
Caurier
Adz
Oklahome
Oe Pampas
Ceace
David
Solomon
Israel
Judah
Bethel
God
Extension Center
Connie Nelson
John Herder
Ping Bodie
Bugs Baer
Ber Franklin
Mummy
Daddy
Fin
Leo Garrett
Sendy
Stonewall
Rae Garrett
Fisher Lewis
Lisa
Leon Garrett
Sandy
Pug
Garrett and
Sondra
Pug Garrett
OW Center Pentecostal
Lewis Abbott
Konawa
J. W. Jones
Joe Abbott
Bob ‘Tulley
Ross
Bittee Parks
Aric Ross
George Reed
Bill Lehr
V. D. Magar
D. B. Magar
Perry Don Rass
Rickey
Shelley
Bob Ross
Joanie Cantrell
Don Ross
Mitte Barnes
Bob
Roy Cyrus
Anadarko
Harley Grove
Conrad Massey
Theta Mas
Jana Ineir
Aneea
Bill Reed
Shel Mitchell
Leroy Grove
Okmulgee
Shawnee
Tinney
Harles Yeargin
Garrett, Beller
Vafternagn
Steve
Bonita Roundtree
Arlington
Tex
Garrett Beller
Coyt
Morse
Cecil Morris’gons
Danny Morris
Billy Morris
Elsie Cole
Terri Gray
Bob Gray
Russel
Ricky
Larry Gray
David Gray
Carma Gray
Vernon Gray
Kenith Cale
Roda
Connerville
By May Johnson
Ben Ownbey
Charles
Wilson
Bud Brown
Mrs
Qwabey
Vaness
Anass
Alfred Dosson
Lightning Ridge
Geoil Johnson
Bob Gregory
Annie Gregory
Sheley Ross
Mollie Summers
Bob Hatcher
Guy Lawson
Midwest City
Mary Alice Rverpit
Doc Simmers
Asher
Cloud
Sarah Lou Hughey
John Lehr
Jessie Gantt
Bertha Cantrell
Ballard Nursing Home
Ed Harger
Johnnie Cantrell
Edward Cantrell
Dewey Cantrell
Rickey Ross
Bobby Ross
Melody Johnson
Wing
Stephanie McCullar
Bobby Cravens
Ken Stanfields
Kevin Stanfield
Earl Davis
Tinker Field
Clarence Davis
Earl
Mack Summers
Chuck Horton
Charles Horton
Alvie Griffith
Janet Nell Duffer
Bill Duffer, Fitzhugh
Ahloso
R. C. Ross
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