Ada Weekly News history and consolidation notes
The Ada Evening News and Ada Weekly News operated as a consolidated paper with The Ada Times-Democrat and other local papers. It details publisher W D Little, editor Don Cook, and postal rates for Ada Oklahoma and Pontotoc County regions.
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Weekly News
ADA Times-Democrat
W. D. Little
Don Cook
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
Ada Star- Democrat
ADA Weekly News
Pontotec
Ada
Oklahoma
Area concept gains traction for regional governance reforms
The piece argues for regional planning across law enforcement health services and education. It highlights district attorney systems countywide centers and metropolitan planning as steps toward area based programs. It contends smaller schools threaten college access and calls for consolidations to cut costs and boost efficiency.
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Oklahoma
State Highway Department
Lex Rex in the Bible tale of Naboth and Ahab
A sermon contrasts Lex Rex with Rex Lex using the Naboth vineyard case. It notes Ahab defers to the law despite envy and Jezebel’s fraud, illustrating a king bound by law and the danger of playing God while affirming God’s unrevoked commandments.
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Ahab
Naboth
Jezebel
Heaven
Rites scheduled for Thelma Seebeck at First Baptist Church
Thelma Lucille Seebeck, 42, of 939 East 6th, will have services at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church with Dr. David Hause presiding. Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery. She died Tuesday after a lengthy illness in a local hospital. Born June 20, 1923 in Porum, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Elbert Ritchie and Mary Hackney Ritchie and a Seminole Junior College graduate. She married Melvin Seebeck on June 13, 1948 in Shawnee. Surviving are her husband, two children Melvin Lynn and Melisa Ann, her mother Mary Ritchie of Moore, three sisters Mamie Goodner of Perum, Edna Wayt of Longview, Texas, Ethel Goodner of Henryetta, and three brothers Truman Ritchie of Bakersfield, Texas, Lester Ritchie of Oklahoma City, and Fred Ritchie.
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Thelma Lucille Seebeck
East 6Th
First Baptist Church
David Hause
Rosedale Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Melvin Seebeck
Shawnee
The
Baptist Church
Melvin
Melvin Lynn
Melisa Ann
Mary Ritchie
Moore
Mamie Goodner
Perum
Edna Wayt
Longview
Tex
Ethel Goodner
Henryetta
Truman Ritchie
Bakersfield
Lester Ritchie
Oklahoma City
Fred Ritchie
Byng High opens second school day for adult education
At Byng High School a second evening session starts at 6 30 p m for adults seeking education. More than 50 enroll in general courses including English math social studies and typing. Programs cover health aide training, auto mechanics, cosmetology and Head Start.
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McLish High School
Fittstown
Byng High School
Ada
Byng
Marvin W. Stokes
Stokes
Jus' Stirvin Up th' Fire
A humorous look at why speeches fail and how to avoid common traps. The piece notes that brevity matters, explains fear and overlong talks, and uses a farm club invitation example to illustrate how enthusiasm can derail a good address.
Ecumenical campaign raises bids at Gardner-Webb College
In Boiling Springs North Carolina a Baptist college campaign drew rivals from Roman Catholic and Presbyterian groups. Harold Domenico, a Catholic, pledged 150 then 500 after matching Richard Hawkins who gave 501. Both are management consultants from New Jersey firm. Mayney, a Lutheran, started it all.
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Ecumenical
Boiling Springs
N.C
Gardner-Webb College
Harold R. Domenico
Richard R. Hawkins
New Jersey
Domenico
Presbyterian
Mayney
Beverly Sublette 28 Dies. services set in Bethany
Beverly Whitehead Sublette of 3116 McMillan Bethany dies at home. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday at Putnam City First Methodist Church 41st and McArthur Ave with burial in Memorial Cemetery Oklahoma City. She was born January 1 1938 in Ada to Howard and (surname) Whitehead and lived in Ada Enid and Bethany. She married Bob Sublette in 1960 on East Central campus. Survived by husband daughter Martha Lynn parents and sister and grandmother.
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Putnam City First Methodist Church
McArthur Avenue
Memorial Cemetery
Oklahoma City
Sublette
Ada
Howard Whitehead
East 6Th
Ada High School
East Central State College
Bob Sublette
Lindsay
Kathryn Boswell
East Central
Enid
Bethany
Bob
Martha Lynn
Ray Peak
Santa Maria
Calif
Gertrude Wormington
Funeral rites set for Mrs Clyda Irene Eddings
Services for 68 year old Clyda Irene Eddings of Coalgate will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at the Church of Christ with Doyle Harris officiating Slater's handling arrangements Burial will follow in Coalgate Cemetery Eddings died suddenly at home Sunday She was born July 15 1898 in Harrison Arkansas She is survived by two sons Loval of Lincoln Nebraska and Clifford of Coalgate six daughters Lena Howerton Ermedean Clapp Pauline Peery Wanda Logsdon Jewelldean Tarron Patricia Brown and other family members including two brothers Ernest and Orphus Baughman both of Arkansas and a sister Neta Dickey Arkansas plus 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Clyda Irene Eddings
Coalgate
Church of Christ
Doyle Harris
Slater’s
Coalgate Cemetery
Eddings
Harrison
Ark
Albert
Loval
Lincoln
Neb
Clifford
Lena Howerton
Ermedean Clapp
Pauline Peery
Tulsa
Wanda Logsdon
Oklahoma City
Jewelldean Tarron
Fort Worth
Tex
Patricia Brown
Orphus Baughman
Ernest Baughman
Arkansas
Neta Dickey
Woman Drowns in Driver Test River Rescue
In New Hampshire a woman taking a driver license test drove into a river but swam to shore aided by the examiner. Both were rescued and the woman did not receive her license.
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New Hampshire
Half of Mongolia’s males were Buddhist monks until 1921
The source notes that half of Mongolia’s male population were Buddhist monks until 1921 when a Russian aided revolution toppled Chinese rule.
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Mongolia
Mike Lamb Joins Elite OU Honor Society
Ada freshman Mike Lamb was among 82 University of Oklahoma students initiated into Phi Eta Sigma, a national scholastic honor society for men. Lamb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lamb, is a OU freshman football player. eligibility requires a 3.5 GPA and 13 hours enrolled. Initiation and banquet occurred in the Oklahoma Memorial Union with Dr. John G. Eriksen as speaker.
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Mike Lamb
Ada
University of Oklahoma
Phi Eta Sigma
Lamb
Jack Lamb
Oklahoma Memorial Union
John G. Eriksen
College of Arts Sciences
News Want Ads Dial FE 2 4433
Classified notice invites readers to place want ads by calling FE 2 4433 for quick results in the local paper. It presents a concise contact method and encourages use of want ad service.
Father Of Tays Dies In Tulsa
C. C. Tays aged 88 of Tulsa died Monday. He was a retired dairyman and World War I veteran. Funeral services were held at Turley Methodist Church. He is survived by two sons Rev Herb Tays of Ada and Vernon Tays of Miami Florida.
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C. C. Tays
East 66Th Street North
Tulsa
Herb Tays
Ada
Turley Methodist Church
Tays
Rev
First Presbyterian Church
Vernon Tays
Miami
Fla
Strayed From The Herd Life Partners
Poetic verse questions who provides daily support and comfort at home. It reflects on a partner who makes coffee or tea, maintains peace, forgives faults, and offers praise amid daily grind. The piece treats companionship as a stabilizing domestic force.
Proverbials on Time and Living Amid Stated Humor
A compact collection of aphorisms on time ahead and behind, risk and restraint. It contrasts being ruled by chance with facing drift, cites living costs relating to pleasure, notes two speeds for cars, and defines tact as silent restraint.
Motor Vehicle Travel in America 1965 to 1975 Outlook
The 1965 US motor vehicle total travel reached 880 billion miles. Projections estimate annual US mileage rising to 1.65 trillion miles by 1975.
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