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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1966
Page
1
Ada city council passes the largest budget in city history at 701 154 with police at 117 321 general government 114 509 and fire 398 042. Last year expenditures near 701 000 and total collections about 700 355. auditor verification pending.
A family recipe passed from Frances Harrison to Mrs. Dandridge, traced to Mrs. Pat Hurley wife of a U.S. Senator. The card notes muffins made with shortening sugar corn syrup and buttermilk, baked in mini pans at 350 for about 20 minutes. Next week: buttermilk rolls.
Huddleston, born 1887 in Tennessee, left a log cabin upbringing to become executive vice president of an Ada bank after starting as a railroad baggage handler. He worked 40 years at the bank, served as Ada mayor in 1948, led the Ada Chamber of Commerce, and chaired the Ada City Park Commission.
Oklahoma Gas and Electric president Donald S. Kennedy outlined a large Konawa area development featuring a 1,100 acre lake west of Konawa and a 500000 kilowatt generating station with a potential total investment near 200 million including lines and expansions. The plan calls for about 3000 acres on Juniper Creek east of Konawa for a dam and lake providing power water. first output expected by 1970. About 36 permanent employees would start, with salaries likely totaling a quarter of a million dollars annually, and regional impact would extend to Ada Konawa Seminole area.
Cowboy star Tex Ritter spoke about his career between performances at the Ken Lance Arena Ada Oklahoma. The East Texas born singer and actor recalled 1930s and 40s western films and his current work with the Grand Ole Opry while noting family roots in California and Tennessee.
The Oklahoma Junior Hereford Association schedules its annual field day for August 6 at the Watson Ranch near Morris in Okmulgee County. Events include 4H and FRA judging contests, a public speaking contest to pick Oklahoma’s district rep, a trip to Kansas City for the American Junior Hereford Association Convention, and demonstrations by K D Dixon Fred Ferrell Joe Lewis and others.
Dr John Robert Craig a pioneering physician and Ada resident died at age 96 in Denver His son J R Craig Jr of Denver relayed the news The Ark born doctor graduated Vanderbilt Medical School in 1896 He began practice in Center then moved with his wife Rose to Ada in 1908 totaling over 60 years in Pontotoc County
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