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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1957
Page
4
A reader questions mad stones claimed to cure hydrophobia and discusses two camps: believers who claim cures and skeptics who call the stones a hoax. The piece urges a scientific attitude and proposes controlled experiments to settle the issue, noting a reluctance to test due to entrenched positions and convenience of keeping sides.
This fragment describes sautéing mushrooms in butter and mixing flour salt pepper paprika with broiled tomatoes and curry powder. It suggests dipping thick slices and adding broiled bacon with firm ripe tomatoes on buttered toast, forming a luncheon main course idea.
Promises to God demand strict keeping and form a vital test of character. The piece contrasts easy promises with vows, cites Hannah and Samuel, and argues that public vows bolster fidelity. It notes baptism, church joining, and financial pledges as vows, and urges Christians to keep vows regardless of personal ease or consequences.
Mary Lee Dodd divorces William W Dowd with custody granted to the plaintiff. Defendant ordered to pay the plaintiff's attorney fees of $200 within 99 days. A restraining order remains in place until further court order. Henry Cabot Lodge, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, is noted as the first Senate member to leave for military service since the Civil War.
George Lewis, a washed out WWI radio operator, endures a tangled China campaign. Flying under American orders for Chiang Kai-shek, he faces an extended tour, a failing mission, and a dead engine with crew bailed and soldiers aboard, in a war not his own.
The Locust Fire by Eugene Brown is praised for clear restrained writing and authentic voice. Frank Swinnerton's The Woman from Sicily is lauded for its exploration of good and evil battles with experienced authorial craft.
A collection of maxims and reflections on perseverance and character. Notable lines urge rising after every fall, valuing effort over luck, with anecdotes about a skater, a financier, and an orator illustrating the theme. The piece blends aphorisms on life, work, humor, and personal growth through brief, titled vignettes.
A garbled note laments a party where Linda refused soda, mocks the crowd’s phrases, and complains of beastly weather with rain. The text mentions a child approaching danger, a wig warning, and a sarcastic wish to pay taxes with a smile while a tax collector insists on cash.
A reader’s Q and A on highway safety covers driving practices, Oklahoma traffic code basics, and test knowledge. It includes questions on axle weight limits, safety glass requirements, and which vehicles need fenders or mudflaps, plus who must carry registration and who may be liable for public property damage.
Several marriage notices appear for young couples including Dwight Lee Ingraham, 23, Arc lrnote, and Dorothy Bridwell, 13, a Waylon Lovelady, 30, Allen, to Deloris Johnson, 15, Allen, Delbert Weller, 18, Stonewall, to Carolyn York, 18, Stonewall, Bennie R. Overton, 22, Ada, to Mary Ann Landon, 20, Center ville, Calif.
A buyer who signs a conditional sales contract remains liable even if goods are repossessed. The seller retains title while allowing possession. If the buyer defaults, the seller may auction the goods and pursue the difference between contract balance and sale proceeds under Oklahoma law. Debt on signed contracts is expected to be paid.
Robbie Legate turned eight with a cheerful afternoon hosted by Mrs. B L Legate. Doris Blackwell Linda Christian Teddy Younts and several others attended. Prizes for draping and bingo were awarded and a birthday cake with ice cream and punch preceded gift opening before the guests departed.
Jasper W. Holland died in the veterans hospital in Oklahoma City last Wednesday after months of confinement. Last rites were held Saturday at Pleasant Hill Methodist church with burial in Jesse cemetery. Surviving are his wife Joyce two daughters Mrs Troy Williamson and Mrs Etba Jean Sanders one son Warner and brothers and sisters including Lydia Phillips Nora Jennings Annie Crites Bertie Holland Newtie Brashears and more.
Gaar Corner reports social visits among local families with names including Mr. and Mrs. Milo Pennington and Vineta of Parish Chapel, Jr. and Mrs. J. E. Maddox, Cheryl Melton and Beverly Corley, Albert Jones and Claude Horsley, and Inez Pennington with Clariece Penington and Karl Wade. Grandad Maddox ill, doctor called Wednesday. Ada resident Lora Massey Ada, sister of Mae McDaniel, died Wednesday night. funeral held Monday.
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