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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1972
Page
4
A rambling collection of wry maxims, quotes, and anecdotes on happiness, complaints, Billy Sunday, and social mores. It blends jokes about surgery masks, complaints cycles, summer revivals, and a punchline about a green car, reflecting a vintage newspaper miscellany voice.
A column laments inflated land prices near Indianapolis and Ada arguing they hinder profitable farming. It warns young ranchers against borrowing for land, notes profits from selling farms, questions future market stability, and predicts values will fall to practical levels for agriculture rather than quick gains. The piece critiques one family farm viability and politics’ stance on rural investment.
A series of cases illustrates when injuries from glass panels or sliding doors lead to damages or are dismissed. Martha’s suit failed as she ignored visible door features, while a supermarket shopper and an eight year old girl were treated differently based on familiarity and visibility. Courts warn homeowners to mark hazards with visible cues like colored tape to avoid liability.
Honolulu report notes coconuts once vital to Hawaii now largely unused as trees are trimmed for six dollar fees every half year. Wilder cites legal risk and market shift toward imports from Fiji, while local candy maker Mendonca complains Hawaii coconuts remain too green for processing. Ancestors still use coconuts for haupia pudding, but fruit largely goes unused.
A reader urges sustaining kindness when attacked by hostile words and hypocritical labels. Speak up with gentleness, refuse to retaliate, and keep doing good deeds as you turn taunts into a firm, positive response.
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh, Viet Cong chief negotiator, blasted President Nguyen Van Thieu’s regime at the Paris peace talks. She said the United States must withdraw all troops from South Vietnam and halt support for Saigon’s bellicose government to reach a settlement.
Lawrence Ovely critiques church life images that show spotless families in sermon rituals. He argues these portrayals breed guilt and fail to reflect real homes where rituals rarely affect daily life. True family faith requires a constant sense of God’s presence beyond mere routines.
Tulsa AP report says after a three day probe into northeast Oklahoma crime a federal grand jury recessed to be recalled in September to resume the investigation. It returned seven indictments none linked to the Ottawa Delaware County probe and questioned Delaware County Sheriff Lloyd Rosell who denied bribe offers. Witnesses included 19 others from Ottawa and Delaware counties amid a backdrop of upcoming August 22 elections.
A long列 list of relatives from Ada and surrounding towns gathered at Wintersmith Park in Ada for a Summers family reunion with many attendees from Texas Oklahoma and local communities. The event featured visits from Fort Worth Gainesville Snyder and Norman linked families as well as church activities and local outings. Several residents attended rodeos stock car races and a birthday of local group activities over the weekend.
Mrs Lurene Herron hosted visitors Monday while Mrs Creech and Mrs Amanda Phillips called. Charley Riley improves from a long illness and Rev Steve Lillie remains ill. Don Mann moves to New Mexico to become a school superintendent. The Morans visit Ada and Union Valley, with many church attendance counts listed. Stonewall school will open August 10th.
Anna Weber visits her ill mother Mrs. Valder in Ketchum Ontario Canada. Harold and Terri Stevens travel to Houston. Several families visit in Oklahoma and nearby states, with tours to Europe and West trips. Paul Laseman returns from La Mirada California to visit relatives in Oklahoma and Texas. Subscriptions and thanks noted.
Sunshine Sun reports 44 attendees for Sunday services with Beatrice Wyche and Wanda Parr singing in the morning and Melissa Green in the evening. Numerous visitors are listed from Texas, California, and Oklahoma including Earley, Crisp, Thomas, Lionberger, Edwards, Eager, Parr, Drake, Wyche, Hewett, and others visiting Ada, Pauls Valley, Sulphur, and Tulsa areas.
Mr. and Mrs. Car Boles visited Rae Garrett in Pittsburg then toured Stratford peach orchards. Leon Garrett and granddaughter Shanna McGill, plus Rae Garrett’s family, visited Rae Monday afternoon. E D Ricketts of Oklahoma City and family including Dave William’s clan from Texas called on Rae.
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