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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1968
Page
4
The Ada Evening News discusses Byng securing a federal grant for a community pool and plans for tennis courts and expanded school programs. It envisions larger consolidated schools offering swimming, tennis, adult education, and community use spaces, stressing continuing education amid rising leisure time and evolving society.
The article notes a shift from a hands off approach to recognizing prisoner rights in areas like access to courts, legal materials, medical care, and religious observance. Courts limit rights to maintain prison operations, but decisions increasingly grant protections while preserving security and discipline.
The phrase traces to 13th century Italy when young men were dressed in fine attire before seeking fortune. It derives from the Italian invertire meaning dress and reflects social custom of preparing a man for opportunity.
A reflective sermon notes the fate of Judah after rejecting Jeremiah's call to repentance. It links arrogance, worship, and social justice, showing how ruin followed neglect of brotherhood. It warns readers to judge themselves and learn the hard lessons of the past.
The National Park Service announced a $286,891 contract to Nelson Construction Co of Sulphur for road and utilities work at Arbuckle Recreation Area Oklahoma. Nelson’s bid was the lower of two. work includes grading and drainage of circu latory roads and building water sewer and electrical systems plus comfort stations at The Point Site and Buckhorn Rock Site.
Visiting Saturday night in the Brady home were multiple families including the Daniels and Bradys with children. church activities and birthdays noted. Bee tree robberies were reported involving Doyin Stonecipher and others. Several regional visits span Stonewall Ada Duncan and Sulphur, with trips to McPherson Kansas and Alameda California.
Fittstown and Jesse birth of this note reports a Casey family reunion held in Broken Bow on Sunday with attendees including Bess Winton, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hooper and children, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Boatwright, Mrs. Margie Barry and children, and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Peters and daughter.
Mr and Mrs James Burch and daughter of Oklahoma City visited with Mr and Mrs W A McElroy. S Q beat Southern Sporting Goods 11 to 2. Rod LeFlore visited John Crabtree family. Lottie Penick had recent surgery at Valley View Hospital. Elsie Hart Ada spent Saturday night with Addie Crabtree. Ladies had lunch with Pearl Blevins. Ernest Alexander and family from Oklahoma City visited his grandmother Pearl Blevins over the holidays. Rev and Mrs Leon Stevens and family from Coalgate occupied Harden City Pentecostal parsonage. Ken Howry spent weekend with grandparents Bill Foster and Steve Calvin. Pam Howry and Linda Townsend attended junior music camp at Turner Falls with Ada First Baptist Church.
Mr and Mrs John Olverding Sharon and David visited Bill and Juanita Town send in Oklahoma City. The Gregory family attended a calf raping Friday night and picnicked with the Holland and Mann families at Blue River Thursday. Robert Gregory Jr. attended Camp Simpson at Bromide. Stonewall attendees included Bobbie Yountz David Stokes and Skipper Davis. Sonya Newberry of Tupelo celebrated her 8th birthday at the Elmer Newberry residence with cake and ice cream for relatives including Frank and Elmer Newberry Bobbie Bill Mathis and David plus the honoree.
Harden City Pentecostal Church reported 21 attendees with five visitors including Ron ald Langenbacher and Amos Snake from Broken Arrow. Ada area mentions Mr and Mrs Ancel Ramer and Mrs Artie Collins. First Baptist had 68 present and Ona Flynn received birthday wishes. Church of Christ saw several visitors from Oklahoma City including Mr and Mrs Lybau l, Culpepper, and James Burch with daughters.
Mr and Mrs Charles Robert son Dale Sharla Kay and Tom mie from Las Vegas Nevada visited recently with her parents Mr and Mrs B B Ryan. The children stayed longer. Mr and Mrs James Lackey Darlene Gary Ronnie and Rob in Tioga North Dakota visited recently with her parents Mr and Mrs Ryan. Mr and Mrs H K Garner and Charles from Lawton spent Sunday with the Ryans.
Mrs Maynard Whipple and her children are visiting her parents in Arkansas this week. The Rev and Mrs Whipple and their children Vamoosa have occupied the First Baptist parsonage.
Ann Miller of Pleasant Hill visited Nancy Newel on Tuesday, sharing time at the Newel home and catching up on local happenings.
A flurry of visits marks a holiday week in Ada and surrounding towns. Families including the Mathises, Daniels, Kerrs, Gregorys, Toney, and Breshiers gather in Frisco Ada and Wintersmith Park for weekend social events and a family picnic. Fireworks, rodeos, and lake picnics highlight the extended kin and friend network across Hardy and Pushmataha counties.
Mrs Mammie Stringer and children from Tupelo, Don Newberry from Pauls Valley, Mr and Mrs David Reeves and son from Conway, and Fred Newberry spent Thursday with Mr and Mrs Elmer Newberry and Bobbie.
Social notes show multiple Oklahoma households visiting, dining, swimming and fishing. Attendees include Eddie Lovelis Ada Shirley Ogles Jack Wood L. K. Wood you nd relatives at Lee's Park Fittstown Stonewall Fort Polk. Events span Thursday and weekend visits with music sessions and familial games.
Mr and Mrs William Shellenburger helped son Doug celebrate his birthday in Shawnee Monday. Mr and Mrs Don Shellenburger, Ardmore, visited his parents. Mr and Mrs Larry Shellenburger, Ada, visited Saturday night with his parents, the Williams Shells.
Mr and Mrs Bill Creamer and daughter Stonewall visited Sunday with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Elmer Newberry and Bobbie Frank Newberry in Tupelo according to local social notes.
Roger Hall and Maurice Lash brook were admitted into the Order of the Arrow at Camp Simpson. Gary Witherspoon Skipper Davis and James Blackwell from Post 21 Explorers were also admitted. Mrs. Lou Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fink and Eva Waller attended the Church of Christ of Ross Sunday evening. There will be an ice cream supper July 19 at the Senior Citizen's Center. Everyone is asked to bring homemade ice.
Sunday day and Monday night church attendance reported for Harden City Ada Seminole and surrounding area. Church counts ranged from 24 to 81 with several visitors. program notes cover a cooking project for shut ins and a camp meeting planned in Ada. Local residents visited and hospital admission noted.
A miscellany of quirky lines and joked anecdotes. It ranges from pest lore in glass jars to a missing boy in a department store and a long Indians tale about Falling Rock. The fragments resemble a newspaper feature of humor and lore pieces, with local color and comic asides.
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