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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1958
Page
2
The piece reflects on true friendship as a rare deep bond shaped by human frailty and generosity. It contrasts impractical idealism with rock solid practicality, cites classroom and personal ambitions, and notes 1958 County Fair expectations amid August crops and textile exhibits.
Francis E. Emmett is granted divorce from James Frank Emmett in Mount Shasta California. The plaintiff is restored to the former surname Nelson. The article notes Mount Shasta has five perpetual glaciers on its slopes and was once a volcano.
The Pontotoc County excise board completed the 1958 59 budget with no tax increase and the same millage. Expenditures total 235647.64 dollars with specific boosts for right of way Ada North Broadway bypass and county offices including assessor and health department.
Cattle receipts were down this week with 900 head offered at the Ada Livestock Auction on Tuesday. Prices held generally steady across groups including vealers at 23.00 to 25.00 and stock calves 24.00 to 26.25. Stockers and feeders showed mixed ranges with steers and heifers moving mainly in the 18.00 to 31.00 bracket. Hogs ranged 20.00 to 23.00 for feeders, with butchers 20.00 to 2080 and sows 17.00 to 19.00.
The May 4 Pontotoc County Tag Office burglary is solved. 50 of 100 stolen automobile titles were recovered from a pickup in Gainesville Texas. Ex convict Lloyd Edward Moore, arrested in Wellington Kansas, confessed to the job and to taking titles for cars he had picked up.
Monday night the A. T. Minor household hosted a fish fry with no fish to fry as the Vance, George, and A. T. Minor men departed to Boggy Lake for fishing. They returned to eat sandwiches after a night of hopeful hooks and good luck.
Johnny Ray Cook was jailed Saturday at the Car Hop on North Broadway for public drunkenness and carrying a concealed weapon. He remained in jail Tuesday awaiting arraignment in JP court before Wilbur P. Lee Mon day.
The Tulsa District engineers plan to invite bids on September 2 with a bid opening around October for a new Ada Army Reserve armory northeast of the city. Lieut. Col. Leslie B Younger notes the site is near Allen Highway and an east road. the 986th Field Artillery Battalion is headquartered at 205 East Main. Estimated cost under 50 000 dollars and construction to finish within 210 days after work begins.
Byng School will enroll both grade and high school students on August 29 with school buses running for enrollment day. Classes start September 2. Beginners must be six by November 2. Students must reside in the district or be legally transferred. All current teachers return and one new teacher is added.
The fragment lists a total of 1 992.60 and a grand total of 235 647.84 with a general fund total of 236 147 84. The figures appear as cash amounts within a financial summary.
The U S Department of Agriculture announced the final 1958 national average peanut support price at 213.20 per ton, 80.8 percent of the August parity. Final by type prices are Virginia 224.97, Runner 200.50, Southern Spanish 209.69, Valencia 220.17.
Davis Sars notes two injuries and a car collision near Ada. Jerry Henderson broke a leg while waiting for the grand entry after being stepped on by a horse. An unidentified rider collided with a car at Eighth and Main. both left uninjured. Russell Lynn Gray lost a boot after the show while being carried to a car by his father.
Charles Don Archer of Ada aged 19 marries Patricia Diana Trivitt age 16 in Ada. Historic racing note recalls the first Monmouth Park Handicap won by Drake Carter in 1884 valued at $3,460 with 1957 winner Dedicate earning $72,625.
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