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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1970
Page
13
Local notes detail visits among families in Ada Byng Latta and nearby areas. Mentions of birthdays, suppers, and church and school social ties fill a long list of neighbors Edits note subscriptions and acknowledgments for the WEEKLY. Several residents report travel and visits across Ada and surrounding towns with scattered references to Viet Nam era events and local sports.
Weekly Oakman Fern visited her parents Mr and Mrs J R Pendergrass Saturday Ila Pevehouse and granddaughter visited the Pendergrasses Charissia West Konawa spent Sunday and Monday with Albert Pevehouse and Glenda West Mrs Vernon West and Rebecca Konawa visited Ila Pevehouse and Glenda West Stella Johns Ada visited Ila Pevehouse and Glenda West Monday Mrs John Roberts Ada visited Ila Pevehouse and Glenda West.
A 60th wedding anniversary reception for Mr. and Mrs. J. N. King was held August 16 at the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church Ada. The Kings, married in 1910 in Paris Texas, were hosts with Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stanley and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. King Jr. Attendees included grandchildren Philip and Russell King, Leslie King, and S. E. Safly family from Little Rock.
Hollywood star Ray Bolger outlines The Wonderful Wizardland of Oz a multi attraction project aimed at beating Disneyland with themed areas like Scarecrow Land Tin Man Land and Dorothy's House. He notes preliminary stages with a San Francisco contractor and a Utah builder, while continuing stage and screen work and lectures on Oz patriotism and dance.
East Central State College offers a non riding horsemanship course aimed at beginners. Dr. Leon Self will teach with help from Dr. Jack Nance and M D McDonald. Classes run Monday nights 7 to 9 with one hour credit and Thursday enrollment in the Student Union Ballroom.
The Martha Graham Dance Company will tour from Princeton New Jersey to Berkeley California from October 11 to December 4. A prior week at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, October 2 to 8, showcases five revivals, three unseen in the United States for years, reviving Miss Graham's early classics while still familiar to dancers.
Oklahoma voters rejected an amendment to abolish the three member reapportionment commission. The unofficial tally stood 201,409 to 143,275. Supporters argued 60 days was too short for proper realignment and feared federal intervention would linger.
Washington officials say epidemics like San Antonio’s could spread to any U S city with under 50 percent immunization. Oklahoma City County Health Department plans no special steps, noting a state school vaccination law but stressing preschool inoculations. Dr John Gales cites adults’ motivation as the real problem.
An 11 year old Tulsa boy chained to a clothesline pole in his back yard was freed by firemen after police found him in distress and the father, attorney George Edward Brewer, refused to unlock the chains. The boy, kept in the yard for days as punishment for climbing to drink hose water, was taken to a children’s shelter after police documented sunburn and a back sore.
Lineup lists Democratic and third party contenders for Sept. 15 runoff and Nov. 3 general in Governor Auditor Labor Commissioner and numerous statewide races. Notable matchups include Hall versus Baggett for Governor and Bartlett versus Little in the general, with multiple incumbents and new challengers across offices.
The Hsinhua News Agency reports that forty percent of Heilungkiang province’s farmland in northeast China is plowed by tractor. It notes most threshing husking flour milling weeding and fodder crushing have been mechanized.
No accidents reported in Ada Tuesday. Gust count 29, up from 19 last year. In Municipal Court Wednesday Houston B. Jacobs pleaded guilty to public drunkenness and was fined $10. Bonds forfeited for Linda B. Deford, James K. Jennings, Jess Lee Moss, Monte L. Newcombe, Johnny Ray Reed with various penalties. In District Court Monday Charles Brand changed plea from innocent to guilty on speeding in posted zone, fined $100 plus costs, plus $100 and costs for reckless driving and $50 for eluding an officer. Em ry Holt Jr. and Jerry W. Meyers Jr. pleaded guilty to open container of beer, each with specified fines.
Members of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society gathered in Ada for an executive board meeting. They toured the George and Flora Carter farm to view Bachman’s sparrows, one of the state’s rarest nesting birds.
The Allen Extension Home makers Club met on Wednesday August 19 in the home of Mrs Bill Jestes. Mrs Horace Hamilton gave the devotional and plans for the fair were discussed after the business session. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Mrs Horace Hamilton Mrs Faye Iker Mrs Wayne Mead Mrs Duard West Mrs Dennis Cook and the hostess.
Independence from Great Britain proclaimed in Rhode Island on May 4 1776, two months ahead of the other original colonies. The declaration appears in early American history chronicles and marks Rhode Island as an early statebreaking the colonial bond.
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