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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1969
Page
5
A column of scattered updates from Orrin and nearby towns features light humor, family visits, church social remarks, and neighborhood greetings. It records travels to conferences, trips to Oklahoma City, Stroud, and Ada, plus snippets about clock jokes, porch chats, and a parade of local residents visiting kin.
A collection of quotes challenges common objections to progress. It argues that past failures often stem from poor execution, radical change is needed, tradition can stall growth, and committees stall action. Macy’s president David Yunich is cited.
Lyle Shingleton a soil scientist with the Atoka work unit won a USDA Soil Conservation Service work improvements award for a device that unclogs a soil probe quickly, saving about 12 00 annually across 805 probes. The simple inverted U iron attachment reverses the probe to push out clay plugs, reducing manual chipping. The nationwide soil survey aids farmers highway planners and engineers, with Oklahoma leading in completion and cross agency cooperation expanding analyses in highway labs.
A pink and blue shower was given for Mrs. Billy Joe Adams at Union Hill Baptist Church with blue table décor and a bouquet centerpiece. Hosts were Mrs. Siva Kemp Mrs. Betty Cunningham and Mrs. Lavona Jones. many friends sent gifts. The article also notes an estimate of Earth’s oceans containing about 4 800 000 cubic miles of salt water.
Ada Community Theatre earned 1200 from its July Bye Bye Birdie benefit at Wintersmith Park Amphitheatre, aiding McCail's Chapel School. ACT eyes a return of a winter season and invites public participation at a Sept 7 meeting in Ada.
Mr and Mrs Loyd Godfrey of Byng visited his in law Mr and Mrs Steve Lilley on Friday while Prince Grey of Durant stayed in Stonewall to visit his daughter and family Mr and Mrs Joe Keys. Stonewall was also visited by Mr and Mrs Joe Stone Pam Jerry and Timmie from McAlester who spent the weekend with relatives Pam attended church with her aunt Opal Allen on Sunday morning and night.
City finance chief Jerry Farnham warned that Friday marks the deadline for municipal level taxes. After the due date, a one percent monthly penalty attaches, with penalties waived only until 5 p.m. Friday at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall.
Twenty trainee clergymen from various denominations are living with dockworkers and working with them in London to learn firsthand about industrial life. The South London Industrial Mission says the initiative broadens outlooks for students who rarely encounter such work.
Resthaven Nursing Home Ada hosted a birthday party and picnic at Wintersmith Park for August Sonal residents Effie Blevins Darrell Shobe Bobby Norman and others. Frisco Extension Homemakers aided with arrangements and a zoo tour followed supper before departure.
Ronnie Davidson and Judy Asa McWhorter, both of Ada, wed. Cyrus Harris Penner and Frances Rae Crabtree, of Mill Creek and Stonewall respectively, joined in marriage. Kenneth Collings and Martha Jean Toothman, Ada residents, united in matrimony.
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