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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1971
Page
12
The article argues that rural living grows while working farmers face high land costs and a shrinking labor pool. It notes larger farming units, greater investments, and increased use of labor-saving devices as producers strive to raise output with fewer workers.
The text discusses farm equipment value and the costs of tractors balers and spray rigs. It notes farmers must understand government rules taxes nutrition trends forecasts and become shrewd businesspeople. It contrasts old farming images with modern expectations of risk and planning.
The article explains how public opinion polls increasingly influence legal outcomes. It cites cases where polls determined prejudice, consumer understanding, and brand familiarity, while noting polls must be extensive and unbiased to be persuasive.
A preacher visits a strained family to bless their home and lift spirits with scripture and prayer. The scene shifts to a skeptical bachelor and maid discussing early marriage as a better hour, plus jokes about corn, a fool, a dentist, and an ailing old lady who feels she will worsen after feeling well.
As Christmas tree season nears we celebrate the eastern redcedar a hardy native juniper. It thrives across the eastern U S and even in mineral rich Arbuckle soils while pleasing for its deep green color in winter. Locals recall its historic uses for fence posts pencils and lining closets and view it as a symbol of enduring life despite some calling it a weed.
A reflective note on cedars of Lebanon and the local juniper. It compares sacred cedar symbolism to a regional juniper, praising its resilience and winter beauty on rolling hills and open lands. The article contrasts historical deforestation with current reforestation efforts in Lebanon and highlights character and seasonal charm.
Several Ada residents hosted and visited relatives including the Morrison, McAnally, Binion, Crow, and Tilley families. A Ross Baptist Women’s Missionary Society meeting at Ross Baptist Church featured Bible study, fellowship, and a gift exchange. Christmas cards were sent to Ada Nursing Home residents and a church Christmas social with a choir program was planned.
Sunday morning attendance at Union Hill Church of God reached 44 with Rev. Dan Franklin delivering the morning sermon.
Local families and churchgoers in Ada note frequent visits among relatives and friends including Henson Allan McNally Sanders and others. A Union Hill Baptist Church Christmas program is planned for Sunday December 19 at 6 30 p m with regional pastors and attendees from Latta Fitzhugh and Ballards nursing home communities.
Sunday school drew 22 attendees at Oakman with visits from Mrs Geor gie Myres and others. The week noted multiple family visits and subscriptions to the WEEKLY with gift renewals. Dr Gene Burrows of India showed hospital and church slides to conclude the report.
The Ada community lists visits and gatherings across households. Dr Burrows and family plan to return to India after the term. Mr and Mrs Woods attended WWI veterans events and auxiliary parties. many relatives visited hospitals, nursing homes, and homes in Ada and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs WA Lee visit their son Billy Lee and family on Saturday. W A Lee visits his sister and mother on Monday. Johnny Brasfield’s family visit their mother and sister in Davis and Ada. Lonnie V Manuel hosts a birthday supper with Jerry Atwood and Roy Manuel attending. Manuel attends a racing meeting at the Holiday House. A Christmas party at Wintersmith Lodge is hosted by the Spark Pluggers Club.
Mose reveals his job as manager of the Eliza Jane laundry. The exchange centers on the person answering what he does for a living and naming the business.
A string of quips and witticisms explores gender roles and courtship. An exchange credits Jones and Smith with witty remarks about knowing each other and a married woman versus the unmarried. A caustic old codger offers a sweeping, ironic view of women and their paradoxical influence on men.
Morris Southwest District directors include Johnny Quan Frederick Paul Mack Altus and Ryvers Retder of Meers. South Central District lists Water Woolley Jr Ada Dwain Penner Mill Creek and Edwin Ketchum Duncan. Southeast District names Ray Tucker Finley Bill Hopper Wilburton. At large directors are R A Lotspeich Rosston Don Howard Waurika Harley Custer Oklahoma City Skip Healey Davis Leo Roberts Ardmore and Jack Downey Perkins.
Death notices list Minnie B Harper 87 former Stonewall resident died Dec 10 Criswell Funeral Home Jessie Magness 85 Coal Gate died Dec 8 Leonard Funeral Home John D Clifton 64 Ada died Dec 12 Criswell Funeral Home Mrs E R Matherly 87 former Ada resident Lela R Farmer 79 former Ada resident died Dec 13 Smith Funeral Home Ethel L Clayton Ada resident died Dec 14 Criswell Funeral Home Robert H Webb 30 Ada resident died Dec 16 Criswell
Milburn Carl Morrison of Ada marries Mary Alice Day of Allen in a simple wedding ceremony. The couple plans residence in Ada and begins new life together.
Sky Lab Project Space Center invites high school pupils to propose experiments for Skylab the U S manned space laboratory scheduled for flight early in 1973 The program is co sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association and NASA.
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