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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1950
Page
3
Ada selects L. D. Check to assume city manager duties in January. He will relocate from Oklahoma and has prior service in government and engineering roles. A committee evaluated his qualifications and readiness for the Ada job. He and Mrs. Check plan to move soon to establish a residence and begin hands on work with city affairs.
Post office parcel post deliveries to Ada residences are expected today with weekend mail influx. Local officials urge steady handling to move mail quickly amid holiday greetings and ongoing post allocations, as the Ada unit supports rural route operations and ongoing training.
Ada Chamber of Commerce Secretary Ron Bailey and Emil B Wyatt of Oklahoma Gas and Electric led a two day Oklahoma City conference with leaders from Iowa Kansas Missouri Arkansas and others to plan how the six states can support defense needs. The group stressed the agricultural base and storage facilities as crucial for defense, and discussed regional expansion and how each state will contribute to the effort. Bailey was tasked with surveying the agricultural sector and coordinating Washington officials to include the region in the national defense program.
A damaged OCR fragment notes extreme heat with a temperature reference around 3010 degrees Celsius, suggesting a garbled or erroneous reading rather than a valid meteorological reading.
New York's West Side hosts the Port of New York Authoritys giant midtown bus terminal. The 801 by 200 foot five level depot handles 500 buses daily and 745 per hour at peak, serving 131,000 passengers daily across 10 commuter and 13 long distance lines. Turner Construction completed the project in nine and a half months despite strikes and material limits, using a permanent, highly coordinated team to meet a tight deadline.
Oklahoma Veterans of Foreign Wars will provide Christmas gifts for orphans at the Whittaker State Home and furnish a television, play group equipment, and a party, per Sar Hedrick of Tulsa, with gifts distributed tomorrow at a Shelton party in Sallisay, Oklahoma.
Ada civic clubs will take turns manning Salvation Army kettles for the Christmas aid drive. Rotarians Monday, Lions Wednesday, and Kiwanians Friday will solicit funds from the public. Capt. George Short asks churches schools and organizations to coordinate to avoid duplication and ensure no needy family is overlooked. About 40 families have applied for aid and as many more are served, many facing unemployment or illness. Kettle collections include pennies nickels dimes quarters dollars and folding money gathered daily.
Oklahoma trends show farm youth leaving for Detroit Chicago Texas and California for higher wages. Census data reveal declining rural population through 1950 with scientists estimating losses near 300000 from 1949 to 1944. War veterans and wage earners later returned boosting state prosperity and population slowly, yet statewide growth remains uneven with rising urban influence.
Fragmentary excerpt describes a silent weapon using a long bamboo tube to shoot poison darts in Maley jungles. Mentions the lord and a tiger sometimes driven by this simple, silent weapon, with archaic phrasing and unclear context.
A community event invites all groups and parents to attend a Christmas spirit service at the Pablo Library on Monday December 12 at B45. The Ai Como Fire and Blue Birds are urged to be present for singing and group participation.
Our girls sang several Christmas selections under Alice Faye Stalcup with Facena Fickey presiding. Mis Hager Far lena Hickey and Sur gna Haipketner performed solos The Jaycees provided gifts and the students exchanged presents Mother guests Camp Tire executive Jack Martin and Mrs Stalcup attended Special gifts were awarded for selling Christmas cards and membership totals central to the event.
In a Moncey afternoon gathering at the school, Aowakiya Grow Washington Schott Grede members finished Christmas presents for mothers and sang carols. They visited We View hospital to deliver tray favors, saw the blood bank, and toured the hospital with Mrs Days and Wits guiding, Laura Jean Morrow acting as scribe.
The seventh graders at Osaka Group Junior High hosted a Christmas sea for their mothers on December 14 at Mrs Joyce Miller's home. The event featured readings by Charlene Thomas Nancy Norman and Bates Miller, carols by the group, and special guest Miss Mary Ann Vance Camp Fire executive. 27 members attended with Mary Ann Lardon as scribe.
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A garden feature piece promoting living Christmas trees and the American holly for year round memorial gifts. It covers selecting holly varieties, soil and site needs, wind protection, planting as lawn specimens, and notes on male and female trees for fruiting, plus cautions about indoor pot culture and tender hybrids.
Reader questions cover pruning spring bloom after fade, removing dead branches, watering issues causing soggy soil, and forcing Bleeding Heart indoors for Washingtons Birthday. Advice emphasizes prune after bloom, remove dead wood, water correctly, provide bright light and warmth, use sandy loam, keep soil just moist and dark-enclosed for early blooms.
Busy Blue Birds 4th graders at Morace Mann School report missing members Helly Robinson and Jean Vail with measles. They plan a Christmas gathering at leader Mrs Holt's home Friday at 2.20. They will carol together, decorate trees with colored foil, and fill a basket for a needy family.
Antlers reports say Christmas seals have been mailed to county residents and local workers were chosen to promote the campaign. County officers include Mrs. Pennington as president and Mrs. James Osr as county chairman. Public schools begin Christmas holidays December 22 with classes resuming January 2. Howard Stuart, 17, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in district court. five years suspended. Mrs. Fred Moreland leaves for London to rejoin her husband at the U S embassy after attending a funeral in Antlers.
Oxishorn A Beane president and 4 college leaders announced the Brotherhood meeting planned for February 8 1951 will be postponed. The event featured Dr Bennett as a speaker and was to address the largest living thing, a redwood estimated at over 600 board feet with a 27 foot diameter.
Oklahoma City December 14 A historical note on the 23rd Oklahoma legislature shows average ages around 40, with the House at 39.9 and the Senate 43.2. Youngest members include George P. Nigh Glen C. Collins and McAteater at 22, while Lawrence L. Irwin heads the Senate at 28. Many are lawyers, farmers, or educators, with 28 occupations represented across the two chambers.
Ade Junior High staged a magic show as part of its weekly feature with Phil Huckabee performing sleight of hand and conjuring tricks. He appeared under Grapette Bottling Co sponsorship with Mrs Huckabee assisting, tracing his start from a Santa Claus gift at age nine to early neighborhood shows under a hickory tree.
Tahlequah Oklahoma December 16 The Cherokee museum of Northeastern State college received a 60 year old charcoal portrait of Sequoyah painted in 1850 as a gift from Capt. William R. Badgett Tahlequah a descendant of the famed Cherokee chieftain.
The banjo arrived in the United States through enslaved Africans. Its name stems from the Italian bandore and Portuguese bandura, linked to the Greek pandoura, a three stringed instrument.
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