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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
4
A combined Ada Oklahoma publication carries a front note on responsible driving and fog hazards. The issue recalls a fatal wreck and condemns a reckless station wagon driver who endangered multiple vehicles in dense fog. The piece urges caution and avoidance of dangerous motorists.
The piece discusses how courts accept abbreviations initials and nicknames in contracts and notices when identity is clear. It cites examples like OK for a form note a bank president signing as Pres or W GS for W. G. S. and accepts Joe for Joseph but warns that vague shortened forms can fail.
A devotional urging readers to offer Christ their heart and dedicated service rather than mere gifts. It emphasizes that Jesus asks for the heart first, then grateful service, warning against keeping Christmas without Christ and inviting a merry celebration of the Lord’s birth.
The essay argues Christmas risks becoming sentimental and secularized through tradition and decoration. It urges readers to imagine the shepherds’ reaction to Jesus birth and to respond not with words but with deeds once the angels depart.
A ships log refers to Athy Ue Say and notes farms have declined steadily since the 1900s, with the current total around 400000 dollars. The text references log book entries and farm counts within the period.
Corene Pedersen reports the Vanoss Homemakers met for a Christmas luncheon at Mrs Roy Glasgow's home. Devotional by Mrs R B Tiffin, invocation by Mrs W E B McCullar, buffet menu of ham salads vegetables cakes cookies and candles. Members voted to sell Vanoss lots and buy gym mats. Gifts exchanged after carols. next meeting Jan 11 at Vanoss School.
Mrs Lula Knighten and family hosted visitors from Ada Latla Konawa and Allen among others. Jimmie Deaton Carla Dan Hinton Rob ert Knighten Michele Rinehart Allen and V D Deaton Ada and Frank Deaton were guests. Other visitors included Cloyce Finney Martha Allen Willy Knighten Billy Donna Ada Joe Phillips Edd Henson and more. Funeral services were held for Mrs Reed at Smiths Ada with last rites performed by W B Hokel and Ethel Hamilton visiting afterward.
Joe Phillips visited his sister Mrs. C B Sowards in Ada and attended his niece Carolyn Lea Sowards wedding at East Central State College Saturday night. Roy Brooks and family will holiday with friends. Lula Knighten and others visited Charley Mad and daughter Holdenville. Moore multiple visits with Finney, Ruth Fredrick, and Don Ham mond, plus the funeral of Floyd Gill in Allen Sunday.
Visiting Mrs. Lula Profit and Mrs. Addie Goss joined families from Vivian Louisiana and Prague Mississippi. Mrs. Jimmy McDaniel flew to Quantico for her husband's Marine Officers Training School graduation and will return for eight weeks leave. Senior party hosted by James McDaniel and sponsor Mrs. McDaniel. Tupelo-bound family heads to Maine for Christmas with Al-Ten relatives. An 85-student Christmas operetta scheduled for December 22 at 7 pm in the auditorium features Linda Daniel on piano with Bethel Lee J. Bynum and Earl McCarter assisting. Sus Lynn Billingsley performed Sunday Morning on organ. eighty attended. Sunday dinner guests included Loyd Goss, Rhonda, Tishomingo, Orvil Jennings Stonewall, J R Linker Cheryl and Robin.
Ada residents report a Wednesday night crash on the 400 block of East Ada involving a man and a woman and a concrete railing on an overpass. Police say careless driving led to the collision. one driver listed as in fair condition Thursday morning. Local hospital and relatives noted injuries. court actions followed including fines for license issues and a case on malicious damage.
The author reflects on a shift from handmade to machine aided labor, noting society’s increasing specialization and interdependence. He warns the “consumptive economy” nature risks, yet urges preserving meaningful traditions, DIY crafts, and shared holiday joy despite changes. The piece closes with season’s greetings.
Ada reports show strong holiday trading overall with Jingle Bells playing in many shops. Mary Rugles at Music Center notes sales good but below last year while J Kent Smith Jewel sales lead 30 to 85 percent ahead. Montgomery Ward and department stores hold about even. FlorIan Smith cites larger unit sales due to more customers. Cluckman’s also says business on par with 1985.
Penney's manager John Courtney notes slightly better business than last year with strong holiday gift item sales. Otasca reports real good sales led by higher quality, pricier goods and color televisions in early infancy. TG Y and S&Q report varied gains with festive decorations rising, cards improving, and menswear performing well. Gem Credit Jewelers sees better demand for higher quality units, while agriculture remains the county’s dominant industry.
Vidinty John W. Conley known as Huzo died Wednesday morning in Antlers. Services Friday in Griswell chapel with burial in Fields Cemetery Porum. Born July 14, 1880 in Magazine Arkansas, he moved to Oklahoma in 1925. Married Sallie Elizabeth Young July 24, 1904 at Star Villa Indian Territory. Survived by six daughters Flora Blum Hugo Dora Inman Cora Davis Millie Stapleton Pansy Holik Annie Conley, four sons Hugh Taft Joe Bill Taylor, 14 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, a niece and several nephews. He was a farmer rancher and Nazarene Church member.
Arab officials plan to open Mandelbaum Gate for Christmas allowing about 5000 Israeli Arabs from Israel to cross into Jerusalem. The crossing is tightly controlled with risk of harm for illegal entrants and only designated Christian Arabs gain access under 1950 armistice terms.
Mrs Caro lyn Skelly Burford of St Louis sues Harold C Stuart former Secretary of the Air Force seeking 2 817 007 in damages tied to the sale of Skelly s Verdigris Ranch and 3 million in punitive damages. She accuses him of using Skelly s estate for personal gain and asks court to restrain him from disposing of Southwestern Sales Corp assets and remove him as president and director.
Homer Reed, sanitation superintendent, announces no city trash collection Monday while trucks will run Saturday. Sanitation department employees will take the holiday. Buy sell trade rent notices appear in News Classified Ads section.
Pittsburgh hosts six giant industrial firms with annual sales above 11 billion each. Aluminum Company of America Alcoa Gulf Oil Corp National Steel Corp U S Stock Corp and Westinghouse Electric Corp are named as the leading players in the sector.
In 1277 Giovannia Virginio Scaigparelli of the Milan Observatory reported a network of lines crossing Mars. He identified them as grooves, a term later translated as canals, a misreading of the observed features.
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