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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1973
Page
1
A guide suggests vegetable gardening for children with toys in produce and quick life cycles. It notes sunflowers peanuts peppers and gourds fascinate kids and encourages parent guidance with space for independent discovery. Readers can request a free copy by writing Chevron Chemical Co. in San Francisco.
Oklahoma biologists report a good quail season ahead statewide with strong covey sizes in the panhandle and north central areas. The survey covered 308 locations, noting normal to above bird numbers west of a northeast to center line, and cautioning hunters to seek landowner permission on private land. Daily limits remain 10 birds with 20 in possession, and public lands offer about 770 900 acres for hunting across multiple counties.
Four Oklahoma entities Ada Claremore Midwest City and the Li Siwinwi Indian tribe were named official Bicentennial Communities by the ARBC after a Washington review board action. Tonkawa and Bartlesville had already gained recognition with ceremonies planned Nov 26 27. Communities seeking designation must form a committee and plan a comprehensive bicentennial celebration with local government support and resource planning.
Lewis H. Munn, a founder of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau, was re elected for his 11th term as president at the 32nd annual convention in Oklahoma City on November 20. He has chaired and served on multiple boards since 1942 and holds leadership roles in state and national farm organizations. He resides at 2927 Kerry Lane in Oklahoma City.
Meals on Wheels distributed its first Thanksgiving dinner at noon Wednesday to 20 elderly or disabled shut-ins. The menu featured turkey dressing cranberry sauce green peas a five fruit dessert cup and pumpkin pie. Volunteers delivered meals packed in insulated containers from the Aldridge Hotel kitchen.
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association delegates must back the American National Cattlemen's Association program says ANCA first vice president Gordon Van Vleck of Plymouth California. John Dunn elected OCA president for 1974 with Wayne Rowe Roy Fisher Jr and others as officers.
Fans traveling with the Ada Cougars to Tulsa should follow a route via Henryetta U S 75 Okmulgee and into Tulsa. Exit onto 41st Street then proceed north to 40th and Union where the school sits at 40th and Union. If coming via Turner Turnpike use U S 75 to 41st Street Union then north to 40th.
Secretary Earl L. Butz warned groceries could rise a year from now unless farmers receive adequate fuel for planting and harvesting 1974 crops. The administration aims to boost crops and exports to curb prices, with export controls a possible restraint on expansion.
An Agriculture Department analysis shows consumers spend about 134 billion on U S farm produced food, up 18 billion from 1972, with higher farm prices driving about two thirds of the rise. Middlemen still take the largest share for transport processing and selling.
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