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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1952
Page
1
Santa plans a world spanning trip and will find crisply cold temperatures but a warm reception in this city tonight. Local residents await his arrival as conditions stay frosty and festive.
A major snow and ice storm swept northwestern Oklahoma on Christmas Day, bringing 2 to 7 inches of snow in nine counties led by Woodward. Snow spread to Oklahoma City, with drivers warned to avoid travel as ice covered roads. Dalhart reported seven inches, Texas Panhandle roads slick, and many offices and stores planned to close for the holiday.
Secretary Brannan outlined 1953 farm production goals aimed at expanding livestock dairy and poultry output. He urged reducing cash crop emphasis to boost corn, grain sorghum, oats, hay and grass to bolster feed supplies and guard against crop failures. Goals show higher projections for corn grain sorghum cotton and soybeans versus this year.
Mostly cloudy conditions linger Wednesday night into Thursday with intermittent light snow. Cold arctic air drives lows from 15 to 25 and highs from 25 to 32.
The ADA NEWS will not publish on Christmas Day as the entire staff takes a holiday along with area residents. Publication resumes Friday with the usual editions and coverage.
The county courthouse observes a noon to Monday holiday with most offices closed. The treasurer and sheriff’s offices remain open Friday. The Oklahoma Employment Service office closes for the holiday but opens Friday and Saturday noon. Children’s activities noted.
A wounded Korean War veteran Glenn Morris in a Tokyo Army Hospital Ward reflects on Christmas Eve. He lost both legs to a mine and endures nerve pain while a brighter tree and carols lift spirits among wounded soldiers. Morris recalls his Ohio home and 1950 Christmas before enlistment.
The 1952 Oklahoma pig crop was 987 000 head, the smallest since 1935, with 1 311 000 in 1951 and a 10 year average of 1 461 000. Breeding intentions point to 1953 spring farrowings by 56 000 sows, a 40 percent drop from spring 1952.
Two out of town shoppers in a downtown store gathered many parcels including a pair of women’s shoes. The shoes were left in Halverson store wrapping paper and may be secured by calling Konawa at phone 315.
A decree by Caesar Augustus sends Joseph and Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem to enroll in a census. Mary gives birth to a son and places him in a manger as shepherds hear angels proclaim a great joy and hurry to witness the nativity.
New York The Red Cross chief says President-elect Eisenhower joked about donating blood but is barred by the 60 year age rule. E. Roland Harriman reports Eisenhower, soon honorary Red Cross chairman, wished to give blood but cannot. He notes the post will include appointing eight national board members.
Oscar VanHorn son of Mr. and Mrs. J A VanHorn died Wednesday after a Sunday morning auto accident near Blackwell. His mother and sisters were with him. The body is being returned to Ada by Smith Funeral Home with funeral arrangements to be announced.
Two sets of triplets were born in New York City hospitals within three hours. One mother Mrs. Benjamin de Stefano, 30, wife of an unemployed longshoreman, faces eviction from a six room flat with seven other children and relatives. The Sullivan family in the Bronx includes Capt. Daniel Sullivan’s wife and five other children. Housing and Health officials say the 6 room flat cannot accommodate 15 or more people.
The Federal Security Agency reports state federal public assistance payments totaled 2.168 billion dollars for the year ended June 30. The federal share reached 52.3 percent, with state 40.5 percent and local 7.2 percent. Old age aid neared 1.488 billion, total dependent children aid 547 million, and disability aid 75 million in 1951 52.
George Washington Rightmire, 84, former president of Ohio State University, dies. He was father of Brandon G. Rightmire, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
A Christmas tale from the North Pole describes Santa and Mrs. Claus preparing for gifts as elves load the sleigh. One runner breaks causing a spill, triggering worry about delivering presents to children worldwide. A weather force flies overhead as part of the scene.
An air force pilot meets Santa on a private runway and offers a modern jet bomber to replace the aging sleigh. Santa checks the broken runner, but the reindeer refuse rest, expressing love for their job and commitment to the yearly delivery.
Charles E. Mercer surveys how Americans mark Christmas 1952 with generosity and service. Air force and civilian groups aid servicemen and orphans from Korea to Germany, while churches, charities, and communities sponsor parties and gifts for children and families nationwide.
Sixteen boys aged 10 to 13 at Bethesda Home for Children in Meadville sent a telegram to the Pittsburgh Sun Telegram asking for a good couple to act as house parents this Christmas. They urged Santa to skip gifts and provide a husband and wife to run the Lutheran Church home.
Neighbors raise a community aid plan for Walter Green and his children as polio illness kept Bertha and Roland in St Francis Hospital. Charles Kenneth Milford return home while Bertha faces an iron lung and Roland recovers. A Christmas tree and baked ham dinner bolster the family.
Christians across denominations mark Christmas Eve with prayers of thanks and hope. In Bethlehem Catholics hold a midnight mass at St Catherine Chapel ending in the Nativity Grotto while Protestants worship on nearby slopes. Pilgrims gather as border guards ease access to holy sites. Pope Pius XII plans a multi language Christmas message and broadcast. President Truman will deliver his last before year end.
Cardinal Spellman addressing about 3,000 Koreans said the United States United Nations and the Republic of Korea are striving for world peace. He accompanied by South Korean President Syngman Rhee and Gen James Van Fleet at the capital grounds during Christmas visit with Allied troops. Rhee praised Spellman and noted a personal gift of $10 000 for needy Koreans.
The Texoma Ice and Storage Co. of Tishomingo was sold Tuesday by W. A. Delaney Jr. to Senator Joe Bailey Cobb of Tishomingo and Foster Estes of Oklahoma City. The plant is Johnston County's only ice maker and serves the county and Lake Texoma area. Dale Rogers had been manager for years. Terms of stock transfer were not disclosed. Plans to expand facilities are being considered.
In Sapulpa Oklahoma two Creek county attorneys Heber Finch Sr and John W Young fought in a District Court session and were fined 100 each for contempt of court Judge Kenneth Hughes described the melee after Finch s 99 year old son and Bailiff G L Scott tried to break it up and were knocked to the floor Both men said the altercation started after accusations of lying
Two dolls in Japanese costumes were detained at London Airport as gifts to Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Churchill. The items arrived on a British Overseas Airways Comet flight from Japan via customs who noted duty payment was pending, with no immediate decision on who would pay.
Ada Jaycees and the Air Squadron Scouts announce a city wide waste paper drive this Saturday. Trucks begin at 9 a m with volunteers collecting paper and magazines from corner to corner to fund uniforms and equipment for the Air Scouts.
A charity movie at the McSwain theater collected over 450 canned goods on Wednesday morning to aid the Salvation Army. The drive, co sponsored by the McSwain theater and J C Penney, featured food from local organizations and included many home canned items and clothing.
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