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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1967
Page
4
A reflective piece on the ice storm’s toll around Fitzhugh and nearby areas. It contrasts human tech and comfort with nature’s power, noting fallen trees, power outages, and damaged utilities. The essay extends to earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and volcanoes, urging humility before natural forces.
The piece explains how critics may freely express strong opinions within legitimate critique and that damages are unlikely when criticism targets the work rather than the creator. It notes cases where harsh remarks about artists or workmen crossed lines, but stresses that public discourse benefits from candor while inviting responsible, non-defamatory commentary.
The piece notes the prize is termed mammoth to indicate its unusually large size. It explains the term alludes to the now extinct mammoth and its status as one of Earth's largest prehistoric elephants.
Classified notices appear for buying selling and trading items including rentals purchases and services with contact details and deadlines where specified in the FE 2433 notice row.
A humorous essay on slipping on ice contrasts the pain and embarrassment of a fall with the dignity of bystanders. The piece muses on how pedestrians and athletes should fall to avoid injury, then pivots to a long local notices section naming many Ada area residents and holiday visits.
A sequence of notes details the Good Neighbor Club and multiple families visiting nursing homes, attending Christmas parties at Vaness School and local homes in Arlington and surrounding areas. Guests include Mrs Daisy Binion Mrs Nora Lancaster Mrs Fern Long and Mrs Barbara Newby among others as well as visits to Valley View Hospital and various residences during the holiday season.
Susan and Mr and Mrs Kemp attended church on Sunday. The Bethunes and Tilleys visited Ada and DeSoto residents during gatherings of the Burch families from multiple towns. Lynda Golden spent Christmas with chicken pox and contacted Carma Gray in Oil Center. Mike and Lynda attended Byng basketball games Saturday.
A family reunion at Mrs. Callie East’s Seminole home featured a Christmas Eve supper and gift exchange. Attendees included numerous East relatives and friends from Wichita Falls, Mangum, Ada, Muskogee, and Fort Polk. A Union Hill Church program and holiday visits followed.
Oklahoma City Mr and Mrs James Rhynes and family and Mr and Mrs William Henson and Billy visited Mr and Mrs Tommy Johnson and family recently.
A Sunday morning at Union Hill Baptist Church drew about 70 attendees. Rev Don Newby delivered the message as the junior class sang Joy To The World. Various families from Arkansas Texas and New Mexico visited during the holidays noting perfect attendance awards for Steve and Jeff Long and a one year attendance pin for Mrs Lavona Jones.
Leroy Treat and family visit Mr and Mrs Adams in Moore staying with relatives. Treat, Dollar General manager in Ada, conducts inventory of Dollar General stores in the Oklahoma City area. Christmas Program by third and fourth graders titled Christmas Fun in 91 features a grumpy grandfather who becomes Santa Claus during the show.
At Byng School a paint and body shop was built beside the auto mechanics area. Twenty five boys learn safety, cutting, welding, and have repaired ten cars. The Look Out World program theme focuses on The Negroes Contribution to American Music with Mildred Payton highlighting spirituals to rhythm and blues in a telecast on January 4 1968.
Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J C Allen include Mrs. Jerri Guinn Steven Carl Ray and Michael Ada Mr and Mrs Roger Carpenter Weatherford Freddy Lamport Moline Iil Milton Campbell Ada and Mr and Mrs Jimmy Sweeney and Danny Moline Ir Doris Wilson and Ted Frye are Seniors of the Week Doris attended Byng three years Ted twelve years See what I got and What did you get were shouted at a party Wednesday December 13 in the Cosmetology Building hosted by VICA girls and visiting McCalls Chapel students Punch and cookies followed gift exchanges.
Mrs. Lucille Serviss and her son Bobby shared Christmas dinner in Ada with her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Price. The brief social note notes family gathering details and kinship connections from the Ada area.
A small French wine town honors a doctor with a barrel of wine but finds it filled with water, illustrating collective ingratitude and stinginess toward God. The sermon links Malachi's warning about tithes to personal generosity and the call to join God in extravagant giving.
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