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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1973
Page
4
A commentator argues energy risks threaten the economy with shortages and possible factory and farm impacts. He critiques a proposed gasoline tax as unfair, urging a fair rationing or allocation system to protect those with limited means and essential needs.
A historical survey of passport law shows the Supreme Court striking down bans on leaving the country while allowing limited restrictions for foreign policy. It notes the inherent citizen right to reenter and the balance with presidential power in area restrictions.
The report notes ongoing Christmas shopping and pecan harvest as merchants consign items to a sale and attend auction portions. The building site nears completion with concrete work soon while steel is ready for delivery. Boosters see momentum from the new county facility and additional funds to accompany $30,000 in Revenue Sharing are needed as several cost estimates remain unfinished.
The piece discusses widespread panic driven by energy shortages and economic anxiety. It describes panic as both loud and quiet pressures that undermine confidence, with comparisons to grief. It notes families prioritizing planned vacations and cautions about the broader impact on jobs and mobility.
Velma Levingston shares a Bakersfield California coffee cake recipe yielding a moist treat. Instructions cover mixing cake batter with oil water vanilla and sugar, layering with cinnamon sugar, baking at 350 degrees for 50 minutes, then glazing with powdered sugar milk vanilla and butter extract. Celia Heath notes Oklahoma City as the contributor.
The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation service defines a rod and line catch for record purposes. A fish must be photographed weighed by three witnesses and kept in live weight until identified by a department biologist. The Information Education Division handles the record area.
A simple custard like filling combines sugar flour and eggs then folded with cream and vanilla. Butter is stirred in then poured into an unbaked pie shell and baked at 300 degrees for 45 minutes.
A mixed fruit dessert combines coconut pineapple sour cream mandarin oranges and marshmallows with odd marshmallows added before serving. The peanut butter bars recipe melts chocolate and butterscotch morsels into a peanut butter Special K mix packed in a buttered 9x13 loaf pan then cooled and cut into bars.
Latta society rounds up visitors during Thanksgiving week with families from Oklahoma City Tulsa and Holdenville calling on residents and hosting gatherings. Homemakers extend celebrations with a birthday coffee and a county council lunch at the Holiday Inn.
Mrs. Clay Johnson received a visiting group for Thanksgiving including her son Corbin Johnson and wife from Houston Texas a daughter Melena a Texas University student in Austin a son Kent and his wife from Wichita Falls Texas and the families of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clifton of Roff They were luncheon guests of the Cliftons.
The author of John writes not to provide a full biography but to present selected signs and teachings that help readers believe Jesus is the Christ and gain life through belief. John emphasizes personal encounter with the living Lord over exhaustive data.
Sunday school had 33 attendees with Wanda Parr singing and Don Parr in charge. Evening service drew 27. numerous locals from Ada, Pontotoc, Tulsa, and Sulphur shared visits, dinners, and Thanksgiving with many relatives. The week included weddings, club events, and family travel spanning Ada and neighboring towns.
Mr and Mrs Johnson travel to Ardmore to visit until Sunday with Mrs Johns son s mother Mrs Houser. Mrs George Clifton and her sisters Mrs Kestner and Mrs Mooney from Hot Springs are dinner guests of Mrs Gus sie Stovall in Seminole. Kestner and Mooney depart for Hot Springs. Petticrew couple from Garland Texas visit to pick up Ethel Reed mother of Mrs Petticrew for Thanksgiving. Barbee family from Richardson Texas join Reed for Thanksgiving at Petticrew home and bring her home Saturday. Mrs Frank Davis of San Frances Nursing Home is a patient at Valley View Hospital with a broken leg. Bessie Taylor visits daughters Margarete Morrison Edmond and Barbara Styles Midwest City over Thanksgiving. Ethel Reed meets her doctor in Ada with niece Opal Samuelson. Granddaughter Rachel Mary Laseman calls from Chico California on Thanksgiving Day. Debbie Whittaker from Pauls Valley spends weekend with W D Butler and family. Cecil Knight and sister visit Norman Deemer Seminole for Thanksgiving.
Several Ada and nearby area residents are listed with death dates in late November. Names include James Montgomery 380 Ada, William Phillips 63 Stonewall, Fred Ellis 60 former Stonewall, Reeves Bigger 66 Wapanucka, Linzie Henson 53 Ada, John Paul Fowler 61 Ada, Cecil C Whitaker 67 Ada, Laura Snow 75 Fittstown, Elizabeth Tutt 89 Stonewall, Oddis Tibbs 59 Coal Gate, Rollie Jennings 64 Stonewall, Neva Gallahar 77 Ada, Donald Bowman 47 former Ada. Funeral homes noted: Criswell, Smith, Primrose, Jim Epperson Service.
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