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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1963
Page
4
Ada residents learned Central Airlines could discontinue Ada service triggering feelings of unfair treatment. The piece argues for clearer communication, fair schedules, and a feasible feeder plan to preserve Ada's air access while noting Central granted non stop service between Oklahoma City and Dallas.
Residents show growing appetite to buy lakeside land for private recreation and cabins. A northern buyer has already acquired a lake in the Sandy district to develop as a recreation center. Rural landowners may consider sales or leases to balance acreage losses.
The Allen Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a land, pasture and cattle meet on February 11. About 20 soil tests from various soils will show needs for four basic minerals and fertilizer rates for bermuda, alfalfa, corn and grain sorghum. Farmers are asked to bring soil samples for free analysis.
A devotional meditation on human helping in God’s work based on Mark 6 and II Corinthians. It argues God runs a universe needing human helpers, citing Jesus feeding the multitude and the disciples’ role, and urging readers to join in fighting evil by aiding the hungry and afflicted.
Farmers State Bank and Grady Miller's in Allen offer sample bags. Dick Chiles, extension pasture specialist, will discuss increasing pasture carrying capacity with bermuda and legumes. Clyde M Reed will discuss a cow and calf program for Pontotoc County. The chamber of commerce agricultural committee hosts, with Ernest Hodges and others. The meeting starts at 7 PM and includes a dinner.
A public safety feature presents three traffic questions about night glare alertness and dimming headlights. It explains how to look to the right to avoid glare, notes drowsiness increases after usual bed time, and urges always dimming for oncoming traffic.
A collection of brief vignettes and quips contrasts labor, kindness, faith, and daily life. Jokes about bosses workers and common temptations mix with lines from Browning and churchgoing banter. The tone mirrors a late 19th to early 20th century humor page.
A man cannot sleep in peace as a sparrow's ceep dripping taps and mouse footfalls torment his night. Slept poorly from incessant creaks and floorboard noises, not from his own snoring.
A compact line notes the season of tax filing and reflects on the idea that financial outcome matters less than the amount owed or saved. It frames tax time as a spring-cleaning moment for households.
A playful list presents talking items giving guidance on conduct and success. The button urges action while the window counsels effort the ice keeps composure the cabinet stresses modernity the hammer promotes enterprise the nutmeg inspires ambition and the glue urges steadfastness.
The daughter announces graduation while the mother insists on enrolling her in a broad set of odd domestic and scientific studies. The exchange hints at humor and generational clash over career paths and education.
A fragment from a vaudeville style exchange features a filling station attendant and owner trading quips about medical terms, puncture wounds, and humorous complaints. It includes lines about employees, doctors, and a dealer selling opportunity with a pun about a stickpin once owned by Mr Woolworth.
Road division staff from the State Highway Department attend a three day Highway and Street Conference at Oklahoma University. Ada delegates include J L Berry and others led by Tom Townsend and Stuart Ronald. Wewoka and Shawnee and Purcell representatives also participate.
J W Curtis 35 of Ada weds Chris tine Jones 17 of Ada. Billy H Moore 31 of Seminole weds Bertha Maples 28 of Seminole.
A tree grows until death and some botanists argue that death comes from disease or injury unrelated to age rather than old age alone.
A freshman girl told the dean she came to college to be went with and has already decided to quit. The dean questioned her purpose, while political drama surrounds Governor Bellmon’s choice for highway commissioner from Shawnee amid long-standing local control of funds. Residents fear four more years of Shawnee influence unless new leadership changes the pattern. A winter rain is hoped to boost county ranches and moisture.
The session opens with anticipation as lawmakers brace for spring's arrival and the pivotal questions ahead. Tensions are expected to rise as debates unfold and decisions shape policy directions.
Pacific Air Force units across the Pacific and Southeast Asia reduced their aircraft accident rate by 46 percent in 1962. Pilots logged about 82 000 hours in 10 different aircraft. Commands included Fifth Air Force in Japan Okinawa and Korea Thirteenth in the Philippines Formosa and Thailand, Second Air Division in Southeast Asia and 315th Air Division in Japan.
Study notes that today’s young men and women average about two inches taller than peers of the same age 60 years ago and weigh roughly 20 pounds more on average. This reflects shifts in growth patterns and body composition across generations.
A column traces early Greek juries from Athens to Socrates noting lack of evidence rules and public bias. It cites Antiphon ghost writing, four trial steps, and Aristotle on juror values while warning readers to seek qualified legal advice.
Ada Young offers ten dollars for return or information on three horses a brown mare branded Diamond left shoulder and thigh a bay horse branded Z right shoulder and a black colt unbranded plus fifteen dollars for thief arrest and conviction. John Harvill and U S Marshal Duncan at Mill Creek aided raid. Duncan intervened during a brawl and helped eject a drunken man from the den.
Former chairman of the Dawes Commission Tams Bixby declares he will hold one home in Muskogee replacing two prior abodes in Minnesota and Indian Territory. The move seen as positioning for involvement in Indian Territory politics.
The Capitol News of Okmulgee and Ada Weekly News publish tongue in cheek threats to award a year’s News subscription for the scalp of Tams Bixby. The colorful exchanges illustrate a partisan press feud in Oklahoma.
An unnamed six foot man forced entry Monday night into Duke Stone's office, declaring he sought Stone privately. He drew a Colt and threatened to kill Stone, who realized the assailant was mentally unstable. The encounter ended without violence.
The speaker contends alcohol corrupts makers sellers and drinkers from distillery to crime. He cites deaths insanity poverty ignorance distress and ruined families as proof of alcohols damage and its place among social ills and institutions.
S J Pete Weitzell rode an ambulance to collect a patient then returned as a patient himself after slipping on the cot. He fractured a hip in the fall.
Ada chamber members and airport committee urged to contact Congressmen and Senator Monroney protesting Central Airlines discontinuation at Ada Ardmore and Denison Sherman. May 1 tentative date discussed. city plans airport improvements and talks with new air service lines continue.
Pickett 4-H Club met at 10 45 a m with Kay Robbins presiding. Janelle Jaquess and Katherine Biggs led a girls team on Proper Posture and Kath leen Biggs spoke on 4 H Safety. Karen Biggs demonstrated Setting the Table. Boys team on Permanent Rat Control by Gary Hunley and Keith Lasson. Guests Miss Jane Norton and Emerson Black discussed fabrics and cattle judging.
Local craftsman recalls wagon use among farmers and wealthier residents, noting early transportation varied from wagon to buggy. His white pine miniature wagon features a detachable bed wheels spaced options and a working hand brake, with a larger version built for grandchildren.
Help wanted to place daily buy sell trade or rent notices via News Classified Ads. Dial FE 2 4433 for submission or inquiries.
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