Ada Evening News History and Consolidations
The Ada Evening News and sister Ada publications trace origins to 1901 and list consolidations with the Ada Weekly Democrat Pontotoc County Enterprise Ada Star Democrat and Ada Times Democrat over the years 1910 1912 1919 1953 The notice outlines subscription rates for local and distant mail service and provides a contact phone number for Ada Oklahoma.
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Ada
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
Water into wine and the deeper miracle of faith
Lawrence Walthouse discusses how the Cana wedding miracle in John frames miracles as law abiding events that reveal God's presence. He argues true significance lies not in the turning water to wine but in transforming lives through Christ and scientific openness to wonder.
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Leslie D. Weatherhead
London
New York
Atlantic
Cana
John
Jesus
God
Christ
The Winds of Adversity Shape Sacred Saints
An observer in Italy watches a lumberman choose logs with fine grain, noting that storms strengthen wood. The lesson extends to faith as God permits saints to be buffeted by trials to refine character and fulfill higher purposes.
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Italy
The World’s Biggest Claims and Quiet Quality
The column argues that sheer size does not guarantee quality across ventures from hotels to universities. Big advertised records tempt with novelty yet erode cleanliness service and price value as crowds grow. It cites Berkeley as an ant hill and a 13 pound book as examples.
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University of California In Berkeley
Texas
Los Angeles
Privilege of Clergy Penitent Communications in Law
Courts historically rejected any privilege for priest penitent talks but most states now grant privacy protections. Ordinary casual confessions to a minister are often not protected, while formal clergy procedures and certain confidential disclosures may be privileged. Courts emphasize a need for penitence and spiritual discipline over civil disclosure in key cases.
Faith in Action program at Sacred Heart Academy
In Rochester New York a new course named training in Social Action at the Academy of the Sacred Heart allows girls to apply faith by volunteering. They leave one period weekly to work in local nursing homes hospital day care centers and schools. They take over classes, aid teachers, feed cerebral palsy victims, and care for the aged.
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Rochester
N.Y
Academy of the Sacred Heart
News Classified acts advertise buy sell trade rent
Classified ad notes buy sell trade and rent services with contact line 332-4433 for listings and inquiries.
The Westminster Bell Named Big Ben in Honor of Hall
The famous Westminster bell, distinct from the clock, bore the name Big Ben. It honors Sir Benjamin Hall, the first commissioner of works at Westminster, whose rank inspired the nickname.
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Westminster
Benjamin Hall
When It Rains It Pours Tale of a Stranded Car Night
J O Ellis and his niece Mrs Thelma Lee Sweat recount a Sunday night sequence in Ada and Stonewall. The car would not start the gear would not release and taillights failed but help arrived from a Red Man Tobacco salesman and a mechanic on duty. They finally reached Mollie with medicine and a cup of coffee for warmth.
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Hugh Sweat
J. O. Ellis
Thelma Lee Sweat
Ada
Bud
Thelma
Honey
Uncle Osborn
Robert Gregory
J. O
Ellis
Red Man Tobacco
Mississippi
Mollie
Stonewall
Bolen’s Cafe
Lions To Roam 400 Acres In Camden Reserve
The Chipperfields of England plan a 400 acre bushland lions reserve near Camden 50 miles south of Sydney with 50 lions imported from Miami Florida The reserve will have two protective fences and no cages visitors view from cars with windows up The project mirrors two other similar reserves in Miami and Wiltshire England
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Sydney
Australia
Camden
New South Wales
Chipperfields
England
Miami
Fla
Wiltshire
Maj
Geoffrey Gibbon
Richard Chipperfield
Oklahoma 25th Anniversary Promoted by Governor Bartlett
Oklahoma Governor Dewey Bartlett unveils plans to mark the 25th anniversary of Oklahoma with a state promotion. Celebrity honorary commissioners include Leonard Bernstein Walter Cronkite Benny Jack Benny and John Lindsay as Rodgers associates prepare a New York Philharmonic performance.
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Oklahoma City
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma
Richard Rodgers
Bartlett
Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II
New York
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein
Walter Cronkite
Bennett Cerf
John Lindsay
Vince Lombardi
Betty Furness
Fred Astaire
Jackie Robinson
Andre Kostelanter
Jack Benny
Oklahoma State to Lease Five Lodges to Private Operators
The Industrial Development and Park Commission approved leasing five state lodges Western Hills Texoma Lake Murray Quartz Mountain and Roman Nose to private operators after notices go out in a week. Officials expect little response due to prior financial difficulties while a separate $142 494 road improvement program for state parks was also approved.
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Oklahoma City
State Industrial Development and Park Commission
Department
Robert Breeden
Commission
Breeder
George Nigh
Western Hills
Texoma
Lake Murray
Quartz Mountain
Roman Nose
Lake Eufalia
Local Notices Note Family Health and Visits in Ada
Mrs Lavona Jones reports her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Hurbert Howard of California have been hospitalized there for 35 days. Fred Peters of Pontotoc and David Peters of Ada visited Mr and Mrs W C Karr during the week. Lorene Ballard and Lavona Jones visited Mrs Lillie Karr recently. Mrs Lillie Karr visited Mr and Mrs P S Karr in Ada on Saturday.
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Lavona Jones
J. B. Jones
Hurbert Howard
California
Fred Peters
Pontotoc
David Peters
Ada
W. C. Karr
Lorene Ballard
Lillie Karr
P. S. Karr
Lena Cochran
Daisy Binion
Mrs. Cochran
Mrs. Binion
Local residents visit friends and church notes amid flu spread
Social visits span Ada and Vanoss areas with regional families gathering at homes and nursing facilities. Church attendance at Union Hill was 30 with sermons by Rev Don Newby and multiple songs, while schools report varied absentee rates due to flu across districts including Irving and Hayes.
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Union Hill Baptist Church
Don Newby
Ricky
Russell Gray
Steve Long
Eddie Vaughn
Mike Haines
Joni Adams
Barbara Newby
Rhonda Adams
Banner of the Cross
Winter Isolation and Its Discontents
A reader muses on how storm bound indoors breeds influenza risk, overeating, fatigue, and inertia while praising a warming trend and urging exercise and steady routines despite winter. The piece contrasts passive retreat with resilient farmers who endure cold and keep livestock fed.
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Tubby
Hubby
Speedy wahoo rival to tuna tops ocean races
The wahoo, a relative of the tuna, is reputed to be the fastest fish in the ocean, with speeds reported above 48 mph.
Cardinals Return to Iowa Bird House Yearly Visitor
A local Iowa town notes a newcomer banding expert who describes a South American small bird nesting in a yard bird house. The bird migrates each winter and returns the following summer, showcasing nature's powers and prompting thoughts on humanity's resources. Americans now eat about two and a half times as much turkey as 25 years ago, per Swanson Frozen Food Co.
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Iowa
South America
Swanson Frozen Food Co
Thanking the Lord for Everyday Gifts by Joseph Auslander
Poem expresses gratitude for both hardship and joy, praising sight to see miracles in daily life. It lists gifts such as friendship love and dreams, and honors faith reason and a tolerant mind amid a turbulent world.
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Joseph Auslander
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