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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1967
Page
1
Marion Lancaster fattened pigs for market but one hog named Porky escaped and vanished for months. He reappeared near Lancaster’s neighbor Albert Pevehouse’s cattle, dodging a hunting dog and stealing corn at night. After weeks, Porky slept at the barn and the men plan to trap and butcher him.
Ada residents join the two day United Cerebral Palsy Fund telethon at Oklahoma City's Municipal Auditorium. Fire Chief Herman Landrith chairs Ada involvement with the Ada Fire Flies handling pledges by telephone, while Ada’s Buchanans Three perform folk songs Saturday night from 11:30 p.m. to midnight.
The Ada Board of Education, in a special meeting, unanimously chose Locke and Smith of Oklahoma City to design the proposed new high school. After interviewing four firms, the board noted Locke and Smith have designed high schools at Perry and Blackwell, a junior high in Edmond, a Cherokee elementary, and the Norman central kitchen. A bond issue will be sought after plans are drawn, with the site a 40-acre tract west of Stadium Drive between 18th and Craddock Road.
Bennett Sherrer, local director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, said the 1967 Agricultural Conservation Program listings include a new 40 percent cost share for pipeline systems from an existing well to another pasture, with a 75 cent per foot cap. The program's overall funds total about $63,000 plus $40,000 for a special practices list. A $5 higher rate on timber clearing is added. Existing programs cover soil improvement, legume use, tree planting, and range or pasture management. For details contact Bennett Sherrer at the ASCS office in Ada.
The Arbuckle dam near Sulphur has closed and the reservoir began to fill but expects a slow rise without rain. Health officials reversed earlier limits, allowing storage as downstream rights require pumping to maintain flows. A new Sulphur sewage plant and pipeline were funded after delays, with water treatment and recreation preparations underway ahead of full use.
Clyde Bower of Oklahoma City was elected president of the Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association at the final business meeting of the state convention. Bower, the state entomologist, succeeds Dale Ernest of Okemah. Other officers elected include Jim Waite of Collinsville as vice president, W. Raymond Kays of Stillwater as secretary treasurer, and Herman Hinrichs of Stillwater, Rick Gillman of Lenapah, Joe Thle of Bristow, and Terry Randall of Tulsa as directors.
A Sunday search at the Hokett Ranch in Coalgate ended when two year old Leslie Hokett was found crying near a branch about a half mile from the house. She was hanging on vines with a large dog nearby. Her mother Mrs. Fleasharty and others had been feeding cattle nearby before the girl wandered off for a cows visit.
A historical note recalls Godey's Lady's Book as the United States first women’s magazine, edited by Sarah Josepha Hale for 47 years. A Chillicothe high school club revived a May 1864 Apple Brown Betty recipe from the work, offering an economical pudding with grated apples and bread crumbs, baked in a covered dish.
John Skinner aged 1037 East 6th received a citation from the Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association at the OPGA banquet during its annual convention in Ada Oklahoma. Dr Frank B Cross presented the award as other honorees were saluted for contributions to pecan improvement. Skinner grafted about 10000 pecan trees in Pontotoc County since 1935 and ran a propagation program from Ada.
Martha Mote offers sewing guidance for vinyl fabrics across three types. She notes suitable patterns, cutting marks, and the need for simple straight lines as vinyl does not ease into darts. Interfacing and linings improve comfort and appearance, with opaque vinyl for set in sleeves.
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