Only Precious Few Remain On Farm
Migration from farms continues while some move to rural areas for lifestyle. Most rural residents are not farmers. they work in towns and live in the country for personal reasons. Farm numbers have fallen from about 6.7 million farms in 1935 to under 3 million today, with just one in 25 Americans living on a farm.
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Paree
Ada
Erm
University of Oklahoma
0.U
Harold Keith
Keith
Ned Biffle calves take Denver honors
Three of Ned Biffle's angus calves won championships at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver with Marshal 632 as grand champion sale bull. Buyer's name George Young Fort Worth paid $18 300 for Marshal 632. Betty 64 won reserve senior heifer champion and sold for $15 000 to an Argentina buyer. Marshal 645 was senior bull calf champion and Biffle retains ownership. this calf had top honors at the American Royal Illinois State Fair and American Angus Futurity in Louisville and later at the North American Livestock Exposition in Louisville.
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Ned Biffle
Denver
Biffle
Marshal
George Young
Fort Worth
Betty
Argentina
Louisville
Sunshine Sunday School Attendance and Local Visits
Sunshine Sunday had twenty two attendees with Joy and Bucky Pender graft Ada and thirteen at Sunday night services led by Don Parr. The Parrs spent Sunday with Daily and Mrs Phillips. many Green and related families visited Ada and Oklahoma City sites, with Melissa Green at the National Rodeo Finals in Tulsa and the McLish Oilers winning at Del City tournament.
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Sunshine Sunday
Joy
Bucky Pendergraft
Ada
Don Parr
Daily Phillips
J. L. Green
Julia Thomas
Jesse Green
Tillie Parish
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Oklahoma City
Mrs. Parish
Melissa Green
Tulsa
Mary Jo Green
Mildred Young
Sidney Green
Mary
Leroy
Luie Odom
David Swarb
Roff
Leroy Summers
Asa Jones
Paul Young
Claude Hewett
Margene Hewett
Stonewall
Buck
Clude Hewett
J. B. Eager
Vernie Henley
Calude
HeClaude Hewett
Wendell Sawyer
del City
McLish Oilers
Odus McGalliard
Revival Begin News At Mountain View Church
Thelma Jean Garrett started a revival meeting at Mountain View Church on January 8 and reported a good revival. The visit included Rae Garrett and Pug Garrett who dined with her, while Lane and family shared news amid slick roads and bad weather. Families in Oil Center and Stratford joined Bill Reed and Leroy Grove in visits, with Leroy’s birthday noted.
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Leon Garrett
Rae Garrett
Pug Garrett
Thelma Jean
Mountain View Church
Pug
Oil Center
Leon
Leroy Grove
Stratford
Bill Reed
Leroy
Cecil Morris
Sick List and Church News From Vanoss
Several residents listed in this week’s sick list with Laura Cothren ill from a virus, Alvie Griffith in Pauls Valley hospital, and George Welch visiting him. Sunday school drew 54 at Lightning Ridge Baptist on Men’s Day with messages from Randy McCowan and Mack Summers.
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Laura Cothren
Alvie Griffith
Pauls Valley
George Welch
Larry Harber
Michelle
Valerie
Wayne Cothren
Jeremy
Wayne
Larry
Laura
Mrs. Harber
Ben Franklin
Jimmy Neal
Claudia Clay
Jimmy
Tulsa
Corene Mustain
Sonja Jolley
Valley View Hospital
Sonja
Lightning Ridge Baptist Church
Charlie Laxton
Mack Summers
Curtis Wylie
Randy McCowan
Don Newby
Jake McGee
Virlie
Missouri
Sherri Stoneberger
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sherri
Steve Krebbs
Sherli
Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Cothren
Ada
Dusty Bolin
Shannon Hooks
R. B. Tiffin
Donna Stone
Tiffin
Mike Tiffin
Regents award Dow Construction Hall renovation bid
The Oklahoma Colleges Board of Regents approved Dow Construction Co of Oklahoma City to remodel Fentem Hall. Dow bid 140,900 for base work including air conditioning on floors one and two and new systems, plus 18,000 for third-floor climate units.
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Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges
Fentem Hall
Stanley Wagner
East Central University
Regents
Oklahoma City
Dow Construction Co
Dow Construction
Ideal Cement Plant Razing Planned in Ada
The old Ideal Cement Company plant in Ada will be torn down starting this month, with dismantling by Wells Excavating Company delayed by weather. The structure, replaced in 1959, has been idle for 20 years and will be removed for safety reasons. Rest of the actions include campus remodeling at East Central University to improve accessibility, funding approvals for new vans and catalogs, and Northwestern State University confirming the resignation of head football coach Glen Wolfe.
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Ideal Cement Company
Ada
Wells Excavating Company
Oklahoma City
Harry Lazier
Ideal
Denver
Ideal Cement
ECU
Wagner
Fentem Hall
East Central
State Regents For Higher Education
Registry Office E and G
Human Resources Department
E and G
S. Francis
Francis Street
Robert S. Kerr
Northwestern State University of Alva
Glen Wolfe
Wolfe
Northwestern
Daniel and the Lions Den Lessons on Loyalty to God
The text contrasts Daniel's high standing with Persian rulers who plot to trap him. They cannot find fault in his conduct, only his faith. They aim to force a choice between loyalty to the king and loyalty to God, testing Daniel's devotion without public defiance.
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Darius
Daniel
God of
Israel
God
Daniel, the lion's den, and standing for faith
The piece portrays Daniel facing enemies and a wavering king, highlighting faith under pressure. It urges Christians not to seek trouble but to stand firm where God calls, citing Daniel’s refusal to compromise and his entry into the lion's den.
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Daniel
East Central University ROTC honors honor ribbon recipients
Last week at East Central University a ceremony honored ROTC cadets with the Honor Ribbon for top ten percent and Scholastic Achievement Ribbon for dean or president honor roll. Recipients include Kalan Baker and William Davis among Ada students and many others from McAlester and Ardmore plus cadets from across Oklahoma and beyond.
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Reserve Officer Training Corp
ROTC
East Central University
Ada
Kalan D. Baker
William Davis
Steven W. Long
Jackie L. Bonner
Homer R. Neill
Kathryn D. Parks
James R. Smith
Edward D. Taylor
Anita Jones
Allen D. Miller
Manuel M. Ott
Arthur D. Scribner
William R. Taylor
Melva L. Pyles
Pyles
Midwest City
Brenda K. Rhodes
Debbie K. Farve
Debbie D. Shepard
Ardmore
Thomas P. Wright
el Cajon
Calif
Jorge Arrocha
Republic of Panama
Georgiana Broadbent
Nancy F. Barrett
Dustin
Alan Callicoat
Donna K. Callicoat
Atoka
John R. Grider
Okemah
Susan T. Kelly
Reginald Love
James R. Howeth
Sulphur
Debbie Lynn
Irumright
Jess R. Moffett
Bolivia
Jenna G. Edwards
Anders
James Ezell
Eddie M. Hatton
Tom
Ty Gregory
Wilburton
Karen L. Hunt
Pauls Valley
Felecia A. Qualline
Oklahoma City
Paul A. Slater
Fairfax
Richard Bronson
Karen Hunt
Susan Kelly
Steven Long
Allen Miller
Kathryn Parks
Paul Slater
James
Company Y
Brenda Rhodes
Richard L. Bronson
The Family Lawyer Explains Neighbor Noise Case
An adjacent mansion’s loud air conditioner prompts a court to require nighttime noise reductions. The judge ruled no right to disturb others and balancing equities matters. Other cases show quiet appliances and kitchen exhaust odors often lack legal grounds.
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Millers
Rise From '77 Spring Semester Shown ECU Enrollment Increases
East Central University reports a seven to ten percent rise in spring 1978 enrollment over 1977. As of Thursday 3,139 students were enrolled, with final totals expected near 3,400. Inclement weather delayed registration and forced graduate enrollment cancellations. part time options remain through Feb. 3.
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East Central University
Stanley Wagner
ECU
Kuntry Korner Mincemeat Cookies and Cakes
A nostalgic kitchen column lists recipes for Mincemeat Cookies Hoagy Cake and Waybury Inn Relish. Cookies mix shortening brown sugar eggs coffee flour soda salt nutmeg cinnamon and mincemeat then bake. Hoagy Cake blends butter sugar citrus zest flour leavening and buttermilk with nuts and can be served warm. Relish combines onion celery eggs beans mayonnaise mustard curry powder salt and pepper for a chilled side dish.
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