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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1957
Page
2
A reflective column muses on improving humanity and the American condition. It weighs whether rising living standards threaten spiritual and moral fiber, notes worries from educators coaches and religious leaders, and questions how weather and nature, from plants to pests, reflect larger truths about prosperity and resilience.
Community notes from Ada weekly page recount church attendance at Camp Ground Free Will Baptist Church and social visits across families in Sulphur and Morenci, with local names and addresses. Weather quips demand rain. A dairy statistic notes U.S. milk production rising 20 percent in 19 years and forecast to rise 20 more in 10 years.
County readers weigh silage as a solution for winter feed. Cy Hailey touts grain sorghums as quick seed, trench silos as cheap quick options, and concrete or plastic structures for longer term storage. He notes costs from a few hundred to several thousand dollars and suggests pooling silage equipment among farmers to save labor and money.
Ada Livestock Exchange held a Tuesday sale with prices for all cattle classes largely steady. The report lists sale times for cattle groups from young heifers to veal calves and stockers, with ranges for cows, bulls, dairy calves, hogs, sows, and feeder stock, indicating broad pricing stability.
Valley View hospital board backs fairness to paying patients under the Welfare Commission proposal. Officials expect a joint plan within a month to assure welfare recipients full hospital care without burdening those who pay.
Marriages listed include Harold Platt age 32 of Ada to Carlene Platt 21 of Ada. Johnny Shores 38 of Coalgate to Bobbie Nell Young 18 of Coalgate. Elmer Keys 20 of Ada to Norma Sue Hood 16 of Ada.
Dairy Judging Field Day for the southeast district of Oklahoma was held Monday on the Paul and Jones Mungle Dairy Farm near Atoka with 40 teams in EFA and 4H divisions. Latta and Pontotoc County 4-H'ers showed best among locals as Latta's FFA team placed third in the club division. Atoka won the FFA team title with 786 points. Latta individual Kenneth Martin finished fourth with 270 of 300. Eldon Lee led Latta in 1si. Cleveland County won the 4H division. Pontotoc Countians placed third in the club events. free barbecue was served to participants, and Latta instructor J C Pruitt praised the day as very successful.
Mrs Vernon Gasaway reports on visiting relatives in Oklahoma City and California, with lists of Aun McCullar and family, Clarence and Kenneth Davis, Roy Childers, Acie Thomas, Lonnie Miller, Herman Miller, Jack Hurt, Minnie Miller, S.B. Brumley’s hospital return, Helen Wilkerson and Pauls Valley kin, Mary Ragland in California, and the Beauford Berry party from Stratford attending the Semi Century event. July Fourth visits noted by Willie Orten and Barbara in Oklahoma.
Local families and visitors are listed visiting relatives in Ada Latta Stratford Konawa and Sanford Texas. Mentions include Meeler Kinsey Dyer Ponder Thomas and Thomas families along with travels to Bromide California Colorado and Canada. An ice cream supper notable at First Baptist Church followed by various visits and summer travels.
The 1912 built landmark house in Ada County owned by the Trutts since 1947 burned Sunday afternoon along with its contents. A second blaze nearby left a frame house completely destroyed. Cattle on the farm suffered pink eye, hindering food and water access and some cattle died from blindness.
A long look back at Dr S J Burns recalls delivering 4035 babies, his Arkansas birth in 1876, move to Maxwell in 1911, humble beginnings, switch from horses to cars, and a career spanning Stratford Stonewall and retirement. Surviving family includes Effie Burns and several children stepchildren and siblings in Arkansas Texas Iowa and New Hampshire.
County election board and officials plan to redraw voting precincts to align with new division lines. Thompson notes the district now covers over 30 additional square miles, affecting road funds and commissioners’ districts. Austell and Gray cite county responsibility for the adjustments and mileage considerations.
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