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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1957
Page
8
A long list of visitors and family gatherings fills the Frisco area notes. Residents from Ada, Pueblo, Rio Grade Valley, Tulsa, Nowata, and other towns travel to share meals, attend church, and enjoy Fourth of July activities.
Vincent Brown and Charlotte Brown obtain divorce with custody to defendant and $45 monthly child support. Lois Trimm and Jerold Trimm divorce grants plaintiff custody and $150 monthly support. plaintiff to own real estate and 1953 Chevrolet. Willoughby and Cannon award defendant attorney fees. Dorothy Bailey and Ted Bailey divorce grants plaintiff custody of three minors, $150 monthly support, and property division.
Marriage notices show John M. Stout 20 and Joyce Ann West 19 of Oklahoma City. Bob Davis 26 of Roosevelt to Gloria Wellington 22 of Coal Rate. Charles D. Leader 20 of Tupelo to Helen Clifford 18. Paul Morrison 23 of Stonewall to Jerry Loman 18. Bryce Gene Steele 24 of Ada to Loretta Butler 23. A stray dairy note states the best barn temperature is 40 to 50 degrees per dairy specialists.
Rain and wet spells foul spring hay cutting leaving fields damp and rotting. Second alfalfa cuttings are moving to storage while native meadows lag behind normal two to four weeks. Drought and wet weather have reduced small grain yields, with rust and pests affecting oats. Farmers drill Sudan and other grasses to bridge gaps, hoping for timely rains in July and August.
The period from May to July yields three to four times more forage growth per acre than July to October. Prepared special formula feeds now account for over one fifth of all feed concentrates fed to livestock and poultry, more than double the usage level from twenty years ago in this country.
There were 61 in Sunday school at the Free Will Baptist Church. The pastor Rev Scott Jones led morning and evening services. Weekly youth camp at Camp Ground to begin Monday July 23. Numerous local visits and family gatherings noted including Ada, Oklahoma City, Vinita, Dallas, and Kansas City residents. Families hosted picnics and dinners at Turner Falls, the Rebee schoolhouse, and other local sites.
Mrs Hood and Mrs Wright are sisters. Ronnie Ainsworth of Oklahoma City visits his cousin Charles Berryman. Mr and Mrs Bert Stone spend Wednesday with Mee and Mrs Criss Pedersen and family of Vaness. The Chilcoats vacationed in Florida en route to Victoria Texas. Rev and Mrs Hatlin Baskirs attend church in Sulphur. Holloways visit G C Holloway and Karl Tilley. Gerald and Carlton Lee spend a day at Texoma Lake boating. Princeton wins all eight matches to claim the Intercollegiate Tennis Assn title. US piano production totals 190000 annually with France 30000, England 25000, Japan 20000.
Oklahoma City July damage reports show Pontotoc County among the counties hardest hit by spring floods. Officials note total state road damages at 85744 miles across 77 counties with 6 211 060 dollars in repairs and three contracts to be awarded July 16. Garfield County tops the list with claims totaling over 1 132 000. The data covers April and May as county engineers tally municipal exclusion and federal funding. The piece ends with a historical note on Hispaniola's islands' original Indian name meaning mountainous land.
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