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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
8
Local notes fromAround County report visitors and visits among Hatcher Hughey Penrod Griffith Ownbey and Johnson families. Everett Taylor improves after hospital stay while community members travel to Stratford Ada and Garr Corner for church hospital visits and weddings.
Mrs. Ben Ownbey and Mrs. Shelby Stanfield hosted tomatoes while Mrs. Shelby Stanfield brought roasting ears. Various relatives and friends visited Ada and Oak Grove households over the weekend including the Hatcher, Deathridge, Flowers, and Summers families. Mrs. Leslie Crawford arrived in Tucson from South America on July 6.
Dorothy Milligan notes that two good rains lift spirits and temper expectations. She reflects on appreciating outcomes only after needed storms arrive and how gratitude grows when relief arrives late.
An eyewitness recalls a deadly collision on SH 99 that killed four, detailing the long traffic snarl, the crowd at the scene, and his belief that only rescuers should remain, as others watched and joked in the rain.
At East Central College a five day Adult Education Emergency Plans Workshop trains Byng residents and teachers to lead nuclear survival classes locally. Dr Glen Wallace of the State Board of Education leads sessions while area participants include Marvin Stokes Karl Tilley Eugene Hobbs and others.
Bertha Teague will conduct a girls basketball clinic at Wayland College in Plainview Texas from Thursday to Sunday. Wayland is famed for its Flying Queens team and Teague says she always enjoys the clinics.
Eight year old Barry Balthrop injures a hand at the Boys Club while punching a bag. doctors weigh casting as his swollen hand heals. Karen Hallmark's misadventure during The Music Man rehearsal ends with a bruised foot after kicking the ceiling in a dormered studio. Mrs. Marvin Stokes visits Memphis for a ear specialist checkup for a prior hearing restoration. New Bethel Baptist youths plan to attend Falls Creek encampment near Davis with a 5 to 5:30 pm church meeting and a picnic. Byng residents see paving on heavy-traffic school grounds and the connecting Francis highway back road, with completion pending.
crews clear piles along the road and start Operation Pavement to reduce dust in hot weather and improve travel during wet winters. Mon day visit by Estell Hanning and family from Pueblo Colorado recalls Mrs. Hanning, formerly Juanita Browin, a Byng High School graduate years ago.
Mr and Mrs Buford Myers and children Betty and Kenneth will leave Sunday for a two week vacation with the destination uncertain though Yellowstone National Park is likely. They will use their fully equipped camping trailer and hope to put it to work on the trip.
Mrs Everett Meek is recuperating at home following a recent surgery at Valley View Hospital. Her daughter Mrs W M Dalley from Pasadena Texas has stayed to assist but plans to return home.
Wednesday entries note Mrs. Dalley visiting with her two sons Kevin and Chris. Formerly Miss Aileen Meek. Mr. and Mrs. Don Balthrop with children and Mrs. Clovis Balthrop enjoyed a Sunday swim and picnic in Sulphur. Walter Williams resumes routine travel with brother Paul Williams in Edmond. They visited Konawa, and Williams attended an alumni gathering at Konawa School where about 500 people attended despite rain.
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