Explaining County and City Bond Issues and Tax Levies
A column clarifies how county and Ada city bond issues function and how a five mill levy for jail funding fits into local finances. It distinguishes general obligation and revenue bonds, sinking funds, and the role of special taxes, with examples from Kilpatrick Development and Social Services Center bonds and district paving and sewer assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilpatrick
Fairgrounds
Ada
Ada Public Works Authority
Latta News Items Reflect Local Visits and Events
Latta community notes record visits among residents from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City and local towns, weekend gatherings, hospital plans, and camp meeting attendance. The column lists multiple families and individuals, with brief social updates and a long, unrelated poem and miscellaneous quotes interspersed.
Oakman Sunday Scenol draws 42 attendees and visitors
The Oakman Sunday scene drew 42 people. Visitor Kim Hardcastle of Houston attended. A special was sung by Mrs. JW Berryman. Bro. Carl Jackson delivered the morning and evening messages. M. Stovall led Sunday night Bible Study. Mrs. J D Fulton visited Mr. and Mrs. J W Berryman Tuesday morning. Mrs. Ola Joplin also visited Mr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakman
Kim Hardcastle
Houston
Berryman
Carl Jackson
M. Stovall
J. D. Fulton
J. W. Berryman
Ola Joplin
Winifred Berryman
Rochelle
Elmer Lee
Donald Norman
Gary
Barry
Jerry
Oden
Ark
Wilma Golder
Lawrence
Byng
Albert Pevehouse
Jim Fredrick
Shannon
Albert
Pevehouse
Mantay
Mes
Winters
Kenneth Gibson
Shelley
Sherry
Shane
Ada
Marie Hutchings
Thursay
Glenda West
Marie el- Jiitt
Wayne King
Laita
Kelsey King
Tressia King
John Swarts Land
Marilyn
Amarillo
Tex
Joe Sever
Frank Wade
Oklahoma City
Wilma Goldey
Jim Frederick
J. R. Pendergrass
Vera Deaton
J. R, Pendergrass
George Lee
Wasco
Calif
Vernon Pevehouse
Charlie Sliger
Ira Wommnacek
Avana Hobbs
Kay
J.R. Pendergrass
J. R. Sliger
Ricky
Alene Lancaster
Susie
Angie Wright
Jeanette Koopman
Ind
Nancy
Charles Knighton
Ferbert Kaiser
Arlie Morrison
Larry Mason
James Castoe
Adam Hardcastle
Kenney
Randy Castoe
James Castor Jr
Edd Castoe
Leroy Hardcastle
Audry
Marie Stone
Galey
Elmer Crawford
Gerald Crawford
Tammy
Seminole
Harold Crawford
Eddie
Kim Haynes
Kay Lynne Haley
Kirby Williams
Kim
Francis
T. H. Haley
Joe
Kay Lynne
Carter Williams
Mike Horton
Millard Horton
Harold
Dallas
K. M. Stovall
Buster Hobbs
Nora Hobbs
Buster
Hobbs
Ervin Duncan, Moore
Ter Hobbs
Jewel Winters
Tex Seymour
Ova Hobbs
Valleyview Hospital
Nancy Fox
Fred Canweil
Nora Hobs
Key Balthrop
Dee Ann
Mildred Current
Kendackson
Happyland
Wennesey
Gerald Current
Wanda Hilburn
Carrie Jackson
Sidney Myers
Leroy Hardcaste
Lonnie V. Manuel
Mark
Mark Manuel
Lonnie Roy
Manuel
Roy
Lonnie
Jerry Atwood
Kent
Russell
Eric Epperty
Glen Vail
Maureen Foster
Dennis Myers
Becky
Kari Ray
Olen Vail
Dub Guest
Morrie Wilson
Torrence
Virgle Winters
Gene Thornton
W.A. Lee
Trease
Jmnell
Lexington
Purcell
Jerry Lee
Galev
Billy Lee
Richard Henry
Edd Casine
Ronnie Hardcastle
Ray Hardcastle
Bob Hardcastle
Oscar Beach
E. C. Cox
Holdenville
John T. Woods
Purcell Hospital
Sonya Lee
Junior Cape
Angie
Latta
Ethel Self
Paul
Kay Maud
J. D. Castoo
Mike
Youth Fellowship
Center Association of the Free Will Baptist Church
Oakman Church
Wilson
Camp Ground
Urban Park Baptist Church
Dalas
Ned Eddey
South Carolina
Delbert Aking
George Carter
Reba la Grand
Shirley Hasek
Vacation meanings shift through decades in American life
A long, wandering digest of reflections on vacation styles, language changes, and travel evolution from early methods of leaving home to modern trips. The piece traces how wealth, transport and work pressures shaped who vacations and how it is described, noting camping and long road trips as growing trends. It closes with a local notes section of community visits and social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Law Day Insight: Courtroom Open To Public View
An elderly spectator in a Los Angeles courtroom calls it the greatest show on earth. Courts are remarkably open, with no door checks, inviting citizens to observe justice in action and reminding that transparency strengthens legal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United Sta.tes Supreme Court
Seach
Sin, guilt, and the need for a clean heart in faith
Lawrence Walthouse argues that the gospel helps identify and heal sin. He compares unconfessed sin to a splinter that festers until it wounds the foot, stressing that forgiveness requires not just pardon but a changed heart and inner spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.V
Rej Joice
Ada Merchants Rodeo Opens Three Day Stand
The Ada Merchants Rodeo opens a three day run with a Thursday parade at 3 pm forming at Calverts and moving east to the Santa Fe tracks. Rodeo shows begin nightly at 8 pm at Cub Biggs Arena, five miles west on Highway 19. Nine events are planned including calf roping, steer wrestling and bronc riding. Gene Raleigh will be the rodeo clown and Ward Brothers supply stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Merchants Rodeo
Calverts
Main
Santa Fe
Cub Biggs
Ada
Highway 19
Gene Raleigh
Ward Brothers
Coalgate
S75
Roingta
Cub Bigs
Odeo
Sweat Family Reunion At Wintersmith Park
The Sweat family of the late Robert and Sarah gathered for a reunion at Wintersmith Park. Attendees included numerous members from Stratford Tupelo Centraho ma Ada Lula and surrounding towns, with out of state relatives from Dallas and Millers, Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweat
Wintersmith
Robert
Sarah Sweat
Wintersmith Park
Gene Stone
Rusty Lynn Goodnight
Stratford
Bud Sweat
Patti Fowler
Tupelo
Edgar Cross
Lee Cross
A. J. Lemons
Centrahoma
Barbara Williams
Allen
Betty Massey
Marsha
Patti
Rhonda Massey
Eufaula
Buck Daniels
Guy Bushee
Stonewall
Cleomon Stone
Dannie Stone
James Briggs
Mitch
Phil
Robert Lewis
Jimmy Bullard
Morris Moss
Cindy Sweat
Donald Brooks
Ada
Lula
Clyde Wofford
Jack Wofford
Melinda Wofford
Roy Johnston
Larry
Phillip Johnston
Sable Harden
Kay
Ruth
de Anna, Sable Jr
Elizabeth Harden
Counr Joe Brady
Pueblo
Cole
Earnest Lee Sweat
Vernon
Vaughan
Lea Ann Sweat
Millers, Md
Buck Sweat Jr
Verson Sweat
John Sweat
Dallas
Tex
Next Meeting of AARP Scheduled For September
Pontotoc County Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons held a regular meeting in the Aldridge Building. Officers to fill vacancies for 1972 are Mrs. Ruby Bowen president and Sterling Price vice president. A nominating committee was elected and a Dallas insurance consultant spoke on plans offered to members. No August meeting. The next gathering is a picnic at Wintersmith Park on September 16 at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
American Association of Retired Persons
Aldridge
Ruby Bowen
Sterling Price
H. Ic
Hodges
Tom Watson
Steve Polansky
Dallas
AARP
Wintersmith Park
Pam
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Connie Mellon
It Safe
Mrs
Kit Thomas
Alvin Arter
Fort Worth
Claud Arter
Rhonda
Dena Bowers
Rhonda Arter
Valley View Hospital
Lizzie Chapman
Lillie Collard
Bratton
W. L. Bermett
Kathy Blackwell
Moore
E. , Blackwell
B.S. Brashler
Fred Braddock Jr
Robin
Tracy
Carman Scott
Hubert Walls
Scottie Burleson
Opal Smith
Stella
Jewell Walls
Rosa ‘Treat
Clet Roberts
Hubert
Walls
Red Bryan
Johnny Ed
Mary Spicer
Abraham Lincoln
Tommy Blackwell
Randy
Pickett
Floyd Evans
Bird Rogers
Dalton Blood
Nell Stanley
Clara Baker
Chickasha
Ronald Brash
Ter
E.S. Brasher
P. H. Allen
Reba Hasday
Timmy
Charles Love
Bobby Watkins
Brenda
Bristow
Wards
Todd
Stroud
Harold Hawk Throne
Terry
Saginaw
Clive
Coleman
Sam Evans
Arden Coffey
Lounda Henson
Billie Konawa
Bobby
L. D. Winters
Bus
Lawrence Walthouse
Betty Sweat
Hugh den
Anita Kay Sweat
Knox Sweat
Bonna Sweat
Maud Hardin
Lewis Echols
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