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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1957
Page
4
A humorous essay argues women are an alien race invading Earth. It claims women conceal influence, telepathy, and superior “Hairpin Technology,” noting winter dress, mind reading, housework, fear of bugs, and social hen parties as proof. The piece ends with uncertainty about women’s plans.
Local residents share visits across families in Ada and surrounding towns. Mrs Wettie Summers, Roberta Hodges, and Everett Summers frequent Cantwell and Griffin households. Many attend singing conventions at Lightning Ridge and Stillwater while others travel to Albuquerque for radar work.
A faith based meditation contrasts Gideon’s destruction of Baal with idolatry in modern society. It argues idols arise in different cultures from public opinion to majority rule. Courage is required to break idols, whether ancient or contemporary, and devotion to the true God brings freedom.
Two experimental egg coolers demonstrated on the farm value of cooling in 1956. One cooler held six cases, the other 25 cases. Over May through September, with 60 degrees F refrigerator temps and an average enviro temperature of 91 degrees F, 200 percent more Grade A eggs were marketed from refrigerated storage than from non refrigerated storage.
The judge has many duties in a trial including selecting juries, ruling on evidence, instructing jurors, and delivering verdicts. He ensures proper conduct, excuses jurors, limits questioning, and preserves order, while deciding rulings on motions and directing verdicts when needed.
A fragmented humor column with misquoted maxims and rural sayings. The piece quips about rising prices, a Texas oilman buying a Cadillac, a husband’s pay as you go joke, road detours, and a bear in Yosemite. It weaves brief vignettes of everyday life with faded punchlines and dialectal lines.
Oakman News notes Mounger relatives visiting in Atoka with Harrison Mounger and a group from Ada, Pauls Valley, and Stonewall joining a Sunday church gathering. The spread covers multiple households as Mr. and Mrs. Current hosted Tracy Balthrop, while Flora Carter's surprise birthday dinner drew about 60 attendees.
Mrs Mamie Solomon and son Chester and Mrs Alma Dunn appear in local visit notes. Mr and Mrs Alvie Griffith hosted Sunday guests with Mr and Mrs Matt Heimer Jr and others including Grace Johnson May J. Alvis and Charles Griffith visited Mack Summers Sunday afternoon. Leroy Cantwell and Sharon called on Mr and Mrs Wd Morrison in Roff, shared by Duncan and New Egypt connections. A 1956 trial demonstrated weed control in strawberries using 2,4-0 sprays, saving 350 per acre in hand labor, with no impact on fruit size or yield.
Ada area couples announce marriages including Glen Anson age 24 from Ada to Wanda Davenport 21 of Fitzhugh and Lonnie Sparks 23 of Modesto California to Mary Lou Jones 23 of Ada. Others include Tack Crawford 20 of Los Angeles to Selma Pannell 19 of Ada Leon Hughey 21 of Fitzhugh to Jonell Christy 16 of Fitzhugh Robert Nelson 25 of Ada to Magic Brown 18 of Ada Virgil Bragr 70 of Byars to Maude Holland 71 of Byars Leon Alford 13 of Ada to Virgian Starr 11 of Ada. Want ads offer results services at FE 2-4433.
Flora Robertson of Ducor California urges correction of a May 2 1957 ADA Weekly News article by Mr and Mrs J D Underhill. She recalls Summers Chapel schoolboard members and asks for old records letters or diaries to verify early county school history and teacher selections.
Joe Earl Burns of Tulsa charged with nighttime speeding entered a guilty plea and paid a total of $41 in fines and court costs assessed by Peace Justice Wilbur P. Lee. Burns was arrested on SH 13 by State Highway Patrolman A. A. Mitchell.
Ada man Jerry Frank Dyer admitted to improper stopping on the highway ax and appeared before Peace Justice Wilbur P. Lee. He was fined one dollar plus court costs. Systemic insecticides show about 80 percent control for grabs and reduce horn flies ticks and lice on cattle in salt area.
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