The Ada Evening News and Ada Weekly News history
Ada Oklahoma newspaper history notes mergers and consolidations dating from 1901 through 1953. Publication details include publisher W D Little editor Bob Heaton and pricing for mail and carrier delivery.
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ADA Times-Democrat
W. D. Little
Bob Heaton
Ada
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
Okla
ADA Evening News
Count Your Blessings on Small Town Life
A reflective piece praising smaller towns over metropolitan life. It celebrates easier parking, straightforward addresses, good local schools, safe neighborhoods, friendly neighbors, walkable errands, quiet Sundays, and simple leisure like fishing, with contrasts to city noise and air. It notes some youths misbehaving but claims no serious delinquency.
Allen Tennis Court Lights Benefit Young Residents
Allen has built a tennis court with evening lights. Initial cost is high but upkeep is minimal. The court offers wholesome recreation, a gathering spot for youths and a way for parents to know their children are safe.
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Allen
Caution Over Mowers Against Spectators
A letter warns that rotary and tractor mowers can throw nails rocks and wire, risking serious injury or death to bystanders like children. It urges careful operation and distance between workers and spectators, noting past incidents and comparing mowers to guns in potential danger.
Area Masons Gather for Monday July 29 Assembly
Area Masons from Pontotoc and surrounding counties will meet at the Masonic temple Monday night July 29 at 7 p.m. Grand Master Robert W. Osborn of Chickasha will attend. All Master Masons may attend and discuss order matters in chaired groups. Ada Lodge No. 119 secretary J. C. Sutter is area chairman. Over 125 members expected.
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Pontotoc
Masonic Temple
Robert W. Osborn
Chickasha
J. C. Sutter
Ada Lodge No. 119
Essembly
Ju 15 oo Fire! A culinary era of endless eating choices
The article muses on an abundance of food options in modern life from weight management and allergies to weather, appliances, and restaurant dining. It notes the lure of home cooking versus eating out and jokes about calorie light sodas and caffeine free coffee while kids seek burgers and muffins from rice and barley flours.
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Susie
Jimmy
Beauty secrets and frontier pride in a shifting world
An observer notes a young woman dyeing her hair twice to return to natural color and reflects on frontier settlers solving troubles without complaint. The piece laments the sale of the Kerr home, once a symbol of Senator Robert S. Kerr's ambitious vision, and voices sadness at its transfer to others.
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U.S
Robert S. Kerr
Witt Stephens Builds Afinest Empire Involving Local Capital
Arkansas native Witt Stephens, founder of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co., described as a beacon for regional finance, draws attention to the need for local risk capital to support big business in the southwest while praising community surveys. He notes the difficulty of conveying opportunity to outside investors amid a climate of small capital and practical hurdles such as heat and vehicle trouble.
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Witt Stephens
Arkansas
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Witt
Stephens
Southwest
Chief Wears Gold Badge to New Fire Chief
San Anselmo California AP reports Fire Chief Nello Marcucci retires after 33 years and passes his gold badge to his successor saying he bought the badge himself while the city provided a tin one.
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San Anselmo, Calif
Nello Marcucci
Bald eagle protection attained nationwide in 1940
The history notes that the bald eagle finally gained protection in all states in 1940. It also mentions that the term meander derives from the winding Maeander River in western Asia.
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Western
Asia
The Law and Equity in Old England and America
A concise explainer contrasts law based remedies with equity based relief. It notes that English and American courts once separated law and equity but now share judges and summarizes how equity arose to provide relief when common law failed.
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England
America
Chancery
Clean Hands Rule For Equity In A Cheating Scale Case
A scale maker sought equity to stop a competitor from exposing his cheating method but was denied relief for lacking clean hands. The court held he could not obtain equitable relief when he himself engaged in dishonesty in the issue. Oklahoma Bar Association column notes this principle and reminds readers to consult counsel.
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Greece
Rome
Equity
Oklahoma Bar Association
Minul Fie aeek by Connie Nelson and local humor
A quirky column mixing poetry and small town vignettes. Readers react to a garden dispute with kittens chewing daisies and aphids on roses while a playful exchange at a meeting features a boast about spitting across a creek. A farmer jokes about his cow Zephyr and being deafened by its kick.
Fragmented Literary Fragments and Quips
A collage of quirky lines and satirical quips ranges from playful banter about a Jones girl and a town torque to odd medical spray at a veterinary hospital. The snippets touch on pay envelopes, effort versus inheritance, and a cannibal chief’s blunt warning about talking with one’s mouth.
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Georgie Starbuch
Galbraith
Farmer’s Pig Heist Turns Into Two Sows and 25 Pigs
A local Iowa farmer reportedly lost 2 025 pigs in a robbery. The night editor questioned the figure and rewrote the report to read two sows and 25 pigs, reflecting a lower, more plausible loss.
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Iowa
Minnesota Town Debates Creek Bridge Plan
At a Minnesota town meeting a proposed bridge over the town creek was discussed with an estimated cost of 50 000 dollars. A small group pressed the plan while no opposition appeared until Ole Olson raised concerns about frugality and the project’s direction.
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Minnesota
Ole Olson
Salted cattle and watered stock origins explained
The term salted cattle describes overvalued stock once fed salt to induce thirst, making buyers think heavier cattle were worth more. The phrase watered stock parallels this trick, reflecting old practice and deception in livestock value.
Nearly 52 Million Bee Colonies in the United States
The article notes there are about 52 million bee colonies across the United States, indicating a broad scale of apiculture and pollination activity. It discusses the sector's size and potential implications for agriculture and ecosystems.
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United States
Bus Fare Rage Ends With Suitcase Plunge Into Hudson
Mr. McClaren boarded a Riverside Drive bus with a heavy suitcase, paid a nickel for a ten cent fare, and argued with the conductor. In a fury the conductor ejected him and hurled the suitcase over a parapet into the Hudson River. McClaren shouted that the driver tried to murder him and accused him of drowning his son Jock.
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Mr. McClaren
Riverside Drive
Hudson River
Jock
Tramp Makes Quip About 1886 Bathing Springs
A tramp jokes with a tourist about bathing in a spring in 1886. The brief exchange evokes a traveler’s tale and a hint of local history without details.
Dry Oklahoma fish cause dust clouds in river upriver claim
Pat Hurley jokes that extreme drought in his Oklahoma area makes dust rise as a school of fish moves upriver. A witty exchange follows about a fly in soup doing a backstroke, delivering light, humorous local color.
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Pat Hurley
Oklahoma
Cow in Pasture Sings The Star Spangled Banner Joke
A brief joke describes a cow standing in a pasture singing the national anthem. The setup implies a humorous take on patriotism and parody of official anthems.
Dandruff Remedies Cause Confetti After Barbers
A man seeks four barbers in one day for treatment. Each barber uses a different colored tonic green blue red and bright purple. Three days later he reports dandruff gone but he now has confetti scattered about.
Cherry Pie and Heritage Flavor in Evelyn S. Cason Verse
A lyrical piece extols cherry pie as more than food, linking it to history and virtue. The poet weaves images of islands, ambrosia wine, and a wife’s influence, concluding with a claim that no one says I love you like her cherry pie.
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Washington
Where Are You Who Told You What Have You Done
Dr Foreman uses the Cain and Abel story to illustrate how sin grows from small starts. He links God’s questions to modern indifference and asks who will be a brother, not a keeper, to youth and families. He cites responsibility as key to preventing crime and social breakdown.
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Cain and
Abel
Sin
Virginia
Adam
Eve
Cain
God
James W. Clarke
Richmond
New York Subway Opens 1904 Route Across City
New York subway covers 236.7 miles with 482 stations. It began operations in October 1904 on a nine mile line from City Hall to 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue then to Broadway and 145th Street. In the year ending June 30, 1962 it carried 1,369,507,594 passengers.
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New York
City Hall
42Nd Street
Lexington Avenue
Broadway
145Th Street
Around The County Streets and family notes from Stonewall area
Local residents share a sequence of social visits and daily life. Families gather at parks and homes in Stonewall and nearby towns while a community notes health visitors and a medical update for Carl Spears. A baby boy named Tommy Brucke Daniel is born in Valley View Hospital weighing nine to ten pounds.
Community groups share ice cream cake at Boda Hisaw home
Forty two people gathered last Tuesday night as the Adult II Training Union of First Baptist Stonewall hosted a social with ice cream and cake. Captains S. G. Witherspoon and Agnes Patton led losing and winning groups respectively, with many families and neighbors in attendance.
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Boda Hisaw
First Baptist Church
Stonewall
S. G. Witherspoon
Agnes Patton
Max Thomas
Cecil Bullard
Jim
Alfred Boylis
Austin King
Opal
Vance Minor
George Minor
Gene
Garry
Sherry
Ray Killian
Edward Killian
Bob Haskins
Simon Patton
Sarah Horton
Wendell Price
Mike Campbell
Hisans
Boda
Emily
Charles
Shirley
Frisco
John Neely
Joe Daniel
Homer Herion
John Neelys
Belle Stegall
Ruth Bible
Alfred Baylis
Beda
Mr. Wolf
Weekend Visits Recounted Across Ada And Garland
Mr and Mrs Vernon McCarty Tonya and Garry visited Mrs McCarty s parents Mr and Mrs Wendell Price Tonya to stay a week with her grandparents Tonya s grandparents Mr and Mrs Glenn Mobley Vickie and Glenda Garland Tex spent the weekend with Mrs Mobley s parents Mr and Mrs W R Robbins The Mobleys and Mrs Robbins called on Mr and Mrs Charlie Flanagan and Mr and Mrs James Robbins Ada Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Edward Cantrell Ada visited the W R Robbins Sunday afternoon.
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Vernon McCarty
Tonya
Garry
Johnnie Matthews
Omulgee
Glenn Mobley
Vickie
Glenda
Garland
Tex
Visitor News From the Byrd Household and Relatives
Weekend gatherings at the Byrd home included daughter in law Carl Crow ley and families from Moore Ada Garland and Harden City. Birthday party for Robert Tinsley at Ada as Spud and Diana return home with grandparents.
Daniels Family Social Notes Include Hospital Visits
Mrs. John Daniel spent Sunday at the hospital with her daughter in law Mrs. Leonard Daniel and a nephew Ronnie Brandon who is in the hospital with pneumonia. Mrs. Naomi Brady and Mrs. Wilma Chambers and son had dinner Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Daniel, and Tammy had dinner Wednesday with the John Daniels. Mrs. Jack Barnes came for ice cream Thursday night. Mrs. S. G. Witherspoon and Sherry, Mrs. June Pharr and Lea McGeehee for ice cream Monday afternoon with the John Daniels. The youngsters beat the heat at the swimming pool while the not so young resorted to the ice cream freezer.
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John Daniel
Leonard Daniel
Ronnie Brandon
Naomi Brady
Wilma Chambers
Tammy
John Daniels
Jack Barnes
S. G. Witherspoon
Sherry
June Pharr
Lea McGeehee
Social visits from Stonewall and Ada residents
Mr and Mrs Joe Margon of Stonewall visited Friday evening with Mr and Mrs Jack Barnes. Mrs Molcie Daniel visited Sunday afternoon with her dad and his wife, Mr and Mrs Simon Patton. Dora Daniel of Ada and Mrs Margarett Barnes of Stonewall visited Thursday with the Pattons.
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Joe Margon
Stonewall
Jack Barnes
Molcie Daniel
Simon Patton
Dora Daniel
Ada
Margarett Barnes
Pattons
Baptist Pastor Visits Stonewall Couple Friday Afternoon
Baptist Pastor Robert Haskins of Stonewall called on Mr and Mrs Cage Hisaw Friday afternoon to discuss community events and church matters.
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Robert Haskins
Stonewall
Mrs
Cage Hisaw
Braddock Family Visit Spans Talihina and Breads
Mr and Mrs Leon Braddock and daughters Linda Deb and Pam of Talihina spent Sunday with Leon s brother and family the John Braddocks Wanda Braddock is vacationing this week with her uncle in Talihina
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Leon Braddock
Linda
Deb
Pam
Talihina
Leon
John Braddocks
Wanda Braddock
Temperatures Soar At Pentecostal Holiness Church
The Oil Center report notes 79 attending church and Sunday school at Pentecostal Holiness Church. Rev McBroom led the Bible class in the absence of Johnny Sheppard, with Rev Arthur Smith in charge of services. Temperatures reached 105 as drought-like conditions persist amid slow second cutting.
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Pentecostal Holiness Church
McBroom
Johnny Sheppard
Arthur Smith
Bert Jones
Maxwell Church
Sowards Welcome Home After Extended Vacation
Mr and Mrs Roy Soward of Evansville Indiana returned home Friday. Mrs Vannie Northam Soward's mother joined them for an extended visit. Don Thomas of Houston Texas spent Thursday and Friday with his parents and attended the funeral of his granddaughter Marsha Dian Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs Mike Thomas of Oklahoma City.
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Roy Soward
Evansville
Ind
Vannie Northam
Mr. Soward
Don Thomas
Houston
Tex
Bryan Thomas
Marsha Dian Thomas
Mike Thomas
Oklahoma City
Weekend Travels and Local Gatherings Noted in Ada Area
Sunday updates show Bobby and Mrs Lewis leaving for Athens Greece on a Fulbright grant after a Madison, Wisconsin period. Several residents, including Don and Sally Thomas and Bryan Thomas, visit family across Oklahoma City and Shawnee. A wedding bells event for Edith Cook and Elmer Maxwell closes a week of church and community activities.
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Bobby Lewis
New York
Athens
Greece
Bobby
U. S. Educational Foundation
Madison
Wis
Edith Cook
Elmer Maxwell
Bob Maxwell
Ada
Visiting friends and patients noted in Ada and Latta
Last week visitors included Bobby Cook of Oklahoma City and the Burns family from Latta with Mr and Mrs Winfred Burnett and Mr and Mrs Gene Fortenberry Also Mrs Betty Hayes a surgery patient at Valley View Hospital is remembered as Betty Burk Friends at Oil Center send speedy wishes Willis Sutton Casey and Bryan Thomas and Melvin Newby visited Frank Lewis Frances Wood spent time with Mildred Wood Perry Henson and Bryan Thomas shared a grapes gathering Ada residents attended Sunday school at Free Will Baptist Church Mary Allen visited Mildred Wood and A O Sutton and Dennis Allen hosts Sunday night calls
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Frank. Roberts
Maxwell
Bert Jones
Sherry Jones
Ada Isaac
Ada
Elmer Maxwell
Bobby Cook
Oklahoma City
Roma Weightman
Winfred Burnett
Gene Fortenberry
Latta
Betty Hayes
Valley View Hospital
Willis Sutton
Casey
Bryan Thomas
Melvin Newby
Frank Lewis
Mary Allen
Mildred Wood
Free Will Baptist Church
Local Visit Notes From Pierce Household In Oklahoma
Mrs. Lina Beavers of Memphis Texas spends the week with her son Willie Pierce in Lawton Oklahoma. Visitors include Mrs. Lillie Miller and grandsons Troy Nulley and LeeRoy Harrison, Del City and Lawton. Mrs. Albert Earl Pierce and family of Del City visit. Cal Pennington family of Norman join. Virgie Pierce and Ivey Stonecipher meet in town. Cleve Stonecipher shares dinner with the Pierces. Pierce suffers a burned foot from a California firecracker weeks ago.
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Lina Beavers
Memphis
Tex
Willie Pierce
Lillie Miller
Troy Nulley
Montana
LeeRoy Harrison
Lawton
Pierce
Albert Earl Pierce
del City
Calvin Pennington
Norman
Virgie Pierce
Ivey Stone
Ada social notes include visits and outings
Stacy Booth stayed with Paula Tucker while his mother and Mrs. Tucker shopped in Ada. The Tucker family and Booth families visited Six Flags Over Texas on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Booth dined with the Paul Tucker group on Sunday. Janice Franks Paula Tucker and Sondra Garrett spent Sunday with Dorthea Tucker.
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Stacy Booth
Paula Tucker
Mrs. Robertson
Mrs. Tucker
Ada
Paul Tucker
Paula
Tonya
Dorchil Booth
Debbie Mullins
Six Flags Over Texas
Melvin Booth
Janice Franks
Sondra Garrett
Dorthea Tucker
Gray Family Dines with Nearby Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Gray and family shared dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gray and then spent the afternoon visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Isaac.
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Vernon Gray
Owen Gray
W. N. Isaac
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Uthy Uke
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Gram
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Sandra
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Jack Vick
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Bud
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el Paso
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Earl Henry
Marshalls
Bud Brooks
Hisaw
Carl Spears
Carl
Joe Spears
Shirley Ann
Coalgate
Virgil Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Grace Marshall
Grace
Tommy Brucke Daniel
Sam Sanders
Tommy
Charles Hisaw
Mrs. Hisan
Buck Daniel
Guy Busby
Lodge
Clara Kennedy
Jack
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Dora
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R. J
Kenneth Alexander
Nola Daniel
Coy Byrd
Carl Crowley
Moore
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New York City
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Karen
Bob Byrd
Todd
Marty
Bertie Sherrell
Harden City
Burl Phillips
Spud
Diana
Sandra Baylis
Robert
Sherrel Tinsley
Minnie Lewis
Sally Thomas
Vivian Northam
Opal Sutton
Hansel Burk
Lee Littles
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lena Soward
Ruth Sutton
Agnes Ruthledge
REA
Fair Grounds
Soward
Myrtle Evans
Johnny Qualls
Casey Thomas
Jimmy, Shawnee
Wileta Gray
Phoenix, Ariz
J. S. Lane
Gerald Sutton
Chris
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Perry Henson
A. O. Sutton
Dennis Allen
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