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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1961
Page
2
The report notes a possum raid in a chicken house affecting egg production near Alva Evans and Lewises. Church attendance reached 86 with Rev. Pendley presiding and revival ending Sunday. Several visits and family news follow, including health updates for Mrs. Ophilant and local trips by Crow, Taylor, and Evans families.
William Taylor fished at Rease Welt Bridge over Lake Texom Saturday evening but was sent home without fish. Numerous families including the Averys, Thompsons, Standridges, Suttons, Perrines, Penningtons, Pierces, Jones, Cooleys, Pierce kin, Galeys, and Suttons swapped visits, dinners, and tomatoes, with many trips from Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Mississippi noted as grandparents hosted and relatives traveled, wrapping with the title league mothers involved.
Ada Oklahoma city council approved the 1961 63 budget totaling 585165 with a 557679 prior year. Mayor Mayhall praised City Manager Davidson and Councilman Bonar called the budget tight and well thought out. The measure heads to the Excise Board. Council also backed plans for a Humpty Dumpty supermarket at Fourteenth and Broadway and a road opening for a city dumpground north of Ada in Commissioner Dave Gray's district.
Ada Oklahoma market receipts 1, 02 cattle with 95 buyers and 3, cattle types priced from 12 to 27 dollars per hundredweight. Oklahoma City prices show cows steady to weak, slaughter calves steady to strong, bulls very slow, with stockers and feeders mixed in. Hog and sheep bids limited by small offerings. Weathered prices for dairy and poultry also noted.
The saddle sitting adventurers continue their chase of the four leaf clover emblem at Kay Roberts family’s ranch this weekend. They aim to live by the motto To Make the Best Better as they ride the dusty trail once more.
Arthur P. Brick Nelson, 81, longtime Ada resident and retired farmer, died recently in a local hospital. Born January 17, 1880 in Pleasant Valley Texas, he moved to Ada from Marlow Texas. He married Lizzie L. Rutledge on February 10, 1907 in Anson Texas. Survived by his wife Lizzie. five sons Leo and Gordon of Ada, Warren Andrews Texas, Colby Tulsa, D V Hobbs New Mexico. two daughters Dorothy Terry Ada. four brothers Jess Ashtola John Grady and George. a sister Flora Newman Garland. 15 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending with Criswell Funeral Home.
About 490 Oklahomans will be drafted in September compared with 135 in August. State Selective Service director Herbert Hope says the rise aligns with President Kennedy's defense program and will triple local boards 1-A classifications through more daily physical and mental exams. The aim is a draft-ready pool of 1,800 men as recruiters report more volunteer inquiries.
Kathryn Goff is divorced from Ola R. Goll and Grace Helen Palmer is divorced from Frank D. Palmer.
The report summarizes pony sale results with average prices around 500 and top bids inclining toward a palomino mare named Prince Golden Lady consigned by Calvin Bentson. Ed Mardy and John Burchart are listed for notable grade-class fills with prices of 365 and 255 respectively. The Pony Palace forwards three annual sales, with the final 1961 sale planned for the first week of December per Brewers.
Lawrence reports 471 registered voters as County Continued from Page One with Fitzhugh. Woodrow Gibson serves as secretary, J. C. Wingard chairs, and E. T. Sumner is third member. All attended the Wednesday meeting called to discuss three precincts. Mrs Ooal Boswell is deputy for the board.
A smoking electric fan at 1202 East Fifth, Ada, drew the fire department after neighbors reported heavy smoke from the McKeel residence. Firefighters arrived quickly but found no blaze as Mrs. McKeel was elsewhere in the house.
Ada reports a第四 straight streak of accidents over a weekend with July totals reaching twenty five. Richard Fowler and Ettie Baker were involved in a minor collision at Tenth and Hope as Baker sideswiped Fowler’s parked car. Municipal Court heard pleas of not guilty for several defendants on charges including improper parking public drunkenness assault and battery and creating a disturbance. Three teenagers faced lefty curfew violations in additional municipal court cases.
The Salvation Army asks for clothing and furniture donations for a burned-out couple with a two-week-old baby in Happyland east of Ada. The family lost their home and new baby furnishings in Sunday’s fire while they were away. Mrs. Raymond Miller reports the woman wears size 12 or 34, the man 29 waist and 14K shirt. donors may call FE 2177.
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