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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1971
Page
12
A massive campaign unites federal agencies state officials and private citizens to halt sleeping sickness in horses and humans. Vaccine production and mass distribution moved swiftly aided by private industry and state points while aerial spraying targets the mosquito vector. The effort demonstrates government can act quickly in crisis though red tape and wider problems remain.
A guide to the Wage Earner Plan outlines how debtors pay from future earnings under court supervision, offering relief from creditor harassment and a path to solvency. It notes eligibility limits, creditor consent, and the benefit of preserving credit and self respect while creditors may regain some repayment.
A nostalgic essay argues Georgia stock or small horses suit rural gardens better than cutting tractors. It recalls zigzag rows, entangled vines, and the comfort of hand tools versus modern machines. It ends with a humorous note on teen-age workers and paternal garden disputes.
The article argues Paul’s teachings on wives and husbands were revolutionary in his era. It explains Jewish and Greek Roman norms demeaning women, then notes Paul calls for voluntary submission and strong marital love modeled on Christ. Legal equality remains unattainable then, yet Paul’s ideal raises family life toward a higher standard.
An upbeat verse urges older readers to grab a fishing rod and escape tension. It riffs on everyday frustrations from nagging relatives to work woes and suggests fishing as a restorative shortcut. The poem also mentions a backyard picnic where a girl boldly pitches a homerun, adding humor.
Virgle Winters and family lead a long list of visitors and guests in Ada area social notes. Many relatives and friends from Midwest City, Davis, Byng, Okla City, Eli, and beyond attend church, attend Bible school, and join meals and birthdays over the weekend and into the week.
A collection of light lines and cartoon style quips about doctors governors marriage and sports fans. A graduate of social humor ponders patient care and a boxing fan coach misses fights while his wife reports the results. A lawyer tests a dentist with a dental oath punchline.
A fat lady on a bus overhears a skinny man mutter they should charge by the pound. She fires back that if so they'd have to walk since it wouldn't be worth stopping to pick him up.
A farmer, tired of being cheated by a local dealer, prices a cow for sale with a list of add ons and a final total of 595 dollars. The bill includes basic cow 200 dollars two tone extra 45 extra stomach 75 product storage compartment 60 dispensing device 40 genuine cowhide upholstery 125 dual horns 15 and an automatic fly swatter 45. The dealer offered to buy the cow, but the farmer’s gag underscores dealer deception.
A Sunday School lesson prompts Susan to answer that the fatted calf felt sorry when the prodigal son returned. Earlier, a quip about a car accident and a tattoo sparks a humorous misreading of a back marking.
Oklahoma City AP The Oklahoma Supreme Court took under advisement a dispute between Cleveland County District Attorney Preston Trimble and three county district judges over an order requiring the district attorney to prosecute all involuntary admissions proceedings in mental institutions. Trimble argued judges overstepped authority claiming mental cases are medical, not criminal, in nature.
Tulsa voters approve a 1 cent sales tax increase by 34 960 to 15 626 with May or LaFortune and city leaders optimistic the measure will fund services. A 3 percent hotel motel levy also passes near 4 to 1 and will promote Tulsa as a convention center beginning Sept 1.
A farmer purchases a ticket after reading a sideshow sign touting a five foot tall dwarf. The carnival barker cites the world’s tallest dwarf prompting the farmer to reconsider and agree to view the act. The exchange ends with the farmer deciding to buy in.
A horse race enthusiast with failing eyes visits Dr. I. C. Poorly. He sees a door sign reading Hrs 101 Widys and balks at the odds, fearing a long shot sighted quack amid his bets.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Heath and April Meeker visited Mr. and Mrs. Kit Thomas and Kit and Paul on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Kay Henson Celia Kay and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Heath visited Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bean Wednesday night. Mrs. Joy Carson Larry Jr. and Sherry from Lawton visited her parents. Kit and Paul Thomas visited Tommy Blackwell Wednesday night.
A quirky meditation on memory and hypocrisy compares old and new eras. The speaker muses on a world where bad guys wear black hats and asks if a nation should enlist teens in world affairs while urging seniors to play. A gentle alarm clock metaphor unsettles expectations.
Mrs. Mae Biggs visited Mrs. Rebra Grissom on Tuesday. Mrs. Emily Presley, Mrs. C. G. Thurman and Mrs. Thelma Ellis with children from Holdenville visited Mrs. Grissom on Monday. Thelma Ellis and children also visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Thurman, on Monday.
Mr and Mrs Tom Shuttiz of Vaness visited Mr and Mrs Cledes Grissom on Sunday. Throughout the week visitors to Mr and Mrs P H Allen included Sid Wilson of Oklahoma City Virgle Mandana of Allen Stacey McSwan of Tishomingo and Mrs P A Allen.
Harrison Allen and Tom Jane visited Pine Creek on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Willard Mooney of California and Mrs Alice Moore Perkins called on Mrs Pearl Reeves the same day.
Joan Pinley of Seminole visits Mr and Mrs Calvin Grace this week. She is introduced as a niece of Mr Grace.
Mr and Mrs Ted Glover vacation in Canada this week. Mark and James Kent Jack visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Herbert Cooper. Mrs Charles McCaskey visits her parents in Memphis Tennessee. Rev Charles McCaskey chaplain returns home from National Guard Camp after serving.
Mr and Mrs E W Blackwell of Austen with Randy and Sherry Blackwell visited Mr and Mrs Jimmy Ferguson in Comanche according to a short social note.
Kay spent Wednesday to Friday visiting Heath and Wilfong families in Konawa. Fort Worth and Allen residents visited Kite and Wilfong relatives during the weekend. Wilfong and Kite households hosted, while Crookham youths attend Free Will Baptist Youth Camp with extra visits by Thomas, Stonecipher, and Kit family members.
Pvt Edd Henson phones his aunt Mrs Kit Thomas on Wednesday morning thanking her for her support. The item also notes gratitude to Mr and Mrs Calvin Grace for their subscription to the Weekly.
Mrs Charles Barrett of Battle Creek Michigan visited Mrs Maud Beavers on Saturday.
Ada Quarterhorse Sale owner Pete Winters announced the August 27 28 event is canceled due to equine sleeping sickness concerns. The sale had 400 top horses consigned from 23 states and the Appaloosa sale next is now set for November 24 25.
Ray Magor of Center visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dryden Friday night. Mrs. Mae Edwards called on the Drydens Thursday. Verneice Dryden and Ruby Dryden visited Saturday with Irene Klutts of Stratford. Eunice Mc Knight of Oklahoma City visited Sunday with Glenn and Ruby Dryden. Velma McDonald and Sharon of Center visited recently with Ruby Druden.
Dave Kelley announces a revival event this week at Morris Memorial Baptist Church hosted by First Baptist Church in Roff Oklahoma featuring communal services and inspirational sermons to draw attendees from the region.
Mrs Edd Medcelf along with Karen and Steven are reported in LaMarque Texas in a brief social notice. The item notes their location and names without additional details.
The Rev. Glen Eaves visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Law on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Max Law with Gregg and Lynette spent the weekend in Durant with her sister. J. W. Law, Pod Law, and Gregg Law have all been on the
Mrs Mary Lou Henson spent the past month in Virginia with her son Edward Henson and family and returned home Friday evening Edward accompanied her and will stay a few days before returning.
The record notes multiple family visits across Ada and McComb. Rance Tucker hosted relatives including Kenneth Stein and Carmella. funeral attendance for Ruby McGalliard. Epplers and Sanderses visited with Tucker and Delbert Tucker’s family. Galey and Roselius visited John Roselius. Florence Isaacs and Damon Isaacs joined Vernon Gray family for Friday supper. Damon stayed with Pattons in Oklahoma City before returning home with them.
Damon Isaacs spent Monday with Clark and Mark Gray and Melinda and Melissa Gray at the grandparents' home of Vernon and his wife. Nora Gray and Vickie Gray visited that evening with Florence Isaacs and Damon. The Hollins? no.
Mr and Mrs Jackie Ayres with their daughters spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Bobby Penrod and family in Vaness. Mrs Ann Hamblin visited Mrs
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