Parker Dam and Lake Spark Oklahoma Water Debate
The Parker Lake project by the Corps of Engineers would cost about 21.4 million dollars and aims to provide central Oklahoma water for Moore Norman Midwest City Dell City Shawnee and Ada. Critics argue the plan moves water from its origin area to elsewhere, questioning who benefits and whether flood control or local economic impact justify the large impoundment.
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Parker Lake
Corps of Engineers
Okahoma
Corps
Oklahoma
Parker Dam
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Parker
Oklahoma City
Sandy Creek
Moore
del City
Midwest City
Shawnee
Norman
Gospel Music Festival Draws Meager Crowd in Oklahoma
SAYRE Oklahoma AP The Gospel Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend drew about 500 attendees amid a $200000 investment by promoter Steve Landtroop and family. He said they faced an uphill battle and that financial returns were poor, noting they would have needed twenty thousand attendees at ten dollars each to break even.
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Sayre
Okla
Steve Landtroop
Durant
Vacation Frantic Season Highlights Family Travel Tensions
Vacation season brings frantic preparation and chaotic travel as families chase relaxation. Friction rises over meals, temperature, and seating, with arguments from road stress to hotel nights. Despite irritations, many families endure trips and plan again next year.
Sus Stireia Five Vacation Warps Family Rout
The column notes a family’s recurring turmoil as vacations recur each year. It suggests families adapt by rolling with punches, balancing bad spells with moments of not being constant hardship. The piece argues vacations are partly a traditional family obligation.
Sunshine Sunday Notes and Local Visits in Sunshine OK
Community newsletter recounts 29 attendees at Sunday School led by Don Parr, social visits among local families, church events, and preparations for the June 6 Homecoming. Readers include Kathy Richardson of Victory Children's Home and multiple families visiting Ada, Roff, and Stillwater for 4-H events and cemetery work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Don Parr
Beatrice Wyche
Kathy Richardson
Victory Children’s Home
Sunshine Church
Buck Heard
Claude Hewett
Bill Oliver
Vernie Henley
J. B. Eager
Ada
Daily Phillips
Bill Isenberg
Sheila
Mark
Denver City
Tex
E. D. Eager
T. J. Roquemore
Colberg Church
Rofs
Kay
Donna
Danny Parr
Stillwater
Cuba Heard
Cuba
Lon Pendergraft
Tulsa
T. J
Naomi Roquemore
Joy
Doug
Buckie Pendergraft
Bill Oliver, Jr
Jimmy Stephens
Larry Heard
Janet
R. C. Wilson
Roff
Henny Childs
Jr. Jenkins
Mary Jo
Melissa Green
Julia Thomas
J. L. Green
East Hill Cemetery
Johnnie Southerland
Latta
Jesse Green
Noble
Lake Eufaula
Jim Barlow
Age
Ala
Mary
Joe Swart
David
Leroy
Freddy Ble Vins
Sidney Green
Phyllis
Addie Stringer
Joe Swarb
Freddy Blevins
Anchorage
Odus McGalliard
Albuquerque
Ernie Alexander
Pearl Blevins
Clyde Hobgood
Sunshine Baptist Church
Hal Sliger
Roff Community Hosts Memorial Day Homecoming and Reunions
Out-of-town visitors and local residents gathered around East Hill Cemetery for Memorial Day grave decoration as Roff plans a long-standing homecoming and Alumni Banquet set for June 12. Families from Perry Shawnee and Oklahoma City attended and shared church services and music at the Roff Baptist Church.
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B. F. Finley
Bill
Perry
Julie
G. A. Lane
Atoka
J. R. Lane
Eva Lane
de Layne
Julie Finley
Shawnee
Opal Samuelson
Chio Pattillo
Bobby Jeff Fuscell
Nettie Hodges
Mack Summers
Gertie Summers
Hart
Charles Morrow
Fred Clifton
P.O. Box
Roff
Roff High School
P. O. Box
Stratford
Pearl
Ivan Jackson
Oklahoma City
Roff Baptist Church
Douglas Reed
Johnie Ownes
Owens
Ross Church
Bob Ownes
Ruston
Reed
Chuck
Lucile Baker
Jim Hardin
Dallas
Lorene Gatlin
Tulsa
Kenneth Mock
Ada
L. A
Local Notices from Moran Area Hospital and Visitors
Multiple local residents and relatives visit or are treated in Valley View and Pauls Valley hospitals. Names include Birtie Moran, Maggie Sawyer, Linda Welsh, Quinn Phillips, and Lollie Mann with trips to Arkansas California Illinois Indiana and New Mexico cited. Community church events note 17 and 25 attendees with songs.
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Audry Treas
Moran
Flonora Pierce
Quinn Phillips
Ray Phillips
Lollie Mann
Ada
Rolan Phillips
Henry Glover
Byrd
Ruth Cooper
Floyd
Myrtle Anderson
Lula
Russell Stacy
Valley View Hospital
Maggie Sawyer
Pauls Valley
Dan Hill
Ramona Edwards
California
L. D. Moran
Holland
Arkansas
Oneta Loyd
Dale Webb
Morans
Lee
New Mexico
Husted
Methodist Church
Bartlesville
Church of the Nazarene
Revised plans for 18th Street widen project
Planning continues on the E 18th street widening from Francis to Country Club. The $318,600 project blends Community Development and Urban Systems funds with potential additional state and city matching. Final plans eyed for August approval and bids by October with construction in early next year.
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E. 18Th
Francis
Country Club
State Highway Department
Urban Systems
Dick Dudley
Poe and Associates
John Doyle
Highway Commission
Doyle
Dudley
Local Church Visitors and Attendance at Sunday Services
The Rev Dowdy welcomed his daughter a returned missionary during visits to First Baptist. Free Will Baptist reported 45 attendees while Church of Christ held service at Resthaven Nursing Home. Lula Baptist counted 96 in Sunday school with grounds dinner.
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First Baptist Church
Dowdy
The
Church of Christ
Resthaven Nursing Home
Lula
Fallen Tree Blocks SH 1 Traffic Near Roff
High winds toppled a tree across SH 1 north of Roff Saturday night, blocking traffic for nearly three hours. A northbound driver reported seeing the tree as it came down in heavy rain. she was uninjured and her car suffered no damage. Trooper Spike Mitchell investigated. deputies and reserve officers directed traffic via Fitzhugh and Highway 61.
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SH 1
Roff
Spike Mitchell
Fitzhugh
Highway 61
Nong of Us Sunday School Lessons
Lawrence Walthouse argues that modern society embraces a broad freedom to choose actions and pleasures, but warns that false freedom can tempt people to boast of limitless will. He urges tempered self discipline and responsibility amid changing moral norms.
Freedom and bondage in appetite and belief
The text argues that unchecked freedom to indulge appetite leads to bondage, applying the same to physical emotional and spiritual desires. Using Paul I Corinthians 6 as authority, it states all things are lawful but not all are beneficial and true freedom means not being enslaved by anything.
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Paul
Homemade Pancakes and Savory Stuffing Mix From Kuntry Korner
A readable mix of recipes and kitchen tips. Includes 12 cup Mayonnaise artichoke dip with Parmesan and chopped artichokes, and a turkey stuffing using onions celery margarine cornbread breadcrumbs peanuts and parsley. Also details a 15 pancake batter and griddle method.
Ada and area deaths listed with May 27 to May 31 dates
Obituary notices list Ada area residents MICHAEL DWAYNE NICKELL 3 JIM WESTBROOK 31 BESSIE RUSHING 72 CLYDE MEADERS 87 FURMAN FLOYD 70 Eunice Viola MCINTIRE 95 plus RUSSELL STACY 69 of Stonewall and KIMBERLY ANN NICKELL 7 months, with funeral homes Criswell Norwood-Welch Smith Criswell referenced.
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Michael Dwayne Nickell
Ada
Criswell Funeral Home
Jim Westbrook
Norwood-Welch Funeral Home
Bessie Rushing
Russell Stacy
Stonewall
Smith Funeral Home
Clyde Meaders
Furman Floyd
Eunice Viola McIntire
Allen
Kimberly Ann Nickell
Also Mentioned on This Page
ADA Times-Democrat
W. D. Little
Don Cook
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
ADA Weekly News
Pontotoc
Dial
Star Democrat
Ada-Times
ADA Evening News
Junior
America
Sunshine Written
By Mary JO Green
Leonard Young
Paul Young
Tillie Parish
Maxine Taylor
Evangelistic Temple
Stonewall Ritten
Birtie Moran
Carmie Treas
Minnie Maloy
Herb Phillips
Jack Sandlin
Pennington Creek
Furgerson
Pauls Valley Hospital
Linda Welsh
Mr. Choate
Free Will Baptist Church
Texas
Dillon Clifford
Tupelo
Moore Cemetery
Melvin Holland
Geneva Gregory
Nong
BY Lawrence Walthouse
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