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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
3
Recipes for corned beef sausage and head cheese from a freezer era kitchen. Step by step meat prep with spices, curing salt, and packing into molds. Includes head cheese method with brains and tongue, cooling and slicing directions for final service.
Health article from the Health Insurance Institute urges balanced diets for families despite affluence. It cites 1965 and earlier studies on households with good diets and lists vitamins A B C and D with sources and functions. The piece emphasizes cooking knowledge to preserve nutritional value for children and adults.
The Kifer family from Stonewall and relatives from Ada Oklahoma City Davis and Tulsa gathered at Wintersmith Park for a reunion with a noontime luncheon. Attendees included L. C. Kifer, W. D. Laxton, J. D. Flowers, O. B. Kifer, Vernon Minter, Verna Locker, Mike, Bill Kifer and Sandy, Roy Kifer, C. L. Kifer and children, Johnny Kifer family, Joe Glasgow clan, Viola Beard, Charles Nail clan, Bob Blackford, Nadean Scates and Timmy and more relatives from Tulsa, Edgewood and Carmi.
Thomas Kopaski of Fairmont West Virginia cites a laundromat patron who uses multiple washers and dryers each visit to supply clean ducts for her nine children. The piece notes minerals calcium phosphorus iron in dairy meat and greens as essential for bone and blood cell formation.
Readers in Frisco and nearby towns share a flood of names and casual gatherings. Families from Ada Lawton and Duncan visit each other, attend dinners, fish fries, and cemetery trips, with Memorial Day events noted and several travel plans. The column catalogs dozens of short exchanges among Osborns Daniels Pattons and many others across Tupelo, Stonewall, and Tecumseh.
Mary Laseman reports multiple weekend visits: Jess Glasgow spent days with son Joe in Oklahoma City and kin in Manhattan Kansas. Alvin Mantooth of Stratford and others visited Laseman family in Pickett and Sherman area. Nettie Summers and Phyllis Ann dropped by Joe Summers’ home. Hen Tracy and sons from Odessa visited her mother Ann Sheffield. Ralph Burleson and family attended their grandson’s commencement in Big Springs and visited Thelma Burleson and David in El Paso, with trips to Juarez. Albert Clayton of Grand Prairie visited Myrtle Clayton. Laseman hosts weekend guests.
The board approves Head Start for four year olds in Glenwood with Community Action Program contingent on federal funds. The program would run full year half day for culturally deprived children with no district cash outlay. space and utilities cover local share. Plans also include six month Napier building option for Ada Boys Club site, plus bids for Willard School lighting and ceiling, and summer maintenance staffing for the new high school.
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