Ada Weekly News publication details and rates
Historical notice details Ada Oklahoma newspaper publishing history dates and mergers with Pontotoc County Enterprise Ada Star Ada Times-Democrat and The Ada Evening News pricing by carrier and mail within and outside Pontotoc County and Oklahoma region.
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W. D. Little
Bob Heaton
Ada
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
Kiwanis Offer Free Swim Lessons For Rural Youths
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ada sponsors summer swimming programs with June 14 17 enrollment and a June 17 start at Wintersmith Park. They aim to help rural youngsters learn to swim, stressing safety and low fees to prevent drownings in farm ponds and creeks.
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Kiwanis Club
Greater Ada
Wintersmith Park
Ada
Beware the Expert and the Mistrust of Figures
A columnist critiques space age talk and expert figures that confuse the public. The author favors clear explanations over jargon and questions the reliability and sourcing of statistics used to forecast everyday phenomena.
A Plea for Trees in Ranch Timber Clearing
A brief urging ranchers to spare some trees despite the difficulties of grass and timber. It argues trees along streams stabilize banks provide cattle shade in summer and shelter in winter and offer aesthetic value. The piece notes trees can be cut later but take a lifetime to grow.
Chickasaw Governor Maytubby Schedules Ada Meeting
Governor E B Hugh Maytubby new Chickasaw Nation leader meets Ada at 7 30 p m in the Oklahoma State Bank conference room with tribe members to discuss needs and welfare. Earlier sessions are set in Sulphur Murray County Courthouse 2 30 p m with Holmes Calvert and Mrs Marie Bailey in charge. Coffee served at Ada session. Another Ardmore meeting is planned for Saturday at 10 a m with aims to reach many Chickasaws.
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E. B
Hugh"’ Maytubby
Ada
Oklahoma State Motor Bank
Indian Bureau
Murray County
Sulphur
Holmes Calvert
Caring Like God The True Helpers Of Love
Devotional reflection on Psalm based care and responsibility. If God cares for people we must share His concern. The piece urges active kindness, counters indifference, and notes personal involvement in helping others as a duty of faith. It cites James and stresses practical charity over mere words.
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God
Peru
Army
Navy
Minjares Honored for 1.8 Million Miles Without Incident
Porterville Police Chief Francis Torigian presented the Porterville Safety Council award to J. J. Minjares a long time truck driver for the record 1.8 million miles since 1927 without a traffic accident or citation praised as fantastic by attendees.
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Porterville
Calif
J. J. Minjares
Porterville Safety Council
Francis Torigian
Minjares
News Classified Ads Dial BE 2-4433
Buy sell trade rent in this newspaper section. Contact number BE 2-4433 for listings and inquiries.
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Dial
Pontotoc 4-H Members Win County Roundup Awards
Twenty six Pontotoc County 4-H members returned from the 42nd annual State 4-H Club Roundup at Stillwater with blue and red awards in diverse demonstrations. Notables include Carol Howell and Martha Herion of Roff, Janice Chilcoat of Vanoss, and Carol June Timmons of Ada who received a $250 scholarship at the 4-H Key Club breakfast.
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Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma
Jane Norton
Emerson Black
Carol Howell
Roff
Shirley Howell
Judy Williams
Peggy Hill
Jane Davis
Alvina Tidwell
Kaywana Pipes
Glenna Williams
Carol Dearman
Carol
Jenny Runyan
Martha Herion
Janice Chilcoat
Vaness
Richard Bailey
Doug Stinson
Allen
Donnie Reed
Harris Zackery
Stonewall
Dewey Madden
Mike Enis
Marvin Mitchell
McLish
Roger Pipes
Herbert Teel
Bill Shope
Betty Brown
Mary Jo Sanders
Carol June Timmons
Pete Timmons
Ada
How Long Is a Mile in June Memories
Poetry and prose mix as Kathryn Blackburn Peck recalls a boy in June exploring fields and trees, with nature scenes and riffs on childhood freedom. The piece closes with a dental chair joke, a tongue in cheek aside, and a quip about whiskey and education.
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Kathryn Blackburn
Einstein’s Fourth World War Weapons and Sonny’s Circus Pigs
A quip attributes to Einstein that future warfare will be fought with rocks due to rapid tech progress. A boy named Sonny, five, guides visitors to pigs behind an electric fence, describing a “short circus” if they back into the fence.
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Mr. Einstein
Sonny
Laughing Pain Inside a Quiet Family Moment
A short exchange recalls a family joke about laughter and tears. A child recounts laughing at a tack mishap when father stepped on it, provoking both laughter and tears as a tender domestic moment.
Traffic Jam Analogy From Vague Verse
A lyric line compares a traffic jam to moving slowly and notes a joke about inflation in naming an old ailment. The fragment hints at humor about high costs and a new label for a familiar condition.
Life's millionaires by a clear conscience and good life
The saying values inner wealth over riches. It notes that time and effort turn knowledge into wisdom, and true riches come from a clear conscience a sound liver loyal friends and a happy home. It emphasizes maintaining youth of heart and honesty of soul.
Jump at your opportunity in a merchant’s without secret
An ambitious youth asks a great merchant for success. He learns there is no secret. You cannot tell when opportunity comes. You must keep jumping to seize the chance whenever it appears.
Proverbial Musings on Planning, Advertising, and Age
A compact quote collection notes planning as prophecy and digestion as divine. It contrasts creditors and debtors with superstition about dates, praises national ideals seen in ads, and jokes about aging by mood and admission.
Faris Ends Career At Platt Park
Sulphur su pt Johnwill Faris of Platt National Park retires from the National Park Service effective June 15. Acting superintendent John A. Stephens will serve until a permanent replacement is named. Faris, with the Service 35 years, came to Platt in 1961 and faced local controversy in December 1961 over closing park entrances and in January 1963 over expansion of the park. The Farises plan to make their home in Alamogordo New Mexico.
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Johnwill Faris
Platt National Park
National Park Service
John A. Stephens
Faris
Platt
Veterans Hospital
Tishomingo Avenue
Sulphur Chamber of Commerce
Alamogordo
N.M
Dust and crops spark a cross state fantasy on farms and laws
A humorous letter riffs on Long Island dust storms and Oklahoma farm politics. It imagines federal dust control, cover crops, and even a sugar industry revival in Pontotoc County with moonshine fears, blending regional quirks and playful satire.
Cattle perish in Ada area crashes injure two
Two traffic crashes near Ada Monday left 25 cattle dead and two men injured. A Texan driver lost control east of Tupelo on SH 3 when his double decker cattle truck overturned, killing many cattle. 34 year old Howard Landrul of Gruber, Texas, was hospitalized with head and other injuries. A Shawnee youth escaped serious injury when his car caught fire after rolling in a county road southeast of Asher. Police noted the Ada unit did not handle these crashes.
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Ada
Tupelo
SH 3
Asher
Howard Landrul
Gruber
Tex
Landrul
Bob Cluck
Texas Panhandle
Arkansas
Clack
Valley View Hospital
Larry Clark
Clark
Ada Highway Patrol
Helen Hortense Sellers
Hutchinson Street
Ft. Worth
James Wiley Huff
Pine Street
Tenth
Mississippi
Miss Sellers
Ruby W. Platt
Jacklyn Jo Hankins
Senate OKs Page four year term as warden
Oklahoma City AP. Senate confirms Ray Page for a four year term as warden of the state penitentiary. Page was appointed earlier by Gov. Henry Bellman to replace Robert Raines who resigned after losing Senate support for reelection. Seven other appointments were approved to various state boards and commissions.
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Oklahoma City
Ray Page
State Senate
Page
Henry Bellman
Robert Raines
Senate
Ernest Russell
McAlester
Clifford Gaither
Poteau
Virgil Scott
Henryetta
Anthony Lukenis
State Mining Board
Edward Miller
Clinton
Re Development
Clyde Miller
Weatherford
State Board of Pharmacy
M.A. Riker
Board of Regents
Oklahoma Military Academy
U S Plans Flying Laboratories Named Surveyors
Plans call for the United States to launch about a dozen flying laboratories labeled Surveyors to test new aircraft and atmospheric research capabilities. The project aims to expand aviation and meteorological data collection through mobile airborne platforms.
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U. S
Surveyors
William Feather Seeks Sharper Parlour Conversation
The Imperial Magazine editor laments waning animated dialogue and proposes cutting filler words. He urges replacing terms like interesting and wonderful with harsher or plainer descriptors to revive brisk discourse.
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William Feather
Imperial
Feather
India Declares Itself a Republic in the British Commonwealth
The article notes India as a republic within the British Commonwealth and lists its political divisions, stating there are 16 states and six territories.
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India
Adan Receives Two Year Term In Check Case
Plez Riley of Ada was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to a bad check offense. The case cites an $88 check at Dicus Super Market on Sept. 11, 1962. District Judge Bob Howell was urged by Atty. Francis Mayhue to impose the term.
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Plez Riley
Ada
State’ Penitentiary
Riley
Dicus Super Market
Courty
Francis Mayhue
Bob Howell
W. A. Jones Jr
Jones
Mary Jane Shope
William Erwin Shope
Shope
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