Ada News History and Publication Consolidations
The Ada weekly and evening papers trace back to 1901 and list multiple consolidations over the years including with the Ada Times Democrat Pontotoc County Enterprise Ada Star Democrat and Ada-Times-Democrat. It also provides pricing for mail and carrier delivery in Ada Oklahoma and surrounding areas.
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ADA News
ADA Times
W. D. Little
Don Cook
Ada
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
ADA Evening News
City and Country Life Overlap in Pontotoc County
Recent studies show population growth outside Ada in both incorporated towns and rural residential areas. Ada remains the county’s employment hub with many commuters living in Byng Allen Fittstown or rural districts while sharing schools churches and services across the region.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Aop
Byng
Pickett Center
Allen
Roff
Fittstown
Francis
Homer
Local Boys State Delegate Honored
Forrest Danley son of Dr and Mrs James Danley of 2012 Lakewood Dr was a delegate to Oklahoma Boys State in Tahlequah last week. He earned multiple honors including city manager of Medien City vice chairman of the Sooner Party county convention delegate and state senator. He attained Attorney at Law status read the Senate as reading clerk served on the Governor’s Legislative Advisory Committee chaired the Committee of Committees won the Drake Marching Award and was named Boy of the Day for a day.
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Forrest Danley
James Danley
Lakewood Dr
Tahlequah
Medien City
Sooner Party
Senate
Drake
The Compulsive Talker and the Gift of Gab
A reflective piece on conversational outbursts and social flaws. It describes types such as the names dropper and the argumentative talker, noting how pride and need for recognition can disrupt dialogue. It contrasts social ease at work with overpowering rhetoric in casual settings.
Lightning Ridge Church News Highlights Local Events
Sunday attendance was 69 at Lightning Ridge Baptist Church with visitors. Vacation Bible School starts June 20 to 24 led by Reba Stanfield. A wedding shower for Derrel McDonald and Margaret Cowan is set for June 11 at 7 30 p m. Lewis Powers was bitten by a Copperhead while picking beans and is recovering in hospital. Burial for Shade Price held at Lightning Ridge Cemetery. The Vaness Alumni Banquet is planned for June 25 at 7 30 p m with tickets $3 at the door. Numerous visits and community notes accompany the week’s church and school life.
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Lightning Ridge Baptist Church
Sophenie Cravens
Debbie Jones
Laura Cothren
Lightning Ridge
Reba Stanfield
Derrel McDonald
Margaret Cowan
Lightning Ridge Church
Lewis Power
Irene McCoy
Oklahoma City
Edith
Powers
Tommie Wilson
Holdenville
Lewis
McCoy
Earl Stewart
Fitzhugh
Orval Bruster
Roff
Kenneth
Kevin Stanfield
Don Newby
Union Hill
Wilson
Tim
May Johnson
Edith Powers
Amanda Laxton
Lewis Powers
Shade Price
Nettie Ownbey
Stratford
Margie Ownbey
Ada
Homer Cook
Puyallup
Wash
Homer
Nettie
Laura Miller
Vaness
Vanoss
H. L. Waters
Pat Gallup
Lavonna Jones
Geneva McCullar
Harold Haines
Vaness School
George Welch
Wilson Church
J. C. Coulson
Mark
Tara
Tulsa
Willie Coulson
Dan Coulson
Edmond
Oletha Heaton
Atwood
Kan
Ed Huff
L. B. Coulson
Sandy
Randy
Mr. Lawson
J. C. Coulsons
May
Laura Johnson
Marjorie Soutee
Edith Ann Griffith
Kim Gunderson
Ft. Worth
Anno Griffith
James Prince
Mack Summers
Gertie Summers
Leo McNinck
Christopher Moran
Denton
Tex
Bill Moran
Amarillo
Christopher
Cleo Griffith
Alvie
Nettie Hodges
Roberta Marrow
Marvin Briggs
Stratford Nursing Home
Luther McKenney
Ellen Crawford
Arizona
Naomi Stanfield
Earl Steward
Charlie Dunn
Kenneth Stanfield
Kevin
Reba
Naomi
Beulah
Francis Community Birthday Observances and Local News
Mrs. Bert Chaddick celebration drew Arthur and Mary Scroggins Joe and Mildred West Jared and Adam and Dusty Hughes at the Chaddick home. Community notes include visits, church support, FFA results, new subscribers, revival plans, and health updates from Francis and nearby Ada and Valley View Hospital.
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Bert Chaddick
Arthur
Mary Scroggins
Joe
Mildred West
Jared
Adam
Dusty Hughes
Chaddick
Bernice Chaddick
Concho
Carrell Bryant
Valley View Hospital
Arlis D. Pennell
Danny Weber
Tulsa
Francis
Don
Naomi Dykstra
Dallas
Birmingham
Atlanta
Ada
Martha Barnes
Dean
Carletta Barnes
Armed Services
Germany
Carletta
Pickett Center
Randy Bryant
Carrell
Louise Bryant
Joe D. West
Howard Hughes
Mark
Jimmy Ray
Minor Hughes
Mill Creek
Marty
Teresa Canada
Justin Kent
Friedberg
H. O
Canada
Don Rice
Missouri
Suzie
Curtiss
Glen Wilson
West
Larry
Sandy Scroggins
Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist Church
Earl Scroggins
Wichita Falls
T. J. Reaves
Springfield
Emily
ECU
Jr. Wynn
Wyndell
Checotah
Valley View
Vacation Bible School
Cedar Grove
Viola West
Priscilla West
Rosalie Williamson
DeVinney
J. D. West
C. C. Williamson
Kenny Vogt
Mike West
Moses Was Washed Up Yet Becomes Deliverer
Lawrence W. Althouse recounts Moses born to privilege who murders an overseer and flees into the desert. There, early in life he becomes a Midianite shepherd until a divine encounter at the burning bush redirects his path and he emerges as Israel’s leader after age eighty.
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Moses
Israel
God
Moses Turns Aside to See and God Calls Him
A passage reflects on Moses stopping to investigate the burning bush, leading to God revealing his purpose. It emphasizes the idea that turning aside from routine enables divine call and action to address Israel’s long-standing suffering.
Weaving Today in America and England at OU
Two session slide lecture and studio seminar at the University of Oklahoma Norman campus feature British fiber artist John Hinchcliffe and Mary Ruth Smith. The Sunday lecture at 7 p.m. in Room 205 is free. Monday workshop in Room 203 costs 13 dollars. Sponsored by the OU School of Home Economics with advance registration through Clara S. Dumas.
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America
England
University of Oklahoma
Norman
John Hinchcliffe
Mary Ruth Smith
University of Houston
OU School of Art
Fred Jones Jr. Memorial Art Center
West Coast Broccoli and Hawaiian Chicken Recipes
A pair of recipes outlines flavors for West Coast Broccoli with bacon and a Hawaiian Chicken dish. The broccoli dish uses steamed broccoli, crisp bacon, onion and garlic in a white sauce for six servings. The Hawaiian Chicken coats chicken with flour and spices, browns it, then bakes with pineapple soy sauce and sugar for about one hour.
James Michener to Host World Travels on OETA
James Michener will host James Michener's World a documentary special airing Tuesday June 21 at 7 p m on OETA Channel 11 Tulsa and Channel 13 Oklahoma City The program runs one hour and surveys Michener's travels about Israel and other regions featured in his writings Israel A Search for Faith produced by Reader's Digest debuts a new documentary series
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James Michener
James A. Michener
Oeta
Channel 11
Tulsa
Channel 13
Oklahoma City
Israel
Reader’s Digest Association, Inc
Michener
Land of Israel
Jerusalem
Mount Sinai
Moses
Alilee
Jesus
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