Everybody Loves Animals Retold in Local Breeding Rambles
A nostalgic survey notes widespread animal keeping in the region from cattle and buffalos to midget mules, chincillas, nutria, fish farms, birds, and exotic pets. It cites individual hobbyists and small scale breeders like Whitey Wilburn, Jimmy Thomas, and the Pet scene’s colorful array, ending with a wry nod to armadillos and basket works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
W. L. Knickmeyer
Tut Roberts
Jack McPherridge
Frank Vincent
Brown Mackin
Alfred
Abbotts
Union Valley
Vernon Shipley
State Schedules Special Teachers Workshop Here
Teachers and aides serving economically deprived pupils will attend a three day workshop on the East Central campus from June 14 to 16 conducted by the State Department of Education. Dr. Leslie Fisher, state superintendent, said the Ada workshop is one of four statewide sessions under Raymond Willingham, Title I administrator. State personnel will run the program with no East Central faculty involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
East Central
Leslie Fisher
Ada
Raymond Willingham
State Department
Local Project Approved For Bid Opening
The State Highway Commission approved 17 construction projects for the July 27 bid opening in Oklahoma City. The programs total an estimated 11,712,870 dollars, with the Pontotoc County project estimated at 2,112,000 dollars featuring 2.20 miles of grading drainage a bridge and an interchange with Research Road beginning at Stadium Road and extending southeasterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stadium Rd
Research Rd
State Highway Commission
Commission
Oklahoma City
Pontotoc County
Stadium
Molybdenum Majority Mined at Climax Mine
About ninety percent of the world's molybdenum is mined at the Climax mine in Colorado. The large operation dominates global supply and underscores the region's mineral industry prominence.
Is this the age of leisure in America?
The piece debates leisure by comparing past and present life, noting how work hours, vacations, and incomes have shifted. It uses fishing as an example of how leisure varies by gender, era, and individual circumstance, and argues that leisure is not uniform. It concludes by urging comparison between today’s workers and those forty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bureau of the Census
Inner peace and world peace in conflict with self
Lawrence Walthouse argues peace starts within. He links Isaiah’s prophecy to modern conflicts and cites Stevenson, Freud, Adler, and Menninger to show inner wars drive external wars. He concludes Jesus Christ offers true harmony, while noting contemporary Ireland allies describe alcohol as a social tranquilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
DR. Jekyll
MR. Hyde
Freud
Adler
Karl Menninger
Jesus Christ
The Master Is Coming Inspires Humble Charity
A devotional tale converts a self denying host into a moral lesson from Matthew 25. Emma A Lent Aman’s wry humor follows meat industry notes and quips on vanity. A joke about tax collectors and taxidermists closes with reflections on strength and vulnerability.
Back In Jail Back In Jail
Ada man Robert Lee Wilson, 60, was arrested for public drunkenness last Saturday. In Municipal Court he paid a 20 dollar fine and received a 30 day suspended sentence. Hours after release he was re-arrested for public drunkenness, fined 20 dollars, and his suspended sentence revoked. He remained in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaman
Wilson
Galley of Visitors Across the County Notes
Residents list numerous visitors to families in Ada and surrounding areas including Stonewall Oil Center Pickett and Moore. Visits include Mrs Etta Garrett Myra and others to Hershal Sanders Wayne McAnally Hazel Henson Lela Johnson Josephine McAnally and more. Union Hill Church activities report attendance and anniversaries with local families referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Garrett
Myra
David Roach
Janie
Lou Farmer
Denver
Colo
al Sanders
Stonewall
Hershal Sanders
Mary Long
Tommy
Ada
Wayne McAnally
Robert Golden
Callie Morgan
Paul
Fitzhugh
Earl Rose
Murray Golden
Alvin McAnally
Bobby Woods
Kim
Whchita
Kan
Hazel Henson
Lela Johnson
Josephine McAnally
Donna Rhynes
California
Hartman Rhynes
Earnest Rhynes
San Bernadino
Calif
Evylene Rhynes
Lois Rhynes
Vernia Tatum
Mrs Nora Roper 79 year Walnut Grove resident dies
Mrs Nora Roper died Monday at Valley View Hospital after a long Walnut Grove residence of 79 years and 48 years at the same home. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 pm in Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Don Newby officiating. Interment followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. Handsel Roper preceded her in death in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Jones
Benny Jones
Kenny
Kevin
Latta
Lena Cochran
Dewayne Coffey
Heather
Laffayette
Ind
Don Newby
Kathy
Stephen
Sybil Collins
Roy Foster
Corpus Christi
Billy Joe Adams
E. L. Crawley
David Coots
Moore
Nora Roper
Valley View Hospital
Union Hill Church Services Held With Rev Don Newby Preaching
Union Hill Baptist Church attendance was 48 on Sunday. Rev Don Newby preached morning and evening messages. Visitors included Kevin Jones Latta Linda Carroll Moore and Mrs Brown and family Ada. Training union program was sponsored by Mrs Lavona Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hill Church of God
Daniel Franklin
Paul Golden
Kimberly Archer
Patsy Reamy
Union Hill Baptist Church
Don Newby
Kevin Jones
Latta
Linda Carroll
Moore
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Well News
ADA Times-Democrat
W. D. Little
Don Cook
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
ADA Evening News
Dial
Whitey Wilburn
Thomas Ranch
Jimmy Thomas
Nutria
BY Lawrence Walthouse
Israel
Isaiah
Soviet Union
Red China
Middle East
South
Viet Nam
Irish Dental Association
YalleSrom
Connie Nelson
Emma A. Lent
Aman
Robert Lee Wilson
Union Hill
Mrs. Lavona Jones
Ruby Horton
Barbara
William
Vernon McCurdy
Glen Horton
Jimmy Jennings
Oil Center
John Delozier
Roger Stone
Bobby Joe
Joni
Rhonda
Pamela
Joel
Lavona Jones
Helen Jacquess
Pickett
Norman Bolin
Ola Fraley
Walter McAnally
Colonial Estates
McAnally
Bill
Alvin
Gary
Earnest Lancaster
Harold Long
Bill de
Lozier, and Family
Gary Golden
Lee Keeling
Lonnie East
Oakman
Lela Morrison
Center
Emmett Archer
Minnie Selers
Chickasha
George Smith
Callie East
Seminole
Charles Coplen
Lula Keeling
Lula Morrison
Lou Little
McGee, Memorial Park
Rosedale
Harold Haines
Horace Golden
Clive Roberson
Cora Cassady
Galey
Barbara Newby
Mack Welch
Ina Haines
Teresa
Carol
J. C. Carroll
Paul Henderson
Westview
Carol Golden
Lisa Carroll
Freddie Holman
Freddie Duncan
Platt National Park
Randy
Sonny Golden
Ray Kemp
V. C. Layne
Roff
Mary Cook
F. L. Cunningham
Earnest Matheron
Glory
Ernie
Luke Flowers
Georgia Willyerd
Donna Chaddick
Laverene Shad
McAlester
Daisy Binion
Alice Binion
Walter Floyd
Roxie Golden
Dink Binion
Helen Coffey
James Rhynes Sr
Don Allison
Phil Rhynes
James Rhynes Jr
Calvin
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